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Reina Kazakbaeva

QA Engineer
Chicago,IL

Summary

Authorized to Work in USA for any employer without sponsorship

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

  • Extensive experience in Quality Assurance & Software Testing for 7+ years, Automation with successfully performed manual and automation testing in web-based and mobile applications.
  • Experienced in different development methodologies as Waterfall Model and Agile development.
  • Experience in SDLC and validation testing techniques including Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression, Cross Browser Compatibility, Positive, Negative, UI, API, Black Box, End to End and Database testing.
  • Experienced in Executing and Analyzing the test results using Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
  • Experienced in implementing Oracle Utilities applications within the utility industry as well as experienced in testing Oracle Meter Data Management (MDM) and Oracle Customer Care & Billing (CC&B).
  • Expertise in both manual and automated testing of REST/SOAP/API Web Services using Postman tool, REST-Assured library with JAVA for automation testing.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of JAVA programming language and OOP principles.
  • Hands-on and thorough understanding of various phases of Testing Life Cycle like ability to understand Requirements, Analysis of Requirements, Designing Test Plan, and Creation of Test Cases based on requirements, Execution of Test Cases, logging defects, Test Defect Reports and Escalating issues.
  • Highly proficient in automating test cases using Selenium WebDriver with JAVA.
  • Executing SQL queries to perform backend testing and retrieve and manipulate data from database.
  • Solid experience in Automating Test Cases using different Automation Tools as Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG using Java programming language.
  • Experienced in using Maven build tool to manage framework dependencies, jar files.
  • Hands on experience working on defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Spira Team.
  • Extensive experience in developing BDD scripts with Cucumber and writing step definitions using Gherkin language.
  • Experienced in mobile test automation using Appium for both iOS and Android platforms, ensuring high-quality users experiences across devices.
  • Actively participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective and Scrum meetings.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, an analytical bent to problem solving and delivering under high stress environment.
  • Experienced working in a healthcare, HIPAA-compliant environment.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Engineer

HealthJoy
06.2021 - 07.2025
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web and mobile platforms (iOS & Android) using tools like Selenium, Appium, and TestNG.
  • Contributed to successful product launches through meticulous end-to-end testing of applications.
  • Collaborated with developers to identify and resolve software issues, leading to higher product reliability.
  • Accelerated issue resolution times by effectively prioritizing defects based on severity and impact on the end-user experience.
  • Worked closely with software engineers, product managers, and designers to understand features, define test strategies, and automate the validation of new and existing functionality.
  • Identified document, and track defects in JIRA; proactively communicate test results and quality metrics.
  • Ensured cross-browser and cross-device compatibility and resolve inconsistencies.
  • Participated in full end-to-end testing for multiple product launches, ensuring the stability and performance of web and mobile applications before release to thousands of users.
  • Collaborated with multiple third-party vendors (e.g., Teladoc Health, Fabric Health, Curalinc) and service providers to validate and maintain seamless integrations within the HealthJoy platform. Ensured compliance with quality standards and HIPAA regulations during the testing of external APIs, single sign-on (SSO) and telehealth services. Worked cross-functionally to resolve external dependency issues and align testing strategies across teams.

QA Tester/Oracle MDM,CC&B,C2M Consultant

Red Clay Consulting
01.2020 - 04.2021
  • Created and executed test cases for MDM implementation configurations.
  • Implemented Oracle Utilities MDM to support client's AMI rollout.
  • Created and conditioned test data for several testing phases.
  • Supported and helped client's testing team with SIT test case execution
  • Wrote and executed test scripts to verify the fixes and performed integration and regression during the several phases of testing.
  • Worked closely with client and implementation team to understand the product roadmap, features, user stories and acceptance criteria to develop test plan and test cases.
  • Analyzed requirements and system design and collaborated with cross functional team to influence the design and development for testability.
  • Documented, developed and executed automated test flows, delivered training to others on how to utilize automated testing tool (Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator).
  • Reported on defects found and executed test scripts to verify the fixes.
  • Selected, designed and automated test cases using Selenium Web Driver for front-end testing.
  • Defined the automation framework using scripting language JAVA for automating the test cases.
  • Started with discovery and planning phases to pivot from an older CCB solution to the Oracle Customer to Meter (C2M) solution

QA Automation Engineer

ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS
08.2018 - 12.2019
  • Manually tested test cases and developed Test Scripts using Selenium WebDriver Executed Functional, regression, integration and smoke tests;.
  • Performed cross-browser testing using Selenium Grid, Selenium WebDriver and Java;.
  • Selected, designed and automated test cases to perform front-end testing using Selenium WebDriver;.
  • Detected critical bugs in the application, weekly reported through bug reports and Requirement Traceability Matrix;.
  • Used TestNG Annotations in Selenium WebDriver and executed a batch of tests as TestNG suite.
  • Checked the data flow through the front end to backend and used SQL queries, to extract the data from the Oracle database.
  • Responsible for performing GUI, API, Database, Smoke test, Ad-hoc, Integration, Functional test, Positive, Negative tests and End to End test;.
  • Interacted with the development and QA team to ensure the quality of software to user expectation;.
  • Responsible for defining the automation framework and for using scripting language as JAVA for automating the test cases;.
  • Worked closely with the QA team, UAT team to troubleshoot issues in testing environment.
  • Used distributed Version Control System and Source Code Management tool GIT to track the collection of files.

Skills

    Java, SQL, XML, HTML, Gherkin

    Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver,REST- Assured, Cucumber, Postman, SOAP UI, Perfecto, Appium

    Testing Framework: JUnit, TestNG, OUTA (Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator)

    Bug Tacking Tools: JIRA, Spira Team, Microsoft Teams

    Operation Systems and IDEs: Windows, Mac OS, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA

    Project building tools: Maven

    Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall

    Version Control Systems: Git

    Databases: Oracle SQL,ODI

    Industry-Specific Skills: HIPAA compliance awareness, claims and eligibility data testing, secure data handling practices

Timeline

QA Engineer

HealthJoy
06.2021 - 07.2025

QA Tester/Oracle MDM,CC&B,C2M Consultant

Red Clay Consulting
01.2020 - 04.2021

QA Automation Engineer

ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS
08.2018 - 12.2019

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