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Afroza Akter

Falls Church,VA

Summary

As a Senior Software Test Automation Engineer (Selenium and Cucumber/BDD) where my experience, expertise, analytical ability, Automation framework building experience always play a significant and challenging role in streamlining the process for delivering quality assured timely released software products.

  • Experience in Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, End-to-end testing, Cross Platform testing, Cross Browser Testing for Web Based Application.
  • Strong knowledge and experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) & Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
  • Analyze User Story, Acceptance Criteria, Preparing Test Cases, Execution of Test Cases to verify application functionality against business requirements, with manual testing and automated test tools.
  • Expert in development of Test Cases and Defect Tracking using JIRA & Zephyr.
  • Expert of performing various kinds of testing such as Functional, Regression, Integration and End to end testing.
  • Expert of performing Regression test both in Manual and Automation (BDD Framework).
  • Support Functional testing, Integration testing and End to end testing and automation testing.
  • Having hands-on experience to run Selenium Script through Jenkins CI/CD server.
  • Extensively working to develop the BDD framework by using Selenium, Maven and Cucumber (Gherkin).
  • Work on SOAP Service and REST API (REST Service) testing using SOAPUI & Swagger tool.
  • Expertise in Software test Automation using SELENIUM WEBDRIVER.
  • Hands-on experience in designing, developing, and implementing selenium/Java based Hybrid automation frameworks (Page Object model (POM), JUnit, Data driven and BDD framework).
  • Perform Database Verification and Validation testing using SQL queries.
  • Strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate at different levels within the organization with Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Test Automation Engineer

Metro Star Systems, Inc.
Reston, VA
12.2021 - Current
  • Automating UI Testing with Java, Selenium WebDriver, Junit and cucumber framework
  • Work as part of a scrum team in an agile environment that includes QA planning & execution in Sprints.
  • Create and maintain automated test cases that ensure comprehensive testing according to system specifications and user stories.
  • Logged the Defects in Jira and maintained track of the defects throughout the Software Testing Life Cycle(STLC)
  • Perform all aspects of verification including functional, regression, Smoke, Backend, UAT( user acceptance), Integration,and system testing as well as documentation review.
  • Execute manual and automated tests while development is taking place to identify defects as early in the process as possible.
  • Involvement in the implementation of Test Automation Framework builds using Selenium WebDriver, to handle, TestNG and Maven technologies under the Java platform utilizing industry-leading harness design patterns and approaches.
  • Work in designing and generating different test reports.
  • Knowledge of both Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) as well as the Gherkin language.
  • Develop and implement Selenium Page Object Model (POM) framework with Selenium WebDriver using Object Oriented Programming Java and open source unit test framework TestNG.
  • Interact with the project team members to ensure all documentation and quality procedures are completed as per our internal processes and procedures.
  • source control/version control systems for automation Scripts using Git/GitHub.
  • API test are formatted in JSON to use the rest Assured Java library; to run API testing use Postman and Swagger tool.

Quality Engineer (Manual and Automation)

Walmart
Bentonville, AR
04.2017 - 10.2021
  • Extensively performing various roles in testing areas such as performing Smoke, Regression, Integration and End to end testing.
  • Participated in all the agile ceremonies such as Release planning, Sprint planning, Daily Stand up, Sprint review & Sprint retrospective meeting.
  • Developed BDD framework by using Java, Selenium.
  • WebDriver, Junit, Maven and Cucumber (Gherkin).
  • We used the Git version, JDK, and Maven.
  • Execute automated Regression test cases from Jenkins (CI/CD server).
  • Analyzed execution report to trouble root cause of test failure.
  • Run API (REST Service/Rest API) testing using SOAPUI & Swagger tool.
  • supported Functional testing, Integration, End to end and automation testing.
  • Identifies and reports software defects and test findings using JIRA
  • Created a Page Object Model Framework using Page Factory in Selenium WebDriver
  • Identified regression test cases to automate; automated those test cases using Selenium WebDriver, Junit, Cucumber and Java
  • Conducted Cross browser and cross platform testing to verify that browser and platform compatibility
  • Communicated status and issues to appropriate team members and stakeholders
  • Collaborated with project team and cross-functional teams
  • Troubleshooted open issues and bug-fixes and ensured timely delivery of quality of product to end users
  • Configured Jenkins to run tests on every successful deployment and this helped to reduce the feedback loop time to the developers
  • Used Git and GitHub for source control/version control systems for automation scripts.

QA Tester

Hertz Corporation
Park Ridge, NJ
01.2016 - 03.2017
  • Documented test automation requirements and other test planning artifacts in preparation for test automation design.
  • Created, updated, and maintained automation test designed using Java, Selenium WebDriver.
  • Designed an automation framework Using Selenium WebDriver, Maven, Cucumber, TestNG.
  • Involved in gathering user requirements, analyzing requirements, and developing the Test Plan, and Test Cases.
  • Designed and developed test automation artifacts (scripts, functions, scenarios, processes) for simple to complex automated testing scenarios.
  • Involved in peer reviews of the team’s test plans and test cases.
  • Managed automated testing repository artifacts to ensure proper reuse, versioning, backup, test data.
  • Recorded defects and test management using ALM (Application Life Cycle Management)
  • Conducted Data Driven Testing using parameterization in QTP to test the application with different sets of data
  • Used to coordinate with the development team for Bug fix issues.
  • Responsible for tracking the defect ownership through the SDLC phases.
  • Involved in Back-end testing using SQL queries.
  • Provided Subject Matter Expertise, to include test planning and identifying data.
  • Involved in Results review meetings and walk throughs.
  • Prepared Requirement Traceability matrix (RTM), Test data and Test reports.
  • Worked with development teams to investigate and correct software bugs and deficiencies based on testing results.
  • Performed GUI, Smoke, Ad-hoc, Functional, System, Integration, Regression, Back-end, and UAT Testing.
  • Assisted developers with the test files and test data.
  • Collaborated with developers as needed to isolate root cause of defects.
  • Conducted Manual Testing of the system; prepared and managed test cases using HP ALM/Quality Center.
  • Used Quality Center as the test repository and for executing the test cases and scripts and logging & generating various reports and graphs for further analysis.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

National University
Bangladesh

Skills

  • Testing Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban
  • QA Tools : Selenium WebDriver, Jenkins, Cucumber (BDD), SOAP UI, Swagger, JIRA and Zephyr, ALM/QC, QTP/UFT, Maven, Eclipse, Sauce Lab, Junit, TestNG, Appium
  • Application : Web Application, API, SOAP Service, Mobile App, Client Server
  • Version Control Tools : Git, GitHub
  • Scripting Language : VB Scripts, JAVA, and JSON
  • Databases : SQL Server, Oracle and Postgres, MySQL
  • Operating Systems : Windows XP/ 7/ 8/10, MAC OS/Linux

Security Clearance

US Citizen & Eligible to get security clearance

Timeline

Test Automation Engineer

Metro Star Systems, Inc.
12.2021 - Current

Quality Engineer (Manual and Automation)

Walmart
04.2017 - 10.2021

QA Tester

Hertz Corporation
01.2016 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Science -

National University

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