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Tatenda Nyakubaya

@tatendanyakubaya

Senior Test Analyst delivering end-to-end QA for enterprise, financial and API-driven platforms, advancing AI-assisted quality engineering.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead end-to-end QA in Agile teams, partner closely with product and engineering, and push quality engineering forward with AI-assisted testing, automation, and strong defect/coverage practices.

I’m a Senior Test Analyst with 14+ years delivering quality assurance across financial services, insurance, asset management, payroll, and enterprise applications. I specialize in manual testing and deep test coverage across functional, integration, system, regression, and exploratory testing within Agile environments.

I build and execute test strategies that align to business requirements and risk profiles—designing test cases, managing test data, coordinating UAT, and communicating quality metrics and release readiness. I validate backend and data integrity using SQL, and strengthen service reliability through API testing and interface validation with tools like Postman, SoapUI, and Insomnia.

Across roles, I’ve owned defect management and triage, supported production releases and incident investigation, and maintained regression suites to protect business-critical functionality. I enjoy continuous improvement—mentoring teams on quality engineering best practices—while expanding my expertise in AI-assisted testing, intelligent automation, and cloud technologies through ongoing AWS and Microsoft certifications.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior QA Analyst

Spatial Dimension / Trimble

Apr 2021 - Sep 2025 (4 years 5 months)

Owned end-to-end QA across enterprise platforms with UI, API, and database validation, including functional, integration, system, regression, and exploratory testing. Managed defects and release readiness using Azure DevOps and Jira, and supported UAT/production releases.

End To End Testing API Testing Data Validation Regression Testing Defect Management (Azure DevOps Jira UAT coordination

Test Analyst

Sanlam Glacier | Saratoga Software

May 2018 - Apr 2021 (2 years 11 months)

Performed QA for wealth management and financial services applications in Agile, including test strategy/planning, execution, and stakeholder reporting. Validated service integrations and data accuracy using SQL reconciliation and API testing with Postman and SoapUI.

Test Planning Functional Testing Integration Testing Regression Testing UAT Testing SQL Data Reconciliation API Testing SoapUI Defect Management (Azure DevOps Jira Stakeholder Management

Quality Assurer / Test Analyst

Accsys | UCS | Telkom | Business Connexion

Nov 2012 - Apr 2018 (5 years 5 months)

Delivered testing for payroll, human resources, time and attendance, and enterprise/transactional systems, including functional, integration, regression, and UAT scenarios. Logged and managed defects in Bugzilla and YouTrack and supported production incident investigation and retesting.

Functional Testing Integration Testing Regression Testing Data Migration Testing Bugzilla YouTrack

Payroll Administrator

Ernst & Young

Jan 2003 - Nov 2007 (4 years 10 months)

Provided payroll administration and payroll systems support, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and data integrity. Supported ongoing systems operations to maintain reliable payroll processing.

Payroll Administration Payroll Systems Support Data Integrity Compliance Production Support Documentation