SUMMARY:

• Driven and results - oriented Quality Assurance Tester known for managing complex projects which require attention to detail, as well as demanding time and organizational skills.
• Innovative thinker who supports solutions that integrate best practices, drive continuous improvement, and mitigate project risks.
• Effectively communicates and collaborates, consistently bridging the Confidential in understanding between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Born as a severe stutterer, but despite disability, has been able to succeed in all previous roles and thrived in the software testing industry

• 5+ years of comprehensive Quality Assurance Software Testing and Manual Testing of Web-based and Client-Server applications
• Extensive utilization of Project Management Methodologies, such as Agile Scrum and Waterfall, to complete the SDLC and STLC processes
• Gathers, reviews, and analyzes business requirements to creating test plans, test cases, test scripts, test estimations and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Applies test automation tools, including Selenium WebDriver, to create and execute automation testing scripts for web applications
• Employs Excel skills to read and extract Excel data (Apache POI) and Data Provider using TestNG
• Experienced in a variety of testing, such as Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Positive and Negative Testing, Black-box Testing, Front and Back-end Testing, Boundary Testing, Cross-Browser Testing, and Integration Testing
• Prepares and completes browser compatibility testing environment with multiple browsers and versions of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera on different OS such as Windows and Macintosh

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Regression Testing Functional Testing Smoke Testing Database & API Testing Integration Testing | Quality Assurance Software Testing Test Automation Test Planning Test Cases STLC SDLC Requirements Gathering Manual Testing Requirements Analysis Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration BDD TDD DDT

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Selenium WebDriver Postman API JAVA SQL Eclipse SQL Developer Cucumber JUnit TestNG Gherkin Data Driven Framework Tools Maven Jenkins JIRA HP ALM GitHub MySQL Windows 7 & 10 POS System Agile-Scrum Methodologies Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential, Groveport, OH

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Partnership with team members to deploy an advanced POS System to 3K+ retail locations nationwide, employed a ‘test-to-break’ approach and assessed project requirements, delivered a 10% increase in test turnaround time, improved documentation of QA test practices, and standardization of testing processes and best practices
• Streamlined QA testing for a web-based application allowing customers to ‘order online and pick up in store’, maintained a bug log which resulted in an increase in bug finding productivity by 5%
• Draft and execute test plans in collaboration with team members, effectively prioritize testing through test coverage analysis, utilizing the Requirement Traceability Matrix, resulting in rapidly discovered system defects
• Create and deliver automated test codes in Java, employing a Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber framework, including alerts, pop ups, drop downs, check boxes, radio buttons, dynamic calendars, and web tables
• Orchestrate and establish regression test cases; perform and execute REST API automation testing; and automate Relational Database Testing; supports and contributes to all QA and testing tasks during UAT and PROD SDLC
• Utilizes the Gherkin Language to prepare and implement test cases in BDD format; Employs Hook Class in Cucumber framework to create test reports and deliver error screenshots
• Builds Java Class for webpages utilizing CSS, XPath, and Name of ID in corresponding order; Documents test cases and bug templates in JIRA, guaranteeing consistency
• Continuously integrates builds through creation of new Maven based test scripts utilizing GitHub and Jenkins
• Certifies stable connections, generates statements and executes queries through automation of Relational Database Testing

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Java, JUnit, Jenkins, Cucumber, Agile, MySQL, Maven, XPath, Eclipse, GitHub, Rest API, Postman, POS System and Windows 7

Quality Assurance Tester

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Enhanced POS System usability, developed and implemented test plans which provided critical data for analysis in order to create and rollout new software nationwide as well as improve usability of existing applications
• Continuously and efficiently managed test project deadlines to ensure timelines were met, completing verifying, editing, and updating of test data in new or existing systems prior to concluding
• Validated and documented application defects using the JIRA project management tool; Performed cross browsing testing on multiple browsers to guarantee proper functionality
• Partnered with Test Leads and Managers to define and refine Functional Testing approaches, tools, automation, and documentation
• Performed cross browsing testing of applications, defined and refined functional testing approaches, and tested RESTful web services
• Managed and maintained Hybrid Automation Testing frameworks utilizing Selenium WebDriver, Java, Junit, Maven, and Jenkins; enhanced frameworks through changes to POM design
• Worked in Partnership with technical support associates to resolve proprietary software issues
• Employed Postman and Rest Assured to test RESTful web services manually and automatically

Environment: Selenium Web Driver, Java, Jenkins, Apache POI API, Agile Scrum, SQL, Maven, POM, XML, JSON, RESTful Web Services, Postman, Eclipse, GitHub, Windows 10, Outlook, Slack

Manual and Automation Tester

Confidential, Estero, FL

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated documents and performed manual and automated testing to verify coverage of business requirements and validate that products meet client demands. Key Contributions:
• Partnered with software development team members to assess technical design and architecture for test preparation; Continuously reviewed configuration files and logs to locate root cause of issues
• Performed regression testing and submitted results with recommendations to Developers; Prepared the Requirement Traceability Matrix, debugged code, and troubleshot and resolved software issues
• Identified test cases for manual an automation in Selenium for Smoke, Functional, and Regression Tests
• Monitored and updated required documentation in alignment with project plans; Uploaded and executed test cases, and logged defects in HP ALM/Quality Center
• Applied Excel configurations to develop manual test cases and meet requirements
• Utilized Postman to manually test RESTful APIs and employed Ham-Crest Matchers to verify actual and expected responses
• Wrote and executed SQL queries to monitor accuracy of data population in the application table, and verify data for Backend Testing against Oracle Database

Environment: Quality Center, Outlook, and Bugzilla, JIRA