QA / Test Lead (Two-Year Term)

**QA / Test Lead (Two-Year Term)** ================================== **Offered in:** Ottawa, Northern ON, NW QC, Windsor **Province** Ontario **City/Town** Ottawa **Hours** Daytime, Monday to Friday **Wage** $77,750 per year **Job ID** 26-336 **Location:** 24 Colonnade Road, Ottawa ON (Free parking on-site) **Schedule:** Daytime, Monday to Friday **Starting Salary:** $77,750 per year **What you will be doing…** --------------------------- Commissionaires Ottawa is modernizing the systems and processes that support our staff, clients, and mission. We are seeking a QA / Test Lead to make sure the systems, integrations, and changes we deliver work as intended and can be released without disrupting operations. Reporting to the Manager, PMO, and working closely with the Project Management Office, you will plan and lead testing for a multi-year enterprise transformation program, including new financial, workforce, and HR systems, integrations, and data migrations. You will also provide ongoing quality assurance for system enhancements, vendor patches and upgrades, automations, and in-house product releases, and establish the QA standards, test environments, and regression suites that support them. **Some of your responsibilities include…** ------------------------------------------ * Translate the testing strategy into detailed test plans, schedules, and entry and exit criteria, in partnership with the Business Analyst * Design and maintain test cases traceable to requirements and acceptance criteria, and execute system, functional, and regression testing * Plan and coordinate user acceptance testing, supporting business testers from our headquarters and regional offices * Lead defect management with internal teams and vendors, and provide test results and readiness assessments for go/no-go decisions * Plan and execute end-to-end integration, API, and data migration testing, including cutover rehearsals and parallel payroll testing * Test enhancements, configuration changes, vendor patches and upgrades, automations, and internal product releases before they reach production * Establish QA standards, templates, and defect severity definitions; build regression suites and introduce test automation where it adds value * Coordinate test environments with Technology Services and vendors, and protect sensitive HR, pay, financial, and client data used in testing * Review vendor test plans and results, and report testing status, risks, and QA metrics **What’s in it for you?** ------------------------- * Work for a reputable and nationally known company * Work in a challenging and rewarding work environment * Employer paid professional development * A comprehensive benefits package * Generous paid time off, holidays and sick days * Employee discount programs, social outings and holiday gatherings * Free parking on-site **You’re a good fit if you…** ----------------------------- * Enjoy tracing a problem across systems and