Lead Quality Assurance Engineer (RISE Initiative)

Location:
PCS CA, Toronto Years of

Experience:
7-10 Years Job Summary: We are seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer to serve as a technical quality leader within the RISE transformation initiative. This critical role involves driving end-to-end reliability and structural integrity across mission-critical data applications, safeguarding high-volume enterprise operations against computational errors, data loss, and operational downtime during large-scale platform evolution. Responsibilities
• Lead the complete testing life cycle for complex data streams and transformation processes supporting the enterprise RISE program.
• Design and execute end-to-end data migration and conversion test strategies across legacy, intermediate, and contemporary target platforms.
• Perform multi-format file validation to confirm schema accuracy, record counts, delimiter structures, payload integrity, and structural precision.
• Validate high-throughput data pipelines for completeness, referential integrity, field-level mapping rules, and execution of business logic.
• Formulate risk-focused test plans, data validation matrices,



and release readiness criteria aligned with broader project milestones.
• Perform in-depth root-cause analysis on complex data defects, schema mismatches, mapping failures, and downstream operational anomalies. Mandatory Skills
• RISE Program & Core Architecture Testing
- Expert
• File Validation & Schema Verification
- Expert
• Data Testing & Reconciliation Frameworks
- Expert
• Data Migration Testing Strategies
- Expert
• Data Conversion Testing Execution
- Expert
• Advanced SQL & Complex Database Querying
- Expert Preferred Skills
• Test Automation (Data & API Scripts)
- Intermediate
• Legacy Data Migration & Modernization
- Advanced
• API & Web Services Testing
- Intermediate
• Test Strategy & Scenario Design
- Advanced
• CI/CD Pipeline Data Integration
- Intermediate

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience in quality assurance and testing methodologies, particularly in data-centric environments.

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