QA Automation Developer

Key Technology: QA, Automation Developer, GitHub, API, Jira, Cypress

Job Responsibilities:

The QA Automation Developer will be required on a full-time basis, working across two (2) to three (3) projects. Time, location, and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project. At the end of each term, it is expected that the QA Automation Developer may work a maximum of 1,960 hours, unless otherwise agreed upon with the Province. However, QA Automation Developer(s) may be required to work fewer or more hours depending on the nature and needs of their work, as directed by the client.

Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:

• Take the lead in ensuring the delivery of quality digital services:
• Create test plans to support frequent delivery of features with consistent and satisfactory quality;
• Create test cases and scenarios;
• Design and implement system tests;
• Design and implement load and performance tests; and
• Design and implement security tests.
• Manage automation that allows for rapid and frequent delivery:
• Implement automated test suites; and Coordinate contributions to automated test suites.
• Support and encourage the adoption of quality practices on a team such as code linting, test coverage, and Behaviour/Test Driven Development (BDD/TDD).
• Support any initiatives regarding the use of re-usable testing components/suites, the creation of test databases or the use of AI during testing.
• Support a team in defining metrics for service quality:
• Contribute to and coordinate automated metrics collection; and
• Contribute to and coordinate automated generation of reports and Artifacts on quality.