Tara Gamblen

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer @Keyloop

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Tara Gamblen is currently holding the position of Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Keyloop, where she plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality and efficiency of software products. With a strong technical background, she focuses on developing, implementing, and maintaining test plans, test cases, and test scripts. She also conducts regular audits to ensure software systems meet organizational standards and end-user requirements. Tara's expertise lies in her ability to identify software defects and collaborate effectively with the software development team to rectify these issues. Her excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail make her a valuable asset to the Keyloop team.

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Work Background

KeyloopQA Analyst

Jun. 2023South AfricaThrilled to be going back to a team of people that feel like family. Testing software and anything else they ask me to do. Will be here in South Africa for a while, then The Netherlands soon.

CCMTInformation Technology Consultant

Jun. 2022 - Jun. 2023Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaTechnical writing/process engineer for CCMT Construction company working on technical specifications, writing and consulting.

Dake SolutionsTechnical Process Controller

Jan. 2022 - Jun. 2022Midrand, Gauteng, South AfricaProcess design and implementation, Process, policy, technical and tender documentation. Requirements analysis, back-up and recovery strategies. Content Management. Analysis of existing applications and models and many more.

Self- Employed TEFL TeacherTEFL Teacher

Jan. 2019 - Jan. 2022Johannesburg Area, South AfricaI am currently a TEFL teacher (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). • Trained and assessed basic English for children. • Trained and tested business and conversational English for adults.

CDK Global (International)QA Test Analyst

Oct. 2007 - Aug. 2018Johannesburg Area, South Africa• Obtained ISTQB Foundation and Agile in 2015. • Tested CDK local and international fleet bespoke and web-based systems using Jira logging system to achieve 100% acceptance criteria. • Integrated functional, regression and integration testing to ensure 100% acceptance criteria. • Designed and authored detailed test cases on Jira system for team members to meet 100% acceptance criteria. • Participated in teams using Agile methodology for software design and release. • Created interactive system videos for team members and customers to enable understanding. • Wrote test scripts based on test cases for in-house automation system to ensure 100% acceptance criteria.

ADPTechnical Author

Oct. 2007 - Jun. 2014Implemented a relaunch of 15 000 HTML help files for CDK’s international fleet systems in line with historical changes to systems and benchmark standards for user help systems.

EnerwebTechnical Author

Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2007Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa• Developed user manuals for Enerweb systems for the energy distribution industry. • Collaborated with Enerweb team design and build a transactional level database for energy distribution industry. • Generated Excel-based reports for transactional level database. • Researched and authored articles on energy generation, including energy alternatives internationally.

NedcorTechnical Writer

Jan. 1989 - Dec. 1996