Quality Assurance Automation Developer - (GOAPRDJP00000808)

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Quality Assurance Automation Developer - (GOAPRDJP Resources

1 Year Contract

Work Status:
Remote - However, the QA Engineer may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton on reasonable notice from the province. At the time of providing such notice, the province will advise of the expected duration of any such meetings or work sessions

Location:
ST, Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 5T6

Must Have: Education

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.(8 years with a Bachelor's degree or 10 years with a Diploma)

Must Have: Work Experience

• 2 years experience in a senior QA role on the same Agile project for at least two years.
• 8 years experience in planning, writing test cases, scripts, and executing functional testing manually.
• 5 years experience with API testing and implementing testing with CI/CD pipelines in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• 8 years experience with database testing including data conversion testing in a large-scale enterprise environment
• 5 years experience with establishing and supporting automation test scripts in a large-scale enterprise environment
• 8 years experience with non-functional testing including load testing, performance testing, usability testing, compatibility testing, security testing, and end-to-end testing.
• 5 years experience working as a senior QA on large-scale enterprise Agile projects with 15 or more team members.

Nice to have: Work Experience

• 5 years experience incrementally transforming existing legacy systems into modern digital services across multiple releases.
• 4 years experience using data analytic tools and methodologies to derive insights from data.
• 2 years experience with Jira, Example Mapping and Dual-Track development.
• 3 years experience with leading a QA team with three (3) or more team members in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• 3 years experience with User Acceptance Testing processes on large, complex, multi-stakeholder environment.

Description

The Government of Alberta ("GoA") has embarked on transforming the work of government to deliver simpler, more efficient, and better services for the citizens of Alberta, thereby ensuring that the needs of Albertans are effectively met in the digital age. The Digital Design and Delivery Division ("DDD") is the Province's new centre for digital delivery. It was established to maximize capability and confidence in modern digital practice by ensuring service quality and value through standards and controls. This includes utilizing human-centred design approaches together with Agile methodology and modern data practices.

DDD may establish working relationships with other Ministries throughout this engagement. DDD's Platforms branch manages large-scale enterprise projects to build and maintain high-impact platforms, products and services related to identity and access management, payment distributions, and e-commerce.

DDD's Platforms branch is looking for two (2) experienced and motivated Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Engineer) to ensure the implementation quality of large-scale enterprise platforms, products and services. If you're passionate about delivering enterprise solutions that ensure government services are secure, cost-effective, and easy to access, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. The QA Engineer will be working with modern, user-centered Agile processes within a high-performing team culture to make a meaningful impact.

The QA Engineer provides expertise in ensuring that solutions meet required standards of quality, performance, and security by adhering to GoA best practices and processes. The QA Engineer collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to plan and execute comprehensive system tests, identify defects and areas for improvements.

To succeed, a solid testing background in QA engineering is required, with experience in both functional and non-functional testing, performed manually and through automation, in an Agile environment. It is important that the QA Engineer possesses strong problem-solving abilities and fosters a culture of quality across teams. A strong foundation in current and emerging testing technologies, as well as excellent communication, critical thinking, and collaboration skills, are essential. The ability to balance business acumen with project leadership expertise will be crucial in driving projects to success.

Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:

• Lead in ensuring the delivery of quality digital services:
• Create and document test plans, test cases and test scripts to support frequent delivery of features with consistent and satisfactory quality;
• Plan and execute system tests for functional and non-functional testing;
• Perform regression testing, smoke testing, sanity testing, and exploration testing;
• Perform Application Programming Interface (API) testing including security, performance, data validation, error handling, integration testing and standards compliance testing;
• Perform mobile testing including device compatibility testing and mobile-specific testing; and
• Perform cross-browser compatibility testing.
• Lead in database testing:
• Write SQL queries to validate data in databases, ensuring the correct data is inserted, updated and retrieved;
• Verify data integrity ensuring data is processed correctly and is consistent across the solution; and
• Perform data conversion testing, ensuring data integrity and accuracy in data quantity throughout the conversion process.
• Manage automation that allows for rapid and frequent delivery:
• Implement automated test suites; and
• Coordinate contributions to automated test suites.
• Contribute to defect management and best practices:
• Track defects during testing with detailed, accurate information, screenshots and logs for reproducing, following best practices;
• Create detailed bug reports and work with the team to prioritize and identify the severity; and
• Ensuring defects are properly fixed without introducing new issues.
• Support and encourage the adoption of quality practices on teams and foster continuous improvement.
• Support any initiatives regarding the use of re-usable testing components/suites, the creation of test databases or the use of AI during testing.
• Support a team in defining metrics for service quality:
• Contribute to and coordinate automated metrics collection; and
• Contribute to and coordinate automated generation of reports and artifacts on quality.

Evaluation

The evaluation criteria will be distributed within the following categories.

1. Requirements – 10%

2. Interview – 60%

3. Pricing – 10%

4.
Other Mandatory Requirements – 20% - Attached