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The Opportunity

Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Can work Remote
Information Technology
Experienced
Full-time

PQA has been going strong since 1997! We take pride in our commitment to the communities across Canada in which we are located because we know there is more to life than work. Our team members enjoy opportunities for continuous learning and they work with leading edge companies, technologies and tools. As one of Canada's largest and most established independent software testing companies, we insist on working with 'quality' people who share our passion for doing the job right!

We are growing across Canada and are currently looking for Intermediate Test Automation Specialists to help us do that! This role will be responsible for creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test scripts, using a variety of automated testing tools, creating test reports, traceability matrices and other testing artifacts.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

  • Write, maintain and run test scripts using automation suites
  • Assist with the detailed analysis and interpretation of results to help identify and isolate issues
  • Report status and metrics to clients and management
  • Participate with clients in discussions of prioritizing testing activities
  • Develop, test and maintain in-house testing tools / harnesses
  • Identify and document defects encountered during test execution activities utilizing defect tracking tools

What you'll need

Qualifications

  • Computer Science degree or equivalent
  • Experience across a variety of tools required: QTP, Selenium, TOSCA, Custom Built
  • Experience working with BDD frameworks
  • Cloud experience is an asset
  • Minimum 3 - 5 years of test automation experience with a minimum of 3 projects / roles
  • Experience utilizing testing solutions/tools in a software testing environment
  • Experience developing, maintaining and executing test plans and test cases based on Business Requirements Documents or Use Case Documents
  • Experience interacting with both technically oriented teams as well as business oriented teams
  • Experience managing test environments that include Client Server, Web and Database components
  • Experience working in a mobile test environment that includes iOS and Android is considered an asset

We're looking for

Core Skills

BDD Frameworks TOSCA Test Automation Selenium Testing QTP

A little bit about us

PLATO

Who We Are
PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.

In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services, PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative train-and-employ model. Since 1997, we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable, proven, quality-centric managed services. Companies such as Apple, Suncor, TD Bank, Medavie, BCLC, LinkedIn, Boeing, and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA), Testing, and eLearning expertise and experience.

We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability, boost customer satisfaction, manage development cycles and implement quality-centric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions, designed to generate increased efficiencies, competitive advantage, and market share for our clients.

Are you interested?

Work With Us

At PQA Testing, we encourage our employees' personal career growth. We have plans in place to make sure that each employee is connected with a mentor to help guide them through their professional development, offer bi-monthly lunch & learns and give our employees chances to attend industry conferences.

Our employee's health and wellness is #1 here at PQA Testing. We offer health incentives for our full-time employees to help them reach their goals of a healthy lifestyle. PQA Testing is always organizing events that involve exercise and our annual Family Day BBQ is one event that definitely brings all of us closer.