Keagan George Smith
Senior Testing Specialist
Cape Town
Summary
Senior Testing Specialist brings structured test automation and performance testing support using Selenium, Playwright, Java, and JavaScript, covering 6 to 10 areas per delivery cycle while building 51 to 100 repeatable checks from application requirements and validating results against expected behavior. Clear defect reporting, with 90% to 94% of reports accepted without rework, helps development teams resolve issues faster, while close collaboration with developers and client teams keeps test coverage aligned with delivery needs.
Overview
6
6
Certifications
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Automation Engineer
Inspired Testing
08.2018 - Current
- Communicated effectively and promptly with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and project success.
- Work to predefined plan to test software applications in order to ensure that requirements are met.
- Meet predefined times frames for all aspects of solution testing and quality assigned.
- Shared knowledge between team members and assisted team members.
- Resolved problems, improved operations, and provided exceptional service.
- Share knowledge between team members, as well as assisting team members when necessary.
- Delivered solutions that met client expectations through thorough understanding of requirements.
- Participate in sprint planning sessions.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Provided professional services and support in a dynamic work environment.
- Skills and Tasks: Javascript, HTML, CSS, PHP, VBScript, UFT
Performance Test Engineer
Inspired Testing
03.2019 - Current
- Identified non-functional requirements and assessed high-risk or known performance issues for effective testing.
- Configuring a performance test tool in the test environment.
- Identifying non-functional requirements, together with high-risk and/or known performance issues.
- Collated and monitored performance test data, including performance counters and response times, to ensure accuracy and reliability.
- Managing the remediation changes and executing tests.
- Identified potential performance issues and reported findings to stakeholders for timely resolution.
- Interacting with customers/clients to solve the various issues they face and updating on the situation
- Skills and Tasks: Requirements gathering including NFRs for performance testing, Test planning and scoping scenarios, Designing scripts and test execution, Result analysis and reporting
Education
Certificate in Software Engineering -
CTI Peasron Institute
Cape Town, South Africa01-2018
Matric - English, Afrikaans, Mathematics Literacy, Tourism, CAT, Engineer Graphic & Design
Brackenfell High School
Cape Town, South Africa01-2014
Skills
Java
JavaScript
C#
Python
VSCode
IntelliJ
API testing
Performance monitoring
Neoload
Grafana
Dynatrace
SQL queries
Performance test planning
Certification
ISTQB Certified
Personal Details
Transport: My own car
Timeline
Performance Test Engineer
Inspired Testing
03.2019 - Current
Automation Engineer
Inspired Testing
08.2018 - Current
Certificate in Software Engineering -
CTI Peasron Institute
Matric - English, Afrikaans, Mathematics Literacy, Tourism, CAT, Engineer Graphic & Design
Brackenfell High School