SWET Database Tester

Company: Eliassen Group
Location: Durham
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Email nthompson@eliassen.com with resumes. Can do c2c. This is a 18-month contract! Please see the details below. Great opportunity with one of our biggest clients! Job Description:This is an exciting new role within the Workplace Investing (WI) Data Engineering space and the team building working on our Employer Digital initiative on the Client Reporting area. Working in a co-located Agile team, we are looking for a Software Engineer in Test to work with the team to develop a QA automation framework to validate the integrity, quality, and performance of the data pipelines. This role is not just limited to test deliverables, but will also include analysis, development, and DevOps work for the cloud data platform.The TeamThis role is part of the Workplace Investing Quality Engineering team which has over 20 team members and is part of the wider WI Technology US team. This is a high performing and innovative team using the latest Big Data, software, Quality Assurance tools, technologies, and techniques. Data Engineering is one of the key disciplines within WI Technology.This role will be part of a squad and will involve analysis of user stories. The Testing responsibilities, as shared with the rest of the Agile team, is focused on ensuring that projects and products meet system quality standards by planning, designing, automating, and executing the appropriate test cases. This includes developing and executing automation strategies, mining, and manipulating test data, scripting and executing test cases, front-line triage of issues found during execution, and retesting of defects through resolution.Education:3+ years of Software Development or relevant experience desired1+ years of Big Data, Data Lake or Data Warehouse experience is desired2+ years of Software Quality Assurance or relevant experience desiredExperience:Expert knowledge of application/software development, QA principles, and agile methodologyExperience in retirement plan administration or financial services a plusKnowledge of data pipeline testing will be a distinct advantageAbility to work effectively with product development, external teams, and managementKnowledge of CI/CD PipelinesSpecific certifications:ISTQB Certification (nice to have)The Skills You BringData Engineer working with the latest Big Data technologies and tools (Snowflake, Airflow, AWS)Experienced Software Engineer in Test working in agile methodology.Experience test automation and build tools (Selenium, Cucumber, Fitnesse, Git, Gradle, Maven, Rest-Assured)Strong SQL skills plus Java and Python development experienceExperience with Data Pipeline testing of Data Warehouse platformsExperience with Jira is essentialProven experience with the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planningStrong communication and interpersonal skills will be key to success in this role. A strong ability to maintain good working relationships with partners is essentialThe Value You DeliverYou will be delivering quality assurance for Data Engineering and your overall experience of QA will come to the fore. You will be capable of building an end-to-end test strategy, determining exit criteria, contributing to our automation roadmap and have strong awareness of our audit compliance commitments.Daily you may be working on Quality Engineering, analysis, development, or DevOps stories as part of a squad and your agile experience will be essential to size stories and assist with sprint planning.You will be collaborating with squad resources to ensure testing efforts are completed by the teamYou will also demonstrate your overall commitment to the wider WI Quality Engineering Team by scanning for opportunities to bring the outside in and help keep WI Quality Engineering at the forefront of Quality Engineering innovation.You will work with your scrum team to move quality to the beginning of the process, and to coordinate quality activities throughout the epic life cycle.

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