Edward Carvajal
Design
Valle, Colombia
Skills
Quality Assurance (QA)
About
Edward Carvajal Martinez's skills align with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Edward also has skills associated with IT Testers (Information and Communication Technology). Edward Carvajal Martinez has 21 years of work experience, with 11 years of management experience, including a low-level position.
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Work Experience
QA Lead
Bank Pekao S.A
February 2023 - Present
- Projects: Payment Processing Systems (Fintech) Developed and a test plan based on manual automated testing to increase efficiency and coverage Cypress and Cucumber based on the requirements and specifications. Collaborated with stakeholders to understand project goals, timelines, and resource requirements. Made informed decisions related to defect resolution, prioritization, and release readiness, taking into account both business and technical considerations. Oversaw the execution of test cases and monitored test results to identify defects and deviations from expected outcomes.
Quality Assurance Specialist
Solutions Medias
May 2022 - December 2022
- Canada (Hybrid) Solutions Medias 360 Projects: Dynamic CRM for Canada's Car Dealers Conducted manual and automated testing of frontend and backend systems, APIs, and databases using Cypress and Cucumber (BDD), Postman and MySQL. Designed and implemented test plans, test cases, and test scripts in Jira with Gherkin language, ensuring thorough test coverage. Ensured sanity, functional, integration, system, black box, white box, and regression testing for mobile and web applications. Provide recommendations based on data-driven insights to support decision-making processes.
Test Lead
Data Crédito Experian (Fintech)
December 2020 - April 2022
- (Remote) Tavant Projects: Data Crédito Experian (Fintech) Contributed to the development and maintenance of test automation framework with Cypress and Cucumber (BDD) Automated acceptance tests to run after successful integration tests, simulating end-user interactions. Integrated testing into the CI/CD pipeline to check for compatibility issues. Maintain a detailed record of queries, defects, and resolutions, providing clear documentation for future reference and improvement.
QA Lead
Deloitte
February 2019 - December 2020
- Colombia (Hybrid) Globant Projects: Deloitte - E&Y (Financial applications) Created thorough documentation of test procedures, test results, and defects in Jira and Confluence. Implemented and championed quality engineering best practices to identify and address issues early, ensuring that the final product is reliable and meets user expectations. Executed and Integrated performance tests with Jmeter into the CI/CD pipeline to identify performance bottlenecks early. Conducted manual testing to support production application and services releases.
QA Lead
Lucasian Labs SAS
September 2016 - December 2018
- Colombia (On-Site) Lucasian Labs SAS Projects: ACH Online Payments (Fintech) Identified, documented, and tracked software defects, and worked with developers to resolve them. Maintained and expanded test coverage, contributing to the overall test strategy. Analyzed logs for diagnosing problems, understanding system behavior, and making efficient decisions. Implemented and managed automation frameworks for testing, including UI and API automation with Selenium Webdriver.
QA Lead
GreenSQA
November 2014 - August 2016
- Colombia (On-Site) GreenSQA Projects: Migration from Peoplesoft to SAP (Banking Software) Provided leadership and guidance to the test team. Developed and executed regression and smoke tests with Selenium Webdriver and Python. Conducted manual testing to support production application and services releases. Identified and mitigated risks associated with the testing process, including resource constraints, scope changes, and challenges in test execution.
QA Assurance Lead
JP Morgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo
August 2012 - November 2014
- (Remote) Zobee Projects: JP Morgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo (Data Migration) Involved in sprint planning meetings to understand user stories, acceptance criteria, and testing requirements to apply high level methodologies for testing. Identified testing scope, designed test plans, managed risks, and estimated testing efforts. Collaborated with third-party suppliers for defect management and taking decisions. Led feature-level test plans from requirements through production rollout.
Test Engineer
August 2011 - August 2012
- Colombia (On-Site) Procesos & Tecnología Projects: Data Migration from AS400 RPG to Java (Fintech) Supported the functional tests during the data migration from AS/400 to the new database used in the Java application via ETL (Extract, Transform, Load). Designed and executed functional equivalence tests to ensure that the new Java application reproduces the exact same functionality as the original RPG application. Compared the results of both applications in different scenarios to verify if they are identical. Maintained documentation related to test plans, test cases, and test results.
Junior Tester
Academia Militar Jose Maria Cabal
June 2003 - June 2011
- Colombia (On-Site) Academia Militar Jose Maria Cabal Projects: Website and financial applications from the company Assisted in setting up test data and tested environments to support test cases. Designed test cases and manual execution of tests. Confirmed that all content, including text, images, and multimedia, was displayed correctly and was up-to-date. Tested dynamic content, such as news feeds and user-generated content.
Systems Practitioner
Academia Militar Jose Maria Cabal
January 2003 - June 2003
- Colombia (On-Site) Academia Militar Jose Maria Cabal Projects: Infrastructure, website and financial applications Configured hardware and software, performed security updates, and conducted preventive maintenance tasks. Designed web content with HTML and CSS. Conducted regular backups of the database and website files. Engaged in continuous learning and training to enhance testing skills and knowledge. References and documentation available upon request
Education
Udemy
