Quality Engineers are core delivery team members responsible for the validation of functional and non-functional requirements implemented by a team. They are responsible for decomposing the functional and technical requirements created by Product Owners and Systems Analysts into test scripts. Quality Engineers raise defects as issues are identified and support the remediation process with teams.
Costco is looking for a Quality Engineer to support our current and future Sustainability environment and platforms. This is a new team at Costco and will be fast paced, highly visible, supporting the business goals by being an industry leader in this space. Quality Engineers are responsible for the validation of functional and non-functional requirements implemented by a team. The Quality Engineer will partner with internal stakeholders to plan, test, automate, and implement all software changes to ensure that the product conforms to the desired quality standard.
Job Duties/Essential Functions
• Defines the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by teams.
• Collaborates with team members to decompose functional and non-functional requirements into test scripts and scenarios.
• Determines test dependencies including QA test environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans, intra-team dependencies, and communication processes.
• Creates and executes manual and automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the epics and user-stories implemented by team members.
• Develops manual test cases for all functional and non-functional requirements and collaborates with development team members to identify candidates for test case automation.
• Identifies risks impacting the timely delivery of a given product and collaborates with team members to prepare mitigation strategies.
• Executes smoke, functional, integration, and non-functional test scripts as part of the product/application delivery lifecycle.
• Collaborates with team members to investigate the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts.
• Creates defects with detailed information pertaining to the failed test case / scenario with supporting documentation (screenshots, environment details, log files, etc.)
• Collaborates with team members to identify existing manual and automated test scripts that will be impacted through the development of new features and capabilities
• Shares feedback with the team members pertaining to the quality of sprint deliverables during retrospectives.
• Manages the remediation of defects raised throughout the development lifecycle and creates supporting quality reports that are shared with stakeholders.
• Collaborates with product team members (e.g., Product Owners, System Analysts) to define the automating testing approach/strategy for a given product/application.
• Develops testing protocols and standards to improve end-to-end testing outcomes and shares and adopts best practices with the center of excellence (CoE) and other Quality Engineers.
• Creates test data to support the execution of functional and non-functional testing activities Develops and executes automated test scripts to accelerate team velocity through the reduction of manual testing efforts.
• Maintains the automated testing suite and accompanying framework for a given product.
• Collaborates with team members (e.g., DevOps Engineers, Systems Architects) to incorporate new automated test scripts into the continuous integration pipeline.
• Shares test automation practices with engineers to promote "shift left" testing disciplines and practices (incorporate testing earlier in development) within a team.
• Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery
• Computer, phone, printer, copier, fax
Non-Essential Functions
• Assists in other areas of the department as necessary.
• Assists in other areas of the company as necessary.
Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery
• Same as essential functions
Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications
Required:
• 4 years' current design and development experience in C# (Java is acceptable).
• 3 years' development experience in any scripting language.
• 3 years' experience with back-end testing writing SQL queries and testing Stored Procedures.
• 2 years' experience using Automation tools like Ranorex, Jenkins, SauceLabs, Splunk, Selenium etc.
• Proficient with Agile testing methodologies and best practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment.
• A passion for being part of a team willing to self-assess in order to continually find better ways to do things.
Recommended:
• Testing and automation experience with iSeries/mainframe applications.
• Ability to apply agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result.
• Experience collaborating in reviews of work with others as appropriate.
• Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps.
• Successful internal candidates will have spent one year or more on their current team.
Other Conditions
• Management will review the Job Analysis for this position prior to a job offer.
Required Documents
• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Last two performance reviews
• Attendance records for current year (Do not include absences covered by paid sick/personal time, FMLA or other protected absences.)
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