For the given job description <<About Grainger
Grainger is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with a wide range of products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money.
We're looking for passionate people who can move our company forward. As one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we have a welcoming workplace where you can build a career for yourself while fulfilling our purpose to keep the world working. We embrace new ways of thinking and recognize everyone is an individual. Find your way with Grainger today.
Position Details
The Engineering Business Analyst has the responsibility of being very deep in our technology project and product work and being a key team member who knows all aspects. The Engineering Business Analyst is aligned to challenging projects and brings high value insights to our engineering teams. The Engineering Business Analyst may be involved in multiple technology projects at a time and will need excellent technical skills to ensure projects are being completed on time and at the highest of quality. You will work with Grainger's software engineers and portfolio managers, with you main responsibility being writing stories to be implemented by the engineering team. The Engineering Business Analyst must have a blend of business and technical skills as they must understand the business cases and requirements and then help to analyze and solicit requirements. Using the requirements, you must make technical documentation and write stories for the engineering team to use. Throughout the lifecycle of a project, you may develop data models and process flows, facilitate implementation through training, update cost estimates and timelines, and assist with testing and change management. You will partner with multiple team members in different functions and levels during a project, including software engineering, portfolio management, quality, finance, product, and operations. Your role will have a focus on process improvement as well as diagnostics at the end of a project to ensure effectiveness. You will report to the Manager, Engineering Business Analysis.
You Will
Develop technical solutions to business problems by defining and documenting requirements.Write user stories and ensure integrity of stories across projects.Write and validate acceptance criteria within area of expertise. Groom and maintain user stories.Define and perform functional configurations.Complete impact analysis for complex projects and products.Facilitate requirements gathering sessions to aid partners in exposing and explaining their needs.Conduct industry and internal research and apply best practices to Grainger.Ensure decision-making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a clear and applicable format; Have an opinion as to what a correct decision is and influence the engineering team.Create artifacts and provide data-driven recommendations that are clear to your business and technology partners.Help lead tactical planning discussions.Develop scaled, automated, user-friendly systems, reports and dashboards to support our needs.
You Have
BABS in Business, Computer Science, Finance or related field5+ years of relevant work experience in a business analyst, data analyst or statistical analyst roleDeep technical expertise regarding IT systems, workflows, and data structuresExperience summarizing multiple types and sources of information into actionExperience working with senior business and technical partners; including experience pushing back respectfully to get projects completedExperience operating in an Agile context
Rewards And Benefits
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plansPaid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per yearAutomatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay periodEmployee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursementA comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical and social wellbeing programs
DEI Statement
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.>> the resume: <<SummaryEIT certified Engineer and ASTQB Certified QA Professional with extensive Coding Experience in C#. Over 7+ years of experience in IT industry, involving software design, analysis, documentation and testing of different applications.Thorough quality assurance professional highly skilled in manual and automation testing.Partners successfully with project management and development team members to put out high-quality software for customers.Certified Scrum Master, efficient in working in agile environment.Experience in developing and maintaining Windows applications in .NET using C#.Experience with common design patterns and S.O.L.I.D. principles, test-driven development/TDD, agile development practices, code walkthrough.Engaging Quality Control Analyst with excellent collaboration and troubleshooting skills. Highly effective in working with clients, peers and cross QA teams.
SkillsTECHNICAL SKILLSC#.NET, SQL, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, R, Python, R, SSIS, Crystal Reports, SSRSSQL Management Studio, Visual Studio, Bugzilla, JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, HP ALM.Windows, IOS, Linux.Manual Testing and Automated Testing Frameworks like SeleniumDevOps, CI/CDSoftware Development Life CycleCertified Scrum MasterTime Management and PrioritizationDecision Making. Results and Deadline-DrivenSoftware Release and VersioningVerbal and Written CommunicationTest Procedure DocumentationCross-Functional Team Collaboration
ExperienceSoftware QA Lead,05/2022toCurrentGeneral Motors–Wfh_City,MI,Coordinate, task, train and evaluate subordinates in work policies and procedures.Analyze workflows and established priorities for daily operations and ensure that projects and tasks are QA complete on time.Lead on creating project QA plans and task breakdown.Convene and conduct daily Standup calls and help in solving any roadblocks in testing of different projects.Conduct retrospectives of any tasks/projects test plans and deadlines, coordinate and follow-up on action items.Collaborate with project sponsor/submitter on the creation and updating of product & feature documentation for QA to test effectively.Met with stakeholders to collaborate and resolve problems along with other teams.Review and approve project test plans and deadlines prior to implementation.Provide support to other teams in regards to testing and designed internal testing tools and frameworks so it can be easier to use for other teams.In collaboration with the Business Analyst, gather and ensure that requirements, functional specifications, and details are of sufficient clarity and quality and are suitable for QA work.Coordinate gathering of developer and QA effort estimates.Manage and define impact on QA regarding the scope and requirement changesIdentify gaps or weak spots in QA processes and procedures, analyze and propose solutions.Create and define test plan, test scenarios, and test cases.Verify and validate that all requirements and specifications are met in the developed software solution (including traceability matrix).Verify that all test cases pass and that any failures are sufficiently justified and logged.Ensure that developed software components are of sufficient quality and suitable for release.Perform manual exploratory testing and Automation testing of different projects.Assist in the isolation and determination of software failures (bugs/defect) and dependent conditions and steps and data to reproduce.Software Developer,05/2019to08/2022University Of California–Fresno,CA,Responsible for analysis, design, implementation, testing and maintenance of software development life-cycle (SDLC) projectsBeing part of the Quick Response Team, Responsible to check for any production issues reported in Bug Tracking tool like JIRA and find the resolution with a dayResponsible to Work and communicate with non technical clients to understand their requirements , analyze potential, solutions and translate requirements into designsDesigned, Developed and deployed scalable .NET library projects using C# within project schedules and deadlinesAssist and support SQA and PQA teams in deploying the code and testing in productionResponsible to accurately estimate development effort and assess impact and complexity of project tasksSupport and Maintain software programming applications and components by identifying and correcting defects using Visual Studio and C# Programming language.Enhanced existing systems by analyzing business objectives, preparing an action plan and identifying areas for modification and improvementCreated different component classes and interfaces using .Net Framework 3.5 with Object Oriented Programming Methodology and applying SOLID principlesDeveloped system designs in consideration of areas such as flexibility, maintainability, scalability and performanceInteracted with SQL server using queries, stored procedures and entity frameworkInvolved in the development and execution of unit test casesWorked together with team members to find better and more efficient approaches, enhancing the application and implementing coding standards.Designed, deployed, and maintained complex reports using SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS) and Visual Studio 2012Maintain Users / Roles / Permissions, Security of the Reporting Server.Responsible to create Customized reports by Parameterized Queries, adding Filters, using Expressions, Calculations, Prompts, Summaries and FunctionsResponsible to Develop and Enhance existing stored procedures, views, functions, database objects to meet additional requirements of reports or new custom reports.Detailed Documentation of all the existing and new processes/requirement in confluence.Analyze, Create and Maintain custom reports using JavaScriptUsed SVN repository management tool to track and maintain code baseParticipated in code review meetings, providing input on bugs, inefficiencies and potential solutions to emergent issues.Delivered code to meet functional or technical specifications.As a member of the Scrum team participated in daily standup meetings, project status meetings as well as retrospective meetings and other review meetings.Sr. QA Engineer,05/2016to05/2019Abbvie, Inc–IA,State,Responsible for conducting functional and regression testing
of different Windows applicationsReviewed functional specifications and business requirements
to develop test plans, test cases, ensuring the quality and
stability of the system throughout the projectInvolved in pre testing activities like design review and
requirements inspections to identify ambiguity and
inconsistency in requirements as well as improve existing
company software systems/ServicesResponsible for communicating/discussing with other
departments of all software testing aspects; determine the
scope of testing, providing QA estimates, Meeting the
timelines and prioritizing the testing effortImplementing test cases using manual testing and writing
some automated tests in creation of detailed test plans and
scenarios for different applications per functional
requirements and business specificationsIdentified, analyzed, and documented defects utilizing Bugzilla
and JIRA as defect tracking systemsCreated tractability matrices making the bugs reproducible,
develop test Cases, bug reports and other test related
documents in ConfluenceResponsible for developing and Executing complex SQL
queries in SQL Server using Management Studio in order to
view success/failure status of the processed orders and to
validate that data during End-to-End testing stageResponsible to monitor and trouble shoot the test
environment for any issues and system compatibility checksExtensively work and define test scenarios, test data and test
cases for smoke testing and execute them during the
production releaseInvolved in system integration and user acceptance testing
(UAT) on later stages of SDLCProvided Data Integrity facilitating team with technical
guidance and support as needed with analyzing and
understanding of any production issuesCommunicated significant issues or bugs identified during
quality assurance activities and provides recommended
process improvements to Development teamWorked directly with cross-department management members
to educate, train, and aid in integration and roll out of new, requirements on existing and new applicationsAssisted other team members and project managers in testing
specific client related unique requirementsHelped to enforce test development standards in coordination
with senior management.
Education and TrainingMaster of Science:Electrical and Computer Engineering,Expected in01/2016toTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY-,GPA:GPA: 3.5Bachelor of Engineering:Electronics Engineering,Expected in01/2014toANDHRA UNIVERSITY-,GPA:GPA: 3.8>>. The result is, 

Fit assessment: Good Fit