Software QA Engineer – Power BI & Microsoft Fabric

Role Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist with strong expertise in Power BI testing and Microsoft Fabric migrations. This role is critical in ensuring data integrity, reliability, and performance across reporting and analytics platforms. The ideal candidate will combine front-end user testing skills with back-end data validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement QA strategies for data workflows, pipelines, and semantic models within Microsoft Fabric.
• Establish repeatable testing processes to validate data quality, consistency, and accuracy across Power BI reports and semantic models.
• Test Power BI Service functionality, including navigation, permissions, and user interactions.
• Validate report outputs and ensure consistency with underlying data sources.
• Query SQL databases to verify data accuracy, transformations, and performance.
• Compare legacy and modern data platform implementations to ensure equivalent functionality and results.
• Design and maintain automated testing processes for data pipelines, semantic models, and integrations.
• Create and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and execution documentation.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Power BI Developers, Data Engineers, and Governance teams.
• Perform root cause analysis for data and reporting issues and coordinate resolution efforts.

Requirements

• Proven experience in Power BI Service testing, including navigation, permissions, and report validation.
• Strong SQL skills for backend data validation and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, Lookups, and data comparison techniques.
• Strong understanding of data quality principles, including completeness, accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric and Azure data platforms.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks for data pipelines and integrations.
• Experience defining, tracking, and reporting QA and data quality metrics.
• Excellent documentation skills for creating clear, repeatable, and maintainable test artifacts.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience testing data migration projects involving Microsoft Fabric.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing frameworks and SDLC practices.
• Knowledge of Azure security, governance, and access management concepts.
• Experience performing root cause analysis for complex data and reporting issues.
• Exposure to CI/CT practices.
• Experience using Playwright for front-end test automation.

Skills

• Power BI
• Microsoft Fabric
• SQL
• Playwright
• Azure