Application Systems Tester

The Treasury Board Secretariat is seeking an experienced Application Systems Tester with a proven track record of building and testing high quality applications. Join a highly skilled team of developers, quality assurance testers, and communication professionals to lead the delivery of a stable, secure, scalable enterprise intranet for over 60,000 OPS employees and related digital products.


Please note: This position is located at 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto; however, alternate work arrangements, including flexible hours, telework (remote work), and a compressed work week may be available. Furthermore, Oshawa may be considered as an alternate location for part of the work week based on operational requirements and upon the successful applicant's request as per the Central Agencies Cluster's flex program.

What can I expect to do in this role?

As an Application Systems Tester, you will:

• Create and execute test cases, report and track defects.
• Lead the planning and implementation of the Integration and Regression Phase of the systems development lifecycle for the testing of all changes to the enterprise and corporate applications systems.
• Design test automation techniques and identify and resolve defects in test automation setup.
• Provide technical and business expertise and advice on all aspects of application testing to operations staff, business analysts, system designers and developers.

How do I qualify?

Knowledge and Technical Skills:

• You have experience in, automated testing using Codeception, Selenium or similar, manual testing, and assistive techniques.
• You have knowledge of the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and end to end digital accessibility testing.
• You have the ability to develop, execute, and maintain the functional and regression testing scripts and development.
• You have experience in any of Scripting languages like PHP/Python/Java and others.
• You have experience with various testing tools such as JAWS, Compliance Sheriff, WAVE, NVDA, Colour Contrast Analyzer, and others.
• You have the ability to assess the severity and risk of defects, distinguish between false positives, and offer remediation advice and propose solutions.
• You have knowledge of application development methodologies, techniques and methods; structured analysis and design methodology, the systems development cycle and data modeling techniques; structured testing tools and methodology and test automation techniques to plan and project lead the planning and implementation of testing in support of the systems development lifecycle.
• You have knowledge of current and emerging technology and industry standards and trends, specifically as they relate to relational databases and three-tier architecture, and operating systems, databases, network protocols, and data transformation, to lead and conduct the research and analysis of innovative opportunities and lead the installation, configuration of operating systems, software, and provision of troubleshooting.
• You have knowledge of quality assurance activities with various software development methodology such as waterfall and agile.
• You have experience with Agile tools such as JIRA and Confluence and knowledge of DevOps QA practices.
• You have experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Drone CI, Jenkins and Bamboo and experience with version control and associated software – Git, GitHub, SourceTree or similar tools.
• You have experience/understanding in testing API's and web service technologies (i.e., REST, SOAP).

Analytical, Research and Problem-Solving Skills:

• You can identify, define and design all test scripts and test cases, and determine technical requirements for the planning and implementation of testing projects.
• You can assess testing outcomes and identify and resolve defects in the test automation set up.
• You can research and analyze innovative opportunities, applications and process improvements related to the testing of human resources information systems.

Communication Skills:

• You can provide specialized technical expertise and business advice on all aspects of application testing to operations staff, business analysts, system designers and developers.
• You can plan and lead external service providers responsible for conducting testing projects.
• You can present complex test results findings to project owners (e.g. business leads, systems analysts).
• You can develop technical methods, practices, techniques and tools for use in systems testing.
• You can document and report complex findings from testing projects.

Project Management Knowledge and Skills:

• You have knowledge of project management methodology and techniques to plan and lead multiple testing projects and to prepare project plans, determine technical requirements and monitor activities.

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the  OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the application instructions below if you require a disability-related accommodation.

Please be advised that the results of this competition may be used to form an eligibility list of qualified candidates to potentially fill future vacancies represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). In accordance with the Collective Agreement, eligibility lists are shared with OPSEU representatives. By applying to this competition, you are providing consent that your name may be shared with OPSEU representatives.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Remember: The deadline to apply is Thursday, April 7, 2022 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.