Qa Engineer Senior

SARAH VON AZUREDAWN

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SENIOR QA ENGINEER

Versatile technical professional with an extensive track record of innovation and success Results-driven engineering professional with a solid history of effective software testing and qualification focused on decreasing redundancy and improving processes. Solid knowledge and success in an engineering development environment. Well-versed in research, design, and improving product quality based on system design. Skilled trainer and project leader with the ability to lead multiple tasks effectively while readily mastering innovative software and tools.

Exploratory, Manual & Automated Testing / UI/UX Beta Testing / Usability Testing and Processes Agile Methodologies / Release Management /Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Platforms: Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux, Unix, Cloud Tools:

API Testing:

AWS, Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Azure Portal, MS Data Studio, Parallels, Visual Studio, Microsoft Service Bus Explorer, Test.io, Global App, JIRA, Confluence, TFS, Serena, Jama, Zephyr, SQL, MongoDB, Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, Code Climate, CircleCI, SumoLogic, PaperTrail, and Datadog, Puppet, Git, Bitbucket, Playwright, Specflow Postman, SoapUI, ReadyAPI, Paw, Jmeter, Swagger

Agile: Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior QA Engineer (08/2023 – 08/2024) Abbot-Unlimited, Remote Sole quality owner for publicly-facing state government web application serving multiple state customers. Prioritized testing based on business importance, potential bug impact, and historical areas where severe bugs were historically found, ensuring areas and features are thoroughly tested. Managed deployment of code on the path to production through to release. Production support and on-call as needed. Key Achievements:

Transitioned development team to a feature-based branching strategy to eliminate cherry-picking and escaped bugs.

Limited the amount of defects released into production upon introduction to the team with zero hotfixes required during my tenure.

Laid groundwork for team to transition to automation using playwright and Req N’ Roll (a fork of Specflow)

Software Developer – API Testing (10/2021 – 2/2023) Excelon Development, Remote Demonstrated expertise in API testing for multiple development teams in collaboration with team leaders with a solid focus on usability and improvement. Determined code archeology via reverse engineering for uncovering API interdependencies and setup.

Key Achievements:

Demonstrated skill to effectively lead large technical groups in partnership with development teams.

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Served as subject matter expert on the ReadyAPI test suite and resource to teams focused implementing best practices.

Recognized for conducting research, developing, and completing the most automated test cases over a two week period.

Senior QA Engineer (12/2020 – 4/2021) Greenbits, Remote Partnered successfully on cross-functional product teams to test new features and regression test existing functionality across Agile environments.

Key Achievements:

Led product ideation and development planning while authoring and maintaining test documentation and automation for web and mobile applications.

Successfully mentored junior staff on processes in a supportive environment. Senior QA Engineer (9/2019 – 2/2020) Q5id Proven Identity, Portland, OR Delivered technical ownership for mobile and web applications providing manual validation for Android and iOS apps written in C# using Xamarin Forms. Led UI/UX and beta testing locally with Test.io and Global App, conducted deep analysis, and reported and resolved issues for handoff to product and development teams. Key Achievements:

Successfully partnered in the mentoring of a new automation engineer to ensure continuous QA best practices.

Collaborated with Jr. Scrum Master to deliver feedback and coaching to ensure successful product delivery.

Senior QA Engineer (3/2018 – 12/2018) Vacasa, Portland, OR Oversaw quality assurance activities across multiple projects including implementation of an API and execution of React for external partners and products. Played a critical role in establishing processes for setting up the team for long-term success.

Key Achievements:

Carried out release management activities using Semantic Versioning and GitHub Flow to size releases while handling deployments to various staging and production environments via Jenkins. Merged feature branches into master and tagged the release with accurate Semantic versioning.

Led activities for setup, configuration, and training using AWS CloudFormation resources for validation across multiple teams and external partners.

Delivered effective guidance and training to junior staff to ensure continuous improvement and career path coaching.

Senior QA Engineer (6/2014 – 12/2017) comScore (formerly Rentrak), Portland, OR Served as team lead on a variety of projects focused on business driven development and establishing best practices for continued success. Trained QA staff on API testing providing redundancy and introduced new aspects of testing not previously used.

Key Achievements:

Created and maintained a fully automated regression suite for the APIs using internally developed Python.

Established the embedding of QA across the development teams during the entire SDLC process resulting in overall departmental utilization.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Engineer – Jama Software, Portland, OR

QA Analyst – Cigna Healthcare, Portland, OR

Business & Quality Analyst – George P. Johnson, Portland, OR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Studies in Computer & Electrical Engineering

Portland State University, Portland, OR

The Tech Academy, Portland, OR

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