Quality Analyst

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture.  The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes.  Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.  In 2021, Costco contributed over $58 million to organizations such as United Way and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks seventh in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.  

The Quality Analyst will be part of our core delivery team responsible for the validation of functional and nonfunctional requirements implemented by the team and are responsible for decomposing the functional and technical requirements created by Product Owners and Systems Analysts into test scripts. This position will lead the end to end testing by coordinating with multiple teams and systems, and will also play a key role in implementing quality engineering best practices in the team.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

• Leads projects by doing hands-on testing which involves multiple systems and teams.

• Designs, develops, and executes software test strategies, test plans, and test scripts.

• Confirms accuracy and completeness of functional, integration, system, end to end, and acceptance test plans.

• Designs, creates, and approves the creation and approval of project test cases, scripts, and conditions, as well as QA-related documentation.

• Develops and ensures adherence to standardized software quality assurance best practices, policies, processes, and controls as it pertains to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Develops and communicates accurate project estimates based on testing dependency analysis as requested by the project/management team.

• Analyzes and determines test dependencies, including QA environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans, and communication processes.

• Analyzes relevant business content and participates in requirement gathering sessions providing input on requirement and design documents; assessing requirements for testability, clarity, purpose, inherent ambiguity, contradictory functions, and implementation.

• Develops, documents, and leads the Defect Management process.

• Ensures test cases are traceable to originating story/requirement, and those tests fully test feature requirements and/or user story acceptance criteria.

• Manages defects appropriately by assigning, monitoring, and providing timely communication through the defect lifecycle.

• Conducts QA risk management process throughout the test plan phase defining and differentiating between risk, defect, and issue.

• Assists teammates in growing and developing the skills necessary to grasp application concepts and tool suite.

• Identifies and resolves problems often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options and implements solutions.

REQUIRED

• Experience in leading end to end testing with multiple systems by following Agile delivery model.

• Experience testing in one or more of the following environments: Cloud based testing, UI testing, functional testing, n-tier client/server, and RDBMS.

• Hands-on experience using Azure Devops, HP, IBM or other industry standard SQA tools.

• Experience with API testing, Oracle, MS SQL Server or DB2, and the ability to write SQL queries using table joins.

• Strong knowledge of Agile, SDLC, and SQA methodology.

• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem solving skills.

• Excellent test resource planning and test scheduling skills.

• Ability to produce and mentor others in creation of effective software test plans and test cases.

• Ability to write quality defects and work directly with developers to resolve the defects. 

• Solid understanding of build tools and software configuration management standards.

• Ability to communicate and work closely with other teams - System administration, db administration, Test data management, etc.

• Research and implement best practices in the team for the quality and speed delivery of software.

Recommended

• Experience in warehouse/logistics systems especially Korber Highjump and/or Descartes Route Planning is a plus.

• Experience in behavior driven test automation  and performance testing is a plus

• Experience in building knowledge management repositories to learn and train new members and implement best practices in QA for both manual and automated testing.

Required Documents

●      Cover Letter

●      Resume

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Apart from any religious or disability considerations, open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business.  If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.

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