Robert Warholak | Software Quality & Test Automation Professional

Candidate Profile

Accomplished software quality assurance professional with 19+ years of experience testing enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, and data-processing systems. Skilled in functional, integration, regression, API, database, and AWS cloud testing across on-premises and cloud environments, multiple browsers and operating systems, and mobile and desktop platforms. Known for identifying quality risks, resolving complex issues, and helping cross-functional teams deliver reliable, production-ready software.

Selected Impact

Led quality engineering for critical credit application and processing systems spanning web applications, APIs, decision engines, transaction processing, database integrations, and user workflows.
Owned test strategy, risk assessment, execution planning, regression testing, UAT readiness, and release validation across concurrent software releases.
Designed the company’s first Selenium regression framework and API automation framework, integrating automated validation into CI/CD pipelines.
Created Postman collections and automated checks to validate API contracts, response data, error handling, and complete service behavior.
Built reusable SQL query libraries and test datasets to verify business rules, trace data movement, validate processing results, and investigate discrepancies.

Core Toolkit

Selenium ReadyAPI Postman API Testing AWS Amazon S3 SQL Test Automation CI/CD TeamCity Azure DevOps Docker Kubernetes UAT Jira Git SSH

Quality Focus

Test Strategy Regression Planning API Contract Validation UAT Governance Defect Triage Release Readiness CI/CD Test Integration

Career Progression

SAIC

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

June 2026 to July 2026

Senior Network Administrator

Supported IP based network operations in a classified environment.
Performed Dell switch resets and firmware upgrades using serial console and SSH connections.
Completed training in Palo Alto firewall configuration and administration.

Continental Finance Company

Wilmington, DE

June 2021 to March 2026

Software Quality Analyst → Senior Software Quality Analyst → Software Quality Team Lead

Led quality engineering for critical credit application and processing systems encompassing web applications, APIs, decision engines, transaction processing, database integrations, and user workflows.
Owned test strategy, risk assessment, execution planning, functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, UAT readiness, and release validation across concurrent releases.
Designed and implemented the company’s first Selenium regression framework and API automation framework, integrating automated validation into CI/CD pipelines.
Created Postman collections and automated checks to validate API contracts, response data, error handling, and complete service behavior.
Developed reusable SQL query libraries and test datasets to establish test conditions, verify business rules, trace data movement, validate processing results, and investigate unexpected behavior.
Collaborated with product, engineering, and operations teams to reproduce and clearly document defects, assess impact, isolate root causes, validate corrections, retest fixes, and support closure.
Identified gaps in regression coverage and established risk-based practices that expanded validation of critical workflows while focusing execution on the areas of greatest business and production exposure.
Authored QA standard operating procedures covering test planning, case preparation, execution, defect management, release readiness, test evidence, and quality documentation.

HomeNet Automotive / Autotrader / Cox Automotive

Exton, PA

August 2007 to July 2020

Data Team Leader → Quality Assurance Analyst → Quality Assurance Engineer → Quality Assurance Engineer II

Translated business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflow rules into traceable test scenarios covering functional, integration, and regression requirements.
Executed complete workflow testing across internal platforms, customer web and mobile products, backend APIs, database integrations, and data processing workflows.
Tested AWS-hosted application workflows and data exchanges across multiple environments, validating environment-specific configurations, feature-toggle behavior, and file-processing results in Amazon S3 buckets during migration from on-site infrastructure to the cloud.
Performed browser and device compatibility testing to identify functional, usability, and presentation issues before production release.
Designed the organization’s first ReadyAPI automation framework, expanding automated validation to more than 50 API endpoints.
Authored, maintained, and executed automated tests through TeamCity pipelines across web, mobile, cloud, and enterprise environments.
Supported the transition from monthly deployments to multiple releases per day by validating applications and services operating in Docker and Kubernetes environments.
Applied SQL queries to create test conditions, verify stored and transformed data, and confirm processing results across interconnected systems.
Partnered with developers and business and product stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle to clarify expected behavior, reproduce and document defects, validate enhancements and fixes, and communicate quality risks.

Education

Lincoln Tech

Associate Degree: PC Systems & Networking Technology | Allentown, PA | July 2004 to July 2006

Professional Development

Accelebrate: Introduction to C# 7.0 with Visual C# 2017

Target Roles

Quality Assurance Lead Software Quality Engineer Software Test Engineer Systems Test Engineer UAT Test Lead API Test Engineer Software Quality Team Lead