Location: Fredericton-NB (Hybrid)

Job Type: Contract

Duration: 12+ Months

NOTE: Candidate must have demonstrated experience working with Provincial Health Care and Electronic Health Records applications in a Canadian context.

General Duties:

• Create and maintain performance testing initiatives and adhering to best practices;

• Completion of the QA deliverables as defined in the Deliverable Assessment Framework. These activities will be identified and managed as part of the project or maintenance release plans;

• Ensure the quality of applications based on defined scope and project requirements and meetings with project stakeholders;

• Ensure compliance with government IT policies, procedures and security standards;

• Communicate regularly with Project/Team Representatives and participate in Quality review sessions;

• Stay informed regarding project direction and context as applicable:

• Attend team status meetings

• Attend working group meetings as required

• Work with various IT resources during the design, development, and implementation of IT Projects/Releases;

• Work with the existing QA team members to ensure a knowledge transfer at the end of the assignment

• Develop user documentation and procedures.

• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Required Skills:

A University degree in Computer Science, Health Sciences, Business Administration or similar disciplines is preferred, however, an equivalent of education and experience may be considered.

A minimum of 8 years of demonstrated testing experience that includes the following types of testing: functional, performance, connectivity, regression, integration, and automation

A minimum of 8 years of demonstrated experience in quality assurance and system testing best practices and methodologies

A minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in a QA Lead role.

Demonstrated experience in security relating to data confidentiality and client privacy as it pertains to databases and application design and development

Demonstrated proficiency in ‘open source’ performance testing tools for web applications and web services like JMeter

Demonstrated advanced experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) in a QA environment.

Demonstrated knowledge of Quality Assurance frameworks and experience with project methodologies such as Waterfall, Waterscrum, Agile.

Demonstrated experience with supporting the User Acceptance testing process including working with the Business Owners and execution of Test Cases/Scripts, Defect Reporting and Resolution tracking etc.

Demonstrated experience in HP Quality Center and HP WebInspect or similar product.

Demonstrated experience with Automation Testing tools – Eg. SOAPUI

Demonstrated experience working closely with multiple vendors on a single project. This work includes but not limited to: Test Plans, Test Cases/Scripts, Defect Reporting and Resolution tracking etc.