Experienced Test Engineer

Hello and nice to meet you! My name is Ferdoschi Ioana and I live in Bucharest, Romania.

Attached to this cover letter it is my CV where you can see more precisely my technical experience and background. Also I have attached the ISTQB Certification and the Agile Tester Certification.

I have started in February 2017 as a Junior Java Developer at IBM for almost one year. Then, I worked as a Threat Researcher for three years in Avira company, where I started to learn more about Quality Assurance.
In 2021 I took a Software Testing course because I wanted to know more about testing world.
From June 2021 to April 2023, I was hired in a consultancy company, BearingPoint, as a Technology Analyst. During this time I had two projects and a lot of hands on on what I have learned during the workshops and courses:
- I took part in all Tosca courses provided by the company where I obtained the certifications, stated that I know to use this automation tool
- I had the opportunity to do automation testing using Tosca for an automotive client
- I had the opportunity to gain a lot of experience regarding Agile methodology by taking part in different workshops
- I gained experience in writing test cases and doing exploratory and acceptance testing for a German client.
So, in this time, I developed my Tosca knowledge and I graduated all Tosca courses and gained certifications from Tricentis Tosca, I used qTest as a test management tool and I developed the way of writing test cases.

Beside these skills, I also know how to use Jira and I am taking various courses on Jira and Agile (participating in intern workshops about Agile), I am learning Trello by myself and I am doing a personal board in Trello about travelling to catch maybe some travel agents jobs.
I have ISTQB certification, CAE certification (I speak English like a native) and A2-B1 German language knowledge.

From July 2022 to February 2023, I had a part time freelancer job for an optical project where I was doing manual testing and test management: doing exploratory testing, writing test plans and requirements, reporting bugs in Jira.

From April 2023, I am hired as Test Engineer to Systematic where I am doing manual testing for their defence project. I am using Agile methodology, Jira as management tool and I test desktop applications:
- writing test cases
- participating into kick offs as the new features are starting
- story testing
- manual testing applications and the integration between them
- exploratory testing
- verification of defects and raising them when they are found
- mobile testing the internal application
- revising manuals and documentations
- creating of MindMaps for better understating the feature implementation
- testing the application that will be integrated into the Mobile project
- participating into the Rapid Software Testing Course in Copenhagen

I am searching for new and new freelancing projects, starting with part-time or maximum of 30 hours/week because I want to keep up with the technology and I want to develop my knowledge in this direction.

As a person, I am very involved in what I am doing, I am detailed oriented and I am looking to every application with a sharp eye, I like to learn more about this testing world as I find it fascinating and challenging.
I like working with people different than me and listen to their ideas, I am sure that this is the way for a project to thrive. 
My biggest passion is travelling and planning the holidays and I want to turn this passion into a job as well one day. 

So, I hope I convinced you to give me a try and I am looking forward to speaking with you.