QA Automation Developer

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Developer (contract)

Location: Remote within Alberta (Edmonton preferred or Calgary, as o n-site meetings may be required)

About Insight:

Insight Enterprise Inc serves clients in 190 countries, and in Canada, our robust Staffing department specializes in placing top-notch talent in sought-after roles across the nation.

Description:

Our public sector client is seeking a Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Developer for a six-month contract employment opportunity, with the possibility of extension up to 6 months. In this role, the QA Automation Developer will support a data integration project aimed to re-design and implement several reporting data marts, with conformed dimensions, containing data into an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and a set of dependent views. The position will be responsible for performing technical strategic functions, ensuring the architecture supports data analytics and reporting needs. Additionally, this role may support application of the Data Fabric architecture, data quality, data standards, and best practices to development as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement test automation to ensure service quality with a focus on iterative, continuous development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between Agile Teams and users.
• Works collaboratively in Agile Teams to improve services.
• Participates in project activities, including field work and user research.
• Works with Agile Teams and stakeholders to understand problems and leads the quality delivery piece of the solution.
• Participates in creating and prioritizing a backlog of work, estimates effort, and commits to scope of work for predictable delivery of features.
• Identifies quality related tasks for a backlog of work such as test case creation, system testing, and performance testing.
• Works with product owners to design test plans and strategies with a focus on automation to facilitate a continuous delivery approach.
• Develops automated tests and frameworks to support integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing, and performance testing.
• Works closely with Full Stack Developers to establish a high standard of quality across the Agile Team through quality metrics and best practices.
• Seeks out defects, investigates root causes, and supports informed categorization and triage of defects.
• Review both logical and physical data models that efficiently store data and support business processes.
• Support the development and adoption of best practices for data management, integration and common data management, and standardized methodologies.
• Contribute to development of individual data architectures, testing and data quality practices, as needed, to support business objectives.
• Work with datasets using ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tools and techniques for integrating data from various sources into the EDW.
• Interact with clients/partners (internal and/or external).

Must Have Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline and four years of related experience. OR;

• Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline and six years of related experience. OR;
• 1 year certificate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline and seven years of related experience. OR;
• Current active professional certification or accreditation in related discipline from a recognized issuing body and seven years of related experience.

As well as:

• 6 years’ experience and understanding of software quality assurance QA, testing and defect lifecycle
• 6 years’ experience working as an application developer within an enterprise IT environment.
• 5 years’ experience working directly with clients and coordinating with both external stakeholders and internal business areas to ensure communications are relayed to all parties.
• 3 references will be required for candidate submission.
• Eligibile for Enhanced Security Clearance including the last 3 years continuous residency in Canada or the United States.

Nice to Have Requirements:

• Professional qualification in Test Management (such as ISTQB or QAI certification) will be considered an asset.
• Ability to learn quickly, problem solve, troubleshoot, work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage stress and conflict.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with team members, management, and vendors.
• 4 years’ experience in Agile projects.
• 2 years’ experience providing leadership, planning, estimating, and presentations of ideas and solutions.
• 3 years’ experience with automated unit testing and integration testing.
• 2 years’ experience with cloud computing or big data platforms and infrastructure.
• 2 years’ experience with user acceptance testing including creation of user acceptance plan, status reporting, and managing assigned tasks.   
• 2 years’ experience working in or for the public sector.

Equipment requirements:

• Candidate will require own equipment.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume detailing all relevant experience and certifications. We thank you for your interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

Posting Notes: Edmonton || Alberta (CA-AB) || Canada (CA) || IT Infrastructure & Support || None || CA - Edmonton, AB ||