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FRANCISCO SITALDAS
U**** Vivaldi Residences Cubao,
#*** **** *** ****** ****., Brgy Socorro,
Quezon City 1109, Philippines
*********@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fsitaldas/
Highly motivated and disciplined DevOps QA Engineer with more than 6 years of experience in Software Testing specializing in UI Test Automation, API and Continuous Testing. I am currently seeking new opportunities to further my skills and experience by taking new projects and exploring applications of Software Testing and Automation. EXPERIENCE
Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Years of working experience as Software Engineer in Test with strong knowledge on HRIS Platforms and Card / Transaction / Payment Processing. Exposed to SDLCs such as Hybrid (Waterfall and AGILE Methodology) and Scaled Agile Framework
Sr. Automation Developer
RCG IT Philippines Elavon – Quezon City, Philippines March 2018 – Present
Proposes and Implements solutions to improve automation deliveries. o Introduced a strategy of grouping regression jobs to cater 3000+ automated test cases to run in parallel by the number of Jenkins Node that shortened delivery time by almost 90%.
o Introduced a cleaner way of reporting test automation results by utilizing serenity.
o Integrated Jenkins build result with TestRail.
Developed Elavon – eBoarding Value Stream’s first unified Selenium Test Automation Framework in Java with Maven, Junit and Serenity-Cucumber, integrated with Jenkins for CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Delivery). The framework is now being used in other business units of the organization having the following testing capabilities:
o API Testing – serenity restAssured / SOAPUI Integration with Maven o PDF Testing – PDFBox Integration with Maven
o Accessibility Testing – A11y Attest
o UI Functional Testing – Serenity Cucumber / Serenity Screenplay
Explored and implemented other test automation tools to upskill the team and be able to support other automation testing needs of the organization.
Spearheaded the ‘Automation First’ initiative of the organization to increase automation delivery per sprint.
Writing of DSL Scripts for Jenkins Pipeline Job and Continuous Integration.
Strategies and propose an automation solutions that best fits the application need.
Provide mentoring and assistance to Jr QAs in terms of the Automation First initiative.
Tools
HP ALM
TestRail
VersionOne
S-NOW Ticketing
System
ReadyAPI
IntelliJ
Eclipse
SOAPUI
Technical Skills
Robot Framework
Python
Selenium
restAssured
Java
Groovy
Git
Maven
Junit and Cucumber
Serenity
MySQL (Basic)
Professional Skills
Strong sense of
initiative
Passionate learner
Always eager for
improvements
Go getter
Enjoys mentoring
and sharing
knowledge
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Automation Test Lead – Automation Regression Team
RCG IT Philippines Elavon – Quezon City, Philippines March 2020 – July 2020
Managed 7 members composed of Developers and Automation Engineer to produce a complete automation regression package for eBoarding Application and complete its test automation project which an estimated number of 3000 tests has automated.
Established the automation software testing best practices, repository management and guidelines which resulted into a much stable end to end delivery of automation items.
Effectively communicates to product owner and manager to provide project updates.
Lead the integration of test automated scripts with our Jenkins pipeline in partnership with our onshore development team to deliver a continuous integration and development for every code drop and deployments. Sr. Test Automation Engineer
NGA Human Resources – Quezon City, Philippines
February 2018 – March 2019
Designing & Implementing Test Automation Strategy.
Automation Framework Design and Implementation.
Creating, Organizing, and managing Test Automation Resources.
Creating, Enhancing, debugging and Running Test Cases.
Organizing, monitoring defect management process.
Handling changes and conducting Regression Testing.
Co-coordinating Test team members and Development team in order to resolve the issues
Understanding and Analyzing Test Requirements
Inspecting Elements, Create Test Cases using Element locators and Selenium WebDriver Commands.
Maintenance of Automation Resources
IDOCS Integration Lead (Manual)
NGA Human Resources – Quezon City, Philippines
March 2016 – February 2018
Acts as first line of support for IDOCS using the NGA QA process, including entering and closing issues and working with test cases
Provides status reports to QA Manager
Perform the duties of a QA as time from coordination allows; Ensures that system is working as specified, including use of test cases or on an ad-hoc basis.
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Manage the HP-ALM (Defect tracking) database and S-Now (Ticketing tool) for all testing phases
Coordinate assignments for QA and ensure that the team understands and are following the NGA QA process
Provide training and assistance to QA to ensure they are following NGA QA Processes and Standards
Performs automation scripting for tests that has met the necessary requirements.
SAP HR Master Data Analyst
NGA Human Resources – Quezon City, Philippines
February 2015 – March 2016
Responsible for creating and maintaining test data for each stream and module.
Responsible in configuration of SAP Tables to be used in testing preparation and testing proper
Supports the team for test data issues, creation of data and use of tools
Coordinate with the Stream/Modules manager regarding new and additional test data needs
Reports to the Manager(s) and Directors for the team agenda and process Junior Testing Consultant – euHReka
June 2014 – February 2015
Responsible for testing euHReka software in the Development and QA side.
Responsible for creating test data used for Testing Releases.
Responsible for Manual Testing with focus in Regression, Mobile, Role-Based and Sanity Testing.
Responsible in creating Test cases, Test Scripts, analyzing bugs, and interacting with management and development offshore teams in fixing defects.
Responsible for developing and defining test script creation process that is applicable to the module/project.
Responsible for reviewing test scripts created by team members.
Log, document, and track defect found during testing using recommended tools and track issues to present RCA during post-mortem meetings.
Defect verification on fixed and rejected ones and updates the status.
Experience in SAP HR Modules
Focal Point to HR Modules: Recruitment, Organizational Management, Workforce Administration ( Payroll, Time, Personal Admin)
Work closely with offshore functional managers and development teams for test planning and execution.
MILESTONE
RCG IT Philippines
Certified Scales Agile Framework 4 Practitioner
Certified Scales Agile Framework 5 Practitioner
Nominated as RCG Employee of the month of September 2020.
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Took multiple Udemy certifications courses and learned how to maximize automation testing with Java, Selenium and Cucumber with Junit and Maven. And shared a learning path to the team for upskilling and mentoring. NGA Human Resources
KAIZEN Process and Tools
Develop Collate Image used for capturing test evidences
Co-Developer of Team Attendance Tracker
Handled Recruitment (Client Testing – Fifth Third Bank)
Handled euHReka Organizational Management
Handled Workforce Administration (PA, PY, Time)
Gained a performance rating of 4/5 (Exceeds Expectation) for FY 2014 - 2015
Handled IDocs Integration Testing
Gained a performance rating of 5/5 (Far Exceeds Expectation) for FY 2015 - 2016
Gained a performance rating of 4/5 (Exceeds Expectation) for FY 2016 – 2017
Was able to automate 80% of IDOCS Regression Suite EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Major in Information Technology St. Paul University of Quezon City
College (SY 2010 – SY 2014)
GPA: 2.40/5.00 (83-85/100)
Best in Thesis – Online Development of Order and Sales System for Teresita Sports and Music Supply
Internship December 2013 – March 2014
Omniglobe International (HRIS)
Train directly under the supervision of the HRIS Officer.
Research and development of a suitable automation system for the company HR
Troubleshoots, analyzes, identifies and corrects technical problems and deficiencies.
Diagnose the fault in a computer either hardware or software and then find out the correct solution to use to resolve the problem
Makes recommendation to improve operating efficiency and functionality of both existing and future HR automated systems.
References
Rinalyn Martirez
QA Manager
Elavon – Boarding Value Stream
RCG IT Philippines - Makati
Jesus Caspe
Full Stack Developer (Senior Consulant)
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Elavon – Boarding Value Stream
RCG IT Philippines - Makati
Nelson Sta. Maria
QA Test Lead Engineer
Elavon – Boarding Value Stream
RCG IT Philippines - Makati