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Steven Borkowski

A QA Team Lead with 6 years of experience ensuring high-quality releases across web and mobile applications. Actively building automation and CI/CD skills to support faster, safer software delivery.

About Me

QA Team Lead with 6 years of experience focused on delivering high-quality software across web, mobile, and enterprise systems. Strong background in manual testing, test strategy, and QA leadership, with hands-on experience collaborating closely with development and product teams throughout the SDLC. Currently expanding into test automation and CI/CD through self-driven projects to support faster, more reliable software delivery.

Education

  • St. Petersburg College

    BAS: Technology Development and Management — Software Assurance

  • Pasco-Hernando State College

    AS: Computer Programming and Analysis

Certifications

  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
  • Foundational C# with Microsoft
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

My Experience

Nov 2022 — Present

QA Test Analyst Team Lead

Healthcare • BayCare Health System

  • Azure DevOps
  • BrowserStack
  • SQL
  • Web
  • Mobile
  • Led QA strategy and execution across three concurrent initiatives, owning release quality and mentoring a team of four QA analysts.
  • Designed and scaled a modular QA framework, initially built for a mobile app (50k+ users) and later adopted as the organizational standard.
  • Established structured regression and release validation coverage, reducing late-cycle risk.
  • Partnered with product and development leadership to shift QA earlier in the SDLC, clarifying acceptance criteria and reducing rework.
  • Authored QA SOPs and performance metrics, improving visibility into test coverage, risk, and team throughput.

Jul 2022 — Nov 2022

QA Test Analyst

Government Services • Brandt Information Services

  • Jira
  • BrowserStack
  • SQL
  • Web
  • Mobile
  • POS
  • Served as sole QA for a statewide hunting and fishing license platform spanning web, mobile, and POS terminals, supporting high-traffic seasonal usage.
  • Owned end-to-end quality, defining test strategy, coverage scope, and release readiness.
  • Tested complex business rules around licensing eligibility, fees, and renewals, ensuring correct behavior across user types and jurisdictions
  • Validated backend transactions and data integrity using SQL, ensuring accuracy across licensing, payments, and fulfillment workflows.
  • Executed cross-browser and cross-device testing using BrowserStack, ensuring accessibility and stability across diverse user environments.

Jan 2019 — Jul 2022

QA Test Analyst

Mortgage & Financial Services • Nationwide Title Clearing

  • Oracle Forms
  • SQL
  • Web
  • Tested complex, high-risk mortgage-processing workflows spanning all 50 U.S. states and counties, ensuring compliance with region-specific legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Validated end-to-end workflows including mortgage intake, data entry, document generation, e-signing, and e-recording, supporting national banking clients.
  • Leveraged SQL for backend validation and data setup, verifying order lifecycle transitions, status codes, and edge-case scenarios in high-volume financial systems.
  • Built and maintained robust regression coverage for SaaS and Oracle Forms applications, enabling safer releases in an Agile/Scrum environment.
  • Served on the Change Advisory Board (CAB), assessing deployment risk, validating release scope, and influencing production go/no-go decisions.

Projects

Infrastructure · Home Lab

Raspberry Pi Home Server

Configured a Raspberry Pi 5 as a long-running home server to practice Linux administration, secure remote access, and containerized service management.

  • Raspberry Pi 5
  • Linux
  • SSH
  • Docker
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Infrastructure · Security

Cloudflare DNS & Security Setup

Configured Cloudflare DNS and HTTPS for a self-hosted portfolio, managing A/CNAME records, enabling Cloudflare proxying, and establishing a safer public entry point.

  • DNS
  • HTTPS
  • SSL/TLS
  • Origin Server (Self-Hosted)
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Infrastructure · Self-Hosting

Dockerized Nginx Web Server

Containerized an Nginx web server using Docker Compose to serve a self-hosted portfolio, with persistent configuration and clear separation between edge traffic (Cloudflare) and the origin server.

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Reverse Proxy
  • Persistent Storage
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Web · Infrastructure

Portfolio Website (v1)

A fully hand-coded HTML/CSS portfolio built on a custom design system using tokens, layouts, utilities, and BEM components.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Responsive Layout
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Let’s Connect

Interested in QA leadership, testing strategy, or building reliable systems? I’m always open to meaningful conversations and new opportunities.

Based in Tampa Bay · Open to remote roles

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