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KIYMET AKGOZ

Austin

Summary

Senior QA Analyst with 7+ years of experience in manual testing across web, mobile, and backend systems. Skilled in designing detailed test cases, defect tracking, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Experienced with Selenium WebDriver, Postman, Oracle SQL, and Jira. Adept at working in Agile environments, and ensuring high-quality product releases. Holds multiple ISTQB certifications.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior QA Analyst

Charles Schwab
Austin
06.2022 - Current

Supporting two projects:

  • Cards and Checks (Mobile) – A form-based mobile module where I led manual UI testing across devices, validating check processing logic, and backend data.
  • Routing Numbers – A web-based validation module where I performed manual testing to verify routing number formats and matched them with backend data using Oracle SQL.
  • Designed and executed comprehensive test cases in Jira, ensuring full coverage of business requirements.
  • Used Postman to verify request-response integrity.
  • Collaborated with developers and product owners to resolve defects efficiently.

QA Analyst

Selective Insurance
Branchville
10.2020 - 06.2022
  • Developed and executed manual test cases based on business requirements.
  • Conducted functional, regression, and UI testing using Selenium WebDriver.
  • Performed backend data validation using Oracle SQL, and documented defects in Jira.

Software Tester

Library App(Co-op Project)
09.2017 - 03.2018
  • Learned and applied both manual and automation testing concepts.
  • Developed and executed manual test cases, and validated the UI using Selenium WebDriver.
  • Performed backend data validation with Oracle SQL, and tracked defects in Jira.

QA Assurance Tester

Valley National Bank
Wayne
03.2018 - 10.2020
  • Executed manual test cases for financial web applications.
  • Validated UI components with Selenium WebDriver and backend data with Oracle SQL.
  • Reported defects and collaborated with developers for resolution.

Software Tester

BookIT(Co-op Project)
04.2017 - 09.2017
  • Gained experience in both manual and automation testing practices.
  • Wrote and executed manual test cases to ensure feature functionality.
  • Performed UI testing with Selenium WebDriver and backend validation with Oracle SQL.

Skills

  • JIRA
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Oracle
  • Postman
  • SQL Developer
  • Gherkin
  • HTML, CSS, XML
  • SQL / PostgreSQL
  • GitHub

Certification

  • ISTQB Certified Tester-Foundation Level (CTFL)
  • ISTQB Certified Tester-Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer (CTAL-TAE)
  • ISTQB Certified Agile Tester (CTFL-AT)
  • ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst (CTAL-TA)

Timeline

Senior QA Analyst

Charles Schwab
06.2022 - Current

QA Analyst

Selective Insurance
10.2020 - 06.2022

QA Assurance Tester

Valley National Bank
03.2018 - 10.2020

Software Tester

Library App(Co-op Project)
09.2017 - 03.2018

Software Tester

BookIT(Co-op Project)
04.2017 - 09.2017
KIYMET AKGOZ