Test Specialist · Test Automation Engineer · The Hague

RishenSoekhoe

For ten years I've tested what others build — at Logius, RIVM, the Dutch Tax Administration, Knab and more. This page does the opposite: it's a test run on me. Scroll through the report.

10+ years of test automation 7 clients ISTQB · Scrum Master · Scrum Developer Cypress · Specflow · Java · TypeScript

Tested environments — in production, without incidents

Logius
IVO Rechtspraak
RIVM
Belastingdienst
DSW
Crédit Agricole
Knab

Test runs

./experience — every assignment as a scenario, in the format of my craft: Given / When / Then

RUNNING logius.spec June 2025 — present

Logius

Test Specialist / Test Automation Engineer

Given: a newly formed team rebuilding a legacy application from the ground up — without an existing test strategy or automation,
When: Rishen defines the test strategy, builds the automation framework (front-end and back-end) and coordinates all test activities within the team,
Then: there's a full-fledged framework covering unit, component, integration and E2E tests in Cypress, Spring IT and Java — and testing is no longer an afterthought, but part of every sprint.

CypressTypeScriptJavaSpring ITReactPostgreSQLKubernetesOpenShiftSonarQubeGitLabJiraKibana

PASSED ivo-rechtspraak.spec January 2025 — June 2025

IVO Rechtspraak

Test Automation Engineer / Test Coordinator

Given: a new team taking over components — including existing test frameworks — from other teams,
When: Rishen adopts, extends and improves those frameworks, while also coordinating user acceptance, penetration and performance testing,
Then: the inherited test suite runs better than before and the team is on top of quality, from Specflow back-end tests to Cypress E2E.

SpecflowBDDCypressAngularPostmanRabbitMQKubernetesHelmElasticGitLab

PASSED rivm.spec June 2021 — December 2024

RIVM

Test Automation Engineer / Test Coordinator

Given: a team where front-end and back-end were tested all mixed together — slow and imprecise,
When: Rishen advises splitting the automated tests, sets up the Cypress framework and extends the back-end tests in Specflow,
Then: front-end and back-end are tested in a focused, direct way — for 3.5 years, including map layers via GeoServer and coordinating acceptance, penetration and performance testing.

CypressSpecflowBDDTypeScriptAngularGeoJSONGeoServerPDOKPostgreSQLOpenShiftKibana

PASSED belastingdienst.spec November 2020 — June 2021

Belastingdienst

Agile Test Consultant

Given: a team with growing automation ambitions and an organisation-wide testing community,
When: Rishen applies his expertise in C#, Specflow and Selenium and contributes to, among others, the internal BDD course,
Then: test coverage is broadened and not just the team, but the entire testing community of the Tax Administration benefits.

SpecflowC#CypressSQLPostmanIntelliJBDD

PASSED DSW Zorgverzekeraar December 2019 — September 2020 · Agile Test Consultant

Fully responsible for testing AZR, a Windows application for client records with many dependencies — plus the applications feeding it. Guided the transformation from Windows to web application and tested it from the very first line. Took on new challenges such as XML-driven testing and broadened the test suite.

C#SpecflowCypressAzure DevOpsSQL ServerPostmanSwaggerVecozo

PASSED Crédit Agricole July 2018 — November 2019 · Test Automation Engineer / Test Lead

Test lead for two Agile teams on project Compensate: a web application allowing customers to reclaim overcharged loan interest. Gave direction to testing and set up test automation from scratch — automated UI tests in C# with Selenium, E2E in BDD format.

C#SeleniumOutSystemsSitecoreSpecflowHiptestAzure DevOpsJira

PASSED Knab October 2016 — June 2019 · Test Analyst / Test Automation Engineer

Software tester in the Personal Banking scrum team (payments, savings, investments) at this Dutch online bank. This is where the love for test automation began: self-study after hours, applied on the job the next day. Regression testing, release coordination from acceptance to production, and step by step pulled automation into the team.

C#SeleniumCypressAngularDockerJenkinsSitecoreJira

PASSED Meeùs 2015 — 2016 · Website designer (graduation internship)

Improved the online customer service based on UX research and user testing. The redesigned customer service page went live and delivered better results right away — and testing turned out to be here to stay.

UX researchHotjarGoogle AnalyticsSitecoreGit

Test coverage

./skills — coverage per skill

// level 3 = applied independently across multiple projects · level 2 = applied independently in one project

Test automation

97%

Cypress

96%

Specflow / BDD

95%

JavaScript / TypeScript

93%

Agile / Scrum

94%

API & integration testing

92%

E2E & regression testing

94%

ISTQB / TMap techniques

91%

Selenium

88%

78%

Java (for testing)

76%

SQL

74%

Certifications & training

./growth — at least one new check every year

2025AI and testing course

2021Cypress

2018Professional Scrum Developer

2017C# for test automation

2017Selenium

2017Requirements workshop

2016Certified Scrum Master

2016ISTQB Foundation

2016Java for testers

2016SQL

2016HP ALM & UFT Scripting

2016Security workshop

Beyond the scripts

Not everything can be captured in an automated test — the best discoveries come from exploring. That goes for life outside work too: as an avid online gamer I play with people from all over the world, and in the kitchen I test recipes on friends and family. Open-minded, spontaneous, and always up for a coffee and a good conversation.

// exploratory session notes
charter: the human behind the tester
finding 1: rarely loses a match online
finding 2: cooks better than he admits
finding 3: coffee = reliable trigger
status: no blockers found

// the last step of every good test: report

Shall we
meet?

Looking for a test specialist who builds automation, brings teams along and makes quality a conversation? I'm always up for a coffee.

☕ Grab a coffee ↓ Download CV (PDF)

r.soekhoe@live.nl · The Hague, Netherlands