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Rafael Menendez

Miami,FL

Summary

Results-driven Test Engineer with five years of experience in designing, developing, and executing comprehensive test plans for complex software systems. Proficient in both manual and automated testing methodologies, with a strong background in identifying, documenting, and resolving software defects to ensure high-quality product releases. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to define test requirements and contribute to the overall software development lifecycle. Demonstrated expertise in using a variety of testing tools and frameworks, including [specific tools/technologies], to enhance test coverage and streamline testing processes. Committed to continuous improvement and delivering robust, reliable, and user-centric software solutions.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Test Engineer

First Services Residential
04.2024 - Current
  • Maintained up-to-date documentation of all test plans, procedures, results, and defect tracking databases for future reference or audits.
  • Tracked test reports and failures determined by root cause data trends.
  • Optimized regression testing efforts through continuous improvement of test cases and methodologies.
  • Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
  • Collaborated with development teams to identify, reproduce, and resolve software issues promptly.
  • Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives.
  • Reduced product defects by performing thorough root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
  • Developed automated test scripts to reduce manual testing time, contributing to faster release cycles.
  • Experience working in a Scrum or other Agile methodology
    Performed Rest APIs testing using Postman
    Wrote and executed SQL queries to perform the back-end testing
  • Performed Test Design & Planning, Test Execution, Exploratory Testing,Regression Testing, Performance Testing, Smoke Testing, UAT Testing
  • Participate in Daily Stand-up meetings, Grooming meetings for the upcoming sprint, Sprint planning, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective
  • Detect and track software defects and inconsistencies
  • Testing different Environment such as QA, Staging, Pre-Production
  • Participate in Build Production every month
  • Team player and embrace collaboration

QA ANALYST/QA Tester

Nordis Technologies
05.2023 - 03.2024
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features and bug fixes.
  • Streamlined QA processes for better efficiency, implementing standardized test cases across multiple projects.
  • Identified opportunities for automation, implementing script-based tests to minimize manual effort and increase accuracy.
  • Supported timely project completion through efficient prioritization and execution of test tasks.
  • Performed functional, regression, end-to-end, GUI, and acceptance testing
  • Developed and executed test cases and test suites
  • Performed cross browser testing to verify functionality of web applications using Browserstack Tool
  • Wrote and executed SQL queries to perform the back-end testing in a driver information database using SQL-Server
  • Participated in standup meetings and other required QA meetings such as test planning, retrospective, QA status and update meetings
  • Maintained requirements and created Traceability between Requirements and Test Cases
  • Detect software failures so that defects may be discovered and corrected
  • Gathered requirements from Business Analyst and analyzed them for testing perspective via Salesforce bug-tracking system

Education

Bachelor of Science - Informatics And Computer Systems

University of Informatics Sciences
Cuba
07.2009

Skills

  • Software Testing Life Cycle
  • Agile methodology (Scrum)
  • Manual Testing (Functional
    Testing)
  • Integration Testing, System
    testing, Acceptance testing
  • Rest APIs Testing
  • GRPC Testing
  • SQL
  • Test Plans, Test Cases design
    and Test run
  • Defect/Bug tracking
  • TEST TOOL
    Postman, BrowserStack, Snagit,
    Visual Studio, BloomRPC, SQL
    Server
  • KNOWLEDGE
    Familiar with languages like
    HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C#, SQL

Timeline

Test Engineer

First Services Residential
04.2024 - Current

QA ANALYST/QA Tester

Nordis Technologies
05.2023 - 03.2024

Bachelor of Science - Informatics And Computer Systems

University of Informatics Sciences
Rafael Menendez