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Symbat Muratbek

Chicago,Illinois

Summary

Over 9- years of experience in QA Automation Engineer-SDET, for Software Quality. Excellent Cross-Functional Agile team member, well-versed in software development and testing protocols. Successfully released large complex software products with high-quality and defect free applications using a variety of tools and methods. Strong communicator and multitasker with organized, detail-oriented approach. Proficient in complex software programs and deployments. Substantial working experience and excellent understanding of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, extensive working experience in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Automation Engineer

Walgreens
Deerfield, IL
06.2022 - Current
  • Actively participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily Stand-ups, and Retrospectives) to ensure continuous alignment between QA and development teams, fostering smooth project execution.
  • Executed comprehensive testing types, including Smoke, Functional, Regression, System, Integration, and End-to-End testing, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, bug-free applications.
  • Designed and implemented BDD test scripts using Cucumber, Java, JUnit, and Page Object Model (POM), significantly improving the maintainability of UI and API, Database testing processes.
  • Created feature files in Gherkin language to define clear, concise test scenarios, resulting in improved collaboration between developers and testers and more accurate test coverage.
  • Monitored and validated microservices logs through Kubernetes, ensuring proper event capture and seamless operation of distributed systems in production environments.
  • Experienced in API testing efforts using Postman, Rest Assured to validate RESTful APIs, ensuring compliance with functional and performance specifications and enhancing the overall application reliability.
  • Maintained automation testing for web applications by leveraging Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber (BDD), JUnit, Maven, IntelliJ, and Java, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of test cycles.
  • Developed and maintained End-to-End Microservices automation test using Azure service bus and scripts using Selenium WebDriver with JUnit framework.
  • Conducted rigorous SQL database testing on Microsoft SQL Server, validating data integrity.
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, optimizing testing processes, and significantly reducing time-to-market.
  • Implemented database testing methodologies with Java and POM in a BDD environment, boosting code reusability.

SDET

AIM Specialty Health
Rosemont, IL
11.2018 - 06.2022
  • Designed, developed, and maintained automated test scripts using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and JUnit, improving test coverage and reducing code duplication.
  • Built and maintained BDD framework using Cucumber with Gherkin and Java, enhancing collaboration and reusability of tests.
  • Performed API testing using Rest Assured and Postman to validate the functionality and security of RESTful APIs.
  • Developed End-to-End microservices automation tests using Selenium, ensuring the integration and functionality of distributed systems.
  • Conducted parallel testing with Selenium Grid for cross-browser compatibility on multiple environments.
  • Executed SQL queries for data validation using Cosmos DB and JDBC to ensure data integrity.
  • Integrated automation scripts with Azure DevOps for continuous testing and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Actively participated in Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Retrospectives, and Review sessions.
  • Managed defect tracking and reporting using Jira and Confluence, ensuring timely issue resolution.
  • Automated test reports using Cucumber plugin, to achieve HTML and JSON reports attached with failed scenarios and reporting it with screenshots.
  • Attended daily stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Grooming, Sprint Retrospective meetings and Review sessions, directly participated in Production support and user feedback sessions, and participated in documentation review meetings with developers and BA team.
  • Analyzed complex software systems to identify potential issues or areas of improvement.

SDET

TransUnion
Chicago, IL
09.2016 - 10.2018
  • Developed and maintained automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Cucumber, ensuring high-quality releases.
  • Created and executed test scripts for RESTful Web Services using REST Assured and Postman to ensure API reliability and performance.
  • Wrote and executed SQL queries in MySQL to verify data consistency between front-end and back-end.
  • Developed and executed automated regression tests to ensure continuous software quality and stability.
  • Implemented Maven and Jenkins for building and integrating automated test scripts into the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Conducted cross-browser testing using Selenium Grid, ensuring functionality across multiple browsers and environments.
  • Tracked and reported defects using Jira, collaborating with developers to resolve issues quickly and efficiently
  • Participated in daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Retrospectives to ensure alignment between development and QA teams.
  • Enhanced testing efficiency by integrating JUnit with Selenium automation scripts, reducing manual testing time significantly.
  • Created pom.xml in Maven and ran the builds using Continuous Integration tool, Jenkins.
  • Maintained Behavior Driven Development (BDD) frameworks with Cucumber, enabling improvement in test coverage while streamlining collaboration between testers and developers.
  • Implemented quality software best practices to develop Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Case and Test Automation and actively participated in process improvements.

Quality Assurance Analyst

XPO Logistics
Los Angeles, CA
06.2015 - 08.2016
  • Directly involved in planning and analyzing the application requirements and creating Test Plan, Test Cases developing and maintaining Automation and manual test scenarios using Jira.
  • Developed manual and automated test scripts using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG to validate functionality, UI, and integration.
  • Contributed to the creation of a BDD framework using Cucumber and Gherkin, increasing collaboration between developers and QA.
  • Directly work with both the Product Owner and development team to understand QA needs and develop QA Test Plan accordingly.
  • Developed detailed test cases for functional, regression, and integration testing based on application requirements
  • Identified, documented, and tracked defects in Jira, working closely with developers to ensure timely resolution.
  • Actively participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Standups, and Sprint Demos to ensure effective communication and process improvements.
  • Conducted API testing and validated data consistency using SQL queries.
  • Performed end-to-end test cycles for critical software releases, achieving a 30% decrease in defect recurrence by employing advanced debugging techniques and fostering efficient cross-team collaboration.
  • Executed the manual QA processes and maintained an exceptional level of quality, efficiency, and effectiveness in the deliverables of each new product and product updates

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Entrepreneurship in Agriculture

Agrarian Technical College
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
05.2013

Skills

  • Java, Phyton, C#, HTML, SQL, XML, JSON
  • Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Rest Assured, Microservice Automation, API testing, TestNG, JUnit, Jenkins, Maven, Restful, Postman, Rest Assured, Jmeter, AWS
  • Oracle, MySQL, Cosmos DB, Microsoft SQL
  • Agile / Scrum, Waterfall
  • Jira, Azur DevOps, Confluence
  • Functional testing, Front-end testing, Back-end testing, Regression testing, Smoke testing, Sanity testing, API testing, End-to-end testing

Timeline

QA Automation Engineer

Walgreens
06.2022 - Current

SDET

AIM Specialty Health
11.2018 - 06.2022

SDET

TransUnion
09.2016 - 10.2018

Quality Assurance Analyst

XPO Logistics
06.2015 - 08.2016

Some College (No Degree) - Entrepreneurship in Agriculture

Agrarian Technical College

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