Hi, I’m Ricardo Jesús Parra Jaramillo, an Electronic Engineering graduate from UPC. I’m a proactive and empathetic professional who enjoys turning complex problems into practical solutions. I have extensive experience leading, automating, and improving high-load processes through the development and implementation of tools that meet real business needs.

Ricardo Jesús Parra Jaramillo

Hi, I’m Ricardo Jesús Parra Jaramillo, an Electronic Engineering graduate from UPC. I’m a proactive and empathetic professional who enjoys turning complex problems into practical solutions. I have extensive experience leading, automating, and improving high-load processes through the development and implementation of tools that meet real business needs.

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Hi, I’m Ricardo Jesús Parra Jaramillo, an Electronic Engineering graduate from UPC. I’m a proactive and empathetic professional who enjoys turning complex problems into practical solutions.

I have extensive experience leading, automating, and improving high-load processes through the development and implementation of tools that meet real business needs.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
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Expert
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Intermediate

Language

English
Advanced

Work Experience

QA Automation Engineer at Plan A Technologies
May 1, 2024 - Present
QA Automation Engineer responsible for manual testing, regression, integration, and performance testing; authored efficient test automation scripts using Playwright; executed automated tests, analyzed results, and produced defect reports; integrated tests into CI/CD pipelines; designed detailed test cases and maintained all test documentation; created test data and prepared production readiness by developing and reviewing the Test Strategy.
Senior QA Automation Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services
October 1, 2023 - March 1, 2024
Led functional testing (manual and automated) for Salesforce; designed and managed automated testing artifacts; collaborated with client stakeholders to gather automation requirements and implement scalable test automation for Salesforce; defined test plans, cases, and data; performed bug detection and liaised with Salesforce product teams.
QA Automation Engineer at Whiz S.A.C
January 1, 2021 - October 1, 2023
Executed functional tests (manual and automated); developed automated tests with Selenium (C# and Python); API testing with Postman; used POM; wrote tests with JUnit; collaborated with Product Owners and developers; managed Git and issue tracking in Jira/Azure DevOps; ensured quality across web applications.
QA Automation Engineer at FIRINGS EIRL
February 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Managed deployment of releases; analyzed product specifications; wrote end-to-end and regression tests; performed cross-browser testing; API automation with Postman; used POM; automated tests with Cypress and Selenium (C#, Java); identified quality issues and updated testing procedures; aligned processes with industry best practices; conducted automation to extract usage info from SQL-based company applications.
Data Analyst at FIRINGS EIRL
January 1, 2018 - February 1, 2019
Controlled mobile app and ALERSISS software usage data; automated data extraction with Python, C#, and Selenium; processed structured and unstructured data; built SQL-based data models; automated incident reports; created dashboards and cleaned data; managed user accounts in AD.

Education

Bachelor of Electronic Engineering at Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025

Qualifications

Scrum Master Professional Certificate
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
Data Scientist, Big Data and Machine Learning (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Professional Services

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
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Intermediate