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SQA with years of experience in specification verification and validation of specialized systems. Financial, Communication and Government on CRM, Data Warehousing Business Intelligence and System integration. Working closely with development and business in Agile and traditional SDLC and iterative project environments. An action orientated self-starter, with significant experience as Software Systems Analysis (QA) bringing extensive knowledge of both manual and automated test. Skilled in data analysis, delivery focused in an Agile environment. The ability to work in collaboration and develop strong working relationships with non-technical stakeholders . Practical, hands on approach contributing to projects and taking personal responsibility. Robust experience of working with Agile teams and associated tools (Scrum, Jira, Confluence), Experience of working with partners and managing 3rd party relationships with experience of assessing 3rd party software.Scoping and planning projects, test strategy development with operational test activity, shape and develop to ensure the best quality solutions, develop approach to testing to ensure current technology trends are embraced to enhance testing methods.) Perform all agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.Working across a variety of global projects in close collaboration with IT Applications teams and key stakeholders designing, managing and executing manual and automated testing, analysis of user stories and case requirements, performing exploratory, system, integration, performance, regression, security, usability, accessibility, stress testing, post release checks desktop, web and mobile.

Listed skills include Testing, Sdlc, User Acceptance Testing, Quality Center, and 9 others.