Mira Ak
Software Development Engineer In Test
Chicago,IL
Summary
- As an accomplished QA Automation Engineer with over 5 years of professional experience in Information Technology, I have a strong back- ground in both manual and automation testing. I am dedicated to ensuring that software applications meet the highest quality standards by utilizing my specialized skills.
- Experience in analyzing User Stories and Testing requirements and preparing Test plan, Test Scenarios, Test cases and Test summary re- ports in order to achieve extensive test coverage of the software's functionalities.
- Proficiency in detecting, reporting, tracking, and collaborating on the resolution of software defects throughout all stages of the Defect Life Cycle by using Jira.
- Experience in developing, implementing, and enhancing scalable Test Automation Frameworks such as Page Object Model and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) integrated with Selenium WebDriver.
- Proficiency in automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver integrated with Java, JUnit or TestNG, Cucumber and Maven. Well-versed in performing Functional, Cross Browser, Smoke, Regression and Black Box Testing for both Backend and for Graphical User Interface (GUI)of web-based and mobile applications.
- Ability and knowledge to assist in testing layers of API Testing by utilizing REST Assured library for automation and Postman tool for manual testing.
- Expertise in writing SQL queries and scripts, and performing Database testing using JDBC library. Proficiency in Java OOP language, as well as working knowledge of HTML, Gherkin, JSON and XML.
- Additionally, I am well organized, quick-learner, detail-oriented, self- driven and have excellent communication skills. I also have a strong ability to think creatively to find solutions to complex problems.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer/ SDET
Northern Trust
Chicago, IL
12.2021 - Current
- Actively participate in all Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning by providing accurate estimates and feedback when analyzing Sprint Backlog items
- Worked collaboratively with the product owner and development team to analyze, evaluate, and improve User Stories and acceptance criteria
- Executed various types of software testing such as Smoke, Functional, Regression, Integration and End-to-End Testing
- Utilized Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Cucumber to automate test cases and test suites
- Centralized dependencies by utilizing Maven build tool
- Implemented the Page Object Model (POM) and executed tests in parallel, resulting in a 15% reduction in test execution time
- Used REST Assured libraries to automate APIs and created POJO classes to map JSON/XML data for RESTful API requests and responses
- Conducted manual testing of APIs using Postman
- Skilled in using GitHub for version control, collaborative software development, managing repositories, creating branches, and merging pull requests
- Utilized GIT command line and fundamental Linux commands for managing test staging Experienced in configuring and setting up Jenkins pipelines, jobs, and builds to streamline the software development process
- Conducted and automated database testing utilizing SQL queries,JDBC and Java
- This resulted in improved testing efficiency and increased accu- racy of data
- Proficient in utilizing Jira for Agile project management and tracking bugs throughout the software development lifecycle.
QA Automation Engineer
Allstate
Northbrook, IL
02.2018 - 11.2021
- Designed and built test automation frameworks from scratch using Java,
- Cucumber, JUnit, Maven and developed detailed HTML Report
- This resulted in the development of over 200 automated test scripts and reduced manual testing by 60%
- Implemented Page Object Model (POM) design pattern using Selenium
- WebDriver, resulting in increased time efficiency and code reusability of the framework
- Developed, executed, and maintained automation test code using Selenium, Java, JUnit, and Cucumber in BDD Framework
- Reduced the project’s overall testing time by 30% by successfully implementing various types of testing such as smoke, integration, regression, end-to-end, negative, and positive testing using Selenium WebDriver
- Provided mentorship and support to my peers and team members in learning and utilizing the newly developed framework
- Analyzed requirement documents and developed test cases to validate software functionality
- Ability to multitask, prioritize and manage multiple simultaneous projects under tight and conflicting deadlines.
Skills
Java JavaScript Gherkin Selenium WebDriver Cypress Cucumber Nodejs Maven Gradle TestNG JUnit Cucumber BDD Framework Karate Rest Assured Postman SQL MySQL Oracle SQL JDBC Jira Kanban Confluence Git GitHub GitBucket Appium Jenkins CI/CD Postman RestAssured Jackson Swagger IntelliJ Eclipse VS code Linux Windows
Timeline
Software Development Engineer/ SDET
Northern Trust
12.2021 - Current
QA Automation Engineer
Allstate
02.2018 - 11.2021