# Romana Akter

Romana Akter is a remote worker on Himalayas, Software Automation Engineer at Nordstrom, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@romanaakter1

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I build Selenium and Java automation frameworks that strengthen release quality and speed.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Salary expectations | 60k+ USD |
| Job categories | Software Automation Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer, QA Tester |
| Skills | Selenium Webdriver, Selenium Grid, Rest Assured, SoapUI, JMeter, HPALM, Jira, TestRail, Java, SQL, Pl SQL, XML, HTML, CSS, UNIX Shell Scripting, TestNG, Junit, Maven, Ant, Jenkins, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDEA, GitHub, Bitbucket, Windows, Unix Linux, Testing Automation, Quality Assurance, CI CD, Agile, Page Object Model, Cross Browser Testing, Load Testing, Performance Testing, Backend Testing, Data Validation, Defect Management, UAT |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm looking to build scalable test automation, strengthen CI/CD quality practices, and collaborate across Agile teams to deliver reliable software releases.
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## About

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At Nordstrom, I build and execute Selenium WebDriver and Java automation for functional and regression testing, while shaping end-to-end test strategies, defect tracking, and release readiness.

I integrate ANT builds with Jenkins pipelines, maintain reusable Page Object libraries, validate backend data with SQL, and run stress and load testing with JMeter.

Previously at Healthfirst, I designed a hybrid automation framework using Java, TestNG, and Selenium WebDriver. I also configured Jenkins pipelines, used Selenium Grid for parallel execution, and connected TestRail test cases with JIRA defects.

My QA foundation began at Macy's, where I performed functional, system, and regression testing, automated cross-browser scenarios with Selenium, validated data through SQL, and managed the test lifecycle in HP ALM.
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## Experience

### Software Automation Engineer (current)

[Nordstrom](https://himalayas.app/companies/nordstrom). Oct 2024 - Present

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Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define test strategies and engineered automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver with Java. Managed defect lifecycle in JIRA and integrated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
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Skills: Selenium-Webdriver, Java, Jira, JMeter, SQL, Jenkins, Ant, TestNG, Page-Object-Model, CI-CD

### Quality Assurance Engineer

[Healthfirst](https://himalayas.app/companies/healthfirst). Sep 2022 - Sep 2024

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Developed test scripts and maintained testing frameworks, designed a Hybrid Automation Framework using Java, TestNG, and Selenium WebDriver. Configured Jenkins pipelines and executed cross-browser testing.
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Skills: Selenium-Webdriver, Java, TestNG, Selenium-Grid, Jenkins, Jira, TestRail, SQL, Agile, CI-CD

### QA Tester

[Macy's](https://himalayas.app/companies/macys). Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

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Performed functional, system, and regression testing using open-source automation tools. Managed test lifecycle in HP ALM and reported defects to development teams.
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Skills: Selenium, HPALM, SQL, Testing-Automation, Cross-Browser-Testing, Defect-Tracking

## Education

### University of Asia Pacific

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration

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Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Asia Pacific, completed in 2018.
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## Tech stack

- GitHub
- Bitbucket
- Jenkins
- MySQL
- Oracle
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Jira
- Java
- XML
- Windows
- JUnit
- TestNG
- REST Assured
- SQL
- SoapUI
- TestRail
- Selenium WebDriver

To contact Romana, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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