Mariklen Stasa

About Mariklen Stasa

Senior QA Automation Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and implementing UI and API automation frameworks for enterprise web platforms. I specialize in Playwright (Java), Selenium WebDriver, and API test automation using Rest Assured and Postman, with strong experience integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins.Worked across Agile development environments, collaborating closely with developers, product owners, DevOps, and business stakeholders to drive quality strategy, improve release reliability, and reduce manual regression effort by ~40%. Experienced testing applications deployed in AWS and performing cross-browser validation using BrowserStack and Sauce Labs.Technical Stack:Java (Primary), JavaScript, Playwright (Java), Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Rest Assured, Postman, Cucumber, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, Git, AWS, MySQL, BrowserStack, Sauce Labs.Certifications:ISTQB® Certified Tester | Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM)

Experience

1. Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

   BNY

   Jan 2021 — Present

   Designed and implemented UI automation frameworks using Playwright (Java) and Selenium WebDriver, increasing test coverage and reducing manual regression effort by ~40%. Developed and maintained smoke and regression pipelines integrated with Jenkins, enabling automated and faster release validation cycles. Led API testing efforts using Postman and Rest Assured, validating service behavior, request/response flows, data integrity, error handling, and microservice communication across the platform. Conducted cross-browser and cross-environment testing on AWS (Amazon Web Services)-hosted deployments to ensure compatibility, performance, and reliability across releases. Collaborated with developers, product owners, and business analysts to refine acceptance criteria and resolve defects early within sprint cycles. Provided release readiness and risk assessments based on test coverage, defect trends, and execution outcomes for production deployment approval. Authored and maintained test plans, test cases, traceability documentation, and quality reports in Jira, Confluence, and TestRail for full SDLC visibility.