Merkebu Kebede

Highly skilled QA Engineer with over 7 years of experience in software manual and automation testing, design, and implementation using object-oriented programming with Selenium WebDriver tools. Adept in functional testing, smoke testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, integration testing, system testing, and browser compatibility testing on external and internal client/server web-based applications. Expert in writing unique CSS and XPath locators using the source code of the page to identify each unique element. Proficient in analyzing business requirements/rules, functional and technical specifications. Strong experience in software development life cycle using agile/scrum and waterfall methodologies. Experienced in writing test plans, test cases, test procedures, and test scripts from requirements and use cases. Expert in creating automation frameworks from scratch and configuring various other peripheral tools to perform tests. Extensive knowledge of developing data-driven and behavior-driven development (BDD) frameworks with Selenium/WebDriver. Proficient in using Pytest, Unit Test, Dyno, Cucumber BDD, Angular, TestNG, and Junit unit testing frameworks. Skilled in agile and Scrum technology process. Experienced in developing test scripts using Java, Python with Dyno Framework, and developing test frameworks using TestNG / Junit, Apache Maven/POM tools. Good knowledge of using Maven's central repository to manage external JARs and other dependencies. Experienced in using GitHub / GitLab as a source repository and version control system to share code within the office as well as with the team overseas. Adept in using Jenkins as a continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline tool. Expertise in performing different types of testing: unit, smoke, integration, black box, functionality, stress, system, regression testing, and full life cycle testing. Proficient at creating and executing SQL queries involving multiple tables using join statements and validated against web-UI. Good knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts (OOPS) with Java, C#, and Python skills. Skilled in designing and developing automated test scripts using SOAPUI and Postman. Experienced in functional, regression, and system testing using manual and automated testing tools - Selenium WebDriver. Experienced in automating test cases using TestNG annotations and data-driven tests using Excel. Experienced in designing and implementing automation frameworks using Cucumber Gherkins language and JUnit for BDD and Data Driven Development (DDD). Good at working on cross-browser testing, browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome using WebDriver. Excellent interpersonal and customer relation and team player skills. Experienced with all phases of project development, testing, and deployment and management of enterprise solutions. Ability to learn, adapt & develop using new technologies quickly. Strong communication, interpersonal, and time management skills with good work ethics. Qualified Quality Engineer accustomed to developing and monitoring improved inspection strategy to reduce errors and cultivate consistent quality. Dedicated and energetic with proven history of implementing corrective actions to drive quality and improve efficiency. Attentive Quality Engineer always ready to step in and correct production weaknesses or faults. Provides limitation of liability by applying exceptional foresight and forecasting techniques to all proposed designs and manufacturing processes. Faithful provider of streamlined and profitable development streams. Thorough Quality Engineer skilled in executing quality inspections to identify and correct non-conformance issues. Meticulous and industrious with drive for implementing continuous improvement initiatives to foster consistent quality.