Join the CDT project as a Senior QA Consultant, leading quality assurance across the full systems development lifecycle. This hybrid role (3 days onsite/2 days remote) focuses on test planning, defect management, regression testing, and UAT coordination. You'll leverage 8+ years of QA experience to develop test strategies, create and execute test cases, manage defect triage, and support automation and performance testing. Proficiency with Microsoft DevOps, version control, and SDLC phases is essential. Strong communication and leadership skills are required to guide QA teams, collaborate with project managers, and deliver consistent testing outcomes in a fast-paced government project environment.

 

Description
A Note on Assignment Type:

This position is currently listed as "Onsite"; however, the Assignment under this request will provisionally be "Hybrid", working 7.25 hours per calendar day, sometime between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM (excluding breaks) Monday to Friday inclusive, unless otherwise identified. These conditions are subject to change as the OPS reflects on its current situation. During the duration of the assignment, you will be under the discretion of the Hiring Manager's requirements for the Project you are assigned to.

 
Scope

Contribute towards testing activities for the delivery and product management life cycle of the CDT project. The resource will be responsible for the following activities:

Lead and contribute to in the development of test strategy, preparation of test cases and / scenarios, test scripts, regression test cases and scenarios required to verify solution and system, and testing summary reporting at the end of testing cycles
Manage and schedule all test activities including test case development, DevOps maintenance activities, AODA and stress/load testing
Lead team and participate in the execution of test cases and scripts to verify solution. Reconcile, manage, record and track system or functional defects, break/fixes identified during unit, system, functional, business and user acceptance testing

Assignment Deliverables

Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables
Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan
Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management
Develop, document, and maintain functional, system and UAT test cases and other test artifacts like the test plans, test scripts, test data, test summary reports and data validation
Supervise and participate in the executing of manual test cases and report test results. Oversee the documentation of software defects and track resolution and communicate defect related issues to project team
Development of test plans, test cases and test scripts to validate the functionality of various modules
Ability to create test plan, test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application
Support User Acceptance Testing and lead initial UAT sessions, providing guidance to the business users during UAT
Review user documentation and provide feedback to improve application alignment and clarity of the information
Management and maintenance of defect log and communication of defect related issues to project manager and project team
Working closely with QA teams, business resources and developer’s vendor resources holding or support triage sessions to ensure appropriate, logging, tracking, monitoring, prioritization and remediation of defects
Prepare test data sets that mimic real-world scenarios, ensuring the data covers a wide range of cases and scenarios
Ability to create and execute database queries to extract relevant data
Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results
Hold, facilitate, or support test plan/test case reviews with cross functional team members
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
A Note on the VOR Master Service Agreement:

The VOR Master Service Agreement which expires on April 5, 2026, leaves some Contracts with funding unassigned for fiscal 2026-27. If the current statement of work expires on March 31, 2026, the remaining funds can be used to exercise an option to extend the SOW beyond March 31, 2026, based on business case approvals. Such extensions will be allowable, only if the Master Service Agreement is extended beyond April 5, 2026, and be upon the same terms, conditions, and covenants contained in the SOW.  

The start date is subject to change based on security clearances and contract signing timelines.

Experience and Skillset Requirements

Mandatory Requirements

8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
Knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms, preferably Microsoft DevOps
Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

Desired Skills and Experience

Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms, like Microsoft DevOps
Experience initiating the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results, checking the entrance and exit criteria
Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
Experience contributing the testing perspective to other project activities, such as development, integration testing, etc
Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
Experience adapting planning based on test results and progress (tweaking the plan) and take necessary actions to compensate for problems
Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, with the ability to shift priorities quickly and effectively when needed
 
Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:

Criteria 1: Technical Skills - 35 Points

Hands on experiences with technologies/platforms such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS and Cloud applications
Knowledge and experience of automation tools and use of version control systems on one or more platforms
Demonstrate knowledge of regression, data and integration testing with enterprise level applications/solutions.
Demonstrate experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests, data testing and systems level integration tests
Demonstrate ability to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g., SQL)
Demonstrate knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Demonstrate knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
Demonstrate experience contributing the testing perspective to other project activities, such as development, integration testing, etc.
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms, preferably DevOps
 

Criteria 2: Quality Assurance Skills - 35 Points

8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
Demonstrate experience in test management (Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Execution), defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting
Demonstrate experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
Demonstrate experience with User Acceptance Testing and leading initial UAT sessions
Demonstrate experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms, like Microsoft DevOps
Experience initiating the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results, checking the entrance and exit criteria
Demonstrate experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
Demonstrate experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
Demonstrate experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
Demonstrate experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc

Criteria 3: Business Skills - 25 Points

Demonstrate experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete
Demonstrate experience in providing periodic status reports, present test data defects/migration strategy and approach to executives and other stakeholders
Demonstrate experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
Demonstrate experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
Demonstrate experience adapting planning based on test results and progress (tweaking the plan) and take necessary actions to compensate for problems
Demonstrate experience being a team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, with the ability to shift priorities quickly and effectively when needed
Demonstrate conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
Demonstrate excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

Criteria 4: Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations

Knowledge Transfer

What needs to be KT

All documentation relating to the technology designs and technology knowledge specific to the candidate’s assignment All information gathered while working with vendors and internal solutions to be shared Any best practices, work around, lessons learned must be documented
 

To whom

Project Manager/Team Members
 

When

1:1 meetings / team meetings / documentation in DevOps Wiki and boards throughout the duration of the project life cycle.

Max submission: 1 (one)

Hybrid: 3 Days onsite / 2 days remote

Must Have:

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants.

• Knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms, preferably Microsoft DevOps

• Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members.

• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle