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Sonya Nelson

NY

Summary

Quality assurance and testing professional with a strong focus on developing and implementing effective testing strategies. Expertise in tracking testing progress and results to improve product and process quality. Proficient in various testing methodologies including Black Box, Functional, Regression, Exploratory, and Usability Testing. Demonstrated success in fast-paced environments, delivering quality results on time while fostering cross-functional collaboration.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Quality Assurance Engineer

EuroMax
Vienna, VA
02.2022 - Current

Worked with Software Developers and Documentation Specialists to understand features and technical implementation as well as with Product Owners, Project Managers, Systems Engineers and Customer Care to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and test suites that approximate real-world environments and regression tests. Responsible for creating UI/UX for products, backlog, bug reports and handling regression tests.

Quality Assurance Analyst

SovaTech Systems
Vienna, VA
06.2020 - 01.2025

Organize and analyze project, design, and business requirements as well as facilitate design, development of manual test cases, test plans, scripts, release notes, and automation tests in python. Overseeing testing including blackbox testing, functional, regression, explorator and usability testing. Held responsibility for creation and maintenance of test results and logs. Report defects arising during the test cycles and participate in identification of remediation strategies.

General Manager, Scheduling

Plant Specialists LLC
Long Island City, NY
03.2018 - 04.2020

Created, updated, and monitored project schedules for multiple departments. Worked closely with project managers regarding resources needed for specific projects. Communicated schedule changes and resolved scheduling disputes effectively throughout the organization when necessary. Developed and maintained scheduling procedures to ensure timely completion of projects. Maintained positive working relationship with fellow staff and management.

Education

MBA - Media Management

Metropolitan College of New York
New York

Bachelor of Arts - History

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Skills

  • Testing tools: Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, PyTest, JMeter
  • Programming languages: Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL
  • API testing: Postman, SOAPUI, REST, JSON, XML
  • Defect management: JIRA
  • Database management: MySQL, MS SQL Server
  • Development methodologies: Agile/SCRUM, Kanban, Waterfall
  • Documentation tools: Confluence, MS Office, Google Docs
  • Operating systems: Windows (7, 10), macOS, iOS, Android
  • Accessibility tools: JAWS, WAVE
  • DevOps tools: Jenkins, MS Azure, GitHub

Certification

  • Google Data Analytics
  • Continuous Delivery & DevOps – University of Virginia
  • Predictive Project Management – PMI

Project

House Design & Remodeling Web-Based Application

  • Created detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for multiple application modules according to business specifications
  • Developed and maintained Selenium WebDriver test scripts using Python to automate regression and smoke testing
  • Used Selenium to simulate real-user workflows for functional and UI validation across different browsers and operating systems
  • Conducted smoke, sanity, functional, usability, regression, and mobile testing (iOS)
  • Executed automated test suites via Jenkins pipelines to ensure continuous testing coverage
  • Identified, analyzed, and documented defects in JIRA
  • Tested application compatibility across Windows, macOS, and major browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE)
  • Wrote SQL queries for backend validation in MS SQL Server
  • Ran performance/load/stress tests using JMeter
  • Achieved a 35% reduction in post-release defects by proactively identifying critical edge case failures during pre-production testing


Methodologies: Agile/SCRUM, Functional Testing, System Testing, Back-end testing, Regression Testing, End to End testing, Cross browser and Cross platform testing, Automation Testing, Exploratory Testing
Environment: JIRA, Selenium, Python, Allure, JSON, Zephyr, MS Office, SQL, MS SQL Server 2016, Windows / Mac OS

PROJECT

Show Tracker Platform
Web-based application where users can keep track of all their favourite TV shows in one place. They are able to check shows’ air dates (previous and next), episode dates and information, reviews, ratings, and they can add their favorite shows to the list and check similar shows.

  • Conducted end-to-end testing across admin, client, and financial user roles
  • Validated data accuracy and permissions through SQL queries
  • Identified data requirements for the test cases and created data for testing
  • Created automation test scripts using Python, Selenium WebDriver, PyTest and Allure
  • Created manual test scenarios and test cases in MS Excel and executed them
  • Reported and tracked defects in JIRA
  • Performed testing of RESTful API using Postman
  • Performed Back-end testing using SQL (MS SQL Server 2016)

Methodologies: Agile/SCRUM, Functional Testing, System Testing, Back-end testing, Regression Testing, End to End testing, Cross browser and Cross platform testing, Automation Testing, Exploratory Testing
Environment: JIRA, Selenium, Python, Allure, Postman, JSON, Zephyr, MS Office, SQL, MS SQL Server 2016, Windows / Mac OS

Timeline

Quality Assurance Engineer

EuroMax
02.2022 - Current

Quality Assurance Analyst

SovaTech Systems
06.2020 - 01.2025

General Manager, Scheduling

Plant Specialists LLC
03.2018 - 04.2020

MBA - Media Management

Metropolitan College of New York

Bachelor of Arts - History

University of California, Berkeley

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