Test Automation Engineer.

Position: Test Automation Engineer

Location: Toronto, ON

Job ID#: RQ11378

Duration: 14 months

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Test Automation Engineer to
support quality assurance, testing strategy, test planning, automation, and
validation activities across complex web, mobile, and enterprise systems. The
successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring software quality through
comprehensive testing practices, defect management, automation, accessibility
validation, performance testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide
  guidance on testing strategy, test plans, testing tools, and resource
  requirements.
• Plan
  and organize testing efforts for large-scale GUI and non-GUI systems.
• Execute
  system integration testing, specialized testing, stress testing, and user
  acceptance testing (UAT).
• Develop
  and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Execute
  functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Validate
  system functionality under various operating conditions.
• Identify,
  document, and track software defects using defect management tools.
• Work
  closely with development teams to reproduce, investigate, and resolve
  issues.
• Develop
  and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard automation
  frameworks and tools.
• Integrate
  automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct
  performance, load, and stress testing to validate scalability and
  reliability.
• Ensure
  compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
  standards and related regulations.
• Collaborate
  with developers, business analysts, project managers, and stakeholders to
  ensure quality outcomes.
• Participate
  in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews,
  and retrospectives.
• Maintain
  test documentation, quality metrics, and test coverage reports.
• Contribute
  to user documentation and release notes.
• Ensure
  testing activities align with industry best practices and regulatory
  requirements.
• Validate
  data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across systems and databases.
• Support
  data migration and transformation testing initiatives.
• Participate
  in defect triage activities and produce defect reporting and analysis.

Required Qualifications

QA & Technical Experience

• 5+
  years of experience working within Agile, Scrum, or DevOps environments.
• 5+
  years of experience testing web and mobile applications across multiple
  platforms and operating systems.
• 5+
  years of hands-on experience performing systems testing, mobile testing,
  accessibility testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Strong
  experience creating Testing Strategies and Test Plans.
• 5+
  years of experience analyzing business requirements and developing test
  data requirements.
• Extensive
  experience creating detailed test cases and test scenarios.
• Proven
  experience identifying, documenting, and communicating software defects.
• Experience
  triaging defects, leading defect discussions, and producing defect metrics
  and reports.
• Experience
  using defect management and test management tools.
• Experience
  creating and managing test cases within enterprise testing platforms.
• Extensive
  experience developing and executing automated testing suites.
• Experience
  analyzing automation results and communicating findings to project teams
  and management.
• Experience
  with accessibility testing tools including screen readers and related
  accessibility technologies.
• Experience
  conducting backend and data validation testing.
• Experience
  with API testing tools and automation frameworks.
• Understanding
  of scripting languages used for testing and automation activities.
• Experience
  conducting performance and load testing.

General Skills

• Knowledge
  of structured software development methodologies.
• Experience
  with functional, non-functional, integration, regression, and acceptance
  testing.
• Experience
  supporting UAT initiatives.
• Strong
  understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes.
• Experience
  creating testing strategies, plans, test data, and test cases.
• Excellent
  analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong
  written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability
  to work independently and collaboratively within project teams.
• Ability
  to meet deadlines within fast-paced environments.
• Knowledge
  of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall delivery methodologies.

Desirable Skills

• Experience
  with at least one programming language.
• Experience
  with information retrieval and reporting tools.
• Knowledge
  of object-oriented testing methodologies.
• Understanding
  of Information Management principles and practices.
• Experience
  planning and organizing testing efforts for both small and large systems.
• Experience
  developing automated test scripts and automation frameworks.
• Experience
  with reporting and analytics tools.

Additional Experience

• Experience
  with analytics and reporting tools.
• Strong
  documentation and reporting capabilities.
• Demonstrated
  ability to present complex concepts clearly to technical and business
  audiences.
• Strong
  stakeholder communication and customer service skills.

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that
solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do
for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We serve
customers in two ways, we provide:

1. Digital
   Experts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
2. Recruitment:
   Find The Right People You Need

Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital
provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff
needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most
reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them
staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our
proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100%
Indigenous owned company.

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