QA Data Lead Tester
DXC Technology
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Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead QA activities across data projects, including test planning, execution, defect management, and reporting.
- Develop and implement test strategies for ETL processes, data pipelines, data warehousing, data lakes, and business intelligence systems.
- Design and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts focused on data quality, accuracy, completeness, transformation logic, and performance.
- Perform data validation and reconciliation between source and target systems using SQL and other query languages.
- Collaborate closely with business analysts, data engineers, and developers to understand data flows and define test requirements.
- Oversee data migration testing and regression testing efforts to ensure consistency and accuracy in large-scale datasets.
- Define and enforce data testing best practices, standards, and methodologies.
- Manage and mentor a team of data testers; assign tasks, review work, and support their professional development.
- Identify data quality issues and coordinate with the data engineering team for resolution.
- Track and report test progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Desired Candidate Profile
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Strong experience in software quality assurance with a minimum of 3 years leading QA in data-focused projects.
- Strong expertise in SQL for data validation, profiling, and reconciliation.
- Experience with ETL tools (e.g., Informatica, Talend, DataStage) and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Azure Synapse, BigQuery).
- Solid understanding of data warehouses, data lakes, and data pipeline architectures.
- Familiarity with data visualization/reporting tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik for dashboard testing.
- Experience with test management tools such as JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail, or Azure DevOps.
- Knowledge of test automation frameworks is a plus (e.g., PyTest, dbFit, Selenium with SQL).
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in testing cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Exposure to data governance, data cataloging, and data lineage tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Purview).
- Certification in ISTQB or equivalent QA certifications.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with CI/CD pipelines.
Company Industry
- IT - Software Services
Department / Functional Area
- Quality
- Testing
- QA
- QC
- Inspector
Keywords
- QA Data Lead Tester
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