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MILA STROKAN

Chicago,IL

Summary

SDET professional with 7+ years of experience in UI, API and DB testing - both manual and automation. Competent, creative, and dynamic individual with a passion for Technology. Bringing a strong work ethic coupled with an aptitude for learning in a fast-paced environment.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Quality and Support Lead

Cooler Screens
06.2020 - 03.2024
  • Managed effective deployment of new product in 20+ states across US, resulting in increased impressions and establishing collaborations with external companies
  • Conducted comprehensive testing throughout development and maintenance phases of the IoT device operating system Docker image to enhance product stability and performance.
  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive UI and API test automation framework with Java, Selenium, and JUnit, leveraging the Page Object Model design pattern for microservice applications.
  • Led and mentored an offshore team, driving the timely completion of automation tasks while boosting overall efficiency, ensuring alignment with project goals.
  • Configured and optimized CI/CD pipelines, executing comprehensive test automation within Azure DevOps, which enhanced the efficiency and reliability of the Continuous Integration process.
  • Established and led cross-functional Product Triage meetings, effectively prioritizing and resolving production issues, resulting in enhanced operational continuity and reduced downtime.
  • Efficiently managed lab inventory, layout, and content while coordinating with Cloud Engineering, Development, and Marketing teams on lab requests. Oversaw Service Desk operations, resolving technical issues, provisioning and decommissioning users, and administering directory services, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SaaS provisioning, Microsoft Defender for O365, and Microsoft Intune.

Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Zillow
03.2018 - 05.2020
  • Automated 40% of test cases in the regression suite, directly contributing to a 17% reduction in production bugs, thereby enhancing product reliability and customer satisfaction.
  • Mentored and coached junior team members, delivering targeted knowledge transfer sessions that accelerated their development and improved overall team productivity.
  • Refined and optimized the deployment validation process, playing an integral role in deployments to ensure smooth and error-free product releases.
  • Designed and implemented automation scripts within a TDD framework using JavaScript, Cypress, cutting the number of manual test cases by 30% and boosting testing efficiency.
  • Continuously enhanced the deployment validation process, ensuring high-quality releases by actively participating in and refining deployment procedures.

QA Automation Engineer

Bank of America
03.2016 - 04.2018
  • Developed and executed robust Java automation scripts across multiple browsers and environments, proactively identifying and reporting defects to enhance product quality and cross-platform performance.
  • Utilized Postman to thoroughly test RESTful web services and executed complex queries using MySQL, ensuring data integrity and backend functionality.
  • Delivered high-impact manual testing, including UAT, adhoc, smoke, and regression testing for web-based applications, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-quality releases.
  • Analyzed business requirements to identify and create detailed test scenarios, uncovering gaps and collaborating closely with the development team to refine and expand test cases, ultimately improving application reliability.

Education

Master Degree -

Roosevelt University
01.2019

Bachelor Degree -

Cherkasy State Technological University
01.2014

Skills

    Languages: Java, JavaScript, Gherkin, CSS, JSON
    Automation & Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, Maven, Rest-Assured, Cypress, Jest, Lombok, Hamcrest, Yarn, Axios, Log4J, FasterXML Jackson, Robot Framework
    Testing Types: Smoke, Regression, Sanity, E2E, Functional, Ad-Hoc
    Defect Tracking & CI/CD Tools: JIRA, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Maven, Git/GitHub
    Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
    Other Tools: Postman, Docker, SQL Developer, Teleport IoT, Swagger

Timeline

Quality and Support Lead

Cooler Screens
06.2020 - 03.2024

Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Zillow
03.2018 - 05.2020

QA Automation Engineer

Bank of America
03.2016 - 04.2018

Master Degree -

Roosevelt University

Bachelor Degree -

Cherkasy State Technological University
MILA STROKAN