Test Data Management (TDM) Onsite Architect
Inherent Technologies · Holmdel, NJ · 1 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Define and evolve enterprise TDM architecture covering data masking, subsetting, synthetic data generation, data refresh, provisioning, virtualization and test-data discovery.
- Design Scalable TDM Solutions Across Heterogeneous Environments Including Mainframe DB2, VSAM, sequential datasets, GDGs and related technologies. Distributed databases Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2 LUW and similar platforms. Cloud/data platforms and enterprise data lakes. APIs, files, messaging and integrated application ecosystems.
- Define reusable test-data patterns based on recurring application and QA requirements.
- Evaluate enterprise TDM products and capabilities against technical and business requirements without being tied to a specific vendor.
- Develop solution architectures, technical workflows, capability matrices, PoCs and platform recommendations.
- Partner with Information Security and Data Governance teams to establish masking, privacy and non-production data controls.
- Integrate TDM capabilities with CI/CD pipelines, test automation and self-service provisioning workflows.
- Explore opportunities for AI-assisted and synthetic test-data generation while maintaining security and data-quality controls.
- Provide architecture and technical leadership to offshore TDM engineers.
- Facilitate technical discussions with application architects, engineering teams, DBAs, data teams and senior technology stakeholders.
- Define operational metrics including provisioning lead time, refresh duration, automation coverage, masking compliance and service reliability.
Required Technical Skills
- 10+ years of IT/data engineering or Quality Engineering experience with significant experience in Test Data Management.
- Strong understanding of enterprise TDM concepts and architecture.
- Hands-on Knowledge Of Data masking and de-identification.
- Data subsetting.
- Synthetic test-data generation.
- Database refresh and cloning.
- Automated/self-service provisioning.
- Referential-integrity management.
- Test-data discovery and profiling.
- Strong SQL and relational database expertise.
- Experience working with complex enterprise application/data landscapes.
- Knowledge of mainframe and distributed data technologies.
- Understanding of cloud/data-lake architectures and modern data platforms.
- Experience integrating engineering platforms through APIs, CI/CD pipelines and automation.
- Knowledge of data privacy, PII handling and non-production security controls.
- Ability to create enterprise architecture diagrams, solution designs and technical standards.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with commercial or enterprise TDM platforms such as K2view, Broadcom Test Data Manager, Delphix, BMC Compuware/File-AID or equivalent technologies.
- Experience with Databricks or modern enterprise data platforms.
- Experience with ServiceNow-based request/workflow integration.
- Experience implementing TDM self-service portals or APIs.
- Exposure to GenAI/Agentic AI approaches for test-data discovery, generation or orchestration.