Olena Cwyk

Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

Chicago, IL phone: 773-***-**** ady44z@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn US citizen

4+ Years of industry experience in the area of Software Testing (Automation and Manual) with a solid understanding of Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect Reporting. Expertise in developing and executing test cases manually and developed automation Scripts with Java.

Self-motivated, able to set priorities and work autonomously with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, creative, productive. Strong team player with the ability to work productively in a team as well as individually. Focused on the Quality of the Product with strong comprehension of the fundamentals of the SDLC.

Knowledge And Skills

• Java, Cucumber, Maven, Jenkins, Git.

• Selenium WebDriver, Gherkin language.

• Experienced with API layer testing using Postman.

• Skills in various types of testing, including smoke testing, regression testing, functional testing, positive/negative testing, UI and API testing.

• Proficient comprehension of Java object-oriented programming (OOP) principles, complemented by hands-on expertise in applying them.

• Identified GUI (graphical user interface) using various locators: ID, Name, Class, Tag name, Link Text, XPath and CSS locators.

• Performing manual functional testing and developed automated execution of test cases using Selenium WebDriver.

• Experience with Jenkins for continuous integration and continuous deployment CI/CD with the changes in code and scheduling my Regression and Smoke tests.

• Proficient in development of QA documentations: Test Plans, Test Suites, Test Cases, and Bug Reports.

• Experience in writing SQL queries to retrieve data from SQL database using JDBC.

• Using Jira as the project management tool for defect-reporting and defect-tracking and GitHub for version control.

• In-depth understanding of Agile Scrum Methodology. Technical Skills

• Programming: Java

• API: Postman

• Testing Methods: Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Postman, Cucumber

• SQL

• Build and CI/CD tools: Maven, Jenkins

• Git/GitHub

• Bug Tracking: Jira

• Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall

Professional Experience

Quality Assurance Engineer (QA)

Wayfair 01/2022 – Present

• Engage in the full lifecycle of an Agile Methodology and actively participating in Daily Standup meetings and all other Sprint meetings.

• Work efficiently with colleagues including Product Owners and Developers to understand the functional requirements and acceptance criteria of an application.

• Involved in performing Functional, Smoke, Regression, and End-to-End testing.

• Change and maintain already existing test plans, test cases and scripts to gain the automation team effort during the regression testing.

• Responsible for performing manual API testing of web services using Postman.

• Execute automation scripts on a regular basis by scheduling Jenkins jobs that generate Cucumber reports.

• Analyze and work on reporting defects(bugs) daily while collaborating on a Jira platform.

• Perform re-testing on software applications after bugs were fixed to verify expected results.

• Participated in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to enhance test code quality.

• Follow Agile testing methodology, actively collaborating with business team and Product owners and attending different meetings like Sprint backlog grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings.

• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in software testing, sharing knowledge through presentations, training, and documentation. Quality Analyst

Midwest Express Clinic 09/2020 – 12/2021

• Manually tested application functionality using test scripts and checklists.

• Utilized Git for version control, collaborated with team members.

• Assisted developers in reproducing and debugging issues by providing clear, detailed steps and relevant test data.

• Used Jira as the project management tool for defect-reporting and defect-tracking.

• Documented test results and produced test reports to illustrate testing progress and improvements needed.

Quality Analyst

Liberty Mutual Insurance 02/2019 – 09/2020

• Developed, maintained, and executed manual test cases based on Software Requirement Specifications.

• Participated in Agile scrum methodology, and attended Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, and Review meetings.

• Worked on various aspects of the User Interface and automated the test cases using Selenium WebDriver and Java in IntelliJ IDEA.

• Performed automation test script modifications using Selenium WebDriver, Java.

• Manually validated Restful APIs using Postman.

• Conducted End-to End verification for the entire application.

• Used Jira as a product management and bug-tracking tool. Bookkeeper 07/2017– 09/2018 UIMA Chicago IL

Logistics Coordinator 09/2012 – 05/2016 OPTIM Lviv Ukraine Loan Officer 06/2008 – 08/2012 Idea Bank Lviv, Ukraine Education

Lviv State Academy of Finance

Bachelor’s degree, Accounting and Finance

2002-2007

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