Marcos Arauz
Kitchener,Ontario
Summary
Focused and organized Quality Assurance with +5 years of experience supporting the delivery of high-calibre web and mobile products through meticulous testing and troubleshooting. Proven leadership skills with unmatched coordination and analytical skills. Passionate about learning and challenging testing techniques to generate products that meet the end user's expectations by limiting the number of bugs released and working collaboratively across multiple teams to achieve desired results. Reliable with exceptional business sense/judgment and communication skills. Looking to contribute my experience and knowledge to a team that continuously generates value for the business and fosters professional development and growth in a balanced life work environment
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Lead
MFTech
05.2020 - Current
- Served as the lead to the QA Testing specialists in a product development team, for the development of an electronic wallet called Zinli for Banco Mercantil (Bank)
- Supervised a team of 15 QAs, including an outsourced squad, located in 3 different countries
- Led the team in developing and implementing quality assurance methodologies adopting agile testing to deliver high-quality releases with the least number of bugs
- Applied hands-on experience in functional and automation testing.
Quality Assurance Technical Engineer
Smartmatic Panama S.A.
03.2018 - 05.2020
- Served as a QA Automation Engineer in a product development team for the development of the Electoral Management System, for General Elections in Denmark, where both voters and candidates for the different government positions in Denmark were registered
- Automated testing scripts for functional, Performance, and Security testing
- Promoted the utilization of automated tests by demonstrating their accuracy and value; turning automated tests into a necessary and expected tool to achieve quality within defined timeframes
- Researched and implemented new automation frameworks such as cucumber, selenium, etc.
Education
A4Q World Congress -
01.2021
Professional Scrum Master -
01.2020
Certified Tester -
01.2019
Diploma in Integration of Management Systems -
01.2019
Initiating and Planning Projects -
01.2015
Managing Project Risks and Changes -
01.2015
Master's in Project Management -
01.2013
Bachelor's in Systems Engineering -
01.2010
Skills
- Regression Testing
- End to End Testing
- Smoke Testing
- Black Box Testing
- Selenium
- Cucumber
- Java
- Requirements management
- Python
- Pytest
- Test Plans and Test Methodologies
- Results and Deadline-Driven
- Test Procedure Documentation
- Defect Tracking and Reporting
- Automated Testing Frameworks
- Collaborative Team Player
- Decision-Making
- Testing Analytics
- Strong Problem Solver
- Scrum Methodology
- Web and Mobile Application QA
- Bug Tracking and Resolution
- Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
- Manual Test Case Preparation
Accomplishments
- Successfully led a team of 15 Testers for over 2 years.
- Delivered over 50 releases of new functionalities.
- Created, implemented, and managed the QA Team OKRs.
- Designed a QA guidelines repository with manuals, procedures, best practices, and stakeholder management.
- Led the implementation of the automation test framework.
Languages
English
Professional Working
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
References
Upon Request
Timeline
Quality Assurance Lead
MFTech
05.2020 - Current
Quality Assurance Technical Engineer
Smartmatic Panama S.A.
03.2018 - 05.2020
A4Q World Congress -
Professional Scrum Master -
Certified Tester -
Diploma in Integration of Management Systems -
Initiating and Planning Projects -
Managing Project Risks and Changes -
Master's in Project Management -
Bachelor's in Systems Engineering -
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