Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Assurance Specialist

Location: Toronto, ON, On-site (5 days per week)
Language: Strong written and verbal English communication skills
Duration: 3-month contract, with potential for extension

About the Opportunity
Altis Recruitment is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Specialist to support a large-scale digital transformation initiative within the public sector. This opportunity is ideal for a detail-oriented QA professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and ensuring enterprise applications meet high standards of quality, performance and accessibility.

You'll collaborate with developers, business analysts, project managers and technical leads to deliver reliable, accessible and user-friendly systems that support essential public services.

What's In It for You
• Work on meaningful public sector technology initiatives with broad user impact.
• Collaborate with experienced, cross-functional IT teams in a supportive environment.
• Expand your expertise in enterprise testing, automation and accessibility compliance.
• Gain exposure to complex systems and modern development methodologies, with potential for contract extension.

Your Responsibilities
• You'll develop comprehensive test strategies, plans, scenarios, scripts and test data, maintaining requirements traceability matrices.
• You'll execute manual and automated testing, including unit, integration, functional, regression, accessibility and non-functional testing.
• You'll manage test cases, defects and Kanban boards in Azure DevOps, ensuring accurate reporting and resolution.
• You'll develop automated test scripts, support CI/CD integration and conduct performance, load and stress testing.
• You'll validate data integrity, system functionality and AODA compliance across enterprise applications.
• You'll collaborate with technical and business teams throughout Agile ceremonies, user acceptance testing and release activities.

Skills and Qualifications
• 5+ years of enterprise software testing experience, including test case development, test data preparation, requirements traceability and end-to-end testing.
• 5+ years of experience executing manual, automated, unit, integration, regression, functional, accessibility and non-functional testing.
• 3+ years of experience managing test plans and cases in Azure DevOps, including hands-on Kanban board management.
• Proficiency with Selenium, Postman or similar automation tools, plus JMeter or LoadRunner for performance testing.
• Experience with SQL, Oracle, Azure or AWS, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Git or GitLab, and defect tracking tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of AODA compliance, security testing, Agile, Scrum and Waterfall methodologies. Ontario Public Service QA standards experience is an asset.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines.

Why Partner with Altis
If you’ve never worked with a staffing agency before, we make it easy. We work with top employers across Canada who have great jobs to fill, each vetted and verified by our team. When you apply for a job with Altis, we get to know you as a candidate and learn what your strengths are. Then, if you’re a solid match, we handle all the logistics, advocating for you as a candidate for the role, providing access to coaching and connecting you directly with the hiring manager. And rest assured, all our services are free of cost for candidates.

We appreciate the time and effort all applicants invest in their submissions. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for this role will be contacted directly. However, your profile will remain under consideration for future opportunities that align with your experience and career goals.All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities including those who identify as women, members of racialized groups, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. If you require an accommodation, please review our accessibility policy and reach out to our accessibility officer with any questions. Our human recruiters review all applications and always make the final hiring decision. On occasion, we also use AI-assisted tools to help review applications.