Senior QA Engineer & IT Analyst – API, Integration & Backend Testing, Test Automation

Senior QA Engineer and IT Analyst with 16+ years of experience in integration and backend API testing of enterprise systems. API & Integration Testing - Functional and integration testing of REST and SOAP web services - End-to-end testing of system integrations and message-based flows (Kafka) - Testing of integration platforms and API gateways (WSO2) - Testing of business processes and decision logic in Camunda (BPMN, DMN) - Tools: Postman, SoapUI, ApiDog Test Automation - Automated API test suites in ApiDog (SOAP and REST), including test scripts and test data preparation - CI/CD: GitLab pipelines, merge requests, IntelliJ IDEA - Currently developing skills in Java + REST Assured and Playwright (TypeScript, Java) Data & Troubleshooting - Data validation in PostgreSQL, writing SQL queries and scripts - Log analysis and root-cause investigation in Kibana (ELK) - Reading and navigating source code to identify defects IT Analysis - Writing specifications and requirements for developers - Process and system modelling in Enterprise Architect - Documentation in Confluence, defect and task management in Jira - Close collaboration with developers, architects and business stakeholders Other - ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level - Daily use of AI tools to speed up test design, analysis and automation Industries: Public sector, Banking, Telecommunications