Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Jay Alexenko

SDET • TEST AUTOMATION EXPERT • QUALITY ENGINEER

410-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Hampstead, MD Linkedin

PROFESSIONAL SUMMERY

Experienced Software Quality Assurance professional with nearly 8 years of hands-on experience in testing GUI, APIs, and Databases. Demonstrates robust analytical skills, possessing a keen eye for error detection and meticulous attention to details. Known for adaptability to challenges and swift adoption of new tools and technologies. Proficient in Java, Selenium, Maven, Gherkin, Cucumber, JUnit, Jenkins, BDD and TDD. Excels in articulating ideas clearly and concisely, facilitating effective communication across teams.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Test Automation Framework Design Programming and Scripting Test Case

Management and Optimization Continuous Integration Analytical and

Debugging Skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS Java Selenium WebDriver TestNG JUnit IntelliJ Maven Jira Agile

Scrum Cucumber JDBC Git GitHub Postman RestAssured Library

SQL Gherkin Kanban REST Assured with Java MySQL Oracle

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Automation Engineer, First Citizens Bank Charlotte, NC July 2023–Present

Hired to increase the number of automation test cases by 75%, saving time and resources.

Creating automation test scripts using combined Data Driven / BDD framework and Page Object

Model to test the web applications using Selenium WebDriver with Java, Maven, TestNG and JUnit.

Handling Selenium Synchronization problems using Explicit and Implicit waits during regression testing.

Debugging code and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.

Attending various Agile Scrum meetings: Sprint Planning, Refinement, Retro, Demo and Releases.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, Maven, Git/GitHub, HTML, Azure, JIRA, Agile/Scrum.

SDET, NAVFORT LLC Tyson Corner, VA Sept 2021–June 2023

Recruited to create BDD and TDD framework to implement a new approach for automating test cases

Developed BDD test cases for validating User Story acceptance criteria using Cucumber Step Definitions,

Scenarios, and Features.

Conducting Functional and Regression Testing using Selenium Java with Data-Driven framework.

Utilized Maven for dependency management, test execution, and creating profiles for grouped regression

tests, while using Git integrated with GitHub for version control.

Traced and resolved problems by reviewing configuration files, logs, and code debugging.

Environment: Java, Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit, Maven, Git/GitHub, HTML, JIRA, Agile/Scrum.

Quality Engineer, MANAGEMENTECH Tyson Corner, VA Sept 2016–Aug 2021

Hired to play a key role in developing and implementing both manual and automated test strategies

Developed Data-Driven Testing scripts to test the same functionality with multiple sets of data.

Developed Java-based test automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver for regression and smoke testing.

Created a BDD automation framework to test UI, API, and databases

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, JUnit, Jenkins, IntelliJ, Maven, GitHub, Oracle,

Postman, API, SQL, HTML, CSS, Jira XRay.

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, NJ – Intro to Computer Science (Bachelor’s Degree), 2002

Final research work: online bookstore (ASP.NET, Apache server, API, Selenium)

Kyiv Industrial College, Ukraine – Information systems (Associate Degree), 1996

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