▷ High Salary! QA Analyst 3 [T500-20953]

Position Summary :

Quality Assurance Analysts are responsible for ensuring quality across team / domain specific applications. This is accomplished through : software / web testing; evaluating and approving of development tasks as completed for their team / domain; developing, modifying, and executing software strategies and test plans; analyzing and writing test standards and procedures; maintaining documentation of test results to assist in debugging; and modification of software.

This role oversees the processes, practices, and execution of both manual and automated UAT, BAT, and Regression testing for all countries deployed on the Costco International ECommerce solution. These practices must be managed within Costco Confluence / JIRA (or other approved repository) and adhered to globally. This role will be required to oversee the execution of these practices for every release by every country.

Job Duties / Essential Functions :

• 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 (or oversees 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; provides input on requirement and design documents; assesses 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.
• Coordinates and oversees test team activities for in-house, onshore, and offshore testing of multiple initiatives.
• Participates in requirements and user story review; ensures the appropriate acceptance criteria are included and approved globally.
• Creates and gains project approval on project test plans.
• Creates and / or oversees the creation and approval of project test cases and QA-related documentation.
• Executes tests and records results; works with others to identify and resolve defects.
• Assists with automating and executes automated test cases.
• Oversees or generates all QA-related documentation.
• Ensures adherence to standardized QA policies, processes, and documentation standards.
• Ensures that QA processes and procedures for test environments are followed, and that the integrity of the various environments are not compromised.
• Executes test cases, defect management, and adherence to test schedule.
• Attends and / or facilitates daily standup meetings and provides status updates.
• Provides weekly QA project status reports.
• Helps to mentor and develop skills in others.
• Attends all sprint completion meetings and demos to stakeholders.
• Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
• Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery
• Computer, phone, printer, copier, fax

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