Pedro Berdasco

PROFILE

Detail-oriented and project-focused professional with a strong emphasis on forensic analysis. Experienced in auditing under the oversight of the FAA and FCC, achieving zero incidents or investigations related to my work. My extensive background spans avionics, cybersecurity, networking, new technology development, and the visualization and interpretation of binary data and radio frequencies. As a U.S. citizen with over 10 years of experience as a Senior QA Security Engineer, I have conducted all types of testing, including functional, GUI, smoke, and regression testing, while also developing testing frameworks and integrating DevSecOps practices. I am skilled in working with offshore teams across multiple time zones and actively participating in daily Scrum/Sprint meetings. I hold a Top Secret Clearance (TS/SCI) (Level III), the highest level of government access (DOD) in the U.S., and have worked on a wide range of projects with the National Security Agency (NSA) during my time in the U.S. Navy.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2022 - Present

Senior QA Software Engineer - Eduphoria Inc, Plano, TX

Structured and established the newly formed QA Department, mentoring peers and enhancing skill sets across the team.
Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training materials, and effective systems and processes to improve QA practices.
Created a robust API testing framework using ReadyAPI and integrated Cypress for UI regression testing.
Executed security assessments and penetration tests on web applications, discovering critical vulnerabilities.
Implemented DAST tools within CI/CD pipeline to proactively identify security issues.
Developed an Accessibility Testing framework, improving compliance and UX.
Achieved 70% reduction in production bugs through new defect tracking system.
Became SME for company platform domain.
Managed infrastructure using Terraform scripts and maintained Azure CI/CD pipelines.
Led Post-Mortems and R&D sessions.
Promoted shift-left testing approach and hands-on debugging.
Certifications: CISSP, Security+

2020 - 2022

Senior QA Engineer - CACI International, Reston, VA

Developed and executed test cases aligned with business requirements using BDD format.
Created and executed API tests using Postman.
Established QA organization from ground up with SOPs, processes, and automated testing frameworks.

2017 - 2020

QA Engineer / Security Engineer - Opsec Media Networks, Cheyenne, WY

Developed and executed test cases, security checks, and penetration tests across web and mobile apps.
Created SQL queries and stored procedures for data validation.

2016 - 2018

Manual QA Engineer - Global Logic, San Juan, PR

Executed manual test cases and regression tests across diverse devices.
Tracked defects using JIRA and collaborated with support to triage production bugs.

SKILLS

Platforms

Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Google Suite, MS 360/Teams, Slack, AWS

Task Management

JIRA, TestRail, Trello, Basecamp, Bugzilla, Notion

Testing Tools

Chrome DevTools, BrowserStack, Xcode, Android Studio, 4DB, TestFlight, JEST, Selenium, Git, CLI, NVDA, Cypress.io, Locust, Docker, VMWare, Virtual Player, k6, Zephyr, LoadRunner, RAMP, AxeCore, GitHub Actions, Git, VSCode

Monitoring Tools

Prometheus, AWS Cloudwatch/Lambda/Kinesis/Batch, Honeycomb.io, Grafana, NewRelic, Sentry.io, Cypress Cloud, level.io, Jenkins, Datadog, Splunk, Nagios

API Testing

REST API, Postman, ReadyAPI, SOAP UI, Synk, Cypress API, TestNG, StackHawk, Charles Proxy, APIsec, Nessus, Nikto, Burp Suite, Acunetix, Zap, Qualys, Vega, Probely, Swagger

Databases

MySQL, SQLmap, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora

Programming Languages

Python, Java, CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, C# and Kotlin

Languages

Spanish (Native), English (Expert)

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