Automation Test Engineer

At RELI Group, our work is grounded in purpose. We partner with government agencies to solve complex challenges, improve public health, strengthen national security, and make government services more effective and efficient. Our team of over 500 professionals brings deep expertise and a shared commitment to delivering meaningful outcomes. Behind every solution is a group of experts who care deeply about impact—whether we’re supporting data-driven decisions, modernizing systems or safeguarding critical programs.

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Data Testing Engineer with hands-on experience in Databricks and modern data platforms to help ensure the accuracy, reliability, and quality of our data pipelines and analytical systems. You will play a key role in validating data across distributed systems, supporting robust data workflows, data extracts, reports, and helping build automated test coverage in a Datawarehouse environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement comprehensive data testing strategies across Databricks-based pipelines and workflows
• Build and maintain automated test suites for data validation using PySpark, SQL, and Databricks notebooks
• Develop and execute test plans and data quality checks across ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers
• Validate data transformations in Delta Lake tables and ensure schema evolution is properly handled
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Analysts, and Architects to identify test cases aligned with business requirements
• Integrate testing processes into Databricks Workflows and CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub
• Leverage tools or custom frameworks for scalable and reusable test patterns
• Monitor production pipelines and participate in root cause analysis of data quality issues
• Document test cases, expected results, and test coverage for ongoing reference and audit purposes

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years in a data QA, data engineering, or testing-focused role
• Strong experience with Databricks, including notebooks, Delta Lake, PySpark, and SQL
• Strong experience in testing reports and dashboards build using BI tools like QuickSight, Tableau etc.
• Deep understanding of data lakehouse architecture, ETL/ELT workflows, and data modeling concepts
• Hands-on experience testing distributed data pipelines and large-scale datasets
• Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL for validation across structured and semi-structured data
• Experience in analyzing and decomposing requirements and creating testing strategy/plan as well as testing estimates and work plan 
• Experience detailing test plans, test cases, tracking defects, reporting status to various levels of the project organization 
• Familiar with CI/CD practices for data (e.g., automated testing via GitHub Actions, Databricks Repos)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Unity Catalog, data governance, and access controls within Databricks
• Background in Python scripting and test automation for data workflows
• Exposure to MLflow or testing data science model inputs/outputs

EEO Employer:

RELI Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status,