Senior Test Automation Specialist

Description:

PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous-staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable. Our team of software testing specialists believes that better software leads to a better world.

We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada in Ottawa, Fredericton, Sault Ste Marie, Regina, Calgary, and Vancouver.

We are actively looking for a Senior Test Automation Specialist for our client project.

Responsibilities
 

• Design, develop and implement automation strategies, frameworks and test scripts
• Identify and document defects encountered during test execution activities utilizing defect tracking tools
• Participate with clients in discussions of prioritizing testing activities
• Analyze and interpret results to help identify issues and propose solutions
• Consult with clients to provide advice, direction, and proposed solutions with respect to the implementation of test automation
   

Qualifications

Mandatory:
 

• This role requires Federal Secret Clearance. Having resided in Canada for the past 10 years is required to qualify for clearance.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years of test automation experience with a minimum of three projects/roles
• Experience testing Web, Desktop, API, and Enterprise solutions
• Experience with multiple automation toolsets/frameworks (Selenium, Robot, WebDriverIO, Playwright, Tosca, etc)
• Expert in more than one coding language (Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, etc.
• Excellent communication and consulting skills
• Candidate must be willing to work onsite from one of our office locations