Job number: J1025-0009
Job title: Senior Analyst, Quality Assurance (Automation Test Specialist)
Job Type: Permanent Full time
Location: Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Number of positions: 1
Date posted: November 7, 2025
Closing date: November 21, 2025
Range minimum: $78,000.00/year
Who we are
We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada’s health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada’s health care systems.
CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Learn about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the work being done to create a more inclusive and welcoming organization by focusing on how we learn, govern and practise.
At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include
- HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
- Retirement Planning Program
- Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
- Work-life balance
- Career Planning Program
- Learning and Professional Development Program
- Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts
Why is this role important?
The Senior Analyst, Quality Assurance (QA), under the direction of the Team Lead, Quality Assurance and the Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for performing functional work required as an automation specialist, working with ITS staff and business units to ensure quality in CIHI’s deliverables. This includes participating in large projects along with senior QA staff, involvement in test planning and test execution activities, participating as the sole QA representative on smaller initiatives and contributing to the evolution of CIHI’s QA methodology.
What you’ll do
- Participates as a Quality Assurance (QA) representative with project teams, business groups and development teams. Consults with teams to understand product functionality and the impact of requirements and change requests to software testing for the express purpose of automating tests.
- Provides input to test strategies, reviews requirements, assists in the creation of test plans, cases and scripts for product releases, executes test scripts, identifies and/or creates test data, logs defects, and provides input on product quality.
- Acts as contact in planning for, coordinating and managing test efforts on projects and other development or change activities.
- Assists in the investigation of bugs or issues during testing.
- Participates in the design and development of test automation and test frameworks for front end, API and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) testing.
- Promotes test standards as identified in the CIHI Software Development and Test Methodologies.
- Participates in impact assessments for Change Requests.
- Reviews deliverable products and conducts document inspections for compliance with expectations and applicable CIHI quality standards.
- Assumes responsibility for other related duties as assigned.
What you’ll bring to the table
- University degree or equivalent education/experience in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), or related discipline. Further specialization or experience in Quality Assurance methodologies for system development.
- Three to five years’ experience in a technical analytical position involved in Quality Assurance and test automation within software development cycles.
- Strong experience in front end automation frameworks like Playwright or Java based Selenium or TestNG.
- Knowledge and experience with API testing using Postman and/or Rest Assured in Selenium or Playwright based framework.
- Proficient and experience around CI/CD integrations with agents like Bamboo or Jenkins etc.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Performance testing planning and execution using JMeter or LoadRunner.
- Experience of how End to End (E2E) system including backend API and front-end works as part of the overall system is essential for the role.
- Experience with Black-box testing techniques for application functionality, security, data, Regression testing, Usability testing and User Acceptance Testing, etc.
- Knowledge of web-based technologies (Java, HTML, JavaScript, Browsers, Plug-ins etc.)
- Experience writing and/or executing automated testing including test data management tools and GUI tools and automation is considered an asset.
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, verbal and written communication skills. Strong team player with a client/user orientation.
- Ability to plan and coordinate workload effectively and to work as part of the larger QA team is essential.
- Testing Experience with modern, cloud-based data structures and BI tools (Qlik, or similar) is an asset.
- Knowledge of systems development methodologies and TMMi is an asset.
- Fluency in English is required, bilingualism in both official languages is an asset.
To find out more about this role and other exciting opportunities visit our website at www.cihi.ca and check out our ‘Careers‘ section.
We thank all those who apply, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
As part of CIHI’s applicant screening process, we complete a comprehensive pre-employment background check for all potential hires. This includes a criminal record check, credit report, social media, and education verification.
At CIHI we are committed to fostering an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible environment. Part of this commitment includes arranging accommodations to ensure an equitable opportunity to participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
Please note the CIHI Recruiting Team uses email to communicate with applicants. Please make sure your profile has an updated email address that is checked regularly, including the junk/spam mail folder, as we send time sensitive emails (i.e. testing and interview bookings).