Remote Data Quality & Governance Testing Lead

Cognizant; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company

Paid time off and holidays

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Wellbeing resources

Career development and certification

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Test Manager to lead data quality and governance testing across Ataccama, Collibra, and Snowflake. You will drive testing strategy, QA processes, automation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure accurate, reliable data platforms that inform critical business decisions.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong SQL skills, and experience with enterprise data platforms. Remote, US-based, with a comprehensive benefits package and incentive programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience leading testing for enterprise data platforms, data governance solutions, and data quality initiatives.
• Hands-on with Ataccama Data Quality and Collibra Data Governance platforms.
• Strong SQL and data validation expertise.
• Experience validating Snowflake data ingestion pipelines and transformations.
• Knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, and governance policies.
• Experience developing and executing test strategies, plans, and defect processes.
• Excellent communication, leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing of Data Quality solutions across Ataccama, Collibra, and Snowflake environments.
• Validate data quality rules, definitions, metadata, governance policies, and data lineage.
• Execute data ingestion, transformation, and reconciliation testing for accuracy and completeness.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks for DQ validation and pipeline verification.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Governance, and Business teams to resolve defects and support releases.

Skills

SQL skills

Testing leadership

Data governance testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Ataccama

Collibra

Snowflake

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Test Manager to lead data quality and governance testing across Ataccama, Collibra, and Snowflake. You will drive testing strategy, QA processes, automation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure accurate, reliable data platforms that inform critical business decisions.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong SQL skills, and experience with enterprise data platforms. Remote, US-based, with a comprehensive benefits package and incentive programs.