Sr. Validation Analyst

Location: Bangalore, India

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

At Clario, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our clinical technology solutions are accurate, reliable, and rigorously validated to support sponsors, sites, and ultimately patients. In this role, you will lead validation activities, mentor team members, and uphold the highest standards of software quality in a regulated environment. You’ll collaborate closely with development, technical, and business teams to shape robust solutions and drive continuous improvement across our validation practices.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation, incentives, and shift allowances

• Attractive benefits (Provident Fund, Medical Insurance & more)

• Engaging employee programs & local events

• Technology for remote/hybrid working and excellent onsite facilities in Bangalore

What You’ll Be Doing

• Experience in writing complex SQL queries and experience with any data visualization tool is preferable e.g., Tableau, Power BI

• Good exposure of Software Testing methodologies, Implementation of Data Lakes, Data warehouse/ETL projects, Big Data projects in On-Premises & Cloud Environments

• Experienced in SAS applications and Python Programming

• Ability to write SQL queries to conduct data validations and probe quality issues with data

• Experience in Project Delivery Methodologies: SDLC, Iterative, Agile, Scrum, Kanban

• Experience in ALM Tools like JIRA, TFS (Azure Devops) & Confluence

• Exploring new opportunities to add value to organization and departmental processes

• Working with internal staff including technical staff, project and product managers and applications developers to assist with the review of project specifications

• Performing other duties as assigned and deemed necessary

• Attending and participating in applicable company-sponsored training

• Educating/Training other validation services team members to ensure quality deliverables

• Reading, understanding, and adhering to organizational Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Establishing and enforcing departmental standards

• Exploring new opportunities to add value to organization and departmental processes

• Knowledge on data quality fundamentals and data governance concepts

• Hands-on experience with all levels of testing includes Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing and Regression Testing

• Knowledge of PL-SQL, PySpark & SQL, on framing and tuning the Queries so that it covers all the data scenarios

• Accountable for high quality and on time delivery for task assigned

• Perform RCA and CAPA for quality issues, and Perform risk assessment and mitigate risk

• Experienced in ETL tools like Informatica Power Center, SAAS, PL-SQL

• Experienced in Test Data preparation to check the scenarios

• Loading\Running the End-to-End jobs and verifying the Data loading from Source to Reports\Dashboards

• Involved in end-to-end Testing

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team

• Coordinating the creation and execution of automated test scripts in support of application releases

• Creating associated validation documentation using defined documentation methods

• Evaluating and directing validation and quality assurance approaches

• Assisting in the generation of status reports

• Tracking all software versions, features, bugs, and validation efforts for all software created and/or modified by the Development teams

• Good knowledge in MS Office Tools

• Tracking all software versions, features, bugs and validation efforts for all software created and/or modified by the Development teams

• Developing and utilizing test data sets

• Creating and executing manual test scrips which includes testing software applications for quality and functionality using defined validation protocol and testing techniques

• Creating associated validation documentation using defined documentation methods

• Working with application developers in resolving issues and retesting applications

• Good verbal and written communication

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree required in computer sciences, or equivalent and relevant work experience in a software Testing environment

• Around 7 to 10 years of experience in Software Quality Testing

• In-depth understanding of software quality assurance, preferably in a Clinical Data environment

• Ability to write complex SQL queries to conduct data validations and probe quality issues with data

• Experience in Database objects (Snowflake preferred)

• Strong experience in Project Delivery Methodologies: SDLC, Iterative, Agile, Scrum, Kanban

• Good knowledge and understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) testing methodology and document management.\

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite of tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PPT etc.)

• Strong track record of creating test plans and writing test cases based on product requirements

• Experience working closely with development and business teams to communicate problem impacts and to understand business requirements

• Experience in test automation and testing frameworks (preferred)

• Shows creativity and initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness (preferred)

• Comfortable in communicating cross-functionality teams and across management levels

• Experience with web-based SAS platforms (preferred)

• Working knowledge of the drug development process including knowledge of FDA requirements for GxPs and 21 CFR Part 11 required

• Knowledge of cloud-based testing preferred

• knowledge in programming like Python (preferred)

• Demonstrates required verbal and written communication skills including ability to communicate remotely

At Clario, our purpose is to transform lives by unlocking better evidence. It’s a cause that unites and inspires us. It’s why we come to work—and how we empower our people to make a positive impact every day. Whether you're advancing clinical science, building innovative technology, or supporting our global teams, your work helps bring life‑changing therapies to patients faster.