Silvia Jose Santana

Available to hire

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert

Work Experience

Junior Automation QA at TransferMate Global Payments
November 1, 2024 - Present
Perform manual and automated testing of web and API-based applications in an Agile environment. Design and maintain test cases and plans in Azure DevOps, including regression coverage for MVP releases. Collaborate with developers and product stakeholders to clarify requirements, reproduce defects, and improve issue resolution. Develop UI automation tests using Java, Selenium, Serenity, and Cucumber (smoke and regression). Maintain and extend an automation framework by improving locators, stability, and coverage. Build an API automation framework with Java, Rest-Assured, Serenity, and Cucumber to reduce manual testing. Conduct manual API testing with Postman. Create a new automation regression suite for a new project. Use Git for version control and participate in pull requests. Experience with Azure Pipelines to configure environment variables and secrets for cross-environment test execution.
QA Intern at Software AG
March 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024
Work closely with developers to address defects, contributing to product quality and reliability. Perform manual testing, monitor test resolutions, and retest defects after fixes. Execute automated tests daily with Jenkins; monitor, analyze, and verify results. Daily reporting and lifecycle tracking of identified issues in Jira. Participate in CI/CD pipelines. Set up and configure diverse testing environments on virtual machines with different operating systems (e.g., Linux, Windows) using VMware vSphere. Configure Jenkins jobs.
Freelance at Utest, Test IO
August 1, 2021 - November 1, 2022
Functional and exploratory testing of web and mobile applications; localization and payment flow testing; execution of predefined test cases and defect reporting.

Education

QA Automation (Back End and Front End) at Software University
January 1, 2023 - April 1, 2023
QA Fundamentals at Software University
September 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021
Professional Program with Java at Software University
January 1, 2020 - June 1, 2022
Msc International Hotel Management at University of Surrey
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services