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Roles and Responsibilities• Implemented SDLC in an Agile Scrum environment by collaborating with team members to review requirement documents for potential defects early.• Estimated, prioritized, organized, and synchronized testing tasks to elevate the effectiveness of the testing process.• Assisted the Senior QA Engineer in creating the test plan.• Created manual test cases using Jira Xray as a project management tool and performed manual testing at Web UI level.• Conducted manual API testing using HTTP request methods with Postman. Familiarity with API documentation generated by Swagger UI.• Performed manual Database Testing using Oracle SQL Developer and automated Database Testing with Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) in Java.• Worked on Web UI test automation framework created using Cucumber, JUnit, and Page Object Model (POM) with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) principles.• Created Automation Test Scenarios in Gherkin language within Jira in line with Cucumber feature files.• Imported test execution results in Cucumber JSON file in Jira to integrate the automation test results with Test Execution ticket.• Improved API test automation with API related test cases using the REST Assured library.• Run daily smoke tests and sprint-based regression tests by automation to check application health.• Implemented parallel testing with Selenium Grid and used Jenkins to run and schedule tests on remote virtual machines.• Utilized Git for version control and GitHub as repository hosting service.

Roles and Responsibilities• Attended Scrum meetings like stand-up, planning and retrospective meetings.• Prepared test plans including summarized info regarding the test tools, test team, test risks and test cases which is going to be run in multiple environments like QA and UAT.• Performed manual testing at Web UI and database levels and worked on troubleshooting during test analyzing the log files of the application.• Conducted manual API testing using HTTP request methods via Postman and Swagger UI.• Worked on Web UI Automation Test Framework created using DDT TestNG testing framework, Java, Maven, Selenium WebDriver and Apache POI.• Utilized Git for version control and GitHub as repository hosting service.

• Completed online English lessons on Rosetta Stone (20 units in total including Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking sections which took over 200+ hours) as well as live tutoring sessions (over 80+ hours of group classes).• Finished off 900+ hours of online tutorial videos on Software Testing (manual and automation), Java, Maven, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, Rest Assured, Postman, JDBC, Jira and GitHub.

Roles and Responsibilities• Used Special Education Software consisting of multiple modules to keep track of disabled student data fetched from the application developed by public institutions.• Created monthly digital reports for students including their monthly activities and progress.• Generated monthly digital invoices using the education software.• Organized teachers in order for them to better respond to student’s needs by effectively using the digital communication tools.• Managed a digital repository of resources and information related to counseling services for disabled individuals and their families making use of Microsoft (MS) Office Tools like Excel and Word.• Conducted online workshops and training sessions for students on various mental health topics, using web-based platforms and tools.• Leveraged educational web-based apps to recommend specific resources to students for addressing their unique challenges.Keywords: Special education software, data management, progress monitoring, digital reporting, digital invoicing and digital communication tools, data tracking and web-based workshops

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychological Counseling And Guidance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Management Information Systems