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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
Lakewood, CO
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
Austin, TX
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
Denver, CO
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
Denver, CO
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