Paris Vithoulkas
Quality Assurance Analyst
Brighton
Summary
Software-savvy quality assurance professional committed to confirming proper functionality and usability of software products before release. Plans test schedules and strategies according to project scope and delivery dates and monitors and tracks bug resolutions. Reviews software documentation to verify technical accuracy and completeness and to mitigate risks.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Quality Assurance Analyst
Cegid Group
10.2021 - Current
- Azure DevOps for incident management, test plan creation and management
- ServiceNow used for customer support & problem management
- Splunk for log investigations
- API testing using internal tools Web testing various applications and some Mobile testing as well
Quality Assurance Analyst
Diligent Corporation
10.2020 - 10.2021
- Created and ran a series of regression test suites using qTest for each new release and performed sanity testing for UAT and Production releases during each sprint
- Jira for incident management qTest for managing and running regression test suites BrowserStack for cross browser testing Exposure to Python programming language in free time Exposure to Cypress Automation Framework for research
Quality Assurance Analyst
ATD Travel Services
06.2019 - 10.2020
- QA working in an agile environment with the Development team for a travel company, testing front end functionality of websites as well as back end and database testing using SQL
- Mostly performed manual testing on various browsers and mobile devices but also had some limited exposure to automation frameworks and Javascript
- Participated in interviewing new QA recruits and help set up interview questions and process
- JIRA used for incident management and requirements management, source control tools such as Git
- Manual mobile testing on various iOS and Android devices
- Exposure to Javascript
- Used SQL to query databases related to the web-based applications
- Main project was working with Disneyland Paris to integrate their pricing and availability to our websites.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Geeks Ltd
03.2017 - 06.2019
- Quality Assurance Analyst or Software Test Analyst working in an agile environment on multiple projects simultaneously with a variety of people on different teams and using various software tools
- With the use of TDD methodologies throughout the Software Development Life Cycle, I write and review front end functional test cases on a day-to-day basis written in a Selenium WebDriver framework
- Use of in-house and major software including Selenium-based test management tools using Visual Studio, incident management tools similar to JIRA, requirements management tools, source control tools such as SourceTree/Git and various Google applications for reporting
- Manual mobile application testing on various iOS and Android devices that were created using Xamarin
- Exposure to various APIs through integrations with our applications
- Testing .NET core web-based applications
- Exposure to use of SQL to query databases related to the web-based applications
- Experience with testing both Monolith and Microservice Architectures
- Working with clients such as Search Acumen, Eazy Collect, Pro-Force Recruitment and the Architects Registration Board to name a few.
Software Testing Trainee
Capita Novus
10.2016 - 02.2017
- The CAPITA Novus programme offers trainees the opportunity to advance in the Software Testing field by covering practical and theoretical aspects such as real-life projects as well as the ISTQB Foundation level qualification for Software Test Analysts
Education
Certified Software Tester, Foundation Level -
ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)
London, ENGBachelor of Science (BSc.) in Biology, Second Class, Lower Division - undefined
University of Sussex
01.2013 - 01.2016
A-levels - undefined
Foundation College, Athens, Greece
01.2011 - 01.2012
Apolytirion of Lykeio (Greek equivalent qualification to A-Levels) - undefined
General Lyceum, Zakynthos, Greece
01.2008 - 01.2011
Skills
Test Plans and Test Methodologies
Test Procedure Documentation
Software Release and Versioning
Manual Testing
Strong Problem Solver
Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
Defect Tracking and Reporting
Requirements Analysis
Agile Best Practices
Timeline
Quality Assurance Analyst
Cegid Group
10.2021 - Current
Quality Assurance Analyst
Diligent Corporation
10.2020 - 10.2021
Quality Assurance Analyst
ATD Travel Services
06.2019 - 10.2020
Quality Assurance Analyst
Geeks Ltd
03.2017 - 06.2019
Software Testing Trainee
Capita Novus
10.2016 - 02.2017
Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Biology, Second Class, Lower Division - undefined
University of Sussex
01.2013 - 01.2016
A-levels - undefined
Foundation College, Athens, Greece
01.2011 - 01.2012
Apolytirion of Lykeio (Greek equivalent qualification to A-Levels) - undefined
General Lyceum, Zakynthos, Greece
01.2008 - 01.2011
Certified Software Tester, Foundation Level -
ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)