Quality Assurance Tester


Our Federal Government Client requires the services of a Quality Assurance Tester Level 3 in support of their ongoing major projects.


Contract Details:

  • Client: Federal Government - Financial Client
  • Role: QA Tester L3
  • Contract Duration: ASAP - End of December 2025 but project will be extended for up to 3 years.
  • Location of Work: Remote
  • Language: English
  • Security Clearance: Reliability level clearance must be in hand


Tasks:

Working with the project team, the Quality Assurance Tester Level 3 tasks include but are not limited to the following:

  • Lead the creation and execution of comprehensive test strategies to validate the functionality, performance, and security of Power Platform solutions, ensuring alignment with business requirements and technical specifications.
  • Collaborate with development teams to understand the architecture and design of Power Platform solutions, to develop effective test cases and plans.
  • Lead test planning activities and provide feedback on requirements and specifications.
  • Develop and maintain a detailed backlog in Azure DevOps for test scenarios, cases, and scripts, driving quality assurance activities throughout the iterative development, testing, and deployment lifecycle.
  • Analyze and prioritize test activities in Azure DevOps, ensuring efficient allocation of testing resources and alignment with release schedules and project milestones.
  • Participate in code reviews to identify potential issues.
  • Execute manual and automated testing, validating against approved design documents and user stories.
  • Simulate API interactions within test environments to verify external data source integrations and data flow, including with data stores outside of the MS Dataverse.
  • Complete or assist in accessibility testing using a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) against the EN 301 549 (2021) standard
  • Identify and document defects, and author detailed bug reports with clear steps to reproduce issues.
  • Author test execution reports with results and defect summaries.
  • Assist in the prioritization of defects based on severity and impact.
  • Create and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts in Azure DevOps, enhancing testing efficiency and coverage.
  • Advocate for and implement DevOps best practices in the testing domain.
  • Document test artifacts, including test plans, test cases, defect reports, and test execution logs, ensuring thorough traceability and support for maintenance and future enhancements.
  • Support project resources as they review and resolve defects.
  • Plan and execute regression testing.
  • Facilitate knowledge transfer and training sessions on quality assurance processes and tools for IM/IT and Supervision staff, promoting a culture of quality across the organization.
  • Prepare detailed reports and updates for senior management, in terms of the quality / testing dimension.


Specialties:

Specialties will include but are not limited to the following:

  • Manual Testing
  • Automated Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • Security Testing
  • Usability Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Exploratory Testing
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Mobile Testing
  • API Testing
  • Localization and Internationalization Testing


Required Experience:

  • 10+ years working as a QA Tester
  • Experience using Azure DevOps for test management and execution
  • Experience testing solutions developed on the MS Power Platform and MS Dynamics technology stack
  • Experience evaluating accessibility against standards such as WCAG, EN301 549, etc.
  • Experience testing both the French and English components of bilingual software systems


If interested, please apply to this job posting and include a copy of your resume as an attachment to your application. Only selected candidates will be contacted.