Building test automation with Cucumber

Context: IT services, e-commerce, retail

Building test automation with Cucumber for the business unit, and improving test coverage in developer tests.

Building integration tests for coupon quality assurance with Kafka and the SAS system. Structuring and improving unit and component tests. Creating integration tests for Kafka topics and the SAS software in conjunction with the coupon system.

• Creating Spring Boot integration tests
• Creating JUnit tests for the coupon system
• Creating component tests for Kafka topics
• Creating CI/CD pipeline scripts
• Creating UI tests with Playwright
• Creating UI tests with Cypress
• Reviewing developer unit tests
• Planning test architecture for integration tests
• Creating the test automation concept
• Evaluating and creating test reports

Environment: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Java 21, Python, JUnit, Spring Boot, REST, JSON, Playwright, Cypress, Snowflake, Kafka, Docker, Azure, Kubernetes, Grafana, IntelliJ, GitLab, GIT, CI/CD, Conductor, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, Maven, Xray, Bash, MS Office, Postgres, JSON, XML

Context: IT services, insurance, healthcare

Planning a CI environment, DevOps infrastructure, and a BDD framework for automated deployment. Planning a CI pipeline for different projects in the Bitmarck TestCenter. Setting up the DevOps infrastructure of the application servers for automated deployment. Building an integration test environment to incorporate various products into DAK's portfolio. Developing a new BDD framework that provides Cucumber for business testing.

• Planning infrastructure for each test environment
• Planning test architecture for integration tests
• Installing and configuring WebSphere application servers
• Installing and configuring Jenkins server
• Developing Groovy scripts for Jenkins build pipelines
• Developing a BDD framework with Cucumber
• Automating RPM installations with Bash scripts
• Creating configuration scripts for WebSphere
• Conducting manual and automated integration tests
• Creating Selenium tests for GUI testing
• Creating JUnit tests for product plugins
• Setting up and configuring clusters
• Creating the test automation concept
• Evaluating and creating test reports

Environment: Microsoft Windows, Linux, AIX, Java 8, Groovy, JUnit, REST, JSON, Docker, WebSphere, Eclipse, Postgres, Jenkins, GIT, Jira, Confluence, Citrix, Postman, Maven, Gradle, Bash, Batch, MS Office, DMS, vSphere, OneITSM, FileMaker, XML

Context: IT services, banking

Setting up virtualization with JBoss application servers and building automated test development using continuous delivery for implementing and assuring quality of the investment tax reform 2017/2018.

Building virtualization with JBoss application servers and Windows VMs. Developing a deployment pipeline that integrates BDD-driven automated test development and runs it automatically via Jenkins jobs, as well as deploying artifacts and releases to the integration environment. Developing a framework to create JIRA issues via the JIRA REST API, link them with software artifacts, deploy to Artifactory, and import Jenkins test run results into JIRA to provide the banking audit with quality proof.

• Setting up virtualization with JBoss application servers
• Building deployment pipeline and continuous delivery
• Creating pipeline scripts for BDD with Cucumber
• Configuring Jenkins builds
• Software development with Jira/Jenkins/XRay REST API
• Programming a custom Java framework for Cucumber
• Developing Groovy scripts for Jenkins
• Batch programming to control the VMs
• Configuring JBoss server
• Server administration
• Automated test development with Cucumber
• Developing test and QA lifecycle
• Setting up test structures for the control team
• Reviewing and updating requirements
• Executing, evaluating, and reporting tests

Environment: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Java 8, Groovy, JUnit, REST, Docker, Kubernetes, JBoss, Eclipse, Jenkins, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Cucumber, Jira, Confluence, XRay, Archiva, Oracle, Artifactory, Citrix, Postman, Maven, GIT, Bash, Batch, SVN, Visio, SonarQube, MS Office, XML, JSON

Context: IT services, e-commerce

Java EE development, automated test development, DevOps. Building a new test framework based on Selenium and Groovy for different areas of the online shop, to run software through integration and component tests in deployment pipelines. Setting up microservices deployed via Puppet and running on Docker.

• Automated mobile tests with Selenium via Appium
• Automated browser GUI tests
• Developing a microservice for version control and artifacts
• Overseeing and leading unit tests for the development team
• Creating test plans and test cases
• Automated testing of interfaces and web services
• Supporting developers with their JUnit tests
• Conducting manual app and browser tests
• Defect management
• Analyzing root causes of errors
• Performance optimization of existing tests
• Stabilizing individual tests
• Structuring and developing new integration tests
• Monitoring the deployment process with the Jira Jenkins bridge
• Reviewing and updating requirements
• Executing, evaluating, and reporting tests

Environment: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Java 8, JUnit, Selenium, app testing, Appium, Groovy, MongoDB, REST, Dropwizard, Docker, SoapUI, TestNG, Zephyr, Eclipse, Jenkins, IntelliJ IDEA, Jira, Confluence, Node.js, Ticket Expert, Nexus, Artifactory, Splunk, Graphoo, Citrix, XML, JSON, MS Office

Context: IT services, telecommunications

Testing a newly created Help & Support Center application from existing Vodafone platforms. Quality assurance of integrator deployments, and creating and conducting security tests.

• Leading a test team
• Creating test plans and test cases
• Creating project plans
• Testing Vodafone's search engine and its interfaces
• Conducting security tests
• Conducting manual tests
• Holding regular meetings with the integrator
• Creating test strategies and style guides
• Executing, evaluating, and reporting tests

Environment: Microsoft Windows, Linux, SQL, HP Quality Center, JavaScript, MS Office

Context: IT services, telecommunications, geographic information systems

Testing a GIS application for cable network management and administration at Deutsche Telekom.

• Leading a test team
• Implementing test cases for the cable network GUI
• Testing data in the database and its interfaces
• Creating test plans and specifications
• Executing and evaluating tests

Environment: Imbus TestBench, Rational RequisitePro, Rational ClearQuest, Rational ClearCase, Java, Oracle 11g, Microsoft Office