Sr. QA Engineer / Sr. QA Analyst

GALINA BURD

Sr. QA Engineer / Sr. QA Analyst

Marina Del Rey, CA *************@*****.*** 310-***-**** linkedin.com/in/galina-burd

Seasoned Software QA specialist with a strong background in both manual and automated testing. Extensive experience working in a fast-paced Agile environment, utilizing CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure. Proficient in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from test strategy and design to deployment and post-release support.

Core Competencies

Quality Assurance (QA) Manual & Automated Testing SDLC UI/API Testing Test Planning & Design Functional, Regression, Integration, Usability, Performance, Exploratory, Smoke, Ad Hoc, End-to-end testing & UAT Cross Browser & Mobile Testing SQL Defect Tracking CI/CD AWS & Azure Agile/Scrum

Skills

Testing Tools: WebdriverIO, Cucumber, TestRail, Sauce Labs

AI Automation Support: GitHub Copilot, RooCode

API Testing: Postman, ReadyAPI, Swagger

Programming Languages: SQL, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML

IDEs: Visual Studio, VS Code, IntelliJ, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Git, Octopus Deploy, Terraform, Spacelift

Monitoring & Logging: Sumo Logic, Splunk, LogRocket, Sentry

Cloud-based Environments: AWS, Azure

Tag Management & Analytics: Google Tag Manager (GTM), Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall

Bug Tracking: Jira

Collaboration: Confluence, Slack

Professional Experience

Sr. QA Engineer / Sr. QA Analyst

Stamps.com - El Segundo, CA

May 2007 - Jul 2025

●Contributed to front-end development of a customer-facing registration app and internal tools used company-wide by Customer Service and other teams.

●Collaborated with QA, developers, and product teams to review product requirements and tech specs to develop detailed test cases in TestRail that improved requirement coverage.

●Executed manual testing across browsers and devices (iOS, Android), including UI/UX, functional, regression, exploratory, smoke, integration, usability, performance, ad hoc, E2E, and user acceptance testing.

●Performed front-end debugging using browser Developer Tools to inspect elements, console errors, and network traffic. Used SQL queries to validate data integrity in relational databases.

●Analyzed test results, identified, troubleshot, reported, and tracked defects using Jira, resulting in a significant reduction of defect leakage to production.

●Designed, executed, and maintained automated test scripts using WebdriverIO, Cucumber, and JavaScript, reducing regression cycle time and speeding up releases; participated in code reviews.

●Engaged in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, backlog grooming, planning, demos, retrospectives), supported Scrum Master responsibilities, and contributed to continuous improvements in the testing process.

●Validated Google Tag Manager (GTM) implementations to ensure correct firing of tags, triggers, and dataLayer events.

●Contributed to front-end development tasks to improve team velocity and cross-functional collaboration.

●Monitored logs proactively using Sumo Logic, investigated production issues via LogRocket and Sentry, and developed efficient issue reproduction workflows that accelerated problem resolution and improved customer satisfaction.

●Managed deployments to all environments, including Production, using Octopus Deploy, eliminating dependency on cloud operations teams.

●Identified and resolved environmental issues across testing environments, minimizing downtime.

●Delivered knowledge sharing and training to new hires and junior QA team members, accelerating onboarding and boosting team productivity.

Additional QA experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in varied QA roles, including:

●Testing back-end APIs and services using Postman, ReadyAPI, and Swagger.

● Implementing and performing automated testing with Katalon Studio.

●Provisioning resources in AWS across lower environments.

●Building and maintaining Azure resources for website infrastructure.

●Performing campaign testing and optimization using Adobe Target.

●Testing Adobe Analytics implementation via Adobe Launch and Adobe Experience Platform Debugger.

●Performing cross-browser and cross-device testing using BrowserStack. Conducting visual regression testing using Screenster.

●Monitoring logs using Splunk.

Education

Diploma in Computer Systems and Programming Computer Learning Center – Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Moscow State University of Civil Engineering – Moscow, Russia

Certification

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Scrum Alliance

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