Test Data Architect

The Opportunity

This is an unique opportunity for the incumbent to define and implement enterprise wide processes to consume test data to streamline test data provisioning , test data masking, automation and environment set up tasks that can easily transform data for use by the quality engineering team. This is not a QA Testing role, rather a Test Data Architect role.

Office location: Ideally Boston - USA or Toronto - Canada

Work arrangement: Hybrid - 3 days in office, 2 days from Home;

Remote working option is not available.

Position Responsibilities:

• Implement processes to consume test data in lower environments

• Architect reusable frameworks to adopt data masking and data provisioning

• Define and enforce data quality standards across platforms

• Produce key test design documents and incremental data architecture artifacts based on project needs and our architectural target state

• Develop related test data frameworks, design patterns, proof-of-concepts, and best practices for managing a robust test data network

• Align on environment data governance

• Architect synthetic data generation solutions to enable robust testing in non-production environments

• Drive AI led data initiatives and self-service capabilities

• Help synchronizing systems to have accurate data

• Support all functional and non-functional testing needs

• Collaborate with global data engineers , architects, DevOps teams

• Propose efficient data solutions to manage transition of data downstream

Required Qualifications:

• At least 8+ year IT industry experience

• 6 years of experience in data management and architecting data systems

• Current with modern data engineering principles, frameworks, and design patterns in a cloud environment – Azure preferred

• Expertise in data masking, synthetic data generation and subsetting techniques

• AI driven data strategies

• Bachelors in a Data Science/Data Architect field

• Certifications are highly desired but not an absolute must have.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with data modelling

• Experience with most of the following technologies - Informatica (ETL, CDI, TDM, IICS, DQ); DB/Middleware - SQL, Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, DB2, Hadoop, WebSphere, Pega; Analytics/Governance – Synapse, Databricks, MLOps, Purview; MDM – Informatica, InfoSphere, Quality Stage; Reporting – Power BI, Cognos, Tableau, Erwin.

• Working knowledge with various python libraries/frameworks such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras is a plus.

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

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