Automation Engineer Qa

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QA Automation Engineer 12+ Years Experience Certified Java SE 8 Programmer & DHS Trusted Tester

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience across Financial, Healthcare, Government, and Aviation industries. Proficient in designing and implementing automation frameworks using Java and Selenium Webdriver. Experienced in Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber and Gherkin to align automated tests with business requirements. Certified Oracle Java SE 8 Programmer and DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester.

Key strengths include:

●Designing and executing test strategies, automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines.

●Expertise in Selenium WebDriver, UFT, Protractor, Cucumber, Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, and TestNG.

●Hands-on experience with mainframe (HOGAN) systems, web applications, and backend testing.

●Proficient in Java, VBScript, and cross-platform testing (Windows, Unix, Mac).

●Proficient in both Automation and Manual testing with the ability to manage the automation of the entire testing cycle and lead the testing team in an Agile Environment.

●Extensive experience creating and designing Test Strategy documents and Test Plans.

●Hands-on experience testing microservice and web service using the POSTMAN, SOAP UI and Rest Assured.

●Knowledge of Cloud Computing infrastructure.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Tools & Frameworks: Selenium, Cucumber, UFT, RFT, Jenkins, JIRA, ALM, GitHub, GitLab, Apache Maven, TestNG, Postman, SOAPUI,Rest Assured

Languages: Java, SQL, VBScript, HTML, XML

Databases: Oracle, Teradata, GreenPlum, DB2

Platforms: Windows, Unix, Mac, Mainframe

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, SDLC, CI/CD, Accessibility Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Booz Allen Hamilton

Lead Test Automation Engineer

July 2023 to Present

Working with Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting the client Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a test automation engineer to support the IRS ECM project, which is implementing a web-based application called EXAM built on the PEGA framework.

Responsibilities and Duties:

●Working as a QA Automation engineer for the ECM project.

●Developed and maintained automation test scripts using RFT integrated with Java Selenium WebDriver.

●Automated regression suite for PEGA-based EXAM application to support efficient testing cycles.

●Led QA status reporting, defect triage meetings, and GitHub-based code reviews.

●Documented testing artifacts in IBM EQM and provided sprint-wise sign-offs.

● Peer review other team members' scripts to ensure the code looks robust.

●Send weekly overall testing status to the project manager and QA director.

Booz Allen Hamilton

Test Automation Engineer

August 2021 to June 2023

Working with Booz Allen Hamilton supported the client Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to meet the needs of the FDA CDER application using automated testing best efforts. Comprehensively tested Integrity’s master data domain including Product, facility, Company, Application/Submission that are associated with various application types.

Responsibilities and Duties:

●Led test automation for FDA CDER's data management systems.

●Built Selenium-based test suites for UI validation and executed scripts via Jenkins/GitLab.

●Automated daily smoke tests for production validation, reducing manual QA effort by 20%.

●Documented test plans and progress in ALM; conducted client demos and test data generation.

●Validate test data across all ETL and MDM databases using SQL that is created through the script.

●Performed API testing automation using Rest Assured and TestNG.

Tata Consultancy Services

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

May 2017 to July 2021

Worked with Tata Consultancy Services, supported the client Pentagon Federal Credit Union, widely known by its abbreviated name PenFed, for various applications like Payment Hub (Inbound/Outbound), Credit card, etc.

Responsibilities and Duties:

●Served as QA Lead for multiple applications including Payment Hub and Credit Card systems.

●Developed and maintained automated BDD test suites using Cucumber with Gherkin syntax to create readable and traceable test cases.

●Integrated BDD tests into Jenkins pipelines for continuous feedback.

●Performed web and mainframe testing (HOGAN), REST API validation using Postman.

●Automated regression tests for Salesforce-based systems using Selenium WebDriver.

●Managed JIRA boards, defect prioritization, and release sign-offs.

Tata Consultancy Services

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

March 2016 to April 2017

Worked with Tata Consultancy Services, supported the client GE Aviation for Fleet Monitor and Rapid Data Forensic application.

Responsibilities and Duties:

●Created automation scripts using Protractor for Angular-based applications.

●Led regression, integration, and service-level testing using Postman & SOAPUI.

●Participated in sprint demos, release validations, and Agile ceremonies.

Axius Technology

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

May 2015 to February 2016

Worked with Axius Technology, supported the client State Street Corporation, an American worldwide financial services holding company, for their newly developed application called Actimize Risk Case Manager (RCM)

Responsibilities and Duties:

●Developed and executed test scripts for Actimize Risk Case Manager (RCM).

●Migrated manual test cases to Selenium & UFT; conducted ETL/data migration testing.

●Supported agile teams and documented testing using ALM.

●Develop UAT test cases for End-to-End testing.

JP Morgan Chase Bank

Associate (QA Analyst)

May 2014 to May 2015

Worked with J.P. Morgan Chase, one of the largest and most respected financial firm in the world, to support their Application Management System (AMS) application for JPMS Securities.

Responsibilities and Duties:

●Owned QA delivery for the Account Management System (AMS).

●Automated AMS tests with Selenium and UFT; coordinated across multiple LOBs.

●Delivered defect metrics and QA status updates to leadership.

Deloitte

QA Analyst

Jan 2013 – Feb 2014

Worked as a contractor for Deloitte, supported the project called CTHIX (Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange) that supports the Affordable Health Care Act at the state and national level. Its purpose is to increase the number of insured Connecticut residents, improve healthcare quality at lower costs, and reduce health disparities while providing an exceptional customer experience.

Responsibilities and Duties:

●Supported the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange (CTHIX) project.

●Performed EDI 834, MPI, and data hub testing across multiple government systems.

●Utilized SQL for backend validations and JAMA for requirement traceability.

●Verify Medicaid/Medicare/CHIP/Annual Income/Tax Information from different Hubs like CMS/IRS/DHS/SSA as part of verification testing. (Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services), DHS (Department of Health Services), SSA (Social Security Administration), and (Internal Revenue Service.

CERTIFICATIONS

●Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer – Oracle (Apr 2025)

●DHS Trusted Tester – U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Feb 2024)

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Political Science – University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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