Data Migration Quality Engineer

QoT Solutions

South Africa · Hybrid Contract Senior 4d ago

About the role

About

We are seeking an experienced Data Migration Quality Engineer to join our team in Johannesburg. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of data migrations across banking platforms and systems.

This role requires a strong background in data validation, banking systems, and quality engineering practices, with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams to deliver high-quality migration outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Design and execute data migration testing strategies and test plans.
Validate data integrity, completeness, and reconciliation between source and target systems.
Perform data profiling, mapping validation, and transformation verification.
Develop and execute SQL queries to validate migrated data.
Identify, log, and track data defects and discrepancies through to resolution.
Work closely with business analysts, developers, and data teams to understand migration rules and data structures.
Ensure compliance with banking regulatory requirements and data governance standards.
Participate in UAT support and production migration validation activities.
Produce clear test reports and migration quality assessments.

Required Experience & Skills

Minimum 5 years’ experience in software testing or quality engineering.
Proven experience in data migration testing.
Strong SQL skills for data validation and reconciliation.
Experience working with large datasets and complex data structures.
Experience within the banking or financial services domain.
Solid understanding of test methodologies, defect management, and QA processes.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Qualifications

Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Certification in software testing (ISTQB or similar) will be advantageous.