The Role
Establish and run a formal QA function for Power BI reports, semantic models, and analytics solutions. Develop QA standards, test methodologies, quality gates, and release governance. Validate data from SQL Server, ETL pipelines, and Power BI, perform data profiling, DAX verification, impact analysis, and collaborate with stakeholders and developers to ensure accurate, auditable, and business-ready reporting.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst to establish, mature, and sustain a formal QA function supporting Power BI reports, dashboards, data models, and analytics solutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring reporting solutions are accurate, reliable, traceable, auditable, and suitable for business use. This role involves developing and implementing QA standards, methodologies, templates, quality gates, and release governance processes while working closely with business stakeholders, developers, and data teams to support operational decision-making, regulatory compliance, resource planning, and performance management.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Strong understanding of data validation and testing methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with SQL and data querying.
- Solid understanding of data modeling concepts including semantic models, relationships, and measures.
- Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
- Experience validating data from SQL Server databases, ETL pipelines, semantic models, and Power BI reports.
- Knowledge of data profiling and data quality assessment techniques.
- Understanding of DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) for validating measures and calculations.
- Strong knowledge of Star Schema and Snowflake Schema design principles.
- Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to identify data inconsistencies and anomalies.
- Ability to evaluate downstream impacts of changes to data models and reporting solutions.
- Structured and methodical approach to testing and validation activities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Power Query (M).
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience with test automation and data validation scripting.
- Experience supporting enterprise analytics or business intelligence environments.
Required Skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Root cause analysis and risk assessment capabilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into measurable QA criteria and validation processes.
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while managing multiple priorities.
- Experience presenting technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when working with sensitive business information.
Skills Required
- Strong understanding of data validation and testing methodologies
- Hands-on experience with SQL and data querying
- Solid understanding of data modeling concepts including semantic models, relationships, and measures
- Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira
- Experience validating data from SQL Server databases, ETL pipelines, semantic models, and Power BI reports
- Knowledge of data profiling and data quality assessment techniques
- Understanding of DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) for validating measures and calculations
- Strong knowledge of Star Schema and Snowflake Schema design principles
- Exceptional attention to detail with ability to identify data inconsistencies and anomalies
- Ability to evaluate downstream impacts of changes to data models and reporting solutions
- Structured and methodical approach to testing and validation activities
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Root cause analysis and risk assessment capabilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to translate business requirements into measurable QA criteria and validation processes
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while managing multiple priorities
- Experience presenting technical findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when working with sensitive business information
- Experience with Power Query (M)
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Experience with test automation and data validation scripting
- Experience supporting enterprise analytics or business intelligence environments
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The Company
What We Do
Workiy is a global company with more than 20 years of experience that provides end-to-end digital solutions, consulting and implementation services to its clients, including digital solutions and staffing services.
