NICOLETA CUCUIET

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A: Chicago, IL P: 847-***-**** E: adwyfk@r.postjobfree.com US Citizen Summary

Inquisitive, creative and thorough software test engineer, highly skilled in manual and automated application testing. Curious and analytical, with excellent problem-solving abilities. Partners successfully with development team and other QA members to achieve target in a competitive environment. Seeking to apply knowledge to growth-oriented, dynamic position. More than 10 years of experience in Marketing (E-commerce, Digital Media, Advertising) with diverse technologies, cultures and business operations. Expertise in translating the business requirements in market implementation and bridging the gaps between technology limitations and management expectations.

Areas of Expertise

• Good knowledge of JAVA Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts and their implementation for test automation purposes.

• Experience in creating and implementing BDD Test Automation Framework using Page Object Model.

• Solid automation skills utilizing Selenium WebDriver//Java//JUnit//Maven building tools.

• Strong ability to write scenarios with Gherkin language in Cucumber Framework, and implementing step definitions for UI and Back-end testing.

• Great comprehension of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)//Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and related methodologies.

• Skillful in developing efficient and thorough test cases and test scripts to ensure maximal test coverage.

• Expertise using Jira for documenting, prioritizing and managing defects, and working with developers to facilitate timely resolutions.

• Working experience with JSON API data transactions.

• Experience in REST API testing using Postman to test manually and Java REST-Assured library for automation purposes.

• Expertise in database testing, using Oracle SQL Developer for manual testing, manipulat- ing data using SQL queries, and JDBC(Java Database Connectivity) to establish connection to automation suite.

• Capable to perform cross-browser testing using Selenium Grid.

• Hands-on experience in Jenkins (CI/CD) for scheduling Smoke and Regression test jobs.

• Solid experience with GitHub hosting service and Git version control system to maintain automation repository.

Advanced Business Development skills

• Quality Reporting // Cost-benefit Analysis // Communication // Networking

• Data Mining // Analytics // Forecasting // Planning

• Multi-operational Project Management // Survey Methodology & Survey Designs

• Self-motivated, competent, good communicator, eager to learn and share the knowledge. Technical Skills

Languages: Java // SQL // HTML // Gherkin

API Tools: Postman // REST Assured

CI/CD: Jenkins

Database: Oracle SQL // MySQL // JDBC

IDE: IntelliJ

Project Building: Maven

Project Management and Bug Tacking: Jira

Team Collaboration Tools: Slack // Zoom

Testing Framework: Cucumber BDD // TestNG // JUnit Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver // Cucumber

Version Control: Git // GitHub

Professional Experience

SDET/QA Automation Engineer November 2020 to current J.P. Morgan - Chase - Chicago, IL

• Working with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.

• Testing the functionality and compliance of application against Business Requirements to maintain strong development standards and high customer satisfaction.

• Involved in creation, development and maintenance of BDD (Behavior Driven Development) and automated UI Testing with Selenium WebDriver, JAVA, JUnit, and Cucumber frameworks.

• Demonstrating strong ability in scripting feature files in Gherkin language and implementing Step Definitions.

• Designing and developing reusable utility methods, and implementing them in automation framework.

• Extensively involved in Smoke, Regression and End to End Testing.

• Comparing and analyzing actual and expected results and reporting deviations to development team.

• Monitoring resolution of bugs, testing fixes and helping developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.

• Using Maven-Cucumber-Reporting to generate elaborate reports for BDD framework, in readable HTML format.

• Creating and maintaining automated test scripts for API testing using Java REST Assured library.

• Automating Serialization / Deserialization of JSON formatted data.

• Using Apache POI Java library to read and write data from Excel sheets in Selenium WebDriver.

• Performing query operations on Oracle SQL for database validation, using standard SQL functions and commands.

• Using JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) to connect database to automation suite and perform data validation.

• Involved in scheduling jobs in Jenkins to facilitate creation of Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environment.

• Using Git as source control tool and GitHub as hosting service.

• Striving towards continual improvement of test design and automation practices.

• Demonstrating excellent interpersonal and communication skills, improving team collaboration.

QA Engineer January 2018 to August 2020

Aetna Health Insurance Chicago, IL

• Performed manual functional testing and developed automated execution of test cases using Selenium WebDriver for Regression Testing.

• Logged the defects in Jira and maintained track of the defects throughout the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

• Actively participated in all Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.

• Worked closely with BA and other team members to analyze Business Requirements and write test cases based on Acceptance Criteria.

• Implemented Regression, Smoke, Front-end, Back-end and E2E tests.

• Performed UI automation using Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG and Maven.

• Detected GUI elements using different locators.

• Handled dynamic elements in Selenium by writing complex XPath expressions.

• Created and maintained automation scripts in TDD framework, implementing POM (Page Object Model) design pattern.

• Updated and maintained Page Objects repository.

• Developed reusable methods using Java and implemented new libraries to existing frame work.

• Executed test scripts and logged defects, working with application team to resolve issues arising out of testing process.

• Tested RESTful APIs manually using Postman.

• Executed manual back-end testing in Oracle SQL, by writing complex queries.

• Participated in all activities in all phases of Agile software development and test development life cycles.

• Used Git version control tool and GitHub as code repository. Education

Masters Degree in Business Development

Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania June 2009 Bachelors Degree in Management

Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania June 2008 Languages

English (fluent)

Romanian (native)

Spanish (fluent)

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