Ilia Khripkov Samarakovskii

• Collaborated with cross-functional team to define test strategies, create test plans, and execute test cases to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Developed and maintained end to end BDD Automation Frameworks utilizing Nightwatch.js, Maven, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber-JUnit, Rest Assured, JDBC and Page Object Model.
• Utilized BrowserStack for running automated tests across different browsers and platforms.
• Worked with DevOps teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions, ensuring continue testing throughout the development lifecycle.
• Led bi-weekly Regression testing to ensure software functionality remained consistent after code changes, reporting any defects identified during testing.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, daily Stand-ups, and Sprint Reviews, ensuring alignment with project timelines and objectives.
• Built Load tests scripts using Apache JMeter to evaluate application performance and scalability.
• Analyzed Test Results, interacted with developers, and supported the development process using Jira.

• Engaged in Scrum methodology and conducted end-to-end testing throughout the entire Project, including Functional, Smoke, System, Integration, and Regression testing.
• Coordinated with Business Analysts, Developers & QA managers, and other stakeholders to implement the technical/functional and user requirements into test plans and test scenarios.
• Prepared test scripts to implement test cases, test scenarios, behavior features, and step definitions for Behavior-Driven Development Framework using Cucumber.
• Performed Database testing using MySQL Developer tool and

JDBC library.

• Implemented API testing with Postman for manual and Rest

Assured library for automation testing.

• Operated Jenkins CI/CD tool to maintain and update automated smoke and regression test suites.
• Pinpointed discrepancies during testing and collaborated with the development team to resolve software bugs.

• Developed Data-Driven Automation Framework using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG, following Page Object Model structure, and defined dependencies using Maven.
• Applied OOP concepts of Java (Encapsulation, Abstraction, Polymorphism, Inheritance) to the framework for more reusable, maintainable, and easy-to-read tests.
• Accountable for writing test scenarios and test cases, conducting test executions to meet necessary testing requirements, and updating the testing repository.
• Conducted Back-End testing manually using the SQL Developer tool and using Java JDBC library to automate Database testing.
• Integrated Postman and RESTful API by using Java's REST Assured for testing API.
• Applied Jenkins CI/CD tool for creating jobs to run smoke and regression tests.
• Engaged in various meetings and discussed enhancement and project change requests.
• Analyzed user stories and walked through test cases with appropriate stakeholders and provided feedback on suitability for automation to the project team.