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Aika Talantova

Summary

Highly motivated and passionate full-stack Software Development Engineer in Test with over
6 years of QA background. Experience in creating, developing, and modifying new and
existing automation framework models. Capable of working independently or as part of a
team. Able to effectively and cooperatively interface with customers, as well as with all levels
of management and staff. Hands-on experience working in various domains and complete
understanding of all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing
Life Cycle (STLC). Involved in all stages of the testing process: functional, integration,
regression, ad-hoc, and smoke testing on UI, API, and back-end layers. Hands-on experience
working in Waterfall and Agile methodologies (proactively involved in all Scrum ceremonies
including sprint planning, grooming, review and retrospective). Honest and positive individual,
who communicates effectively, and quickly - both verbally and written.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

(SDET)QA Automation Engineer

CVS Pharmacy
01.2021 - Current

project:

Improved software quality by designing and implementing comprehensive test plans and test cases.

  • Enhanced product stability by executing functional, integration, and regression tests.
  • Reduced defect rates by identifying and reporting software issues to development teams promptly.
  • Streamlined testing processes through the creation of automated testing scripts and tools.
  • Optimized test coverage for better product performance and reliability.
  • Assisted in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for accelerated delivery while maintaining high-quality standards.
  • Participated in Agile development processes to support continual improvements in overall delivery efforts.

QA Automation Engineer

Valley Bank
02.2019 - 02.2021

Project: Login & Authentication, Online Banking provides client to login, to view account information like account summaries, account details, monthly statements, balance transfers, accrued interest, check ordering, and loan application processing Responsibilities:
• Analyze The Business Requirements and Documents (BRD) and Functional Specification Documents
(FSD) to Prepare test cases based on the Test Plan and Use cases and attended review meetings to better understand the applications
• Participated in Agile practices such as Daily SCRUM, Sprint planning and Retrospective meetings
• Extensively used Jira to write and execute Test cases and track Defects
• Define, design, development, documentation and maintenance of tools and Automation Frameworks for current and Software Platforms/Frameworks as part of an Agile team
• Conducting Different types of meetings and walkthrough, discussed the outstanding defects, informed the QA managers with the updated test status, etc
• Designed and developed Test Plan, Test Cases, and Automated Test Scripts
• Developed automated test scripts using Maven build tool, Selenium WebDriver, Java, Cucumber, TestNG,

• Extensively worked throughout the defect life cycle from opening to closure using JIRA
• Implemented a BDD framework using Cucumber .
• Applied test automation framework on CI/CD process using Git and Jenkins
• Performed API Testing in Postman
• Performed sophisticated Regression, Functional, User Acceptance and Integration Testing.

QA Engineer

Fidelis Care New York
03.2017 - 03.2019


  • Escalated concerns about project and process quality, referring discovered issues to engineering manager for correction.
  • Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.

Skills

  • Languages/frameworks: JavaScript, HTML, XML, Python, CSS,Cypress, JSON, Selenium , Mocha, Swagger,
  • Testing tools: Selenium WebDriver, WebDriverIO, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Jira
  • DataBase: MySQL,PostgreSQL,Oracle,Grafana, Azur Devops CI/CD
  • Version Control Systems: Git, GitHub, GitLab
  • Methodologies:Waterfall,Agile, Scrum, Kanbans
  • CI/CD: Jenkins
  • JS automation testing UI/API
  • Platforms ;BrowserStack, Nodejs, VersionOne,SharePoint,Splunk
  • Type Of Testing :-Integration Testing,Component Testing,Smoke Testing,Regression Testing,Unit Testing ,Performance Testing,End-to-End Testing, qTest, Test Rail,
  • Postman, Chai Library, Visual Studio Code, Figma, Eclipse, Wireframes

Timeline

(SDET)QA Automation Engineer

CVS Pharmacy
01.2021 - Current

QA Automation Engineer

Valley Bank
02.2019 - 02.2021

QA Engineer

Fidelis Care New York
03.2017 - 03.2019
Aika Talantova