Quality Assurance Consultant

Job Title : Data Test Engineer

Duration : Long Term Contract

Location: Los Angeles CA Responsibilities Include

• Work with project teams implementing analytics features into client applications and verify the firing of those analytics events by manually working with devices or initiating scripts.
• Verify capturing of analytics events in related file systems or databases through SQL, or a scripting language (Python, Java, shell scripting, etc.)
• Work with Business Intelligence and Product Management to create test strategies, plans and cases that provide acceptable coverage for a given data pipeline, from event creation to reporting.
• Perform data profiling on downstream data for the purposes of finding field anomalies and possible data quality issues.
• Work in an Agile Software Delivery methodology, highly focused in creating data validation tests based on requirements.
• Work with other members of Data Test Engineering to compile a regression test suite that can be executed quickly.
• Help create a manageable, repeatable strategy for manual test cases.
• Provide a risk assessment on the defects identified and set the correct priority and severity.

Qualities / Experience We're Seeking

We believe the right individual will have the following skills and experience in order to be successful in this role:

• 5+ years of Quality Assurance/Testing experience.
• 3+ years of Data Quality experience, or QA experience with a focus on data, data warehousing, reporting, etc.
• Strong SQL experience, with knowledge of AWS Redshift, Snowflake, or columnar databases.
• Knowledge of analytical functions a plus.
• Experience with reporting or analytics tools like Tableau or Mode.
• Experience working with Amazon Web Services, querying and working with data in various AWS services.
• Programming experience in a language such as Python, Java, etc. for the purposes of parsing files and running queries.
• Experience with analytics implementations (network events, ad beacons, user action events, etc.) in a web or mobile application.
• Functional Testing on Native Apps, OTT (Over-the-top), web platforms, a BIG plus.
• 3+ years of testing experience working within an Agile environment, and with Agile Management tools such as JIRA.