Sr. Quality Engineer – Data

Position: Sr. Quality Engineer – Data

Location: Santa Monica, CA

Duration: 3+ Month Contract

Our client in Santa Monica (one of the most well-known brands in the world) is looking for a Data Engineer to join a vibrant team ready for action! The right person for the job will be someone that is a great team player and can work well with others, but ALSO values autonomy and can drive initiatives forward at times without daily instruction. 

What will you do?

·     Design and develop test strategies and test plans to validate our data integration processes and

reporting. Document results against those plans/test scripts. 

·     Participate in planning and development of our test automation harness

·    Create automated tests for new and existing data processes and reports

·    Validate source to target mappings using a variety of tools

·     Conduct thorough testing of ETL code changes to ensure quality of data produced & perform

appropriate root cause analysis 

·     Conduct testing across all layers of data platform (data lakes and databases). 

·     Conduct testing working towards creating a process/framework for QE and Data Governance to

ensure thorough, consistent, & repeatable testing practices. 

·     Conduct various types of testing including Unit testing, Functional testing, Integration testing,

Regression testing, Performance testing, post production testing. 

·     Coach engineering team on best practices and adherence to established QE framework.  

·     Strive to increase efficiency in testing including automating QE tasks where possible.  

·     Use professional software engineering practices & best practices, including coding standards, code

reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. 

·     Implement Data quality and accuracy metrics and measurement 

Requirements

·     7+ years of professional work experience working with and testing very large databases 

·     5+ years hands-on experience with SQL 

·     5+ years of experience in testing ETL/data pipelines

·     1+ years of experience creating automated tests for ETL/data pipelines

·     1+ years of experience in scripting languages such as Python 

·     Cloud solution implementation experience with AWS preferred 

·      Proven experience in/with data warehouse testing 

·      Experience working with relational and dimensional data models 

·      Experience implementing best-in-class testing processes, test tools and best practices for

databases 

·      Experience with ETL tools like Informatica, Talend

·      Experience with reporting and analytics tools like OBIEE, Tableau and Alteryx

·      Experience working in a CI/CD framework 

·      Ability to utilize computational skills to identify data quality and integration issues 

·      Excellent communication, organization, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem-solving

skills.

Preferred Qualifications:  

·         Experience with data (Data warehousing, big data, data integration, reporting and visualization) 

For immediate consideration, please send an updated resume to Vanessa at: vprinci@synergishr.com