Thabisile Mafolo
Senior QA Test Analyst
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About
A highly passionate, motivated and driven individual with a National Diploma in Information Technology: Software Development. I hold a ISTQB-ISEB Certified Advanced Level certificate. Experienced with test planning, execution, and defect tracking.
Utilizes analytical skills and technical expertise to identify and resolve software issues. Knowledge of automation tools and methodologies, ensuring efficient and effective testing processes. Equipped with sharp and effective communicating mechanisms, strong analytical and Problem-Solving skills.
Seeking a challenging career with a progressive organization that provides an opportunity to capitalize my qualifications, technical skills and abilities in the field of Testing.
Experience
Senior QA Test Analyst - GetMyBoat - Remote
(2022-03 - 2026-05)
Technical Output
- Proactively participate in planning and design sessions
- Create/Update/Refactor test cases
- Engage with developers/PM's and UX
- Identify risk and prioritize test cases - escalate to team lead
- Get all information, attempt to exhaust all possible sources before the project starts
- Plan and develop reusable maintainable artifacts
- Create Mind maps & test cases and have team review sessions to go through them
- Identify, prioritize create automatable test cases - to be used by automation engineer
- Identify ways to reduce time when testing
- Suggest alternative test tools for further investigations and findings
- Identify potential bottlenecks during planning & execution
- Participate in retrospectives and project reviews
- Review missed/live issues and suggest improvements
- Ensure updates from reviews are implemented
- Conduct Web & application testing
- Perform correct installation of application builds when testing
- Be aware of multiple levels of testing staging, bridge verification testing, test flight and LIVE testing
- Follow up on projects tickets & bugs to ensure its delivery
- Logs and communicate defects using shortcut
- Escalate high defects asap, especially before project sign-off
- Proactively supports Team Lead / Manager
- Proactively keep Team Lead / Manager notified on any delay of the tasks / project
- Work towards team objectives
- Follow prescribed standards & process
- Suggests any improvement on current standards or process for the better
Product Test Engineer - Jemstep by Invesco - Sandton, South Africa
(2019-10 - 2021-12)
- Gathering of business specification and requirements analysis
- Requirements Extraction
- Test Case Review
- Test Execution
- Defect Detection
- Defect Re-testing
- Reporting
Software Quality Analyst - LexisNexis - Sandton, South Africa
(2018-01 - 2019-09)
- Performing SQL query creations and executions
- Creating and maintaining testing environments
- Requirements Analysis and Test Case Analysis; Test Execution and reporting
- Defect logging; Defect Re-testing
- Test case reviews with development team
- Report on automated and manual test scenarios
Junior Test Analyst - Barone, Budge & Dominic - Sandton, South Africa
(2016-06 - 2017-12)
- Gathering of business specification and requirements analysis
- Requirements Extraction
- Test Case Analysis; Test Case Design; Test Case Review; Test Execution; Defect Detection; Defect Re-testing; Reporting
Junior Test Analyst - Standard Bank - Johannesburg, South Africa
(2015-03 - 2016-05)
- Specification Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Extraction
- Test Case Analysis; Test Case Design; Test Case Review; Test Execution; Defect Detection
- Defect Re-testing; Reporting; Automation
IT Graduate - Rubric Consulting - Randburg, South Africa
(2015-01 - 2015-03)
- Gathering of business specification and requirements analysis
- Specification Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Extraction
- Test Case Analysis; Test Case Design; Test Case Review; Test Execution; Defect Detection
- Defect Re-testing; Reporting; Automation, Advanced QTP, RUMBA Masters
Education
National Diploma - Information Technology - Tshwane University of Technology (2008-01 - 2011-06)
ISTQB-ISEB Certified Tester Foundation Level - Boston City Campus & Business College (2015-01 - 2015-03)
No Degree: ISTQB-ISEB Certified Advanced Level Certificate - ISTQB CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE (2024-03 - 2024-03)
National Senior Certificate - Springs Girls' High School (2006-01 - 2006-12)
Business Analysis Fundamentals - Faculty Training Institute (2016-01 - 2016-01)
IT Intern - Zenzar Technologies (2012-08 - 2012-10)
