Please note, 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.
A Note on the VOR Master Service Agreement:
The VOR Master Service Agreement expires on April 5, 2027, and includes a six (6)-month survival clause, allowing the Statement of Work (SOW) to continue, if operationally required, until October 5, 2027. Extension(s) are only allowed using unused days and/or funds remaining on the contract. No additional funds will be added beyond the maximum contract value and any extension options included in the original SOW. OPS may exercise its option(s) to extend the SOW beyond April 5, 2027, in accordance with the survival clause.
Must Haves:
- Hands-on experience supporting testing activities within Microsoft Power Apps environments
- Experience working in Agile projects using Azure DevOps or JIRA
- Hands-on experience using Postman for API testing
- Experience contributing to QA documentation, test execution reporting, and test artifacts
Technical Knowledge and Expertise – 70%
- Work with team, BAs, stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly understand defined user stories.
- Creating and executing test cases, focusing on both functional and non-functional requirements
- Knowledge of testing case management type solution, front-end, web-based technologies and data-mining/reporting-based COTS tools encompassing feasibility studies, requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design, implementation, testing and maintenance (Nice to have)
- Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational database technologies, and use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and relevant guidelines
- Test planning – Involves activities of defining the objectives of testing and the approach for meeting test objectives.
- Experience testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf Applications (COTS) i.e Case Management, Curam, Sibel, Oracle eBS
- Experience testing Child Welfare applications
- Experience with Azure DevOps tools in testing activities.
- Test Strategy – create a test strategy based on project requirements and schedules.
- Early testing to eliminate defects at an early stage reduces the bug fixing cost and time.
- Executing tests with appropriate techniques (manually or by using test execution tools) and documenting testing failures.
- Analyze the defects and identify the root cause.
- Troubleshoot defects, such that it does not affect the product quality.
- Report defects to software developers by recording software defects in Azure tools
- Inform the test progress against a schedule of the quality management.
- Conduct different test procedures, report issues, and follow up on the status of the issues.
- Monitor and analyze the performance using tools for efficient and problem-free operations.
- Uncover vulnerabilities in the system and determine that its data and resources are protected from intruders.
- Provides test summary reports outlining testing activities, defect metrics, and overall software quality.Lead and support UAT to get sign-offs
Communication and Project Management Skills – 15%
- Understanding of project coordination, task management, and delivery timelines
- Development of documentation and materials as part of a review and knowledge transfer to other members
- Development of specific activities as part of a review (hand over to ministry staff) and building block approach which, builds on knowledge transfer and skills development from the previous stage to the next
- Able to collaborate effectively with BAs, stakeholders, project managers, and development teams?
Agile knowledge and experience – 15%
- Experience in working with Agile teams and project
- Experience working in Azure DevOps tools
- Experience prioritizing work
- Able to collaborate with the product owner and stakeholders to clarify user stories and acceptance criteria
