Software Development Back End

HAMID NAJAFLI

SDET

*****.*.*******@*****.***

Authorized to work in the USA without

sponsorship or any other restrictions

+1-323-***-**** Los Angeles, CA

CORE COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 5+ years of experience including manual as well as automation testing protocols of web-based applications. Experienced in Core Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts. Used Java for Test Scripts as a Programming Language and Page Object Model Pattern Design with Selenium. Extensive experience in using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Maven, Cucumber, Jenkins, TestNG and JUnit.

Specialized in a wide variety of QA process stages, including Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Back-End Testing. Proficient in both Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC). Utilized linear as well as phase-based project management methodologies, such as Agile and Waterfall Methodologies; participated in Sprint Grooming/Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Retrospective and Demo.

Prepared Test Scenarios, Test Cases, and Test Summary reports for both Automated and Manual Testing based on the analysis of Business Requirements.

Played a role in development of BDD Scripts with Cucumber via Step Definitions using Gherkin language. Cross-Browser as well as Parallel Testing via Selenium WebDriver, TestNG. Performed Back-End Testing with SQL Queries in MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle Database as well as API Testing utilizing Postman and REST Assured with retrieval of JSON response from database. Worked with Continuous Integration (CI) tool Jenkins, Git for version control as well as GitHub repository for Web- based version control.

Demonstrated efficient analytical, communication and self-organizational skills, capability to perform work independently, as well as within a team comprised of multiple members. Successfully collaborated with project managers and developers due to being a detail-oriented team player, with qualities of reliability, adaptability and flexibility. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AUTOMATION TOOLS

JAVA

SQL

JSON

HTML

XML

Gherkin

Selenium Library

Cucumber

Postman

REST Assured

Swagger

Maven

Jenkins

TestNG

JUnit

DATABASES

Oracle

FRAMEWORKS

Data-Driven

Framework

MySQL

IDE

IntelliJ

REPOSITORY

GitHub

BUG TRACKING

JIRA

SERVER

AWS Cloud

BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)

WORKFLOW METHODOLOGIES

OPERATING SYSTEMS

MacOS Windows

AGILE WATERFALL

WORK EXPERIENCE

Test Engineer Humana – Torrance, CA March 2020 - Present Developed Test Code in Java via IntelliJ IDE and TestNG frameworks. Carried out Integration, Smoke, Functional, End-to-End, Positive and Negative Tests, monitored application behavior during various testing phases via Testing Methodologies. Used Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, and TestNG to automate Regression and Smoke Test Cases. Monitored the test execution in Jenkins after Automation Test Code is pushed into Continuous Integration

(CI).

Carried out automated Test Cases on different browsers by scheduling the Smoke and Regression Test via Continuous Integration (CI) tool Jenkins and Selenium Grid. Using the Maven POM.xml file performed configurations of dependencies and tool versions. Created and ran SQL Queries for Data Verification and Validation, established database connection. Applied TestNG in grouping of Test Cases, Methods and Suites for Regression and Functional Testing via TestNG Annotations like Parameter, Groups, Data Provider. Used Selenium to execute Regression Testing for new builds as well as for application modifications. Updated and maintained Selenium WebDriver Automated Test Cases. Software QA Engineer Bank of America August 2017 - February 2020 Created Manual Test Cases and Test Suites for various application modules. Prepared documentation related to Test estimation and Test metrics.

Designed Test Cases based on analysis of Business Requirements, System Functional Specifications, Use Cases and Design Documents.

Worked on preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix documentation for mapping. Performed Positive and Negative Testing for the functionalities of the application as well as Smoke Tests, Functional Tests and Regression Tests.

Stored test reports and automation framework test data in Excel files. EDUCATION

New York Film Academy USA 2013 - 2015

Master of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Science, Baku State University.

Baku, Azerbaijan.

2008 - 2012

Geology and Earth Science; Geological exploration and mining of mineral resource deposits.

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