We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to join the Transit Operations Team. This team provides critical technology solutions for transit tracking, safety operations, and customer information management. In this role, you will define testing strategies, author comprehensive test plans, and coordinate complex end-to-end testing activities. You will act as a pivotal quality champion across both Agile and Waterfall environments, validating that applications, data pipelines, and core infrastructure components conform to defined requirements and performance standards.
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Location: Toronto, ON (3 days onsite / 2 days remote; subject to change)
Duration: 6-month contract
Advantages
High-Impact Transit Infrastructure: Play a vital role in validating critical applications responsible for regional train/bus tracking and real-time public safety.
Vendor Management Scope: Expand your professional profile by leading end-to-end testing coordination across internal engineering teams and major third-party vendors.
Dynamic Technical Ecosystem: Work across a robust variety of systems ranging from cloud-based digital consumer channels down to physical network setups, WiFi, and data centers.
Balanced Hybrid Model: Enjoy structured collaboration with a balanced blend of remote and onsite team engagement.
Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Planning: Plan, analyze, and define testing strategies for software and infrastructure components, ensuring the main regression suite remains up to date.
Vendor & Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with third-party vendors to coordinate end-to-end testing activities, manage managed-services validation, and perform compatibility testing on vendor-provided programs.
Test Case Lifecycle: Collaborate with Software Developers and technical staff to design precise test specifications, build test cases, investigate failures, and prioritize defects within JIRA.
Multi-Tier Execution: Author and execute test scripts across multiple disciplines, including Functional, Smoke, Regression, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and End-to-End (E2E) testing.
Artifact Review: Review new or modified programs, including technical documentation, system diagrams, and process flowcharts, to ensure applications function exactly as requested.
Post-Implementation Monitoring: Monitor application performance after deployment to prevent the recurrence of operating problems and verify overall operational efficiency.
Quality Standards Governance: Write, revise, and audit QA metrics, standard operating procedures, and evaluation guidelines to ensure cost-effective software delivery.
Reporting & Visibility: Generate summary and detailed test progress reports, continuously communicating testing milestones and quality risks to project managers and stakeholders.
Qualifications
Core QA Seniority: Minimum of 8 years of dedicated experience in planning, organizing, and executing quality control and software testing activities.
Methodology Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience writing and executing test scripts across both Waterfall and Agile environments.
Testing Breadth: 5+ years of deep experience driving Functional, Smoke, Regression, UAT, and E2E cross-team testing initiatives.
Tooling Mastery: 5+ years of advanced expertise utilizing JIRA, Zephyr, and Confluence (or equivalent test management suites).
Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal and written communication skills with a proven ability to lead defect triage meetings and present status to leadership teams.
Education: University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
Technical Agility: Ability to quickly understand underlying technologies, infrastructure models, and cloud-native application setups.
Logistics: Willingness and ability to travel to different operating centers within the GTA as required by project milestones.
Desirable Skills
Familiarity with Transportation Operations terms and concepts (e.g., transit tracking, service planning, or transit networks).
Experience with automated testing and API tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Selenium, or LoadRunner.
Background in data analytics validation, including data verification, ETL checking, or data migration testing.
Experience validating Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) business solutions.
Understanding of DevSecOps delivery pipelines, cloud architecture, and non-functional validation (Performance, AODA/Accessibility, Security, and PCI compliance testing).
Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to join the Transit Operations Team. This team provides critical technology solutions for transit tracking, safety operations, and customer information management. In this role, you will define testing strategies, author comprehensive test plans, and coordinate complex end-to-end testing activities. You will act as a pivotal quality champion across both Agile and Waterfall environments, validating that applications, data pipelines, and core infrastructure components conform to defined requirements and performance standards.
Location: Toronto, ON (3 days onsite / 2 days remote; subject to change)
Duration: 6-month contract
Advantages
High-Impact Transit Infrastructure: Play a vital role in validating critical applications responsible for regional train/bus tracking and real-time public safety.
Vendor Management Scope: Expand your professional profile by leading end-to-end testing coordination across internal engineering teams and major third-party vendors.
Dynamic Technical Ecosystem: Work across a robust variety of systems ranging from cloud-based digital consumer channels down to physical network setups, WiFi, and data centers.
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Balanced Hybrid Model: Enjoy structured collaboration with a balanced blend of remote and onsite team engagement.
Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Planning: Plan, analyze, and define testing strategies for software and infrastructure components, ensuring the main regression suite remains up to date.
Vendor & Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with third-party vendors to coordinate end-to-end testing activities, manage managed-services validation, and perform compatibility testing on vendor-provided programs.
Test Case Lifecycle: Collaborate with Software Developers and technical staff to design precise test specifications, build test cases, investigate failures, and prioritize defects within JIRA.
Multi-Tier Execution: Author and execute test scripts across multiple disciplines, including Functional, Smoke, Regression, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and End-to-End (E2E) testing.
Artifact Review: Review new or modified programs, including technical documentation, system diagrams, and process flowcharts, to ensure applications function exactly as requested.
Post-Implementation Monitoring: Monitor application performance after deployment to prevent the recurrence of operating problems and verify overall operational efficiency.
Quality Standards Governance: Write, revise, and audit QA metrics, standard operating procedures, and evaluation guidelines to ensure cost-effective software delivery.
Reporting & Visibility: Generate summary and detailed test progress reports, continuously communicating testing milestones and quality risks to project managers and stakeholders.
Qualifications
Core QA Seniority: Minimum of 8 years of dedicated experience in planning, organizing, and executing quality control and software testing activities.
Methodology Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience writing and executing test scripts across both Waterfall and Agile environments.
Testing Breadth: 5+ years of deep experience driving Functional, Smoke, Regression, UAT, and E2E cross-team testing initiatives.
Tooling Mastery: 5+ years of advanced expertise utilizing JIRA, Zephyr, and Confluence (or equivalent test management suites).
Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal and written communication skills with a proven ability to lead defect triage meetings and present status to leadership teams.
Education: University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
Technical Agility: Ability to quickly understand underlying technologies, infrastructure models, and cloud-native application setups.
Logistics: Willingness and ability to travel to different operating centers within the GTA as required by project milestones.
Desirable Skills
Familiarity with Transportation Operations terms and concepts (e.g., transit tracking, service planning, or transit networks).
Experience with automated testing and API tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Selenium, or LoadRunner.
Background in data analytics validation, including data verification, ETL checking, or data migration testing.
Experience validating Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) business solutions.
Understanding of DevSecOps delivery pipelines, cloud architecture, and non-functional validation (Performance, AODA/Accessibility, Security, and PCI compliance testing).
Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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