Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 15, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 7+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Not Applicable

Job summary

Develop and execute test strategies, plans, cases, and scripts for complex business-critical systems, covering functional, integration, regression, acceptance, data, performance, and accessibility testing. Track defects, maintain automated tests and quality documentation, and collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to validate requirements and resolve issues.

Job details

Systems Testing / QA Specialist - Senior Responsibilities Develop and execute test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts for complex business-critical systems. Perform functional, integration, system, regression, user acceptance, and data reconciliation testing. Identify, document, track, and validate defects through resolution. Develop and maintain automated tests and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines where applicable. Conduct data integrity, migration, conversion, performance, load, and accessibility testing. Collaborate with developers, business analysts, project managers, and business stakeholders to resolve issues and validate requirements. Maintain test documentation, test coverage reports, quality metrics, and test data strategies. Ensure testing activities follow established quality standards, accessibility requirements, and data privacy practices. Experience and Skill Set Requirements QA Skills Minimum 7 years of experience in software quality assurance and systems testing. Minimum 5 years of experience testing large, complex, business-critical applications. Demonstrated experience developing test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and expected results. Proven experience with data analysis, data cleansing, conversion, reconciliation, and validation. Experience coordinating multiple testing activities under tight deadlines and competing priorities. Demonstrated experience performing accessibility testing against WCAG 2.0 AA standards. Technical Skills Minimum 5 years of experience testing web-based, multi-tier applications and business workflow solutions. Hands-on experience with testing and defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, or Micro Focus. Experience with Oracle databases, SQL queries, and backend data validation. Demonstrated experience testing custom-developed and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications. Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, UFT, or Cypress; API testing tools such as Postman; and performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, where applicable. Experience with accessibility testing tools such as WAVE, JAWS, or NVDA. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and test documentation tools. General Skills Demonstrated ability to coordinate testing across multiple business and technical teams. Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including defect reporting and stakeholder presentations. Experience working within Agile/Scrum and Waterfall development environments. Large-Scale Organizational Experience Experience testing complex applications involving multiple systems, business rules, databases, and stakeholder groups. Desired Skills and Experience Systems Testing / QA Specialist - Senior Responsibilities Develop and execute test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts for complex business-critical systems. Perform functional, integration, system, regression, user acceptance, and data reconciliation testing. Identify, document, track, and validate defects through resolution. Develop and maintain automated tests and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines where applicable. Conduct data integrity, migration, conversion, performance, load, and accessibility testing. Collaborate with developers, business analysts, project managers, and business stakeholders to resolve issues and validate requirements. Maintain test documentation, test coverage reports, quality metrics, and test data strategies. Ensure testing activities follow established quality standards, accessibility requirements, and data privacy practices. Experience and Skill Set Requirements QA Skills Minimum 7 years of experience in software quality assurance and systems testing. Minimum 5 years of experience testing large, complex, business-critical applications. Demonstrated experience developing test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and expected results. Proven experience with data analysis, data cleansing, conversion, reconciliation, and validation. Experience coordinating multiple testing activities under tight deadlines and competing priorities. Demonstrated experience performing accessibility testing against WCAG 2.0 AA standards. Technical Skills Minimum 5 years of experience testing web-based, multi-tier applications and business workflow solutions. Hands-on experience with testing and defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, or Micro Focus. Experience with Oracle databases, SQL queries, and backend data validation. Demonstrated experience testing custom-developed and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications. Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, UFT, or Cypress; API testing tools such as Postman; and performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, where applicable. Experience with accessibility testing tools such as WAVE, JAWS, or NVDA. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and test documentation tools. General Skills Demonstrated ability to coordinate testing across multiple business and technical teams. Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including defect reporting and stakeholder presentations. Experience working within Agile/Scrum and Waterfall development environments. Large-Scale Organizational Experience Experience testing complex applications involving multiple systems, business rules, databases, and stakeholder groups.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires at least 7 years of software QA and systems testing experience, including at least 5 years testing complex business-critical applications and web-based, multi-tier systems. Candidates should have experience with test planning, data validation, accessibility standards, testing tools, Oracle and SQL, automation, and coordinating work across teams in Agile/Scrum and Waterfall environments.