Senior QA Lead - Cybersecurity Data & Databricks Testing

Axiom Path; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Path in Charlotte, NC is seeking a seasoned QA professional to join a cybersecurity data operations team. You will lead QA for enterprise data warehouses, data lakes/lakehouse environments, and analytics dashboards, focusing on data quality across Databricks platforms.

Collaborate with data engineers, developers, and cybersecurity stakeholders within an Agile delivery model. You will design test strategies, automate data validation with Python/PySpark, and validate REST APIs using Postman,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in quality assurance, data testing, ETL/ELT testing, or closely related disciplines.
• 5+ years leading QA initiatives involving enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, or lakehouse environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks and testing data pipelines within cloud-based data platforms.
• Advanced SQL and Spark SQL capabilities including complex data validation and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on programming with Python, PySpark, and Pandas for automation and data-quality validation.
• Experience testing ETL/ELT pipelines, transformations, and source-to-target mappings.
• Experience validating REST APIs, preferably with Postman or similar tools.
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, system, performance, and UAT testing.
• Strong defect-management, documentation, and requirements-traceability skills.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, developers, cybersecurity stakeholders, and Agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA efforts for enterprise cybersecurity data warehouse and dashboard solutions.
• Develop test strategies, plans, cases, and scripts from requirements.
• Validate ETL/ELT pipelines and data transformations, mapping source to target.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, performance, and UAT testing.
• Use SQL and Spark SQL for data reconciliation and root-cause analysis.
• Build automated data-validation using Python, PySpark, and Pandas.
• Test REST APIs using Postman or similar tools.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects with developers.
• Maintain traceability from requirements to tests and QA docs.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies and provide usability and data reliability feedback.
• Improve testing processes and automation across cybersecurity data initiatives.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Spark SQL

Python

PySpark

Pandas

REST APIs testing

Postman

Agile

Data testing

ETL/ELT testing

Tools

Databricks

Postman

Job description

Axiom Path in Charlotte, NC is seeking a seasoned QA professional to join a cybersecurity data operations team. You will lead QA for enterprise data warehouses, data lakes/lakehouse environments, and analytics dashboards, focusing on data quality across Databricks platforms.

Collaborate with data engineers, developers, and cybersecurity stakeholders within an Agile delivery model. You will design test strategies, automate data validation with Python/PySpark, and validate REST APIs using Postman,