Quality Assurance Tester

The Quality Engineer will work closely with project teams and stakeholders as part of Agile Scrum /Waterfall project teams. They will also be responsible for building and executing Manual and Automation testing programs for Dollar Tree/Family Dollar programs. The QE will also perform resource capacity planning, prepare and review QA/QE estimate, and coordinate all QA/QE activities for their assigned PODs

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Guide the team of internal and external QA testers for Automation testing and architecture
• Perform critical tasks for the QA department like but not limited to – lead project intake meetings, estimates QA/QEA efforts & resource capacity planning, prepare status reports, communicate with project stakeholders.
• Prepare and review QA deliverables, test strategy, test plans, test scripts based on business requirements.
• Govern QEA processes/Initiatives and provide progress reports on the QEA initiatives.
• Coordinate all testing activities between QA Team/Development Teams/Business/vendor, for assigned projects/PODs.
• Conduct and drive defect triage calls
• Build automation/manual test cases and perform test execution
• Proactively raise, escalate and communicate quality issues and potential project risks
• Should define the appropriate Test Automation framework working with the development and architect teams
• Perform project and non-project related tasks and activities to support the department's goals and objectives
• Proactively look at opportunities on improving the QA/QE process with best practices as applicable
• Willingness to learn new technologies, tools and applications to support the business

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years testing experience
• 4+ years of experience as QE in Retail
• Experienced in one or all these Retail Functionalities- Supply Chain, Digital( Website and Mobile), Merchandising ,Core Systems( HR, Finance, Legal , Real Estate), POS
• 3+ years exp in Ui Path tool
• Experience using test automation and performance testing tools
• Hands on experience in API automation
• Prior testing experience working on Point Of Sale ( POS) systems
• Should have strong knowledge in best practices working in test strategies and automation
• Proven experience in team building and hiring
• Ability to organizing, prioritizing activities across multiple projects is essential
• Experience working with multiple vendors and distributed teams
• Need robust understanding of various type of test strategies and their applicability
• Intermediate skill level in Microsoft tools like excel, PowerPoint, MS word

Desired Qualifications

• Experience using Opentext UFT /Tricentics TOSCA/ Eggplant
• Experience in Cloud Assurance Testing
• High level experience on Performance Testing process and tool sets
• CSTE / ISQTB certification
• Knowledge of DevOps and DevSecOps Methodologies
• Hands on experience in BDD with Cucumber/Selenium and Java or Python
• Hands On experience creating QE dashboards