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SIJIMON JAMES

QA Lead Engineer
Leidschendam,Zuid-Holland
SIJIMON JAMES

Summary

An experienced Freelance Lead QA Engineer in Test and Test automation committed to maintaining cutting-edge technical skills and up-to-date industry knowledge. Performed different roles in the QA realm as Test Lead/ QA Analyst, consultant, Specialist, QA mentor, also have vast experience in test automation for API / web-based / standalone applications.

Overview

16
years of professional experience
3
Certification

Work History

EU Agency

QA Specialist - Lead
01.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • QA specialist at reputed EU Agency (Confidential project)
  • BDD - Specflow - Visual Studio
  • Azure Devops - CI / CD
  • Selenium C# GUI tests
  • Rest-sharp C# API tests
  • Agile Scrum process
  • Git version control

Priva B.V

QA Test Lead
06.2022 - 12.2022

Job overview

  • Performed E2E tests with Playwright-Typescript
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure repo and git version control
  • Agile Scrum
  • Azure CI pipelines
  • Playwright API tests
  • Regression and smoke tests for every release
  • Responsible for release management from design to production.

Bol.com

QA Specialist
01.2022 - 06.2022

Job overview

  • Work for third-party integration project and help Bol to go to market with customized personal product recommendations.
  • Cypress for UI, Rest Assured for API functional tests - Kotlin / Java
  • Locust Performance tests - In python
  • Scrum, Jira, Swagger, Postman, Pega CDH
  • Co-ordinate with business for UAT, record the findings.
  • Contract testing POC

RTL Nederland

Freelance QA Consultant
10.2021 - 01.2022

Job overview

  • TestProject + BrowserStack App Live and automated tests.
  • New API framework from scratch in Restsharp - C# - Specflow for Backend
  • Cypress UI tests

Mendix Technologies B.V

Automation Test Lead
07.2020 - 09.2021

Job overview

  • Established a new automation framework in Java - cucumber - serenity.
  • Leading and mentoring whole cloud unit BDD / TDD test automation activities.
  • Automation using Junit, Serenity, Jbehave and cucumber - Java
  • Projects: Maven and Gradle
  • Git lab CI-CD pipeline.
  • Security: Snyk and Veracode scanning with CI pipeline.
  • Test plan - Functional and non-functional

ABB B.V
Delft, Zuid-Holland

R&D Engineer - QA
08.2019 - 06.2020

Job overview

Sole responsible to build test automation framework from scratch and improve quality of applications hosted in Azure cloud.

  • New selenium based test framework is created in C# / Visual studio environment
  • Azure DevOps - Scrum, Repo, CI/CD, test plans, and reporting
  • BDD Specflow
  • Azure CI-CD
  • Regression testing - manual and automation

T-Mobile Nederland B.V

QA Automation Consultant
09.2018 - 07.2019

Job overview

  • Managed Test Automation suite both front end and back end using SpecFlow, Selenium webdriver, and C#.
  • Framework: UI and API testing framework using NUnit
  • Performed CI / CD using Team City.
  • Deployment using Octopus
  • Repository: GitLab
  • API automation using Rest client.
  • Functional and Regression testing of Tmobile front end and back end.
  • Work with PO and stakeholders to understand requirements and provide exceptional B2B and B2C services

Baker Hughes Reservoir Software B.V.

Agile Test Engineer (Automation)
12.2017 - 07.2018

Job overview

  • Shell project developing and maintaining by Baker Hughes, testing of Oil and gas industry related in-house product
  • Working in scrum by book environment and in scientific way.
    Initiated automation strategy to reduce time spend on smoke and regression tests
  • Visual studio, C#
  • CI / CD pipeline: TFS Build and release management
  • BDD Automated tests: SpecFlow and C#
  • UI test automation in TestComplete and JavaScript

Shell Projects & Technology Rijswijk

QA Automation Consultant / Scrum Master
11.2016 - 11.2017

Job overview

  • Performed Test and develop automation tests for Shell internal dynamic flow application that increases efficiency of testing by more than 80%
  • Test Development in HP RGS and cloud MS Azure machines
  • Designed and developed test cases for manual and automation using VSTS test Manager, Python, and Squish
  • Automation of Shell DesktopApplication using technologies such as Squish, Python
  • Maintain code repository in VSTS using version control git and code review (pull request)
  • Scrum Master of QA team
  • Maintain Continuous Integration using VSTS and Maven
  • Key person in SVN to git migration

ACN Europe BV

Automation Test Analyst
09.2015 - 11.2016

Job overview

  • Automation framework of business workflows for MVNO with Selenium webdriver, Java, TestNG, Cucumber and jUnit
  • Rest services, SQL and DB2 DB
  • BDD tests using cucumber / JUnit
  • Responsibility includes training resources, automated tests and maintenance of tests if there are any changes
  • Continuous Integration using Jenkins

Satprof B.V

Test Analyst - Automation
03.2014 - 08.2015

Job overview

  • Designed and maintained system tests of digital broadcasting system using test management tool Test Link.
  • Automated regression test suite using Python and robot framework
  • Code versioning with git and Gerrit
  • Test reporting using confluence
  • Demo to customers at end of every sprint including automated test status
  • Continuous Integration using Jenkins.

Accolite Software India Private Limited

Senior QA Engineer
04.2013 - 01.2014

Job overview

  • Integration testing to check interfaces through HL7 (Health Level 7) messages
  • Analyze requirement changes
  • Manual test case preparation for UI, functional, and data testing for patient portal web application
  • Functional testing on portal for new builds
  • Identifying test cases for Automation, automate using Java, Selenium Webdriver, and TestNG
  • Log defects using Jira bug tracking tool and followed Agile scrum

NTT DATA Global Delivery Services Limited

Test Lead
02.2010 - 04.2013

Job overview

Assignment 1: HMM (McKesson Health Providers , US)

  • Application end to end Testing of Horizon Meds Manager(AcKesson pharmacy application)
  • System testing onchangerequests
  • Integrationtesting to check the interfacesthrough HL7 (Health Level 7) messages·
  • Defect tracking with QC and DMS
  • Use of SQL toolsandbasic unixcommands

Assignment 2: UNISYS, Leeds, UK

  • System Test of Unisys mortgage application
  • Change Requests Analysis
  • Defect tracking via Clear case and clear quest

Keane India Private Limited

Software Test Engineer
09.2007 - 01.2010

Job overview

  • Analyse the BusinessRequirements and Tariff design- Rating
  • Businessrequirement analysis for change requests
  • Create the products for Orange UK live customers, launch them and
  • Maintain documentsin a SVN repository
  • Prepare Test Scenarios and Test Cases from the Requirements Mapping of test Scenarios totherequirements toensurethere is 100% coverage.
  • Review of the Test Plan (Self, Peer and SQA)
  • Tracking defects via Mercury Quality Center
  • Preparation of TestExit report for delivery.

Skills

  • Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) with experience in project requirement analysis, Test Design, System testing, interface/integration testing, UAT, Test automation, TDD / BDD, and Test Reporting
  • Created test automation frameworks for UI and API from scratch
  • Experience with JSON, XML, HTML
  • Experience with API protocols like REST, SOAP
  • Test management tools (Azure DevOps, MTM, test link, test Rail, ALM, etc)
  • Cloud - Microsoft Azure
  • UI Test tools: Cypress, Selenium
  • Languages: C#, Python, java, javascript, Kotlin
  • TDD and BDD Tools - Serenity, Specflow, Cucumber, Jbehave
  • API Tools - Postman, Soapui, RestSharp, Rest-assured API automation
  • Performance: Jmeter, Locust
  • CI pipeline- Gitlab CI, Azure DevOps, Team city, Jenkins
  • Version control: Git, SVN - Gitlab, GitHub, TFS
  • IDE's - Intellij, eclipse, Visual studio, PyCharm, VS code
  • Data / Keyword / Hybrid driven automation Test frameworks
  • Scrum master certified with strong Agile experience
  • Bug tracking tools: Jira, VSTS, TFS, ALM, QC
  • Dependency manager: Maven, Gradle
  • Prepare test documents such as mind maps (free mind), Traceability matrix, test case documents, test scenario documents, Confluence documentation
  • Writing Test case reports
  • Good in verbal and written communication
  • Organized & Self-motivated
  • ISTQB advanced level (Technical Test Analyst) and scrum certified

Education

College of Engineering (CEG)
Chennai, India

Master in Engineering from Engineering
2007

University Overview

Engineering Grade: 7.0 CGPA

College of Engineering Guindy,  Chennai, India.

Personal Information

Sex & Marital Status: Male & Married

Nationality: The Netherlands

Certification

ISTQB Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst

ISTQB Foundation

ITIL Foundation

Scrum Master

Affiliations

  • Member, Indian Testing Board
  • Member, Scrum Alliance

Timeline

QA Specialist - Lead

EU Agency
01.2023 - Current

QA Test Lead

Priva B.V
06.2022 - 12.2022

QA Specialist

Bol.com
01.2022 - 06.2022

Freelance QA Consultant

RTL Nederland
10.2021 - 01.2022

Automation Test Lead

Mendix Technologies B.V
07.2020 - 09.2021

R&D Engineer - QA

ABB B.V
08.2019 - 06.2020

QA Automation Consultant

T-Mobile Nederland B.V
09.2018 - 07.2019

Agile Test Engineer (Automation)

Baker Hughes Reservoir Software B.V.
12.2017 - 07.2018

QA Automation Consultant / Scrum Master

Shell Projects & Technology Rijswijk
11.2016 - 11.2017

Automation Test Analyst

ACN Europe BV
09.2015 - 11.2016

Test Analyst - Automation

Satprof B.V
03.2014 - 08.2015

Senior QA Engineer

Accolite Software India Private Limited
04.2013 - 01.2014

Test Lead

NTT DATA Global Delivery Services Limited
02.2010 - 04.2013

Software Test Engineer

Keane India Private Limited
09.2007 - 01.2010

College of Engineering (CEG)

Master in Engineering from Engineering
SIJIMON JAMESQA Lead Engineer