Job Specifications
Description
To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.
This position is onsite.
Responsibilities:
Quality Lead is responsible for overseeing and managing the quality assurance (QA) processes for both manual and automated testing efforts. This role involves leading a team of QA engineers, developing and implementing testing strategies, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in both manual and automated testing, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and QA methodologies.
As a Test Lead you will
Collaborate with product managers, product owners, and technical team to develop test strategies and test plans
Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests)
Develop of test plans, test scripts and test cases and execute these against the various components.
Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing
Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, Katalon or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.
Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.
Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase
Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, unit testing, load testing, performance testing and accessibility testing
Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments
Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found
Help with the implementation of the project technical testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points and interfaces and non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over, component response times, data integrity, security)
Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the sprint increment
Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases
Record all defects/issues in the Cluster’s defect reporting tool (Jira), including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to re-produce
Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings
Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile / iterative solution development lifecycle
Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing
Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities
Creates traceability matrix to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements
Coordinate and facilitate regular defect review meetings with Business Analysts and Business stakeholders
Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups, team meetings as required
Provide weekly report confirming status of assigned tasks
Knowledge Transfer Requirements
Knowledge transfer is expected to occur throughout the duration of the assignment through regular meetings, touchpoints, and working sessions with LRC staff
All design, development, artefacts, and source code, including all relevant and complete documents must be transferred to the ministry in the designated repositories provided
Dedicated knowledge transfer sessions will be scheduled to ensure completeness of knowledge transfer and all documentation is shared, and allow LRC staff to ask clarification and/or follow up questions
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Must Haves:
10+ years of experience in process, planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts
Demonstrates working knowledge of the testing process and the Software development life cycle (SDLC), including Agile & DevOps
Hands-on experience with automation tools like Selenium, Appium, Katalon etc.
Ability to write clean, maintainable, and reusable code for test automation
Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript.
Onsite
Must Haves:
10+ years of experience in process, planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts
Demonstrates working knowledge of the testing process and the Software development life cycle (SDLC), including Agile & DevOps
Hands-on experience with automation tools like Selenium, Appium, Katalon etc.
Ability to write clean, maintainable, and reusable code for test automation
Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript.