WilsonHCG

Work Location: Hybrid
Position Type: Contract, 6 Months (potential for extension)
Location: Toronto, ON
Compensation Range: $41.7/hr. to $60/hr.

Our client, a multinational technology company specializing in Information Technology Services and Consulting, is looking to hire a Test Analyst.

Responsibilities

• Lead test planning, preparation and execution activities.
• Analyze, develop, debug, execute and maintain complex automated test cases.
• Be responsible for all project/ release testing (e.g. integration, business acceptance, performance, operability, deployment verification).Coordinate testing planning, support with partners (e.g. business, CIO group, Infrastructure).Lead documentation creation, review, sign-off (e.g. test strategies, plans, schedule, cost estimates, test cases, dashboards, defect logs, test phase closure reports, entry/exit criteria and gating).Apply risk analysis methodologies, tools that align with a projects development approach.
• Prioritize testing tasks, ensure milestones, activities, tasks are completed as scheduled.
• May create and execute test case creation and execution to ensure team meets timelines.
• Ensure testing does not impact the production environment (e.g., file transmission scheduling), meets information security/privacy policies/guidelines.
• Chair daily defect status calls to ensure prompt, thorough documenting, tracking, testing. report on test planning, execution, defects to project team using standard test quality metrics.
• Lead relationships with project team, offshore teams, release teams, third-parties, clients.
• Build, maintain test environments. monitor, trouble shoot, triage, resolve issues.
• Co-ordinate code deployments, maintenance upgrades and project testing across numerous environments on various technology platforms.
• Follow established testing processes, in doing so, identify, assess, address, resolve and/or escalate, develop contingency plans as needed.
• Participate in audit reviews of test artifacts, ensure they meet standards and audit requirements, and are stored in the project site.
• Participate in gate reviews, testing activities and artifacts, ensure they adhere to gating criteria.
• Communicate, address scope changes that may impact testing (timeline, costs, risks).Promptly identify, notify, escalate, monitor issues, recommend solutions.
• Track financials.
• Identify, track resources needed to cover projects.
• Use tools to develop, maintain virtualized services, components, environments.
• Coach colleagues and act as a reference for the requirements management life cycle.

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