QA Automation Engineer (Selenium/Cucumber, Java)

Anjum Kowsar Z

Bengaluru +91-984******* ️ *****.******.*@*****.*** LinkedIn

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Result-oriented Quality Assurance Engineer with 4+ years of experience in test automation and functional testing for large-scale enterprise systems. Skilled in building and maintaining automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver with Java, Cucumber BDD, and Page Object Model (POM), with CI/CD integration through GitHub Actions. Capable of leading QA efforts, managing end-to-end test cycles, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality releases in Agile environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages

Java, SQL, JavaScript/Typescript

Framework

Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber BDD, Page object model (POM), Maven, TestNG, WebDriverIO

Testing tools

DBeaver, VSCode, Eclipse, Postman, Jenkins, TestComplete, AWS(EC2 and S3), Postman

Version Control

Git, GitHub Actions, Copilot

Defect Tracking & Collaboration

JIRA, Confluence

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Quality Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions July 2024 – Present

Conducted regression and smoke testing on critical web application modules, leading to a 30% drop in high-priority bugs and a 25% boost in release readiness.

Designed and implemented automated test scripts using Selenium with java and the Cucumber framework, resulting in a 50% reduction in manual testing time and significantly improving overall project efficiency.

Utilized Github Copilot to improve code quality, debugging, refactoring and automation code reusability.

Utilized GitHub for version control and GitHub Actions to automate CI/CD workflows, including build and test execution.

Leveraged AI-assisted test automation and code review capabilities to accelerate the creation of automation scripts, test scenarios, test data and validation logic while improving code quality and identifying issues early.

Containerized the Selenium Webdriver framework using Docker, ensuring consistent and reliable test execution across environments.

Executed automated test scripts in TestComplete to ensure software quality and performance, generating detailed scenario reports that enhanced efficiency by reducing manual review time by 45%.

Deployed testing environments on Amazon EC2 instances, optimizing resource usage and scalability for test execution.

Logged and tracked defects in Jira, maintaining an organized defect tracking system that improved resolution efficiency by 40% and reduced defect resolution time by 30%.

Participated actively in Agile processes, including daily scrum calls and retrospective meetings, contributing to team collaboration and project improvements.

Worked with MySQL/PostgreSQL databases for test data validation and back-end verification.

Tested REST APIs using Postman by modifying JSON request payloads and validating API requests and responses to verify API-triggered email functionality.

Quality Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions Sep 2022 - June 2024

Designed and implemented robust test automation frameworks using Selenium with Java.

Conducted System Integration Testing and Regression Testing to ensure application reliability and seamless functionality across components.

Created, maintained reusable Page Object Model (POM) structures to improve code readability and reusability.

Analysed user stories and acceptance criteria from Jira, collaborated with development teams to clarify requirements and developed detailed test cases and automation scripts.

Implemented parallel test execution using TestNG, reducing test execution time by 40% and enabling faster regression cycles.

Implemented Jenkins for continuous integration and deployment, achieving 95% automation of regression tests and reducing manual testing time.

Used Postman to generate customer communications, validated email content accuracy by cross-checking API responses with flat files containing expected values, ensuring alignment with business requirements.

Participated actively in Agile processes, including daily scrum calls and retrospective meetings, contributing to team collaboration and project improvements.

Intern Trainee

Cognizant Technology Solutions Feb 2022 – Aug 2022

Undergone training in functional testing, automation testing using selenium with java.

Implementation of TestNG, Cucumber BDD framework

Collaborated with fellow interns and accomplished Selenium based projects.

Key Contributions & Impact:

Recognized with a Coral Award – ‘Doing the Right Thing’ for outstanding performance – specifically for delivering tasks on tine with high quality and performance.

Improved automation test suite execution efficiency by 25% through script optimization and automation stabilization.

EDUCATION:

BE ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

RMK Engineering College, Chennai (2018 - 2022)

CGPA: 8.8

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