Responsibilities

• Plan and implement testing (e.g., regression, functional, data validation, system integration, load, or performance tests) for new and existing functionality.
• Work closely with development teams to design testing strategies and integrate testing into the development process.
• Work with teams managing source data systems, understand their reporting capabilities and validate platform data against source systems
• Plan, create, execute, and automate test cases, working with business partners, developers, and other stakeholders. 
• Document and analyze test cases and results and recommend corrective action. 
• Work closely with domain experts and business teams to understand the business objectives and apply that knowledge in creation of test cases
• Isolate, reproduce, manage, and maintain defects and test case databases, and verify fixes.
• Support user acceptance testing conducted by business partners or end users.
• Conduct exploratory testing and risk analysis for complex features, e.g., those that span across platforms or teams.
• Identify opportunities to reduce testing time and effort by automating repeatable tests.
• Understand and apply automated testing approaches such as model-based testing or record-and-replay. 
• Research, recommend, and implement new testing technologies and practices, such as incorporating machine learning. 
• Define and champion quality and testing best practices among development teams.  
• Collaborate and share information with other software QA engineers, e.g., by participating in a community of practice.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Experience writing complex SQL queries (Databricks SQL preferred) 
• Exposure to ETL Tools (Databricks, Azure Data factory), database platforms (SQL, Snowflake) and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau)
• Experience using DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, Power BI Helper, etc in Power BI preferred
• Experience in technical testing, issue identification and resolution
• Experience writing test automation scripts. 
• Experience designing and implementing test plans.
• Experience with test management tools (e.g., TestRail, XRay, Qtest, Quality Center). 
• Experience with application performance monitoring and observability tools. 
• Attention to detail and ability to identify, isolate and document defects.
• Strong knowledge of agile practices and experience with agile planning tools (e.g., Jira).
• Effective verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaboration skills and ability to work on a team.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn.