QA Specialist (IBM J-Rules Engine, Ministry of Education)

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Job title: QA Specialist (IBM J-Rules Engine, Ministry of Education)

Job description: “The start date of this job is flexible and in order to find the best candidate the job may remain open much longer than the date mentioned on this posting…..or you may be asked to start sooner than the expected start date if you are able to do so!”

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One of our government clients is looking for a QA Specialist (IBM J-Rules Engine, Ministry of Education)
Length: Contract term is 11 months with a possibility of extension
Location: Toronto, ON

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.

General Skills:

  • Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
  • Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
  • Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases
  • Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
  • Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
  • Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
  • Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
  • Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
  • Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
  • Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
  • A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
  • Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

Desirable Skills:

  • Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language
  • Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
  • Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment
  • Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
  • Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems
  • Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
  • Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

Must-haves:

  • Experience in developing test plans, test cases, test scripts and expected test results for complex business systems
  • Proven experience in leading and executing testing related activities and data reconciliation activities for large complex business critical business systems
  • Experience in setting up test strategies for complex business systems involving data, rules and images which undergo a very high rate of change annually
  • Experience testing custom implementations and COTS implementations, which include IBM J-Rules Engine
  • Excellent working knowledge of workflow, portfolio management and rule-driven business solutions
  • Working knowledge of web-based application development
  • Prior team lead experience

Nice-to-have:

  • Analytical skills and problem solving experience
  • Public sector experience

Please note that this is the most up to date version of job description available at this time – During Client Interview you will receive additional information – variance may apply !

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Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:52:05 GMT

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