Durgajan Somaskantha

Durgajan somaskantha

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  • Timeline

    Dec 2013 - Dec 2013

    Christmas Casual

    Royal Mail
    Jul 2016 - Aug 2017

    Trainee Test Analyst (Industrial Placement)

    Vocalink, a Mastercard company
    Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

    System Engineer

    Blue Stamp Travel Ltd
    Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

    IT Service Desk Advisor (Retail)

    Boots UK
    Current Company
    Sept 2019 - now

    Quality Assurance Analyst I

    Worldpay
  • About me

    Quality Assurance Analyst I at Worldpay

  • Education

    • Nottingham trent university

      2013 - 2018
      Bachelor of science (bsc) computer science 2:1
  • Experience

    • Royal mail

      Dec 2013 - Dec 2013
      Christmas casual

      • Sorting parcels manually to the correct postal areas, aiming to be accurate the first time while following safety procedures at all times • Working collectively to meet and exceed targets such as the sorting levels from the previous year • Adapting to new working roles around the warehouse as requested by managers and being competitive to deliver sorting goals and other tasks set by managers above that of colleagues

    • Vocalink, a mastercard company

      Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
      Trainee test analyst (industrial placement)

      • Strategical testing of Base24 classic ATM driving software, on different types of ATM models (IP and dial up) and different transaction types such as balance, cash withdrawal with multiple currencies etc. while following company processes and recording standards. • Customer ‘service’ problem solving and walkthrough by email and phone delivered in manner that is understandable to the recipient. • Working cross company with different teams such as developers, other testers, project managers, networks, production etc. and helping them on issues with my expertise e.g. helped networks understand how test ATMs are set up on projects • Increased confidence and revenue to the company, by delivering testing in budget and at all times to tight deadlines for external clients • Conceptually mapping the entire complex payment system used at the company and how everything is interlinked (together with another colleague) via flows both internally and externally • Lead Kanban standup • Took ownership of both successes and failures • Wrote technical manuals for future reference for company, created engaging fun learning material for new IPs both by bouncing off ideas from colleagues and myself Show less

    • Blue stamp travel ltd

      Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
      System engineer

      6 week internship at a startup company that organises student work experience around the world in a certain language e.g. German in Germany. Implementation of brand new website from backend including database, payments processing, reports and front end management of customer transaction processes to meet client requirements. Gathering the requirements from clients and the language placement experts (German, French, Spanish). Interacting and building a good working relationship with the IT team in the building to assist with my technical queries and other colleagues in the larger company that the startup was co-occupying. Show less

    • Boots uk

      Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
      It service desk advisor (retail)
    • Worldpay

      Sept 2019 - now

      Merchant Payment SolutionsWorking in SAFe agile team to test functional changes to payment plaformsDesigning, planning and executing manual & automated tests (karate framework) from user story requirementsRoot cause analysis of code bugs related to automation and fixing bugsConstant collaboration with the team and external customers, adapting content to different audiences to ensure clear understandingDemo user story progress with project stakeholdersExperience of microservice testing with AWS and Openshift Show less

      • Quality Assurance Analyst I

        Sept 2021 - now
      • Graduate Software Test Analyst

        Sept 2019 - Sept 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • The internet of things: the rise of connected devices by coventry university and the institute of coding

      Futurelearn
      May 2020
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    • Istqb certified tester foundation level

      Bcs, the chartered institute for it
      Jul 2017
    • Istqb® certified tester advanced level - test automation engineer

      Bcs, the chartered institute for it
      Nov 2023
    • Creative, serious and playful science of android apps

      Coursera course certificates
      Dec 2014
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    • Creative programming for digital media & mobile apps

      Coursera course certificates
      Sept 2015
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    • The ethical it professional

      Bcs, the chartered institute for it
      Mar 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Introduction to cyber security by the open university, in association with gchq and institute of information security professionals (iisp)

      Futurelearn
      Jan 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Programming for everybody (python)

      Coursera course certificates
      Dec 2014
      View certificate certificate
    • Certified safe 4 practitioner

      Scaled agile framework certification training
      Dec 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by BULWELL FOREST GARDEN on Apr 2019
      BULWELL FOREST GARDENAssociated with Durgajan Somaskantha
    • Computer Trainer

      Issued by Business in the Community and Capital One on Oct 2013
      Business in the Community and Capital OneAssociated with Durgajan Somaskantha