Monowara Islam

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monowara-islam-17977b231

(202) 925 – 7945

**** ***** ********* **., *********, VA, 22206

US CITIZEN (ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE -2027)

Summary

•Over 10 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst, demonstrating proficiency in manual, automation, and database testing.

•Possess extensive knowledge of SDLC and STLC, with experience working under both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

•Expertise in implementing Agile/Waterfall and SCRUM methodologies, including analyzing requirement specifications and developing test objectives, strategies, scope, test procedures, and test matrices.

•Well-versed in all phases of SDLC and STLC, with primary responsibilities including logging and tracking defects.

•Skilled in conducting various testing methodologies including System, Functional, Integration, Smoke, Regression, UI, and User Acceptance testing.

•Hands-on experience preparing test plans, methodologies, scenarios, summary reports, Test cases, and documents for both automated and manual testing, based on user requirements, and system requirements using SharePoint documents.

•Extensive involvement in UI Automation using Selenium WebDriver and Java.

•Experienced in developing, implementing, and maintaining various automation frameworks, including Page Object, Hybrid, Behavior Driven, and Data-Driven frameworks.

•Expertise in developing selenium automation frameworks using Junit/TestNG and formulating Maven targets to execute automation suites.

•Active participant in QA planning, execution, and test management using both Azure DevOps and JIRA.

•Proven experience in migrating test cases from QC/HP ALM to Azure DevOps.

•Well-versed in using test management tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, MS Azure, and Bugzilla.

•Proficient in using web element locators, such as CSS, XPath, id, and name, to identify Web Elements.

•Experienced in using Apache POI to import data from external sources into test scripts.

•Skilled in using Selenium WebDriver, Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, TestNG test, and Cucumber (Gherkin) frameworks for creating test scripts, test suites, and HTML reports.

•Proficient with source version control tools (GIT) and using GitHub as a repository.

•Extensive experience in data creation using Rest API with Postman & SoapUI.

•Strong skills in Data Validation and Verification using Toad for Oracle.

•Excellent team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

•Expertise in documenting defects with a high level of detail, accuracy, and informative reproduction steps using Azure DevOps & JIRA.

Skills

Automation Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, JUnit, Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, Cucumber, TestNG, Apache POI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, JIRA, QC, Git.

Application Software: Toad for Oracle, MS Excel, MS Word, SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, Postman (REST API), SoapUI, Share Point.

Project Management: Azure DevOps, Jira, HP ALM, Bugzilla, MS Azure. Share Point.

O/S: Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2, macOS, Linux.

Programming Language: Gherkin Language, SQL, Java,

O/S: Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2, MAC OS X, Linux

Programming Language: Java, JavaScript, SQL, Gherkin Language

Professional Experience

PBGC (Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation) Washington DC 06/2022 – 07/2023

Senior Quality Test Engineer

Assumed responsibility for the meticulous documentation of defects using Azure DevOps.

Executed manual testing to verify the basic functionality of modules under test using Azure DevOps.

Engaged with developers and Business Analysts to manage and rectify defects using Azure DevOps.

Architectured and executed keyword-driven and Data-driven automation testing frameworks employing Java in Visual Studio Code.

Utilized Selenium WebDriver within the Visual Studio Code testing framework to script and implement test cases.

Partnered with business analysts to collect requirement details using SharePoint.

Developed and executed test plans, test cases, and scripts for diverse scenarios, such as application form submissions for existing and new customers.

Contributed to daily Scrum calls to discuss testing progress.

Coded automation test scripts using Java, Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, and Maven before Agile release.

Authored features using Gherkin Keywords and implemented the step definitions with Cucumber for UAT implementing BDD.

Assisted in the preparation and review of test scenarios and test cases.

Undertook regression testing using Selenium and developed automation scripts for web pages.

Transitioned test cases from QC/HP ALM to Azure DevOps.

Managed and maintained the Page Object Model; updated new elements as needed and crafted new page objects.

Reviewed page sources to identify reliable locators for web elements.

Assisted in creating a framework and test environment setup for Selenium WebDriver/Java.

Executed Automation Testing on each build, supplemented by regression testing using Java and Selenium WebDriver.

Applied Cucumber & Junit for testing application submission workflow sections.

Ensured all releases met the set release acceptance criteria (Selenium tests).

Captured and saved application screenshots during exceptions and at crucial checkpoints of application execution.

Managed framework dependency jar files in POM.xml using the Maven build tool.

Independently verified and validated data using Toad for Oracle.

Implemented data-driven testing by parameterizing fixed values in checkpoint statements, creating data tables for the parameters, and scripting functions to read new data from the table upon each iteration.

Worked with Selenium WebDriver/Java to test web pages and develop necessary elements.

Leveraged Firebug Add-ons to identify object IDs and used CSS and XPath locators for object identification.

DOE (Department of Energy) Washington DC 07/2018 – 05/2022

QA Engineer

Participated in the creation of test scenarios and reviewed test cases using Jira & Azure DevOps.

Conducted regression testing with Selenium and formulated automation scripts for web pages.

Designed and implemented keyword-driven and Data-driven automation testing frameworks with Java in Eclipse.

Interacted with business analysts to collect requirements SharePoint.

Participated in developing test plans, and test cases, and executed test scripts for different scenarios such as application form submissions for various account types.

Participated in daily Scrum calls to discuss testing progress.

Crafted automation test scripts using Java, Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, and Maven ahead of Agile release.

Assisted in maintaining the Page Object Model, updating new elements, and creating new page objects as needed.

Reviewed page sources to locate reliable locators for web elements.

Contributed to the development of a framework and test environment setup for Selenium WebDriver/Java.

Utilized Firebug Add-ons to identify object IDs and implemented CSS and XPath locator concepts for object identification.

Conducted Automation Testing of each build and then performed regression testing on each build using Java and Selenium WebDriver.

Applied Cucumber & Junit for testing segments of the application submission workflow.

Ensured all releases passed the release acceptance criteria (Selenium tests).

Documented application screenshots and saved images at important checkpoints of application execution upload in SharePoint.

Used the Maven build tool to manage framework dependency jar files in POM.xml.

Showcased proficiency in independent data verification and validation using Rest API with Postman.

Executed automated scripts for functionality testing during various application development phases using Selenium.

Utilized Selenium WebDriver for scripting and executing test cases with the existing API testing framework.

Conducted compatibility testing of applications for dynamic and static content of browsers using HTML IDs, DOM, and XPath in Selenium.

Authored features using Gherkin Keywords and implemented the step definitions with Cucumber for UAT to implement BDD.

DOL (Department of Labor) Washington DC 05/2016 – 06/2018

Software Tester

Managed the planning and analysis of the project, creating test plans, test scripts, and test cases using Jira &Azure DevOps.

Maintained and analyzed requirements, creating a Traceability Matrix between Requirements and Test Cases using Jira.

Executed functional, regression, and end-to-end testing as required on GUI and Mainframe applications using Eclipse.

Authored and executed automated test cases using Selenium WebDriver to automate manual testing processes.

Developed custom libraries for automation leveraging JAVA & Selenium WebDriver.

Collaborated with a team of business system analysts, developers, and architects.

Utilized XPath and DOM to work with dynamic and static objects in Selenium.

Involved in functional, integration, regression, and UAT during various phases of application testing.

Documented and tracked software defects, interacting with developers and Business Analysts to resolve defect issues.

Participated in data creation using Rest API with SoapUI for web service testing.

Noblis Arlington, VA 06/2013- 04/2016

QA Tester

Conducted manual testing to assess the basic functionality of modules under test using the Test Director.

Prepared test data for positive and negative scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan using Azure DevOps.

Authored manual test cases for functional, GUI, and database testing of the application using Test Director.

Conducted database testing by writing and executing SQL queries to validate correct data uploads into the database.

Verified all fixes made by Software Engineers against the appropriate defects by retesting the affected software and system components.

Performed backend testing by executing SQL Queries.

Created several SQL Updates/Table Join to manipulate the testing data and authored SQL queries to retrieve data from the database for database integrity testing.

Interacted with developers to report software bugs and re-tested the resolved issues using Microsoft Azure.

Education and Training

Master’s Degree (Social Sciences) - Eden Mahila College (National University) Dhaka (2005)

Bachelor's Degree (Social Sciences) - Khilgaon Model College (National University) Dhaka (1996)

Certifications

Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance) 11/2020

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