Senior/ Lead QA
12+ years
Experienced Senior/ Lead QA with 12+ years in software testing across diverse domains. Proven expertise in manual and automated testing, performance testing, accessibility testing, security testing and leading test delivery. Strong technical acumen with proficiency in multiple programming languages and extensive knowledge of various testing methodologies.
Professional Skills
BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
Test Automation: Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Cucumber, SpecFlow, Gatling, Locust, POSTMAN
Programming Languages: Scala, JAVA, JavaScript, C#
Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA, HP Quality Center/ALM
CI/CD: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
Security/Penetration Testing: OWASP ZAP
Accessibility Testing: WAVE, Pa11y, Axe, ARC
Source Control: git, GitHub, SVN
SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile – Scrum, Kanban
DfE Experience
Family hubs project - Design and build of a National Service Directory to help people find local services and for professionals (from Local Authorities/Voluntary Community Services) to refer members of the public to community services for which they are eligible in their area.
As Senior QA:
Implemented and maintained a test framework for 3 digital services using cypress and node.js
Integrated the automated tests with CI/CD pipelines to achieve continuous testing – GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
Collaborated with developers, designers and BAs to improve the stories and requirements
Accessibility testing using wave and axe tools
Security testing using OWASP ZAP
Performance testing using locust
Public Sector Experience
6 years as a Senior and Lead QA in HMRC on various digital service implementations. Implemented and maintained automation test frameworks, tested the services for functional, performance, accessibility and security issues.
Private Sector Experience
Over 6 years' experience in various test roles across several large organizations such as IBM, Phones4U, JD Williams, ALDI, Equiniti credit services and NewLook. Tested retail, ecommerce sites, Healthcare and accounting applications.