Big Data Test Manager - Enterprise Data Lakehouse

EPAM Systems; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 150.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESz

Zusammenfassung

EPAM Systems in Zürich, Switzerland seeks a Big Data Test Manager to define and lead the end-to-end test strategy for a large-scale Data Lakehouse program supporting banking data products and platform services. You will coordinate a globally distributed team in a regulated environment, drive data quality validation, and oversee pipelines and platform testing.

The role requires hands-on data testing, test automation for data pipelines and APIs, and strong stakeholder management across multiple

Qualifikationen

• Experience testing large-scale enterprise data platforms (data lakes/warehouses).
• Expertise in data quality validation, data lineage and schema drift.
• Hands-on data pipeline automated testing in Kubernetes CI/CD environments.

Aufgaben

• Lead end-to-end test strategy for enterprise Data Lakehouse program.
• Design and drive data validation and data quality reconciliation test automation.
• Coordinate integration testing across multi-application, globally distributed environments.
• Oversee testing for data pipelines, data products and platform services in the data lakehouse.
• Establish governance, entry/exit criteria, defect management and quality standards.

Kenntnisse

Data platform testing

Test automation

Stakeholder management

Distributed teamwork

ETL/ELT testing

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

S3 Object Storage

CI/CD pipelines

Jobbeschreibung

We're looking for a Big Data Test Manager to join our team in Zürich, Switzerland in a hybrid working mode. In this role, you will define and lead the end-to-end test strategy for a large-scale enterprise Data Lakehouse program supporting banking data products and platform services. This position requires a strong understanding of data platform testing, high-quality delivery and the ability to coordinate across a globally distributed team in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end test strategy for our client’s enterprise-level Data Lakehouse program, ensuring the validation of complex ETL/ELT pipelines, transformations and downstream banking data products
• Drive and design test automation initiatives specifically tailored for the client’s data validation, data quality reconciliation and pipeline execution within Kubernetes-based CI/CD environments
• Ensure robust test data management and coordinate integration testing across the client's 70+ connected consuming applications and globally distributed environments
• Oversee testing for two key areas, Data pipelines and banking domain data products and Platform-as-a-Service capabilities for the Data Lakehouse
• Establish test governance, entry/exit criteria, defect management processes and quality standards across multiple workstreams
• Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams, product owners and application owners to resolve cross-functional issues and influence test coverage alignment
• Drive production readiness and release validation activities for platform and data ecosystem changes

Requirements

• Proven experience managing testing within large-scale enterprise data platforms, such as Data Lakes, Data Lakehouses or modern Data Warehouses (ideally in highly regulated environments like Banking)
• Strong understanding of data testing vs. traditional application testing, with hands-on expertise in data quality validation, reconciliation, schema drift and data lineage
• Hands-on experience in test automation for data pipelines, APIs and data platform services using industry-standard tools and scripting frameworks
• Experience coordinating integration and regression testing across distributed, multi-application environments without direct ownership of downstream systems
• Familiarity with modern data platform infrastructure and operations, including Kubernetes, S3 Object Storage and containerized DevOps pipelines
• Experience implementing and scaling test automation frameworks designed specifically for high-volume data validation and pipeline testing (as opposed to standard UI-centric automation)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills to lead testing in global, regulated environments
• Higher education in Computer Science, Engineering or related field preferred
• English proficiency required; German language skills are an advantage

Nice to have

• Previous experience in financial services/banking or other highly regulated sectors
• Understanding of data governance, regulatory controls and data lineage frameworks

We offer

• 5 weeks of vacation
• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Enhanced parental leave
• Extended pension plan
• Daily sickness allowance insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Global business travel medical and accident insurance
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks
• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies
• For this position, we are able to consider applications from the following:
• - Swiss nationals
• - EU/EFTA nationals
• - Third-country nationals based in Switzerland with an appropriate work permit
• - Displaced people from Ukraine who are currently in Switzerland and hold, or have already applied for, S permits