Data Governance and QA Lead
Duration: 8‑month contract initially, with possible extensions.
Location: Remote; up to 1 day per week onsite near Chippenham.
Compensation: £500‑£550 per day via Umbrella.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, execute, manage, and advise on end‑to‑end testing and QA processes across a modern Data Lakehouse architecture.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure the quality, integrity, security, and reliability of data pipelines and products.
- Develop and implement effective testing strategies and best practices.
- Analyse business requirements and create usable test scripts.
- Produce QA artefacts such as roadmaps, strategies, plans, and daily progress reports.
Key Skills & Experience
- Knowledge of the full data management and testing life cycle.
- Understanding of Data Lakehouse architectures.
- Experience in QA processes.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
- Experience creating manual and automated regression suites.
- Familiarity with data quality frameworks.
- Basic knowledge of building a test framework from scratch.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills for cross‑collaboration.
- Client‑facing ability; competent navigating senior stakeholders.
Security Clearance
Candidates who previously held high‑level security clearance are preferred. Successful applicants must be security cleared prior to appointment, which may take a minimum of 18 weeks.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. If a high volume of applications is received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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