[Hiring] SAP QA Consultant @DMS Vision

Role Description

The role of the Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst is focused on operational excellence. The individual in this role will be 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.

• Designs, develops, and executes software test strategies, plans, and test scripts.
• Confirms accuracy and completeness on unit, integration, system, 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 both project and management teams.
• 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; assesses requirements for testability, clarity, purpose, inherent ambiguity, contradictory functions, and implementation.
• Develops, documents, and leads the Defect Management process.
• Analyzes and manages test results to identify defects; ensures features and user stories work as expected; and recommends corrective action as appropriate.
• 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.
• Participates in requirements and use case reviews.
• Provides justifiable estimates for QA resources and testing schedules.
• Creates and gains project approval on project test plans.
• Creates and/or oversees the creation and approval of project test cases, scripts, and conditions.
• Executes test cases and adheres to test plans and schedules.
• Participates in the defect triage process.
• Oversees or generates all QA-related documentation.
• Ensures adherence to standardized QA policies, processes, and documentation standards.
• Helps to mentor and develop other members of the team on QA topics.
• Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' software quality assurance experience.
• 4+ years' experience testing in SAP ERP HCM.
• 3+ years' experience testing in SAP HCM Payroll.
• 3+ years' hands-on experience using industry standard software QA tools, preferably HP-ALM.
• 1+ years' experience testing in an SAP Employee Central and SAP HCM ECC environment.
• Ability 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; ability to utilize 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 a SDLC and SQA methodology as well as experience testing on an Agile or DevOps 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.

Recommended Skills

• General understanding of retail industry, Human Resource, and payroll processes.
• General understanding and knowledge of Employee Central and Kronos.
• Experience in testing iSeries applications.
• Experience with databases in Oracle or DB2 and the ability to write basic SQL queries.
• Knowledgeable in integration points between various SAP modules.
• Experience working with offshore testing teams.
• Experience creating test automation scripts with C# and/or JavaScript or utilizing test automation tools.
• Successful internal candidates will have spent one year or more on their current team.