Adv. Quality Engineer

Basic Qualifications


* Bachelor's Degree (or foreign educational equivalent) in Computer Science or a closely related STEM field or equivalent based on combination of education and/or experience.

In addition to degree (or degree equivalent), must have:


* At least 8 years of experience in a QA and software testing position;


* 5 years of experience in leading QA Process improvements;


* 5 years of experience developing and executing automated test scripts and working with automated test frameworks and runners;


* 3 years of experience with test case management and tools;


* 3 years of experience utilizing risk-based testing techniques;


* 1 year of experience using SQL or other query methods to validate changes in the database;


* 1 year of experience mentoring and coaching others (remote & onsite);


* Any amount of experience with defect management and tools;


* Any amount of experience managing test environments and data;


* Any amount of experience with continuous integration tools;


* Any amount of experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.


* Any experience may have been gained concurrently.



* Lead and support quality assurance programs and processes in alignment with QA strategy and deliverables in an Agile/Scrum environment with minimal guidance.


* Responsible for providing feedback and coaching on artifacts developed during requirements and analysis phase within client projects; authoring test cases/scripts; and performing test execution.


* Guide testing efforts involving coaching, mentoring, code reviews, and contributing to improvements to frameworks, tools, processes and best practices.


* Provide oversight to ensure automation test suites are well maintained and operational.


* Provide accurate estimates for QA efforts including test case design/scripting, test data management, execution and defect correction.


* Understand Kroger's core quality metrics and how to utilize them to foster quality improvement.


* Design, develop, analyze, document, and support CoE activities that drive continuous improvement across the organization.


* Manage quality assurance and testing projects, schedules, tasks and deliverables.


* Communicate quality issues and recommendations to improve quality to senior level management.


* Consult with technical development leads on feature designs to ensure product testability and identify coverage gaps in existing test tools or technologies.


* Develop and maintain software quality dashboards aligned with committed software quality SLAs and KPIs.


* Automate test cases and functional libraries using open source and commercial tools.


* Lead and coach CI/CD and SDLC/TDLC concepts: code review best practices, code coverage analysis, continuous test and delivery.


* Automate workflows from ideation to operational tools.


* Support complex systems with significant integration points, exter...