RQ11503 - Solutions Designer - Senior

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.
  
• Executes functional, integration, system, and regression tests.
  
• Validates that the system behaves as expected under various conditions.
  
• Identifies, document, and track software defects using tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.
  
• Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.
  
• Develops and maintains automated test scripts using tools like Micro Focus, OpenText™ UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.
  
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Conduct performance, stress, and load testing to ensure the system can handle expected user traffic and data volumes.
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
  
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.
  
• Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  
• Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics.
  
• Provide input for user manuals and release notes.
  
• Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
  

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
  
• Knowledge of system, integration, regression, and acceptance testing.
  
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
  
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, comprehensive test cases and execute them effectively.
  
• Experience with tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail, Zephyr, etc.
  
• Familiarity with tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Postman for API testing.
  
• Understanding of scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash) for automation or test data setup.
  
• Demonstrated ability to write queries to validate data and perform backend testing.
  
• Clear grasp of the software development and testing life cycles.
  
• Experience conducting basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.
  
• Experience developing and managing robust test data strategies, including generating realistic and sufficient test data, ensuring data privacy, and managing test data environments.
  
• Validates data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across various system components and databases, performing data migration and transformation testing as needed.
  
• Experience developing and executing performance test scripts using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner, and analyzing performance bottlenecks and system scalability.
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 10+ years of experience on backend design and development using REST Web Services, JPA, hibernates, database, SQL, PL/SQL. 
  
• Strong expertise in enterprise integration design, including experience with integration patterns, technologies, design principle and best practices. 
  
• In-depth knowledge of Spring Framework, especially Spring Integration, and experience designing and building integration solutions using it. 
  
• Strong knowledge of message-oriented middleware and enterprise service buses as IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACEs) or MuleSoft and experience designing and building solutions using them. 
  
• Experience with integration technologies, such as JMS, AMQP, or REST, and an understanding of how to use them in Azure context 
  
• Experience with cloud-based integration solutions 
  
• 10+ years of experience on backend design and development using REST Web Services, JPA, hibernates, database, SQL, PL/SQL. 
  
• Experience leading other developers as Team Lead
  

Nice to have:

• Prior OPS/Public sector exp.
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Technical Skills:

• 10+ years of experience on backend design and development using REST Web Services, JPA, hibernates, database, SQL, PL/SQL. 
  
• Strong expertise in enterprise integration design, including experience with integration patterns, technologies, design principle and best practices. 
  
• In-depth knowledge of Spring Framework, especially Spring Integration, and experience designing and building integration solutions using it. 
  
• Strong knowledge of message-oriented middleware and enterprise service buses as IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACEs) or MuleSoft and experience designing and building solutions using them. 
  
• Experience with integration technologies, such as JMS, AMQP, or REST, and an understanding of how to use them in Azure context 
  
• Hands-on experience with integration technologies, such as JMS, AMQP, or REST, and an understanding of how to use them in Azure Integration context. 
  
• Experience with data model, database such as Oracle, SQL server. 
  
• Experience with cloud-based integration solutions 
  

 Development Skills:

• 10+ years of experience on backend design and development using REST Web Services, JPA, hibernates, database, SQL, PL/SQL. 
  
• Hands-on experience with integration technologies, such as APIs, Message Queues and Middleware, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB): 
  
• Experience in designing solutions from business requirements, especially using UML, JEE, Service Bus, and ETL.  
  

System Analysis:

• Experience in System Analysis, requirements gathering and designing use cases  
  
• Experience with prototyping solution for presentation to the client or Sr. management  
  

Communication Skills:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills  
  
• Experience with facilitating and leading discussions with technical teams as well as business  
  
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines  
  

Public sector exp:

• Experience in working with Enterprise Architecture within OPS, following standards and documentation artifacts and template