Senior QA Automation Engineer (SDET)

Nodir Nabiev

Boxborough, MA *****

603-***-**** • ********@*****.*** • linkedin.com/in/nodir-nabiev

SUMMARY:

• Senior QA Automation Engineer/SDET with 13+ years of experience designing, scaling, and maintaining full-stack automation frameworks across UI, API, and Data layers.

• Core Tech Stack: Expert in Java, TypeScript, and JavaScript utilizing modern frameworks including Playwright, Selenium, and Cypress for UI, alongside Rest Assured, Postman, and Karate DSL for microservices and backend validation.

• Performance & DevOps: Performance & DevOps: Skilled in JMeter load/performance testing and in building quality gates that embed automated suites into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker). Reduced regression cycle time by 40%.

• AI Innovation & Leadership: Drive AI-enabled QA workflows, leveraging Claude and other LLMs for custom prompt engineering, automated test design, and code optimization; proven record mentoring engineering teams on automation best practices.

• React: Built modular, reusable React components leveraging Hooks, Context API, and TypeScript, validated through Jest + React Testing Library component tests and Playwright E2E automation. TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Java, Groovy, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, PL/SQL AI-Assisted QA: GitHub Copilot, Claude, Codex, custom AI skills/prompts & workflows UI Development: React, Jest, React Testing Library UI Automation: React, Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Appium API Testing: SoapUI, Rest Assured, Karate DSL, Postman, OpenAPI/Swagger, OkHttp, Charles Proxy Performance: JMeter, LoadRunner/Test Runner, Postman Frameworks & Design: POM, Hybrid, Data-Driven, BDD (Cucumber/Gherkin), JUnit, TestNG CI/CD & Build: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bamboo, Maven, Gradle, Ant Cloud & Infra: AWS, AWS Device Farm, Docker, Azure Databricks, BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Linux Databases: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB, Azure Cosmos DB Reporting & Utils: Extent Reports, Allure Reports, Apache POI, Log4j Observability: Splunk, Kibana, Grafana, Datadog, Azure Monitor, AppDynamics, OverOps Code Quality & Security: SonarQube, Veracode, Mountebank Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SAFe, SDLC/STLC, Jira, Jira Align PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior QA Automation Test Engineer Nov 2023 - Present MRCC Solutions - MassDOT/RMV Boston, MA

• Lead automation across MassDOT's Salesforce, ServiceNow, and SAM application portfolio, building and maintaining data-driven regression and E2E suites in Playwright (Java & JavaScript) and Selenium WebDriver/Java — including Project Info Highway (SOQL/Custom Objects), AeroPM Aeronautics, RMV- CRM, SAM Contract Amendments, and ServiceNow Crash/Form10 help-desk apps. 2

• Designed and maintained end-to-end API test suites in Karate DSL (Gherkin) with data-driven scenarios and reusable feature libraries, validating REST and GraphQL endpoints.

• Integrated Karate into Maven/Gradle and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Jenkins), enabling parallel execution, automated HTML/JUnit reporting, and reducing regression feedback time by 60%.

• Led performance testing across all MassDOT internal applications, including load/response validation of the ATLAS (RMV) AWS cloud-based payment system using Postman and JMeter.

• Executed manual and functional testing across the MassDOT application suite to complement automated coverage.

• Managed monthly server patch updates for all MassDOT applications, ensuring environment stability for testing.

• Coached and mentored 5 manual testers, upskilling the team on automation practices and growing automation coverage by 85%.

Lead QA Automation Engineer/React Web UI Developer Jan 2022 - Nov 2023 Software Professionals Inc (SPI) - Airlines Domain Dallas, TX Test Automation & Quality Leadership:

• Led design of common automation packages for Cypress and Playwright supporting next-generation responsive Desktop and Mobile Web UI applications.

• Built and maintained regression, smoke, and e2e/integration suites across environments — Cypress for lower environments and Selenium WebDriver (Java/TestNG) for higher environments before production release.

• Integrated automated suites into GitLab/Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, producing Allure reports for nightly runs and pre-release gates.

• Scripted reusable Cypress/Playwright custom commands to generate test data via REST API endpoints and created Mountebank stub/mock responses for complex UI automation.

• Automated API testing with Postman/Newman in CI/CD and applied a contract-first approach using OpenAPI spec files.

• Drove root-cause analysis and resolution — API error handling, network throttling/blocking, and Linux server troubleshooting — and validated back-end data with complex multi-database SQL queries.

• Provided technical guidance on automation framework strategy and planning across teams. React / Web UI Development:

• Developed responsive single-page applications in React (with Bootstrap, Storybook, and RTL) for next- generation Web UI.

• Built internationalized components using the React-i18n framework.

• Wrote unit tests with Jest and Enzyme for test-driven development, increasing code coverage.

• Documented non-functional requirements (NFRs) in Confluence within a SAFe Agile delivery process. Senior QA Automation Engineer Jan 2020 - Nov 2021

Newfold Digital (formerly known as Endurance International Group) Burlington, MA

• Built end-to-end front-end automation using BDD (Cucumber/Gherkin) in the Cypress JavaScript framework, covering critical user journeys.

• Developed back-end/API automation for end-to-end testing with Groovy and HTTP clients, including REST API and database-level validation via complex SQL queries.

• Defined the automation test strategy for front-end and server applications — establishing standards, success metrics, and a new mock-based test framework template adopted across all automation teams. 3

• Enhanced the automation framework with reusable utilities, reducing test-authoring effort by 50%.

• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for front-end and back-end automation deployments, improving build, integration, and release speed.

• Automated load/performance testing with JMeter, integrating test plans into the DevOps pipeline to run automatically after branch deployment.

QA Automation/DevOps Engineer Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

American Well Boston, MA

• Built and maintained cross-platform automation frameworks (Selenium WebDriver/Grid, Appium, XCUITest) in Java/TestNG with Gradle, covering UAT and full-regression suites for Web, Android, and iOS SDK applications.

• Built mobile automation for native and hybrid apps on emulators and real devices via Appium, UIAutomator, and XCUITest in the Sauce Labs cloud, validating iOS/Android SDK builds through Android Studio and Xcode.

• Developed API and web-service test suites using Rest Assured, Postman/Newman, and SOAP/REST validation, integrated into CI/CD to catch defects in back-end APIs and microservices.

• Embedded automated suites into Bamboo/Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, automating execution, debugging, and result analysis across Web UI, API, and microservice layers.

• Deployed web applications to AWS instances and Dockerized team VMs, supporting consistent, repeatable test environments.

• Performed back-end and data-integration testing with SQL queries for database validation and built member feed files to load data into feed schema tables (OLTP) for Web and Mobile SDK apps.

• Automated CI test-reporting to a database, publishing status dashboards to give management real- time visibility into quality.

• Performed failure triage using OverOps and AppDynamics across QA and Production and tracked defects in JIRA in close collaboration with developers.

• Led QA hackathons and group release-testing sessions, coaching engineers on API/web-service automation with Rest Assured and HTTP clients before production builds. QA Manual/Automation Tester Jul 2013 - Nov 2016

UZ Inc. St. Louis, MO

• Built and maintained a Selenium WebDriver automation framework in Java (Page Object Model, Data- Driven, Keyword-Driven, and Hybrid patterns) with TestNG/JUnit, enabling reusable, maintainable regression suites.

• Automated manual regression and functional test cases across multiple browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE) and platforms, reducing manual regression effort and catching defects earlier.

• Integrated automated suites into Jenkins CI via Ant/Maven for nightly execution, producing HTML reports (Extent Reports, Log4j, Apache POI) for management visibility.

• Performed data-driven and back-end testing using JDBC and complex multi-table SQL queries to validate data flow, data load, and data migration/conversion.

• Executed full-lifecycle testing — Smoke, Integration, System, Regression, UAT/SIT, GUI, Security, and Performance — against business requirements, positive and negative scenarios.

• Authored Test Plans, test cases, and automation scripts from Business Requirements Documents, and tracked defects and status in JIRA.

• Reported weekly test progress, defects, and release status to management and participated in Requirement Analysis and Release Review meetings.

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LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE & VOLUNTEERISM:

Global Computer Center

Tashkent State University of Information Technology Tashkent, Uzbekistan Cofounder/President Sep 2006 - June 2009

• Founded and led the largest IT/QA software-testing career club on campus, growing membership from 10 to 203 and building a pipeline that helped 200+ students secure jobs and internships.

• Designed hands-on QA training programs — simulated end-to-end, real-time software projects and enterprise web-application testing — to prepare students for careers in software testing.

• Ran weekly workshops on testing topics, tools, and resources beyond the standard curriculum, and hosted recruiters from IT companies to connect members with opportunities. Volunteerism

• USAID Volunteer — Provided counseling and social services for disadvantaged communities.

• Peace Corps Volunteer — Coached and counseled students and orphans alongside Peace Corps teachers.

• Math & Computer Science Tutor — Mentored underprivileged students at the Global Computer Center. EDUCATION:

Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA

Master of Computer Science, Data Science Concentration December 2021 Providence College, School of Business Providence, RI MBA, Concentration: Finance/Quality Management May 2013

• Graduate Assistant, Computer Lab — Supported lab systems and mentored students in programming fundamentals.

Tashkent State University of Economics Tashkent, Uzbekistan Bachelor’s in Economics June 2008

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