Roland Tarushi
Software QA Engineer
917-***-**** Email: ******.*********@*****.*** New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A highly competent and result-oriented Software Development Engineer in Test with 5 years of experience in Software Testing and Selenium Automation.
Solid experience in all the phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
Exposure to different development methodologies like Waterfall and Agile models.
Expert knowledge of creating and maintaining automation frameworks using Java and Selenium WebDriver.
Experience in supporting Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber and Gherkin language.
Experience in Functional testing (Smoke Testing, Regression testing), Backend Testing (Database Testing, API Testing)
Ability to work independently and collaboratively with other team members.
Excellent skills in Automation and Manual testing while working in diversified domains such as Transportation services and Finance
In-depth experience in API testing of web services using Rest Assured and Postman.
Proficient in using Version Control tools like Git and GitHub as a project repository.
Expertise in defect reporting and defect tracking using a project management tool such as Jira.
Solid experience in working with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins and Maven as a build management tool.
Excellent at decision-making process and problem-solving attitude with a positive approach.
Good interpersonal, multitasking, and communication skills and a good team player in a distributed team environment.
SKILLS
Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver and IDE, Apache POI, Maven, Cucumber, TestNG
Test Framework: Junit, TestNG, Cucumber, TDD, BDD, DDD
IDE: Eclipse, IntelliJ
Project Management/Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA
Build Management Tool: Maven
Continuous Integration Tools: Jenkins
Languages: Java
Version Control: GIT, GITHUB
Databases: MySQL
Operating Systems: MacOS, Windows
WORK HISTORY
BNY MELLON – New York / NY September/2020 – Present
QA Engineer
Actively engaged in analyzing the Business Requirements Documentation (BRD) and Functional Requirements Documentation (FRD) and creating test scenarios and test cases.
Involved in the design and implementation of Selenium WebDriver automation framework for Smoke and Regression test suites.
Maintained the existing Automation Framework using Selenium Web Driver, Java, TestNG and Cucumber for UI testing of the application.
Wrote Data Driven Tests to check how an application performs with different sets of data.
Involved in the automation of Web API testing using the Rest-Assured library.
Followed Agile methodology and participated in Daily Scrum meetings and all other Sprint meetings.
Prepared Traceability Matrix to ensure the high coverage of the application.
Reported software defects in Jira and interacted with the developers to resolve technical issues.
Involved in analyzing and creating User stories, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases corresponding to the Business Requirements.
Involved in Test result evaluation, documentation, and reporting.
Attended weekly training to understand the real-time application of the Selenium software testing framework.
Performed re-testing on software applications after the bugs were fixed to verify the expected results.
United Postal Services (UPS) – Atlanta / GA September/2018 – September/2020
QA Engineer
Engaging in the full lifecycle of an Agile project and actively participating in Sprint planning meetings, Daily stand-ups, Sprint demos, and Sprint retros.
Working efficiently with colleagues including Product Owners and Developers to understand functional requirements and acceptance criteria of an application.
Involved in performing Functional, Smoke, Regression, and End-to-End testing.
Analyzing and working on reporting defects(bugs) daily while collaborating on a JIRA platform.
Designing and maintaining the existing Automation Framework using Selenium Web Driver, Java, JUnit, and Cucumber for UI testing of the application.
Using the Page Object Model as a design pattern.
Responsible for performing both manual and automated API testing of web services using Postman and Rest Assured by verifying and validating responses with assertions to enhance reliability.
Albanian Intelligence Services (SHISH) – Tirana/Albania October/2012 – July/2018
Counter-Terrorism Officer
Conducting intelligence gathering and analysis to identify potential terrorist threats and developing strategies to counter them.
Investigating suspicious activities, individuals or groups that may be involved in terrorism.
Coordinating with other law enforcement agencies and foreign intelligence agencies to share information and collaborate on counter-terrorism efforts.
Developing and implementing security measures at key locations, such as airports, government buildings, and public events.
Maintaining a strong understanding of terrorists attacks, trends and global terrorist threat environment.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts: Political Science and International Relations, 2008
Epoka University, Tirana, Albania.