SHAILA KUNWAR

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EDUCATION

University of Texas - Arlington August 2016 - December 2020 Bachelor's, Computer Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LPL Financial Austin, TX, USA

Senior Sdet November 2021 - Present

• Led a team of 5 automation engineers in developing and implementing a scalable and maintainable automation framework, resulting 60% improvement in test coverage by effectively analyzing business rules and identifying critical test scenarios.

• Involved in all phases of SDLC like Requirement Analysis, Implementation and Maintenance, and extensive experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

• Successfully maintained and enhanced the automation framework, based on the Page Object Model (POM) approach, using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Grid, TestNG, Maven Cucumber, resulting in a notable 50% reduction in maintenance efforts and test efficiency.

• Demonstrated proficiency in web service validation, working with RESTful and SOAP services, utilizing tools like SOAP UI and Postman, ensuring 100% compliance with API specifications.

• Played a key role in implementing Regression and Smoke/Sanity test execution using Selenium WebDriver, ensuring application stability, and reducing critical defects by 70%.

• Configured Jenkins to schedule automation test runs and trigger Smoke Test scripts via email notifications, improving test execution efficiency by 65%.

• Monitored the performance of the software, reported bugs and failures introduced by the software in terms of load and performance issues by using Apache JMeter tool.

• Created SQL scripts to comprehensive backend testing, covering interfaces, data extraction, upload, and conversion processes, reducing manual effort by 50% and improving test coverage.

• Conducted code reviews, provided technical guidance, and mentored team members to enhance their automation skills and improve overall efficiency.

Visa Remote

SDET August 2019 - October 2021

• Lead the design, development, and execution of manual and automated test plans and test cases, resulting in a 65% reduction in testing time.

• Investigated and debugged automation failures, identified root causes, and implemented corrective actions to ensure the reliability and stability of automation suites.

• Design and implement scalable and maintainable test automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, and Maven, improving test automation efficiency by 50%.

• Formulating and executing automated test scripts within a BDD (Behavior Driven Development) Framework, harnessing Java, Cucumber, JUnit, Rest Assured library, Selenium WebDriver, and Maven, contributing to expanded test coverage and reduced manual workload.

• Applying Apache POI for Data Driven testing, seamlessly connecting with Microsoft Excel to retrieve mocked datasets.

• Integrate automated test scripts into the continuous integration (CI) pipeline for efficient and reliable execution.

• Demonstrated expertise in the comprehensive testing of Restful Web Services, orchestrating meticulous API request and response validation, seamless authentication, and adept error handling to ensure seamless functionality and data integrity.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile/Scrum environments for sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.

Fiserv Remote

Automation Engineer April 2017 - July 2019

• Responsible for the entire process of system testing, including requirements analysis, test plan formulation, test case design and execution, defect tracking, and software quality analysis

• Implement and maintain the Page Object Model approach using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Cucumber, JIRA, GIT and Jenkins for test automation.

• Automating over 100 test cases within the BDD framework, resulting in a 60% reduction in manual testing effort and enhanced regression test efficiency.

• Demonstrated expertise in testing Restful APIs, employing tools like Postman and Rest Assured to verify API functionality and perform integration testing.

• Collaborating with QA and development teams to define and refine test strategies, augment test coverage, and optimize quality assurance processes.

• Integrated Selenium WebDriver scripts into Jenkins for nightly batch runs, improving test automation and reducing manual effort.

• Created and reported issues and results, documented accordingly in Jira X-Ray, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.

Hewlett Packard (HP) Plano, TX, USA

Automation Tester July 2016 - March 2017

• Initiated Automation testing, converting manual test cases to automated testing leveraging tools like Selenium WebDriver, utilizing frameworks such as TestNG and JUnit to execute automated testcases in the Page Object Pattern.

• Created structured, clean, and cohesive test automation and exploratory tests for all new features and/or functional changes in the software, organized into repeatable test suites for native mobile applications and browser-based applications from the user interface as well as through APIs.

• Implemented BDD tests using Cucumber, writing behaviors, step definitions, and Selenium support code.

• Expertise in defining, developing, executing, and documenting automated test scripts and cases using various tools, automation frameworks such as TestNG and JUnit, and database tools like MySQL.

• Conducted diverse testing types, including GUI, Functional, System, Integration, Regression, and UAT.

• Collaborated with teams, utilized JIRA, and provided detailed status reports on test execution and defects. SKILLS

Skills: Node.js, Agile, Docker, Jenkins, JIRA, Git, HTML/CSS, Java, PowerShell, Maven, MongoDB, MySQL, .NET, Operating Systems, Postgres, Postman, React.js, REST APIs, SCRUM, Selenium, Splunk, SQL, Web Development, Zapier, NoSQL, Netlify, Quality Assurance (QA), Software Testing

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