Sr. QA Test Analyst Resume

SUMMARY

Highly experienced Senior Level Quality Assurance Management Professional with broad experience, seeking a new opportunity.
Extensive experience ensuring quality within Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SDLC and Waterfall methodology environments.
Domains supported include in insurance, telecom, aviation, clinical services, auction & bidding and correctional facility software.
Practitioner of the best practices quality management and highly adept in system study, test planning, test scripting & procedural documentation.
Coaches and enforces adherence to quality via process optimization, metric tracking and quality process execution.
Exhibits soft skills as a core competency and values communication, collaboration and team building opportunities at all levels of management.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. QA Test Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Created and successfully established quality assurance and test management governance and practices for teams with weak or no formally structured processes
Improved test practices and software quality outcomes by educating management & peers on the value of integrated QA processes at the requirement, code, and release entry points of the SDLC
Increased release success by 50+% on average while reducing post - production defects by more than 75%
Achieved higher test coverage and established a pathway to test automation by identifying test functionality most suitable for automation
Test Preparation:
Testing Process: Designing, Planning, Estimation and Scheduling
Preparation of Test Plans | Test Scripts | Traceability Matrix
Test Execution and Implementation:
Maintaining and Reconditioning Test Data
Policy Quotes
Claims Application
Run Rates
Testing Status Reporting
Participated in Agile ceremonies: Daily Standups | Grooming | Sprint Planning | Estimation | Retro
Oversee all user acceptance testing and remediation of results for code or testing revisions
Lead the assessment and evaluation of test automation tools that fit the agile workflow

Sr. QA Test Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Created a quality assurance and testing framework for software validation in an Agile development environment for multiple web-based applications
Analyzed requirements and developed test objectives, acceptance criteria, test priorities, test cases etc.
Coordinated with Business Analysts, System Analysts & Developers for defect analysis
Involved in Agile ceremonies: Daily standups | Grooming | Sprint Planning | Estimation
Develop quality assurance policy including establishing a formal QA & test process with key performance goals (KPG) & procedures to achieve quality objectives
Delivered QA strategy & standardization of testing activities for all product owners, developers, and testers
Served as oversight for validation of software releases for integrated systems for ED physician portals, clinical specialties, and administrative systems
Responsible for the ongoing education and leadership of project teams throughout the full SDLC and STLC:
Requirement Analysis | Test Planning | Test Case Development | Environment Setup | Test Execution & Closure | Best Practice Strategies | Test Repository Management for Reusability | Defect Management | Deployment Support (all workflow and scenario testing)

Software QA Test Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Led 4-member team of junior test analysts through the full software test life cycle (STLC) for more than 20 successful projects
Accountable for the test validation of for three mission-critical applications across 500+ correctional facilities. Including upgrades, hot-fixes, code changes and defect management
Facilitated alignment of the development and test team to build rapport resulting in increased efficiencies, better development and test results
Performed oversight of remote and offshore development resources to build a unified test team and processes
Developed quality assurance hand-off (transition) process to verify production readiness for all releases