Senior SDET - Data & Cloud Automation on AWS

Narvee Tech Inc; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Narvee Tech Inc. is seeking a senior SDET to own end-to-end quality for our cloud-based data ingestion and processing pipelines on AWS. You will design test strategies, develop automation, and collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to ensure robust, scalable services.

The ideal candidate is hands-on, proficient in Java and Groovy, experienced with AWS data services, and skilled at building maintainable test frameworks using Spock-based or equivalent JVM tools.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT with a strong focus on Testing and Automation.
• Proficient in Java and Groovy for test automation and framework development.
• Strong experience testing in AWS environments; AWS Glue, S3, DynamoDB, Redshift familiarity.
• Data testing expertise: data validation, quality checks, schema validation, end-to-end pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Spock framework; familiarity with other JVM testing tools a plus.
• Advanced SQL skills for data verification and performance considerations.
• Experience with GitLab or similar CI/CD tooling; pipelines and test automation integration.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and drive quality decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to articulate test results and risks to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies for data ingestion, transformation, and analytics workflows in an AWS environment.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites (API, end-to-end, integration, data validation, performance) using Java and Groovy.
• Collaborate with product owners, software engineers, and data engineers to translate requirements into test plans and acceptance criteria.
• Validate data quality and integrity across S3, DynamoDB, and Redshift and data processing pipelines (Glue jobs).
• Create and maintain test data management practices, including synthetic data generation and seed data provisioning.
• Write, optimize, and maintain complex SQL queries for data validation and reconciliation tasks.
• Implement and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) to enable rapid and reliable test execution.
• Contribute to the design and improvement of test frameworks (Spock-based or Groovy/Java testing frameworks).
• Perform exploratory testing and risk-based testing to identify edge cases early in the SDLC.
• Participate in code reviews, triage defects, and provide clear, actionable defect reports with reproducible steps.
• Monitor and report test results, create dashboards, and communicate quality status to stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and data handling standards for cloud data platforms.

Skills

Java

Groovy

Spock

JUnit

TestNG

AWS

SQL

Data Lake concepts

Git

GitLab

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree or Master's in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Narvee Tech Inc. is seeking a senior SDET to own end-to-end quality for our cloud-based data ingestion and processing pipelines on AWS. You will design test strategies, develop automation, and collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to ensure robust, scalable services.

The ideal candidate is hands-on, proficient in Java and Groovy, experienced with AWS data services, and skilled at building maintainable test frameworks using Spock-based or equivalent JVM tools.