Data and BI Tester – Journeyman

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain comprehensive documentation for data models, warehouse components, metadata, and business intelligence solutions.

• Record ETL processes, transformation rules, source-to-target mappings, and data flows.

• Keep updated descriptions of data relationships, calculations, dependencies, and reporting logic.

• Adhere to established architectural, metadata, terminology, and documentation standards.

• Collaborate with developers and engineers to ensure that documentation accurately reflects implemented functionalities.

• Document testing procedures, scenarios, expected outcomes, execution results, and supporting evidence.

• Ensure traceability among documented requirements, data flows, business intelligence components, test records, and identified issues.

• Log troubleshooting steps, diagnostic findings, resolutions, and known limitations.

• Create user guides, job aids, report instructions, and guidance for interpreting analytical outputs.

• Document report filters, calculations, navigation, refresh behavior, and relevant data limitations.

• Coordinate review sessions with technical specialists, data owners, testers, and government representatives.

• Monitor review comments, documentation gaps, approvals, and corrective actions.

• Revise documentation following schema changes, ETL updates, BI releases, defect corrections, and operational insights.

• Manage document versions, revision histories, repository organization, and publication records.

• Assist in release documentation, operational handoffs, knowledge transfer, and user acceptance activities.

• Enhance documentation clarity, consistency, accessibility, and usability based on stakeholder feedback.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active Secret clearance or higher.

• At least six years of relevant professional experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, data analytics, or a related field, or an equivalent qualification.

• Capability to document data models, metadata, ETL processes, and data flows.

• Proficiency in documenting business intelligence solutions, testing activities, troubleshooting procedures, and user guidance.

• Ability to maintain documentation in line with applicable architectural and metadata standards.

• Possession of applicable DoD 8570 certification for the designated duties.

• Preference for candidates located in the Chicago area.

• ISTQB Foundation Level or test automation certification is preferred.

• Experience in documenting data warehouses, analytical platforms, dashboards, and operational reports is preferred.

• Familiarity with SQL, ETL concepts, Power BI, data modeling, and metadata management is preferred.

• Experience in maintaining test evidence, defect documentation, troubleshooting records, and requirements traceability is preferred.

• Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense programs is preferred.

• Familiarity with data governance, lineage, authoritative sources, and common data definitions is preferred.

• Experience with SharePoint, Confluence, Markdown, version-controlled documentation, or similar tools is preferred.

• Experience in developing accessible technical documentation and task-based user guidance is preferred.

• Strong technical writing, editing, organizational, and cross-team communication skills are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Regular full-time employment.

• Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

• Opportunity to be considered for other available positions requiring comparable skills, education, and experience.