Data Engineering Test Lead

1 day ago
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa PBT Group Full-time

To lead the quality assurance and testing of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes and reporting solutions, ensuring data is accurate, reliable and fit for business use. The role blends hands-on data/SQL testing with test leadership, UAT coordination and structured stakeholder engagement across Business, SMEs and technical teams.

 

Key Responsibilities

1.       Testing & Data Quality

  • 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, business rules).

  • Build repeatable test frameworks and automated data quality checks where possible.

  • Manage defect logging, triage, root-cause analysis and resolution tracking.

 

2.       Leadership & Coordination

  • Lead and mentor a small team of testers / QA analysts; coordinate testing resources and priorities.

  • Plan and coordinate UAT with business users and SMEs — scope, entry/exit criteria, scenarios, execution tracking and business sign-off.

  • Manage testing risks, dependencies and readiness for go-live.

 

3.       Stakeholder Engagement

  • Engage Business, Internal teams and SMEs in a structured, professional manner.

  • Define test cases and communicate quality status clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Build credibility and a “big picture” business acumen — not just query-writing.

 

Minimum Requirements

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree/diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related (or equivalent experience)

Experience: 5–8 years in data/QA testing, with 2+ years in a lead/coordination role

Core Technical: Advanced SQL (mandatory), ETL/ELT testing, data warehousing concepts (Kimball/Data Vault)

Testing:

Domain: Short-term insurance / financial services exposure highly advantageous

Cloud / Tooling: Exposure to Azure / AWS / Snowflake, Power BI / Qlik; test/automation tools an advantage

 

Advantageous / Nice-to-Have

·       Guidewire, TIA or similar insurance platform data structures

·       Python for test automation / data validation

·       Experience in cloud migration or Medallion architecture initiatives

·       ISTQB or similar testing certification

 

Key Strengths (Ideal Candidate)

  • Strong SQL and data-testing capability with a quality-first mindset

  • Proven test leadership and UAT coordination

  • Structured stakeholder engagement and business acumen — commands respect and sees the bigger picture

  • Analytical, methodical problem-solver who can bridge business and technology

 

 

Location: Cape Town 

Engagement Type: Contract 

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