Test Engineer Lead

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We are currently seeking a Test Engineer Lead to join our team in Chicago, Illinois (US-IL), United States (US).

As a Test Engineer Lead with NTT DATA you will be at the forefront of major enterprise data transformation. You will collaborate with talented engineers, architects, and business leaders to drive impact by ensuring the success of mission‑critical data migration programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the test strategy, scope, objectives, entry/exit criteria, and quality gates across all phases (unit, system, SIT, UAT, performance, regression, cutover).
• Develop and maintain Test Plans and Test Approach documents aligned with program milestones.
• Standardize test processes, templates, and metrics (defect density, pass rates, coverage).
• Collaborate with architects, data engineers, and business SMEs to understand systems, data models, and business rules.
• Design and execute test scenarios, cases, and data requirements for migration and re‑platforming.
• Implement data validation and reconciliation (row counts, aggregates, schema checks, business rules).
• Lead testing of Databricks pipelines, jobs, notebooks, workflows and dbt models/tests.
• Validate CDC and incremental load logic to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Coordinate performance and load testing for Databricks and Snowflake.
• Manage test environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Pre‑Prod) in Azure and Snowflake.
• Align test execution with CI/CD pipelines for automated build and deployment workflows

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software testing/QA, with strong focus on data warehouse, ETL, and analytics platforms.
• 3+ years of experience testing cloud data solutions (preferably Azure and Snowflake).
• Hands‑on experience in at least one large‑scale data migration or modernization program, ideally involving:

Migration from an MPP appliance (Yellowbrick, Teradata, Netezza, etc.) to a cloud data platform (Databricks, Snowflake).

• Hands‑on experience with at least one large‑scale ETL tool migration (e.g., Informatica to dbt or similar).
• Ability to travel 50% when required.

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About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise‑scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start‑up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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