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MICHAEL K. NYANDE

MICHAEL K. NYANDE

QA Analyst
London

Summary

Professional Software Quality Assurance Engineer with years of experience in Ecommerce, Banking, Payment Solutions and Digital industry. Adept with API testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Database Testing Mobile Device Testing and Database Testing. Strong abilities in writing and implementing test cases, executing test cases, logging and developing testing plans. Fully versed in complete Agile Scrum/Kanban, Waterfall and hybrid methodologies. Hands on experience in troubleshooting and identifying root cause analysis. Has to ability to identify risk, propose alternative work around and mitigate risks. Experience in mentoring junior members of the test function

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Software Test Analyst

Acorn Insurance
12.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Insurance Broking Accounting - Testing Transaction Processing, Reconciliation Processes and Financial Statements
  • Prioritising and planning test activities as assisting with code releases
  • Building and maintaining deep understanding of all software products
  • Undertaking software testing to ensure that all defects are identified and corrected
  • Designing and documenting test cases and reports
  • Bug tracking, identifying defects and recording them with appropriate details and tools - Jira
  • Testing web and API applications using manual using Browserstack and POSTMAN/SWAGGER
  • Analysing acceptance criteria for development work and producing thorough and replicable test cases for each work item
  • Maintaining portfolio of test suites and test cases for all company products and solutions
  • Capturing test outcomes and escalating bugs as necessary
  • Working closely with SME's and software developers to analyse new features, enhancements and fixes for testing
  • Insurance Broking Accounting - Testing Transaction Processing, Reconciliation Processes and Financial Statements

Software Manual Test Engineer

Londis
02.2019 - 12.2022
  • Test analysis and design: Designing tests which are written to consider full system integrations i.e
  • Multi journey impacting multiple systems and services
  • Responsible for quality of tests against stories, writing tests that consider different test phases with test scenarios aligned to business requirements and responsible for maintenance of test regression packs
  • Test execution: Running tests as required
  • Ensures tests conducted by more junior testers are done correctly
  • Actively removing blockers and escalating where needed
  • Defect management: Identifying and raising defects to agreed standard
  • Retesting once fixed
  • Closing assigned defects once resolved
  • Providing governance on defect management
  • Ensures defects are completed in line with SLAs agreed for project
  • Reporting: Producing reports as required in relation to assigned work and project phase
  • This includes preparation progress updates; test execution progress; defects; test outcome report etc
  • Delivering Business Testing for projects to agreed time/budget/quality as laid down in business case, test strategies and commercial agreement with clients
  • Providing effective communication to Test Managers and Business users to support smooth delivery of test activity
  • Providing input into defining appropriate test approach in collaboration with Test Manager to ensure effective Business Test preparation and execution is produced, which mitigate business risk
  • Owning creation of Test deliverables

Software Test Analyst

British Airways
03.2018 - 02.2019
  • Undertook functional and integration testing ensuring appropriate test coverage
  • Performed Regression testing as needed
  • Created test cases and test scenarios
  • Attended workshops with business and technical representatives to discuss system functionality, test scenario identification and other test-dependent activities
  • Created regression tests packs and test execution reports
  • Executed test cases, recording the results of the test and managing defects using test management and defect management tools
  • Created relevant test data and test cases based on the change/project
  • Liaised with project managers, team members & the wider business about the testing and defects identified
  • Worked alongside a dynamic team of internal developers and third-party suppliers to ensure that changes meet the agreed requirements
  • Contributed to and inputting into the overall test strategy of the company where relevant
  • Produced relevant documentation and feeding into deployment approval meetings in order to get changes progressed to the Production environment
  • Provided regular feedback to the business about the status of testing and updates to the testing estimates provided

Junior software tester

Halifax
04.2017 - 03.2018
  • Used strong understanding of software testing methodologies and principles to continually improve testing processes
  • Maintained test logs and documented all tests, providing accurate and timely status updates
  • Tested web applications across diverse range of desktop, tablet and mobile devices
  • Collaborated with software developers, system engineers and other engineering staff to improve quality and reliability of software

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Software Testing, Testing Through Software Lifecycle, Principles of Testing, Fundamentals of Testing, Software Test Process, Defect Identification, tracking and resolution process, Test Report & Closure

QA XPERTS

Bachelors Degree - BSc Statistics, Regression Analysis, Sample Survey and Test Theories, Programming for Mathematics (MatLab), Mathematical Methods, Statistical Computing and Data Analysis (SPSS, R Software), Time Series Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Multivariate Data Analysis, Statistical Quality Control, Design and Analysis of Experiments

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
04.2016 - 02.2018

Skills

API Testing

Timeline

Software Test Analyst - Acorn Insurance
12.2022 - Current
Software Manual Test Engineer - Londis
02.2019 - 12.2022
Software Test Analyst - British Airways
03.2018 - 02.2019
Junior software tester - Halifax
04.2017 - 03.2018
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology - Bachelors Degree, BSc Statistics, Regression Analysis, Sample Survey and Test Theories, Programming for Mathematics (MatLab), Mathematical Methods, Statistical Computing and Data Analysis (SPSS, R Software), Time Series Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Multivariate Data Analysis, Statistical Quality Control, Design and Analysis of Experiments
04.2016 - 02.2018
QA XPERTS - Some College (No Degree), Software Testing, Testing Through Software Lifecycle, Principles of Testing, Fundamentals of Testing, Software Test Process, Defect Identification, tracking and resolution process, Test Report & Closure

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