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Position Title: QA - Quality Assurance Analyst SME Level

About The Job

Duration: Contract will be no less than three years in duration

Client Location: 3771 Eastwood Dr, Jackson, MS 39211

Candidate Location: 100% Remote

Work Hours: 8-5 pm 40hrs/week

Job ID: 150831

Project Details

The client has a current goal for every community to effectively use a world-class data system to improve student outcomes. This goal has an outcome to increase the availability of quality data to drive decisions that improve student outcomes. Client is planning to satisfy this goal in part by modernizing its current student information system along with improving the quality of data in connected systems. This will include web-based application development and the creation of dashboards and reports that will improve access, accuracy, and ease of use for all stakeholders.

Job Description

This position will require a qualified Quality Assurance Analyst to take the lead on the following tasks

Review and validate the output of SQL and ETL development to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and alignment with business rules. Develop and execute detailed data test plans, test cases, and validation scripts targeting Azure Synapse pipelines, stored procedures, and data transformations. Reconcile data between source systems, staging areas, and curated data layers in Azure Data Lake or Synapse. Conduct regression testing on modified pipelines, stored procedures, or data models to confirm that changes do not introduce new issues. Collaborate with data engineers, ETL developers, and business analysts to document and resolve data discrepancies. Maintain data QA documentation including test results, issue logs, and validation procedures. Support the development of automated data quality checks or unit tests using SQL, Python, or other approved tools. Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, data validation frameworks, and DevOps testing integration.

Required Education: Bachelor's degree

Required Skills

Must be able to effectively communicate (verbally and written) test cases with stakeholders as well as the development team, minimum 7 years Must be able to collaborate with the Project Manager, Architect, Business Analyst, and developers to ensure test cases are communicated, accepted, and meet expectations minimum 7 years Must be able to write test plans, test cases, and test scripts from scratch, validating that user expectations are achieved during the testing process. minimum 7 years Must be able to work closely with the Business Analysts to formulate test plans, prepare test cases, execute the tests, and fully document and report the results. minimum 7 years Must be able to perform user acceptance testing, functionality testing, regression testing, performance testing, and end-to-end system testing on various applications. Documentation includes: Formal Test Plan, Test Case Document, Technical Use Cases and Test Plan, User stories, etc. minimum 7 years Must be able to review user requirements to ensure that requirements are testable. 7 years Must be able to create diagrams, flowcharts, and workflows of data flow through systems 7 years Must be able to create and manage test cases for Quality Assurance 7 years Must be familiar with software and database development concepts. 7 years Must have experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst working on a software development team. 7 years Must have strong experience in QA management and creating all documents listed above. 7 years Must have strong experience in mapping business processes into test case documentation 7 years Must understand software quality best practices, test strategy and planning, test case development, test case deployment and execution, test data, defect tracking, and test manuals. Must actively participate in process improvements. 7 years Strong experience in acceptance testing 7 years Ability to analyze business functions 7 years Scrum 7 years Agile 7 years