Campbell Forsyth

Edinburgh · Scotland · United Kingdom · Contact me · Download CV

ISTQB Certified Test Automation Engineer with a background in the Financial Services industry and more than 7 years proven track record in implementing automated testing solutions.

Self starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Strong collaborative, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Experience

Test Automation Consultant

  Agenor Technology

Currently working as a test automation consultant for our client Baillie Gifford as they transition from a monolithic code base to a service based architecture.

Languages and tools being used:
  • C#, .Net, RestSharp, Selenium Webdriver, Specflow, Cypress, Insomnia, Azure DevOps, Git, K6
  • Created feature files, step definitions and page objects, used/created/updated C# helper methods and made improvements to test automation frameworks
  • Created/maintained API system and integration tests in CI/CD deployment pipelines and nightly builds
  • Automated end to end UI regression pack
April 2022 - Present

Software Development Student

  CodeClan

Completed a Professional Development Award in Software Development as part of a 16-week intensive training course.  Curriculum involved 800+ hours of coding and included:

  • Python, CSS, HTML, Flask and PostgreSQL using object-oriented programming (OOP) and Test Driven Development (TDD) to build full-stack web applications
  • JavaScript, React, Express and MongoDB using OOP, TDD, event-driven programming, higher-order functions and client/server architecture to build full-stack apps that use external data and APIs
  • Java, Maven and Spring to design and create applications using OOP fundamentals following SOLID principles
CodeClan Portfolio
November 2021 - March 2022

Senior Test Analyst

  Royal London

Collaborated on the digital transformation of the Pension and ISA business, working in both agile and waterfall delivery models:

  • Analyzed acceptance criteria, solution design and application design documentation to create and execute functional and integration exploratory and automated test scenarios.
  • Automated acceptance criteria and created end to end tests using BDD, Cucumber, Protractor and TypeScript
  • Created and maintained CI/CD pipeline test suite on Azure DevOps
  • Tested REST API and C# .Net web services testing with Postman, Chrome DevTools and ReadyAPI

December 2016 - November 2021

Quality Assurance Analyst

  International Financial Data Services (IFDS)

Contributed to the launch of a new wealth management platform solution.  Also supported maintenance, ongoing releases and production issues as part of a business as usual test team.

  • Analysed business requirements/ functional specifications to design test conditions and test cases to ensure agreed coverage.
  • Created test data using SQL queries and sanity tested environments in preparation of test execution.
  • Executed tests, captured test evidence and kept status of test execution fully up to date on management tool.
  • Raised and fully documented defects on defect management tool.

December 2013 - November 2017

Education

CodeClan

  SQA Professional Development Award in Software Development

University of Edinburgh

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Social Sciences

Skills

Programming Languages, Tools & Methodologies
  • C#, .Net, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, SQL, Git
  • Selenium Webdriver, Cypress, Protractor, BDD, Specflow, Cucumber
  • RestSharp, ReadyAPI, Postman, Insomnia, Swagger, K6
  • MS Azure Devops, PL/SQL, MS SQL Server
  • MS Visual Studio, VS Code, Chrome Dev Tools
  • HTML5, CSS3
  • Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall

Interests

I enjoy playing guitar, walking, reading, cooking and watching movies.

Whenever holidays permit, I love flying out to our family apartment in the Canary Islands and soaking up some sunshine and sampling the local food and drink.

Awards & Certifications

  • SQA Professional Development Award in Software Development
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Automation Test Engineer (CT-TAE)
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst (CTAL-TA)
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester (CTFL-AT)
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
  • iSQI - A4Q Certified Selenium Tester Foundation
  • CII Certificate in Financial Administration (Pensions)
    (winning The Worshipful Company of Insurers Examination Prize 2010 for best exam result)
  • CII Financial Planning Certificate FP1
  • CII Financial Planning Certificate FP2
  • SQA Customer Service Qualification
  • ICS Qualification (Communication)