Senior QA Automation Engineer

5 days ago


Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada Nexus Systems Group Inc. Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our team at Nexus Systems Group Inc. as a key member of our Quality Assurance team.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and develop automated test frameworks from scratch to ensure comprehensive test coverage and effective use of test automation frameworks.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, quality assurance analysts, business analysts, project, and product managers, to review available documentation and build a common understanding of the target state of the system under test.
  • Apply a risk-based approach to design and communicate a practical testing strategy to the team, considering testing risks and options for their mitigation within the constraints of the project timeline.
  • Size, break down, and estimate testing activities in user points or hours, depending on the SDLC methodology used (Agile, Waterfall).
  • Review, analyze, enhance, and develop testing artifacts to support the testing strategy, including test plans, test cases, SQL and other automated scripts, and test results.
  • Provide advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.
  • Manage short-term and long-term objectives and testing activities within schedule constraints, ensuring that all planned activities are implemented, executed, and completed according to the planned timeline.
  • Advance automation technology, identifying and implementing next-generation solutions that facilitate unattended test execution.
  • Adhere to the QA Centre of Excellence standards and practices of the chosen SDLC methodology (Agile, Waterfall) during all phases of the projects.
  • Write and run automation test scripts.
  • Create and perform functional, integration, systems, regression, performance, and load testing based on the defined testing approach.
  • Participate in weekly release regression test cycles, including planning, performing impact analysis, defect management, and test closure activities.
  • Write positive, negative, smoke, and regression test cases, creating corresponding test scripts and test data to verify product functionality.
  • Coordinate the preparation of the test environment, such as deploying code artifacts in testing environments, requesting database refreshes, and setting up testing accounts.
  • Log and conduct preliminary investigations of defects, following them through their resolution lifecycle.
  • Support UAT testing cycles when required.
  • Track test planning and execution in the application lifecycle management tool (Azure DevOps) and provide relevant reporting as needed.
  • Monitor testing risks throughout the testing cycle and adjust the testing approach when necessary.
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience working in an Agile-Scrum environment, including test planning, test case writing, test case execution, test reporting, and both manual and automation testing.
  • 5+ years working knowledge of creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases, and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation.
  • 4+ years knowledge of quality assurance/testing processes, best practices, techniques, and tools for different types of testing (functional, GUI, API/web service, integration, regression, performance, hardware, deployment, manual and automated testing).
  • 4+ years hands-on experience with planning and building automation framework from scratch.
  • Experience with data-driven testing and Page Object Model (POM) design.
  • Ensure comprehensive test coverage and effective use of test automation frameworks.
  • Experience identifying test data requirements and preparing test data.
  • Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle and defect management lifecycle.
  • Experience creating detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test cases using different techniques such as Boundary value, Decision Table.
  • Understanding of how User Stories, Business Requirements Definition (BRD), Data Models, data mappings, and design support QA testing.
  • Experience testing web services and APIs using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or REST-assured.
  • Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities.
  • Working knowledge of defect management and tracking tools such as Azure DevOps.
  • Proficiency in executing test cases, reporting defects, and tracking their status.
  • Ability to write SQL scripts, including joins and aggregations, to analyze backend data and verify the behavior of data load processes.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Practical knowledge of a scripting language (such as PowerShell or Python) to automate testing tasks.
  • Understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
  • Good understanding of database and ETL concepts.
  • 4+ years experience in automated testing.
  • 5+ years experience in automated test development.
  • Certified Tester Foundation Level with ISTQB or QAI, ITIL (or similar substitute).
  • A team player capable of working independently on assigned tasks and ability to meet tight deadlines.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills.


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