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Tareq Elhaj

Chicago,Illinois

Summary

Thorough quality assurance professional highly skilled in manual and automated application testing. Partners successfully with project management and development team members to put out high-quality software for customers. Decisive in identifying problems at any stage of production.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Automation Engineer

U.S. Bank
Chicago, Illinois
10.2022 - Current
  • Created comprehensive test automation scripts for 100+ use cases, reducing manual testing by 45%.
  • Delivered KT sessions to onboard and train new team members.
  • Collaborated with developers to troubleshoot problems during the QA process.
  • Implemented CI and CD processes for rapid deployment of software releases.
  • Utilized defect tracking systems such as JIRA to monitor bug resolution progress.
  • Optimized existing test suites for improved efficiency and accuracy.
  • Created and executed automation test plans to ensure software quality.
  • Wrote and updated manual test cases for team use, maintaining optimal organization for maximum productivity.
  • Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.
  • Played a key role in the development, updates, and maintenance of the Behavior-Driven Development framework (BDD) with Cucumber and Gherkin syntax.

Software Engineer in Test

CVS Healthcare
Chicago, Illinois
03.2021 - 09.2022
  • Executed unit tests on individual modules before integration into larger systems.
  • Conducted comprehensive tests on various platforms and environments to check compatibility.
  • Analyzed application requirements, identified potential issues, and created detailed test plans.
  • Performed load and stress testing on newly developed features and functions.
  • Utilized version control systems such as Git to track code changes over time.
  • Collaborated with developers to identify areas of improvement in existing software solutions.
  • Participated in sprint planning meetings to discuss upcoming tasks and timelines.
  • Directed the shift to Cypress-JavaScript for front-end automation testing, achieving a 45% reduction in test flakiness and a 30% improvement in test accuracy, optimizing overall development workflow.

Software Test Engineer

Costco
Chicago, Illinois
10.2018 - 02.2021
  • Reviewed business requirements documents to understand the scope of projects and create comprehensive test plans.
  • Identified areas of improvement in existing products through root cause analysis of failed tests.
  • Worked with developers to identify, document and track defects in the system.
  • Developed SQL queries to analyze data integrity across various databases.
  • Participated in peer reviews of test plans, scripts, data sets and other related documentation.
  • Developed and executed test cases to ensure software functionality, reliability and performance.
  • Completed unit and regression tests on software and individual modules.
  • Optimized the company's Test-Driven Development Framework (TDD) to enhance the efficiency and performance of the testing process

Education

Bachelor of Business - Accounting

Governors State University
Park Forest, IL

Skills

  • Integration Testing
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Version control systems
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Regression Testing
  • Manual Testing
  • Playwright
  • Cypress
  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • Continuous Integration Systems
  • Project Management
  • Scrum Framework
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SQL
  • Gherkin

Timeline

QA Automation Engineer

U.S. Bank
10.2022 - Current

Software Engineer in Test

CVS Healthcare
03.2021 - 09.2022

Software Test Engineer

Costco
10.2018 - 02.2021

Bachelor of Business - Accounting

Governors State University
Tareq Elhaj