
QA Engineer – Data
CES Family of Companies
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: India
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About the role
- Ensure data quality and integrity across the enterprise HCM data platform by designing and executing comprehensive test strategies for data pipelines, transformations, and reporting layers.
- Validate data accuracy from source to target across Bronze/Silver/Gold layers and ensure data meets business requirements and quality standards.
- Design and execute data validation test cases for ETL/ELT pipelines from source (SQL Server) to target (Snowflake).
- Validate data transformations across medallion architecture layers (Bronze → Silver → Gold).
- Perform source-to-target reconciliation testing including record counts, aggregations, and data accuracy checks.
- Test CT (Change Tracking) and incremental load scenarios for data completeness and correctness.
- Validate SCD Type 1 and Type 2 implementations for historical data tracking.
- Test Row-Level Security (RLS) implementations to ensure proper data access controls per persona.
- Create and maintain SQL-based test scripts for automated data validation.
- Perform regression testing when pipeline changes are deployed.
- Validate data quality rules including null checks, referential integrity, duplicate detection, and business rule validations.
- Test data lineage and ensure traceability from source to reporting layer.
- Document test cases, test results, and defects in tracking tools.
- Collaborate with data engineers to identify root causes and verify bug fixes.
- Support UAT by preparing test data and validating business scenarios.
Requirements
- 4-5 years of experience in data quality and integrity.
- SQL: Strong SQL skills for writing complex queries, data comparison scripts, and validation logic (joins, aggregations, window functions, CTEs).
- Data Warehouse Concepts: Understanding of dimensional modeling, fact/dimension tables, star schema, and slowly changing dimensions.
- ETL/ELT Testing: 2+ years of experience testing data pipelines, transformations, and data loads.
- Data Quality Testing: Experience with source-to-target validation, data profiling, and reconciliation.
- Snowflake: 1+ years hands-on experience querying and validating data in Snowflake.
- Test Documentation: Experience creating test plans, test cases, and defect reports.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours to create a work-life balance.
- Opportunity to work on advanced tools and technologies.
- Global exposure to not only collaborate with the team, but also to connect with the client portfolio and build professional relationships.
- Highly encouraged for any innovative ideas & thoughts and we support in executing the same.
- Periodical and on-spot rewards and recognitions on your performance.
- Provides a better platform for enhancing skills via many different L&D programs.
- Enabling and empowering atmosphere to work along.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
SQLETLELTdata validationdata quality testingdata profilingreconciliation testingtest documentationdata transformationsdata lineage
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunication