Software QA Engineer with proficiencies in various automated testing tools used in agile projects. My automation experience includes UI testing of web and mobile apps using Selenium, Appium, and JS-specific tools like Protractor; automated functional API testing using Postman and REST Assured; and performance testing using JMeter.My most recent projects included setting up and maintenance of automated tests on CI/CD environments over Jenkins and GitLab, with close collaboration with DevOps and IT Infrastructure teams.These technical expertise come with a critical mind, good organizational skills, a keen eye for bugs and other opportunities for improvement, and a strong drive to help other people within the project.I believe that software testing is more than just about test cases and bug reports. That it is more importantly about having a cooperative spirit, and the willingness to check for every detail -- even those that aren't written on paper.CORE STRENGTHS:- Has deep understanding of Agile & DevOps practices- Proficient in understanding and translating requirements into test cases- Very extensive experience in automating functional and performance tests for web and mobile apps- Keen attention to details such as during manual testing sessions, when investigating failures reported by automated test suites, and when reviewing other QA's test code- Has good technical foundation to be able to work closely with developers- Very capable of self-learning new concepts and skills- Creative in solving problems- Likes keeping abreast of the latest trends in the software testing industryTECHNICAL SKILLS & TOOLS:UI TESTING:- Selenium WebDriver (Java) for UI automated tests that use JUnit or TestNG- Appium for automated UI tests on mobile apps- Cucumber for User Acceptance Testing- Protractor for automated testing of AngularJS apps- BrowserStack and Sauce Labs for cross-browser, cross-platform UI testing- Katalon and Selenium IDE for specific record-and-play testsAPI TESTING- Postman for manual API testing- REST-Assured for automated API testsPERFORMANCE TESTING- JMeter for scripting performance tests- Blazemeter for running cloud-hosted performance testsCI/CD TOOLS- GitLab- JenkinsPROGRAMMING LANGUAGES- Java- Python- Javascript (AngularJS and ReactJS)- MySQLDOCUMENTATION (Test Cases, Bug Reports, Test Plans, etc.)- Jira- Basecamp less