Big Data Test Analyst

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.
At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for a Big Data – Test Analyst to join our Team.

About Cognizant
We help organizations engage people and uncover insight from data to shape the products, services and experiences they offer.
We work with the world’s leading organizations to provide collaborative solutions to their business and IT challenges with innovative ideas that are embraced by their customers. More than 5,300 professionals around the world leverage deep industry knowledge across 15 verticals including: banking and financial services, healthcare, retail, consumer goods and insurance to deliver robust digital solutions in key areas of client growth.
More information? Please visit https://www.cognizant.com/consulting

About the role
We are looking for candidates focusing on testing in big data analytics space. In this job, you will need to function as big data test analytics who masters dual roles such as data analyst and data tester. You should be a good team player who knows how to work in an agile environment.
You should be proficient enough to understand business requirements in order to execute test cases and analyse the results.
Key responsibilities
Data testing in big data environment (Hadoop)
Requirement analysis, co-ordinating with developers, architects, Product owners, Scrum Master and other stakeholders in AGILE environment


Job requirements
Extensive experience in testing solutions while assuring quality of the deliveries with good co-ordination and communication skills
Working experience in data related testing in Big data, Hadoop environment with familiarity with Data Lake concepts.
Experience in back-end data testing (around databases, SQL, Unix scripting).
Experience in requirement analysis, coordinating with developers, architects, Product owners, Scrum Master and other stakeholders in AGILE environment.
Structured and organized to properly manage different status follow-ups and stakeholder expectations.


Merits
Basic understanding of Azure based technologies like - Databricks, Hive Metastore and ADLS or any other experience working with Cloud environment
Any experience/exposure to Data migration projects (on-premise to cloud) will be an added plus


Qualifications
Fluent in English. Swedish can be an added advantage
Bachelors or Master Degree in Computer Science or similar technical degree


What you can expect
Become part of a the ‘flag ship’ success story - We go through enormous growth!
Based in the Benelux – we have offices in Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Brussels within an European and Global network
Organization driven by technology – We have a tremendous technology backbone
Open, ‘can do’ team spirit
Environment where you can make your own ideas reality
Drive your own career
Market conform benefits #Mgr