Data QA Engineer Principal

Job Description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Data QA Engineer Principal pe what’s next for mission‑critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

We are seeking an experienced Data QA Engineer Principal to support data migrations, validation efforts, and analytics initiatives across SQL Server, Dynamics 365, Dataverse, and cloud platforms. This role ensures data accuracy, integrity, and quality during enterprise transformations.

• Perform data quality validation, reconciliation, and source‑to‑target verification to ensure accuracy and completeness during system deployments, cutovers, and data migrations
• Analyze data outputs and reports using queries and validation techniques to confirm alignment with business rules and functional requirements
• Investigate data discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and clearly document findings while partnering with technical teams to drive resolution
• Define, execute, and continuously improve data quality checks, validation criteria, and acceptance standards across applications and integrations
• Develop and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards to monitor data integrity, trends, and key performance indicators for leadership and stakeholders
• Validate data exchanges and integrations, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and compliance with data governance and security requirements
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, functional leads, QA, and engineering teams to strengthen data quality processes, testing coverage, and deployment readiness
• Developing and executing complex SQL queries

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Data QA Engineer Principal must have:

• Education:
  
  MA/MS (or equivalent experience)
• Experience:
  
  8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, and/or Data Quality
• Hands‑on experience with SQL, ETL/SSIS and data migration processes
• Strong experience with Azure, Dataverse, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and on‑prem data gateways
• Experience with data modeling, data pipelines, and cloud data platforms (Azure)
• Ability to apply role‑based security to Power Apps applications
• Understanding of on‑prem Gateway and Cloud data exchange
• Experience developing Power BI dashboards for QA and operational reporting

Required Certification: Microsoft Certified:
Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203). Other Azure and/or SQL certification(s) may be considered in lieu.

Must be able to pass a background check and maintain a position of public trust with federal client(s).

Remote

GDIT is your place:
Growth, Support, Rewards, Flexibility, Community.

• Growth: AI‑powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support:
  An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards:
  Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Flexibility:
  Full‑flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• Community:
  Award‑winning culture of innovation and a military‑friendly workplace

The likely salary range for this position is $114,750 - $155,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US‑based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.

GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are…