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MDEK12 - SME Level Quality Assurance Analyst 150831 (100% remote)
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MDEK12 - SME Level Quality Assurance Analyst 150831 (100% remote)
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State of Mississippi - MDEK12 - SME Level Quality Assurance Analyst 150831 (100% remote)
Duration: At least 3 years from projected start date.
Rate: Based on experience
Work Hours: 40 hours / week (8am-5pm)
Work Location: 3771 Eastwood Dr, Jackson, MS 39211.
ON-CALL REQUIRED: Yes; Potentially during module releases
Posting Close Date: 11/13/2025 3:00:00 PM
PROJECT NAME: OTSS Project
AGENCY: Mississippi Department of Education - MDEK
Project Details: The Mississippi Department of Education has a goal to improve student outcomes by modernizing the current student information system, enhancing data quality, and creating web-based applications, dashboards, and reports to improve access, accuracy, and ease of use for stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Review and validate the output of SQL and ETL development to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and alignment with business rules.
Develop and execute detailed data test plans, test cases, and validation scripts targeting Azure Synapse pipelines, stored procedures, and data transformations.
Reconcile data between source systems, staging areas, and curated data layers in Azure Data Lake or Synapse.
Conduct regression testing on modified pipelines, stored procedures, or data models to confirm that changes do not introduce new issues.
Collaborate with data engineers, ETL developers, and business analysts to document and resolve data discrepancies.
Maintain data QA documentation including test results, issue logs, and validation procedures.
Support the development of automated data quality checks or unit tests using SQL, Python, or other approved tools.
Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, data validation frameworks, and DevOps testing integration.
Perform user acceptance testing, functionality testing, regression testing, performance testing, and end-to-end system testing on various applications.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree.
Experience reviewing user requirements and ensuring that requirements are testable.
Ability to create diagrams, flowcharts, and workflows of data flow through systems.
Experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst working on a software development team.
Strong experience in QA management and creating test case documentation.
Experience mapping business processes into test case documentation.
Knowledge of software quality best practices, test strategy and planning, test case development, test case deployment and execution, test data, defect tracking, and test manuals.
Active participation in process improvements.
Strong experience in acceptance testing.
Ability to analyze business functions.
Experience with Scrum and Agile practices.
Provide three references with contact information (name, title, company, phone, email).
Public sector experience with Department of Education (preferred).
Proficiency with database entity design, PL/SQL, Data Factory/Synapse, SQL Server, DevOps, Oracle, stored procedures, Visio, software lifecycle, Scrum/Agile, C# (preferred).
Seniority Level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Quality Assurance
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State of Mississippi - MDEK12 - SME Level Quality Assurance Analyst 150831 (100% remote)
Duration: At least 3 years from projected start date.
Rate: Based on experience
Work Hours: 40 hours / week (8am-5pm)
Work Location: 3771 Eastwood Dr, Jackson, MS 39211.
ON-CALL REQUIRED: Yes; Potentially during module releases
Posting Close Date: 11/13/2025 3:00:00 PM
PROJECT NAME: OTSS Project
AGENCY: Mississippi Department of Education - MDEK
Project Details: The Mississippi Department of Education has a goal to improve student outcomes by modernizing the current student information system, enhancing data quality, and creating web-based applications, dashboards, and reports to improve access, accuracy, and ease of use for stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Review and validate the output of SQL and ETL development to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and alignment with business rules.
Develop and execute detailed data test plans, test cases, and validation scripts targeting Azure Synapse pipelines, stored procedures, and data transformations.
Reconcile data between source systems, staging areas, and curated data layers in Azure Data Lake or Synapse.
Conduct regression testing on modified pipelines, stored procedures, or data models to confirm that changes do not introduce new issues.
Collaborate with data engineers, ETL developers, and business analysts to document and resolve data discrepancies.
Maintain data QA documentation including test results, issue logs, and validation procedures.
Support the development of automated data quality checks or unit tests using SQL, Python, or other approved tools.
Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, data validation frameworks, and DevOps testing integration.
Perform user acceptance testing, functionality testing, regression testing, performance testing, and end-to-end system testing on various applications.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree.
Experience reviewing user requirements and ensuring that requirements are testable.
Ability to create diagrams, flowcharts, and workflows of data flow through systems.
Experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst working on a software development team.
Strong experience in QA management and creating test case documentation.
Experience mapping business processes into test case documentation.
Knowledge of software quality best practices, test strategy and planning, test case development, test case deployment and execution, test data, defect tracking, and test manuals.
Active participation in process improvements.
Strong experience in acceptance testing.
Ability to analyze business functions.
Experience with Scrum and Agile practices.
Provide three references with contact information (name, title, company, phone, email).
Public sector experience with Department of Education (preferred).
Proficiency with database entity design, PL/SQL, Data Factory/Synapse, SQL Server, DevOps, Oracle, stored procedures, Visio, software lifecycle, Scrum/Agile, C# (preferred).
Seniority Level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Quality Assurance
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