Yulia Melnikova
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5+ years in IT, specializing in Software Quality Assurance Testing, proficient in testing Web-based and mobile applications.
Proficient in API testing (Postman, Rest Assured) and database testing (JDBC, Apache POI).
Familiar with SVN and GIT for version control.
Expertise in CSS selectors, XPath expressions, and data-driven testing (Apache POI).
Experienced in manual and automated testing types, including Integration, Smoke and Regression.
Strong at reviewing Business Requirements, creating Test Plans and Test Cases, and managing defects.
Proficient in JIRA and HP ALM/Quality Center for management and bug tracking.
Database Testing with SQL Queries on Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server.
Deep understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, and Waterfall methodologies for Web and Mobile apps.
Proficient in Java and OOPS concepts, used extensively for test automation.
Integrated automation framework with Jenkins for Continuous Integration.
Skilled in BDD (Cucumber), TDD (WebDriver and TestNG), and Selenium WebDriver for POM-based cross- browser testing.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NYU Langone Health, NY Software QA Engineer July 2022 - Present
Created and maintained test cases,and automated scripts in Java with Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber.
Implemented Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber for clear step definitions.
Developed a Page Object Model (POM)-based automation framework for Java and Selenium.
Automated tests with Maven and Jenkins for seamless CI/CD pipeline integration.
Conducted manual and automated REST API testing using Swagger and Rest Assured.
Managed version control with GIT and integrated Jenkins for automatic builds.
Executed cross-browser tests (Chrome, IE, Firefox) using Selenium WebDriver.
Utilized Jira for defect tracking and collaborated closely with development and business teams.
Covered a range of testing types: functional, integration, black-box, back-end, system, regression, and user acceptance tests.
Northwell Health, NY QA Tester February 2020 – May 2022
Developed a Selenium WebDriver automation framework in Java, TestNG, and Maven.
Designed and implemented Page Object Model (POM)-based for smoke and regression testing framework.
Utilized TestNG and Jenkins for test execution and continuous integration.
Proficient in scripting with Java, Eclipse IDE, and TestNG.
Expertise in grouping test suites and cases for regression and functional testing.
Agile methodology for system analysis.
Extensive use of Selenium (XPath, ID, CSS Selector) for web application testing. CITIBANK, TX Manual Tester July 2018 – December 2019
Executed manual and automated tests, reported defects, and verified resolutions.
Created Traceability Matrix for test case coverage.
Updated Test Plans and Cases to adapt to changing requirements.
Conducted Smoke, Functional, Regression, and Integration testing.
Performed back-end testing using SQL queries on Oracle database.
Tools used: Quality Center, MS, JavaScript, Oracle. TECHNICAL SKILLS
Testing Tools Selenium 3/Selenium WebDriver, Postman
Languages JAVA, SQL, XML, IDE Eclipse, SQL Developer
Test Framework Cucumber, Junit, TestNG, Data-Driven Framework
Build and Integration Tool Maven, Jenkins
Processes Agile-Scrum, Waterfall
Bug Tracking Tools JIRA, HP ALM, Quality Center
Version Control Tools GIT, GitHub
Databases Oracle, MySQL, Postman
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Master of Science: Civil Engineering