BARIS YASAR

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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Permanent Resident

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance field of web-based applications on top of 18 years of experience in Information Technology.

Experienced in Agile methodology throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) as a cross-functional team member.

Developed and maintained Test Automation Framework with a comprehensive understanding of various frameworks such as Behavior Driven Development, Data-Driven Development implementing Selenium WebDriver, Java, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, and API.

Achieved hands-on experience in Test Automation Framework design and development by creating and implementing the Page Object Model and Page Factory.

Skilled in Selenium Test Automation using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, Cucumber, JUnit, and TestNG.

Gained a solid grasp of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles in Java and used the concept for test automation execution.

Performed various testing types, including Smoke, Regression, and Functional Testing.

Acquired broad experience in designing and developing Cucumber Feature Files using the Gherkin language and implementing Cucumber Step Definitions.

Implemented Data-Driven Testing with Cucumber using Scenario Outline, and external files such as Excel and was responsible for validating data from MySQL Database.

Obtained experience in Backend Database Testing implementing MySQL JDBC API by writing SQL queries.

Skilled in testing and automating APIs using Java and REST Assured Java libraries.

Collected experience in RESTful API and used HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE data using POSTMAN.

Attained experience in Defect Lifecycle using project management and a bug-tracking tool such as Jira.

Utilized Git as a distributed Version Control system and GitHub as a remote repository.

Organized dependencies with the project build tool Maven.

Worked with the Continuous Integration tool Jenkins.

Earned comprehensive proficiency in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run EC2 and RDS instances.

In possession of a keen ability to quickly adapt, juggle multi-task simultaneously, and meet strict deadlines with ease.

Possessed solid communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated collaborative teamwork with strong troubleshooting skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies

Agile (Scrum)

Languages

Java, SQL, Gherkin

Testing Tools

Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Postman, RESTful API

Frameworks

Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, Page Object Model (POM), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Data-Driven Development (DDD)

Project Management

Jira

Build Tool

Maven

Databases

MySQL

Deployment

Git, GitHub

CI Tool

Jenkins

OS

Windows, Mac OS

IDE

Eclipse, IntelliJ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AllState – Northbrook, IL

Title: Software QA Engineer Duration: 04/2021 – Present

Responsibilities:

•Involved in studying requirement documents and obtained knowledge required for the understanding of project goals.

•Performed Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Grooming, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective meeting.

•Projected time and effort for test automation design and development in the Sprint Planning meeting.

•Designed and implemented Behavior Driven Development Framework (BDD) using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Maven, JUnit, Cucumber with Page Object Model (POM), and Page Factory; created and implemented Step Definitions and Feature Files using Gherkin language.

•Examined the test results of the automated test scenario, and generated Cucumber HTML reports that included screenshots of each failed scenarios and logged defects in Jira.

•Organized Smoke and Regression Test Suites with BDD Framework.

•Performed API testing using Postman and Restful API.

•Developed and executed back-end database testing using SQL queries through MySQL Workbench.

•Utilized Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run EC2 and RDS instances.

•Utilized Git and Github and Jenkins for CI/CD.

•Coordinated with various scrum teams on a daily basis to get status updates.

Cricket Wireless – Atlanta, GA

Title: Software QA Engineer Duration: 02/2018 – 03/2021

Responsibilities:

•Developed Java test scripts to test the functionality of the application using Selenium WD, TestNG. framework, and Rest-Assured to automate functional, integration, and regression testing, and reduce manual testing efforts.

•Applied multi-browser testing to establish cross-browser compatibility.

•Performed Data Driven Testing using Selenium WD, TestNG, and JDBC API Connections.

•Used APACHE POI to read and write Excel files and include these files inside the framework.

•Created and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) between requirements and test cases.

•Utilized Continuous Integration like Maven, Jenkins, and GIT.

•Formulated manual test cases and developed automated test scripts, adeptly combining both approaches to ensure comprehensive testing coverage.

•Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Project Change Requests.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

IsNet – Istanbul, Turkey

Title: Post-Sales Support and Test Engineer Duration: 04/2014 – 12/2017

•Performed manual testing of the internally developed software and contributed to requirements analysis.

•Contributed to internal audits for ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.

•Administrated the Coordination of IP/MPLS, Wide Area Networks, and Voice over IP projects on customer sites.

•Led multiple projects such as IP/MPLS, WAN, and VoIP, as well as overseeing installation, commissioning, and technical coordination with outsourced teams.

•Supported the Post Sales team in installation and commissioning, maintained Is Net PoP sites, and operated and maintained data centers 24/7.

Turkcell – Istanbul, Turkey

Title: Network Planning Engineer Duration: 12/2006 – 03/2014

•Managed redundancy and optimization projects of Access Network.

•Tested and implemented new technologies managed along with budget planning.

•Handled Capex Budget Planning, Annual Operational Plan, and Monthly Best Estimates.

•Prepared and assessed RFPs for Transport Network related to 3G and 2G swap projects.

Avea – Istanbul, Turkey

Title: Transmission Network Operations Engineer Duration: 07/2001 – 03/2006

•Operated the whole backbone transmission of the network 24/7.

•Managed Transmission Group’s Intranet website and data.

•Led a customer care team of 5, handling customer calls, providing information, and resolving issues promptly.

Garanti Bank – Istanbul, Turkey

Title: Internet & e-Commerce Helpdesk Specialist Duration: 02/1999 – 04/2001

•Supplied and gave technical support to dial-up internet customers of the bank.

•Provided Technical support for clients using the e-commerce module of the bank.

EDUCATION

Kadir Has University Turkey

Master of Business Administration

Istanbul Technical University Turkey

B.S. Electronics and Communication Engineering

CERTIFICATE

Microsoft Certified Professional for Windows NT 4.0 (Expired)

TRAINING

Time and Stress Management, Problem-Solving Techniques – Is Net

Effective Use of Self-potential and Internal Motivation – Is Net

Time, Stress, and Problem-Solving Management Techniques – Ozkent&Taysever

Human First Seminar – TMI Turkey

Creating a Quality Team Seminar – TMI Turkey

Internal&External Customer Care Programme – Humanitas

Customer Satisfaction and Complaint Management – Turkish Standards Institute

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