ABDUS SAMAD
Buffalo,NY
Summary
Quality Assurance Engineer Six plus years of experience in the Information Technology Industry with diversified experience in various types of functional testing like, Smoke, Sanity, Regression, End-2-End, Backend, API testing of Web and Client/Server applications on Windows/Mac-OS-X/Unix-Linux environment to secure a position of QA Analyst/Software Test Engineer/QA Tester/Automation QA Tester/Quality assurance analyst in a progressive company where my resourceful technical and academic skills will add value to organizational operations.
CORE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in Functional, System, Regression, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and End-to-End System Integration Testing.
- Experience in API testing (Restful, Soap and GraphQL) using Postman, ReadyAPI, Swagger, Katalon Studio, Apollo Server.
- Ability to develop and execute software test strategies, Test plan and test cases.
- Experience independently managing QA activities and mentoring more junior team members.
- Excellent experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
- Experience working in Scrum team. Excellent problem-solving and good analytical skills.
- Self-starter, work efficiently, able to troubleshoot and tackle problems.
- Experienced with JIRA, Confluence, KANBAN and Scrum Frameworks.
- Team player, Fast learner, Willing to learn new technologies and eager to apply them in the project.
- Excellent communication and ability to multitask.
- Comfortable working with JIRA, ALM, Xray, Postman, API, GraphQL, Database, Agile, Waterfall.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, competent technical skills, and the ability to work in a team and individually.
- Experience using Ascii, Cpa, Filezilla, Ruf Gen, Putty and Winmerge.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Associate, Engineering Services.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Rochester, NY
05.2023 - Current
- Conducted research to test and analyze equipment, components, and systems' feasibility, design, operation, and performance.
- Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports.
- Participated in formal internal design reviews of proposed products and components.
- Tested and analyzed equipment design and performance feasibility.
- Developed planning criteria for integrating and enabling new technologies.
- Improved customer satisfaction by quickly and effectively addressing inquiries and complaints.
- Illustrated potential obstacles when conducting site assessments for planned projects.
- Identified and resolved complex issues by applying advanced analytical and troubleshooting strategies.
- Performed preventative maintenance to keep tools and equipment functional.
- Approached each problem with fresh mind and analytical strategies to quickly resolve concerns.
- Wrote, reviewed, and edited technical documents in accordance with template requirements.
- Provided input to team lead regarding areas for process and procedural improvement.
- Coordinated sampling and analysis tasks to verify the quality of finished products.
- Defined work plans in alignment with stakeholder requirements.
- Interacted with subject matter experts to develop training material and tools for personnel.
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
Reynolds Consumer Products
Jacksonville, IL
10.2021 - 04.2023
- Analyzed the Business Requirements Document, Developed, executed and debug Test scripts/Test Cases based on the requirements
- Analyzed test results on database impacts, errors or bugs, and usability
- Created test cases including functional test cases, positive, negative, boundary cases and integration test cases, maintained the Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix
- Created details Test plan to give clear direction to the test team and the management to describe how the entire testing will be carried out including Test approach, Test Timeline, Test Process, Risks, Responsibilities, reporting process etc
- Lead the team throughout the testing releases, from very initial phase to the deployment phase
- Worked into parallel releases in the same time & maintained the entire QA team for both releases
- Involved in Smoke Testing, Compatibility Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing
- Developed Test Plans, Test Cases of various Business applications, and complete familiarity with all phases of
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Execute manual and automated test cases, analyze results, report and track defects, verify fixes and perform follow-up work to resolve issues
- Used SoupUI & DHC tool to send out REST & SOUP requests (Get, Post, Put & Delete) to verify the responses
- Execute manual and automated test cases, analyze results, report and track defects, verify fixes and perform follow-up work to resolve issues
- Prepared reports on all aspects related to the software testing carried out and reporting to the management team.
QA TEST ENGINEER
Hubbell
Boonton, NJ
11.2019 - 09.2021
- Designed and developed Test Scenario/Test Cases/Test Steps for various business services/methods covering both positive and negative testing requirements
- Execute test cases, analyze results, report and track defects, verify fixes and perform follow-up work to resolve issues
- The projects followed Agile methodology, where developer, user and tester worked together to create user stories and document requirements by interviews and analysis
- Wrote story narratives, functional & non-functional system requirements, and test scripts
- Participated in walkthroughs with various teams including users for better understanding the business requirement, software specification, and development process flow at various stages
- Perform various levels of testing such as: functional testing, black box Testing, System testing, Integration testing and Regression testing
- Checked the broken links in the application and conducted cross browser testing, Implemented QA process like Test Design, Test Development & Test Execution
- Worked closely with Development Team to review the designs of systems, implement test plans, and test the quality of software products
- Wrote complex SQL queries for backend validation
- Developed User-Acceptance Test cases and assisted users in conducting UAT
- Participated in QA weekly meetings and various other meetings and discussed issues and defects in the application
- Tracked all the bugs using JIRA bug tracking system and generated Reports
- Analyzed the Functional Requirements and interacted with end users to obtain specific system requirements
- Developed and created test plans, test cases, test scenarios, test data, traceability matrix
- Performed Functionality, Smoke, Regression testing, Security, End to End, Backend, and GUI Testing; participated in User Acceptance Testing meetings for each successful release
- Used Quality Center to develop test cases, test scripts, and executing the scripts
- Generated and implemented templates for Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Defect Log, Test Analysis
- Report (TAR), etc
- Performed tests on various features of Agile SCRUM development process
- Attended Sprint planning, Sprint review, Backlog Grooming, Daily standup and retrospective meetings in Scrum room
- Developed and implemented weekly reports and Test Analysis Report to ensure that all software products meet organization standards and end-user requirements.
QA TEST ENGINEER
TD Bank
Cherry Hill, NJ
02.2016 - 10.2019
- Developed and maintained test and evaluation strategies for testing to show operational readiness and suitability with planned project decision points.
- Secured and allocated resources to manage planning and operations in the testing cycle.
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives.
- Designed and developed Test Scenarios/Test Cases/Test Steps for various business services/methods covering both positive and negative testing requirements.
- Execute test cases, analyze results, report and track defects, verify fixes, and perform follow-up work to resolve issues.
- The projects followed Agile methodology, where the developer, user, and tester worked together to create user stories and document requirements through interviews and analysis.
Checked the broken links in the application and conducted cross-browser testing. - Tested, identified, and troubleshot problems with networks.
- Communicated technical information both verbally and in writing in simple terminology.
- Researched new developments in testing methods and equipment and made recommendations to improve testing procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Engineering
Royal University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh03.2015
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY12.2010
Skills
- Programming Languages - Java, HTML, JavaScript, JSON/XML, CSS/XML, Python
- Testing Tools - JIRA, Xray, Zephyr, QC/ALM, Postman, GraphQL
- Automation tools - Selenium IDE and Selenium Web driver, TestNG, JUnit, Cypress
- Frameworks - Cucumber BDD, TestNG, RestAssured(API), PostmanBDD
- Databases - Oracle, MS SQL Server and MS Access
- Defect Tracking Tool - JIRA/ALM/Quality Center/ALM, Clear Quest
- Source Control Tool - MS Share Point, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
- Software Methodologies -Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, V model
- Integration Tool - Jenkins, CircleCI
- Build Tool/IDE - Maven, Eclipse, Bitbucket
- Communication Tools - Zoom, Slack, MS Teams
- Project management Tools - Asana, Monday, Asure
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Bengali
Native or Bilingual
Arabic
Professional Working
Urdu
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Senior Associate, Engineering Services.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
05.2023 - Current
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
Reynolds Consumer Products
10.2021 - 04.2023
QA TEST ENGINEER
Hubbell
11.2019 - 09.2021
QA TEST ENGINEER
TD Bank
02.2016 - 10.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Engineering
Royal University of Dhaka
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York