Data Quality Assurance Analyst

Description

MassMutual Ascend is committed to helping people plan for a secure retirement in an uncomplicated way. Our simple promise is superior service and annuities that are easier to understand. This means offering innovative products that fit with today’s needs. As a wholly owned subsidiary of MassMutual, MassMutual Ascend functions with the agility of a small company and the assurance of being associated with a Fortune 200 organization who is proud to offer customers a level of strength and stability they can count on for years to come.

The Opportunity

As a Quality Analyst in Data Governance area, you will work with a team of professionals to enhance and maintain our data warehouse environment in order to provide data-based solutions to our business partners. Your primary focus will be to test and validate solutions provided by the development team to ensure the data is accurate and consistent with the end user expectations. You will also be part of a broader team of business analysts focused on ensuring the accuracy of data across the Company’s Data Management program.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform data analysis, testing and validation
• Design and execute test cases to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data based on user and/or system requirements.
• Perform analysis of data from various data sources needed to meet business requirements.
• Maintain appropriate test documentation.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the Company’s data warehouse environment.
• Maintain a strong understanding of business information data sources and business rules.
• Assist in gathering end user requirements for data, data quality and performance.
• Work with scrum masters, product owners and agile development teams to ensure solutions are delivered in a timely manner in accordance with business expectations.
• Build strong relationships with business and IT partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business or related discipline
• 3 or more years of related experience
• Significant experience writing and editing SQL queries, or with other relational database tools such as Apache Groovy
• Proven experience in capturing and documenting test plans, test cases and test results related to system enhancements, maintenance and new functionality requests.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience in insurance or financial services industry
• Experience working in data warehouse environment
• Experience with data validation tools such as iCEDQ
• Comfortable working in an agile development environment

Why Join Us.

At MassMutual Ascend, our collaborative culture is key to our success. It’s the reason we’re a leading provider of annuities today, and it’s the reason we’ll continue rising to the top tomorrow. A career at MassMutual Ascend means you’ll contribute to our mission of taking financial futures above and beyond – and you’ll be inspired to reach your own goals, too. As a wholly owned subsidiary of MassMutual, MassMutual Ascend continues to be an employer of choice in the Cincinnati, Ohio community.

MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

At MassMutual Ascend we focus on ensuring fair, equitable pay by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. For more information about our extensive benefits offerings please check out our Total Rewards at a Glance..