QA Lead: Build Databricks Data Warehouse from Scratch

JCW Group; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JCW Group in Charlotte, NC is searching for a QA Lead to build out testing for a cybersecurity data platform on Databricks. This temp-to-perm role starts with manual testing of ETL pipelines and quickly moves to stand‑up test automation from scratch.

You will own test strategy, data validation, and defect management end-to-end, partnering with data engineering, governance, and security teams in a regulated financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in QA, data testing, or ETL/ELT testing
• Hands-on Databricks experience (Delta Tables, notebook workflows, pipeline jobs, API integrations)
• 5+ years leading QA for enterprise data warehouse or lakehouse
• Strong SQL and Spark SQL
• Python, PySpark, Pandas for test automation and data profiling
• API testing experience (Postman or similar)

Responsibilities

• Build testing function from ground up
• Manual testing of ETL pipelines
• Design and stand up test automation from scratch
• Own test strategy, data validation, and defect management end to end
• Partner with data engineering, governance, and security teams on a cyber data platform

Skills

QA leadership

Databricks

SQL

Spark SQL

Python/PySpark

API testing

Tools

Postman

Job description

JCW Group in Charlotte, NC is searching for a QA Lead to build out testing for a cybersecurity data platform on Databricks. This temp-to-perm role starts with manual testing of ETL pipelines and quickly moves to stand‑up test automation from scratch.

You will own test strategy, data validation, and defect management end-to-end, partnering with data engineering, governance, and security teams in a regulated financial services environment.