QA Specialist

Position:  QA Specialist

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Systems Testing / QA Specialist to support quality assurance activities across complex technology solutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, documenting, executing, and reporting on a wide range of testing activities to ensure solutions meet business, functional, performance, security, and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate and collaborate with Business Analysts during business requirements and use case walkthroughs.
  
• Develop and document comprehensive test plans covering all required quality assurance testing activities.
  
• Develop and document detailed test cases aligned with approved business requirements and use cases.
  
• Develop and execute testing checklists and ensure completion throughout various testing stages.
  
• Support production readiness activities by incorporating testing checklists into production readiness reviews.
  
• Troubleshoot technical issues identified during testing activities.
  
• Perform end-to-end system functional testing based on documented test cases.
  
• Perform regression testing to ensure existing and new functionality work as expected.
  
• Perform performance testing to validate system integrity and responsiveness.
  
• Collaborate with IT teams to perform vulnerability testing as required.
  
• Document identified defects and perform re-testing following defect resolution.
  
• Collaborate with project management teams on project planning, change management, and release/implementation activities.
  
• Contribute QA artifacts required for architecture checkpoint activities.
  
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production Acceptance Testing (PAT) with business stakeholders.
  
• Conduct manual testing where required to supplement and validate automated testing results.
  
• Compile, summarize, and report findings from both automated and manual testing activities.
  

Qualifications

Testing & Quality Assurance Experience

• 10+ years of experience developing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and troubleshooting technical issues.
  
• Demonstrated experience delivering testing and QA requirements within both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
  
• Experience performing a wide variety of testing types including:
  
• Unit Testing
  
• Functional Testing
  
• Integration Testing
  
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  
• Production Acceptance Testing (PAT)
  
• Performance Testing
  
• Regression Testing
  
• Load Testing
  
• Security Testing
  
• Backend Testing
  
• Web Services Testing
  
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and methodologies.
  
• Experience using version control systems and defect management tools such as Confluence, Jira, or TestRail.
  

Technical Skills & Experience

• Experience configuring system and testing environments.
  
• Experience testing both custom-developed solutions and Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications.
  
• Experience with multi-tier, multi-platform, integrated, and interconnected solution environments.
  
• Experience testing reporting systems.
  
• Experience testing web, desktop, and mobile applications.
  
• Experience supporting high-availability, mission-critical, and 24x7 environments.
  
• Experience with system debugging, refactoring, and optimization activities.
  

Communication & Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to identify, coordinate, resolve, re-test, and close system defects.
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Experience preparing reports and technical documentation.
  
• Ability to present testing findings and solution functionality to stakeholders.
  
• Ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  
• Strong consulting and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
  
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and meet deadlines.
  

Public Sector Experience

• Understanding of IT standards and guidelines related to test strategies, test scenarios, and test case development.
  
• Understanding of security and privacy considerations when validating technology solutions against business requirements.
  

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We serve customers in two ways, we provide:

1. Digital Experts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
   
2. Recruitment: Find The Right People You Need
   

Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100% Indigenous owned company.

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