Job Description

Title : Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist (2-3 Days Onsite/Hybrid)
Location: Toronto, ON
Duration : Contract

Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Expert testing experience with SOAP/ReST-based APIs:

• 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:

• 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 Client ALM, JIRA and other test/defect management tools.

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

• 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:

• 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

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