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Hi, I’m Paolo, a Senior Test Engineer with over 11 years of experience across Insurance, Retail, Smart Metering Solutions, Industrial Firms, Marketing, and Telecommunications. I’ve built broad technical expertise and a deep, practical understanding of software testing methodologies, including both manual and automated approaches.
In my career I’ve collaborated with Product Owners, Developers, and BAs to drive quality, design effective test strategies, and support robust release cycles. I hold ISTQB and iSQI certifications and continually expand my automation and QA knowledge to deliver reliable software solutions.
Skills
Language
English
Advanced
Work Experience
Test Engineer at MERIDIAN ENERGY
June 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025Role: Test Engineer at Meridian Energy (Public and Business EV Charging). Tasks included prioritizing Jira tasks, attending daily stand-ups, maintaining automation suite, retesting defects, and documenting test procedures in Confluence. Collaborated with Product Owner and Developers to clarify system requirements, designed test scenarios/cases, executed in Zephyr, and produced Test Plan and Test Exit Reports.
Test Engineer at CRESCONET Smart Metering Solutions
August 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024Role: Test Engineer on Abercrombie - iMDM project. Analyzed system requirements, reviewed issues in Jira, documented test procedures in Confluence, and collaborated with Product Owner/Developers/BA. Reported defects in Jira per Defect Management Process, designed and executed tests in Zephyr, and provided weekly Test Summary Reports.
Test Engineer at MECCA RETAIL
September 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023Role: Test Engineer for Digital Destination. Analyzed epics, liaised with Product Owner/Tech Lead for clarifications, designed system integration tests, documented procedures in Confluence, and performed regression and shakeout testing around deployments. Reported defects in Jira per process.
Test Engineer at TOURISM HOLDINGS LIMITED
April 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022Role: Test Engineer for Cosmos Fleet Application. Created automated scripts from test scenarios, investigated daily regression failures, provided status updates to Automation team, followed CI/CD and best practices, and performed basic Git flow when merging scripts; peer-reviewed automated scripts before merging; analyzed automation framework for improvements.
Test Engineer at OPERATIONS FEEDBACK SYSTEMS
November 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022Role: Test Engineer for Broccoli Application. Engaged with development in an agile environment, clarified business requirements with BA, oversaw automated test scenarios and frameworks, prepared functional test cases, and ensured QA strategy adherence.
Test Automation Engineer at TRIBE Digital Marketing
July 1, 2021 - September 1, 2021Role: Test Automation Engineer for Tribe Influencer Marketing Application. Analyzed testing inputs from user stories, performed peer reviews on automation candidates, updated story cards, performed root cause analysis on failed automated scripts, and peer reviewed automated scripts before merging.
Quality Assurance Engineer at PARSABLE
January 1, 2021 - July 1, 2021Role: QA Engineer for Lambda Provisioning Trial Account. Analyzed story cards and provided estimates, performed peer reviews on automated scripts for GitHub merges, used databases for test data, performed integration tests with Postman, designed and executed functional and automated tests, followed Git flow, logged defects in Jira, and reported blockers in daily stand-ups.
Software Tester at TELSTRA
March 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021Role: Software Tester for IVR ID and Authentication. Used full regression suite, created documentation in Confluence for new features, reviewed test cases with BA and Dev, performed API testing via SoapUI, prepared test cases/scripts for functional/regression testing, identified automation candidates, configured Jenkins for automation execution, and investigated failures in regression.
Test Specialist at IBM TELEPACIFIC
August 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017Role: Test Specialist for Dash TPx. Participated in backlog grooming and user story elaboration, provided estimates and schedules, performed cross-browser testing, delivered weekly/monthly test summaries, assisted with automation, and supported merging automated tests.
Test Specialist at AIG UNITED GUARANTY CORPORATION
May 1, 2014 - July 1, 2017Role: Test Specialist for Mortgage Insurance. Reviewed User Stories with PO/BA/Tech Dev, designed Master Test Plan/Strategy, prepared and executed functional/regression tests manually and with automation in HP QC, attended defect triage, conducted end-to-end and integration testing, executed full regression in Jenkins, and logged defects.
Education
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, major in Service Management
January 11, 2030 - December 7, 2025ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
January 11, 2030 - December 7, 2025ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Analyst
January 11, 2030 - December 7, 2025iSQI Certified Agile Essentials
January 11, 2030 - December 7, 2025AI Powered QE Foundations – Planit NZ
January 11, 2030 - December 7, 2025Industry Experience
Retail, Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment
Skills
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