IT Tester

TechWish; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TechWish in Pensacola, FL seeks a Test Engineer to establish and standardize testing methodologies for data onboarding, production deployments, and defect remediation. You will drive testing standards, data validation strategies, and Azure DevOps governance to support audit-ready testing practices.

The role requires 5+ years of data validation testing, SQL proficiency, and experience with Azure DevOps Test Plans and defect management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in CS/IS or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in technology & data validation testing.
• Experience with data validation methodologies and testing governance.
• ISTQB Advanced level certifications (Agile Testing, Test Analyst, Test Manager) - DESIRED
• Certification in Scaled Agile Framework (Leading SAFe, PO/PM, etc.) - DESIRED

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis and interpret results, present findings, risks, and downstream impacts.
• Communicate progress, test plans, defects, and blockers clearly to stakeholders.
• Coordinate and perform testing of data feeds, integrations, and transformations across prod/non-prod.
• Participate in sizing and estimation for projects and changes.
• Create/update manual test cases/scripts in approved test tools.
• Design scalable test scenarios for source-to-target validation and production validation.
• Document test results, knowledge articles, and sign-offs.
• Leverage Azure DevOps Test Plans Suite for testing governance and defect management.
• Perform root-cause analysis for defects and provide detailed developer guidance.
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders to meet business needs.
• Provide recommendations to improve testing practices and processes.
• Participate in project/product team meetings and maintain alignment with goals.

Skills

Data validation testing

SQL query development

Test case design

Documentation proficiency

Azure DevOps

Test plan creation

Root cause analysis

Communication skills

SDLC experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps Test Plans

Job description

The Test Engineer will help establish, standardize, document, and continuously improve testing methodologies for data feed onboarding, production deployments, and defect remediation. This role will lead the development of testing standards, data validation strategies, and Azure DevOps (ADO) governance processes to support consistent, repeatable, and audit-ready testing practices. This role will help to establish the testing framework for the User Data Validation team and will help to build out procedures and processes to ensure completeness in testing.

Job Responsibility:

• Perform analysis and interpret results, present findings, potential root causes, risks, and downstream impacts.
• Ensure clear, concise, and effective communication including progress reports, test case or plan documentation, root-cause defect reporting, risks, blockers, etc., to facilitate accurate understanding of testing activities.
• Coordinate and perform testing of moderate to highly complex data feeds, data integrations, and transformation processes across production and non-production environments.
• Participate in sizing and estimation for projects and changes
• Create and/or update manual test case/scripts within the approved and appropriate test tool(s) for basic to moderately complex non-integrated & simple integrated systems
• Design scalable test scenarios supporting source-to-target validation, business process validation, production validation, and future automation initiatives.
• Create all required documentation (test results, knowledge articles, sign-off, etc.)
• Must be skilled in documentation and leveraging of Azure DevOps (ADO) Test Plans Suite
• Provide detailed documentation of defects/bugs, follow established defect/bug lifecycle procedures and policies to ensure test case evidence of successful resolution without collateral impacts
• Perform root cause analysis for identified defects/bugs and provide detailed documentation to developers for solutioning
• Collaborate with peers, Developers, business partners and all other stakeholders to ensure business needs are communicated, documented, and satisfied
• Provide recommendations related to testing practices to facilitate process optimization
• Participate in project and product team meetings, collaborating and contributing while maintaining line of sight on goals and objectives

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field or the equivalent combination of education, training or experience
• 5+ years of experience in technology & data validation testing
• Basic understanding of business and operating environment
• Effective technical skills working with various software programs
• Working knowledge of testing tools, dependent on the project/product
• Working knowledge of relational databases, SQL query development, data profiling, reconciliation techniques, and data quality validation.
• Advanced knowledge of with testing processes, including creating a test plan and opening bugs
• Experience following Systems Development Life Cycles
• Effective organizational, planning and time management skills
• Experience with Azure DevOps Test Plans and Defect Management
• Experience documenting testing methodologies, SOPs, and governance standards
• Advanced skill presenting findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely
• ISTQB Advance level certifications (Agile Testing, Test Analyst, Test Manager) - DESIRED
• Certification in Scaled Agile Framework (ie., Leading SAFe, PO/PM, etc.) - DESIRED