Senior QA Analyst Manual & Automation Testing

GEBEYAW (GABBY) GEMBERIA

Senior QA Analyst Manual & Automation Testing

Silver Spring, MD 20906 443-***-**** *********@*******.**

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior QA Analyst / QA Tester with 10+ years of experience in manual and automated testing of enterprise web, mobile, portal, API, database, financial, and government applications. Experienced throughout SDLC, including requirements analysis, test planning, test case design, test data pe-up, functional and regression automation, integration testing, defect management, release validation, and production support.

Strong hands-on experience with HP ALM/QC, Jira, qTest, SQL, Oracle 11g, Postman, SoapUI, ReadyAPI, Playwright, SOATest, DB2, Snowflake, AWS Athena, AWS, and Azure. Experienced in Agile and Waterfall environments with strong requirements traceability, backend data validation, API testing, defect investigation, and automated regression testing.

CORE SKILLS

Testing: Manual, Automation, Functional, Integration, E2E, Regression, SIT, UAT, System, Web/Browser, Mobile, API, Database and ETL testing.

QA: Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Automation Scripts, Regression Suites, Traceability, Defect Management, Release Validation and Production Support.

API/Web Services: REST, Postman, SoapUI, ReadyAPI, IBM RIT, SOATest and Playwright.

Database/Cloud: SQL, Oracle 11g, Snowflake, AWS Athena, AWS and Azure.

Tools: HP ALM/QC, Jira, and qTest.

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, SDLC, Defect Lifecycle, and Release Management.

Domains: Banking, Financial Services, Payments, Lending, and Government applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK — Wilmington, DE

UAT Tester January 2026 – July 2026

Designed test plans, strategies, scenarios, and test cases from business/system requirements for enterprise banking applications.

Performed manual and automated functional, integration, E2E, SIT, UAT, regression, web, and database testing.

Developed automated functional and regression scripts and executed 200+ test cases per release.

Performed SQL/Oracle 11g validation across 10+ database tables to verify data integrity and business rules.

Managed and validated 100+ defects using HP ALM/QC, Jira, and qTest; reproduced issues and validated fixes.

Prepared test results, defect metrics, requirements traceability, and release validation reports; supported production issue investigation.

DC CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY (CFSA) — Washington, DC

QA System Tester January 2024 – November 2025

Performed manual and automated functional, integration, E2E, regression, web, mobile, portal, and database testing for enterprise government applications.

Developed test plans, scenarios, test cases, and automated functional scripts from business/system requirements.

Executed 400+ test cases and maintained automated regression suites for recurring releases.

Performed SQL/Oracle 11g validation across multiple datasets to verify data integrity and processing accuracy.

Investigated, reproduced, documented, and validated 75+ defects using HP ALM and Jira.

Participated in requirements/design reviews, Agile sprint planning, defect triage, release validation, and production support.

BANK OF MONTREAL — Washington, DC

Senior QA Analyst – Consultant July 2020 – October 2023

Led manual and automation testing for enterprise banking applications, financial systems, and legacy-to-AWS cloud migration initiatives.

Designed test strategies, test plans, functional test cases, automated scripts, and regression suites throughout the SDLC.

Built automation frameworks and regression suites, reducing manual regression execution time by approximately 40%.

Executed 600+ functional, API, web-service, and backend scenarios using Postman, SoapUI/ReadyAPI, playwright and SOATest.

Performed SQL/Oracle database testing and validated ETL/data warehouse processes during legacy-to-AWS migration to ensure data integrity.

Investigated production defects, validated fixes, prepared test/traceability reports, and participated in requirements, technical, defect, and release reviews.

CIBC BANK — Toronto, ON

Senior QA Analyst – Consultant March 2018 – May 2020

Performed manual and automated testing for REST APIs, microservices, payment processing, web, mobile, and portal applications.

Designed and executed 500+ test cases covering functional, integration, E2E, regression, API, and release testing.

Developed automated functional and regression scripts for repeatable Agile release testing.

Performed SQL/Oracle 11g testing, backend data validation, database interface testing, and application integration testing.

Maintained requirements traceability and participated in requirements, design, technical documentation, and test case reviews.

Investigated and reproduced defects, managed 80+ defects per release cycle, validated fixes, and supported production releases.

TD CANADA TRUST BANK — Mississauga, ON

Senior QA Analyst – Consultant November 2015 – February 2018

Performed manual and automation testing for lending, insurance, credit card, web, mobile, and portal applications.

Designed test plans, scenarios, test cases, and automated functional scripts from business and technical requirements.

Developed regression suites and executed 450+ test cases per release using HP ALM, Jira, SoapUI, and Postman.

Performed functional, integration, E2E, regression, API, web, mobile, ETL, and database testing using SQL/Oracle 11g.

Participated in requirements reviews, traceability, defect triage, and release validation; investigated and reproduced application defects.

Assessed application changes and updated affected test cases/regression suites to support major releases.

BANK OF THE WEST — Grapevine, TX

Senior QA Analyst – Consultant August 2014 – September 2015

Performed manual and automation testing for mainframe, payment processing, web, browser, backend, and financial applications.

Designed test plans, scenarios, test cases, and regression strategies supporting financial application releases.

Executed functional, integration, E2E, regression, batch, backend, and database testing.

Developed automated functional/regression scripts and performed SQL, Oracle 11g, and DB2 validation.

Validated ETL transformation rules and database mappings across large datasets to prevent data loss and truncation.

Investigated defects, validated corrections, prepared testing/release reports, and supported production releases using HP ALM/QC.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Computer Engineering

Concordia University — Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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