Candidates About

 

 

          Sami Shumiye            

Seeking a challenging and rewarding career as a Senior System Test Automation Engineer or QA Lead/Supervisor/Manager where my strong work ethic, education, and expertise can be used to help promote the mission and exceed team goals.

 

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

●     Over 9 years of Software Testing experience, with extensive experience in latest versions of Automation Tools.

●     Strong testing experience on both web and client-server applications.

●     Test Architect in designing automation frameworks for Functional and Web Services testing.

●     Experienced in developing and maintaining testing infrastructure and advising testing techniques and strategies.

●     Experienced in working in Agile/Scrum environment.

●     Experienced in designing and implementing Page Object Model (POM) using Gherkin for Cucumber and TestNG, PyUnit and JUnit for ATDD.

●     Experienced in developing and sending automated reports of test runs on a scheduled cycle.

●     Experienced in coaching and mentoring QA team members in Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, Junit, Cucumber, Jbehave, SoapUI and Rest Assured for functional and Web Service testing.

●     Experienced in leading a small-midsized teams.

●     Experienced in standardizing QA processes, templates, test plans and test strategy.

●     Experienced in providing cross training, knowledge sharing sessions and interviewing candidates for QA and Developer roles.

●     Experienced with CICD tools like Jenkins and scheduling and running automated jobs on Jenkins.

●     Experienced in scheduling Jenkins job for Maven projects or from Git.

●     Experienced with Git and SVN.

●     Experienced in collaboration and tracking tools like JIRA, TFS and Team Track.

●     Experienced in functional and UI web application automation and best practices.

●     Experienced in developing and maintaining Automation frameworks from scratch using Selenium (Java and Python).

●     Experience in managing system, functional, user acceptance, regression and performance testing efforts.

●     Experienced in developing BDD frameworks using Cucumber in Java.

●     Exposure to BDD frameworks in Jbehave, Watir and Ruby.

●     Exposure to Performance testing tools like Jmeter and LoadRunner.

●     Exposure to various libraries for Data Analysis, Data Visualization and Data Science like Numpy, Pandas, Sklearn, Seaborn, Matplotlib and various Machine Learning methods.

●     Experienced in designing and implementing customized test automation frameworks.

●     Experienced in preparing comprehensive reports on testing progress and test plans.

●     Able to learn new technology and applications very fast.

●     Experienced in documenting test issues and working with development team to resolve issues.

●     Experienced in overseeing tests to ensure quality products according to established standards.

●     Experienced in managing off shore groups and effectively communicate and assign tasks.

●     Highly experienced in writing, customizing and manipulating manual and automation script.

●     Experienced in analyzing Use Cases, Test Cases, Business Rules and Requirements.

●     Excellent experience in developing test strategy comprising of Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts, Test Cases and Test Reports.

●     Experienced in black box, functional, integration, regression testing in different stage of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

●     Experienced in Logging, Tracking, and Analyzing Defects, Tasks, and Enhancements into HP ALM/Quality Center.

●     Experienced in using SQL queries for back end verification of data.

●     Experience in Java Programming, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG.

●     Experience in Python Scripting and Selenium WebDriver.

●     Experience in Data Driven Testing, Cross Browser Testing and Parallel test execution using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Selenium IDE.

●     Experience in testing REST APIs using postman and Rest Assured.

●     Experienced in Data Analysis and Data Visualization tools, techniques and libraries in Python.

●     Experienced in customizing the automation script using VB script and Object Repository in UFT/QTP.

●     Experienced in Integrating QTP with the HP ALM for their communication with each other.

●     Experienced in Creating QTP scripts which programmatically handles dynamic data.

●     Experienced in Creating test cases in excel sheets and used the data as an input for the Keyword driven framework in QTP.

·     Experienced in testing Webservices, XML and WSDL using SOAPUI tool.

·     Experienced in testing WebServices, providing required input data to request XML and validating     

       response XML.

●     Extensive experience in Scripting, debugging, defect tracking and reporting skills.

●     Self-motivated, energetic and highly ethical in work related assignments and able to immediately contribute to corporate goals and objects.

●     Excellent Analytical skills coupled with Good Communication and Interpersonal skills and a committed Team Player.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

Bachelor of Science (Biological), University of Maryland, College Park, MD

 

                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

Universal Service Administrative Company, Washington, D.C.

November 2014 – Present

Senior QA Engineer/Lead

 

Responsibilities:

 

●     Analyzed the Business Requirement Documents and Functional Requirement Documents.

●     Developed Test Plans and Test Strategy for Multiple Iterations in Agile Methodology.

●     Established and implemented QA processes and procedures for defect reporting, metrics reporting and overall QA methodologies.

●     Managed project quality assurance resources to their project tasks and ensured high quality, on time delivery of all project deliverables.

●     Experienced, led and managed a team of 3-5 individuals for 2 years.

●     Created and maintained project work plan(s), monitored results, and facilitated communication of project scope, technical requirements, priorities, and issue resolution.

●     Experienced in development of test plans and methodologies, test cases and their management, test scripts and execution of various testing phases before the release of software products.

●     Responsible for creating Test Framework Design, Test Scenarios and Implementation.

●     Reviewed the specifications provided by the client and ensured that those were implemented.

●     Developed and maintained Automation Frameworks in Java and Python.

●     Experienced in developing Keyword Driven, Data driven and Hybrid Automation frameworks from scratch using Selenium WebDriver in Java and Python.

●     Participated in interviewing QA Engineers and Software Developers.

●     Mentored and led Junior and Senior QA Engineers and constantly motivated team members to reach goals and achieve success.

●     Experience in REST API testing (using Postman and Rest Assured) and developing framework using Selenium Webdriver.

●     Prepared Manual test cases and executed for Java, .NET and C# based web-applications.

●     Performed Functional UI Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Smoke Testing.

●     Identified errors and interacted with the Business and Development teams to resolve the issues using JIRA, TFS and Serena Team Track.

●     Logged, Tracked, and Analyzed the Work Items (Defects, Tasks, and Enhancements) into TFS and Serena Team Track.

●     Create test cases in TFS and JIRA.

●     Created test cases in excel sheets and used the data from the excel sheet as an input for the Keyword driven framework in QTP.

●     Experience in Python Scripting and using Selenium Webdriver with Python Script.

●     Automated web application testing using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG framework.

●     Experience in Java Programming, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG.

●     Performed Data Driven Testing, Cross Browser Testing and Parallel test execution using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Selenium IDE.

●     Well versed handling elements in Selenium WebDriver.

●     Created test cases using Element locators and Selenium WebDriver methods.

●     Enhanced test cases using Java programming features and TestNG annotations.

●     Prepared and executed Selenium test cases and reported defects.

●     Configured QTP to meet all kinds of Functional Requirements, Non-Functional requirements, and Business Rules.

●     Customized the automation script using VB script and Object Repository in QTP.

●     Integrated QTP with the HP ALM for their communication with each other.

●     Created QTP scripts which programmatically handles dynamic data.

●     Created and executed data-driven tests by using Global sheet and Action sheet in the QuickTest Data table.

●     Reproduced the bugs, prioritizing those and tracked the life cycle to ensure the progress.

 

Environment:  Selenium, JIRA, Documentum, OpenText, UFT/QTP, Hp ALM, MS Team Foundation Server, MS Visual Studio, SQL Server, JSP, .NET, J2EE, Apache, Oracle, Windows. 

 

 

 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Washington, D.C.

November 2012 – November 2014

Senior QA Engineer

 

Responsibilities:

 

●     Analyzed the Business Requirement Documents and Functional Requirement Documents.

●     Developed Test Plans and Test Strategy for Multiple Iterations in Agile Methodology.

●     Responsible for creating Test Framework Design, Test Scenarios and Implementation.

●     Reviewed the specifications provided by the client and ensured that those were implemented.

●     Prepared Manual test cases and executed for Java based web-applications.

●     Performed Functional UI Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Smoke Testing.

●     Identified errors and interacted with the Business and Development teams to resolve the issues using HP ALM.

●     Logged, Tracked, and Analyzed the Work Items (Defects, Tasks, and Enhancements) into HP ALM.

●     Responsible for traceability of requirements to the test cases using HP ALM.

●     Tested Webservices, XML and WSDL using SOAPUI tool.

●     Automated web application testing using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG framework.

●     Experience in Java Programming, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG.

●     Performed Data Driven Testing, Cross Browser Testing and Parallel test execution using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Selenium IDE.

●     Well versed handling elements in Selenium WebDriver.

●     Extensively used SQL queries in SQL Server to perform Backend Testing and Verifying the UI data and Transactions.

●     Created test cases in excel sheets and used the data from the excel sheet as an input for the Keyword driven framework in QTP.

●     Configured QTP to meet all kinds of Functional Requirements, Non-Functional requirements, and Business Rules.

●     Customized the automation script using VB script and Object Repository in QTP.

●     Creating QTP scripts which programmatically handles dynamic data.

●     Used Debug Viewer of QuickTest Pro to check and modify the current values of VbScript objects and variables in the test script.

●     Parameterized the checkpoints and synchronization points in the VbScript in the Expert view of Quick Test Pro.

●     Created and executed data-driven tests by using Global sheet and Action sheet in the QuickTest Data table.

●     Reproduced the bugs, prioritizing those and tracked the life cycle to ensure the progress.

●      Worked with QA Lead in compiling test results, planning, and scheduling.

 

Environment:  Selenium, UFT,QTP, Hp ALM, MS Team Foundation Server, MS Visual Studio, SQL Server, JSP, .NET, J2EE, Apache, Oracle, Windows. 

 

Geico Insurance, Chevy Chase, MD

Aug 2010 - October 2012

QA Engineer

 

Responsibilities:

 

●     Reviewed and Analyzed the Use Cases, UI documents, Business rules.

●     Developed test strategies and guidelines to categorize and write the manual test cases.

●     Tested the Application for system, integration, functional, UAT testing.

●     Reviewed, analyzed the manual test cases for potential candidate for automation.

●     Executed and documented the manual test cases of the Application for Functional, System and Integration testing into Quality Center.

●     Synchronized test data between Clear Quest and Quality Center.

●     Configured QTP and Quality Center to meet all kinds of Functional Requirements, Non-Functional requirements and Business Rules.

●     Integrated QTP with the Quality Center and vice versa.

●     Imported the QTP script to the Quality Center, Created and maintained Test suites.

●     Used SQL queries for back end verification of data.

●     Created QTP automation script for Functional Test, System Test, Build Verification Test, Regression Test, System Integration Test, and User Acceptance Test.

●     Developed QTP Scripts that handled Dynamic Data, outputting dynamic data into data sheet and exporting the data into excel sheet for multiple purpose.

●     Parameterized the QTP script to handle multiple rows of data including Dynamic data.

●     Created reusable Action in QTP for other scripts to be able to use those Actions.

●     Used QC for logging the defects and making queries in test steps level.

●     Supported the whole automation team for fixing their Scripts.

●     Used Clear case for source control management.

●     Assisted the clients with user acceptance & end-to-end testing.

 

Environment:  Quality Centre, QTP, SQL Server, J2EE, ORACLE, Windows XP, ClearCase, Clear Quest.

 

FDIC, Arlington, VA

Jan 2008 - Jul 2010

Test Consultant

 

Responsibilities:

 

●     Analyzed and Reviewed Business Rules and Business Requirements and developed detailed Test Plans from Use Cases.

●     Designed and developed test plan, identified the right QA methodology, strategy, and scope of different complexity level.

●     Derived QA test plan from Master Test Plan for different applications and different modules.

●     Involved in writing Test Cases from Use Cases and also in compiling documents such as strategies and requirements for the test plan.

●     Wrote test cases for manual testing and also for Automation testing.

●     Performed Sanity testing of the application from end-to end for testing different functionality.

●     Defined precondition for system, integration, functional, regression test cases.

●     Imported the Automated script to the Quality Center, Created and maintained Test Suite in Test Lab, Running the Suite in Local Host as well as in remote Virtual Machines.

●     Imported and Mapped the Test Cases with Functional/Business Requirements to Quality Center.

●     Managed all types of change requests, including defects, enhancements, issues and documentation changes with a flexible workflow process using Quality Center.

●     Set up the test requirements, developed the test plans and documented the manual test cases using Quality Center.

●     Verified the backend data using extensive SQL queries.

●     Used QuickTest Pro to automate the testing of the Web based applications.

●     Customized and enhanced the VBScripts to enhance the functional testing of the application.

●     Used Data Driver wizard to create data driven tests for testing the application with multiple sets of data.

 

Environment:  Java, J2EE, Quality Center, QTP, SQL, SQL Navigator, Oracle, Windows.

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

 

Testing Software:       Selenium, HP ALM, Quality Center and UFT/QTP, Postman, Rest Assured

Operating Systems:    Windows, UNIX, and Linux

Automated Tools:      Selenium and HP-UFT

Programming:             Python, VB.Net, C++, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, HTML, Scala, R

Databases:                   MongoDB, MS Access, MS SQL Server