Software Test Analyst

Position: Software Test Analyst

Role Overview

We are seeking a Software Test Analyst to support enterprise-level software testing initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive testing strategies, ensuring software quality, accessibility compliance, performance, and overall system reliability across complex environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide advice on testing strategies, test plans, testing tools, and resource requirements.
  
• Plan and organize testing activities for large-scale systems in both GUI and non-GUI environments.
  
• Design, develop, and execute test plans, test scripts, and test cases.
  
• Execute functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing.
  
• Validate system functionality under various business and technical conditions.
  
• Identify, document, and track software defects using defect management tools.
  
• Collaborate closely with development teams to reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve issues.
  
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts utilizing industry-standard automation frameworks and tools.
  
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Conduct performance, stress, and load testing activities.
  
• Ensure compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards and related regulations.
  
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, project managers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and improve quality outcomes.
  
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
  
• Maintain detailed testing documentation, quality metrics, test coverage records, and test results.
  
• Contribute to user documentation and release notes.
  
• Ensure testing processes align with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
  
• Validate data integrity, accuracy, consistency, migration, and transformation processes.
  
• Support security testing initiatives and collaborate with security specialists as required.
  

Required Qualifications

Core Skills and Experience

• 2+ years of experience in software testing within enterprise-level IT environments.
  
• Hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing methodologies.
  
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
  
• Extensive experience with AODA testing and compliance.
  
• Experience creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases, test scripts, and test reports.
  
• Experience using test automation tools such as Selenium and Postman for API testing.
  
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar platforms.
  
• Experience utilizing defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar solutions.
  
• Proven experience performing end-to-end testing of complex systems.
  
• Knowledge of QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.
  

Technical Skills and Experience

• Strong understanding of relational databases including SQL and Oracle.
  
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and AWS.
  
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, Git, and GitLab.
  
• Experience with automated testing tools and version control systems.
  
• Knowledge of structured application development and testing methodologies.
  
• Experience writing database queries for validation and backend testing.
  
• Understanding of scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Bash for automation activities.
  

General Skills

• Experience planning, organizing, and implementing testing efforts.
  
• Knowledge of the full Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  
• Experience supporting and participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  
• Experience creating testing documentation including strategies, plans, test data, and test cases.
  
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Strong teamwork and stakeholder collaboration abilities.
  
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities.
  

Desirable Skills

• Experience with at least one programming language.
  
• Knowledge of information retrieval tools and techniques.
  
• Understanding of testing approaches within object-oriented environments.
  
• Knowledge of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
  
• Experience testing Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications.
  
• Experience developing automated test scripts and automated test suites.
  
• Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both small and large-scale systems.
  

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid work model.
  
• 5 days onsite requirement during designated periods as required.
  

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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