QA Automation Engineer | API Testing | Data Validation

01. About

I’m a QA Automation Engineer with a background in software development and enterprise systems configuration. My professional experience includes building and maintaining Tosca tests, managing test execution and reporting in qTest, testing APIs with Postman, and investigating data discrepancies using SQL and Splunk.

My development and integration background helps me trace behavior across workflows, APIs, and data processing. I also build personal, AI-assisted Playwright/Python and API contract-testing projects to develop coded automation skills and demonstrate reproducible testing practices.

02. Personal QA Projects

Playwright Python UI/API Test Framework

Repository Windows/Ubuntu CI Watch Narrated Demo (70s)

A personal, AI-assisted QA project that tests a local synthetic work-order application through its UI and API. It is a learning/demo project, not employer work or a production service.

  • Exercises API, browser UI, cross-layer behavior, invalid transitions, and failure diagnostics.
  • Uses isolated test application and database state for repeatable execution.
  • Public repository documents successful hosted Windows and Ubuntu verification; case counts include parameterized variations.

API Contract Testing Suite

Repository Full-suite CI

A personal, AI-assisted learning project testing a read-only FastAPI catalog with independently defined JSON Schema contracts and exact-value assertions.

  • Covers response contracts, known values, error behavior, and controlled compatibility examples.
  • Includes practice materials; the complete interactive course and automatic Lab 6 scoring are deferred.
  • Public repository records successful hosted CI on Windows and Ubuntu; this does not claim production readiness or completed mastery.

These projects are separate from my professional employment history and do not represent production services.

03. Skills

Professional QA & Test Management

Tricentis Tosca qTest Testim (recorded UI checks) Jira defect tracking Test execution & reporting Reproducible defect evidence

Professional API, Data & Integration Validation

Postman / REST APIs SQL / DB2 / DBeaver Splunk SPL MongoDB Webhook.site Kafka / IBM MQ LaunchDarkly feature flags Mockaroo / Chrome DevTools QA / UAT / Staging

Personal QA Automation Projects

Playwright / Python pytest API contract testing JSON Schema GitHub Actions

Development & Configuration Background

Java / JavaScript / Node.js Electron MariaDB Apache POI Visual Basic modernization Claims & policy API workflows Environment configuration validation

04. Professional Experience

May 2026 — July 2026

QA Automation Engineer

Eclaro · Rail logistics platform

  • Built and maintained automated test cases in Tricentis Tosca for a freight trip-planning platform.
  • Authored qTest cases, ran execution cycles, linked defects, built reports, and tracked issues in Jira.
  • Tested REST APIs with Postman, validating response payloads, error handling, and business rules.
  • Used DB2 SQL through DBeaver and Splunk queries to validate processing outcomes and investigate data discrepancies.
  • Validated legacy-to-modern regression comparisons, feature-flag behavior, and Kafka/IBM MQ message routing; documented reproducible defects and retested developer fixes.

2020 — May 2026

Senior Configuration & Systems Engineer

Eclaro · Enterprise insurance platform

  • Designed and maintained API workflows for claims and policy management.
  • Validated configurations across QA, UAT, and Staging to support environment promotions.
  • Used Testim to record and rerun UI checks; investigated stalled workflows and API mapping incompatibilities.
  • Refactored field mapping, UUID handling, and post-processing logic; trained QA and configuration colleagues and supported issue investigations.

2018 — 2020

Senior Programmer / Implementation Lead

Software Ventures International (SVI)

  • Modernized legacy Visual Basic banking workflows with an Electron/Node.js desktop application.
  • Integrated OCR, MariaDB REST services, and branch synchronization to support distributed operations.
  • Automated Excel reporting with Apache POI and supported implementation and platform maintenance.

2016 — 2017

Technical Support Representative

Convergys Philippines · U.S. telecommunications account

  • Diagnosed technical issues, reproduced faults, and escalated cases.

Contact

For QA automation, API testing, and data validation opportunities, please use the contact form or connect with me on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn

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