Qa Lead Resume
Chicago, IL
SUMMARY:
- Having 11+ years of experience in Software Testing on Mobile, Web based, Client/Server applications and on both Manual and Automation Testing
- Domain expertise in Insurance, Finance, Airlines, HealthCare Domains
- Experience in managing multiple projects with different clients and handled multiple teams.
- Experience in Effort Estimation, Risk Analysis, Traceability Matrix, and Metrices on monthly efforts and preparing Quarterly Business review Documents.
- Experience in End to End testing by performing testing on Functional and Non - Functional scenarios with different testing techniques.
- Experience in developing and maintaining test scripts using Selenium.
- Performed compatibility testing with various mobile handsets to ensure that functionality is working as expected
- Strong familiarity with IOS, Android and Windows operating systems and applications
- Experienced and part of Software Testing Life Cycle STLC and SDLC .
- Proficient in providing estimates to client on CRs and Test cases according to the Functional Specs available
- Experience in identifying, analyzing and reporting different kinds of defects in product and application testing.
- Experience on Test management and Defect tracking tools like Quality Center9.2, JIRA, Bugzilla and ALM11.52.
- Expertise on creating Test Strategy and Test Plan documents.
- Good Experience in Test Case Design, Test Case Execution, Test Case Review, Defect logging, Generating Test Reports and uploading requirements, test cases to ALM from Excel sheet
- Expertise in Agile methodologies and waterfall model
- Possess excellent analytical skills with good communication and self-organizing skills, assertive and a committed team player
- Flexible and adaptable to new technologies in both independent and collaborative work environments with quick learning abilities
SOFTWARE SKILLS:
Operating System: Windows XP/Win7/Win8/Win10, Linux/Unix
Tools: Rational Functional Tester, Selenium and VSS
Back end Databases: SQL Server 2005, Oracle 11g
Test Management: ALM11.52, Test Rail, JIRA and Element Tool
Languages : Java, C, C++
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Chicago IL
Tools: ALM and JIRA
QA Lead
Responsibilities:
- Working as Lead by handling team size of Four
- Attending scrum calls and stand up meetings with Offshore project Teams
- Support release and Sprint teams simultaneously from Onsite
- Author, Review and execute test cases for each sprint
- Post defects in JIRA and drive defects to closure
- Execute smoke test cases on daily basis for the nightly build
- Performed updating and data configurations for multiple apps released weekly
- Tested release candidates updates and third party app updates for apps on multiple operating systems and devices
- Conducted mobile apps testing across the web
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using Selenium and Java for Smoke and Regression Testing
- Preparing and sending Daily, Weekly and Monthly status reports to client on the tasks performed.
- Preparing the test report at end of each release and getting sign off from Client
- Attending Defect Triage meetings with Dev & Onsite project Teams
- Studying Business & Functional specifications(User Stories) for new enhancements
- Involved in preparing test plan for each release
- Reviewing the Test Scripts against user stories
- Maintaining Project related documents in Confluence tool
Confidential, Dublin
Tools: ALM and JIRA
Project Lead
Responsibilities:
- Worked as Lead by handling team size of Thirty
- Participating in preparing Test Plan.
- Providing estimates to client on CRs and Test cases according to the Functional Specs available
- Preparing the test report at end of each release and getting sign off.
- Designing and reviewing the Test Cases against functional specs
- Involved actively in test case execution and posted a number of defects
- Performs defect management; drives defects to closure. Takes complete bug ownership, persuades developers to Investigate reported bugs
Confidential
Tools: ALM11.52
Team Lead
Responsibilities:
- Working as Lead by handling team size of Eighteen
- Design and execute test cases as per the requirements
- Post defects in ALM and taking the bug ownership
- Assigning the work to Team on daily basis and Monitor the team on entire process
- Preparing and sending Daily and Weekly status reports to onsite on the tasks performed.
- Involving in Knowledge Transfer sessions, status calls and Defect Triage meetings with Dev & Onsite project Teams
- Conducting smoke tests regularly to make sure the application is stable
- Preparing the minutes of meeting and sharing across to all team members
- Studying Business & Functional specifications for new enhancements
- Reviewing the Test Cases against functional specs
- Maintain all the documents in VSS for a quick reference
Confidential, North America
Tools: ALM and JIRA
QA Lead
Responsibilities:
- Leading QA team, sending status reports on Weekly/Daily basis
- Involved in Walkthroughs
- Prepared Test Strategy & Test Plan Documents
- Involved in Functional and Regression Testing
- Task Allocation and Providing Test Reports
- Preparing Test Schedule and Defect Reports
- Preparing the Status Reports
Confidential
Tools: Quality Center9.0
QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Involved in Knowledge Transfer sessions, status calls and Defect Management calls with Off-Shore & Onsite project Team
- Preparing the minutes of meeting and sharing across to all leads
- Studying Business & Functional specifications for new enhancements
- Designing and reviewing the Test Cases against functional specs
- Smoke Testing, Functionality testing, Regression Testing and Scenario Testing
- Prepare Test Summary report at the end of each release
- Performs defect management; drives defects to closure. Takes complete bug ownership, persuades developers to Investigate reported bugs
Confidential
Tools: QualityCenter9.0
Senior Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Understand the functionality of application by going through Functional Requirements, Use Case, Wireframes
- Designing the Test Cases and Execution of the test cases
- Reviewed test cases at peer level and provide comments/recommendations
- Smoke Testing, Functionality testing and Regression Testing
- Performs defect management; drives defects to closure
- Provided Quality Center Training to all new members in D&B Project
- Generating Test Cycle reports in Quality Center and updating the same to Onsite QA Lead
Confidential
Environment: Servlets, Jsp, WebSphere Portal5.1, Oracle9.0
Tools: Rational Functional Tester, TestDirector8.0
Team Member
Responsibilities:
- Automation Scripts Design
- Automation Scripts Review
- Automation Scripts Execution
- Test Case Design and Execution
- Interacting with on-shore team on daily tasks
- Functional and UI Testing
- Defect Reporting
