Department: JDMS Kroger Technology
Post End Date: 08/09/2022
Position Type: Employee
Position Reports To: Manager
Position Supervises: N/A
Pay Level: 87
FLSA Status: Exempt
Line of Business: Enterprise Retail Systems
Additional Technology Information:

Team Summary: Kroger Health & Wellness is one of America’s leading retail healthcare organizations with 2,200 pharmacies and 11 specialty pharmacies, and 225 clinics nationwide. Our vision is to help people live healthier lives and our mission is to improve health outcomes with simplified solutions that combine health, wellness and nutrition. We are seeking candidates who care deeply about the technical innovation, sustainable solutions, and reliable operations in the healthcare industry. In this role you have the opportunity to partner with over 22,000 healthcare professionals – from pharmacists and nurse practitioners to dietitians and technicians and serve over 17 million patients.

Support quality assurance (QA) programs and processes in alignment with QA strategy and deliverables in an Agile/Scrum environment with minimal guidance. Responsible for providing feedback on artifacts developed during requirements and analysis phase within client projects; authoring test cases/scripts; and performing test execution for both project and support related activities. Lead testing efforts involving coaching, mentoring, code reviews and contributing to improvements to frameworks, tools, processes, and best practices. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Essential Job Functions

• 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
• Participate in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding of Kroger QA team members
• Analyze requirements and provide feedback on completeness and testability
• Provide accurate estimates for QA efforts including test case design/scripting, test data management, test execution, and defect correction
• Identify opportunities to improve application code quality by increasing unit and integration test coverage
• Leverage technical expertise to develop maintain and execute automation tests
• Provide ideas and feedback on test automation frameworks and opportunities to improve
• Participate in all ceremonies, meetings, and sessions held for the project and team
• Assist with building and maintaining test environments and driving their best use
• Understand Kroger's core quality metrics and how to utilize them to foster quality improvement
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum Position Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and software testing environment
• 5+ years of experience developing and executing automated test scripts
• 5+ years of experience working with automated test frameworks and test runners
• 3+ years of experience with test case management and test case management tools
• 3+ years of experience utilizing risk-based testing techniques
• 2+ years of experience with defect management and using defect management tools
• 2+ years of experience managing test environments and test data
• 1 year of experience using SQL or other query methods to validate data changes in the database
• Any experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Any experience mentoring and coaching team members (remote and onsite)

Desired Previous Experience/Education

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related information technology field
• Any experience with automated testing in a cloud environment
• Any experience working in environments utilizing the OKR work process
• Any experience with creating test data and utilizing test data management tools
• Familiarity with NoSQL Databases

Education Level: Bachelor's Desired
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time
Shift(s): [[mfield4]]

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Jobs at Kroger: At Kroger, we hire people who have a passion for helping others and who want to build a relationship with our Customers. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Kroger. We look for people who want more, aspire to be more and work hard to achieve their goals. Our focus on keeping the Customer first is what makes us successful. As the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S. and one of the world's largest retailers, we employee nearly half a million Associates across 35 states. We offer many opportunities not only in our stores, but in Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and many other fields.

Company Overview: Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. At The Kroger Co., we are Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

Posting Notes: OH || Cincinnati || 1014 Vine Street || 45202 || Kroger General Office || [[mfield2]] || Kroger Technology || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None