Dariia Illiash (SDET) Green Card Holder
Woodland Hills,California
Summary
- Highly motivated and detail-oriented Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 6+ years of experience in IT as Quality Assurance and Test Automation Engineer with expertise in both Manual and Automation testing.
- Hands-on expertise in Java Programming and all its Object-Oriented Programming (OOPs) concepts.
- Working experience in Agile Scrum and in-depth understanding of all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Defect Life Cycle (DLC).
- Experience with RESTful Web Services and used HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE data using Postman.
- Expert knowledge in automating Web-based applications using Selenium WebDriver and Java.
- Maintained the Automation Framework repository in version control source tool Git for local repository and GitHub for the remote repository.
- Experience in developing Web Automation Framework based on Page Object Model (POM) for Object repository with Page Factory using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Maven, TestNG, and Cucumber.
- In-depth experience in writing clear and meaningful test scenarios in Cucumber for Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Gherkin language.
- Excellent understanding of using various TestNG annotations and Assertions for testing the application.
- Proficiency in Data manipulation language (DML) and Data definition language (DDL) for SQL programming language and hands-on experience in writing SQL Queries for performing Back- End Testing on Relational Databases such as PostgreSQL.
- Profound knowledge in Reporting and Tracking of a Defect or Bug using JIRA.
- Hands-on experience in reviewing and analyzing Business Requirements and constructing Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts.
- Professional experience at executing Smoke Tests, Regression Tests, End to End Tests,Functional Tests, Ad-Hoc Tests, Positive and Negative Tests, and User Acceptance Tests.Utilized Cucumber HTML reports and JSON reports that included screenshots of failed scenarios.
- Utilized Cucumber HTML reports and JSON reports that included screenshots of failed scenarios.
- Experience in working at Agile-Scrum Environment with Iterative Sprints. Involved in Sprint Planning and Daily Scrums. Excellent Participation in Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer in Test
Liberty Mutual
04.2021 - Current
- Performing, designing, and executing functional testing, smoke testing, sanity testing, regression testing, back-end testing, database testing, system testing, and data verification testing.
- Assisted in setting up a test environment for automated script execution using selenium WebDriver, Java and TestNG, Cucumber, Maven, Postman.
- Excellent knowledge and implementation skills in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
- Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
- Responsible for defect reporting and defect tracking using the Jira project management tool.
- Maintained behavior driven test automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber and Maven based on Page Object Model.
- Implementing the Page Object Model (POM) by creating an element for each page object and reusing all the objects in various scripts.
- Writing SQL Queries to create test data and validate responses using JDBC library.
- Use Postman for API testing to validate and verify JSON responses from GET Requests.
- Locate elements by using X path and CSS locators and apply them in elements.
- Attended all scrum meetings, such as Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective,and Sprint Review meetings. Worked in Agile Environment and held review meetings and collaborated with everyone on the team, such as Developers, QA, Business Analyst, and Product Owner.
QA Automation Engineer
Cigna
Bloomfield, CT
06.2019 - 03.2021
- Understanding business requirement specifications, functional specifications, and design documentation and converting them into test scenarios.
- Expertise in manual testing of Client/Server and Web-based applications.
- Preparing test Plans, test strategies, test scenarios, test cases, and test scripts based on user requirements and system requirements.
- Performed manual testing to verify the flow of the application based on user requirements.
- Execute SQL queries like Joins, Group By, Having, and other high-level queries.
- Write clear and concise defect reports in JIRA.
- Interact with the development team to assure that all the defects are addressed.
- Identify test cases and prioritize in order to be automated.
- Test applications in different types of browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer.
- Participate in daily Scrum meetings and assist and cooperate with co-workers.
- Responsible for providing the status updates to my team on a daily basis.
Test Automation Engineer
TriNet
Dublin, CA
08.2017 - 05.2019
- Participated in test automation code review meetings and provided input on colleagues' coding efforts.
- Validated production deployment changes, providing reports on discovered issues to manager.
- Monitored emerging test automation frameworks, technologies and best practices for useful developments.
- Performed Back-End Testing by using SQL queries to validate data integrity in data base tables.
- Maintained data driven test automation framework using Java, Selenium Web Driver, TestNG and Maven.
- Performed Functional, Regression and smoke testing.
- Lead test case review with project team to ensure testing scope and coverage.
- Followed Agile Methodology with Scrum framework and participate in all ceremonies: Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Grooming, Sprint Retro, Sprint Demo meetings.
Country Director
Renaissance Life insurance
06.2010 - 05.2015
- Implemented operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions.
- Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and profitability.
- Analyzed market trends and competitor activities to create competitive advantages.
- Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
- Tracked employee attendance and punctuality, addressing repeat problems quickly to prevent long-term habits.
- Trained new employees on proper protocols and customer service standards.
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
- I leaded a team consisting of 1900 salespeople.
Education
Master of Science -
International University of Finance
06.2008
Skills
- Test Automation: Selenium Web Driver, Selenium Grid, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG
- Framework: Cucumber BDD, TestNG, JUnit, Data Driven Testing, POM, Hybrid Framework
- Programming Languages: Java, SQL, HTML,JSON,Gherkin
- API Automation Tools: Postman, REST-Assured
- Database Testing Tools: pgAdmin, PostgreSQL, JMeter
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab
- CI/CD: Jenkins
- Test Build Integration Tools: Maven, Jenkins
- Project Management: JIRA
- Methodologies: Agile/Scrum
- Code Editor: Sublime, IDE IntelliJ, Eclipse
- Manual Testing: Test Case Design, Defect Tracking, Test Execution
About me
- Excellent interpersonal skills, systematically approach to problem-solving and delivering under a high-stress environment.
- Good communication skills and great performance as part of a team.
- Enjoy helping and mentoring team members.
- Extremely hardworking, highly motivated, and passionate about learning new things.
- Effective leadership abilities.
Timeline
Software Development Engineer in Test
Liberty Mutual
04.2021 - Current
QA Automation Engineer
Cigna
06.2019 - 03.2021
Test Automation Engineer
TriNet
08.2017 - 05.2019
Country Director
Renaissance Life insurance
06.2010 - 05.2015
Master of Science -
International University of Finance