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GULIMAY URAZBAYEVA

Littleton,CO

Summary

  • Accomplished full-stack Software Development Engineer in Test with 5+ years of software testing experience in Finance, Healthcare, Life Sciences, and E-Commerce industries, specializing in front-end and back-end testing.
  • Extensive experience in Manual and Automated Software Testing, with a primary focus on Test Automation (70%), supported by 30% of Manual Testing efforts.
  • Developed and maintained automated test frameworks using C# and .NET for validating microservices and medical device software in a regulated environment.
  • Wrote and executed unit tests using XUnit, ensuring high code coverage and early bug detection throughout the development cycle.
  • Worked extensively with HL7 standards to validate healthcare data exchange and system interoperability.
  • Performed thorough API and backend testing, ensuring quality and compliance for medical device software.
  • Designed and executed test cases based on functional and technical requirements, including both positive and negative test scenarios.
  • Applied software design patterns to improve the scalability and maintainability of automation frameworks.
  • Used Visual Studio for test development and integrated test automation into CI pipelines using Git.
  • Collaborated within an Agile Scrum team, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to align QA with development efforts.
  • Utilized JIRA for test planning, defect tracking, and user story validation during sprints.
  • Used Shared Image Gallery to store the created images and built Azure pipelines in Azure DevOps to implement all these services in Azure.
  • Hands-on experience in writing Azure Resource Manager (ARM) to deploy, update and delete multiple resources in Azure and migrating the on-premises resources to Azure with Azure Site recovery (ASR) and Azure backups.
  • Well-versed in all levels and types of testing including Integration, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Functional Black Box, UI, Backend Testing and System Testing;
  • Highly-skilled in developing new, and maintaining existing Data-Driven (DDD), Behavior-Driven (BDD) and Test - Driven (TDD) Automation Frameworks;
  • Experienced in performing API Testing, using Postman and RestAssured;
  • Strong understanding of RESTful API concepts and protocols, API security and authentication methods;
  • Solid understanding of RDBMS model with the ability to conduct quality Database Testing, validating data correctness by writing SQL queries and executing Database Test Scripts via JDBC;
  • Proficient in Java, including the ability to apply the concepts of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in practice;
  • Hands-on experience in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, identifying the root cause of the problem and implementing effective solutions to mitigate the risks of its occurrence;
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Test Documentation: creating Test Plans, Test Suites and Test Cases, writing Test Scripts, maintaining Traceability Matrix and writing Test Reports;
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills, strong work ethic, capable of working independently and in collaboration with the Team, able to make decisions and prioritize work items, detail-oriented.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

SDET

Terumo BCT
08.2024 - 04.2025

Developed and maintained automated test frameworks using C# and .NET, focusing on the validation of microservices and medical device software.
• Wrote and executed unit tests using XUnit, ensuring high code coverage and early bug detection in the development cycle.
• Collaborated in an Agile Scrum team, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to align QA efforts with development goals.
• Utilized JIRA for test planning, bug tracking, and user story validation across sprints.
• Worked extensively with HL7 standards to validate data exchange and interoperability in healthcare systems.
• Used Visual Studio for test development and debugging, integrating test automation into the CI pipeline using Git.
Designed and executed test cases based on functional and technical requirements, covering both positive and negative scenarios.
• Applied software design patterns to improve the scalability and maintainability of test automation frameworks.
Performed thorough software testing across APIs and backend services, ensuring quality and compliance in regulated medical software environments.

Collaboration with Cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and identify test objectives;

Promptly reported Software Defects in Jira, while creating detailed Bug Reports and providing assisting documentation such as screenshots, video recordings, log files:

Shared testing progress with the managers and kept the team updated.

Wrote down testing steps and results clearly, following the company’s rules.

Reported bugs and checked if they were fixed using Jira.

Took part in all team meetings like planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.

Software Development Engineer in Test

Teladoc
01.2022 - 05.2024
  • Maintaining Smoke and Regression test suites;
  • Executing and analyzing Regression test result on before release day to decide closure of release;
  • Designed Data-Driven Automation Framework for Internal Healthcare Application using POM design pattern, Apache POI, Java, Selenium and JUnit;
  • Created remote repository and maintained CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins;
  • Developed and maintained automated regression test cases in Selenium Web Driver and Appium Mobile Automation using Java
  • Responsible for optimizing UI Automation Testing, by applying best Selenium Test Scripts writing practices;
  • Developed Automated API Tests, by using RestAssured library methods and applying CRUD technique, which reduced number of critical Defects in production environment by 25%;
  • Set up automated Database Testing, by establishing a stable connection to Postgres Database via JDBC and passing fast executable SQL queries, which increased data accuracy and reduced data-related issues by 20%;
  • Syncing with Developer to understand project requirement and resolve common issues;
  • Reporting test status to management and provide them to the team;
  • Documenting testing metrics, processes and procedures in accordance with defined standards;
  • Bug reporting and defects verification in Jira;
  • Participated in all Scrum ceremonies;
  • Assisted User Acceptance Team during UAT phase to answer questions and troubleshoot issues

QA Test Engineer

Charter Communications
04.2019 - 01.2022
  • Collaboration with Cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and identify test objectives;
  • Developed test plans, test cases, and test scripts, ensuring maximum test coverage;
  • Participated in Review meetings to discuss test results and make necessary adjustments;
  • Performed Regression testing to ensure stability of software releases;
  • Participated in all phases of Agile SDLC with the Hybrid Approach, was primarily focusing on Requirements Gathering & Analysis and Testing stages;
  • Exposure to testing on Windows applications and understanding testing core Windows applications
  • Prevented Defects in backend logic of converted source code by reviewing and analyzing legacy Functional Specifications and identifying gaps in new Business Requirements;
  • Designed Appium test automation framework, using a Page Object Model for mobile applications(Android/IOS apps)
  • Improved speed of manual API Testing in Postman, by utilizing Test Snippets, setting up Tests to be auto-executed after each API Request, and running Request Collections using Postman Runner;
  • Promptly reported Software Defects in Jira, while creating detailed Bug Reports and providing assisting documentation such as screenshots, video recordings, log files;

QA Analyst

First Bank
08.2018 - 04.2019
  • Review and analyze system specifications;
  • Performed manual testing of Web Application while applying following testing techniques: Boundary Value Analysis, Equivalence Partitioning, Error Guessing and State Transition Testing;
  • Collaborate with different stakeholders to develop effective strategies and test plans;
  • Report bugs and errors using Jira;
  • Performed UI testing using Selenium with Java;
  • Helping team to troubleshoot issues with manual testing;
  • Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing;
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout software development lifecycle;
  • Improved software quality by executing thorough test plans and identifying defects before release;

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

A.K. Kussayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute
Kazakhstan
07-2013

Skills

  • Java
  • Python
  • C#
  • HTML
  • SQL
  • Selenium WebDriver/Grid
  • Cucumber
  • Appium
  • JUnit
  • TestNG
  • REST Assured
  • Postman
  • Swagger
  • XUnit
  • Git
  • Maven
  • Jenkins
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub
  • Visual Studio
  • IntelliJ IDEA
  • SQL Developer
  • Server Management Studio
  • Oracle
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • API Testing
  • Unit Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Data-Driven Testing
  • Negative & Positive Testing
  • Backend Validation
  • Microservices Testing
  • Test Automation Frameworks
  • Software Design Patterns
  • Medical Device Software Testing
  • Agile
  • Waterfall
  • CI Integration
  • Cucumber BDD
  • POM
  • Windows
  • MacOS
  • Internet Explorer
  • Safari
  • HL7 (Health Level Seven)
  • Slack
  • Teams
  • Outlook

Timeline

SDET

Terumo BCT
08.2024 - 04.2025

Software Development Engineer in Test

Teladoc
01.2022 - 05.2024

QA Test Engineer

Charter Communications
04.2019 - 01.2022

QA Analyst

First Bank
08.2018 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

A.K. Kussayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute
GULIMAY URAZBAYEVA