Canadian College of Technology and Business (CCTB) Careers

Description

Job Title: Information Technology Instructor

Program: Software Quality Assurance Engineering Diploma Program

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Shift Type: 2 Evenings ON-SITE at our Vancouver Campus, and 2 Evenings Virtual Instruction

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST

Job Type: Contract, Part-Time         

The Canadian College of Technology and Business (CCTB) is an educational institution specializing in career development, certification and technical training in business and information systems Our principal educational philosophy is to provide the best technical training in both business management processes and core-industry technologies to allow our students to obtain a high degree of success upon entry into positions of business and technology. We provide relevant programs which ensure our students meet the demands of today’s ever-changing job market.

CCTB is currently seeking an experienced professional Instructor to teach modules in the Software Quality Assurance Engineering Diploma Program.

• Create an exhilarating learning environment to students in the IT Program.
• Develop and deliver an effective learning environment using available resources, incorporating various teaching/learning methods to meet the course objectives.
• Manage lesson planning, assignments, class, and overall course assessment of the students’ work while ensuring students’ awareness of course objectives and CCTB’s expectations.
• Guide class discussions while encouraging debate and feedback by students.
• Challenging ideas, encouraging students to develop skills and knowledge in critical and rational thinking.

• Manage, coordinate and mentor student’s engagement in a various cutting-edge state of the art technology research and development related projects.

• Engage students by tutoring and academic counselling while providing constructive feedback and encouragement when needed.
• Provide academic support to students inside and outside of the classroom (regularly scheduled office hours, email, group study sessions, etc.).
• Attend and participate in department and faculty meetings relevant to faculty responsibilities.
• Conduct further research into their specific field of knowledge.

Topics to teach:

• Requirements Analysis
• Test Planning
• Test Case Development
• Test Set Development
• Test Types
• Bug Tracking System(s)
• Manual Testing
• Functional and Performance Automation
• Defect Management
• Status Reporting
• Tools: Linux, RDBMS, SQL, Python and/or Java, Devops, CI, AWS

Education and Experience

• A master’s degree from a recognized University in a relevant discipline or at least 10 years of experience in Software Development Engineer in Test, QA Developer, Test Architect, Test Automation Developer, Software Technical Architect or similar.

• Minimum of 5 years of professional and current experience software quality, test automation development and implementation.

• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience in the post-secondary environment or equivalent work experience in related field or combination of both.
• Clear understanding and ability to present on the following topics:

• Business requirements management concept
• Business, functional, and non-functional requirements traceability
• Development operations
• Test automation frameworks development and implementation
• Build deployment business process and management

Knowledge and Skills

• Proven experience developing and implementing a variety of test automation frameworks.

• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle methodology both Waterfall and Agile.
• Previous curriculum and program development experience is considered an asset.
• Proven experience supervising students, providing support and feedback in constructive and meaningful manners is highly desirable.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to communicate complex information to students both orally and written in an understandable manner.

• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity and equality when interacting with students and colleagues.
• Capable of working independently as well as being part of a team.
• Being able to work under pressure/fast-paced environment and deliver on scheduled deadlines.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, provincial, or local protected class.