Etl Test Engineer

Carecone Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is hiring an ETL Test Lead to oversee E2E data warehouse testing for an insurance account in Australia. The role involves Azure migration work from Guidewire/DB2 to EVOLVE sources and Power BI reporting, with coordination of offshore teams.

Strong ETL/DWH expertise and Azure cloud experience are essential. The candidate should perform defect tracking in JIRA, create test strategies, and lead automation efforts, SQL data validation, and data migration validation across multiple

Qualifications

• ETL and Datawarehouse testing experience
• Azure cloud knowledge required
• Experience with Guidewire and Evolve data migrations
• Experience with offshore teams and Jira defect tracking
• Strong SQL, Unix, and scripting skills
• Agile development experience

Responsibilities

• Lead E2E Datawarehouse testing for large programs
• Define test strategy, plans, and scenarios
• Prepare test cases, scripts, and data guidelines
• Develop automation test framework for data quality
• Coordinate defects tracking and triage with client
• Collaborate with BA and development teams

Skills

ETL testing

Azure cloud

SQL

JIRA

Offshore team management

Data warehouse testing

Scripting Python

Big Data tools

Education

Azure Fundamentals AZ-900

Azure Data Fundamentals DP-900

Cert. Scrum Master (CSM)

Oracle SQL Fundamentals I

Tools

Azure Synapse

Synapse Pipeline

DB2

SQL Server

JIRA

Confluence

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Git

Apache Spark

Hive

HBase

MongoDB

Python

Job description

Cognizant ETL Test Engineer (Lead)

Position Summary: Cognizant is seeking a ETL Test Lead to work with Functional, Integration and E2E business process testing for an insurance account in Australia. This role is for an ETL Test lead who can work individually on the Azure migration project from Guidewire/DB2 and EVOLVE sources to Power BI reports and can handle offshore team. Should have hands on experience and strong knowledge on ETL/DWH concepts with Azure cloud knowledge. Should be having hands on experience on Azure Synapse, Synapse Pipeline, Db2, SQL server experience. Should be able to create scenarios and Defect tracking in JIRA and able to manage offshore team.

• Strong experience of ETL and Datawarehouse Testing using AWS/Azure Cloud services
• Synapse pipeline logs analysis and debug
• SQL, Unix, VB Scripting, Oracle, Snowflake, Redshift
• Technical skills on SQL query, data modelling and data pipeline is essential for this role
• Understanding complex business problems/requirements to develop test cases
• Experience with Agile development methodology
• Hands on use of the Atlassian toolset of JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins and GIT
• Big Data Stack (Apache Spark, Hive, Hbase)
• MongoDB, Python
• Insurance Domain Knowledge
• Data migration projects with Insurance COTS products like Guidewire and Evolve

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible to perform E2E Datawarehouse testing for large program
• Responsibility includes Business Requirement gathering & Design walkthrough sessions and Understanding the Functional Specification documents and raising of clarifications
• Defining the Scope based on the Functional and Technical Documents
• Performing gaps analysis by comparing technical documents with Business Requirements and ensuring whether all functional requirements are implemented in technical document
• Liaison with BSA to understand the requirements
• Prepare test strategy
• Provide Detailed Test Plan & Test strategy and Preparing Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Scripts & Data Guidelines based on the Functional Specification documents and tools across multiple portfolios to reduce the cost of quality and contribute towards organizational testing policy
• Identify testable scenarios (test scenario document)
• Create / update the Requirements traceability matrix with test scenarios
• Identify test cases for automation and seek sign off from customer
• Create test cases based on the understanding of the requirements
• Create/Modify the SQL test scripts as per the ETL mapping documents and technical specifications & Requirements
• Run the jobs and perform smoke testing
• Execute automation test scripts/manual test cases
• Record and maintain testing evidence and track execution status of assigned test cases
• Responsible for Data Mock up when any of the business scenarios not met and make sure that Data migrating from the source to target is in line with the logic specified
• Identify defects and log failures
• Track defects (defect log as generated from the QC tool/JIRA Tool) to closure
• Participate in the defect triages to gather evidence for defect identification on periodic basis for defect prioritization and fix
• Retest the defect and update the status
• Performing Root Cause Analysis for Critical Defects and handled Defect Calls
• Reporting the Bugs using Defect Tracking Tool and making sure all defects are closed and Publishing Daily Status and Defect Metrics to the client
• Responsible in Preparation of Dashboard, weekly status report and Test Summary Report
• Designing and implementing test automation framework for data warehouse quality assurance
• Internal review and share for stakeholder review and feedback
• Collaborate closely with BA & development team

Qualifications / Certifications

• Tricentis Data Integrity Product Consultant Certificate (Must have)
• Azure Fundamentals Certificate (AZ-900) (Must have)
• Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) (Must have)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (Must have)
• Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I (Optional)

Salary Range: >$100,000

Date of Posting: 20-Oct-26

Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check. Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.