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Freelance Consultant · Based in Rome, Italy

Senior Software Test Engineer & QA Specialist

Delivering Reliable Software Through Structured Verification & Validation — for teams building systems where failure isn't an option.

15+Years in V&V
15Regulated Sector Engagements
Space · DefenceMission-Critical Track Record
AgileScrum & DevOps Native
Software Verification & Validation
Agile Testing
Test Management
Quality Assurance
Mission-Critical Systems
About

Fifteen-plus years spent proving that software works before it's allowed to matter.

I help engineering teams in high-stakes, tightly regulated industries answer one question with confidence: is this software ready? My career has run through embedded defence systems, satellite Earth-observation platforms, banking and insurance back-ends, energy retail systems and public-sector digital services — environments where an overlooked defect isn't an inconvenience, it's a failure with consequences.

That range is deliberate. Moving between mission-critical and highly regulated domains has sharpened a structured, risk-based approach to Verification & Validation that travels well: I read requirements fast, design test coverage that actually maps to risk, and integrate into Agile and DevOps delivery teams without a ramp-up period. Clients bring me in when quality can't be an afterthought — and when they need someone who can own it from day one.

Agile / Scrum DevOps & CI/CD Mission-Critical Software International Programmes Regulated Environments
15+
Years in Software V&V
8
Industry Sectors Covered
15
Client Engagements Delivered
10+
Test & QA Tools Mastered
ESA-ESRIN · Rheinmetall Italia
A track record built on mission-critical and enterprise-scale programmes
Services

End-to-end testing, built around your risk

A flexible service model — from a single UAT cycle to owning the full test strategy for a mission-critical release.

Software Functional Testing

Verifying that every feature behaves exactly as specified, before your users — or your auditors — find out otherwise.

Integration Testing

Validating that components, services and third-party systems work together cleanly across the full data and control flow.

Regression Testing

Protecting what already works while your team keeps shipping — with coverage that scales as the codebase grows.

User Acceptance Testing

Running structured UAT cycles that give business stakeholders real confidence to sign off on a release.

Test Planning

Turning requirements and acceptance criteria into a test plan that's traceable, realistic and ready for audit.

Test Strategy

Defining the right level of test rigor for the risk in front of you — no more, no less.

Risk-Based Testing

Prioritising test effort where failure would actually hurt — a discipline built directly out of aerospace & defence work.

Defect Management

Owning the full defect lifecycle — triage, tracking, severity classification and closure — so nothing slips through.

Agile QA Support

Embedding inside Scrum teams as an active participant in planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.

Test Documentation

Producing clear, audit-ready test plans, cases and reports for teams working under regulated quality systems.

Industries

Comfortable where the stakes are highest

Direct hands-on experience across regulated and mission-critical sectors — not a generalist's guess at how they work.

Aerospace

Defence

Energy

Banking

Insurance

Smart Mobility

Gaming

Digital Services

Technical Skills

Fluent in the tools delivery teams already use

No onboarding curve on tooling — coverage across the full test, tracking and CI/CD stack.

Test Management

TestRailSquash TM HP ALM / QCHP LoadRunner JMeterSilkTest

Bug Tracking

JIRAAzure DevOps ConfluenceRedmine BugzillaRemedyRmTrack

CI/CD

Jenkins

Databases

Oracle SQL DeveloperSQL ServerDatabricks

Programming

JavaC

Operating Systems

LinuxWindowsUnix

Platforms & Tools

SalesforceSharePointREST APIs Apttus CPQMS Power PlatformDynamics CRM JoomlaPlone
Professional Experience

Grouped by sector, not by date

Fifteen years across six regulated industries. Open a sector to see the engagements behind it.

Aerospace & Defence

Rheinmetall Italia · ESA-ESRIN — 2000–2002, 2020–present

The core of my career: embedded, mission-critical software for air defence systems, and satellite Earth-observation data for the European Space Agency. Work here demands test rigor with zero tolerance for ambiguity.

Energy & Utilities

ENI Gas e Luce — 2021–2023

Agile testing across the commercial systems that run retail gas and electricity sales.

Banking, Insurance & Payments

Fideuram Vita · SIA Group · Gilbarco Veeder Root — 2015–2017, 2020

Test coverage across financial and payment systems, from insurance product changes to PCI DSS-compliant point-of-sale software.

Smart Mobility

Almaviva — ANAS Smart Road — 2020

Testing on next-generation connected-mobility infrastructure.

Gaming & Digital Entertainment

Eurobet — 2024

QA on a licensed, high-transaction-volume online platform.

Digital Services & Public Administration

Engineering · EMM Informatica · OCTO Telematics · Poste Italiane · SIAE — 2017–2024

Broad IT consulting and system-integration testing across public-facing digital services.

Selected Clients

Trusted on programmes that don't tolerate failure

Rheinmetall ItaliaDefence
ESA-ESRINEarth observation
ENIEnergy
EngineeringDigital Services
Poste ItalianePostal & Digital
EurobetGaming
SIAELicensing
ANASSmart Mobility
OCTO TelematicsTelematics
Gilbarco Veeder RootPOS Technologies
Why Choose Me

What you actually get on day one

Rapid Onboarding

Productive inside your sprint cycle within days, not weeks — across fifteen different client environments and counting.

Strong Analytical Mindset

Requirements read closely, edge cases anticipated, coverage designed around real risk — not a checklist.

Mission-Critical Experience

Trained on defence and space programmes, where the standard for "tested" is set higher than almost anywhere else.

Agile Mindset

A full participant in Scrum ceremonies, not a QA gate bolted on at the end of the sprint.

High Quality Standards

Documentation and traceability built to hold up under audit, in regulated sectors where that matters.

Collaborative Approach

Works as an embedded partner to developers, Product Owners and Scrum Masters — not an external checkpoint.

Let's Work Together

Available for freelance engagements and consulting collaborations — remote or on-site across Italy and Europe.

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