Application Delivery & Quality Assurance Specialist

92606
Kanata, ON
Permanent/Direct Hire
19 hours ago

Statement of Work

Job Title: Application Delivery & Quality Assurance Specialist 
Job Location: Ottawa – Hybrid 
Fulltime
  
Job Overview 
The Application Delivery & Quality Assurance Specialist serves as a technical coordination lead responsible for testing oversight, acceptance management, and release readiness for enterprise applications, databases, and Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions, across environments.  

Working closely with internal teams, particularly the Application & Database Systems Specialist roles and external vendors, this role manages internal release management activities to ensure testing completion, defect resolution, and acceptance signoff. This position plays a critical role in ensuring sustainable solutions are aligned with release schedules, governance requirements, and deployment readiness.  
 
Duties and Responsibilities 

  • Coordinate and oversee testing activities for enterprise applications, databases, integrations, and COTS solutions across development, testing, staging, and production like environments. 
  • Develop, maintain, and execute test strategies, test plans, and acceptance approaches aligned with solution scope, risk, and release objectives. 
  • Define, document, and manage clear acceptance criteria in collaboration with Application and Database Systems Specialists, Release Management, and business stakeholders.  
  • Ensure test coverage validates application functionality, database behavior, data integrity, integrations, security controls, and operational requirements. 
  • Support the controlled promotion of solutions across environments, ensuring required testing and acceptance gates are met prior to release.  
  • Work closely with the Release Management team to align testing outcomes, defect resolution, and acceptance signoff with release schedules and deployment activities.  
  • Coordinate defect identification, triage, prioritization, and retesting in collaboration with application and database teams.
  • Assess and communicate test status, risks, and release readiness to technical teams, stakeholders, and program leadership.  
  • Support customer and stakeholder participation in user acceptance testing (UAT), demonstrations, and acceptance walkthroughs.  
  • Facilitate formal acceptance and signoff, ensuring acceptance documentation clearly reflects scope, conditions, and any agreed limitations.  
  • Collaborate with Application and Database Systems Specialists to understand system architecture, configuration changes, data dependencies, and operational impacts.  
  • Ensure testing and acceptance activities align with organizational policies, accreditation requirements, and Government of Canada standards.  
  • Develop and maintain test and acceptance documentation, including test plans, test cases, acceptance records, and release readiness summaries. 
  • Report on performance metrics and recommend continuous improvements to testing effectiveness, acceptance processes, and coordination with application, database, and release management functions.  
  • Provide clear guidance to internal teams and stakeholders regarding test results, acceptance status, and release readiness. 
  • Other duties as assigned. 
Qualifications and Experience 
  • Post-secondary degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience administering enterprise applications and databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or equivalent).
  • Experience with DevOps pipelines, scripting, and automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python), Power Bi, cybersecurity principles and secure system configuration would be strong assets.  
  • Strong understanding of application lifecycle management, environment promotion, and release governance concepts.  
  • Experience working closely with application, database, and release management teams in complex delivery environments
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
  • Familiarity with Windows and/or Linux server environments.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Experience in the Defence and Aerospace industries would be an asset.  
  • Be able to hold a Government of Canada Security Clearance (Secret level) and Controlled Goods Clearance.
  • Eligible to work in Canada.
  • Strong oral and written English language capabilities.
  • Fluency in French would be an asset. 

 

 
 

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$90,000 and CA$105,000

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

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