NOTE:
Assignment Type: This position is listed as Onsite; the resource is expected to work 7.25 hours per calendar day between the standard working hours of 8:00-5:00 PM (excluding lunch breaks) every Monday to Friday inclusive at the identified OPS office location.
Extension/Amendment Attestation:
Extensions are permitted only to the extent of unused contract days and/or remaining contract funds. No additional funds will be added beyond the maximum contract value, including any extension options set out in the original SOW.
Responsibilities:
- Follow a clearly defined test strategy
- Complete all functional and regression testing activities of Web application components and reports, including direct API, automation, integration testing, as required
- Work efficiently as part of the project team, participating in iteration planning sessions and defining acceptance criteria
- Effectively create and manage defects based on priority and severity
- Provide system testing expertise through creation and execution of complex test plans and the coordination of defects throughout the testing lifecycle
- Create test plans for assigned testing areas including the maintenance of test cases
- Perform test execution and results reporting
- Assist user acceptance testing with both data creation and test execution
- Plan and lead peer reviews of various test artefacts
- Provide input on project test strategy
- Provide review of test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Both participate and lead defect review process on a regular basis
- Enter defects in industry standard defect tracking tool
- Follow defects throughout the testing lifecycle
- Assist in the analysis and definition of testing scope during an iteration
- Perform database verification using SQL in an Oracle environment
- Create test data using automated test tools to assist both functional and regression testing during a sprint
- Assist and advise the DADS IT Project Manager and the IDMS Testing Lead with issues and scope management.
General Skills:
- Experience working efficiently as part of a project team
- Proven and demonstrable troubleshooting and analytical experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong Interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders
- A demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadline
Technical Skills
- Experience following a clearly defined test strategy
- Demonstrated system testing expertise through the development of automated test scripts, the creation and execution of complex test plans and the coordination of defects throughout the testing lifecycle
- Experience providing assistance to the DADS IT Project Manager and the IDMS Testing Lead with issues and scope management
- Experience assisting in the analysis and definition of testing scope during an iteration
- Experience providing input to project test strategy
- Experience planning and leading peer reviews for various test artefacts
- Experience reporting test results and coordinating defects through the testing lifecycle of a project
- Experience leading and/or participating in the defect review process on a regular basis
- Experience reviewing test results of both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Understanding of accessibility regulations and standards
- Experience with all test activities including functional, integration and regression testing of Web application components and reports
- Experience creating entry and exit criteria for the system testing effort
- Experience in creating and executing test plans for assigned testing areas including maintenance of test cases
- Expertise in creating a variety of test data using automated test tools (e.g. SOAP UI, Swagger, Postman) to assist both functional and regression testing during an iteration
- Experience performing database verification using SQL in an Oracle environment
- Experience creating and managing project defects based on priority and severity
- Experience assisting with user acceptance testing, both data creation and test execution
- Knowledge of how to enter defects in industry standard defect tracking tools and following defects throughout the test life cycle
- Knowledge of standards for health care data exchange, in particular Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
