Maria Alcaraz
Maria Alcaraz

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Actively looking · Member since 3 Nov 2026
Location
Turin, Italy
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a Computer Engineer and Senior QA Automation Engineer with extensive experience testing cybersecurity, cloud-native, content generation, and endpoint security products.

I build and maintain end-to-end automation suites using Python, Pytest, Playwright, Selenium, Java, Cypress, and Behave. I also have experience with backend testing, BDD practices, manual regression testing, exploratory testing, and test case design.

I have worked on CI/CD framework integration and maintenance for client components, with hands-on exposure to Jenkins, Harness, and Kubernetes. I am comfortable validating products across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments.

My background includes quality engineering roles at Sysdig, Cohley, Onapsis, and McAfee, where I contributed to security-focused software quality, automation strategy, regression execution, and test planning.

I have led QA activities, supervised testing sessions, mentored automation interns, and served as a Scrum Master backup. I value clear communication, proactivity, autonomy, and collaboration.

I am based in Turin, Italy, and I am eligible for corporate hiring incentives as a NASpI recipient.

Skills

21 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Application Hosting

Languages & Frameworks

Experience

Career history

Senior Software Developer (QE) Sysdig

Worked as a Quality Engineer for Sysdig Secure, a cloud security product providing a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP).

Developed end-to-end automation in Pytest and Playwright using Python, as well as Selenium using Java. Integrated and maintained CI/CD frameworks for Sysdig environment client components.

Senior QA Automation Engineer Cohley Inc

Worked as a QA Automation Engineer for Cohley Platform, a content generation and testing platform.

Performed end-to-end automated testing with Cypress, backend testing with Python and BDD, and manual regression testing including test case writing and execution.

Senior QA Engineer Onapsis Inc.

Worked as a QA Engineer for Onapsis Platform, a cybersecurity application protecting SAP platforms, Oracle EBS, and SAP SaaS applications.

Designed test plans, wrote test cases, executed manual regression testing, and implemented automation testing with Pytest.

Senior QA Engineer / QA Lead McAfee S.A.

Worked as a QA Engineer and QA Lead for McAfee Active Response and McAfee MVision EDR security software products.

Designed test cases and executed or supervised exploratory, regression, and soak testing across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Automated testing with Selenium and Behave, mentored QA automation interns, and acted as Scrum Master backup.

QA Intern McAfee S.A.

Performed manual validation and test automation for the McAfee Application and Change Control security software product.

Configured multi-platform testing environments, designed test cases, automated with batch scripting, and adapted test plans to Pytest and Yarara frameworks.

Education

Learning history

Universidad Blas Pascal

Computer Engineering Degree, Computer Engineering

Completed a degree in Computer Engineering.

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