Saima S Alam

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347-***-****

Professional Summary:

●7+ of Quality Assurance experience in planning, coordinating, and testing of Web-based, Client Server and Mobile applications.

●Expertise as a Lead QA and Software Test professional delivering End-to-End testing including Functional, User Interface, Integration, Regression, System, Smoke, UAT and Performance Testing.

●Experience in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Analysis, Design, Development, Deployment and Testing in Agile Environment.

●Adept defining and developing Automation Test Framework from scratch using Selenium Web Driver and Cucumber for BDD and using ALM, JIRA, TFS to track defect and maintain test results.

●Expertise writing and executing test scripts using Java, JavaScript, and .Net

●In-depth understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Concepts and Data Structures.

●Excellent experience of build tools like Maven and managing JAVA automation projects using them.

●Excellent experience in automation of Web-based, highly transactional and large Client/Server/Multi-tier applications on Cucumber Framework.

●Proven ability in writing JAVA, JUnit, TestNG and Leading JAVA, projects automation

●Proficient creating, tracking and documenting all testing artifacts including Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and defect status reports.

●Performed Mobile app and mobile web testing for Android and IOS, automated using XCode and Appium.

●Expert on unattended execution using Continuous Integration (CI) tool Jenkins.

●Used Source control, build and deployment tools TFS, Bit Bucket and Git.

●Extensive Experience of web Service SOAP and REST API testing using SoapUI, Postman, Rest Assured.

●Excellent knowledge in RDBMS concepts and constructs along with Objects creation such as Database, Table, Normalization, UDF, User Defined Data Type, Indexes, Views, Cursors and Triggers.

●Performing data warehouse (ETL processes) and data mart testing with T-SQL (DDL, DML, DCL) in Implementing & Developing Stored Procedures, Triggers, Nested Queries, Joins, Cursors, Views, User Defined Functions, Indexes, Relational Database Models, Creating & Updating tables and ETL processes.

●Experience in SCRUM & Agile Process. Experience collaborating/interacting with Business Analysts, Development Teams and other Testers to resolve technical and end-user issues throughout the software development lifecycle and postproduction operation.

●Coordinate and attend different team meeting, Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Review meeting.

●Dedicated self-motivator with the abilities to multitask provides thorough analysis of data.

●Proven leadership and communication skills of managing, developing and motivating teams to achieve their objectives and implementing new process that improve efficiency and productivity.

Technical Skills:

Testing tools

Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, JUnit, Apache POI, Gherkin, Cucumber, Rest API, Rest Assured, Postman, XCode, Appium, Protractor, Maven, Jenkins

Test Management Tools

JIRA, Zephyr, ALM, Microsoft Test Manager, Microsoft Visual Studio

Languages

Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, Shell, SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL,

Operating System

Windows, Mac OS, VMware, Linux, Mobile (iOS and Android),

Development and ETL Tools

SQL Editor, SQL Developer, Rapid SQL, IBM DataStage, Tableau, Microsoft SSIS

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2014, Oracle 11g and 12c

Professional Experience:

TD Bank

NY, NY

Sr. QA Automation Engineer June 2021 to Present

●Developed Web Client Test Plan and Test Cases based on Business Rules.

●Involved in Task Estimation, Prioritization, Creation and Communication to Onsite & Offshore teams.

●Performed Functional, Negative, Positive, Integration, Regression, End to End and UAT.

●Used JIRA for tracking defects and notifying developers.

●Developed and executed Automation Test Scripts using Cucumber, Selenium Web driver and Java.

●Setup Selenium WebDriver to run Selenium scripts on different browsers.

●Performed BDD (Behavior Driven Development) developing Test Automation Framework using Cucumber Features, Scenarios and Step Definitions in Gherkins format.

●Applied Relational Database Concepts, Entity Relational diagrams, and Normalization concepts during load process for functional data validation testing.

●Created ETL mappings to extract the data from multiple sources including Flat files, oracle, XML, CSV, and Delimited files and transformed and loaded based on business requirements.

●Generated Weekly Reports, Defect Reports and Customized Summary Reports.

●Identified elements on web pages and Mobile apps using Appium Inspector.

●Designed and built automation framework for different web-based software products using Page Object Model (POM) design to reduce code and for better maintenance.

●Executed Multi browser and platform testing using Browser Stack.

●Tested different Rest API’s using SoapUI, Postman, Rest Assured and swagger.

●Used complex SQL queries to perform back-end database testing.

●Participated on Agile meetings like Backlog Grooming, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Review and Retrospective meeting.

CVS

Woonsocket, RI

Senior QA Automation Engineer Dec 2019 to May 2021

●Performed manual, functional, exploratory, and negative testing of multiple complex applications and provides subject matter expertise to set direction and create test strategies and test plans for multiple internal and external applications.

●Writing and executing Test cases and Test procedures for different scenarios based on the business requirements in HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).

●Participated in cross-functional discussions to review the impact of application changes from both internal and external interfaces.

●Developed Cucumber (BDD) feature files using Gherkins and automate them using Selenium WebDriver.

●Developed Test Automation Framework using Selenium WebDriver, Page Factory, Cucumber and Java implementing Page Object Model (POM).

●Performed ETL/ Data warehouse backend and BI Intelligence reports testing IBM DataStage ETL tool.

●Pulled data from database and verified all DB objects including function, procedure, trigger, and indexes were working as expected using MS SQL Server Management Studio.

●Wrote scripts for Ecommerce flow using automation tool Selenium Web Driver and smoke and regression functionality including creating RFQ, Quote, and converting Quote to Order.

●Identified and created defects in JIRA and performed through troubleshooting to analyze and reproduce defects and documented in JIRA defect tracking tool.

●Organized meetings including defect triage, Test case review meetings and clarified requirements with Business or SME’s and wrote demonstrations on need basis.

●Collaborated with Business Users to perform User Acceptance Testing by providing test data, test cases, plans and schedules.

●Collaborated and coordinated functional testing with offshore team.

Macy’s

Long Island City, NY

Software QA Analyst Feb 2017 to Nov 2019

●Participated actively Agile Scrum development process attending Sprint planning, Daily scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective meeting.

●Performed the Verification and Validation testing and implemented GDP for Logix OE and Logix CM Modules to meet the FDA Compliance.

●Wrote and updated the Verification Test Protocols for Logix OE Module.

●Performing API testing (SOAP and REST) using Rest Assured, Postman and SoapUI.

●Configured and performed testing on embedded devices and systems.

●Performed testing of Logix OE and CM software applications, Compounding Devices and Automation Testing of application using Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber.

●Generated Scripts using Java and Selenium and tested functionality of the application.

●Performed Bug Verification and Defect Tracking using JIRA.

●Participated in feasibility study meetings and JAD sessions.

●Produced Requirements Traceability Matrix to support the application development and deployed functional reports.

●Prepared comprehensive Test Plan for Cash Wire and Key Rep application.

●Conducted integration testing for several modules for Cash Wire Application.

●Executed UNIX commands on the backend server to verify backend server logs.

●Reported and tracked defects and monitored defects reported by team.

First Commerce Bank

NY, NY

Software QA Engineer Apr 2016 to Feb 2017

•Gathered client requirements and analyzed the Strategy and Workflow.

•Analyzed the technical specifications and created necessary test scenarios and test cases for verification of data flow from each entry point to each exit point.

•Reviewed, wrote, and executed System, Regression, and Integration test cases.

•Developed SQL queries and stored procedures to perform database testing.

•Executed SQL queries on database to verify report values.

•Use Gherkins Syntax to test the behaviors of the Application (BDD) using Cucumber and Automated with Selenium (WebDriver), Maven, Junit and Java.

•Designed and developed software quality plans and test cases for various web modules.

•Created and executed test scripts and validated the results against a set of formal requirements.

•Build and enhanced Automated Test Framework implementing Page Object Model concepts using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber.

•Handled the application response for positive and negative sets of data using data driven testing.

•Worked extensively on performing Mobile Web and Native App testing for Android and IOS.

•Performed browser, operating system and device testing using Sauce Labs.

•Created flexible structure for running the test process with parameterized data.

•Provided management with daily status reports.

•Attended status call with all stakeholders to review deployment schedule, issues log and status.

Education:

Bachelor

Status in USA:

US Citizen

Reference:

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