ILONA OBOLENSKA

Charlotte NC 732-***-**** ad32ay@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Dedicated Full-stack SDET/QA professional with over 5 years of proven expertise in Manual and Automation testing spanning diverse domains, including Financial Services and Healthcare. Proficient in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), adept at creating comprehensive Test Scenarios, and contributing effectively within Agile Scrum methodologies. Possessing advanced skills in Core Java, Selenium, Cucumber, API testing, Postman, Rest Assured, Jira, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, AWS, SQL, JDBC, JUnit, and TestNG, with a demonstrated ability to develop and execute robust test automation frameworks. Known for keen defect identification and driving process optimization initiatives, resulting in enhanced efficiency and product quality. A collaborative team player with excellent communication skills, capable of seamlessly adapting to evolving technologies and methodologies. Committed to continuous learning and improvement, striving to deliver exceptional results in challenging environments.

Skills

• Java

• SQL

• Selenium

• TestNG

• JUnit

• Cucumber

• Selenium Grid

• Jira

• Jira Xray

• HTML

• XML

• Agile/Scrum

• Waterfall

• Git

• GitHub

• Postman

• REST Assured

• Jenkins

• SQL

• MySQL, Oracle

• JMeter

• AWS

Work History

Software Development Engineer in Test 05/2021 to Current Prudential – Newark, NJ

• Specialized in automation testing for finance, life-insurance and investment industry.

• Experience in test development, including test management for web services, APIs, and web-based platforms.

• Developed and implemented a Selenium with Cucumber Test Automation Framework to facilitate scripting, scalability, modularity, process definition, reusability, and maintenance and reduce costs.

• Reduced QA testing turnaround time by 30% within 6 months, enabling the company to take and complete more projects without increasing manpower.

• Mentored 25+ junior QA team members in Agile SDLC, and STLC techniques 10 weeks after they resumed, improving their productivity by 70%

• Independently designed and executed automation scripts, adhering to coding standards and best practices

• Conducted thorough UI, back- end, API, and database testing to ensure delivery of high-quality software products.

• Worked closely with the Development team, executing test plans and reporting results for assigned software products.

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer 12/2018 to 04/2021 MassMutual – New York, NY

• Automated manual task cases using Java and Selenium to reduce the time taken for regression testing by 50%

• Collaborated with finance, legal, and 5 other departments to ensure proper data entry into the system, reducing errors by 91%

• Optimized test coverage by prioritizing high-risk areas and focusing on user-critical functionalities.

• Facilitated early defect detection by integrating automated tests into the continuous integration pipeline, catching issues before they impacted users.

• Collaborated in designing and creating automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, Maven, Cucumber tools.

• Experience in Acceptance Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Gherkin language within Cucumber framework.

• Worked in Agile development process and methodologies as an engaged member of a scrum team with excellent communication skills.

• Providing strong debugging and troubleshooting skills to give detailed root cause analysis (identifying and localizing product hot spots or troubleshooting test set-ups with network resources and connectivity.

• Manage multiple projects, work under pressure and tight deadlines, and work under minimal supervision. Education

Bachelor of Science: Thermal Power Engineer 2013

Kryvyi Rih National University

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