Azure Devops Automation Testing

Monowara Islam

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monowara-islam-17977b231

(202) 925 – 7945

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US CITIZEN (ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE -2027)

● Summary

• Over 9 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst, demonstrating proficiency in manual, automation, and database testing.

• Possess extensive knowledge of SDLC and STLC, with experience working under both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

• Expertise in implementing Agile/Waterfall and SCRUM methodologies, including analyzing requirement specifications and developing test objectives, strategies, scope, test procedures, and test matrices.

• Well-versed in all phases of SDLC and STLC, with primary responsibilities including logging and tracking defects.

• Skilled in conducting various testing methodologies including System, Functional, Integration, Smoke, Regression, UI, and User Acceptance testing.

• Hands-on experience preparing test plans, methodologies, scenarios, summary reports, Test cases, and documents for both automated and manual testing, based on user requirements, and system requirements using SharePoint documents.

• Extensive involvement in UI Automation using Selenium WebDriver and Java.

• Experienced in developing, implementing, and maintaining various automation frameworks, including Page Object, Hybrid, Behavior Driven, and Data-Driven frameworks.

• Expertise in developing selenium automation frameworks using Junit/TestNG and formulating Maven targets to execute automation suites.

• Active participant in QA planning, execution, and test management using both Azure DevOps and JIRA.

• Proven experience in migrating test cases from QC/HP ALM to Azure DevOps.

• Well-versed in using test management tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, MS Azure, and Bugzilla.

• Proficient in using web element locators, such as CSS, XPath, id, and name, to identify Web Elements.

• Experienced in using Apache POI to import data from external sources into test scripts.

• Skilled in using Selenium WebDriver, Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, TestNG test, and Cucumber (Gherkin) frameworks for creating test scripts, test suites, and HTML reports.

• Proficient with source version control tools (GIT) and using GitHub as a repository.

• Extensive experience in data creation using Rest API with Postman & SoapUI.

• Strong skills in Data Validation and Verification using Toad for Oracle.

• Excellent team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Expertise in documenting defects with a high level of detail, accuracy, and informative reproduction steps using Azure DevOps & JIRA.

● Skills

● Automation Testing Tools: Selenium

WebDriver, Selenium IDE, JUnit, Visual Studio

Code, Cucumber, TestNG, Apache POI,

Jenkins, Azure DevOps, JIRA, QC, Git.

● Application Software: Toad for Oracle, MS

Excel, MS Word, SQL Server Management

Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, Postman (REST

API), SoapUI.

● Project Management: Azure DevOps, Jira, HP

ALM, Bugzilla, MS Azure.

● O/S: Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows

Server 2012 R2, macOS, Linux.

● Programming Language: Gherkin

Language, SQL, Java, JavaScript.

● Professional Experience

PBGC (Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation) Washington DC 06/2022 – Current Senior QA Engineer

● Assumed responsibility for the meticulous documentation of defects using Azure DevOps.

● Executed manual testing to verify the basic functionality of modules under test using Azure DevOps.

● Engaged with developers and Business Analysts to manage and rectify defects using Azure DevOps.

● Architectured and executed keyword-driven and Data-driven automation testing frameworks employing Java in Visual Studio Code.

● Utilized Selenium WebDriver within the Visual Studio Code testing framework to script and implement test cases.

● Partnered with business analysts to collect requirement details using SharePoint.

● Developed and executed test plans, test cases, and scripts for diverse scenarios, such as application form submissions for existing and new customers.

● Contributed to daily Scrum calls to discuss testing progress.

● Coded automation test scripts using Java, Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, and Maven before Agile release.

● Authored features using Gherkin Keywords and implemented the step definitions with Cucumber for UAT implementing BDD.

● Assisted in the preparation and review of test scenarios and test cases.

● Undertook regression testing using Selenium and developed automation scripts for web pages.

● Transitioned test cases from QC/HP ALM to Azure DevOps.

● Managed and maintained the Page Object Model; updated new elements as needed and crafted new page objects.

● Reviewed page sources to identify reliable locators for web elements.

● Assisted in creating a framework and test environment setup for Selenium WebDriver/Java.

● Executed Automation Testing on each build, supplemented by regression testing using Java and Selenium WebDriver.

● Applied Cucumber & Junit for testing application submission workflow sections.

● Ensured all releases met the set release acceptance criteria (Selenium tests).

● Captured and saved application screenshots during exceptions and at crucial checkpoints of application execution.

● Managed framework dependency jar files in POM.xml using the Maven build tool.

● Independently verified and validated data using Toad for Oracle.

● Implemented data-driven testing by parameterizing fixed values in checkpoint statements, creating data tables for the parameters, and scripting functions to read new data from the table upon each iteration.

● Worked with Selenium WebDriver/Java to test web pages and develop necessary elements.

● Leveraged Firebug Add-ons to identify object IDs and used CSS and XPath locators for object identification.

DOE (Department of Energy) Washington DC 07/2018 – 06/20/2022 QA Analyst/Engineer

● Participated in the creation of test scenarios and reviewed test cases using Jira.

● Conducted regression testing with Selenium and formulated automation scripts for web pages.

● Designed and implemented keyword-driven and Data-driven automation testing frameworks with Java in Eclipse.

● Interacted with business analysts to collect requirements SharePoint.

● Participated in developing test plans, and test cases, and executed test scripts for different scenarios such as application form submissions for various account types.

● Participated in daily Scrum calls to discuss testing progress.

● Crafted automation test scripts using Java, Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, and Maven ahead of Agile release.

● Assisted in maintaining the Page Object Model, updating new elements, and creating new page objects as needed.

● Reviewed page sources to locate reliable locators for web elements.

● Contributed to the development of a framework and test environment setup for Selenium WebDriver/Java.

● Utilized Firebug Add-ons to identify object IDs and implemented CSS and XPath locator concepts for object identification.

● Conducted Automation Testing of each build and then performed regression testing on each build using Java and Selenium WebDriver.

● Applied Cucumber & Junit for testing segments of the application submission workflow.

● Ensured all releases passed the release acceptance criteria (Selenium tests).

● Documented application screenshots and saved images at important checkpoints of application execution upload in SharePoint.

● Used the Maven build tool to manage framework dependency jar files in POM.xml.

● Showcased proficiency in independent data verification and validation using Rest API with Postman.

● Executed automated scripts for functionality testing during various application development phases using Selenium.

● Utilized Selenium WebDriver for scripting and executing test cases with the existing API testing framework.

● Conducted compatibility testing of applications for dynamic and static content of browsers using HTML IDs, DOM, and XPath in Selenium.

● Authored features using Gherkin Keywords and implemented the step definitions with Cucumber for UAT to implement BDD.

DOL (Department of Labor) Washington DC 05/2016 – 06/2018 Software Tester

● Managed the planning and analysis of the project, creating test plans, test scripts, and test cases using Jira.

● Maintained and analyzed requirements, creating a Traceability Matrix between Requirements and Test Cases using Jira.

● Executed functional, regression, and end-to-end testing as required on GUI and Mainframe applications using Eclipse.

● Authored and executed automated test cases using Selenium WebDriver to automate manual testing processes.

● Developed custom libraries for automation leveraging JAVA & Selenium WebDriver.

● Collaborated with a team of business system analysts, developers, and architects.

● Utilized XPath and DOM to work with dynamic and static objects in Selenium.

● Involved in functional, integration, regression, and UAT during various phases of application testing.

● Documented and tracked software defects, interacting with developers and Business Analysts to resolve defect issues.

● Participated in data creation using Rest API with SoapUI for web service testing. Noblis Arlington, VA 06/2013- 04/2016

QA Tester

● Conducted manual testing to assess the basic functionality of modules under test using the Test Director.

● Prepared test data for positive and negative scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan.

● Authored manual test cases for functional, GUI, and database testing of the application using Test Director.

● Conducted database testing by writing and executing SQL queries to validate correct data uploads into the database.

● Verified all fixes made by Software Engineers against the appropriate defects by retesting the affected software and system components.

● Performed backend testing by executing SQL Queries.

● Created several SQL Updates/Table Join to manipulate the testing data and authored SQL queries to retrieve data from the database for database integrity testing.

● Interacted with developers to report software bugs and re-tested the resolved issues using Microsoft Azure.

● Education and Training

● Master’s Degree (Social Sciences) - Eden Mahila College (National University) Dhaka (2005)

● Bachelor's Degree (Social Sciences) - Khilgaon Model College (National University) Dhaka (1996)

● Certifications

● Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance) 11/2020

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