Seasoned QA expert with 20+ years experience who transforms testing through custom automation, enhances delivery processes, & builds quality pipelines
Aktualisiert am 08.05.2025
Profil
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Remote-Arbeit
Verfügbar ab: 02.06.2025
Verfügbar zu: 100%
davon vor Ort: 100%
Cypress/JavaScript Testing
Scrum/Agile Methodologies
Automated Test Pipeline Development
CI/CD Pipeline Development
API Testing
Performance Testing
Test Automation
Database Management
Cloud Technologies
Microservices Testing
BDD Implementation

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Hambuerg (+50km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

Projects 2015 - 2025
Driving Timely and Reliable Product Releases

Role: QA/Delivery Manager & Scrum Master
Customer: MedoSync, Hamburg/Dublin

Tasks:
Delivery and Quality Assurance Manager, Driving Timely and Reliable Product Releases
  • Organisation of sprint including story development and management of task breakdowns.
  • Meeting deadlines and adhering to release schedules.
  • Ensuring high quality, minimal defects, and a positive user experience using automation in CI pipeline development
  • Sharing best practices and knowledge within the team to enhance overall quality.
  • Identifying areas for improvement in QA processes and working with the team to implement changes.
  • Working closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure quality is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle.

Technologies:
Cypress with JavaScript, GitHub

Ensured the quality of the Smart-eID application through testing and integrated automated tests for new features into the CI pipeline

Role: QA Engineer
Customer: Bundesdruckerei, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Exploratory testing of Personalausweis portal application.
  • Implemented Cypress automation for suitable test cases to enhance testing efficiency.
  • Established baseline performance for the smart-eID application using JMeter API tests.

Technologies:
Cypress with JavaScript, JMeter, Gitlab

Responsible for testing of standalone Virtual Try-On application and VTO within online shop web application including implementing automated tests in CI pipeline

Role: Agile QA Engineer
Customer: Fielmann Ventures, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Complete manual tests of VTO application and identify tests for automation.
  • Implement automation of identified testcases suitable for automation using Cypress.
  • Develop e2e automated production smoke tests.
  • Using JMeter to develop Load and performance tests of recommendation and product API services.

Technologies:
Cypress with JavaScript, JMeter, Git, Postgres, Gradle, Kafka, Kubernetes, Concourse CI

Providing QA services for delivery of frontend catalogue application using a micro service-based architecture in a continuous delivery pipeline

Role: Agile QA Engineer
Customer: Fielmann AG, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Completed manual and integration testing of micro services for frontend catalogue application
  • Developed quick feedback API-tests using Kotlin, REST Assured and TestNG.
  • Integrated quick feedback using UI and performance tests in CD pipeline to be run on every commit by development.
  • Review acceptance criteria with PO on completion of every story to ensure all acceptance criteria are met and complete.

Technologies:
TestCafe with Typescript, JMeter, Git, Postgres, Gradle, Kafka, Kubernetes, Concourse CI

Providing automated scripts for testing new products in CI pipeline

Role: Test Automation Engineer
Customer: eSailors Ltd, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Carried out manual and integration testing of micro services for frontend lottery application
  • Developed and maintained automated E2E testing of lottery ticket purchase to draw results and player notification emails.
  • Evaluated new tools (Cucumber BDD & ThoughtWorks Gauge and Robot framework with python) to replace outdated and unsupported legacy tools.
  • Migration of regression test packs to new tool (Gauge).

Technologies:
Java, Spring, Git, Oracle, Hibernate, Cucumber, Geb, HPQC, Maven

Providing QA services to 6 JavaScript & 2 CSS design developers in sprint

Role: Agile QA Engineer
Customer: ePages GmBH, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Defined & ran manual tests cases for testing online shop creation web application.
  • Created and ran GUI automated regression test suites using WebDriverJS, Mocha test framework integrated with SauceLabs for browser compatibility testing.
  • Setup automated compatibility browser test framework using SauceLabs.

Technologies:
WebDriver JS, Git, MySQL, HPQC, Maven

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

  • BSc Applied Physics - University of Limerick
  • Diploma in Industrial Instrumentation - Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
  • ISEB Intermediate & ITIL Certified

Position

Position

IT Quality Assurance Delivery Specialist

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Cypress/JavaScript Testing Scrum/Agile Methodologies Automated Test Pipeline Development CI/CD Pipeline Development API Testing Performance Testing Test Automation Database Management Cloud Technologies Microservices Testing BDD Implementation

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Technical Qualifikation
Programming
  • Cypress/Playwright with Typescript or JavaScript (UI & API test)
  • REST Assured API test with Kotlin
  • POSTMAN API collections
  • Cucumber BDD/Gauge with Groovy, Java & GEB
  • C# & SpecFlow
  • Mocha with Cucumber-js
  • Selenium Webdriver with Python

Operation & Test
  • Continuous Integration (Github workflows, Jenkins & Concourse)
  • Git
  • Linux, Mac OS, Windows
  • Build Systems (Maven + Gradle)
  • Messaging (Kafka)
  • IDEs (IntelliJ, VS Code)
  • Cloud (Kubernetes, Helm, Docker)
  • Monitoring (Prometheus, Micrometer, Grafana)
  • Performance Testing (JMeter, QTest, LoadRunner)

Career
2014 - today
Role: Freelance QA Test Engineer

2007 - 2013
Customer: SQS 
Role: Senior Test Consultant

2004 - 2007
Customer: Avaya
Role: Software Tester

2004 - 2006
Customer: Sun Microsystems 
Role: QA Engineer

2000 - 2003 
Customer: 3COM 
Role: Network Test Engineer

Datenbanken

Oracle
MySQL
MongoDB
PostgresSQL

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Hambuerg (+50km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

Projects 2015 - 2025
Driving Timely and Reliable Product Releases

Role: QA/Delivery Manager & Scrum Master
Customer: MedoSync, Hamburg/Dublin

Tasks:
Delivery and Quality Assurance Manager, Driving Timely and Reliable Product Releases
  • Organisation of sprint including story development and management of task breakdowns.
  • Meeting deadlines and adhering to release schedules.
  • Ensuring high quality, minimal defects, and a positive user experience using automation in CI pipeline development
  • Sharing best practices and knowledge within the team to enhance overall quality.
  • Identifying areas for improvement in QA processes and working with the team to implement changes.
  • Working closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure quality is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle.

Technologies:
Cypress with JavaScript, GitHub

Ensured the quality of the Smart-eID application through testing and integrated automated tests for new features into the CI pipeline

Role: QA Engineer
Customer: Bundesdruckerei, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Exploratory testing of Personalausweis portal application.
  • Implemented Cypress automation for suitable test cases to enhance testing efficiency.
  • Established baseline performance for the smart-eID application using JMeter API tests.

Technologies:
Cypress with JavaScript, JMeter, Gitlab

Responsible for testing of standalone Virtual Try-On application and VTO within online shop web application including implementing automated tests in CI pipeline

Role: Agile QA Engineer
Customer: Fielmann Ventures, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Complete manual tests of VTO application and identify tests for automation.
  • Implement automation of identified testcases suitable for automation using Cypress.
  • Develop e2e automated production smoke tests.
  • Using JMeter to develop Load and performance tests of recommendation and product API services.

Technologies:
Cypress with JavaScript, JMeter, Git, Postgres, Gradle, Kafka, Kubernetes, Concourse CI

Providing QA services for delivery of frontend catalogue application using a micro service-based architecture in a continuous delivery pipeline

Role: Agile QA Engineer
Customer: Fielmann AG, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Completed manual and integration testing of micro services for frontend catalogue application
  • Developed quick feedback API-tests using Kotlin, REST Assured and TestNG.
  • Integrated quick feedback using UI and performance tests in CD pipeline to be run on every commit by development.
  • Review acceptance criteria with PO on completion of every story to ensure all acceptance criteria are met and complete.

Technologies:
TestCafe with Typescript, JMeter, Git, Postgres, Gradle, Kafka, Kubernetes, Concourse CI

Providing automated scripts for testing new products in CI pipeline

Role: Test Automation Engineer
Customer: eSailors Ltd, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Carried out manual and integration testing of micro services for frontend lottery application
  • Developed and maintained automated E2E testing of lottery ticket purchase to draw results and player notification emails.
  • Evaluated new tools (Cucumber BDD & ThoughtWorks Gauge and Robot framework with python) to replace outdated and unsupported legacy tools.
  • Migration of regression test packs to new tool (Gauge).

Technologies:
Java, Spring, Git, Oracle, Hibernate, Cucumber, Geb, HPQC, Maven

Providing QA services to 6 JavaScript & 2 CSS design developers in sprint

Role: Agile QA Engineer
Customer: ePages GmBH, Hamburg

Tasks:
  • Defined & ran manual tests cases for testing online shop creation web application.
  • Created and ran GUI automated regression test suites using WebDriverJS, Mocha test framework integrated with SauceLabs for browser compatibility testing.
  • Setup automated compatibility browser test framework using SauceLabs.

Technologies:
WebDriver JS, Git, MySQL, HPQC, Maven

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

  • BSc Applied Physics - University of Limerick
  • Diploma in Industrial Instrumentation - Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
  • ISEB Intermediate & ITIL Certified

Position

Position

IT Quality Assurance Delivery Specialist

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Cypress/JavaScript Testing Scrum/Agile Methodologies Automated Test Pipeline Development CI/CD Pipeline Development API Testing Performance Testing Test Automation Database Management Cloud Technologies Microservices Testing BDD Implementation

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Technical Qualifikation
Programming
  • Cypress/Playwright with Typescript or JavaScript (UI & API test)
  • REST Assured API test with Kotlin
  • POSTMAN API collections
  • Cucumber BDD/Gauge with Groovy, Java & GEB
  • C# & SpecFlow
  • Mocha with Cucumber-js
  • Selenium Webdriver with Python

Operation & Test
  • Continuous Integration (Github workflows, Jenkins & Concourse)
  • Git
  • Linux, Mac OS, Windows
  • Build Systems (Maven + Gradle)
  • Messaging (Kafka)
  • IDEs (IntelliJ, VS Code)
  • Cloud (Kubernetes, Helm, Docker)
  • Monitoring (Prometheus, Micrometer, Grafana)
  • Performance Testing (JMeter, QTest, LoadRunner)

Career
2014 - today
Role: Freelance QA Test Engineer

2007 - 2013
Customer: SQS 
Role: Senior Test Consultant

2004 - 2007
Customer: Avaya
Role: Software Tester

2004 - 2006
Customer: Sun Microsystems 
Role: QA Engineer

2000 - 2003 
Customer: 3COM 
Role: Network Test Engineer

Datenbanken

Oracle
MySQL
MongoDB
PostgresSQL

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