Data QA Engineer Principal

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:
Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Data Analysis, Data Quality, Data Warehousing (DW)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
ship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Data QA Engineer Principal at GDIT. Shape 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.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Data QA Engineer Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customers. You will play a crucial role in:

• 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

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
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

Required Skills:

• 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.

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

ship Required

Location: Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

o Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

o Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

o Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

o Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

o Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
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 prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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