Data QA Analyst
6-month contract to hire - will convert to FTE
Hybrid onsite in Chicago, IL
** Not open to C2C
** Looking for Strong SQL querying experience - must be able to create complex queries and joins
Your role
As a QA Analyst your main responsibility is to make sure that the product the team delivers is of sufficient quality. This includes refinement of the requirements, documentation of them, writing test cases, establishment and execution of test plans based on the current priorities, and reporting test results and any found bugs. You will participate in daily stand-ups, story groomings, and sessions for new projects and features that are on the table. As a QA Analyst/Tester, you will primarily report to your Technical Lead.
You will
- Document data transformation processes
- Manually test ELT pipelines or their parts with focus on data quality, data completeness, performance and governance
- Execute manual and automated test scripts
- Run data queries to identify coding issues and data exceptions
- Cooperate with the team on creating test scenarios and test plans in a deadline- focused environment
- Communicate with the team about test results and possible improvements
- Prepare test data based on third party data focusing to cover possible edge cases and data quality issues
- Create, update and improve existing test cases
- Understand technology of the features you will participate on, so that you can efficiently test each part of the solution
- Help determine the root cause of issues, be able to resolve testing issues and drive issues to closure
Required skills
- In-depth knowledge of QA processes, manual/automation methodologies, and software development life cycle - 8+ years of experience
- Ability to make decisions about testing results
- Natural curiosity joined with attention to detail and precision.
- Experience in testing of data/ELT pipelines
- Analytical approach to tasks, understanding the impact of quality beyond testing
- Knowledge of testing tools and SQL
- Willingness to learn
- Ability to communicate complex concepts verbally and in writing to colleagues with varying degrees of analytical knowledge and understanding.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery is a plus
- Experience with Databricks environment is a plus
