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Data Tester
Location: Hybrid Work Model Reporting To Vienna, VA
Pay Rate: Open to Both C2C and W2 options
Position Type: Multiyear Contract

Description:
The Data Product Testing Engineer plans and manages processes through the life cycle of data analytics, advocates for data integrity and availability, and drives resolution of issues that impede the quality assurance effort. This role will work in the Enterprise Data and Information Management team in the Information Services Department. The candidate will have experience with managing testing efforts across multiple data products and bring to market related enterprise capabilities in cloud. Require experience with integration, regression, performance, and functional testing to ensure compliance with business requirements and the Client business practices. Must cultivate effective engagement with business stakeholders on User Acceptance Testing to ensure deliverables meet expectations. Assist in the analysis of functional and technical requirements and creating test plans for data products. Have ability to drive initiatives independently.

Responsibilities:
Collaborate in Testing for enterprise data analytics products
Validate data source, data transformations in Target state tables in Data Lake
Ensure timelines/deadlines/quality of deliverables
Ensure processes and procedures are in place to drive quality through the software development life cycle
Implement best practices and service metrics
Recommend quality improvement initiatives for the future
Lead testing from inception to completion of successful production implementation
Develop test plan/scope/schedule/cost/communications
Write automation test plans, identify test cases, document testing strategy
Create, modify and/or locate the data and conditions needed to execute test cases
Modify, coordinate, and schedule input to maintain the test environments
Create and edit test cases in accordance with business requirements
Test APIs, data workflows, and data analytics solutions
Identify areas for improved testing processes
Facilitate defect management and resolution
Report testing metrics including time spent, testing time lost, and discrepancies found
Ensure clear, concise, and effective communication of material
Promote agile principles and methodology

Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or the equivalent combination of training, education and experience
Experience in test automation for data products in Cloud such as Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Data Hub, Master Data Management, and others
Experience working in data product test teams through the life cycle from analyzing functional requirements through delivery to production
Expert knowledge of continuous integration and deployment and tools chain (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.)
Knowledge of development or operations framework methodologies, including Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), etc.
Experience in testing data integration processes
Experience with Agile software development practices and tools including Scrum, Azure Boards, JIRA, Git, CI/CD, etc.
Experience with executing test plans on Cloud data services (e.g., Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory)
Experience in software development with proficiency in relevant coding languages (e.g., Python, SQL, Java)
Experience designing, implementing, and validating test plans
Experience writing test automation scripts
Experience with test management tools (e.g., Azure Test Plans, Quality Center)
Experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Postman)
Experience with application performance monitoring and observability tools (e.g., LoadRunner)
Experience in testing complex systems including various data analytics platforms in Cloud (Azure, AWS, etc.)
Experience in working with Big Data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, etc.)
Knowledge of master data/reference data technologies and implementation approaches
Knowledge of NoSQL
Attention to detail and ability to identify, isolate and document defects
Research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Organizational, planning and time management skills
Ability to work independently and in a team environment
Effective skill presenting findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely
Effective verbal and written communication skills

For immediate consideration, please apply directly or contact Ryan Pustilnik at