QA Engineer (SDET) for Healthcare Automation

MUSTAFA SALEH (MIKE)

QA Engineer

Irvine, CA, USA +1-909-***-**** ***************@*****.*** LinkedIn US Citizen SUMMARY

Results-driven QA Engineer / SDET with 5+ years of experience delivering high-quality manual and automated testing solutions across healthcare and consulting domains. Proven expertise in designing and scaling UI, API, and backend automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, TestNG, REST Assured, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable, compliant software releases. Strong command of functional, regression, integration, data validation, and compliance testing, including HIPAA-regulated systems. Recognized for driving defect prevention, test stability, and release readiness through analytical problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and mentorship. Adept at building maintainable automation frameworks that reduce manual effort, improve test coverage, and strengthen production quality at scale. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Development Engineer in Test Molina Healthcare USA Jan 2022 – Current

● Engineered a scalable UI and API automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, REST Assured, and Maven, applying analytical rigor to validate 140+ healthcare workflows across claims, enrollment, and provider portals, resulting in 1,320 production defects prevented before release.

● Automated regression and smoke test suites within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and Docker, demonstrating ownership and accountability to cut manual execution time by 410 engineer-hours per release cycle.

● Validated complex backend integrations by executing API contract, schema, and data integrity tests against FHIR-compliant services, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, leveraging attention to detail to detect 286 data-mapping issues impacting member eligibility records.

● Stabilized flaky test execution by implementing explicit waits, parallel execution, and environment-specific test data management, using problem-solving skills to improve pipeline reliability across 9 release trains spanning 24 months.

● Executed end-to-end test coverage for HIPAA-regulated workflows using BDD with Cucumber, Gherkin, and Selenium Grid, applying cross- functional communication to support 11 successful CMS and internal compliance audits.

● Monitored production quality signals by correlating Splunk logs, Postman collections, and JIRA defect analytics, demonstrating situational awareness to reduce Sev-1 and Sev-2 post-release incidents by 94 critical tickets annually.

● Optimized test data provisioning through SQL-based synthetic data generation and environment refresh automation, applying time management to unblock 37 parallel test executions per sprint without dependency delays.

● Spearheaded QA automation strategy across Agile Scrum teams by mentoring 6 junior QA engineers, standardizing code review practices, automation design guidelines, and release quality gates within JIRA, Confluence, and Jenkins, influencing roadmap decisions and accelerating 18 enterprise releases without rollback.

QA Engineer McKinsey & Company USA Jun 2020 – Jan 2022

● Designed detailed manual test plans, test scenarios, and test cases from BRDs and FSDs, applying domain understanding to validate 120+ complex business workflows across 18 enterprise releases.

● Executed end-to-end manual testing including smoke, regression, system, integration, and black-box testing, exercising critical thinking to uncover 184 high-severity defects before production rollout.

● Engineered automated regression suites using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Maven, demonstrating technical ownership to prevent 312 production defects across client deployments.

● Validated microservices through manual API testing with Postman and automation using REST Assured, applying precision to detect 147 API contract, payload, and data-handling failures pre-UAT.

● Audited backend data accuracy using SQL queries and ETL reconciliation checks, applying analytical judgment to identify 96 data inconsistencies impacting executive analytics dashboards.

● Instrumented CI-based test execution via Jenkins pipelines, Git version control, and Linux shell scripts, showing accountability by eliminating 420 hours of repetitive manual testing annually.

● Performed cross-browser and cross-device manual compatibility testing using BrowserStack and Selenium Grid, ensuring release readiness for 22 client-facing applications supporting 40,000+ users.

● Championed quality governance by collaborating with developers, product owners, and client stakeholders, introducing shift-left testing practices, review checkpoints, and QA metrics dashboards that guided delivery decisions for $8M+ consulting engagements. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Java, SQL

Test Automation: Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, JUnit, REST Assured, Cucumber (BDD), Playwright, Mabl Testing Types: Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, API Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing

(UAT), Performance Testing, Security Testing, Data Validation Testing, Black Box Testing, White Box Testing, Grey Box Testing API Testing Tools: Postman, REST Assured

CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI

Code Quality & Analysis: SonarQube, Static Code Analysis, Code Review Best Practices Databases: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, JDBC

Manual Testing: Test Case Design, Test Scenario Creation, Defect Tracking (Jira), Exploratory Testing Documentation & Traceability: Jira, Zephyr, Jira X-Ray, Confluence, Test Plans, RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix) Version Control: Git, GitHub

Build & Dependency Management: Maven

Cross-Platform & Cloud Testing: Selenium Grid, Sauce Labs Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Agile SDLC, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives (Jira, Confluence) EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Software Engineering Al Rafidain University College, Iraq

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