Job Description

Assignment: RQ06239 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior
Start Date: 2024-01-10
End Date: 2024-03-31
Office Location: 5700 Yonge St.
Organization: Children, Youth & Social Services Cluster
Ministry: Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
# Business Days: 120.00
Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist
Candidate needs to be onsite- 3 days in a week Must-haves:

• 5+ years of experience
• Knowledge of Oracle EBS Financial Suite (GL, AP, AR, Cash Management, Fixed Asset) and Curam
• Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and relevant guidelines
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational database technologies, and use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages.
• Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases

Description
Responsibilities:

• Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing
• Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests)
• The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems

Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Business Analysis and Problem-Solving Skills - 35%

• Work with stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly defined epics and user stories.
• Gather information on client problems, services and business goals/objectives
• Help the program understand their needs and translate to design models and concepts
• Evaluate requirements and review options for a solution, assess cost/benefit of options, evaluate alternative conceptual systems designs and potential impact of proposed system changes on existing service delivery
• Recommend approaches and discuss with team and stakeholders

- Translate from technical terminology to business terms Technical Knowledge and Expertise - 35%
- Experience in conceptual design of enterprise data warehouses and extensive experience in data management supporting development teams - working on requirements gathering and design documentation

• Knowledge of Oracle EBS Financial Suite (GL, AP, AR, Cash Management, Fixed Asset) and Curam
• Advanced technical knowledge of enterprise data warehousing (in Azure platform), large hardware and software operations and utilities, productivity tools, online processing systems, web-based technologies and database management systems
• Knowledge of front-end, web-based technologies and data-mining/reporting-based COTS tools encompassing feasibility studies, requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design, implementation, testing and maintenance (Nice to have)
• Provide consultation on source-to-target mapping to ensure business and technical alignment
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational database technologies, and use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages.

- Knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies - cloud computing, enterprise data warehousing, etc.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and relevant guidelines Organizational and Project Management Skills - 15%

• Plan, develop, manage, control projects and resolve complex technical design problems
• Knowledge of project management and in-depth knowledge of task estimation, scheduling and control
• Development of documentation and materials as part of a review and knowledge transfer to other members

- Development of specific activities as part of a review (hand over to ministry staff) and building block approach which, builds on knowledge transfer and skills development from the previous stage to the next Communication and Interpersonal Skills - 15%

• Gather information, clarify needs and desired system changes, explain system development recommendations, explain and provide instruction on new/modified systems and technology
• Prepare business cases, systems documentation, user manuals and guidelines
• Clarify and discuss systems development options with clients