Automation Test Specialist (Toronto, Hybrid)

Responsibilities 

•  Create test plans, test cases and traceability matrices based on complex business requirements documents and system design documents.
• Actively Contribute to and maintain team’s automation tool set.
• Actively Contribute and shape the Cloud Testing Capability 
• Responsible for organizing and delivering End-To-End testing within a Project
• Pro-actively seek to make continuous improvements to test coverage, execution and test automation
• Create and / or maintain automated test data sets as well as validate test environments. 
• Conduct data quality assessment & design solutions to detect and improve test data quality
• Organize and prioritize team's needs within given automation toolset to ensure execution is as effective as possible. 
• Take an active role in all testing phases, receiving direction from the QA Manager and offering advice to the QA Manager when needed.
• Contribute to and maintain team’s internal knowledge base and mentor other QA resources
• Work with JIRA for automation deliverables, test case management, defect management, test reporting, and other functions.
• Participate in defect triage.
• Report testing progress and defect metrics to the QA Manager. 
• Review and provide feedback on high-level automation requirements, business requirements, and testing documents.

Show Us What You’ve Got 

• 8+ years of prior experience as a Test/QA Analyst in Automation with working experience on Cloud Testing preferably Azure
• Tertiary education
• Strong working experience on JAVA, Maven/ANT, Behavior Driven Development, Continuous Integration Tools 
• Strong Working experience in testing Applications on cloud preferably Azure
• Experience in writing SQL (data retrieval/update/inserts) on DB2 / Oracle / MS SQL Server/No SQL
• Experience in REST API / Middleware testing primarily using native/third party Java libraries
• Experience in server-side testing
• Basic experience working on server platforms physical or cloud (Windows Server/Linux) 
• Performance testing experience using Apache JMeter or any other tools
• Domain knowledge in Forex and Capital Markets 
• Familiarity with source code control systems GIT
• Knowledge in working with Atlassian JIRA
• Experience working in an Agile environment • Knowledge in QA methodologies and best practices Inclusiveness