L3 Test Manager

Required Qualifications and Skills

1. Data Testing and Data Project Experience

• 8–10 years of overall experience in software testing, quality assurance, or test management.
• Strong experience in testing data-related projects, particularly involving:
  • Data Warehouses
  • Data Lakes
  • ETL/ELT processes and pipelines
  • Data Integration and Data Transformation
  • Analytics and Reporting Solutions
• Proven experience managing or executing complex data testing initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data quality, data validation, and data integrity principles.

2. Banking, Financial Services, and FinTech Experience

• Experience working in the banking, financial services, or FinTech industry is highly preferred.
• Proven experience managing or executing testing projects involving banking systems, financial applications, or financial technology platforms.
• Good understanding of banking operations, financial services processes, and financial data environments.
• Experience testing financial data, transactions, customer information, account data, financial reporting, and data reconciliation processes.
• Familiarity with banking data platforms, financial data warehouses, regulatory reporting, and data integration initiatives.
• Experience validating complex financial data transformations, business rules, calculations, and data integrity across multiple source systems.
• Exposure to projects involving digital banking, core banking systems, payment platforms, lending systems, or financial data modernization is an advantage.

3. SQL and Data Validation

• Strong SQL skills, with the ability to write and execute complex queries for data validation and reconciliation.
• Experience validating complex source-to-target data transformations, aggregations, and business rules.
• Ability to identify data discrepancies, investigate root causes, and ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Experience performing data profiling, reconciliation, and large-volume data validation.

4. ETL/ELT and Cloud Data Platform Testing

• Hands‑on experience testing ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows using modern cloud‑based data platforms.
• Understanding of data ingestion, transformation, processing, and integration workflows.
• Experience validating data pipelines across different stages of the data lifecycle.
• At least one (1) year of hands‑on experience in testing Databricks environments and data solutions .

5. Performance and Scalability Testing

• Experience planning and executing performance, scalability, and large‑volume data testing.
• Ability to assess data processing performance and identify bottlenecks in ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Understanding of performance considerations for large‑scale data processing and analytics environments.

6. Test Management and SDLC

• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and various testing methodologies.
• Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Ability to manage testing schedules, estimates, resources, deliverables, and execution progress.
• Proven experience providing effort estimates and regular status updates on testing activities and automation scripts.
• Experience in defect management, test reporting, and quality assurance governance.

7. Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate testing progress, risks, issues, and results.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and project leadership.
• Capable of working independently and taking ownership of assigned testing initiatives.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple testing priorities.

8. Analytical and Problem‑Solving Skills

• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly when investigating complex data and financial discrepancies.
• Ability to identify root causes, recommend solutions, and drive issue resolution.
• Willingness to innovate, explore new approaches, and implement improvements to testing processes and methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage end‑to‑end testing activities for data‑related projects, including Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, ETL/ELT pipelines, and analytics solutions.
• Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test ca