Mariana A.

Mariana A. has a strong background in Quality Assurance (QA) and testing, with experience spanning multiple industries and positions. Their most recent role was as a Senior QA Engineer at Nitro Digital Business, where they focused on web portal testing, Postman testing, database queries, and detecting responsiveness issues. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior QA Engineer at MURAL, where they conducted integration testing with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, created test cases, reported and monitored bugs, performed exploratory testing, and utilized automated testing tools such as Robot Framework with Sikuli and Appium.

Before MURAL, Mariana was a Quality Assurance Analyst at Sword GRC, where they tested desktop finance software, created test cases and plans with the Gherkin methodology, conducted exploratory testing, reported and monitored bugs, and performed integration and regression testing. Mariana also played a role in Scrum meetings as a Scrum Master and created training materials for QA.

Earlier in their career, Mariana worked as a Lead QA Analyst at Petreum, where they focused on web and mobile testing of HR software, created test cases and plans using Gherkin, conducted exploratory, integration, and regression testing, and mentored other team members. Mariana also created a QA wiki and estimated QA efforts.

Mariana's experience also includes roles such as QA Automation Engineer at SEAtS Software, where they created automation scripts and mentored manual QA on automation tools, and Software QA Analyst at R/GA, where they conducted mobile testing for native apps on iOS and Android and performed frontend and backend testing for the rga.com website.

Additionally, Mariana worked as a QA Analyst at Baytree, where they conducted mobile testing for native apps, created reports from Jira, organized the bug tracking board, created user stories and acceptance criteria using Gherkin, and researched required information for development and testing. Mariana also gained experience as a Software QA Analyst at Globant, where they created and performed test cases, created a testing plan for Onapsis, and monitored bugs and applications.

Earlier in their career, Mariana worked as a Software QA Analyst at TeraCode, where they conducted web testing for Innocentive, created reports and bug follow-ups, created test plans, and maintained Confluence with useful information. Mariana also worked as a Software QA Analyst at Dafiti Argentina, where they tested websites in multiple countries, conducted front-end and back-end analysis, and tested source code.

Overall, Mariana has extensive experience in QA and testing, with a strong focus on creating and executing test cases, reporting and monitoring bugs, conducting exploratory testing, utilizing automation tools, and mentoring other team members.

Mariana A. completed a Licenciatura en Informática degree in Informática from Universidad Empresarial 'Siglo 21' from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, they obtained a Tecnicatura degree in Artes plásticas, general from FX Escuela de Efectos Especiales from 2010 to 2012. From 2007 to 2009, they attended Instituto Sudamericano de Enseñanza de la Comunicación and earned a degree as an Operador de Radio y Televisión, specializing in Estudios sobre comunicación y medios. Mariana A. also holds the certification of First Certificate in English (FCE) from the University of Cambridge, obtained in December 2004. Mariana has obtained various additional certifications, such as Certified Scrum Master, Learning Git and GitHub, Agile Testing, Body Language for Women, Bored and Brilliant (Blinkist Summary), Characteristics of a Great Scrum Master, Developing Your Professional Image, How to Create a Perfect Elevator Pitch, Making Quick Decisions, Painting and Developing a Composition, Scrum: Advanced, Scrum: The Basics, Smart Cities: Solving Urban Problems Using Technology, Software Testing: Exploratory Testing, UX Foundations: Usability Testing, and Working with Difficult People, all obtained from LinkedIn in September and October 2019.