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Saida Azimbegova

Summary

  • 6 years of experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance in both Manual and Automated Testing.
  • Hands-on experience in working with open-source tools such as Selenium, Junit, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, Cucumber, Eclipse, and IntelliJ IDE.
  • Good knowledge in Web Services, XML, JSON, and REST API testing. Excellent knowledge in writing unique Xpath using firebug and firepath to identify web elements.
  • Experience in creating and implementing test strategies and detailed test plans. Understanding of Internet and enterprise software technologies including web and application servers and testing on multiple browsers.
  • Sound knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC). Excellent understanding in quality assurance methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall. Experience in Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Black Box Testing, Regression Testing, Backend Testing and UAT Testing, in Client-Server and Web-based applications.
  • Experience in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office Excel, and PowerPoint. Understanding user requirements, documenting test plans, preparing test cases, execution of test cases to verify application functionality against business requirements, with manual testing and automated testing tools.
  • Excellent analytical ability, strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate at different levels within the organization with exceptional problem-solving and excellent attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated capability to quickly gain a detailed understanding of process to optimize efficiencies, reduce cost, and improve quality. Team player, self-starter, multi-task performer, ability to adapt to new environments quickly.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

QA ENGINEER

AETNA INSURANCE
07.2020 - Current
  • Developed automation test suites and test-cases using Selenium Web Driver, TestNG and Maven
  • Designed and Executed Automated Test Scripts using Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
  • Kept track of defects, assigned them to the developer, and retested
  • Wrote test scripts from the use case document
  • Managed on-site and three offshore resources and helped them to perform their tasks
  • Maintained traceability matrix to keep track of the requirements
  • Interacted with Business Analysts and developers for discussing the requirements and changes, if any
  • Good knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts and extensive use Java for Test Case Automation
  • Thoroughly used GIT and BITBUCKET to track changes in files
  • Performed production validation in the release process
  • Involved in identifying, logging, tracking and escalating bugs using JIRA and and created functional automation scripts for the report generation module using Selenium Webdriver and TestNG.
  • Performed automation regression testing on new builds, every modification in the application using Selenium Webdriver
  • Performed all aspects of verification including Smoke testing, Functional testing and Regression testing on major functionalities of the application
  • Configured Maven for Java automation projects and developed Maven Project Object Model (POM) and executed tests with Jenkins
  • Performed functional testing of RESTFUL APIs using Postman Tool and executed Selenium Synchronization using Explicit and Implicit waits
  • Performed backend testing by executing SQL Commands for data validation
  • Extensively used LINUX to check log files.

QA ENGINEER

Walgreens
12.2016 - 04.2018
  • Participated in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)and produced Test Cases while executing Test plans
  • Utilized Jira as a central platform for defect tracking, test case management, and project coordination, ensuring efficient collaboration and timely resolution of issues throughout the QA testing process
  • Implemented the Page Object Model (POM) design pattern to enhance test automation maintainability, reusability, and readability
  • Created and executed API test suites in Postman to ensure integrations functioning as expected
  • Designed and developed test automation scripts using Java-based frameworks such as Selenium WebDriver, and Junit to expand testing coverage and reduce manual testing efforts
  • Leveraged Gherkin syntax to write clear and structured test scenarios, enabling effective communication and collaboration between stakeholders, developers teams and QA testers
  • Effectively used project management and bug tracking tool Jira and version control by Git together with GitHub repository
  • Maintained testing environments and ensured data integrity and steadiness across test environments by utilizing Jenkins and creating Requirement Traceability
  • Executed SQL queries and validated database tables using both Data Manipulation Language (DML) and Data Definition Language (DDL)
  • Identified and reported defects in the application’s User Interface (UI) during testing
  • Utilized test management tools and frameworks to track test execution, manage test cases, and generate comprehensive reports for Smoke, Regression and Functional testing, ensuring clear visibility into test results and progress

SDET

All State Insurance
07.2015 - 11.2016
  • Reviewed test plans, test cases and test scripts to ensure consistency with functional requirements designed automated tests, created automated cases, test plans, and executed tests using Selenium
  • Used Page Object Model to create an object repository for storing all web elements in Selenium
  • Involved in continuous Integration of the automation framework with Jenkins
  • Involved in Functionality, System, Integration and Regression Test of Web Based Reports
  • Worked with XPath and CSS Selector to find elements that are not found by locators such as ID, Class, or Name
  • Automated functional, regression test and integration scripts and performed testing process using frameworks Java/Maven/TestNG/Cucumber
  • Performed various joins like Inner Join, Outer Join, Left Join, and Right Join to retrieve the data from the database
  • Interacted and worked with the Developers and BA to Solve the Problems Encountered in the Test Scenario Run
  • Conducted Data Validation using SQL, resolving defects and undertaking maintenance tasks as necessary
  • Created SQL queries by taking advantage of wildcards and nesting SQL queries to gain access to the diagnostics and logging tables in the database to help troubleshoot and debug blockers and impediments.

Education

Brooklyn College of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY

Touro College
New York, NY

Skills

  • Technical Skills Set
  • Testing Tools
  • Web Technologies
  • Defect Tracking Tools
  • Languages
  • Build Tools
  • Project Management
  • Continuous Integration Tools
  • Selenium Webdriver, Junit, TestNG, Jira
  • HTML, CSS, XML,XPATH
  • Jira
  • C, C, Java , SQL, JavaScript
  • Maven
  • Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Jenkins

LinkedIn

  

http://linkedin.com/in/saida-azimbegova-a15764293

Timeline

QA ENGINEER

AETNA INSURANCE
07.2020 - Current

QA ENGINEER

Walgreens
12.2016 - 04.2018

SDET

All State Insurance
07.2015 - 11.2016

Brooklyn College of The City University of New York

Touro College

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