SADIA SULTANA

US Citizen
Jamaica, NY

PROFILE
Result-driven and meticulously organized professional with over 7 years of experience in software quality assurance
and software testing in various industries and platforms. Strength in analytical problem solving, creating, and
executing test documents, and an ability to build positive relationships between stakeholders, clients, and technical
teams. Proven track record of delivering complex projects in a challenging environment and exceeding expectations.
Seeking to pursue a permanent or consulting position to contribute the value of my diverse technical and business
acumen.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 Over 7 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance Testing, mostly focused in testing on Client/Server and
Web based applications
 Planned, Designed, Built and Maintained Complex Test Automation Frameworks (Data-Driven,POM, Hybrid and
Keyword-Driven)
 Experienced in automated tests in Java using Selenium, utilizing IDEs such as Eclipse
 Worked with test automation tools such as TESTNG, Junit, Cucumber
 Experienced in developing test plans, test-case designs, and test scripting based on user needs, specifications and
systems need documents
 Use of software engineering tools such as GitHub, Jira, and Jenkins
 Expertise with browser compatibility testing with Firefox/Internet Explorer/ Safari/Chrome browsers.
 Experienced with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), which includes planning, analysis, design,
development, testing, integration, and support
 Experienced in assessing testing processes, creating, implementing testing strategies and SQA strategies using the
agile-testing methodology in UAT phase
 Experienced in the implementation of software application projects/releases within the agile methodology
 Experienced in preparing requirements traceability metrics (RTM), software metrics, defect report, and weekly
status reports using HP ALM/Quality Center
 Experienced in functional, integration, regression, user acceptance testing (UAT), smoke testing, negative testing,
database testing, system testing, GUI, black box and grey box testing for web and client/server applications
 Validated the XML with SOAP and tested REST Assured API (POST, PUT, GET)
 Experienced in managing defect life cycle using ALM by identifying, analyzing defects, questionable functions,
errors and inconsistencies in software program functions, outputs, and content
 Experienced in validating backend systems like SQL server, Oracle and MySQL using SQL queries
 Strong understanding of Oracle RDBMS, SQL, PLSQL, stored procedures, functions//
 Possess good interpersonal and communication skillset with strong ability to learn and adopt new skills
 Experienced in leading the offshore testing team and experienced in user training
 Excellent interpersonal, leadership, communication and customer relational skills and ability to successfully work
under tight deadlines

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Testing Tools : Selenium (JAVA), ALM, JUNIT, TestNG, Cucumber, Jira, Zephyr,
SoapUI, REST, Postman
Languages : Java, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, JSON
Database : Oracle, MySQL, MS Access
Methodologies : SDLC, STLC, Agile Scrum, Waterfall Model
Operating Systems : Mac, IOS, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, UNIX, Linux
Browsers : Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer
Continuous Integration tools: Jenkins, GitHub and Bitbucket
Project Management Tools : SharePoint, MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alma Bank–Astoria, NY October 2018 - Present
Senior QA Engineer

 Work in Agile Environment with Business and Development team to oversee quality software development
from inception to production release
 Write agile formatted user stories for development with acceptance criteria (Given, When and Then)
 Design, develop and implement scalable test automation framework and strategy using Selenium WebDriver
 Develop hybrid framework using Page Object Model design pattern using page factory.
 Develop automation framework for API testing with SOAPUI/REST API
 Experience in data-driven tests to check application performance with different sets of data
 Write test plans and test cases for the system based on requirements using Element Locators and methods.
 Use Maven build tool to manage framework dependency jar files, plugins, test suites etc.
 Integrated TestNG with Selenium using Eclipse to generate test execution result
 Design and developautomation framework for the project using TestNG, Junit and Java on multiple browsers
such as Firefox, Chrome, and IE
 Use Jenkins for Continuous Integration to execute the test scripts on daily basis or whenever there a code
push to production based on schedule
 Use GitHub for storing all the scripts at a centralized repository that can be shared with the team
 Ensure software defects, future enhancements, and usability issues in assigned projects which are tracked,
summarized, and presented to senior management using ALM.
 Involve in executing SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures, functions, and packages for backend testing.
 Develop and maintain test matrix and traceability matrix and performed gap analysis
 Create process flows, diagrams, RTM matrix and test coverage strategies to help team members to better
understand the various scenarios of testing
 Modify and design pre-existing framework function libraries
 Conduct front-end, functionality, integration, security, system, data-driven and regression testing
 Run compatibility testing (cross Windows/ Mac and Android/ iOS platforms, cross browsers, cross-mobile
devices - phones, tablets, iPads)
 Understandthe business requirements and share the same with the offsite team
 Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) and regression testing on various builds of the application
 Participate in bug review meetings on behalf of the QA team
 Actively work with Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Developers, and business teams to troubleshoot issues

Environment:MacOS, Windows, Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, Junit, Eclipse, JIRA, Zephyr, GitHub,
MS Access, Postman, SQL Server, Oracle, HTTP, SharePoint, Microsoft Office 365

DFW Airport - DFW, TX August 2016 – September 2018

QA Test Engineer

 Involved in the execution plan to support the transformation to agile methodology, including the development
processes, templates, artifacts, training materials, and lessons learned
 Performed exploratory testing, acceptance of new features as part of a story-driven agile development process
 Good understanding of Test Deliverables such as Test Plan, Test Cases, Risk Analysis Report, Requirement
Traceability Matrix, Defect Report, and End to End test flow
 Developed automated test scripts, reusable components &functions using Selenium WebDriver through
JAVA
 Extensively used Page Object Model framework for readable test script &easy maintenance from perspectives
 Analyzed business, functional requirements, and design documents to develop test plan and test cases
 Involved in preparing test plan and conducted review of test plan with QA and development team
 Designed test cases and test scripts based on the system requirements from the business analyst
 Analyzed application to find out which part can be automated, and which can be manually tested
 Automated data-driven testing using Excel Data Source and XML
 Implemented HP ALM for test planning, test case writing, test execution and requirement mapping test cases
 Performed web API testing by preparing test data using JSON and XML markup with SoapUI tool
 Achieved parallel and group execution by using TestNG to run all tests for regression, smoke test scripts etc
  Involved in both keyword driven and data-driven automation framework demonstrations to all the
stakeholders
 Performed defect tracking and reporting using ALM
 Used ALM to communicate and coordinate software bug fixes, change requests, and supports a high level of
communication among the testers, developers, and managers
 Performed white box testing on developer’s SQL code and wrote SQL verification scripts to test the result of
deployment for correct business logic
 Performed backend testing using SQL quires
 Developed keyword driven frameworks to automate the testing process of important modules
 Designed reports for communicating analysis of test data and metrics, and communicate the results to team
 Interacted with the business users for user acceptance testing
 Verified readiness of the product for release through release review

Environment:MacOS, Windows, Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, Junit, Eclipse, ALM, JavaScript,
UNIX, SQL Server, Oracle, HTTP, Microsoft Office

Emirates–Dubai UAE March 2014 – July 2016

QA Analyst

 Involved in requirement gathering sessions and prepared test strategy, test cases for the application
 Developed test cases by analyzing business requirements, functional specs and use case documents
 Recorded the deviations found during the development cycle and communicated to the client counterparts
 Maintained traceability matrix for requirements to test case and created a data load
 Involved in testing of the online web application
 Developed some of the automated test scripts using descriptive programming techniques using JavaScript
 Created and managed test plan to assist overall test assignment, test cases and test scripts for the testing effort
 Executed test cases using Quality Center
 Coordinated with the development team for bug fixing issues using Quality Center
 Performed back-end testing using SQL queries
 Performed data-driven testing to test the application for different sets of data
 Performed sanity testing, integration testing, functional, system testing, regression and UAT testing
 Worked as a team with other QA testers to ensure that all projects are executed accurately and completely and
assisted other testers with account selection, clarification of ambiguity with test results
 Sent weekly testing status reports along with the defect’s status to the project team
 Participated in weekly meetings, walkthroughs, and inspections

Environment: Windows, UNIX, Quality Center, Java, JavaScript, SQL Server, IIS Server, HTML, Microsoft
Office

EDUCATION
City College of New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences

References available upon request