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Cats, cooking, latina dancing
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Mariana Khoma

Calgary,AB

Summary

I am a highly skilled QA Engineer with 2+ years of experience, specializing in software testing within IT
outsourcing environments with a solid theoretical foundation, and a deep understanding of SDLC. My daily
routine is creating and executing test cases, reporting results, and effectively using task management tools.
With proficiency in web technologies, Chrome DevTools, and API testing, I am well-prepared to contribute to
your team's success. I am a hard-working and highly motivated person who can adjust quickly to new
surroundings. My qualities such as sociability, and flexibility make me good at teamwork. I am organized
and I always try to get the best result. I also believe that my previous work experience will benefit in my
work.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Quality Assurance Specialist

Fundacja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości Twój StartUP
10.2023 - 02.2024
  • Liaised between quality control and other departments and contractors, providing project updates and consultation.
  • Fixed identified issues to improve workflows.
  • Assessed products or services to evaluate conformance with quality standards.
  • Advised developers on problems with databases, performance and other issues.
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
  • Managed bug tracking systems efficiently to ensure all reported issues were addressed promptly while keeping relevant parties informed of progress updates at every stage of resolution efforts.
  • Increased efficiency by prioritizing test cases based on risk analysis and project requirements.
  • Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
  • Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Reported defects to developers and escalated critical issues.
  • Supported agile development cycle through active participation in scrum meetings, sprint planning, and retrospective sessions.
  • Used business requirements to create test plans.
  • Guaranteed seamless integrations between various system components by conducting rigorous API testing activities.
  • Wrote and executed manual test cases to assess functionality of programs and specific modules.

QA Manual Test Engineer

Coherent Solutions (Cargill MAX Project)
05.2023 - 08.2023

In this position, I work with the desktop application.

My responsibilities include:

  • performing both functional and non-functional testing;
  • creating different types of test documentation (test cases, checklists, bug reports, test plans etc.);
  • reviewing and analyzing product and business requirements;
  • testing applications on both Windows and macOS system;
  • performing regression, integration testing, exploratory testing;
  • installation, upgrade, uninstallation testing;
  • usability testing, ui testing, compatibility testing;
  • creating, executing test runs, and analyzing the result;
  • managing end-user (production) and client feedback;
  • performing product demos for the client;
  • provided technical advice to improve quality of engineering practices;
  • monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective;
  • prioritized defect fixes based on severity levels to ensure the proper allocation of resources towards most critical issues first.

QA Manual Test Engineer

Coherent Solutions (Wild Flower Health Project)
12.2021 - 02.2023

Pregnancy and healthcare client-server applications with mobile and web clients. I promoted an end-to-end approach, combining quality control and business intelligence expertise.

I've been performing the following responsibilities:

  • manual testing of hybrid mobile applications (functional and non-functional, including UI, localization, accessibility, compatibility, etc.);
  • creating different types of test documentation (test cases, checklists, bug reports, test plans etc.);
  • reviewing and analyzing product and business requirements;
  • testing applications using iOS and Android platforms;
  • testing applications on both Windows and macOS;
  • managing full release cycles (according to Agile);
  • managing and configuring the test environment;
  • testing custom builds and managing build promotions;
  • performing test documentation review and maintenance;
  • creating, executing test runs, and analyzing the results;
  • creating Confluence guidelines and instructions for knowledge sharing;
  • testing user logs;
  • managing end-user (production) and client feedback;
  • performing product demos for the client;
  • requirements elicitation;
  • work with Customers on defining requirements and scope;
  • user stories creation;
  • concept design in Figma;
  • provided technical advice to improve quality of engineering practices;
  • monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective;
  • researched new developments in testing methods and equipment and made recommendations to improve testing procedures.

QA Manual Test Engineer

NOME AGENCY
02.2021 - 08.2021
  • Carried out Functional testing;
  • Carried out Cross-browsers testing;
  • Presented Sprint results to the customer on the demo ;
  • Related Test-Cases;
  • Carried out Regression testing;
  • Performed requirements evaluation;
  • Localization testing.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Pure Mathematics, Differential Equations

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
05.2024

Graduate Certificate - Business Analysis in IT

BEETROOT IT ACADEMY
12.2022

Master of Science (M.S.) - Pure Mathematics, Differential Equations

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
05.2019

Skills

  • Debugging and validation
  • Documentation management
  • Qualification testing
  • Test plan development
  • Performance testing
  • Chrome Dev`s tools
  • SQL, HTML/CSS, REST, HTTP(S)
  • Agile manifesto (Scrum)
  • Jira, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Testrail, Confluence, Android Studio, Postman, GitHub, App Centre, Charles Proxy, Test Flight
  • Technical Documentation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application testing

Languages

English
Professional Working
Ukrainian
Native or Bilingual
Polish
Limited Working

Cats, cooking, latina dancing

I am the owner of a wonderful Maine Coon named Derun. In my free time, I like to bake desserts and attend Latin dance lessons.

Timeline

Quality Assurance Specialist

Fundacja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości Twój StartUP
10.2023 - 02.2024

QA Manual Test Engineer

Coherent Solutions (Cargill MAX Project)
05.2023 - 08.2023

QA Manual Test Engineer

Coherent Solutions (Wild Flower Health Project)
12.2021 - 02.2023

QA Manual Test Engineer

NOME AGENCY
02.2021 - 08.2021

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Pure Mathematics, Differential Equations

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Graduate Certificate - Business Analysis in IT

BEETROOT IT ACADEMY

Master of Science (M.S.) - Pure Mathematics, Differential Equations

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Mariana Khoma