SUMMARY

• Hands - on experience as Software QA Tester (SME) with full system software testing and development lifecycle (STLC/SDLC), including Requirements Gathering, Risk Analysis, Project Planning and Scheduling, Test Scripting, implementing and developing Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution, Debugging, Root Cause Analysis, Defect Tracking and Reporting in manual and automation testing process on web-based n-tier and client-server applications in the retail and wholesale apparel and fashion industries.
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience in working with Agile and Waterfall development methodologies.
• Expertise in defining and developing quality assurance test plans and test cases by analyzing business/technical requirements, system design documents and use case documents
• Expertise in developing test scenarios, preparing test data, executing test scripts, linking requirements to test cases, creating bug documentation, and reporting test summary.
• Experience in manual and automation testing using industry standard testing tools such as HP Quality Center, Test Director, Quick Test Professional, JIRA
• Specialized in Integration, Smoke, Functional, System, Positive, Negative, Regression, Performance, Load, Stress, Endurance/Soak, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Knowledge in Test Strategies, Writing Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Defect Tracking and Status Reporting using Jira, Confluence and Prioritize, expedite, escalate rush issues accordingly
• Strong leadership, self-starter, positive attitude, personable, great organizational skills, attentive to detail, and self-motivated.
• Versatile team player with excellent interpersonal and technical documentation skills.
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Capable of interpreting and transforming data models, business use case diagrams, environment and data needs into testing deliverables
• Effective in using QA tools including bug/defect tracking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in effectively presenting technical information to various audiences including the client, developer, and project manager.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks independently as well as collaboratively with team members in testing complex projects.
• Ability to prioritize to meet project milestones and deliverable dates.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SDLC Practices: Agile, Waterfall

Roles Performed: QA Analyst, Jr Automation Tester, IT General Support

Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, LINUX, UNIX

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox Mozilla, Safari, Edge

Applications: SharePoint, Eclipse, SQL Server Management Studio

MS Office Professional: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

Testing Tools: TestRail, Selenium WebDriver

Bug Tracking Tool: JIRA

Languages: SQL, HTML, Java, XML

Webservices Tool: SOAPUI

RDBMS: SQL Server, Oracle, MS-Access, MySQL, Oracle SQL Developer

Mobile Platforms: IOS, Android OS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbia, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Scrum meeting, standup meeting, and created flowcharts for planning and test purposes.
• Created Test Plans, Test cases and Test Data. Performed Front End and Back End Testing using SQL.
• Participated in all aspects of Quality Assurance from Planning to Execution
• Created and maintained testing schedule and managed testing of User Stories for the Sprint.
• Logged and Tracked defects using Jira. Produced Test Metrics for daily status report
• Executed test cases using Test Rail, identified, and communicated defects.
• Worked with software developers and partners to troubleshoot issues
• Performed manual testing: functional and smoke testing, integration testing and regression testing.
• Created automation Scripts using Selenium Web-driver for Smoke and Regression Testing.
• Participated in Backlog Grooming Sessions, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review.
• Conducted Demo Sessions for each Sprint.
• Downloading, Installing and troubleshooting application for testing IOS and Android devices.
• Worked closely with developers to review bugs and tracked them till they are resolved.

Confidential - Rockville MD

Functional Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed Manual Testing to test the usability of the application.
• Created Requirement Traceability matrix to map Test Cases to the User Stories
• Maintained central repository to determine the readiness of the application by combining Planning, Execution and Defect Tracking.
• Participated in daily scrums to effectively communicate the progress and road blocks to deal with the constantly changing requirements.
• Importing requirements, create Test Cases, validate requirements with test cases and generate reports using JIRA.
• Participate in review meetings to resolve bug related issues with developers.
• Communicate/Update team with best practices that they can implement to thoroughly test the application but reduce the amount of testing time required.
• Conducted smoke, functionality, and regression testing by using Selenium Web-driver-Automation scripts
• Participated in daily defect resolution status calls to discuss defects with vendors, project management and users.
• Created new material for QA new team member as well as trained them on application and bringing them up to speed.
• Answered and troubleshoot customer and UAT issues, questions, and problems.
• Supported UAT Testing
• Direct strategy, process and execution of traditional and Agile QA efforts across the private and public exchange solutions for top company clients.
• Created and executed test plans and scripts to verify software functionality and adherence to business requirements.
• Setting up retrospectives, sprint reviews or sprint planning sessions
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
• Performed Backend testing using SQL queries against Oracle database to perform data validation, to check data integrity etc.