diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/pipelines_control_service/src/main/java/com/vmware/taurus/service/graphql/strategy/datajob/JobFieldStrategyByTeam.java b/projects/control-service/projects/pipelines_control_service/src/main/java/com/vmware/taurus/service/graphql/strategy/datajob/JobFieldStrategyByTeam.java
index ac8a753943..6046d1978b 100644
--- a/projects/control-service/projects/pipelines_control_service/src/main/java/com/vmware/taurus/service/graphql/strategy/datajob/JobFieldStrategyByTeam.java
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/pipelines_control_service/src/main/java/com/vmware/taurus/service/graphql/strategy/datajob/JobFieldStrategyByTeam.java
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ public Criteria<V2DataJob> computeFilterCriteria(@NonNull Criteria<V2DataJob> cr
             // Only the team field currently support the 'equals' and 'like' operator
             String part = filter.getPattern();
             part = part.replace("%", ".*").trim();
-            return config.getTeam().toLowerCase().matches(part.toLowerCase());
+            var configTeamLower = config.getTeam().toLowerCase();
+            var partLower = part.toLowerCase();
+
+            return configTeamLower.matches(partLower) || configTeamLower.trim().equals(partLower.trim());
          });
       }
 
diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/pipelines_control_service/src/test/java/com/vmware/taurus/service/graphql/GraphQLJobTeamFetcherIT.java b/projects/control-service/projects/pipelines_control_service/src/test/java/com/vmware/taurus/service/graphql/GraphQLJobTeamFetcherIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bd5b1d1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/pipelines_control_service/src/test/java/com/vmware/taurus/service/graphql/GraphQLJobTeamFetcherIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 VMware, Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package com.vmware.taurus.service.graphql;
+
+import com.vmware.taurus.ControlplaneApplication;
+import com.vmware.taurus.service.JobsRepository;
+import com.vmware.taurus.service.model.DataJob;
+import com.vmware.taurus.service.model.JobConfig;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.AutoConfigureMockMvc;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
+
+import static org.springframework.security.test.web.servlet.request.SecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors.user;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT, classes = ControlplaneApplication.class)
+@AutoConfigureMockMvc(addFilters = false)
+public class GraphQLJobTeamFetcherIT {
+
+   @Autowired
+   JobsRepository jobsRepository;
+
+   @Autowired
+   private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+   @AfterEach
+   public void cleanup() {
+      jobsRepository.deleteAll();
+   }
+
+   private static String getJobsUri(String teamName) {
+      return "/data-jobs/for-team/" + teamName + "/jobs";
+   }
+
+   private static String getQuery(String jobTeam) {
+      return "{\n" +
+            "  jobs(\n" +
+            "    pageNumber: 1\n" +
+            "    pageSize: 100\n" +
+            "    filter: [\n" +
+            "      { property: \"config.team\", pattern: \"" + jobTeam + "\", sort: ASC }\n" +
+            "      { property: \"jobName\", sort: ASC }\n" +
+            "    ]\n" +
+            "  ) {\n" +
+            "    content {\n" +
+            "      jobName\n" +
+            "      config {\n" +
+            "        team\n" +
+            "        description\n" +
+            "        schedule {\n" +
+            "          scheduleCron\n" +
+            "        }\n" +
+            "      }\n" +
+            "      deployments {\n" +
+            "        enabled\n" +
+            "        status\n" +
+            "      }\n" +
+            "    }\n" +
+            "  }\n" +
+            "}";
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testRetrieveJobNameWithParentheses() throws Exception {
+      testJobApiRetrievalWithTeamName("VIDA (Eco-system)");
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testRetrieveJobNameWithoutParentheses() throws Exception {
+      testJobApiRetrievalWithTeamName("VIDA");
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Re-usable test that creates a data job with a given
+    * team name and attempts to retrieve it via the graphQL
+    * API
+    *
+    * @param jobTeam - the team name.
+    * @throws Exception
+    */
+   private void testJobApiRetrievalWithTeamName(String jobTeam) throws Exception {
+      createJobWithTeam(jobTeam);
+      mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get(getJobsUri(jobTeam))
+                  .queryParam("query", getQuery(jobTeam))
+                  .with(user("test")))
+            .andExpect(status().is(200))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.data.content[0].jobName").value("test-job"))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.data.content[0].config.team").value(jobTeam));
+   }
+
+   private void createJobWithTeam(String jobTeam) {
+      DataJob dataJob = new DataJob();
+      JobConfig jobConfig = new JobConfig();
+      jobConfig.setTeam(jobTeam);
+      dataJob.setName("test-job");
+      dataJob.setJobConfig(jobConfig);
+      jobsRepository.save(dataJob);
+   }
+}