Technical Skills

A broader QA engineering toolkit.

More than a single automation framework: my toolkit spans UI, API, performance, security, data, DevOps, cloud and quality strategy.

Automation Testing

96%

Playwright · Selenium · Cypress · Cucumber · TestNG · SpecFlow · Appium · Robot Framework

Manual & Functional QA

95%

Functional · Regression · Smoke · Sanity · System · Integration · UAT · Exploratory

API Testing

94%

Postman · Newman · REST Assured · SOAP UI · GraphQL · JSON · API validation · negative testing

TypeScript / JavaScript

92%

TypeScript · JavaScript · async testing · fixtures · utilities · npm · test data

Python / Java / C#

88%

Python automation · Java test frameworks · C# utilities · scripting · OOP

Performance Testing

86%

JMeter · Gatling · k6 · LoadRunner concepts · load · stress · throughput · bottleneck analysis

Security Testing

84%

OWASP ZAP · Burp Suite · Nessus · OWASP · vulnerability validation · API security

CI/CD & DevOps

91%

Jenkins · GitHub Actions · Azure DevOps · GitLab CI/CD · quality gates · pipelines

Cloud & Containers

82%

Docker · Kubernetes · AWS · Azure · containerised test execution · environments

Databases & Data

91%

SQL Server · MySQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · joins · CRUD · data integrity

Test Management

94%

JIRA · TestRail · Azure Boards · defect lifecycle · reporting · traceability

Test Strategy

95%

Test planning · risk-based testing · test design · regression strategy · release quality

Agile / Scrum

93%

Sprint planning · refinement · stand-ups · acceptance criteria · retrospectives

Quality Engineering

94%

Shift-left testing · test pyramid · CI-ready automation · root-cause analysis · quality gates

IT Teaching & Training

90%

Technical training · practical labs · mentoring · software testing · automation · SQL · APIs

Target-role toolkit

Skills matched to the roles I target.

My toolkit is broad enough for QA, automation, SDET, performance, security and IT training roles, with the strongest emphasis on practical testing and automation engineering.

Software Test Engineer / QA Test Engineer

Manual TestingFunctional TestingRegressionExploratory TestingTest CasesDefect ManagementJIRATestRailSQLAPI Testing

Automation Test Engineer

PlaywrightSeleniumCypressTypeScriptPythonC#POMFixturesData-Driven TestingCI/CD

QA Automation Engineer

PlaywrightTypeScriptPythonSeleniumCypressAPI TestingTest StrategyRegression AutomationGitHub ActionsJenkins

Senior Test Engineer

Test StrategyRisk-Based TestingManual + AutomationAPI TestingSQLDefect InvestigationAgile / ScrumCI/CDStakeholder CommunicationRelease Quality

Senior QA Engineer

QA StrategyTest PlanningFunctional TestingAutomationAPIPerformanceSecuritySQLJIRAAgile / Scrum

SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

PlaywrightTypeScriptPythonC#Test Framework DesignPOMAPI AutomationCI/CDGitDocker

Test Automation Analyst

Automation AnalysisSeleniumPlaywrightCypressTest DataRegressionAPI ValidationSQLJIRAReporting

Manual + Automation Test Engineer

Manual TestingAutomationFunctionalRegressionExploratoryPlaywrightSeleniumAPISQLDefect Lifecycle

Performance Test Engineer

JMeterLoad TestingStress TestingPerformance AnalysisTest PlansAPIMonitoringBottleneck AnalysisReportingCI/CD

Security / Penetration Test Engineer

OWASP ZAPBurp SuiteWeb Security TestingPenetration TestingOWASPAPI SecurityVulnerability ValidationSecure TestingRisk AnalysisReporting

IT Tutor / Lecturer

Software TestingQA AutomationPlaywrightSeleniumPythonJavaScript / TypeScriptSQLAPI TestingAgile / ScrumTechnical Training

Technology map

PlaywrightSeleniumCypressCucumberAppiumPostmanREST AssuredNewmanJMeterGatlingk6OWASP ZAPBurp SuiteJenkinsGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsDockerKubernetesSQL ServerPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBJIRATestRailAgile / ScrumSelenium WebDriverTestNGSpecFlowRobot FrameworkSOAP UIGraphQLLoadRunnerNessusGitGitLab CI/CDAzure BoardsConfluenceAWSAzureTDDBDDUATExploratory TestingRisk-Based TestingRoot Cause AnalysisDefect TriageTest Data ManagementCross-Browser TestingResponsive TestingAccessibility Testing