Saeeda Daoud

About

Senior QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing scalable test automation frameworks and ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of web and cloud-based applications. Based in Woodbridge, Virginia, open to remote opportunities worldwide or relocation to UAE, Saudi Arabia, or Qatar (with sponsorship). Core expertise includes Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber (BDD), REST API testing (Postman, REST Assured), CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), AWS (EC2, ECS, S3), Git, JDBC, and SQL. I’ve led the development of robust automated test suites for regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across healthcare and financial services domains, accelerating release cycles while reducing defect leakage. Skilled across functional, smoke, sanity, and database testing. Certifications: ISTQB Foundation, Oracle Java SE 8, Google Data Analytics, and ISTQB Certified AI Tester (CT-AI). Available immediately.

Experience

• Automation Engineer · PROTEK Consulting LLC10-01-2022 –

  - Write and maintain automation scripts using TestNG and Selenium to enhance testing efficiency.\n- Develop detailed test plans and Test Summary Reports (TSR) to document testing outcomes and insights.\n- Create and manage test cases in TestRail, tracking all automatable and non-automatable test scenarios to ensure comprehensive coverage.\n- Execute detailed testing for various software levels and integrate AWS services to optimize environments.

• SDET · Ellucian03-01-2020 – 10-01-2022

  - Develop and execute a broad range of test scenarios, including Regression, Functional, Smoke, and UI tests, to ensure comprehensive software quality.\n- Integrate AWS cloud services (S3, EC2, ECS) to streamline testing environments, demonstrating advanced competency in cloud infrastructure management.\n- Employ Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) with Selenium and Cucumber, improving test readability and reusability through Gherkin-syntax feature files.

• Automation Engineer · Teladoc Health09-01-2018 – 02-01-2020

  - Conduct thorough testing across multiple testing stages using Selenium and Java.\n- Implement enhanced backend testing and automate RESTful services testing.\n- Manage Jenkins jobs to support continuous integration efforts.

• Automation Engineer · T. Rowe Price04-01-2016 – 08-01-2018

  - Engage in full Agile process cycles, focusing on aligning testing with project requirements.\n- Develop and execute tests using advanced tools like Selenium, Java, and Cucumber.\n- Utilize data-driven approaches for testing, employing tools like Apache POI for better data management.

Education

• University of KhartoumBachelor of Science - BS, Physics

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