NASIMA BEGUM

New York, NY

Phone: 646-***-****; Email: ad1wqz@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Over seven (7+) years of experience in Quality Assurance and Test Automation across various industries in the Software Development Testing Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).

Actively participated in retrospective meetings to reflect on QA practices and identify areas for improvement, focusing on enhancing efficiency and effectiveness within Agile processes.

Extensive knowledge of Jira's reporting and analytics capabilities, enabling data-driven decision-making and performance evaluation

Conducted System, Integration, Functional, Ad hoc, Smoke, and Regression testing and validated the backend integrity and reports accuracy.

Involved in project analysis, design, and implementation and performed different types of Manual Testing to check the flow of the application.

Extensive knowledge of SQL and Oracle database troubleshooting, including resolving connectivity issues and handling data integrity problems

Conducted extensive API testing to validate functionality, reliability, and performance using manual and automated testing techniques.

Conducted Selenium tests for web application components, verifying user interactions, form submissions, and data validations.

Collaborated with QA team members to establish Cucumber test automation frameworks and best practices, promoting consistency and efficiency in test development and execution.

Conducted performance testing of Java applications using tools like Apache JMeter, measuring response times, throughput, and system scalability.

Ensure effective code management and cooperation during the QA process, working with development teams to install and maintain version control using Git.

Implemented Jenkins-based environment provisioning and teardown processes, ensuring clean and consistent test environments for each test execution.

Conducted mobile usability testing in conjunction with UX designers, offering suggestions for UI and UX enhancements.

Executed Unix shell scripts to automate various QA tasks, such as test data setup and test result analysis.

Communicated with developers and QA Team members to resolve issues.

Technical Skill:

Software Testing Tools:

Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, JUnit, Apache POI, Gherkin, Cucumber, Rest API, Rest Assured, Postman, HP-Quality Center, ALM, JIRA, Zephyr, XCode, Appium, Protractor

Databases:

Oracle 10g/11g, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access

Languages:

JAVA, JavaScript, C#, HTML, XML, SQL, VBScript, Gherkins

Development Tools:

Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, TOAD, Maven, Git, Jenkins

Operating Systems:

MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS, Mobile (iOS &Android) Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu)

Professional Experiences:

United Health Group, NY July 2021 - Present

Sr. Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

Contributed to release planning, sprint planning, sprint review, and daily scrum for agile scrum development.

Monitoring defects and implementing test metrics that have been put in place to measure software quality throughout the SDLC.

Log, track, and verify software and specification defects resolution using Atlassian JIRA.

Achieved Manual Testing for the Functionality, GUI, and regression risks.

Utilized SQL queries for backend API testing, verifying data consistency and integrity in API responses and database updates.

Performed automation testing by building a hybrid test framework using Selenium WebDriver that implements Page Object Model (POM), Cucumber feature files, Test NG configuration files, and Maven projects in JAVA.

Implemented Maven for Project building and Git for version control.

Implemented Jenkins for unattended execution and email results to interested parties.

Conducted mobile app performance testing, measuring response times, resource utilization, and battery consumption.

Used Unix commands and utilities for log analysis, spotting, and investigating problems or abnormalities during QA testing.

Analyze, test, and certify application-specific software and performed a variety of reviews of business requirements and functional specification documents.

TD Ameritrade, NY October 2018 – June 2021

Senior QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

Participated in Agile environment SDLC including conceptualization, planning, sprint planning, daily standup, and demo.

Strong proficiency in utilizing bug-tracking tools such as JIRA, HP ALM, and Zephyr to report bugs

Implement regular defect review meetings to discuss trends, patterns, and recurring issues

Expertise in writing complex SQL queries, including subqueries, to retrieve and manipulate data efficiently.

Developed a Rest Assured API Testing Framework to perform comprehensive testing of Rest APIs, encompassing Get, Post, Patch, and Put requests

Build an Automation Framework from scratch using Selenium WebDriver to enhance the scripts.

Regression testing was carried out using Cucumber to confirm how changes to the code will affect already-existing functionalities and to guarantee system stability.

Built and managed Java projects using Maven & Git.

Integrated the overall process with updated builds and servers using Jenkins to carry out efficient testing.

Conducted mobile app network testing to validate performance in different network conditions (3G, 4G, Wi-Fi) and handling of network interruptions.

Experienced in shell scripting and proficient in Unix and Linux command-line tools.

Best Buy, NY May 2016 – September 2018

Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

•Enabled effective testing of software applications throughout the SDLC by implementing and maintaining test environments that accurately simulate production environments.

•Oversaw testing for the company's cloud-based software in an Agile environment, actively participating in the overall process.

•Fostered collaboration and learning by contributing to the Jira user community through forums, blogs, and presentations, sharing knowledge, tips, and best practices.

•Demonstrated expertise in a wide range of testing types including Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression, Cross-Browser, and User Acceptance testing.

•Validated data in Oracle and SQL Server databases by developing complex SQL queries.

•Collaborated with developers to identify and report defects and inconsistencies in API behavior, improving overall system performance.

•Utilized Java and Selenium WebDriver to develop automated test cases.

•Implemented Cucumber test environments for comprehensive test coverage against different data sets or configurations.

•Ensured smooth transitions between different versions and compatibility with existing data by conducting mobile app updates and upgrade testing.

•Minimized disruptions to ongoing QA activities by conducting Git merge and conflict resolution activities for code integration.

•Integrated Jenkins with Azure DevOps, utilizing VMs and Docker to achieve a highly efficient and automated software delivery workflow.

•Demonstrated strong collaboration skills by working closely and independently with various teams, including development and management.

Education:

Bachelor

Status in the USA:

Citizen

References:

Available upon request

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