Senior Data Warehouse Tester

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Role overview

Our Senior Data Warehouse/Application Tester works closely within a product development team to ensure that products are tested thoroughly; test cases, test results and defects are clearly documented and any risks or issues are reported to the project team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the QA capability, working closely with the team to integrate best-practice application testing practices into our Agile and DevOps-focused approach.

What you'll be doing

Automation

Implement automated tests using a variety of technologies.

Implement load and performance tests for our cloud-based products.

Work closely with PMO and our Head of QA to create and automate new test plans for new features.

Work along our DevOps team in order to maintain our CI/CD pipelines.

Leadership

Become a central figure in leading and mentoring other QAs.

Own the testing architecture, driving design and achieving challenging objectives.

Potentially plan QA interaction with projects, and become part of the Quality Governance Board.

Personal growth

Prospect of becoming a Team Leader position for one of our automated technology stacks.

Manage up to 4 other QAs distributed across multiple projects.

What we look for

Required technologies

VSTS

Azure Services

Azure Database stack (SSIS, Data Factory, SQL Database/Data Warehouse)

Protractor

Cucumber

Cloud-based Load Testing (e.g. Artillery, Vegeta)

Docker, Kubernetes and AWS-based deployments

Scala Unit and Mocha-based integration tests

Knowledge

Detailed knowledge of modern testing life-cycles and approaches, especially TDD

Detailed knowledge on BDD-testing, particularly manual tests to Cucumber conversion

Comprehensive knowledge of the life cycle for a defect or change request

Knowledge of AWS stack deployment processes, and their interaction with various testing tools

Knowledge of data warehousing approaches (especially Kimble methodology) desirable is essential

Knowledge of the Microsoft stack/suites for database development and web applications development is essential

Experience

Minimum of 5 years solid QA testing experience

Automated development tests. JavaScript-based frameworks are desirable

Preparing and designing test plans and creating specifications from scratch

Identifying and writing clear and concise defect descriptions

Testing resource-intensive web applications

Developing API tests and converting them into Load Tests

Testing server less architecture SaaS applications and products

Data warehouse testing is a must

Testing Azure applications is essential

Skill

T-SQL

SSIS

.NET/C#

Bonus skills

TypeScript/JavaScript test development

API Testing (Postman, etc)

Load Testing tools (JMeter, etc)

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