**Test Lead Data Specialist (Remote)**
**Heredia, Costa Rica**
SGF Global is looking for a Test Lead Data Specialist, for IT enterprise in Heredia, Costa Rica.
**Overview**:
The Test Lead Data Specialist will oversee the test data management working closely with the business, developers, and testers to provide correct information; along with several other activities to ensure test data management is successfully implemented.
**Requirements**:
- B.S./B.A.
degree level, although relevant experience and strong track record is more important.
- 3-5 years of experience.
- Ability to update and repair mainframe files for test data conditioning processes
- RDBMS systems like Oracle/Teradata/Sql Server/DB2 (Any One)
- Writing complex queries using Joins
- ALM tool experience and RTM creation and defect life cycle
- Understanding the flow of data between the systems and its Data model
- Understanding project documents, customer demands, and product objectives to create the Test Plan, create and execute test cases.
- Automation experience - ARD / Cucumber / Selenium
- Experience in Testing Microservices/Rest APIs in a fast paced, collaborative environment using SOAP UI tool/POSTMAN/ other tools.
- MasterCard/VISA Simulator support (Nice to have)
- File to file, DB to file experience (Nice to have)
- Exposure to MongoDb Data Validation (Nice to have)
- Familiar with CICD integration, Test automations, Jenkins etc.
(Not a daily task, however, familiarity would assist with role) (Nice to have)
- Exposure to Data Analysis, Report Writing, & Analytics (Nice to have)
- English C1
- Full time (8h)
**Duties and Tasks**:
- Translate test data requests from tester knowledge to database fields.
- Support test data requests through test data queries and data creation
- Join Project calls (Project Prep/Daily Updates/Fire drills)
- Use and train others on existing testing tools
- Administrative Lead Tasks
- Help Manage PTS allocations for NAQE TDM
- Report TDM Request Status & Summaries
- Lead meetings with TDM to work through data requests
- NAQE Automation Framework / TDM Automation - Support ARD data modeling, creating models for test data conditioning, and testing models
- TPNS Simulator use for TPS transaction generation
- Process mainframe files for test data conditioning processes
- TDaaS Support - Write queries for testers to use TDaaS self-service tool
- Engage directly with project teams.
Speak for TDM on Project calls
- Monitor projects for significant impacts (new tools required, complicated account conditioning and planning required, etc.)
- Testing Tools Support - Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation
- Identify repeated test data issues and suggest solutions.
Work with TDM developers to create, design, and test automated solutions
- Identify the feasibility of Test Automation and come with the best suitable automation
- Responsible for testing of REST/SOAP web services and API using a full suite of QA automation tools approved.
- Work collaboratively with BSA/Developers and proactively identify defects during each Iteration/Sprint
- Coordinate activities across multiple teams, including but not limited to development and project management.