Anam Waleed

Automation Test Engineer

ad0d0h@r.postjobfree.com

US Citizen – Active DHS clearance

Profile

Over 7 years of diversified experience in Automation and Manual Testing of Web, Database and RESTful APIs based applications. Progressive experience in all aspects of software development lifecycle SDLC and software testing lifecycle STLC with a solid record in driving and delivering quality software solutions through continual innovation in testing process, tools, and techniques. Proven expertise in creating and maintaining Behavior Driven Development BDD, Test Driven Development TDD and Hybrid frameworks for Web, Data base and Rest APIs. Proficient as Automation Engineer in different domains such as finance, transport and logistics, Real Estate, Immigration Services.

Professional Summary:

Experience in software analysis, Software Quality Assurance Testing of Web base Applications, Windows based Applications, Client / Server applications, Rest Assured APIs, and databases using manual and automated testing approaches.

Expertise in performing Smoke Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, UAT Testing, Positive and Negative, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Black Box testing.

Excellent experience in each phase of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Defect Life Cycle (DLC).

Hand-on experience in developing Software Test Plans, Test Case Design, and Test Scripts based on System requirement documentation and Business Requirements Document.

Experience in working on defect tracking tools like Jira and Confluence

Expertise in Selenium Automation using Eclipse IDE, Selenium WebDriver, Test NG, Maven, Cucumber/ Gherkins key words, Git, Jenkins

Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, CI/CD.

Hands on experience in Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, Page Object Model

Hands on experience in Rest Assured APIs, using Insomnia, Postman

Hand on experience in Data Base testing using Oracle SQL Developer and MySQL Workbench

Hand on experience in validating and verifying data using Kafka, Vault, Splunk, Kubernetes Rancher.

Hands on experience in automating Windows Based Applications using QTP/UFT

Expertise in using version control tools like Git/GitHub/Gitlab

Excellent communication skills, able to effectively convey complex technical concepts to team members and developers.

Strong collaboration abilities, working effectively within cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.

Exceptional problem-solving skills, adept at analyzing complex issues and proposing innovative solutions.

Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring thorough test coverage and accurate results.

Analytical thinking, with a talent for dissecting requirements, identifying risks, and designing comprehensive test cases.

Highly adaptable, quickly embracing new tools, frameworks, and methodologies in a fast-paced environment.

Proven time management skills, consistently meeting deadlines and efficiently handling multiple projects.

Continuously committed to learning, staying updated with the latest trends, tools, and technologies in automation testing.

Mindful of user experience, considering the end-user perspective and identifying potential usability issues.

Proficient in documenting processes, test plans, test cases, and creating comprehensive reports.

Professional Experiences

CGI Federal: Subcontractor: DHS - U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS),

Senior Consultant and Automation Test Engineer (12/22 to Present)

Working closely with directors, project manager, developers, and other team members to review designs of the systems, implement test plans, write test cases / acceptance criteria, and test the quality of the product.

Validating and monitoring a distribution of data across multiple servers using Kafka, Splunk, Kubernetes and Vault.

Performing automation testing for backend/REST APIs, database, and front-end services using Insomnia/postman/swagger, Selenium with Java, Test NG, Cucumber, QTP/UFT, Oracle SQL developer, Jira, Confluence etc.

Actively participating in all ceremonies of Scrum.

Hiring and training new employees.

Waan Logistics: Subcontractor: Amazon

Automation Test Engineer (Dates 03/19 to 12/2020)

Participated in planning and designing and maintained the in-built framework.

Involved in all phases of the SDLC and STLC.

Used Selenium WebDriver and IDE for GUI testing along with Java, TestNG, Junit, log4j, Cucumber, and Gherkins.

Used Jira and Excel sheet to write more than 100 user stories and Test cases.

Used Vault to manage authentication for application pods.

Waan Logistics: Subcontractor: Capital One

Automation Test Engineer (Dates 12/2020 to 12/2022)

Utilized Selenium WebDriver Hybrid Framework with Java to create 200+ regression tests along with integration and functional testing uncovering deeply nested bugs increasing efficiency by 40%.

Organized and automated test cases which resulted in 80% reduction in the total amount of time spent to execute full regression testing.

Validated the SOAP output backend SOAP by writing SQL queries.

Configured the test environments with TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, and Selenium.

Subcontractor: HUD

Tester (Dates 04/2016 to 03/2019)

Worked closely with Business Analyst and Developers to understand the requirements and developed test scenarios.

Responsible for End-to-End Automation Framework and the management of thousands of Test Cases.

Engaged in Analysis and Review of the Draft Use Cases and User Stories provided by the Business Analysis for every release.

Prepared various test reports like Test Analysis Report, Defect Trend Report, Test Coverage Report and published them to Development and QA Team.

Identified manual test process and inefficiencies and improved them through Automation.

Participated in Agile Scrum testing process.

Run the regression suit and send the report to the entire team.

Performed back-end testing using SQL queries for validation.

Developed test cases to run API testing: manually using Postman.

Updated test procedures as functionality changed during testing lifecycle, prepared test cases and test plans for new functional modules.

Education

B.A., Clinical Psychology, Sargodha University, 2013

AAS, Computer Programming Spc., Lone Star College, 2022

B.S., Cyber Security, Lone Star College, Present

Trainings and certifications

Computer Prog. Specialist II, Lone Star College, 2022

Computer Programmer, CERT, Lone Star College, 2022

Industry knowledge

Logistics

Finance

Banking

Real Estate

Immigration Services

Technical specializations

Rest Assured APIs

Test Cases, User Stories

Automation Frame Works: BDD, TDD, POM

Manual Testing

Java OOPs, SQL

Automation/Manual Testing

Database, Rest Assured – APIS, Front end, Back end, Negative Testing, Positive Testing, System Integration testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Smoke Testing

Agile Methodologies, CI/CD, Kanban

Environnent

Windows

Mac

Tools & software

Eclipse, Selenium, Cucumber, Maven, Test NG, Junit, Jenkins

Insomnia, Postman

Splunk, Vault, Kubernetes Rancher, Kafka

Oracle Sql Developer, MySql Workbench

Jira, Confluence

Microsoft Office: Excel, Access, Power Points, Word, Project

Languages:

English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi

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