SQL Test Analyst (Azure) - Contract

3 Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Azure / SQL

This highly regarded digital transformation organisation are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented Contract SQL Test Analyst to join and help deliver a really important project. As the SQL Test Analyst, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of our data pipelines and systems. You will play a key role in developing and executing test strategies, validating data processing workflows, and ensuring high-quality data that powers business decisions. It's essential that you've operated within an Azure environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Testing & Validation: Design and execute data tests to validate the correctness, consistency, and integrity of data within the pipelines.
• Automation: Develop and maintain automated tests for data quality, data transformations, and ETL processes.
• Test Strategy & Documentation: Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders to create comprehensive test plans and documentation to ensure data systems meet functional and business requirements.
• Performance Testing: Monitor and test the performance of data processing workflows to ensure scalability and efficiency.
• Data Quality Assurance: Identify and resolve data issues, inconsistencies, and anomalies. Proactively work on preventing data quality issues in the pipeline.
• Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, developers, and other team members to review data models, query results, and testing strategies.
• Reporting & Metrics: Monitor data health and track quality metrics, report test results to key stakeholders, and suggest improvements.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and troubleshoot data quality issues in data systems, including data ingestion, processing, and storage systems.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience: Proven experience working as a QA Data Engineer, QA Engineer, or in a similar role focusing on data testing, validation, and automation.
• Testing Tools & Frameworks: Testing in Databricks, ADF on Azure Cloud environment with CI/CD and automated test experience.
• Database Technologies: Proficiency in SQL and experience with various database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or NoSQL databases).
• Data Processing & ETL: Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL tools (e.g., Talend, Informatica, or custom Python/SQL-based ETL), and data transformation processes.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: A proactive problem-solver with the ability to identify issues and recommend solutions.

This role is for 3 month's initially and can pay up to £400 a day (Inside IR35)

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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