Senior QA / Test Automation Engineer
Odyssey Information Services
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Skills
- System Integration Testing
- Logistics
- Workflow
- Pricing
- Vendor Management
- Purchase Orders
- Data Flow
- Testing
- User Stories
- Test Plans
- Scripting
- Regression Analysis
- Acceptance Testing
- Auditing
- Forecasting
- Business Rules
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Trac
- FAR
- WMS
- Point Of Sale
- Software Testing
- Merchandising
- Artificial Intelligence
- Microsoft
- Data Engineering
- Data Quality
- Data Governance
- Data Integrity
- SQL
- Data Validation
- Supply Chain Management
- Demand Forecasting
- Test Management
- JIRA
- Microsoft Azure
- DevOps
- Application Lifecycle Management
- Oracle Retail
- SAP
- ISTQB
- Quality Assurance
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Power BI
- Data Visualization
- Agile
- Scrum
- Retail
- Inventory
Summary
Senior QA/Test Automation Engineer (Retail)
Are you a QA expert who loves data and knows how to leverage AI to test smarter?
We are seeking a Senior QA/Test Automation Engineer with Retail experience for an initial 12-month contract to join a team onsite in Dallas, TX (75236).
In this unique hybrid role, you will sit right at the intersection of Quality Assurance and Data Engineering. You will be responsible for ensuring Forecasting, Allocation, and Replenishment (FAR) systems and Core Merchandising Platforms run on flawless, trusted information. If you have a passion for supply chain logistics, retail, data workflows, and using cutting-edge AI tools (like Copilot, ChatGPT, or Perplexity) to manipulate, clean, and validate massive datasets, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
What You ll Do (The Day-to-Day):
- Validate the Lifeline of Retail: Test core merchandising functions including item setups, pricing, vendor management, purchase orders, and promotional data flows.
- Own the Testing Lifecycle: Review business requirements and user stories to map out comprehensive test plans, scripts, and manual execution for functional, integration, regression, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Verify Complex Data & Logic: Audit forecasting outputs, allocation logic, and inventory replenishment calculations against business rules to keep store fulfillment running smoothly.
- Leverage AI for Data Quality: Use advanced generative AI tools to create, organize, cleanse, and generate large-scale test datasets. Use AI to spot data anomalies and inconsistencies before they impact stores.
- Trace and Track: Log and track defects meticulously, map data lineage across systems (Merchandising, FAR, WMS, and POS), and maintain clean requirement-to-test traceability.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of software testing experience with retail, supply chain, or merchandising systems (i.e. Oracle Retail, SAP, Blue Yonder, etc.).
- Hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Perplexity) to prepare, analyze, and validate complex data.
- Data Engineering Savvy - Strong foundational knowledge of data quality, data governance, and data integrity principles. Solid SQL skills for deep-dive data validation and querying.
- A clear understanding of retail supply chain mechanisms (demand forecasting, inventory allocation, and replenishment).
- Proficiency with modern test management tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, or ALM).
Bonus Points For Preferred Skills:
- Hands-on experience with major enterprise retail platforms (Oracle Retail, SAP, Blue Yonder, etc.).
- ISTQB or equivalent professional QA certifications.
- Advanced skills with data analysis tools like Excel, Power BI, or similar data visualization platforms.
- Strong familiarity working in fast-paced Agile/Scrum environments.
- Understanding of retail inventory and planning metrics.
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Company Info
Odyssey Information Services is a nationwide consulting firm dedicated to providing our clients with outstanding resources to meet their hiring needs in the area of technology, assessment, management, logistics, and accounting/finance. Odyssey Information Services provides solutions for corporate changes, headcount restrictions, budget pressures, core business changes, staff augmentation and mergers/acquisitions. We partner with our clients in facing today's challenges of business from budget pressure, core business to mergers and acquisitions.
Odyssey Information Services, Inc. goal is to provide premier consultants to assist our clients with emerging technology and processes required to meet their business objectives. Odyssey is dedicated to providing outstanding consulting services for our clients' technology needs. We partner with our clients to provide premier consultants that complete your projects on time and under budget.
Since our inception in March 2000, Odyssey Information Services' tenured recruiting and sales staff has placed well over 1000 consultants. We believe in creating strong, long-term relationships with our clients. We listen to your needs and take the time to understand your goals in order to effectively provide a solution.
At Odyssey Information Services, our consultants are more than just numbers. They re valued members of our team. They re the reason we ve grown year over year for nearly two decades, maintained trusted partnerships with top clients and gained new ones along the way.