Data QA Lead

Job Title:Data QA Lead

Location: 100% remote

Snowflake Databricks ETL SQL Pytest/Python Data Lake 7 years Data QA experience

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Quality Assurance activities for data engineering and analytics projects.
• Design and execute test strategies plans and cases for data pipelines and platforms.
• Validate data transformations business rules and source-to-target mappings across Databricks Snowflake and Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• Perform end-to-end data testing including source-to-target reconciliation and validation across different layers of the data architecture.
• Conduct data quality testing including null validation duplicate checks row counts and referential integrity.
• Develop reconciliation frameworks and reusable automation frameworks for data testing.
• Create and execute complex SQL-based test cases to validate large datasets.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with Data Engineers Architects and business stakeholders.
• Mentor and provide guidance to approximately 2-3 junior QA resources.

Required Qualifications

Education:A Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field is required.

Experience:A minimum of 7 years of experience in QA Data Warehouse Testing ETL Testing or Data Quality Validation is required. This must include 1-2 years of experience in a formal team leadership or mentorship capacity. Experience with data migration validation and reconciliation is necessary.

Technical Skills:Strong experience with Snowflake Databricks Azure Data Factory (ADF) Azure Data Lake and SQL is required. Candidates must possess expertise in Data Warehouse and ETL/ELT testing concepts including source-to-target mapping validation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Automation experience using Python and PyTest.
• Experience with Snowflake Data Quality Monitoring and Data Metric Functions (DMFs).
• Exposure to Power BI or other reporting validation.
• Knowledge of Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with transferable automation tools such as Selenium.

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Required Skills:

Data/QASnowflakeDatabricksETLSQLPytestPythonData LakeData Warehouse TestingQA EngineeringETL TestingData Quality ValidationData MigrationValidationreconciliationAzure Data FactoryADFAzure Data LakeETL/ELTSnowflake Data QualityData Metric FunctionsPower BIData GovernanceData Quality frameworksAzure DevOpsCI/CD pipelinesSelenium