QA Test Automation Lead - Data Warehouse & ETL

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. is seeking a hands-on QA Test Automation Lead to support Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Lake initiatives. This role blends QA leadership, ETL testing, SQL-based data validation, and test automation to ensure reliable data delivery.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience testing data pipelines, leading QA efforts, and driving process improvements through automation and innovation, with strong Snowflake, AWS, Python skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years ETL testing experience in a Data Warehouse or Data Lake environment.
• 5+ years of SQL experience.
• 2+ years of Snowflake experience.
• 2+ years of AWS experience.
• 2+ years of Python experience.
• 2+ years of QA Lead experience coordinating testing activities.
• 1+ year of hands-on test automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities across Data Warehouse and Data Lake projects.
• Create test strategies, test plans, and testing status reporting.
• Coordinate testing efforts across QA resources and project teams.
• Execute and oversee ETL, data integration, system integration, regression, and UAT testing.
• Perform source-to-target validation, data reconciliation, and data quality testing.
• Analyze and troubleshoot data issues using SQL.
• Validate data mappings, transformation logic, and business requirements.
• Support and expand test automation solutions.
• Utilize Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and macros, for data comparison and validation.

Skills

ETL testing

SQL

Data validation

Test automation

QA leadership

Data Warehouse

Python

Snowflake

AWS

UAT testing coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

DataStage

Informatica

AWS Glue

Job description

Description

Summary

Huntington Bank is seeking a hands-on QA Test Automation Lead to support Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Lake initiatives. This role combines QA leadership, ETL testing, SQL-based data validation, and test automation. The ideal candidate has deep experience testing data pipelines and integrations, leading QA efforts, and driving process improvements through automation and innovation. This is primarily a Data Warehouse QA role, not a traditional UAT, Salesforce, or application testing position. Candidates should demonstrate strong ETL testing, SQL, Snowflake, AWS, Python, and data validation experience, along with prior QA leadership and test automation experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities across Data Warehouse and Data Lake projects.
• Create test strategies, test plans, and testing status reporting.
• Coordinate testing efforts across QA resources and project teams.
• Execute and oversee ETL, data integration, system integration, regression, and UAT testing.
• Perform source-to-target validation, data reconciliation, and data quality testing.
• Analyze and troubleshoot data issues using SQL.
• Validate data mappings, transformation logic, and business requirements.
• Support and expand test automation solutions.
• Utilize Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and macros, for data comparison and validation.
• Identify opportunities to streamline testing processes, documentation, and reporting.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of ETL testing experience in a Data Warehouse or Data Lake environment.
• 5+ years of SQL experience.
• 2+ years of Snowflake experience.
• 2+ years of AWS experience.
• 2+ years of Python experience.
• 2+ years of QA Lead experience coordinating testing activities.
• 1+ year of hands-on test automation experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with source-to-target validation, data reconciliation, and data quality testing.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, and macros.
• Experience working in Agile teams.
• Banking or financial services experience.
• Experience with DataStage, Informatica, AWS Glue, or similar ETL tools.
• Experience designing, implementing, or expanding automated testing frameworks.
• Experience establishing a test automation suite for a team or application.
• Experience with PyTest, Selenium, DBT tests, or similar automation tools.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD processes.
• Knowledge of data warehouse concepts, including star schemas, fact tables, dimension tables, and data lineage.
• Demonstrated ability to improve processes, documentation, and team efficiency.

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Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay)

Workplace Type:

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Compensation Range: 70,000.00 - 140,000.00 USD Annual

The compensation range represents the anticipatedlow and high end of the base compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and education. Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan. In addition, Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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