Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Position: Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Location: Toronto, ON

Job ID#: RQ11402

Duration: 7 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Systems Testing / QA Specialist to support enterprise application testing initiatives. The successful candidate will play a key role in planning, developing, executing, and managing testing activities across multiple systems and environments to ensure high-quality software delivery.

This position requires strong experience in test planning, automated testing, defect management, performance testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on testing strategies, test plans, testing tools, and resource requirements.
  
• Plan and organize testing efforts for large-scale systems in both GUI and non-GUI environments.
  
• Develop comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and test cases.
  
• Execute functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing activities.
  
• Validate system functionality and expected behavior under various operating conditions.
  
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects using testing and defect management tools.
  
• Collaborate with development teams to reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve defects.
  
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard automation tools.
  
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
  
• Conduct performance, stress, and load testing to assess scalability and system reliability.
  
• Ensure compliance with accessibility regulations and applicable quality standards.
  
• Collaborate closely with business analysts, project managers, developers, and stakeholders.
  
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
  
• Maintain detailed testing documentation, quality metrics, and test coverage reports.
  
• Contribute to user documentation and release-related materials.
  
• Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
  

Required Qualifications

General Skills

• Experience planning, organizing, and implementing testing efforts.
  
• Knowledge of structured software development, implementation, and maintenance methodologies.
  
• Experience using automated testing tools and version control systems.
  
• Experience executing functional, non-functional, and system integration testing.
  
• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
  
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance principles, practices, processes, and methodologies.
  
• Experience creating testing strategies, test plans, test cases, and test data.
  
• Experience with quality assurance across multiple testing types including integration, performance, load, and regression testing.
  
• Strong understanding of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and meet deadlines.
  
• Knowledge of system, integration, regression, and acceptance testing methodologies.
  
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
  
• Ability to create clear, comprehensive, and effective test cases.
  
• Experience with defect and test management platforms such as ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail, Zephyr, or similar.
  
• Familiarity with Selenium, Cypress, Postman, or similar testing tools.
  
• Experience using SQL queries for backend validation and data verification.
  
• Understanding of software development and testing life cycles.
  
• Experience supporting security testing initiatives.
  
• Experience creating and managing test data strategies and environments.
  
• Experience validating data integrity, consistency, migration, and transformation processes.
  
• Experience developing and executing performance testing solutions using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner.
  
• Experience with at least one programming language.
  
• Experience with information retrieval tools and packages.
  
• Knowledge of testing methodologies within object-oriented environments.
  
• Knowledge of Information Management principles and practices.
  
• Understanding of accessibility standards and regulations.