Job Description

Position: Data / ETL Tester - Junior

Number of hours: 40 hours / week
Schedule: EST

Key Responsibilities

• Execute test cases to validate ETL processes, data pipelines, and data warehouse solutions.

• Perform source-to-target data validation to ensure data is accurately extracted, transformed, and loaded.

• Verify data quality through completeness, accuracy, consistency, and integrity checks.

• Execute reconciliation testing to compare source and target datasets and identify discrepancies.

• Assist in preparing test plans, test cases, test data, and test execution reports for data validation activities.

• Log, track, and verify defects using defect management tools and support developers in defect resolution.

• Validate bug fixes and perform regression testing for ETL processes and data workflows.

• Collaborate with ETL Developers, Data Engineers, Business Analysts, and QA teams to understand business rules and data requirements.

• Assist in documenting test results, data validation procedures, and quality metrics.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Follow QA standards, data governance policies, and testing best practices.

• Escalate testing issues, data inconsistencies, and risks to senior QA team members when necessary.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• 0–2 years of experience in Software Testing, Data Testing, ETL Testing, or Database Support.

• Basic understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

• Basic knowledge of ETL concepts, data warehousing, and relational databases.

• Familiarity with SQL for querying and validating data.

• Understanding of data validation, reconciliation, and quality assurance concepts.

• Familiarity with defect tracking and test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or TestRail.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively under close guidance and daily supervision.

Preferred Certifications

• ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

• Scrum Foundations

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) (Preferred)

Technical Skills

• ETL Testing Fundamentals

• Source-to-Target Data Validation

• Data Quality & Reconciliation Testing

• SQL & Relational Databases

• Data Warehouse Fundamentals

• Test Case Design & Execution

• Defect Management (Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail)

• SDLC & STLC

• Agile & Scrum Methodologies

• Microsoft Excel for Data Analysis

• Technical Documentation

• Basic Cloud Data Fundamentals (AWS / Azure)