Laura Soranta
Senior QA Specialist | Test Automation
Salary / Daily rate
64000 Pau, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior QA Specialist with almost two decades of expertise in software testing and quality assurance across diverse industries. Proven track record in test automation, API testing, and performance testing for pension, real estate, and medical companies. Specialized in agile methodologies and DevOps integration with focus on delivering robust testing solutions.
Work experience
Sr QA Specialist
VALA
Aug 2023 - May 2024
10 months
• Worked as a software testing consultant at a Pension Insurance Company • Created and executed manual testing of new software features
QA Specialist
Zure Ltd
May 2021 - Jul 2023
2 years 3 months
• Worked as a software testing consultant at various assignments • Coordinated and assisted acceptance testing of a new software for a Real Estate company • Created and executed tests for API interfaces for a multi-national industrial corporation • Planned and executed performance tests for a medical company aspiring to launch a large scale operation
Cloud Engineer
Hansen Technologies
Aug 2019 - May 2021
1 year 10 months
Software Tester role in a DevOps team: • Planned and created tests for a new energy data management platform • Contributed to software quality initiatives for the SaaS solution built from scratch
Test Automation Consultant
Qentinel Group
Mar 2018 - Aug 2019
1 year 6 months
2018-2019 At a large Finnish company: • Planned and created automated tests for a popular online store using Qentinel Pace • Participated in agile product development by exploratory testing new features and bugfixes • Coordinated multi-team testing efforts of new features • Brought visibility to feature development process with a Test Plan as a feature planning tool
Software Test Engineer
Predisys
Jan 2015 - Mar 2018
3 years 3 months
• Planned and executed testing of SPC and quality data analytics software • Designed and built an Azure cloud based test environment • Created a proof of concept for introducing test automation • Improved software development practices by introducing testability concepts and negative test scenarios in feature planning
Senior Quality Engineer
SSH Communications Security (aka Tectia Corporation)
Jan 2008 - Dec 2013
6 years
• Planned and executed testing of communication security solutions • Improved software development practices by innovating new ways to bring visibility into testing in an agile environment • Actively enforced test-first ideology in the development team
Software Test Engineer
Basware
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008
4 years
• Planned and executed testing of financial management software
Software Test Engineer
Jippii Mobile Entertainment Oy
Jan 2003 - Dec 2005
3 years
System Specialist
Elisa
Jan 1997 - Dec 2001
5 years
Education
Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
Not Graduated
2001 - 2006
6 years
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
B. Eng
1996 - 2000
5 years
Espoo-Vantaa institute of technology
Engineer's degree
1993 - 1995
3 years