Costco
Quality Assurance Analyst - SAP Global Finance & Platforms
Issaquah, WA
Nov 14, 2024
Full-time
Full Job Description

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.

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.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

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.

The role of the Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst is focused on operational excellence. This role oversees the processes, practices, and execution of both manual and automated UAT, QAT, and Regression testing for Global SAP Finance Solutions.

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

● 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 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.

● 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.

REQUIRED

● Minimum 8 years’ software quality assurance experience.

● Minimum 6 years’ experience testing in SAP ERP FICO.

● Minimum 3-5 years of experience in testing SAP modules such as FI, AP, AR, MM.

● Minimum 3 years’ hands-on experience using industry standard software QA tools, preferably HP-ALM.

● Minimum 1-year experience with executing automated test cases using Tricentis Tosca or similar tools

● Experience testing integration of SAP with SaaS applications

● Experience in testing iSeries/AS400 or similar applications

● Proficiency in designing and leading test planning and strategizing

● Proficiency in documenting test cases, results, and defects clearly and accurately.

● Ability to work well in a team and coordinate with functional analysts, developers, product owners, and other stakeholders.

● Must be able to differentiate and articulate differences between holistic system testing vs. process-based testing based on configuration parameters, user exits, integrations, and data migration.

● Familiar with source code, version management, and code deployment standards and utilizes this knowledge to ensure that QA processes and procedures for test environments are followed and that the integrity of the various environments are not compromised. Strong knowledge of SDLC and SQA methodology as well as experience testing on Agile teams.

● Strong database skills.

● Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

● Strong communication and leadership skills with ability to communicate with all levels of the organization from senior management to staff level.

● Strong work ethic, positive attitude and excellent collaboration skills.

● Able to support off hours work as required including evenings, weekends, and 24/7 on call responsibilities on a rotational basis.

Recommended

● General understanding of the retail industry, financial accounting processes.

● General understanding and knowledge of invoicing, payments, receivables, integration of FI modules.

● Experience in testing iSeries applications.

● Ability to write basic queries within SAP.

● Knowledgeable in integration points between various SAP modules.

● Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.

Required Documents

● Cover Letter

● Resume

California applicants, please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.

Pay Ranges:

Level 3 - $105,000 - $135,000

Level 4 - $125,000 - $160,000

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

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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