Data Quality Engineer

FAC Services • Full-time • Madison, Wisconsin, United States • $71.92k - $96.87k / year • 21h ago

About FAC Services

FAC Services is a professional firm that provides business services to architecture, engineering, and construction service firms. Our focus on high quality, timely and trusted business services allows our partners to focus on advancing their strategic goals and priorities. We maintain the highest ethical standards and personalized services within a culture that encourages professional and personal growth.

Job Purpose

FAC Services is expanding our QA team with a strategic new hire: a Data Quality Engineer who will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our data infrastructure. This role will focus on testing data pipelines, validating data integrity across systems, and supporting infrastructure automation efforts. You’ll collaborate closely with Infrastructure, DevOps, and QA teams to build scalable, test-driven solutions that support our growing data ecosystem.

Primary Responsibilities:
The Data Quality Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of data pipelines, APIs, and infrastructure automation. This includes designing and executing automated tests for ETL/ELT workflows, validating data integrity across cloud platforms, and performing extensive API endpoint testing. The role also involves supporting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) testing using tools like Ansible, ARM, and Bicep, and contributing to CI/CD pipelines and Azure-based testing initiatives.
Data Quality & Pipeline Testing

Design and implement automated tests for ETL/ELT pipelines and data marts.
Validate data transformations, integrity, and quality across Azure, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric environments.
Collaborate with developers and data engineers to implement test-driven development (TDD) practices for APIs and data workflows.
Ensure confidence in data quality through rigorous testing of data pipelines and integrations.

API Endpoint Testing

Perform extensive testing of RESTful API endpoints, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
Validate API responses, error handling, and performance under various conditions.
Work closely with developers to ensure comprehensive test coverage and early detection of issues.
Use tools such as Postman, Swagger, or custom scripts to automate and document API testing.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation

Support infrastructure automation testing using tools like Ansible, ARM templates, Bicep, and Power Automate.
Contribute to the development of reusable QA frameworks that integrate with existing systems.
Participate in the design of automated provisioning and deprovisioning workflows for infrastructure and user hardware.

Cloud & System Testing

Assist in testing hybrid Azure environments, including network, security, scalability, and fuzz testing.

Collaboration & Leadership

Work cross-functionally to ensure QA alignment across infrastructure and application teams.
Lead by example, demonstrating best practices and continuous improvement.
Share knowledge and mentor team members in data quality and automation practices.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Experience