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Gulnaz Bailova

Chicago,IL

Summary

More than 7 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation of Web, Client/Server Applications in Financial / Insurance domains. Experience in developing and maintaining Automation Test Framework,Automation Framework design, API/Web Services testing using Java programming language. Extensive Knowledge of Quality Assurance standards, methodologies and strategies with a better understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Bug Life Cycle (BLC). Software Development Methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall. Ability to analyze the System Requirement Document (SRD) as well as Testing Requirements for a detail-oriented testing. Hands on experience in dealing with Defect Tracking tool JIRA. Strong experience in executing Front-end, Back-end, Functional, Mobile, API, Smoke, Regression and End-to-end testings. Strong knowledge of JAVA programming language and OOPs concepts. Expertise in using Selenium WebDriver/JAVA to execute parallel tests on multiple browsers IE, Chrome, Firefox & Safari. Excellent skills in framework build tools such as Maven and automation tools like Selenium WebDriver with Java, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, REST Assured, Jenkins and Git for testing Client-Server and Web-based Applications as well as management of in pom.xml and XML files for JAVA Automation scripts. Working experience in BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber/Gherkin features, Scenarios and Step Definitions as well as in Implementation of JUnit /TestNG test runner class to call test case in Cucumber. Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills. Excellent quick learning skills; new tools, techniques, approaches, methods, and concepts. Detail-oriented,team player, self-motivated, dedicated, open to learn and share the knowledge.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

SDET

Albertsons
12.2022 - Current
  • Engaging in full lifecycle of an Agile project and actively participating in sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint demos and sprint retros
  • Involved in performing Functional, Smoke, Regression and End-to-end testing
  • Analyzing and working on resolving defects (bugs) on a daily basis while collaborating on JIRA platform
  • Involved in Postman for manual back end testing
  • Design and develop automation tools and test frameworks such as Appium, UIAutomation to support Mobile Application Testing
  • Hands on experience using Kafka Tool
  • Connected to database to query the database using SQL and NoSQL using MongoDB for data verification and validation

SDET

Delta Airlines
09.2021 - 12.2022
  • Implemented Automated execution of tests using Maven and Jenkins
  • Used Java language and TestNG framework for scripting
  • Used Maven for building the WebDriver project
  • Integrated with Continuous Integration tool Jenkins for running test on nightly basis automatically
  • Extensively used Selenium locators like (XPath, CSS Selectors, Fire Bug and Fire path locator) and WebDriver to test the web application
  • Developed and maintained automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Java, reducing manual testing efforts by 50%
  • Reported bugs and sent e-mail notifications to the developers whenever there is a change in the status of the defects using Git and Jenkins
  • Followed Agile testing methodology, participated in daily Scrum meetings and testing each Sprint deliverables

SDET

Allstate
Chicago, IL
04.2019 - 09.2021
  • Developed Hybrid Automation Framework, Page Object Model from scratch using Selenium Web Driver and TestNG and defined dependencies using Maven
  • Implemented Automated execution of tests using Maven and Jenkins
  • Reviewed the Selenium Scripts developed by the team members
  • Used Java language and TestNG framework for scripting
  • Used Maven for building the WebDriver project
  • Integrated with Continuous Integration tool Jenkins for running test on nightly basis automatically
  • Extensively used Selenium locators like (XPath, CSS Selectors, Fire Bug and Fire path locator) and WebDriver to test the web application
  • Developed and maintained automation test scripts for web-based applications using Java and Selenium automation tools
  • Prepared Traceability Matrix to ensure the adequate coverage of the test cases
  • Reported bugs and sent e-mail notifications to the developers whenever there is a change in the status of the defects using Git and Jenkins
  • Connected to database to query the database using SQL for data verification and validation

QA Automation Engineer

TransUnion
Chicago, IL
02.2017 - 03.2019
  • Engaging in full lifecycle of an Agile project and actively participating in sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint demos and sprint retros
  • Directly involving in Development and Execution of Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts by reviewing the business requirements and technical specifications documents
  • Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using Appium and Selenium.
  • Analyzing and working on resolving defects (bugs) on a daily basis while collaborating on JIRA platform
  • Designed and created an automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Cucumber, combined with POM design for UI testing of the application on IntelliJ IDEA.
  • Performing both manual and automated API testing of web services using Postman and REST Assured by verifying and validating responses with assertions to enhance reliability
  • Implementing Jenkins to achieve CI and to execute automation scripts on a regular basis by scheduling Jenkins jobs while generating Cucumber reports
  • Performing cross-browser compatibility testing on different browsers using Sauce Labs
  • Conducting Database testing by utilizing JDBC against Oracle Database for data validation and verification
  • Involved in sharing knowledge among team members by participating in mentorings on several areas including JAVA fundamentals and Automation tools

Skills

  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Cucumber
  • Appium
  • MongoDB
  • TestNG
  • JUnit
  • Rest Assured
  • Postman
  • Bitbucket
  • Java
  • SQL
  • Jira
  • Maven
  • JUnit
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
  • Jenkins
  • Waterfall
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • SDLC
  • STLC
  • Mobile testing
  • Regression testing
  • Manual testing
  • Web application testing
  • Automated testing

Timeline

SDET

Albertsons
12.2022 - Current

SDET

Delta Airlines
09.2021 - 12.2022

SDET

Allstate
04.2019 - 09.2021

QA Automation Engineer

TransUnion
02.2017 - 03.2019
Gulnaz Bailova