QA Testing Analyst - Lead

Huntington National Bank; Columbus (OH); 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

Paid holidays

Job summary

Huntington National Bank is seeking a QA Testing Analyst Lead for the IT Commercial Technology group in Columbus, OH. The role focuses on manual testing, planning and leading test efforts for multiple projects affecting Commercial Operations systems.

Responsibilities include coordinating testing, creating test strategy documents, and contributing to early automation while mentoring onshore/offshore QA analysts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years ETL testing in data warehouse environments.
• 3+ years leading QA analysts on project teams.
• 2+ years of test automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA for data ingestion, ETL pipelines and warehouse transformations across environments.
• Perform manual ETL testing and validate mappings, logic, lineage and reconciliation.
• Execute SQL-based data validation for large datasets and batch processes.
• Coordinate UAT with business teams and translate issues clearly.
• Contribute to early automation and identify repetitive tests for automation.
• Document plans, tests and results in Azure DevOps with traceable mappings.
• Provide daily/weekly QA status updates and lead defect triage.
• Lead and mentor QA analysts, set QA strategy and priorities.

Skills

QA leadership

ETL testing

SQL data validation

Data warehouse concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

PyTest

Cucumber

Selenium

DBT tests

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job Summary: The QA Testing Analyst Lead role for the IT Commercial Technology group, will be responsible for manual testing and act as project test lead for multiple projects. This includes planning and coordinating the testing as well as creating and executing test strategy documents for projects impacting systems in the Commercial Operations areas.

Description Job Summary: The QA Testing Analyst Lead role for the IT Commercial Technology group, will be responsible for manual testing and act as project test lead for multiple projects. This includes planning and coordinating the testing as well as creating and executing test strategy documents for projects impacting systems in the Commercial Operations areas. This role requires experience in Extraction, Transform, Load Testing (ETL). Incumbent will be responsible for multiple, concurrent testing efforts as needed. Coordination with project resources is critical (test analysts, project managers and business SME's will be key).

Responsibilities

• Lead QA efforts for data ingestion, ETL pipelines, and data warehouse transformations across staging, integration, and Snowflake environments.
• Perform manual ETL testing, validating source-to-target mappings, transformation logic, lineage, reconciliation, and system balancing controls to ensure data completeness and integrity.
• Execute SQL-based data validation for large datasets and high-volume batch processes; analyze and troubleshoot data issues and source-to-target mismatches.
• Coordinate UAT activities with business teams, including planning, execution support, and translating technical data issues into clear, business-friendly language.
• Contribute to early automation by building initial automated test cases and identifying repetitive validation scenarios suitable for automation.
• Document test plans, test cases, results, and evidence in Azure DevOps, maintaining accurate source-to-target mapping spreadsheets.
• Provide clear daily/weekly QA status updates and lead defect triage sessions to ensure timely resolution.
• Lead and mentor QA Analysts (onshore/offshore), set QA strategy, manage priorities across projects, and ensure consistent application of QA best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of ETL testing experience in data warehouse environment
• 3+ years of experience with Snowflake and AWS
• 3+ years of experience leading QA Analysts on a project team
• 2+ years of test automation experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or banking
• Strong understanding of data warehouse concepts (star/snowflake schema, data lineage, transformations)
• Familiarity with automation tools/frameworks (PyTest, Cucumber, Selenium, DBT tests)
• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills

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

Yes

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- $140,000 Annual Salary

The compensation range represents the anticipated low 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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