QA Lead Resume

SUMMARY

8+ years of diverse experience in Software testing as QA Lead / Test Analyst supporting the areas of Web - based application through Manual & Web service testing
Developing and Maintaining Test Scripts, analyzing bugs and interacting with development team members in fixing the defects
Experience in working across the complete Testing life cycle from Test Planning, Test design, Test Execution, Test Reporting & Defect Management
Thorough Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), involved in various phases like Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing
Proficiency and In-depth experience in performing Smoke, Integration, Functional, Regression and Browser based Testing
Experienced in writing SQL Queries to validate database
Possess strong experience in Web based testing & Application testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Work as QA Lead and direct point of contact for Business team
Preparation of Test Strategy, Test Scenarios & Test Cases based on User Stories
Executing test cases in Mercury Quality Center based on User Story (Functionality) availability on daily builds promoted as part of Sprint process
Responsible for Sprint deliverables
Executing functional test cases on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
Involved in Sprint Planning Meeting before every Sprint starts
Estimation of testing hours for the User Stories picked up in the Sprints
Entering tasks in Rally and updating it on daily basis.
Attending Daily Sprint status calls and updating QA progess to the Scrum Master and escalate impediments if any
Communicating with Business Analysts or with Product Definition Team to get clarification on functionality if any
Logging defects found during testing in Mercury Quality Center and tracking the same for closure within the Sprint Cycle.
Sending daily status report to onsite manager.
Attending Sprint Review Meetings held during the sprint to present the completed work (Demo) to stakeholders
Preparing QA Governance metrics at the end of every Sprint
Involved in Sprint Retrospective meeting held after every Sprint

Senior Team Member

Confidential

Responsibilities:

As QA Lead, my responsibility includes Reviewing Test Cases, RTM and clarify the issues
Lead and mentored a team of 15 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
Established work plans for the testing effort during every testing stage of the project ensuring delivery of all projects within established SLAs.
Ensure quality benchmark for the application on iOS and Android Platforms.
Participated in reviews of functional and technical design specifications, prepared by the Project team to understand the requirements and validate the flow of the application.
Maintain the QA environment to test and approve the software releases which are deployed in QA environment
Providing accurate Testing status by creating Status report and sharing the same with Clients everyday
Documenting and tracking defects in JIRA
Scheduling Defect Triage call thrice a week and follow up with development team to get the critical defects fixed and deployed for Testing
Interact and work closely with the Business, Project Management, Development and IT support teams on a daily basis for project execution
Participating in all phases of the project, from review of requirements and design to final system testing, deployment and maintenance.
Support UAT and Production deployment

Senior Team Member

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Lead and mentored a team of 10 test analysts
Involved in Agile Methodology and part of Scrum team
Responsible for the quality of product releases
Establish work plans and prepares testing effort estimations (LOE) for every sprint releases
Prepare test plan at the beginning and test summary report at the end of each releases
Perform Requirement analysis to identify the gaps and get clarification with business if required
Review test scenarios, test cases and RTM prepared by team members and guide them in understanding the requirements
Conduct test scenario and test case walkthrough with business & IT members and get their sign-off before test execution is started
Perform End-End testing for the Sprint user stories which involves multiple systems integration
Defect Management and conduct Triage calls
Perform Web services and Batch jobs testing
Assist Business users in UAT testing
Effectively communicate testing activities and status via status reports for management on daily basis

Team Member

Confidential

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QC Analyst

Confidential

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