The Quality Engineer will work closely with project teams and stakeholders as part of Agile Scrum /Waterfall project teams. They will also be responsible for building and executing Manual and Automation testing programs for Dollar Tree/Family Dollar programs. The QE will also perform resource capacity planning, prepare and review QA/QE estimate, and coordinate all QA/QE activities for their assigned PODs **Principal Duties and Responsibilities** + Guide the team of internal and external QA testers for Automation testing and architecture + Perform critical tasks for the QA department like but not limited to – lead project intake meetings, estimates QA/QEA efforts & resource capacity planning, prepare status reports, communicate with project stakeholders. + Prepare and review QA deliverables, test strategy, test plans, test scripts based on business requirements. + Govern QEA processes/Initiatives and provide progress reports on the QEA initiatives. + Coordinate all testing activities between QA Team/Development Teams/Business/vendor, for assigned projects/PODs. + Conduct and drive defect triage calls + Build automation/manual test cases and perform test execution + Proactively raise, escalate and communicate quality issues and potential project risks + Should define the appropriate Test Automation framework working with the development and architect teams + Perform project and non-project related tasks and activities to support the department's goals and objectives + Proactively look at opportunities on improving the QA/QE process with best practices as applicable + Willingness to learn new technologies, tools and applications to support the business **Required Qualifications** + 7+ years testing experience + 4+ years of experience as QE in Retail + Experienced in one or all these Retail Functionalities- Supply Chain, Digital( Website and Mobile), Merchandising ,Core Systems( HR, Finance, Legal , Real Estate), POS + 3+ years exp in Ui Path tool + Experience using test automation and performance testing tools + Hands on experience in API automation + Prior testing experience working on Point Of Sale ( POS) systems + Should have strong knowledge in best practices working in test strategies and automation + Proven experience in team building and hiring + Ability to organizing, prioritizing activities across multiple projects is essential + Experience working with multiple vendors and distributed teams + Need robust understanding of various type of test strategies and their applicability + Intermediate skill level in Microsoft tools like excel, PowerPoint, MS word **Desired Qualifications** + Experience using Opentext UFT /Tricentics TOSCA/ Eggplant + Experience in Cloud Assurance Testing + High level experience on Performance Testing process and tool sets + CSTE / ISQTB certification + Knowledge of DevOps and DevSecOps Methodologies + Hands on experience in BDD with Cucumber/Selenium and Java or Python + Hands On experience creating QE dashboards