Data Test Lead – ETL/ELT & Data Quality

PBT Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

PBT Group is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to oversee testing of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes and BI reporting solutions in Cape Town. The role blends hands-on data/SQL testing with leadership and stakeholder engagement.

You will mentor a small team of testers, coordinate UAT with business users and SMEs, and ensure readiness for go-live. Strong SQL and data quality focus are essential to success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 5–8 years in data/QA testing with 2+ years in a lead role.
• Advanced SQL, ETL/ELT testing, data warehousing concepts (Kimball/Data Vault).
• Experience with Azure/AWS/Snowflake and BI tools is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the test strategy across SIT, data validation, regression and UAT for data and BI solutions.
• Design and execute data reconciliation, validation and quality checks (source-to-target, row counts, transformation logic).
• Build repeatable test frameworks and automated data quality checks where possible.
• Lead and mentor a small team of testers; coordinate testing resources and priorities.
• Plan and coordinate UAT with business users and SMEs, including sign-off.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Data testing

Test leadership

UAT coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree/diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related

Tools

Azure

AWS

Snowflake

Power BI

Qlik

Job description

PBT Group is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to oversee testing of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes and BI reporting solutions in Cape Town. The role blends hands-on data/SQL testing with leadership and stakeholder engagement.

You will mentor a small team of testers, coordinate UAT with business users and SMEs, and ensure readiness for go-live. Strong SQL and data quality focus are essential to success.