Senior GCP Test Engineer at Kforce Inc in Bolingbrook, Illinois

Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior GCP Test Engineer in Bolingbrook, IL.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing testing strategy, test plan and test cases to support testing and execution of data pipelines for the enterprise data platform on Google GCP Cloud


• Senior GCP Test Engineer will ensure adherence to testing standards and best practices


• Collects testing metrics, reports status as defined in test plan with supporting data


• Accountable for test data management, collection of requirements, evaluation of available data in repositories


• Understands and clearly articulates Known Issues, Defects and ETL Automation Process


• Identify issues, risks and dependencies and communicate to program/project leadership


• Actively drives communication and testing remediation


• Point of contact for data platform team to answer questions identified during test execution reviews


• Ensures traceability between requirements, features, user stories, test plans and outcomes


• As a Senior GCP Test Engineer, you will participate in troubleshooting issues with relevant teams to achieve root cause identification and resolution


• Document, track and escalate issues, as appropriate


• Support production deployment of applications and perform "validation testing"


• Test execution in development, test, and production environments for each release in the iterative development lifecycle


• Design and create test cases and scripts to address business and technical use cases


• Leverage existing tools and techniques to execute test cases and build/script new tools for performing testing/validation function

REQUIREMENTS:

• 6-8 years of experience in IT with at least 4-5 years testing


• 3 years of experience with GCP


• SQL writing, ETL workflow and rule validation experience


• Strong experience in developing test strategy, test scripts, input test data, and expected results for one or more test plans, including component, assembly, product, performance, user acceptance and technical architecture tests


• Experience in testing Google Cloud services (BigQuery, Composer etc.), data integration tools like Talend and data warehousing data ingestion frameworks testing


• Core knowledge of ETL testing


• Setting up the performance testing strategy for a data warehouse application


• Understanding of CI/CD tools like Bitbucket, Jenkins server


• Knowledge with ETL Tools such as SAP Data Services and Talend preferred


• Strong SQL and analytical skills


• Ability to communicate effectively with multiple levels of stakeholders within the organization

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless
and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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