Hind Sebti
Head of QA
Seville
Summary
With over 7 years of Quality Assurance experience, adept in developing comprehensive test strategies and leading teams to ensure product excellence. Recognized for analytical skills and successful management of complex QA processes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Skills
- QA Strategy process and implementation
- Quality assurance expertise
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Quality Metrics Monitoring
- Data driven decision making
- Training and Mentoring Abilities
- Test strategy development
- Test Automation Management
- Strong analytical skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Selenium, Soap UI, Appium, Gherkin, Cucumber, Allure reports, Xray, PL/SQL, DB, GitHub, CI/CD, Jira, Confluence
Work History
Head of QA/QA Manager
Small World Financial Services
Madrid
07.2023 - Current
- In charge of managing the onboarding process, conducting interviews, and recruiting of 20+ quality assurance professionals.
- Led and mentored multiple QA squads, providing guidance for QA Leads.
- Developed and implemented Testing strategies, and processes to ensure the highest quality in product releases.
- Assessed the efficiency of existing Quality Assurance processes, making improvements as required.
- Established QA KPIs and reported on performance to senior management, highlighting achievements and areas for improvement.
- Analyzed quality data and metrics to identify trends, drive improvements, and support decision-making processes.
- Led the selection and implementation of quality management software to streamline processes and enhance traceability.
- Identified opportunities for improving the efficiency of the QA process through automation or other means.
- Oversaw the day-to-day activities of QA personnel by establishing objectives, offering guidance, and delegating tasks.
- Implemented performance reviews to assess areas for improvement in QA team.
- Provided training and mentorship to the QA Teams, resulting in improved skills and knowledge in quality standards and best practices.
- Identified needed resources and aligned with project milestones, deliverables, and prioritization for viable release planning.
- Coordinated with Architecture and development teams to integrate quality assurance measures into all phases of product lifecycle.
- Created, edited, and maintained project manuals and technical documentation for the entire QA team.
- Fostered a team-oriented environment, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing among quality squads.
- Conducted training sessions for QAs on quality principles, tools, and techniques to foster a quality-centric culture.
- Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.
QA Team Lead
Small World Financial Services
Seville
07.2021 - 10.2023
- Managed and coordinated a team of Web QA and Mobile Apps QAs Engineers effectively
- Efficiently estimated, planned and coordinated testing activities.
- Assisted in the implementation of SDLC's QA strategy
- Guided team to best QA practices and highest quality results.
- Delivered testing estimates, results, and progress updates to the management team
- Demonstrated an active and engaged role in the decision-making process for QA procedures, while effectively managing potential risks.
- Ensured comprehensive test coverage by identifying risks and developing test plans and Test cases for new features as well as regression, Integration, End2End, API tests, Apps testing.
- Participated in the early phase of features design and analysis, gaining valuable insights into business aspects and customer usage of SWFS platforms
- Created clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and cases through the application of QA logic and concepts.
- Engaged in daily collaboration with the BA/Product team
- Constantly coming up with more efficient ways to test features and identify the area of testing that can be automated
- Utilized Test Management tools to create, maintain, track, and execute test cases (Xray for JIRA)
- Ensured appropriate identification, documentation, tracking, and resolution of quality issues and defects
- Tools used in the project: Selenium, Soap UI, Appium, Gherkin, Cucumber, Allure reports, Xray, PL/SQL, DB, GitHub, CI/CD...
QA Team Lead
EVERIS
Seville
09.2019 - 05.2021
- Client: EMA European Medicines Agency. Amsterdam.
- Led the QA process of two work streams (EVWEB and DWH for reporting in OBIEE)
- Team management, schedule coordination and leadership
- Develop and design of test cases through all the required sprints
- Supervision and monitoring of functional and automated test execution
- Supervision and monitoring of ETL Testing process including comparison of DB tables before and after data migration for the DWH Workstream
- Identifying, reporting and analyzing defects
- Coordinating bug fixes with development team
- Testing and validation processes improvement
- Generating and maintaining Testing deliverables and reports
- Participate in Requirements analysis walkthrough with Development and Business teams
- Testing following waterfall and iterative development.
LEAD TESTER / QA SPECIALIST
EVERIS
Seville
05.2019 - 09.2019
- Client: EMA European Medicines Agency. Amsterdam.
- Develop functional test cases and prioritize testing activities
- Execute all the test case and report defects, define severity and priority for each defect
- Participate in walkthrough of testing procedures
- Perform acceptance, regression and functional testing
- Validate, verify communicate and resolve software issues
- Accessing, updating, and manipulation of data in a database (SQL)
- Use of test ware management tools
- Testing following waterfall and iterative development.
QA ENGINEER
GETRONICS
Seville
01.2018 - 05.2019
- Client: Andalusian Health Service. Seville.
- Quality assurance office in the Andalusian Health Service
- Functional testing
- Early testing, requirements review, analysis and design
- (Enterprise Architect)
- Validation, review and static analysis of source code, Continuous Code Quality Management (SonarQube)
- Performed Usability tests on new products before being released to public
- Review of compilation process for Continuous Integration (Jenkins).
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER
ATOS
Seville
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Client: Orange (Telecommunication services). Seville.
- Develop, design and execute functional test cases
- Tracking and reporting of defects
- Collaboration with development and BA teams
- Generating testing reports and deliverables.
TALENTUM STARTUPS - INTERNSHIP
TELEFONICA
Seville
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Design and development of an Unmanned surface vehicle (USV) as a part of the Talentum Start-up program by Telefónica
- The main activities covered by Hind in the project were: Design and development of an Unmanned surface vehicle (USV) as a part of the Talentum Start-up Program by Telefónica
- (For environmental and military purposes.) Communication system design, autopilot system, command and control of the USV
- Budgeting and management of all the design process from suppliers to potential investors
- Support in management tasks.
AUTOCAD DRAFTER
FORMA 5
Seville
01.2012 - 10.2012
- CAD Drafter: AutoCad design and modulation of furniture parts
- Export of Custom products for the company FORMA 5 dedicated to office furniture design
- In charge of technical and financial aspects (Billing and budgeting) and direct communication with foreign clients.
Education
INGENIERIA EN TECNOLOGIAS DE LAS TELECOMUNICACIONS -
Escuela tecnica superior de Ingenieros
06.2024
Languages
Arabic
First Language
Spanish
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
French
Proficient (C2)
C2
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Head of QA/QA Manager
Small World Financial Services
07.2023 - Current
QA Team Lead
Small World Financial Services
07.2021 - 10.2023
QA Team Lead
EVERIS
09.2019 - 05.2021
LEAD TESTER / QA SPECIALIST
EVERIS
05.2019 - 09.2019
QA ENGINEER
GETRONICS
01.2018 - 05.2019
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER
ATOS
01.2014 - 01.2015
TALENTUM STARTUPS - INTERNSHIP
TELEFONICA
01.2014 - 01.2015
AUTOCAD DRAFTER
FORMA 5
01.2012 - 10.2012
INGENIERIA EN TECNOLOGIAS DE LAS TELECOMUNICACIONS -
Escuela tecnica superior de Ingenieros
References
References available upon request.
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