Quality Assurance Lead

As a Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist with 6-8 years of experience, your role will involve ensuring data integrity, reliability, and performance in the reporting and analytics environment, specifically focusing on Power BI testing and Microsoft Fabric migrations. Your responsibilities will include: - **QA Strategy & Execution**: - Develop and implement QA strategies for data workflows, pipelines, and models within Microsoft Fabric. - Establish repeatable testing processes to validate data quality, consistency, and accuracy across Power BI reports and semantic models. - **Testing & Validation**: - Test Power BI Service functionality, including navigation, permissions, and user interactions. - Validate front-end report outputs and ensure consistency with underlying data sources. - Query SQL backend sources to confirm data accuracy, transformations, and performance. - Compare legacy vs. Fabric environments to ensure identical functionality and results. - **Automation & Documentation**: - Design and manage automated testing processes for pipelines, models, and integrations. - Document test cases, scenarios, and outcomes in a clear, reproducible manner. - Track and report quality metrics, ensuring SLAs for data availability and accuracy are met. - **Collaboration & Issue Resolution**: - Work closely with Business Analysts, Power BI Developers, Data Engineers, Modelers, and Governance Specialists to uphold data quality standards. - Conduct root cause analysis for data-related issues and coordinate resolution efforts. - Recommend improvements in testing frameworks, methodologies, and tools. **Required Skills & Experience**: - Proven experience in Power BI Service testing, including navigation, permissions, and report validation. - Ability to query SQL databases for back-end validation and issue troubleshooting. - Comfort with Excel (pivot tables, lookups, comparisons) for validation and analysis. - Strong understanding of data quality principles (completeness, accuracy, consistency). - Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric and Azure environments. - Knowledge of automated testing frameworks for data pipelines and integrations. - Experience in defining, tracking, and reporting QA and data quality metrics. - Strong documentation skills to create clear and repeatable test cases. **Preferred Qualifications**: - Hands-on experience testing data migrations to Microsoft Fabric. - Familiarity with Azure security protocols and governance frameworks. - Prior experience in root cause analysis for complex data/reporting issues. - Exposure to continuous integration/continuous testing (CI/CT) practices. (Note: No additional details about the company were provided in the job description.),