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The Opportunity

Calgary, AB
Can work Remote
Information Technology
Experienced
Full-time
Competition Number: 23T012

PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable. Our team of software testing specialists believe that better software leads to a better world.

We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada, in Fredericton, Miramichi, Sault Ste Marie, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria.

Our company is growing rapidly, and so is our need for a Senior Data Tester. Preference will be given to candidates based in Alberta, though we will consider candidates from across Canada. The successful incumbent must be willing to work Mountain Time hours.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

  • Produce documentation to support testing activities
  • Conduct testing to align with client test methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc)
  • Use defect tracking and test case management systems to document test cases, record defects and record test case execution results
  • Work/communicate directly with clients and discuss prioritizing of testing activities
  • Extract testing requirements from functional and business requirements
  • Write test plans and test cases
  • Create test status reports

What you'll need

Qualifications

  • Computer Science degree, Engineering degree, or equivalent work experience
  • 7+ years of experience as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst
  • Strong data validation experience (excellent SQL skills) is mandatory for this position
  • Python experience is an asset for this position
  • ETL / Data Warehouse testing experience is required for this position
  • Azure experience is an asset for this position
  • Power BI experience is preferred but not required
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills
  • Demonstrated experience having tested complex IT solutions
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Flexibility, self-motivation and the ability to give and receive feedback at all levels
  • Ability to build collaborative working relationships in a team oriented environment
  • Experience with Test Management tools such as HP ALM

We're looking for

Core Skills

Python User Stories Data Validation JIRA ALM Agile Testing Data Warehousing ETL SQL

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 PLATO, we encourage our employees' personal career growth. We have plans in place to make sure that each employee is connected with a people manager to help guide them through their professional development, offer e-learning classes, and give our employees the opportunity to pursue software certifications for cutting-edge technologies.

PLATO respectfully acknowledges that our offices are located on treaty territories, unceded First Nations and Inuit territories, and part of Métis homelands. We honour their long history of welcoming many Nations to the beautiful Turtle Island and we actively work towards reconciliation between Métis, Inuit, and First Nation peoples and non-Indigenous people on this Land.

We contribute to proactive employment practices to promote inclusivity and diversity to those especially marginalized populations such as women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples, and all other groups protected under the Human Rights Code.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Posting Expiry Date: May 30, 2023

JOBID: 23T012