
QA Support with SQL, Excel, Test Plans, Jira- prefer retail or ecommerce industry
Posted 5 days ago by 1753583106
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The role involves providing Quality Assurance (QA) support for a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system in a high-end luxury retail environment. The position is remote, requiring candidates to be in the Pacific Standard Time (PST) zone, and is a 6-month contract with an immediate start. Candidates must have strong SQL and Excel skills, preferably with a background in retail, supply chain, or eCommerce.
Key Responsibilities:
- Quality Assurance (QA) support for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system
- Review requirements typically captured in Jira
- Create a detailed test plan capturing applicable pre-conditions, test case description, steps to execute, expected results, etc.
- Review test plan draft with developer(s) and Product owner
- Prepare testing data
- Execute test plan
- Report any issues / bugs in Jira including details of what was expected vs what happened and attaching any supporting documentation
- Retest any previously reported issues to ensure everything works as expected
- Support downstream partners with data preparation for unrelated testing
- Support manual data entry / data cleansing on as needed basis
- Provide daily status updates of work completed and work in progress
- Work closely with the Product Owner to prioritize work as needed
Key Skills:
- Minimum of 3 years' experience as a manual QA tester
- Intermediate SQL and Excel skills
- Ability to use Jira, Confluence and Google docs
- Strong analytical problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
- Strong ability to understand technical issues and communicate them to non-technical team members and leadership
- Ability to write clear, concise and thorough test plans
- Ability to work independently and provide daily status updates
- Self-starter who is flexible and comfortable working through uncertainties
- Ability to work on multiple tracks and switch back and forth between them
- Mature, grounded, can serve as a resource to others
- Open minded and proactive; detail-oriented and organized
- Positive attitude with an enthusiastic, can-do outlook
- Ability to work 40h per week, regular hours 8:30-5:30 PT (with 1h break)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
High End Luxury Retail
Corte Madera CA
REMOTE! Must be in PST
Needed ASAP
6 month contract +
Must provide sample test plan with submittal
QA Test Support-must have strong SQL and Excel, Prefer retail or supply chain or ecommerce background
Manager is looking for a QA support for a Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) system which came under her area.
Responsibilities:
- Quality Assurance (QA) support for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system
- Typical day in life will include the following:
- Review requirements which will be typically captured in Jira but may sometimes be shared in other formats
- Create a detailed test plan capturing applicable pre-conditions, test case description, steps to execute, expected results, etc.
- Review test plan draft with developer(s) and Product owner
- Prepare testing data
- Execute test plan
- Report any issues / bugs in Jira including details of what was expected vs what happened and attaching any supporting documentation
- Retest any previously reported issues to ensure everything works as expected
- Support downstream partners with data preparation for unrelated testing
- Support manual data entry / data cleansing on as needed basis
- Provide daily status updates of work completed and work in progress
- Work closely with the Product Owner to prioritize work as needed
Requirements:
- Minimum of 3 years' experience as a manual QA tester.
- Intermediate SQL and Excel skills.
- Ability to use Jira, Confluence and Google docs.
- Strong analytical problem solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Strong ability to understand technical issues and how to communicate them to non-technical team members and leadership.
- Ability to write clear, concise and thorough test plans.
- Ability to work independently and provide daily status updates to the leader in a timely manner.
- Self-starter who is both flexible and comfortable working through uncertainties to reach a conclusion.
- Ability to work on multiple tracks and switch back and forth between them.
- Mature, grounded, can serve as a resource to others.
- Open minded and not complacent; proactive; detail-oriented and organized.
- Positive attitude with an enthusiastic, can-do outlook.
- Ability to work 40h per week, regular hours 8:30-5:30 PT (with 1h break) and flex occasionally to start earlier or later.
Nice to Have Requirements:
- Knowledge of Centric 8 PLM system
- Experience in Retail, eCommerce or Supply Chain areas