Intermediate Systems Testing/qa Specialist

AMANST Inc. is looking for **Intermediate Systems Testing/QA Specialist **for a contract opportunity with Ontario Government.

**Estimated Business Days**: 200 days

**Must Haves**
- Both automation and Manual testing exp
- Experience and Skill Set Requirements1. 5 or more years of experience as a Systems Testing/QA Specialist;
- Experience with Agile Scrum methodologies
- Experience with Agile Sprint Management and Bug tracking solutions such as Azure
- Experience running automated tests
- Experience working with Selenium to develop automated test cases
- Develop and execute automation scripts using automation tools (primarily) Selenium

**Nice to have**
- Public Sector Experience
- Demonstrated experience with IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2.1.1 or higher;
- Experience with IBM AppScan Version 8.5, IBM Rational Quality Manager Version 4.0, and IBM Rational Performance Tester Version 8.2

**Experience and Skill Set Requirements**

1. 5 or more years of experience as a Systems Testing/QA Specialist;
2. Experience with Agile Scrum methodologies

3. Experience with Agile Sprint Management and Bug tracking solutions such as Azure

4. Experience running automated tests

5. Experience working with Selenium to develop automated test cases

6. Use Azure or other bug tracking tools.

7. Demonstrated experience in all functions of system testing;
8. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment;
9. Ability to identify, trace, isolate and replicate problems and successfully conduct root cause analysis as required;
10. Experience in documenting in detail the UAT Test Cases, and other related UAT artifacts;
11. Experienced with using defect management tools for QA/QC work (e.g. Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM) or similar tools);
12. Experience in managing defect reporting and resolution during the defect cycle, this includes working with the user acceptance test lead to report and resolve defects in a timely manner;
13. Demonstrated experience in development of test plan and reusable test cases; and

14. Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills; excellent English language verbal and written communication skills

15. Participates in ongoing process improvement efforts to ensure test automation is promoted and applied effectively across multiple teams

16. Research tools, methods, and technology trends to support departmental test automation objectives

**Component**: Analysis & Design

**Product**: RUP Methodology, Enterprise Architecture (Zachman Framework), specifically rows 3-5, IBM® Rational Rose® Version 2003.06.00

**Component**: Web Browser

**Component**: Office Automation Tools

**Product**: Microsoft Office®, including Exchange/Outlook

**Component**: Testing Tools

**Product**: IBM® Rational Functional Tester - Version 8.2.1.1 or higher, IBM® AppScan Version 8.5, IBM® Rational Quality Manager - Version 4.0, IBM® Rational Performance Tester-Version 8.2, Selenium, Azure Dev Ops Test Plan

**Component**: Defect Tracking Tool

**Product**: Azure Dev Ops

**?QA Skills - 40%**
- Demonstrated 5+ years of experience in all functions of system testing
- Demonstrated experience in Agile test methodology
- Demonstrated experience in developing and running automated test cases
- Demonstrated experience with documenting in detail the UAT artifacts the UAT test
- cases, UAT execution findings
- Demonstrated experience with the Software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Demonstrated experience with software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- Demonstrated experience in developing Test Cases, Test Strategies, Test plans;
- including Test Case Execution, Defect Triaging, and Defect Logging

**Automation Testing - 15%**
- Demonstrated the ability to Plan and develop Test Plans and Test Cases to ensure
- development outputs meet defined specification cases in coordination with Business
- requirements, Technical Specifications, installers / upgrades documents, and
- management.
- Demonstrates the ablity to use existing tools and techniques to execute test cases and
- build/script new tools for performing testing/validation function.
- Develop and execute automation scripts using automation tools (primarily) Selenium
- and other automation tools.
- Ability to execute and analyze automation test results.

**Technical Skills - 20%**
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented
- environment
- Demonstrated experience with IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2.1.1 or higher;
- experience with IBM AppScan Version 8.5, IBM Rational Quality Manager Version 4.0,
- and IBM Rational Performance Tester Version 8.2
- SOAP/ Rest UI Backend testing

**Defect Management - 15%**
- Demonstrated experience in defect management process, using defect management
- tools, and reporting defect status
- Demonstrated experience in identifying, tracing, isolating and replicating problems and
- successfully conduc