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Summary
Highly experienced QA Automation Engineer - SDET with over 5 years of expertise in Manual and Automated testing,
encompassing Mobile, UI, API, and Database applications.
Proficient in SDLC and STLC, adept at designing and maintaining automation frameworks utilizing Selenium WebDriver,
Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, Appium, Maven, and Jenkins.
Competent in Core Java, leveraging various concepts such as Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Collections, Strings,
Exception handling, Multithreading, and more to create robust and efficient solutions.
Profound understanding of HTML, CSS, HTTP, XML, and JSON.
Skilled in diverse testing types, including Functional, User Acceptance, Integration, System, Browser Compatibility, and
Security testing.
Well-versed in Jira for defect reporting and tracking, and proficient in utilizing Git and GitHub for version control.
Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills, capable of working both independently and collaboratively
within a team.
Demonstrate a quality-oriented mindset, a "Test to Break" attitude, and tactful and diplomatic behavior.
Skills
Java | HTML | CSS | Selenium WebDriver | Grid | Postman | Rest Assured | SQL | JDBC (Java Data Base
Connectivity) | Cucumber | TestNG | JUnit | Jenkins | Jira | Maven | Git | GitHub | Agile Scrum | Appium
Experience
Software Test Engineer 09/2021 - Current
State Farm Insurance Bloomington, IL
Proactively engage in collaboration with Business analysts and developers by actively participating in various meetings,
leading to enhanced communication and mutual understanding throughout the project lifecycle.
Participate actively in essential Scrum Ceremonies, such as daily Stand-Up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review (Demo), and
Sprint Retrospective meetings, providing valuable contributions and insights that foster effective teamwork and project
success.
Implement robust Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Framework using Cucumber, applying Page Object Model Design
Pattern and creating comprehensive and easily understandable Step Definitions and Feature files utilizing Gherkin
keywords. This led to a 30% decrease in the average time required to onboard new QA team members, as they could
quickly grasp the test scenarios and contribute to test automation efforts.
Arrange CI/CD processes via Jenkins, enabling scheduled execution of Smoke and Regression suites, which reduced the
average deployment time by 40%, allowing for automated and consistent delivery of software updates.
Developing automation scripts for API Web Services testing using REST Assured Libraries, Java, and Postman tool, resulting
in thorough API testing. Successfully improving test execution efficiency by replacing time-consuming UI actions with
streamlined API calls, leading to a remarkable 50% increase in test run speed.
Proficiently creating Jira tickets to report bugs, ensuring clear and concise communication of identified issues to the
development team. Diligently following up and verifying bug fixes, resulting in improved software quality and a seamless
development process.
Quality Assurance Analyst 05/2018 - 08/2021
Saint John Capital Corp Park Ridge, IL
Actively participated in QA weekly meetings and various other collaborative sessions, engaging in fruitful discussions
regarding Enhancement and Modification Request issues, as well as application defects.
Proficiently performed both Manual and Automation Testing, ensuring comprehensive verification and validation of test
scripts.
Significantly elevated automation coverage from 45% to an impressive 80%. This increase allowed the team to execute a
larger number of automated test cases in a shorter time, leading to quicker regression testing and accelerated software
release cycles.
Showcased proficiency in creating new Test Cases for each sprint, working closely with developers to automate their
features, resulting in accelerated testing processes and improved software quality.
Adopted Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies in an Agile/Scrum environment, leading to enhanced software
testing practices and significant improvements in code quality.
Demonstrated strong proficiency in implementing the Page Object Model for automating Functional and Regression
testing, utilizing Java, Maven, TestNG, and Selenium WebDriver, resulting in more efficient and reliable test automation.
Conducted effective Back-End/Database testing through the creation of SQL queries, resulting in improved data integrity
and accelerated issue identification.
Successfully configured Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server, seamlessly integrating it with GitHub and Maven,
resulting in a more efficient and streamlined development and testing workflow.
Successfully implemented simulator for Mobile Application Testing on Android platform, employing Appium to ensure
comprehensive testing coverage.
Education
William Rainey Harper College Palatine, IL 09/2007 - 05/2008
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Ukraine 09/2005 - 06/2007
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