Systems Integration Tester

We are seeking a Systems Integration Testerto support quality assurance activities for large-scale enterprise systems. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing comprehensive testing activities across multiple environments, ensuring applications meet business, technical, accessibility, and quality standards.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in manual testing, test planning, defect management, automation tools, performance testing, and collaboration within Agile and enterprise delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on testing strategy, test plans, testing tools, and resource requirements.
• Plan and organize testing efforts for large-scale systems across GUI and non-GUI environments.
• Execute systems integration testing, specialized testing, user acceptance testing, and stress testing activities.
• Develop test strategies, test plans, test scripts, test cases, and test data.
• Execute functional, integration, system, regression, and acceptance testing.
• Validate system functionality and behavior under various operating conditions.
• Identify, document, and track software defects using defect management tools.
• Collaborate with development teams to reproduce, analyze, and resolve defects.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard testing tools.
• Integrate automated testing processes into CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct performance, load, and stress testing to validate scalability and reliability.
• Ensure compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements and standards.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, project managers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and maintain quality standards.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Maintain comprehensive testing documentation, quality metrics, and test coverage reports.
• Contribute to user documentation and release notes.
• Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Validate data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across applications and databases.
• Support data migration and transformation testing activities.
• Conduct basic security testing and coordinate with security specialists when required.

Qualifications

Core Skills and Experience

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

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of relational databases and SQL querying.
• Knowledge of database platforms such as Oracle.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools such as Jenkins, Git, and GitLab.
• Experience with backend data validation and data testing activities.
• Knowledge of automated testing tools, CASE tools, and data query tools.

General Skills

• Experience planning, organizing, and implementing testing efforts.
• Knowledge of software development methodologies and SDLC processes.
• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Experience creating test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test data.
• Knowledge of functional, non-functional, integration, regression, and acceptance testing.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work successfully in collaborative team environments.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities.

Desired Skills

• Experience with at least one programming language.
• Knowledge of information retrieval technologies.
• Understanding of testing methods within object-oriented environments.
• Knowledge of Information Management principles and practices.
• Experience testing Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications.
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