Data Test Analyst - SAS Viya & AWS | Active SC Required

Data Test Analyst - SAS Viya & AWS | 2 Positions | Active SC Required

6-month contract | Telford - hybrid, 2 days onsite

Put your data testing expertise at the heart of a major cloud migration.

Synergize Consulting is recruiting two Data Test Analysts to support the migration of a SAS estate from SAS 9.4 and Viya 3.5 to SAS Viya 4 on AWS.

You'll help prove that migrated data is accurate, analytical workflows perform as expected and business users can trust the results. Combining detailed reconciliation with automated validation, this role offers the opportunity to influence migration quality from test design through to production readiness.

Your contract at a glance

• Duration: 6 months.

• Location: Telford, with 2 days per week in the office.

• Positions: 2.

• Clearance: Active SC clearance

The opportunity

Work alongside Data Engineers, SAS developers and migration specialists on a programme with a clear technical challenge: moving established data and analytics services to a modern cloud platform while maintaining accuracy, completeness and business confidence.

You'll have scope to apply your SQL expertise, develop automated checks and investigate complex data issues across Legacy and target environments.

What you'll be doing

• Developing test plans and cases covering data migration, transformation and validation.

• Defining acceptance criteria for migrated datasets and analytical workflows.

• Reconciling data between SAS 9.4 and SAS Viya 4 environments.

• Validating ETL processes, data pipelines and reporting outputs for accuracy and completeness.

• Creating automated validation scripts using SQL, Python or SAS.

• Supporting the integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

• Logging and tracking defects, working with engineers and developers to resolve migration issues.

• Supporting UAT and producing clear evidence for sign-off.

• Following client security, GDPR and data governance standards throughout testing.

What you'll bring

• Strong experience in data testing and validation for large-scale migrations.

• Confident SQL skills, including queries for data comparison, reconciliation and profiling.

• Knowledge of SAS 9.4 and SAS Viya 3.x/4.

• An understanding of ETL processes and data integration frameworks.

• Familiarity with test automation and Scripting using Python or SAS.

• Experience working in Agile teams and using Jira and Confluence.

• An analytical approach to investigating discrepancies and communicating findings.

Additional experience that would be valuable

• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced Test Analyst certification.

• Experience in government or regulated environments.

• Understanding of AWS and containerised deployments.

Apply with your latest CV, availability and a summary of your data migration testing experience and active SC clearance status.