Ghulam Mustafa Siddiqi
916-***-**** ********.*******@*****.***
: www.linkedin.com/in/ghulam-m-siddiqi
Executive Summary
•8 + Year of technical expertise in QA Automation with primary focus on Quality Assurance and continues improvement.
•Proficient and firmed hands-on expertise on test design and execution of automation scripts using Selenium Java to validate UI pages.
• Expertise and skillful in utilizing TestNG framework, develop scripts to drive quality and efficiency for software application.
•Knowledgeable and hands on expertise in using gherkin language BDD Framework to drive quality and efficiency for software application.
•Proficient and firmed hands-on expertise on API Testing utilizing Swagger, Postman, Rest Assure and ReadyAPI.
•Excellent knowledge and implementation skills of DevOps tools.
•Proven record of success in UI & API, End2nd automation, verification and validation.
•Excellent knowledge and implementation skills of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
•Experienced in creating new automation frameworks and translating system requirements into the design specifications.
•Proven track record of achieving best results in fast changing work environment.
•Utilizes intelligent testing approaches to identify and resolve software problems by building innovative skills to meet objectives and easy-to-navigate web applications.
•Professional interpersonal skills, proven active team player with an analytical bent to problem solving and delivering under high stress environment without compromising the product quality.
Professional Experience;
Test Automation Engineering Specialist/ Lead
Accenture/ Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA Sep 2021 – Nov 2022
Performed a wide range of quality control tests and analyses to ensure that software meets specified quality standards for end-user requirements.
Enhanced and maintained the existing automation framework, scripts and increased efficiency and save the execution time by over 60%.
Developed and executed test cases using BDD cucumber framework with selenium java to ensure software quality.
Led QA team in dynamic work environment to implement best practices.
Worked with different parties to communicate dependencies, risks, constraints identify the quick resolution.
Coordinated the integration of the automated test suite into the CI/CD pipeline with DevOps team.
Automated Test Cases using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Maven, JUnit and Cucumber.
QA Automation Engineer
TCS/ United Airlines, Houston, Tax Mar 2021 –Sep 2021
Renovated testing into a continuous improvement and efficient end-to-end quality function through the use of quality processes, and tools.
Created and Implement strategies to improve testing process.
Led the team on migrating testing from Postman to ReadyAPI to improve work process with platform improvement.
Developed End2End automation test suits to advance the software quality and efficiency.
Developed and maintained SQL queries to validate data in the Database.
Documented and executed over 700 test cases, which decreased new release testing time by 70%.
Senior Software QA Engineer
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Soft System LLC/ Geico Insurance - Sacramento, CA Aug 2018 – Feb 2021
Developed Automation framework implement Page Object Model, using Selenium Java Web driver and Cucumber (BDD).
Designed the test scripts and analyzed the results in various levels of the application including integration, regression, functional and acceptance testing using Selenium.
Delivered back-end testing for data validation using SQL in Oracle and executed SQL Queries on database tables to verify the database.
Implemented smoke and regression test execution as a discrete step of the deployment process by using Selenium Web Driver.
Conducted automation on client software, using different tools for UI and API such Selenium Web driver, Rest Assure, and Postman.
QA lead Automation Engineer
Soft System LLC/ T-Mobile - Atlanta, GA Jun 2016 – Jul 2018
Utilized TestNG framework with selenium Java scripts to develop test case and drive quality and efficiency for Software application.
Written automation test cases using Core Java and Selenium.
Enhanced TestNG framework using Selenium Java and best practices.
Developed test code in Java language using Eclipse, IDE, and TestNG framework.
Used TestNG framework and Selenium WebDriver to run parallel testing.
Developed 100 automated scripts using core Java, with the help of Selenium Web driver APIs.
Converted 75% of existing manual testing to automation and saved execution 65% time.
QA Test Engineer
Soft System LLC/ Michigan Trust Bank- Coldwater, MI Jan 2014 – May 2016
Performed manual black box testing of the application and functional and regression testing.
Designed, created and executed test cases and test suites.
Used Java as client library for Selenium WebDriver and developed automation framework using TestNG.
Maintained and enhanced Selenium & Java automation code from source code repository and version control like Git and GitHub over the time for improvement of existing application and new features.
Tested a new banking system features that reduce the loan application.
Modified database test cases according to assigned requirements to validate reports by retrieving data with SQL queries from MySQL database.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Language/ Libraries/ Frameworks: OOPS expert Core Java Java Collections JSON No-SQL Selenium Maven BDD Cucumber TestNG JUnit data driven Data mapping AWS
Development Tools/ Methodologies: Agile scrum Waterfall Frontend BackEnd Software development life cycle Hands-on Experience Manual& Automation BDD Framework Gherkin Language TestNG Framework Programming OOP DevOps Git GitHub Coding and debugging Jenkins pipelines Ci/Cd Continuous Integration Postman ReadyAPI Scripting Soapui Rest API web services Microservices DB Databases SQL databases relational databases No-SQL postgresql Unit testing automated tests Automated testing Automation testing Script Agile methodologies Jira Test plans System testing Quality testing Performance Testing User acceptance testing UAT Software testing Reporting develop standards requirement gathering collaborative Leadership resolve issues Committed Consistency independent team building cross-functional teams Ability to collaborate Verbal communication skills Written and verbal communication skills
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Education- University of Nangarhar Jalal Abad Afghanistan
CERTIFICATIONS: Foundation level certified Tester AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified