Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Intermediate

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 16, 2026
1 position

$40 / hour

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Mid-level · 2+ years
Apply by: Apr 13, 2027
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Develop testing strategies, plans, cases, and scripts, then execute functional, integration, system, regression, end-to-end, accessibility, and performance testing. Build and maintain automated tests, support UAT, validate data, track defects, and report test coverage and quality metrics while collaborating with project teams.

Job details

Role overview • Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist – Intermediate • Location: Toronto, Ontario • Position type: On-site, 5 days per week • Role type: Contract • Duration: 6 Months / Extension • Interview type: In person • Rate: CAD $40/hour • Years of experience: 4+ in QA testing, with hands-on manual and automation experience About the role We’re looking for an Intermediate Systems Testing/QA Specialist to plan and execute testing for large enterprise systems. You’ll own testing from strategy and test planning through execution, automation, and UAT support, across GUI and non-GUI environments. You’ll handle functional, regression, performance, and accessibility (AODA) testing, and work closely with developers, business analysts, and project teams in an Agile environment. What you’ll do • Define testing strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts, and advise on tools and resources. • Execute functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing. • Plan and support user acceptance testing (UAT). • Conduct accessibility testing against AODA standards. • Build and maintain automated tests using tools like Selenium, Cypress, Postman, UFT, or TestComplete, and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines. • Run performance, load, and stress testing with JMeter or LoadRunner and analyze bottlenecks. • Validate data integrity using SQL/Oracle, including data migration testing and test data management. • Log and track defects in JIRA, Azure DevOps, or ALM, and work with developers to resolve them. • Participate in Agile ceremonies and maintain test results, coverage reports, and quality metrics. Must-have requirements • 4+ years of software testing experience in enterprise-level IT environments. • Hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing. • Extensive experience with AODA accessibility testing and compliance. • Experience creating test strategies, test cases, scripts, and test reports. • Experience with Selenium or Postman (API testing). • Experience with JMeter or LoadRunner for performance testing. • Experience with JIRA or Azure DevOps for defect tracking. • Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies. Nice to have • Experience writing SQL/Oracle queries for data validation and backend testing. • Exposure to Azure or AWS, and to CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Git, or GitLab. • Scripting skills (Python, JavaScript, or Bash) for automation and test data setup. • Experience testing COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) applications. • Basic security testing knowledge. • Public-sector experience, including government QA standards and practices.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires at least four years of enterprise software testing experience, including hands-on manual and automated testing and extensive AODA accessibility testing. Candidates should have experience with test planning and reporting, Selenium or Postman, JMeter or LoadRunner, defect-tracking tools, and Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.