qa 9788-1511

1 week ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Foilcon Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

HM Note: This hybrid contract role is five (5) days in office. Candidate resumes must include first and last name, email and telephone contact information.

Description

  • The resources will be working on back-end integration, web service, and API testing.

  • Plan, document and execute both manual and automated API test cases for:

  • connectivity/regression testing specific to the rollout of the new API gateway platform for the Ontario Business Registry

  • application, regression/functional testing specific to new OBR REST-based web services

  • Fulfill the role of subject matter expert for issues and questions pertaining to configuration, access, and functionality of web services (APIs) in the OBR application

  • Support and guide internal/external Ministry partners in their integration and testing activities related to the new API gateway platform and the roll-out of REST-based APIs

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Expert testing experience with SOAP/REST-based APIs: 40%

  • 5-10 years expert experience in scripting, executing, and maintaining automated API/web service tests using:
  • third-party tools such as ReadyAPI, SoapUI and Postman
  • design/coding techniques such as schema validation, parameter passing, and Groovy scripting

Technical skills with required API testing toolset: 25%

  • 5-10 years of design/coding techniques such as schema validation, parameter passing, and Groovy scripting
  • 5-10 years Hands-on testing experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server, Oracle, structured SQL-based query languages, and IBM API Connect platform.
  • Hands-on experience using HP ALM, JIRA and other test/defect management tools.

Expert QA testing experience in an n-tier Java EE env: 25%

  • Expert QA testing experience (functional and non-functional) of SOAP-based and REST-based transactional web services in an n-tier Java EE server environment, ideally in the context of occupational and/or business registry systems

Communication & relationship mgmt. skills: 10%

  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to document complex test plans/cases for technical systems clearly and perform knowledge transfer effectively to fulltime technical staff.
  • Good understanding of systems environments, business analysis and change management.
  • Proven ability to prioritize and parallelize assigned tasks to achieve milestones within tight deadlines.

Must Haves:

  • Testing experience with SOAP/REST-based APIs using third-party tools such as ReadyAPI, SoapUI and Postman
  • Hands-on testing experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server, Oracle, structured SQL-based query languages, and IBM API Connect platform.
  • Testing experience (functional and non-functional) of SOAP-based and REST-based transactional web services in an n-tier Java EE server environment, ideally in the context of occupational and/or business registry systems

Nice to have:

  • Experience with Java Development - focus on Front-end Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)