Engineer Back Office

F I D A N D E M I R

Green Card Holder www.linkedin.com/in/fidanda *****.****@*****.*** +1-919-***-**** NC

SUMMARY

Motivated Software QA Engineer over +4 years experiences in IT industry (Manual and Automated).

Proficient in testing on Desktop and Web based applications knowledge within domains such as Finance and Banking (FX Trading, Money Markets and Capital Markets).

+7 years of strong and solid banking business experiences in FX Trading, MM, Back-Middle-Front Office.

Ability to strong analytical multi-task in fast-paced projects and under a highly dynamic and tight deadlines work environment.

Excellent critical thinking skills as well as communication skills, self-starter, strong team player and can work independently. Effective problem solver with self-motivated coordination, and always eagerness to learn.

Automation Tools

Back End Testing

Build & Integration Tools

Frameworks

Languages

Processes

Project Management Tools

Testing Tools

Version Control

Selenium IDE / WebDriver

API, Postman, Rest Assured, JDBC

Maven, Jenkins, Docker

Cucumber, TestNG, Junit, Hybrid

Java, MSSQL, Gherkin

Agile-Scrum, Waterfall

JIRA, HP ALM

Selenium WebDriver, Maven

GIT, GitHub

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Software QA Engineer SKOOKII – AZ Oct 2019 - Present

Completed 6 months intense Software QA Engineer training program and continue to work as an intern.

Experience all processes of SDLC, STLC, Waterfall and Agile Development Methodology.

Design, develop, implement, and execute automation scripts using Selenium with Java to validate business requirements on various platform/browsers concurrently.

Tested infrastructure and framework of core finance application, used by 1000+ schools to serve 5000+ clients.

Analyzed current business processes and understanding the needs of business.

Participate in Scrum ceremonies such as Daily Stand Up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo, and Sprint Retro meetings.

Conduct several KT sessions, BRI meetings to understand the business requirements, and application specifics.

Logged 100+ defects, create reports, analyze, and track to closure in JIRA.

Proven ability in Selenium WebDriver Automated Testing & Frameworks, Page Objects & Hybrid Frameworks, BDD, Web Testing, and API Testing.

Work closely with the Software Developers, QA Team, and Business Analyst to ensure the quality of software.

Implemented BDD framework with Cucumber in Gherkin format for writing Features, Scenarios and Step Definitions.

Developed 200+ test case scenarios with Core JAVA for the application in multiple environments and production, using Selenium for UI Functional and Regression Testing.

Expert in developing Java Selenium WebDriver using Cucumber framework with Maven for Project building tool.

Expertise in writing SQL queries, SQL scripts and performing Database testing in MS SQL Server and MySQL.

Strong knowledge of Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.

Maintained the Selenium and Java automation code and resources in version control system GIT.

Highly experience on Quality Assurance standards and expertise in analyzing test results and Tracking, documenting, reporting, and prioritizing the bugs/defects using JIRA.

Develop Test Procedures, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and Test Reports.

Executed manual and automation API testing using Postman and REST Assured library to validate responses.

Performed Cross Browser Testing against to Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer.

Senior QA Analyst – Manual Tester Bank Asya Jun 2013 – Apr 2016

Analyzed and Tested banking Treasury/FX Trading applications, to serve 3.5M+ clients and 300+ branches.

Tested requirements and functional specifications of the Windows-based desktop application on manually.

Worked to provide end users with ‘Documents of Understanding’ for various change requests by analyzing the feedback from user groups.

Testing the application utilizing the Waterfall methodology.

Performed System, Regression, Smoke, UI, and UX Testing.

Involved in manual and automated testing of the applications. Executed Test cases and analyze the Test results.

Analyzed and created various documents such as Test Plan, Test Strategy, and Test Scenario.

Participated in Sprint Planning, Stand Up, Review, and Retro meetings.

Analyzed, and documented business requirements specifications documents.

Analyzed and Tested all new Treasury and FX Trading applications and new/updated features in Test Environment.

Performed End User Acceptance Test and approved all new/updated Treasury/FX Trading applications before release.

Managed, trained, and mentored QA testers, Business Analysts and Treasury team to working collaboratively.

Experienced and actively used the project management tools such as HP ALM.

Managed with IT team to improve and test the booking systems in the internal application in-house projects and 3rd party integration. Prepared a user-friendly handbook for new end users.

VP – Treasury/FX Trading/Money Markets/Middle Office ING Bank, Bank Asya 2006 – 2013

Experienced in FX Trading, Money Markets and Cash Flow Management.

Strong experienced Back Office (Settlement and Clearing, Swift messages), Middle Office (Trade processing and controlling) and Front Desk (FX Trading and pricing).

Managed and controlled on-line and real-time intraday FX Spot, Forward and Swap transactions, Money Market Deals (Depo, Repo) and Islamic Fixed Income Securities (sukuk, Murabaha).

Managed and monitored daily Cash Flows and Bank`s FX exposure.

Executed FX Currencies and operated banking settlements activities in global markets.

Worked closely with Treasury Operations, Back Office, Front Desk, Middle Office, IT Business Analysts and Developers.

Experienced in dealing/working with internal and external clients, team members as well as Manager and Director.

Deep knowledge and experience of international bank`s FX Trading tools such as Credit Suisse (Prime Trade), Morgan Stanley (Matrix Platform), Citi (Velocity FX Platform) and Multi-Bank Platform (360T).

Experience hands-on in software applications including Bloomberg Terminal, Thomson Reuters Eikon, Reuters Dealing/Matching, Forex, SWIFT, Bankers Almanac, QDMS, and EIGER Trading.

INTERNSHIPS

Borsa Istanbul Derivatives Markets 2006

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Financial Markets 2006

IS Invest Dealing Room 2005

Ziraat Invest Corporate Finance 2005

EDUCATION

Marmara University Istanbul - TR 2002 – 2006

B.S. in Finance of Capital Markets GPA: 4.0 - Ranked: 1st Valedictorian

CERTIFICATES

Oracle Certified Associate - Java SE 8 Programmer – Candidate

Capital Markets Board of Turkey - Capital Market Activities Advanced License

Capital Markets Board of Turkey - Derivative Instruments License

Capital Markets Board of Turkey - Corporate Governance License

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