Data & Digital Quality Assurance Consultant

• Test design.
• Test discipline.

The Data & Digital Quality Assurance Consultant provides independent delivery assurance for client data products, analytics solutions, integrations, platforms and related digital components. The role verifies that requirements are testable, that delivered functions behave as intended and that data, controls, performance, security and user experience are supported by adequate evidence. The consultant works with business analysts, engineers, developers, architects, platform teams and client users to plan and execute risk-based testing.

It distinguishes confirmed defects from assumptions, maintains traceability and supports objective acceptance decisions. The role may recommend whether a deliverable is ready, but formal acceptance remains with authorised client stakeholders. Effective candidates combine testing discipline with strong communication, data awareness and the ability to identify defects that arise across functional, data and integration boundaries.

• Review requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, designs and controls for completeness, clarity and testability.
• Develop risk-based test strategies, plans, scenarios, cases, data, environments and evidence requirements.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, results, defects and acceptance decisions.
• Test data pipelines, transformations, APIs, integrations, reports, dashboards and platform functions.
• Validate calculations, reconciliations, data-quality rules, reference data, metadata and error handling.
• Assess functional, regression, integration, usability, performance and selected security-control behaviour.
• Record defects with reproducible steps, evidence, impact, severity and clear expected results.
• Coordinate defect triage, retesting, regression testing and closure evidence with delivery teams.
• Support user acceptance testing through scripts, training, evidence capture and issue management.
• Identify opportunities for repeatable or automated testing without weakening manual judgement.
• Prepare quality dashboards, readiness assessments, test-completion reports and residual-risk summaries.
• Provide objective recommendations while leaving formal acceptance and risk decisions with the client.

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, software engineering or a related field.
• An equivalent combination of relevant education and directly applicable consulting or implementation experience may be considered.

• Typically 3-7 years in software, data or platform testing.
• Experience in software testing, data testing, quality assurance, platform testing or related delivery assurance.
• Experience testing data transformations, integrations, reports or analytical outputs.
• Experience managing defects, traceability, test evidence and user acceptance.
• Exposure to automated testing, non-functional testing or regulated delivery environments is preferred.

• Test strategy, planning, case design and traceability.
• Functional, integration, regression and user-acceptance testing.
• Data validation, reconciliation and quality-rule testing.
• API, pipeline, report, dashboard and platform testing.
• Defect lifecycle, severity, evidence and closure controls.
• Performance, usability and selected security-testing concepts.
• SQL or analytical tools for independent result validation.
• Test automation principles and controlled test-data management.

• Test design.
• Data validation.
• API/integration testing.
• Defect management.
• Automation basics.
• Professional scepticism.
• Test discipline.
• Independence.
• User advocacy.
• Challenging ambiguous requirements and unsupported readiness claims.
• Communicating defects objectively and constructively.
• Producing clear test evidence and executive quality reporting.
• Working independently while collaborating with delivery teams.
• Facilitating triage and user-acceptance sessions.
• Maintaining traceability and disciplined version control.
• Supporting client acceptance without assuming approval authority.

• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
• advanced test certification preferred for senior roles

Test design

Data validationAPI/integration testing