Overview
Quality Assurance Analyst Jobs in Edmonton at Alberta Pensions Services Corporation (APS)
Position: Quality Assurance Analyst, Information Services & Technology
Position Type: Full-time, Permanent, Excluded
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Classification: Pay Group III
Salary Range: $64,600.00 – $95,073.00
Closing Date: April 12, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m. MDT
Quality assurance means more than testing.
It means you don’t allow the same bug to bite you twice.
What you’re passionate about
You are passionate about software quality and understand that meaningful testing starts with understanding business requirements. You ask questions, assess risk, and look beyond individual changes to understand downstream impacts across integrated systems. You enjoy learning complex business processes and systems so that issues don’t slip through unnoticed. You like building comprehensive and reusable sets of test conditions to confirm accuracy and readiness, and you want to be part of a team that enjoys continuous improvement, change, and the occasional round of trivia with other smart people.
A typical day for the Quality Assurance Analyst
- Planning – Much effort goes into planning QA activities for vendor-supplied and APS-developed software changes, including enhancements, configuration updates, integrations, and operational fixes.
- Perform skilled analysis of software changes, vendor release documentation, and new requests to assess completeness, clarity, testability, and risk.
- Identify test conditions, test cases, and appropriate test data based on acceptance criteria and risk. Create and execute test scripts and record results using standard QA tools and templates.
- Execute functional, regression, integration, configuration, and data validation testing to confirm changes perform as intended and do not negatively impact business processes or integrations.
- Log defects clinically, assess severity and potential business impact, support defect management, and collaborate consistently with vendors, delivery teams, and QA peers.
- Support retesting and validation of fixes, configuration changes, or data corrections until defined quality thresholds are met.
- Contribute to maintaining reusable QA assets, including regression test suites, scenarios, and test data, and support backlog maintenance.
- Participate in release readiness discussions by providing evidence-based input and clear documentation to support go/no-go recommendations within established QA governance.
What you bring
- 3+ years of relevant experience in software quality assurance or application testing within an enterprise environment
- Proven ability to plan and perform manual software testing using standard technical tools such as ServiceNow, ADO/Test Planner, or similar
- Curiosity about new technology, automation and AI, with a continuous improvement mindset – always looking for opportunities to learn, adapt, and make things better.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and critical-thinking skills
- Familiarity with the software development lifecycle and practical understanding of integrated software systems
- Experience testing user-facing applications and changes that impact multiple systems
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills for both IT and business audiences
- Experience in regulated environments (such as financial services or pension administration) is a valuable asset
- CSTE, CSQA, ITIL, or similar certifications are considered an asset
Why choose APS
APS is made up of hard-working, respectful and talented people who understand and invite diversity to the workplace. We take pride in holding ourselves accountable and continuing to meet or exceed service levels for plan members, pensioners and employers. We ensure they receive quality services because they—along with our people—are the reason we endure and succeed.
And it sure feels good helping hard-working Albertans receive their well-deserved pensions.
What APS has to offer
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Community-minded workplace with a friendly team environment
- Vacation starting at 15 days per year, 13 statutory holidays, personal days, plus office closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Competitive benefit package featuring extended health and dental benefits and a 100% employer-paid flexible spending account
- In-house training programs, extensive career development and coaching program, access to external education opportunities and wellness programs
- Discount programs through various partner agencies
Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Company: Alberta Pensions Services Corporation (APS)
Location: Edmonton
