Senior Palantir Foundry QA Tester

Cognizant

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$110,000–$115,000 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
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Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

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TL;DR · Senior Palantir Foundry QA Tester

As a Sr. Palantir Foundry QA Tester, you will join the Data Engineering and Quality Assurance team to ensure the reliability and accuracy of enterprise-scale data platforms and pipelines across cloud and hybrid environments. You will lead test strategy, planning, and quality governance while developing automated validation frameworks for data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation, and schema validation. Your daily work involves executing functional, integration, regression, and performance testing while collaborating with architects and stakeholders to define acceptance criteria and monitor quality metrics. You must possess hands-on experience with PySpark, Spark SQL, and advanced SQL scripting to test ETL processes and big data environments. This role specifically addresses data modernization problems within the Energy & Utilities industry, utilizing AWS-based data services and Palantir Foundry for data integration and validation.

What you'll do

  • Lead test strategy, planning, execution, and quality governance for large-scale data platforms.
  • Develop and maintain automated validation frameworks for data ingestion, transformation, and reconciliation.
  • Execute functional, integration, regression, performance, and cloud-based testing activities.
  • Define acceptance criteria and identify defects throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Monitor quality metrics, automation effectiveness, and defect trends to drive continuous improvement.
  • Perform data quality testing and schema validation for enterprise data pipelines.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in software testing, data quality assurance, data engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong hands-on experience with PySpark, Spark SQL, and advanced SQL scripting.
  • Experience testing ETL processes, big data environments, cloud platforms, and enterprise data pipelines.
  • Proven expertise in test automation, data validation, reconciliation, defect management, and quality assurance methodologies.
  • Experience working with AWS-based data services and distributed data processing platforms.
  • Experience within the Energy & Utilities industry.
  • Experience with Palantir Foundry for data integration, transformation, and validation (preferred).
  • Relevant certifications in Palantir Foundry, cloud technologies, big data, or software testing (preferred).

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