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Virginia, United States

• Performed microservice API automation testing under the agile team as well as enhanced the API automation testing framework • Utilized Jenkins and GitHub CI/CD process to seamlessly push and pull the latest automation code from the local environment to the Test environment.• Collaborated with automation team to analyze and share insights from the allure reports, facilitating effective decision-making.• Alongside API automation testing, actively contributed to the creation, enhancement, and implementation of UI function automation tests for the LGY app.• Utilized project management testing tools such as JIRA, DevOps, and Postman to efficiently track and manage testing activities.• Worked closely with the scrum team, gaining a deep understanding of the SAFe agile concept and effectively implementing it during the PI planning section.• Develop and maintain Data Driven framework with Page Object Model (POM) using Java as main programing language, Selenium WebDriver for UI browser automation, TestNG for assertions, REST Assured Library for API request/response and JDBC – Java Database Connectivity for Oracle Database connection. Using Git and GitHub as Version Control and Maven as project-building tools. • Maintained and executed Maven POM file to simplify compilation and running Test classes. • Mentored junior team members, providing guidance and support in their professional development.• Trained a new automation tester on the LGY automation testing framework using VS code, enabling them to effectively contribute to the team's automation efforts.

Rhode Island, United States

• Served as a primary contact with business areas to troubleshoot end-user issues and requests to provide appropriate system solutions in a timely manner to ensure a consistent and efficient workflow.• Analyzed Business requirements and Functional documents, created the test strategy document that defines the test environment, phases of testing, entrance and exit criteria into different phases of testing and resources required to conduct the effort. • Ensured that the projects are consistent with corporate standards, efficiencies, and resource management.• Performed workflow integration testing including several EPIC modules.• Understood integration points in web services functionality for: RN Administrative Service, Claims Search Service, Identity Service, OneNote Service, Checklist, MAB and BPA Referrals and Enrollment Service and created a Test Suite for each service functionality.• Logged defects and managed defects in HP ALM, attended defect triage meetings, assigned QA task in JIRA for re-testing defects and updated tasks in JIRA to complete the User Story from test completion.• Communicated with senior management on test execution runs, test cycles, defects, resolved defects and re-tested, promoted QA code to Integration and UAT environments and managed user training to Production Support team.• Utilized Selenium Web Driver to its fullest, mastering XPath to enhance UI test reliability, and establishing protocols to capture screenshots during test failures.• Created Requirements Traceability Matrix using filters for Issues in JIRA, uploaded to JIRA Dashboard.• Implemented a state-of-the-art test automation framework, leveraging the Page Object Model for script organization and the Cosmos client for direct database validations.

Washington, United States

• Subject Matter Expert responsible for testing and delivery of SharePoint2016 upgrade, setup test user groups, test profiles, data migration and moved files to new SharePoint Server in Windows Server 2019. • Worked with Business Analysts; documented Use Cases for upgrade path to SharePoint 2016 on Windows Server 2019 with single site view, unified search, site collection enhancements, performance, and content management.• Updated Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts on Azure DevOps. Mapped Test cases with the requirements for requirement coverage traceability.• Provided LOE for test plans and defect management throughout the release and assigned tasks to other team members. • Setup automation test strategy, best practices, automation framework and SOP to transition from manual to automated testing. Managed and trained testing team to transition to an agile automation team. • Coordinated with functional teams to interpret requirements, developed positive and negative test scenarios, and created Functional and Regression test suites in Page Object Model framework using Selenium Web Driver technologies.• Used GitHub, source code management tool for code re-usage, high portability extending scope of Automation Testing.• Used Jenkins to trigger POM.XML, for continuous integration to test and generate Extent Reports by nightly triggers.• Performed Functional and Regression testing of assigned API's using SoapUI and reviewed Postman collections.• Utilized Maven to manage dependencies for test execution, plug-ins and created profiles of grouped test cases to run smoke or regression testing.• Achieved Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) implementation with Cucumber, Gherkin and Jenkins Continuous Integration, expanded test scenarios, tracked Cucumber reports.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

• Designed comprehensive UI tests employing Selenium WebDriver, integrating the Page Object Model for optimal script management, and using XPath for pinpoint element targeting.• Maintain Behavior Driven Development (BDD) framework creating and using Cucumber features, scenarios in Gherkin language and Step definitions, and executed scenarios using Cucumber tags in Runner class under Java platform.• Worked with the team to identify business cases, verification steps for Acceptance Criteria for Requirements.• Incorporated procedures in automation scripts to capture screenshots upon test failures and instituted robust exception handling for clear error diagnostics.• Worked closely with Developers, logging/tracking defects and proposing best practices to mitigate requirement compliance risks. Provided support with reviews of requirements provided by Business Analysts. • Worked with Developers and Business Analysts to track and manage the existing 508 compliance defects. • Employed Java and Apache POI libraries to read data from Excel, as well as JDBC, API and SQL queries to fetch data from Oracle databases to perform Data Driven Testing and Back-end Testing. • Recorded Defects in Quality Center, re-tested defects and Errors that occurred during Regression Testing. • Performed multi browser testing to check application can work on IE and Chrome browsers.• As a code owner, participated in code review meetings to ensure that quality code is merged to the framework, and provided guidance to automation test engineers. • Updated Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts on HP Quality Center and managed user permission in Quality Center Module. Mapped Test cases with the requirements for requirement coverage traceability.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

• Performed automated testing using SoapUI, wrote Groovy scripts to perform API testing.• Validated all the messages from the application after assigning of the job was sent to mobile device FDT.• Performed mobile device testing of the Schedule Dispatcher Android application by using multiple application platforms. • Applied OOP concept of Java (Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction, Encapsulation) to frameworks for more reusability and maintainability.• Reviewed business requirements for RESTful clients, determined service operations, created test suite and test cases for business scenarios in SOAPUI, and performed data validation.• Setup test suites for web services functionality in SOAPUI, created data properties for data elements to validation, setup data provider for parameterization and conducted data-driven testing, used Groovy scripts for iterative code.• Implement and design Behavior Driven Development Framework (BDD) by using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Maven, Junit, Cucumber, implement Step Definitions and Feature files by using Gherkin language. • Utilized Maven to manage dependencies for test execution, plug-ins and created profiles of grouped test cases to run smoke or regression testing.• Used Selenium Screenshots to prepare and Extent Reporter to report bugs in the documentation. • Achieved Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) implementation with Cucumber, Gherkin and Jenkins Continuous Integration, expanded test scenarios and tracked Cucumber reports.• Drafted Test Plans which included testing objectives, testing phases, scenarios, and test environment after a thorough analysis of the business rules and discussed ambiguities with business analysts. • Participated in Agile ceremonies – Daily standup meetings for status reporting, use of TFS for tasking and progress display, user story creation, Sprint review sessions, Sprint Demo sessions, Retrospectives and Sprint Planning meetings.

Cary, North Carolina, United States