Sayyad Akhundzada

QA TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER

401-***-**** adzxyk@r.postjobfree.com Seattle, WA US citizen with Security Clearance

Experienced Full Stack Test Automation Engineer with over 5 years of expertise in Functional and Automation testing of Web-Based Applications. Seeking opportunities to leverage Java and Automation skills in a dynamic software development environment. CAREER SUMMARY:

• Specialized QA Automation Engineer in Functional Testing, Database Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, and Black-Box Testing for both Front-End and Back-End Testing.

• Proficient in Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies, actively engaged in Scrum ceremonies.

• Possessed an extensive understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Defect Life Cycle (DLC), including creation of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).

• Experienced in analysing business requirements and developed test plans, scenarios, and strategies for healthcare and finance domains.

• Adept at solid Java programming skills, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), design patterns like Page Object Model (POM) and Singleton, and experience in creating robust automation frameworks using Maven.

• Highly skilled in Selenium WebDriver, Maven, JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber with Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) using Gherkin language.

• Comprehensive in Database Testing, adeptly crafting SQL Queries using JDBC.

• Extensive background in REST API Testing, utilizing Postman for Manual API Testing and Rest Assured for API Test Automation.

• Proficient in project management tools, including Jira and Jira Xray.

• Confident in using GIT Version Control System and GitHub as a remote repository and collaborative platform.

• Capable of performing Cross-Browser Testing using Selenium Grid.

• Profound knowledge of Jenkins, enabling Continuous Integration (CI), and schedule test executions via Amazon Web Services EC2 instances for Parallel Testing across Multi Browsers in Cloud.

• Exceptional communication skills, self-driven, pro-active, task-oriented, a valuable team player, and quick to adapt to emerging new technologies and systems. TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Languages- Java, Gherkin, HTML, SQL, JSON, XML

• Project Building Tools- Maven, Gradle

• Testing Tools- Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, REST Assured, Postman, Apache POI, Jenkins, Appium, Browserstack, Swagger

• Frameworks- Cucumber BDD, DDT with Apache POI, Karate

• Database Platforms- Oracle SQL Developer, JDBC library, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle

• Web Service- RESTful APIs Web Services, REST Assured

• Project Management Tools- Jira, Jira Xray

• CI/CD- Jenkins, AWS(EC2), Docker

• Methodologies- Agile Scrum

• Mobile automation- Appium

• IDE- IntelliJ, Eclipse

• Version Control System- Git, GitHub

• OS - macOS, Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Charles Schwab Inc - Austin, TX SEP 2021 – PRESENT QA Test Automation Engineer

• Participated in full life cycle of Agile Scrum and implemented SDLC, STLC and DLC.

• Executed manual and automated testing of web and mobile applications for UI, DB, and API layers.

• Developed and implemented Functional, Smoke, and Regression Tests Scripts using Java, Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, Cucumber with BDD, and Gherkin Language.

• Created Data-Driven Testing Framework using Apache POI for external documents.

• Implemented POM and Singleton design pattern to ensure a single instance of the browser is being used across the project.

• Generated Web Services testing using POSTMAN for Manual API Testing and REST Assured Library for API Test Automation to ensure the functionality and reliability of REST APIs.

• Followed JDBC library guidelines to enhance Database validation with SQL queries in Oracle Database.

• Contributed to DevOps initiatives and CI/CD pipeline integration using Jenkins and AWS.

• Used Git as a local and GitHub as a remote Version Control System.

• Utilized Jira and Jira Xray for user stories and defect management. MasterCard - Arlington, VA AUG 2019 – SEP 2021

QA Test Automation Engineer

• Proactively participated In Agile Scrum Ceremonies and was in charge of generating Meeting Minutes reports for the testing team.

• Deployed Object Oriented Programming (OOP) functionalities of Java along with Collections Framework features daily. Successfully participated in grouping Test Suites, Test Cases, Test methods for Regression and Smoke Testing using TestNG annotations.

• Applied Selenium WebDriver functionalities for automating Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browsers for UI Testing and validated test using the TestNG framework.

• Created TestBase class with reusable codes declared under BeforeClass, BeforeSuite, and BeforeMethod as well as subsequent annotations that come from TestNG Framework. Followed Maven lifecycle and MVN goals to clean, verify, and test the Automation Scripts.

• Collaborated to improve Test Automation, ensuring comprehensive product coverage with RTM.

• Utilized Git as a version control and GitHub as a remote repository. Performed RESTful API Web Services Testing using Postman. Utilized SQL queries to fetch data from the Database with MySQL Database.

• Applied Jira with Jira X-ray plugin for getting User Stories and creating defect tickets.

• Contributed to DevOps initiatives and CI/CD pipeline integration using Jenkins and AWS. Human Care Systems, Inc – Boston, MA SEP 2017 – AUG 2019 QA Test Automation Engineer

• Actively contributed to existing Java language-based Framework utilizing JUnit verification methods to validate Test Cases from Smoke and Regression Suite.

• Transitioned from Waterfall to Agile Environment.

• Developed and maintained automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and JUnit.

• Utilized Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration.

• Participated in Cross training, transitioning from manual to automation testing.

• Applied REST API testing using Postman and RestAssured with Serenity BDD.

• Utilized GSON for JSON serialization and deserialization.

• Integrated automation with Jenkins for Continuous Testing. EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Science in Oil and Gas Engineering Odessa, Ukraine

• ONAFT – Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies 2019

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