Discover
The Opportunity
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 in Calgary and are currently looking for an experienced QA Test Lead to help us do that!
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- Exceptional communication skills and interpersonal abilities
- Working dynamically across multiple projects
- Developing test plans, test strategies, and quality management documentation
- Assessing project resourcing requirements
- Working directly with client teams
What you'll need
Qualifications
- Knowledge of web and client/server technologies, network and infrastructure
- Knowledge on LAN/WAN networks and devices (switches, routers, firewalls)
- Experience testing DB upgrades and migration
- Experience testing server upgrades and migrations
- Network / server / database performance testing knowledge
- Experience with Citrix, VDI and Cloud
- Experience creating Test Strategy and Test Plans on infrastructure projects
- 5+ years of quality assurance and testing experience
- Excellent communication and writing skills
- Excellent organization skills
- Ability to prioritize work on 15+ infrastructure projects
- Experience with HP ALM is an asset
We're looking for
Core Skills
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.