Test Specialist

3 weeks ago


Halifax, Canada IBM Full time

**Introduction**
As a Test Specialist at IBM, your analytical and technical skills will directly impact the quality of the software we create. Come work in an agile environment where you will help each iteration reach the next level. Whether the testing is manual, automated, or cognitive, you hold a key role in releasing the best deliverables to IBM’ers and our clients.

**Your Role and Responsibilities**
IBM Global Business Services (GBS) helps our clients fundamentally redesign experiences to create new sources of value, digitally reinvent their operations for great efficiency and transform their entire enterprises through cognitive. We invite you to consider joining IBM's global reach, outcome-focused methodologies, domain skills and deep industry expertise that are helping transform the way we live and work. IBM's state-of-the-art Client Innovation Centre (CIC) opened in Nova Scotia in March 2013 and is the first of its kind in Canada. The Centre weaves together IBM’s business insights and industry-leading software portfolio and is ideally suited for any client that needs flexible access to emerging or niche skills that may not be cost effective to grow internally. In addition, our focus on our team is unparalleled as demonstrated by the following:
The CIC NS is one of IBM’s highest performing delivery centres worldwide - for retention, client satisfaction and utilization. Our employees are empowered to stay and grow within IBM.
- We are very focused on continuous skill development - staff training is our third largest annual Centre investment. Employees are immersed in a culture of learning and constant growth.
- Investment in key partnership with universities, government and private sector groups which has resulted in IBM having a key influencing role in Nova Scotia’s ICT industry, especially in talent development.

In this role, you'll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. These centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Test Specialist support testing by addressing data related defects, providing any potential new data required as a result of changes and performing data maintenance activities as project moves through various levels of testing. At the end of test execution, the Test Specialist performs end of testing tasks to harvest potential re-usable test data assets for future projects.

Key Responsibilities:

- Designs, develops and documents functional and non-functional test cases
- Executes and documents functional and/or non-functional test cases according to the testing path chosen
- Executes manual and/or automated test cases according to the test path chosen
- Works closely with the test lead, software architect and contributes in defining the optimum test solution
- Reports, tracks and retests defects
- Understands the test strategy and ensures that every task is fulfilled according to it
- Provides test estimates and supports the test lead with input for the test reporting, test documentation and planning
- Enhanced Security Clearance is Required

**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**
- Experience in Software Testing in at least one of the testing paths described above
- Experience in test method, test design, test execution, test documentation, reporting and specification
- Experience in understanding, creating and adapting the test architecture
- Experience in understanding, creating and adapting the test strategy
- Design, creation and execution of functional and/or non-functional test cases
- Design, creation and execution of manual and/or automated test cases
- General Overview on the Software Development Lifecycle
- Enhanced Security Clearance is Required

**Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise**

**Nice to have**:

- Experience in technologies like (or similar to): XML, Integration Bus, SOA, Cloud, JEE, UML, Architecture Modelling, Integration Architecture, Linux, Jenkins
- Experience in tools like (or similar to): Confluence, JIRA, Selenium, Test Data Management Tools, Performance Testing Tools

**About Business Unit**

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in



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