Quality Assurance Specialist

Job title: Quality Assurance Specialist

Job location: Ottawa, ON (100% remote)

Job type: Contract (18 months)

Client: Federal Government

Pay rate: $60 - $70 per hour (CAD)

Job Description:

Education and Certifications

• University degree or college diploma in computer science, information technology, business systems, or engineering

Relevant Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated Quality Assurance (QA) experience supporting enterprise applications
• A minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience planning, developing, executing, and documenting manual testing activities, including functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing of enterprise applications and associated interfaces
• Demonstrated experience validating system changes and working with business, technical, and operational stakeholders to support user acceptance, release readiness, and operational readiness activities

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated experience supporting testing activities within complex enterprise application environments involving multiple system integrations
• Demonstrated knowledge of QA methodologies, including test planning, test case design, test execution, defect management, and test evidence documentation
• Demonstrated experience using test management, defect tracking and collaboration tools, such as QTest, Allure TestOps, Jira, Confluence or SharePoint
• A minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated experience working with Collateral Management systems such as Vermeg Megara solution or capital markets trading platforms in a development, support, configuration, or quality assurance capacity

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform manual testing of a critical enterprise application (CMS/Megara: Collateral Management Services), including functional, regression, performance, integration, and end-to-end testing to support operational priorities
• Validate CMS/Megara interfaces and integrations, and system changes against defined business, technical, and operational acceptance criteria
• Develop and maintain test cases, execute test plans, and document test results, defects and supporting evidence using approved testing and defect-tracking tools
• Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of automated test scripts and QA automation coverage, where applicable
• Identify, analyze, document, and track defects through resolution, working closely with business and technical stakeholders to support timely remediation
• Related activities and deliverables, as required