Quality Assurance Specialist (Intern)

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What is a Quality Assurance Specialist at Yellow Pages?

Want to contribute to the development and prosperity of local small and medium-sized businesses? Welcome to Yellow Pages! As a Google Premium Partner and Facebook Marketing Partner, Yellow Pages is a leader in digital marketing for companies across Canada.

The Quality Assurance Specialist Intern will develop and implement software test strategies/plans, test procedures, test scripts and test cases for a variety of client/server systems that are at the core of the YPG digital world. The Intermediate Quality Assurance Specialist will ensure that defects are identified and addressed prior to releasing the product and help in approving the software for release.

Responsibilities:

Test Planning

  • Identify and analyze business (BRD) and functional requirements (FRD) (implicit and explicit), failure modes, and quality factors.
  • Design and implement test strategies/plans.
  • Ensure compliance with established processes and méthodologies
  • Test Case Development

  • Design and implement test procedures, test scripts, test cases in collaboration with other team members.
  • Test Automation

  • Automate the testing on the various product lines that you will work on, using a common scripting language, sql scripting, shell scripting, etc...
  • Test Environment Preparation

  • Install and configure the test environments as required by the various QA assignments.
  • Test Execution and Results Analysis

  • Use a combination of scripted (analytic) and exploratory (heuristic) testing techniques in conducting QA on our products.
  • Internalize customer problems and goals and identify usability and user-interface concerns.
  • Assist in the reproduction and follow-up of issues reported from end-users.
  • Test Reporting

  • Track progress of the testing project, work done, work to go, testing completed, testing to go.
  • Ensure the documentation and communication of test results and issues (bugs/improvement) through an issue tracking system.
  • What do you need to be a Quality Assurance Specialist at Yellow Pages?

    Education, Experience and Technical skills

  • Enrollment in a University program in Software Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Experience in scripting (i.e. PERL, Python, PHP, JSCRIPT)
  • Knowledge of Java
  • Experience in testing API's
  • Ability to use manual, automated or partly automated testing approaches to implementing test cases
  • Soft Skills and Competencies

  • Ability to plan and prioritize multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities
  • Clear verbal and written communication skills (terse, clear and complete).
  • Good technical writing skills and ability to clearly describe complex processes and tasks

  • Competencies that are considered assets

  • Knowledge of virtual environments (i.e. Cloud)
  • Knowledge of Deployment methods
  • Knowledge of test harnesses
  • Knowledge of Object-Oriented architecture and development

  • You are ready to join the Yellow Pages adventure as a Quality Assurance Specialist ? Send us your resume right now!


    About Yellow Pages


    We've been in the game since 1908 and we continue to transform to offer our clients the best possible products and services. We foster business relationships between Canadian small-to-medium businesses and their prospective customers. We do this by providing tailored, locally-relevant digital media and marketing solutions designed with both in mind. Over 73% of our revenue is generated by digital solutions