Maksuda Akter
Ellicott City,MD
Summary
Software-savvy quality assurance professional committed to confirming proper functionality and usability of software products before release. Plans test schedules and strategies according to project scope and delivery dates and monitors and tracks bug resolutions. Reviews software documentation to verify technical accuracy and completeness and to mitigate risks.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Automation Engineer
M&T Bank
08.2021 - Current
- Develop and implement automated test strategies to support banking applications, focusing on reliability and performance.
- Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Led a team that enhanced test automation coverage by 40%, significantly reducing defects and improving deployment cycles at M&T Bank.
Automation Engineer (QA)
Northwell Health
07.2019 - 07.2021
- Developed and implemented automated testing algorithms to improve dependability of online banking services for financial applications.
- Spearheaded major testing initiative at Northwell Health that improved system reliability by 30%, directly impacting patient care management systems.
QA Engineer
Northwestern Mutual
06.2016 - 05.2019
- Performed database and API testing in support of infrastructure initiatives, with specific emphasis on energy distribution and management systems.
- Developed innovative approach to test automation at Northwestern Mutual, which decreased testing time by over 35% and increased software release speed.
Education
Master of Science - Economics
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh06.2011
Skills
- Expertise in UI and API Testing; Extensive experience with automated and manual testing methodologies
- Proficient in both Agile and waterfall methodologies; capable of adjusting to wide range of testing and development environments
- Cucumber for Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Selenium IDE/WebDriver/Grid, and advanced skills in automated web testing
- Jenkins for continuous integration and deployment and JMeter for performance testing are two tools with which am well-versed
- Version Control and Build Management: Proficient with Maven for build management and Git and GitHub for code collaboration
- Possess thorough understanding of various tools and am adept at utilizing JIRA for project administration and issue tracking, in addition to Rest Assured and SOAP UI for efficient API testing
- Proficient in Java in addition to having comprehensive comprehension of SQL and database management for purpose of backend testing
- Proficiency in cross-browser testing: Capable of guaranteeing uniform user experiences across multitude of web browsers and platforms
- Adept at using and implementing testNG, keyword-driven frameworks, hybrid driven frameworks, and page object models (POM)
- Planning Tests
- Testing for Regression
- Acceptance Testing for Users
- System Testing
- Integration Testing
- Test Plans and Test Methodologies
- Defect Tracking and Reporting
- Test Program Development
- Collaborative Team Player
- Automated Testing Frameworks
Accomplishments
- Led a team that enhanced test automation coverage by 40%, significantly reducing defects and improving deployment cycles at M&T Bank.
- Spearheaded a major testing initiative at Northwell Health that improved system reliability by 30%, directly impacting patient care management systems.
- Developed an innovative approach to test automation at Northwestern Mutual, which decreased testing time by over 35% and increased software release speed.
Skillmatrix
- UI Testing, Selenium IDE/WebDriver/Grid, Expert
- API Testing, Postman, Rest Assured, Expert
- Programming Languages, Java, SQL, Advanced
- Automation Frameworks, Cucumber, TestNG, Keyword Driven, Hybrid, and POM, Advanced
- CI/CD Tools, Jenkins, Maven, Advanced
- Version Control, Git, GitHub, Proficient
- Project Management Tools, JIRA, Proficient
- Development Methodologies, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Expert
- Database Management, SQL database interactions and management, Proficient
Successstories
- Led a team that enhanced test automation coverage by 40%, significantly reducing defects and improving deployment cycles at M&T Bank.
- Spearheaded a major testing initiative at Northwell Health that improved system reliability by 30%, directly impacting patient care management systems.
- Developed an innovative approach to test automation at Northwestern Mutual, which decreased testing time by over 35% and increased software release speed.
Timeline
QA Automation Engineer
M&T Bank
08.2021 - Current
Automation Engineer (QA)
Northwell Health
07.2019 - 07.2021
QA Engineer
Northwestern Mutual
06.2016 - 05.2019
Master of Science - Economics
University of Dhaka
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