System Tester

We’re hiring: Systems Testing/QA Specialist – Intermediate

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work arrangement: Hybrid — 3 days onsite at Metro Hall

Contract: Approximately 6 months, with a potential 6-month extension

Schedule: 35 hours per week

Rate: Up to C$60/hour, independent contractor

A Toronto municipal public-sector organization is seeking an Intermediate Systems Testing/QA Specialist to support comprehensive testing across large-scale on-premise, web, cloud-integrated, and mobile applications.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop test scenarios, test cases, scripts, and test data from business requirements and user stories

• Execute functional, integration, regression, system, mobile, API, performance, usability, and user acceptance testing

• Manage test cycles, analyze results, document discrepancies, and oversee defects through closure

• Maintain test and defect records using tools such as OpenText ALM, OpenText Octane, JIRA, Xray, and Confluence

• Develop or maintain automated test scripts using Selenium, UFT, TOSCA, Cucumber, Serenity, or similar tools

• Collaborate with QA leads, business analysts, developers, and project stakeholders

• Contribute to test planning, QA reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives

Required qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on testing experience supporting large-scale applications

• Experience testing on-premise systems, web applications, cloud-based integrations, and mobile platforms

• Strong functional, integration, regression, and UAT experience

• Full test-cycle and defect-lifecycle management experience

• Strong understanding of the SDLC

• Experience working in Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, and hybrid environments

• Ability to work onsite in downtown Toronto 3 days per week

• Authorization to work in Canada under the required independent-contractor arrangement

Preferred qualifications:

• Test automation experience with Selenium, UFT, TOSCA, Cucumber, or Serenity

• API, performance, mobile, accessibility, or AODA testing experience

• Experience testing AI-based solutions, ServiceNow, Salesforce, SAP, or comparable platforms

• Previous Canadian public-sector or municipal experience

• Software Quality Engineering certification or equivalent

This is an urgent requirement, and the team is looking to move quickly. If you are currently available in the job market or considering a new opportunity, I’d be happy to connect and discuss the role in more detail.

If you’re interested, please reply with your updated resume.

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Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

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