Gillingham, England, United Kingdom
Transforming quality assurance through innovative test automation for mission-critical systems across aviation, fintech, and government sectors. With 15+ years of hands-on experience, I specialize in designing enterprise-grade automation frameworks that reduce deployment risks and accelerate delivery cycles. Core Expertise: ✓ Test Automation Frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Specflow/Reqnroll) ✓ Cloud Testing & Migration (AWS Solutions Architect & Azure Administrator Certified) ✓ API & Performance Testing (RestSharp, JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling) ✓ Agile/Scrum Leadership & Team Mentoring ✓ CI/CD Pipeline Integration & DevOps Practices ✓ Security Testing (ZAP) Industries: Aviation & Aerospace, Financial Services, Government & Public Sector, Energy, E-commerce
Leading comprehensive test automation for an aviation system, ensuring robust performance and reliability across on-premises and cloud infrastructure for global airline operations and flight data management. Key Achievements: Designed and implemented an enterprise-grade automation framework from the ground up, achieving 85% test coverage across UI, API, message brokers, databases, and message connectors, enhancing system quality. Integrated automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, improving deployment reliability and streamlining release cycles for both on-premises and cloud environments. Spearheaded cross-functional testing strategies for a seamless AWS cloud migration, achieving zero critical incidents during deployment. Provided leadership to shift testing left, empowering engineers to write automated tests as part of feature delivery, fostering a culture of quality and collaboration in Agile methodologies. Technologies: C#, Selenium, Specflow/Reqnroll, RestSharp, PostgreSQL, Oracle, RabbitMQ, AWS, Azure DevOps
Designed and implemented comprehensive automation suites to ensure compliance with GDS standards, enhancing system reliability and regulatory adherence. Led end-to-end testing for software releases, coordinating cross-functional teams and mentoring test engineers during sprint cycles to deliver high-quality features on time. Developed robust API testing frameworks using RestSharp and Scala, validating seamless microservices integration and improving system interoperability. Authored audit-compliant documentation to meet stringent regulatory requirements, streamlining compliance processes. Leveraged tools like Selenium WebDriver, Specflow, C#, MongoDB, Jenkins, ZAP, Gatling, WAVE, and AXE to drive efficient testing workflows and ensure accessibility standards.
Worked as part of the project team to support and test multi market role out of new functionalities and improvements across all the following business applications; Salesforce, ENGAGE, SAP CRM, SAP-Hybris, Magento, SAP ECC, S4 Hana, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Dynamics 365 Finance. Responsible for end to end testing across multiple platforms for various markets, tested both front end and back end solutions using tools such as; Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured, Postman. Support the business during and after production deployment.
Worked as a senior test automation tester on Rexel UK digital web transformation project, responsible for building and maintaining automation test pack on the eCommerce web-shop built on SAP-Hybris platform integrated into the back-end ERP systems with gateway-payment platforms, credit checking and control systems.