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Kevin Moyo

Wolverhampton

Summary

A software tester with an ISTQB qualification. Skills analysing complex business requirements & solution design documentation, system development and SDLC at delivery level through to commercial release. Highly organised team player and able to lead small teams proficiently; on & off-shore for maximised results. Ability to acquire new skills in short spaces of time while creating knowledge transfer documentation in parallel.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Test Engineer

Sytner Group
07.2019 - Current
  • Serving as a key member in an agile squad as the QA tester supporting the development team and BAs by improving the testing process within the squad
  • Working in a team assigned to all Sales products within the company for internal use; responsibilities include planning, estimating, pre-refinement of tickets and ensuring minimal defects are released to production sites
  • Developed and maintained Manual and Automated Test scripts using Selenium in Visual Studio resulting in 30% reduction in testing time as a lot of regression testing was required
  • Performance testing using JMeter/BlazeMeter for capacity analysis of our systems
  • API testing with Swagger documentation including creating automated API tests with RESTore and Postman.

Test Analyst

Cognizant
06.2017 - 07.2019
  • Assigned to an account performing Functional Integration testing, Regression & involved in User Acceptance Testing for BAU
  • Testing the Metering Application (MAPP) for both SMETS1 & SMETS2 solutions in an Agile environment
  • Tools used for testing include SAP ISU, DCC stubs & actual connection to DCC IH endpoints, SQL developer, DB Browser, VSO, MW and validating business services in test environments
  • Assigned as defect tracking manager for a sub project with industry testing team providing daily updates on new and existing defects on daily status call while producing daily status reports for the same.

Test Analyst

Cubic
07.2016 - 03.2017
  • Working in a small team on a few testing projects developing and implementing quality assurance methodologies to ensure compliance with QA standards
  • This included creating and executing manual and automated test plans using Sahi Pro automation test tool, test cases and test scripts from functional requirements to identify and document any problems with software; mainly web applications.

Software Testing Analyst

Travis Perkins
07.2015 - 07.2016
  • NGN Project
  • Working as part of a software testing team on the Next Generation Network project aimed at transforming the telephony services within the Travis Perkins group
  • Duties included the planning and testing of applications within the organisation during the VLAN migration as a junior software tester; Test Harness including automated FTP across multiple servers and VLANs; Test Automation of various web applications using Sahi software for continuous testing
  • Telephony testing of the newly implemented VoIP protocol across all branches under the Travis Perkins group.

Technology Facilitator

Innovation 1st
03.2015 - 07.2015
  • Working on the Innovation 1st project, which is part funded by the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and the University of Wolverhampton
  • The project aims are to enhance companies in their use of innovative technologies which create new market opportunities and increase levels of employment in the West Midlands area
  • Supporting SMEs with their ideas by the adoption of new or higher technologies
  • R&D into innovative technologies that could benefit SMEs which include digital signage, augmented reality and gesture recognition
  • Giving tours of the Visualization Centre in Wolverhampton Science Park and Telford Campus to showcase technologies to SMEs that might benefit their business
  • Performing general office duties and administrative tasks.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
2014

Skills

  • Conducting testing on all testing stages as part of regular SLDC
  • Identification of test requirements based on business requirements
  • Defect management with Azure DevOps
  • Test design for automation; testing documentation creation and maintenance
  • Regression testing, smoke testing, integration testing, acceptance testing

Professional Qualifications

  • ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level
  • PRINCE2 Foundation in Project Management

Timeline

Test Engineer

Sytner Group
07.2019 - Current

Test Analyst

Cognizant
06.2017 - 07.2019

Test Analyst

Cubic
07.2016 - 03.2017

Software Testing Analyst

Travis Perkins
07.2015 - 07.2016

Technology Facilitator

Innovation 1st
03.2015 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Wolverhampton
Kevin Moyo