Detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience across healthcare, enterprise, and federal modernization programs. Skilled in manual testing, service issue resolution, and root-cause analysis for cloud-hosted and regulated software environments. Proven ability to troubleshoot system failures, contribute to action plans, and deliver compliance-aligned releases with full documentation, traceability, and audit readiness. Experienced working cross-functionally with developers, analysts, stakeholders, and end users to gather requirements, train teams, and support onboarding and change management. Strong background in GxP, accessibility standards, aligned workflows, data integrity validation, and risk-based testing.

Andrea Valadez Valenzuela

Detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience across healthcare, enterprise, and federal modernization programs. Skilled in manual testing, service issue resolution, and root-cause analysis for cloud-hosted and regulated software environments. Proven ability to troubleshoot system failures, contribute to action plans, and deliver compliance-aligned releases with full documentation, traceability, and audit readiness. Experienced working cross-functionally with developers, analysts, stakeholders, and end users to gather requirements, train teams, and support onboarding and change management. Strong background in GxP, accessibility standards, aligned workflows, data integrity validation, and risk-based testing.

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Detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience across healthcare, enterprise, and federal modernization programs. Skilled in manual testing, service issue resolution, and root-cause analysis for cloud-hosted and regulated software environments. Proven ability to troubleshoot system failures, contribute to action plans, and deliver compliance-aligned releases with full documentation, traceability, and audit readiness. Experienced working cross-functionally with developers, analysts, stakeholders, and end users to gather requirements, train teams, and support onboarding and change management. Strong background in GxP, accessibility standards, aligned workflows, data integrity validation, and risk-based testing.

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Work Experience

QA Engineer at AstraZeneca
June 1, 2022 - September 1, 2025
Designed and executed comprehensive manual test plans and risk-based validation across GxP-regulated systems and third-party integrations. Collaborated with developers and automation testers to validate new features, enhance traceability, and align test coverage with automation scope. Supported LLM integration testing for grammar, summarization, and UI workflows, improving AI-based product quality metrics. Designed and executed end-to-end, SIT, UAT, regression, and post-release validation for onboarding, identity verification, prescriptions, and automated communications. Validated integrations between web services and internal apps, including data migration to AWS S3 buckets, ensuring data integrity and secure transfers. Managed defect tracking and release validation using Jira and Zephyr; verified data integrity via SQL and AWS S3. Participated in Agile ceremonies, mentoring on QA documentation, compliance, and audit readiness. Developed traceability linking requirements to tests and
Senior QA Engineer - Federal Program at BCT Partners
October 1, 2023 - November 1, 2024
Led manual testing for multi-factor authentication workflows and secure login systems supporting DHS modernization efforts. Performed white-box, black-box, functional, and regression testing across ST, SIT, UAT, and E2E phases. Developed detailed test cases, expected outcomes, verification statements, test evidence, and audit-readiness documentation. Validated modernization of legacy DHS applications into HTML-based apps, ensuring UI consistency, workflow integrity, data accuracy, and secure transfer. Logged and prioritized defects in Jira; collaborated with developers for rapid resolution. Supported user acceptance testing and coordinated with Product Owner to validate readiness of stories for testing. Leveraged AI and grammar validation to enhance test precision and documentation quality. Contributed to metrics tracking and test documentation to support audits and compliance; conducted root-cause investigations of production failures and defined corrective actions. Coordinated cross-
QA Test Engineer at Deloitte
October 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Executed system and integration testing for cross-platform applications (iOS, Android, Windows, Web) in Agile SDLC. Created detailed test plans, procedures, and traceability matrices ensuring full coverage from user stories to verification. Conducted functional, regression, usability, and performance validation for SaaS and embedded systems. Tested cloud environments (IBM, Azure, AWS), including build, cloud storage gateways, and data file transfers; validated cloud management, accessibility, and secure data migration. Monitored and validated cloud deployments, supporting scalability, data integrity, and performance testing. Participated in Agile ceremonies, providing timely defect documentation and validation reports using Jira, Jenkins, and Confluence. Contributed to DevOps pipeline improvements to support CI/CD.
Application Development Associate at Accenture
February 1, 2018 - September 1, 2020
Supported QA validation for Unified Service Desk and Dynamics 365 with enterprise environments. Assisted with test execution, configuration, and enhancement development using C#, AX D365, and SQL. Coordinated testing cycles in Azure DevOps and VSTS, maintaining alignment with business and technical requirements. Managed defect documentation and service tickets using Service Now; supported regression readiness assessments.

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Healthcare, Government, Life Sciences, Professional Services, Software & Internet