Sr. Test Automation Engineer

ABOUT AMGEN 

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier,fuller and longer. We discover, develop,manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helpedestablish the biotechnology industry more than 45 years ago andremains on thecutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today. 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

Role Description: 

We areseeking ahighly skilled, hands-on Senior QA & Test Automation Specialist(Test AutomationEngineer)with strong experience indata validation,ETL testing,test automation, andQA process ownership. This role combines deep technical execution with a solid foundation in QA best practices includingtest planning, defect tracking, and test lifecycle management. 

You willbe responsible fordesigning and executing manual and automated test strategies for complexreal-time and batch data pipelines, contributing to thedesign of automation frameworks, and ensuring high-quality data delivery across ourAWS and Databricks-based analytics platforms. 

The role is highlytechnical and hands-on, with a strong focus onautomation, metadata validation, andensuring data governance practices are seamlessly integrated into development pipelines. 

Roles & Responsibilities:  

• Collaborate with the QA Manager to design and implement end-to-end test strategies for data validation, semantic layer testing, andGraphQL API validation. 

• Perform manual validation of data pipelines, including source-to-target data mapping, transformation logic, and business rule verification. 

• Develop andmaintain automated data validation scripts using Python andPySpark for both real-time and batch pipelines. 

• Contribute to the design and enhancement of reusable automation frameworks, with components for schema validation, data reconciliation, and anomaly detection. 

• Validate semantic layers (e.g., Looker,dbt models) andGraphQL APIs, ensuring data consistency, compliance with contracts, and alignment with business expectations. 

• Write and manage test plans, test cases, and test data for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. 

• Track, manage, and report defects using tools like JIRA, ensuring thorough root cause analysis andtimely resolution. 

• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Product Managers, and DevOps teams to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and enable shift-left testing practices. 

• Ensure comprehensive test coverage for all aspects of the data lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, delivery, and consumption. 

• Participate in QA ceremonies (standups, planning, retrospectives) and continuously contribute to improving the QA process and culture. 

•  Experience building ormaintainingtest data generators 

•  Contributions tointernal quality dashboards ordata observability systems 

•  Awareness ofmetadata-driven testing approaches andlineage-based validations 

• Experience working with agileTestingmethodologies such as Scaled Agile. 

• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks like Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, orPyTest. 

Must-Have Skills: 

• 6–9 years of experience in QA roles, with at least3+ yearsofstrong exposure todata pipeline testing andETL validation.  

• Strong in SQL, Python, and optionallyPySpark – comfortable with writing complex queries and validation scripts. 

• Practical experience with manual validation of data pipelines and source-to-target testing. 

• Experience in validatingGraphQL APIs, semantic layers (Looker,dbt, etc.), and schema/data contract compliance. 

• Familiarity with data integration tools and platforms such as Databricks, AWS Glue, Redshift, Athena, orBigQuery. 

• Strong understanding of test planning, defect tracking, bug lifecycle management, and QA documentation. 

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with standard QA processes. 

• Knowledge of test case and defect management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr). 

• Strong understanding ofQA methodologies, test planning, test case design, anddefect lifecycle management. 

• Deep hands-onexpertise inSQL,Python, andPySpark for testing and automating validation. 

• Proven experience inmanual and automated testing ofbatch and real-time data pipelines. 

• Familiarity withdata processing and analytics stacks: Databricks, Spark, AWS (Glue, S3, Athena, Redshift). 

• Experience withbug tracking and test management tools likeJIRA,TestRail, or Zephyr. 

• Ability to troubleshoot data issues independently and collaborate with engineering for root cause analysis. 

• Experience integrating automated tests intoCI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions). 

• Experiencevalidating data from various file formats such asJSON,CSV,Parquet, andAvro 

• Strong ability tovalidate and automatedata quality checks: schema validation, null checks, duplicates, thresholds, and transformation validation 

• Hands-on experience withAPI testing usingPostman,pytest, or custom automation scripts 

Good-to-Have Skills: 

• Experience with data governance tools such as Apache Atlas, Collibra, or Alation 

• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus,or  CloudWatch 

Education and Professional Certifications 

• Bachelor’s/Masters degree in computer science and engineering preferred. 

Soft Skills: 

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills. 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams 

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation. 

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.  

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals 

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT 

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation toparticipate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to requestan accommodation.