QA Analyst
Posted 1 day ago by 1762591076
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The role of a Remote MS Government QA Analyst involves leading quality assurance efforts for data-related projects, specifically focusing on Azure Synapse and ETL processes. The analyst will collaborate with various stakeholders to develop and execute test plans, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with business rules. Strong experience in QA management, test case documentation, and familiarity with software development concepts are essential for success in this position. The role is fully remote and requires a bachelor's degree along with relevant experience in quality assurance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Communicate test cases effectively with stakeholders and the development team.
- Collaborate with Project Manager, Architect, Business Analyst, and developers to ensure test cases meet expectations.
- Write test plans, test cases, and test scripts from scratch.
- Work closely with Business Analysts to formulate test plans and execute tests.
- Perform user acceptance testing, functionality testing, regression testing, and performance testing.
- Review user requirements to ensure they are testable.
- Create diagrams, flowcharts, and workflows of data flow through systems.
- Create and manage test cases for Quality Assurance.
- Familiarity with software and database development concepts.
- Experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst on a software development team.
- Strong experience in QA management and documentation.
- Map business processes into test case documentation.
- Understand software quality best practices and actively participate in process improvements.
- Analyze business functions and conduct acceptance testing.
- Review and validate SQL and ETL development outputs.
- Develop and execute data test plans and validation scripts.
- Reconcile data between source systems and Azure Data Lake or Synapse.
- Conduct regression testing on modified pipelines and stored procedures.
- Collaborate with data engineers and ETL developers to resolve data discrepancies.
- Maintain data QA documentation including test results and issue logs.
- Support the development of automated data quality checks.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and DevOps testing integration.
Key Skills:
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to write comprehensive test plans and test cases.
- Experience in user acceptance and regression testing.
- Strong analytical skills for business functions.
- Familiarity with SQL, PL/SQL, and data validation frameworks.
- Experience with Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and DevOps.
- Knowledge of software development life cycle and Agile methodologies.
- Experience in QA management and documentation.
- Ability to create diagrams and workflows.
- Strong experience in acceptance testing.
- Experience with C# and Visio.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Required Skills:
Must be able to effectively communicate (verbally and written) test cases with stakeholders as well as the development team. No min.
Must be able to collaborate with the Project Manager, Architect, Business Analyst, and developers to ensure test cases are communicated, accepted, and meet expectations. 7
Must be able to write test plans, test cases, and test scripts from scratch, validating that user expectations are achieved during the testing process. 7
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. 7
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. 7
Must be able to review user requirements to ensure that requirements are testable. 7
Must be able to create diagrams, flowcharts, and workflows of data flow through systems. 7
Must be able to create and manage test cases for Quality Assurance. 7
Must be familiar with software and database development concepts. 7
Must have experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst working on a software development team. 7
Must have strong experience in QA management and creating all documents listed above. 7
Must have strong experience in mapping business processes into test case documentation. 7
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
Strong experience in acceptance testing 7
Ability to analyze business functions 7
Scrum 7
Agile 7
Database Entity Design
Samples of previous documents created strongly preferred.
PL/SQL
Data Factory/Synapse
SQL Server
DevOps
Oracle
Stored Procedures
Visio
Software Development Life Cycle
Scrum / Agile
C#
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.
Job ID: MS-1113)
Remote MS Govt QA Analyst (15+) with PM/BA, Data Factory/Synapse, DevOps, Oracle, Visio, C# and Scrum/Agile experience
Location: Jackson, MS (MDEK12)
Duration: 12 Months
100% Remote
Three (3) references of submitted candidates required. Please provide the following information. Must submit with resume.
REQUIRED DEGREE Bachelor s degree
Required Skills:
Must be able to effectively communicate (verbally and written) test cases with stakeholders as well as the development team. No min.
Must be able to collaborate with the Project Manager, Architect, Business Analyst, and developers to ensure test cases are communicated, accepted, and meet expectations. 7
Must be able to write test plans, test cases, and test scripts from scratch, validating that user expectations are achieved during the testing process. 7
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. 7
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. 7
Must be able to review user requirements to ensure that requirements are testable. 7
Must be able to create diagrams, flowcharts, and workflows of data flow through systems. 7
Must be able to create and manage test cases for Quality Assurance. 7
Must be familiar with software and database development concepts. 7
Must have experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst working on a software development team. 7
Must have strong experience in QA management and creating all documents listed above. 7
Must have strong experience in mapping business processes into test case documentation. 7
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
Strong experience in acceptance testing 7
Ability to analyze business functions 7
Scrum 7
Agile 7
Database Entity Design
Samples of previous documents created strongly preferred.
PL/SQL
Data Factory/Synapse
SQL Server
DevOps
Oracle
Stored Procedures
Visio
Software Development Life Cycle
Scrum / Agile
C#
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.