Tamara Alexandra Doescher, Software QA Engineer, Analyst, Tester
Houston, TX 77072 +1-832-***-**** **************@*****.*** Profile
Enthusiastic degreed professional with experience in software quality assurance, ability to multitask, prioritize and take the initiative during complex projects. Detail oriented while working long hours, also remain coachable and flexible. I learn quickly and I am open to consider and implement other perspectives. Summary of Qualification
• 3+ years of strong hands-on experience in manual testing;
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle;
• Expertise in Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall methodologies;
• Experienced in writing test documentation: test plans, test cases, test suites, etc.;
• Proficient in different testing methodologies including, among other, negative and positive, functional (smoke, sanity, regression, unit testing, etc.) and non -functional (compatibility, load, stress, etc.); GUI Testing, Installation;
• Expertise in creating easily reproducible bug reports and tracking their status until satisfactory resolution;
• Expertise in manual testing of the Mobile Applications including using cloud-based tools;
• Advanced experience using MS Office tools, including Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Word;
• Ability to work effective in fast changing working environment;
• Great interpersonal skills;
• Strong team player as well as able to work individually;
• Ability to learn new technologies and challenging concepts quickly and implement them. Relevant technical skills:
Platforms : Windows, macOS;
Mobile Platforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone;
Browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari; Testing Tools & Technologies: Jira, Azure DevOps, Mind Map (Coggle), Chrome Development Tool, Android Studio, Xcode, BrowserStack, Postman;
Data Bases: PostreSQL; Mongo DB; SQL Server;
Other: Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Teams, Wordpress, Netsuite (Oracle); Slack, Zephyr; TestRail; Professional Experience
Indigo Beam LLC, Houston, TX, Software QA Tester, November 2019
• Designed, developed, and executed test cases;
• Worked with development team to define test plans for releases and identify areas of risk to existing functionality including communication with remote team using Microsoft Teams;
• Planed, scheduled, executed, and reported tests to validate functionality of new features;
• Investigated reported operational issues and assessing risk and severity;
• Reported and track bugs using Azure DevOps;
• Collaborated with business stakeholders to ensure software meets business requirements;
• Validated UI and system functionality.
CodePloy LLC, Irvine, CA, Software QA Engineer, 2017- Still assist with some projects remotely
• Actively participate in SDLC stages;
• Took part in creating test documentation from scratch;
• Perform Sanity/Smoke testing, Regression Testing (using Gherkin language); Integration testing, Localization Testing (Russian language), Performance Testing, device testing,
• Conduct cross browser testing with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google chrome to ensure cross-browser compatibility;
• Verify fixed bugs and provided feedback / statistics on weekly Scrum meetings;
• Report and tracked bugs using JIRA with a further tracking and validation of files issued by developers;
• Communicate with remote team using Slack messenger, Skype, Zoom;
• Perform functional mobile testing on iOS/Android devices;
• Review the stories and participated in Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum and Retrospective meetings;
• Interact with developers, system engineers, and testing teams to identify applications defects;
• Effectively applied a Mind Mapping Method for a test planning using Coggle application;
• Perform Restful API backend web services testing using Postman. LinkMaster LLC, Russia, Software QA Tester, 2016-2017
● Performed manual testing of web applications;
● Detected bugs into the bug tracker, monitored their correction;
● Created test cases following company standards;
● Worked in a cross-platform (Windows/ MacOS) and cross-browser (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, Safari) test environments;
● Reported the progress of my work during daily Stand-Up meetings
● Assisted members of the QA team in various tasks when needed Education:
• Coursework in Spanish, University of New Orleans, LA
• BA in Business Administration, Tomsk State University, 2013
• AA in Linguistics, Maykop, Adyghe Republic, 2011 Languages:
• Russian – Native
• English – Bilingual Proficiency (written and oral)
• Spanish – Elementary Proficiency
• Arabic – Elementary Proficiency