Quality Analyst Automation Engineer

Our client, is seeking an experienced, highly detail-oriented Quality Analyst Automation Engineer to join their quality engineering and data validation group.

In this mission-critical consulting role, you will define test environments, establish comprehensive quality assurance strategies, and lead end-to-end testing cycles across complex enterprise systems. Working closely with application engineering squads, technical architects, and project managers, you will drive robust database testing, ETL data-pipeline validations, and test automation. While standard API automation plays a supporting role, your core focus will be validating complex source-to-target data flows, investigating data discrepancies across modern cloud data warehouses, maintaining test automation frameworks, and ensuring production readiness across distributed applications.

Duration: 6-Month Contract (Full-time engagement)

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Primarily remote with on-site presence once per month or as project requirements dictate)



Advantages
Enterprise-Scale Data Scope: Lead quality assurance and data integrity validation for high-volume enterprise pipelines and modern cloud data warehouses.

Modern Cloud & Automation Stack: Gain hands-on engineering exposure across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery, PostgreSQL, StarRocks, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript test automation tools.

Flexible Hybrid Model: Enjoy a predominantly remote delivery schedule with minimal in-office attendance (once a month or as needed for key collaborative milestones).

Technical Leadership & Sign-Off Authority: Serve as a trusted quality gatekeeper, signing off on master test plans, test beds, and production deployment readiness while mentoring junior analysts.



Responsibilities
Database & Data-Pipeline Testing: Execute rigorous, hands-on database testing across multi-database environments; validate end-to-end ETL data pipelines from source to target and investigate complex data discrepancies.

Test Automation & Framework Execution: Develop, execute, and maintain automated test scripts utilizing BDD/Cucumber methodologies alongside JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.

Test Strategy & Governance: Formulate, review, and approve master test plans, test cases, execution schedules, and test beds before deployment; sign off on test results prior to production release.

Regression & Defect Lifecycle Management: Maintain and expand comprehensive automated regression suites to ensure new features and updates do not compromise existing functionality; track and prioritize defects through resolution.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner actively with technical design teams, developers, and project managers to understand architectural design approaches, optimize system performance, and troubleshoot root causes.

QA Metrics & Standards Reporting: Define, track, and report on quality assurance metrics, inspection standards, and testing progress to project leadership and release teams.

Mentorship & Quality Culture: Train and guide junior QA team members, driving continuous improvement initiatives across QA processes and methodologies.



Qualifications
Quality Assurance Depth: 3 to 5+ years of dedicated professional experience in software quality assurance, test design, and automated test execution.

Database Testing Focus: Strong, hands-on database testing proficiency with advanced SQL querying skills across complex, multi-database architectures.

ETL & Pipeline Validation: Practical experience with ETL testing, data warehousing concepts, and end-to-end data pipeline validation.

Test Automation Fundamentals: Solid experience implementing automated test suites, with hands-on exposure to BDD/Cucumber and scripting in JavaScript or TypeScript (exposure to frameworks such as WebdriverIO or Selenium).

Cloud & Data Technologies: Familiarity with modern data platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery, PostgreSQL, and data visualization tools like Tableau.

Agile Delivery: Proven experience collaborating within fast-paced Agile/Scrum engineering environments.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical industry experience.

Preferred Assets & Nice-to-Haves
Hands-on experience or familiarity with StarRocks or distributed analytical databases.

Prior exposure to performance/load testing tools and methodologies.

Familiarity with microservices architecture or enterprise commerce backends (e.g., SAP Commerce / Hybris).

Professional certifications such as ISTQB (Foundation/Advanced) or recognized Agile credentials (e.g., CSM, PSPO).



Summary
If you are a tech-savvy Quality Analyst Automation Engineer who pairs 3–5+ years of QA experience with deep database testing mastery, hands-on ETL data pipeline validation skills, and automated testing proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and BDD, this 6-month hybrid contract opportunity is an ideal next step. Bring your data validation precision, automation mindset, and collaborative quality advocacy to our client's team today!

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