03rd October, 2025
For more than three decades, Strategic Data Systems (SDS) has been a software consultancy firm specializing in strategy, technology, and business transformation for Fortune 100 companies, mid-sized firms, and startups. At SDS, we empower our development teams to address our clients' critical business challenges by leveraging cutting edge technologies. If you seek a workplace where your contributions are truly appreciated, then SDS is the company for you. Join us today to work alongside fellow development specialists and become a crucial part of our dynamic and cohesive community.
Job Title: QA Engineer (SDET - Databricks and reporting tool automation)
Location: Cincinnati, OH (4x a week in Blue Ash)
TOP SKILLS:
This role will focus heavily on data validation, functional testing of Databricks transformations, and automation of data quality checks. The candidate must have prior hands-on experience with data lake validations, Spark/Python scripting, and Azure cloud tools.
What You'll Do
We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer / SDET with strong experience in data lake validation, Databricks automation, and reporting tool testing. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building and executing test strategies that ensure data quality, reliability, and compliance across complex data pipelines at enterprise scale.
This role will focus heavily on data validation, functional testing of Databricks transformations, and automation of data quality checks. The candidate must have prior hands-on experience with data lake validations, Spark/Python scripting, and Azure cloud tools.
Requirements: - Proven hands-on experience with Databricks test automation, Spark, Python, and Azure.
- Strong background in data validation for data lakes and transformations.
- Experience with automation frameworks, functional testing, and CI/CD integration.
- Knowledge of Kusto (ADX), SQL, and Parquet/Delta data formats.
- Some UI automation experience is a plus (ability to learn quickly).
- Familiarity with financial transaction/payment validations strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication skills: ability to operate at a senior level, explain strategy, and demonstrate prior impact.
- Senior level QA/SDET with a proven track record of delivering automation in Databricks and Azure ecosystems
- Quick to learn functional and technical aspects of new systems
- Strong communicator
Key Responsibilities
- Own the test strategy, implementation, and automation for batch and streaming data pipelines on Databricks, Azure Data Explorer (ADX), and cloud data lakes.
- Build automated tests and quality gates for data ingestion, transformation, and output validation (ADX/Delta/Parquet/SQL).
- Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines.
- Partner with data engineers, platform, and analytics teams to ensure correctness, reliability, and compliance.
- Design and automate functional validation of Databricks transformations (modern equivalent of ETL validation).
- Create and execute use cases for payments and transactions (CC authorization, GC authorization, purchases, modifications, domain-specific data).
- Perform validation for data logs, reporting outputs, and PowerBI dashboards.
- Support legacy test scripts when necessary, while driving modernization.
What You'll Get (W2) SDS, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Competitive base salary
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- Optional life and disability insurance provided
- 401(k) with a company match and optional profit sharing
- Paid vacation time
- Paid Bench time
- Training allowance offering
- You'll be eligible to earn referral bonuses!
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