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Bhavana Nalla

Frisco,TX

Summary

Dedicated QA bringing 6 years of experience and diligence to handle needs of large and complex products. Solid history in both manual and automated testing. Seek to apply expertise to growth-oriented, dynamic position. Thorough quality assurance professional highly skilled in manual and automated application testing. Partners successfully with project management and development team members to put out high-quality software for customers. Decisive in identifying problems at any stage of production.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Engineer

Pearson Vue
Minneapolis, MN
07.2021 - 03.2024
  • Participated in daily scrum meeting and got used to agile development methodology
  • Analyzed the business requirements, functional specifications and designed appropriate use cases, test plans and Test strategy
  • Configured maven for Selenium automation projects and developed project object model
  • Proficient in conducting Cross-Browser and Cross-Platform Testing to ensure seamless functionality and compatibility across various web browsers and platforms, ensuring a consistent user experience
  • Contributed to the implementation and management of CI/CD pipelines, streamlining software development, testing, and deployment processes for improved efficiency and reliability
  • Extensive experience in Manual testing, encompassing test case creation, execution, defect identification, and comprehensive test result reporting to ensure software quality and functionality
  • Performed data validation by executing SQL queries on a SQL Server database
  • Maintained the Selenium, Java automation code and resources in Bitbucket source controls System
  • Demonstrated proficient utilization of assistive technologies such as JAWS, NVDA for screen reading, and alternative keyboard inputs, showcasing a strong commitment to accessibility and inclusive design principles
  • Proficient in Java 11 for creating and maintaining automated test scripts, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of test executions across various testing levels, including functional and regression testing
  • Tested all storage containers and files shares in cloud Azure Portal
  • Played a pivotal role in orchestrating the seamless migration of On-Premise Databases to Azure Cloud, while also successfully transferring static content from On-Premise servers to Azure infrastructure
  • Performed security testing to identify vulnerabilities and ensure the robustness of software systems, employing industry-standard security testing tools and methodologies
  • Proficiently utilized Bitbucket for efficient code management, including the initiation and management of open pull requests in Git, ensuring collaborative and organized development workflows
  • Created automation test scripts utilizing the Selenium and Gauge frameworks, contributing to improved test coverage, efficiency, and the reliability of test results
  • Conducted comprehensive cross-browser compatibility testing to ensure the flawless performance of Angular 14 applications across multiple web browsers, demonstrating a commitment to delivering a top-tier user experience
  • Wrote automated scripts for Angular 14 application using Selenium web driver and Java
  • Proficiently executed and verified API changes using Postman, ensuring the reliability and functionality of APIs
  • Played a key role in API validation through the utilization of the Postman tool, making significant contributions to the development of a robust Continuous Integration system
  • Validate REST request/responses for web services using ReadyAPI
  • Created accurate and efficient test scripts in ReadyAPI to manage automated testing of certain products and features for smoke testing and regression testing
  • Proficient in writing XPath expressions to effectively locate and interact with web elements
  • Skilled in comprehensive Mobile application testing across both Android and iOS platforms to guarantee and uphold the quality, functionality, and performance of mobile apps
  • Adept at testing Mobile apps to ensure they work smoothly on different devices, screen sizes, and OS versions
  • Executed the automated regression test cases during every release and executed the daily regression test suites
  • Proficiently employed Cucumber for BDD test automation, skillfully crafting feature files, authoring step definitions, and executing test scenarios to foster collaboration between development and testing teams while elevating the clarity and efficiency of test cases
  • Experienced in testing applications manually using the testing tools like ALM
  • Used Postman for RESTful API Web Services testing to implement functional testing
  • Performed Functional, Regression, GUI, Usability testing using Selenium with Java
  • Developed SQL queries /scripts to validate the data such as checking duplicates, null values, truncated values and ensuring correct data aggregations
  • Debug traffic between the client and server using Fiddler
  • Successfully designed and executed Selenium automation scripts to meticulously validate Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication and authorization workflows, enhancing security and user experience.

Quality Analyst

RealPage Inc
Richardson, TX
03.2019 - 06.2021
  • Worked in the Agile environment where all the development is planned and delivered in 3-week Iterations
  • Coordinated and participated in the review of test plans, scripts, and results of user acceptance test plans with business and technical groups
  • Actively Participate in Daily Scrum Calls, Involved in quarterly PI Planning (SAFe)
  • Involved in design and implementation of Selenium WebDriver automation framework for smoke and regression test suites (Test NG and Maven)
  • Performed UI and API testing using Cypress and created framework from scratch
  • Wrote automated scripts for Angular 9 application using Selenium web driver and Java
  • Utilized Java 8 features like Lambda expressions and Stream API for Bulk data operations on Collections
  • Used JMeter to test application performance during Stress Testing
  • This simulation was created writing automation scripts to invoke certain KPI loads and other scenarios
  • Proficient in formulating comprehensive test planning and strategy encompassing tasks such as delineating test scope, creating test cases, allocating resources, assessing risks, and overseeing test execution management, all aimed at ensuring effective and efficient software quality assurance
  • Tested various utilities that are built in AWS cloud and performed performance testing
  • Skillfully participated in both Automation and Manual Testing stages across a wide spectrum of platforms, including Client/Server, Mobile (iOS & Android), Native, Web-based, and Cloud (AWS) applications, thereby ensuring the delivery of robust quality assurance
  • Proficient in API testing, encompassing the validation of endpoints, data accuracy, and functionality using industry-standard tools and techniques to ensure the reliability and integrity of software systems
  • Proficient in utilizing Jira for project management and issue tracking, ensuring seamless collaboration, efficient workflow management, and comprehensive documentation of project tasks and progress
  • Used Postman for RESTful API Web Services testing to implement functional testing
  • Performed Functional, Regression, GUI, Usability testing using Selenium with Java
  • In writing Automation scripts, we followed Page Object model design pattern to represent web pages as classes and various elements on the page as variables
  • Thus, user interactions will be methods in the class
  • Tested applications in different types of browsers (Cross-browser testing) and versions, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome across Operating Systems to simulate production environment
  • Performed Android Emulators & IOS Simulators for Mobile Automation Testing using Appium for Native, Hybrid and Web Based mobile applications
  • Analyze client-server issues in mobile and web apps using Charles Proxy and Web Inspector
  • Performed SIT Testing activities (as a part of manual testing) to evaluate and support Microservices by providing end-to-end application testing and by providing technical support
  • Worked with continuous Integration and Continuous deployment pipeline (CI/CD) using Jenkins
  • Daily Activities also include ETL Testing, Source to Target Table Validation, Data Validations
  • Developed SQL queries /scripts to validate the data such as checking duplicates, null values, truncated values and ensuring correct data aggregations
  • Debug traffic between the client and server using Fiddler
  • Created Traceability Matrix document for new feature development
  • This document captured feature definition, description identified test cases and status of execution
  • Implemented Selenium automation scripts to verify SSO (Single sign-on) authentication and authorization workflows
  • Implemented automation scripts to verify widget and KPI’s loading/rendering on the BI dashboard
  • Extensively tested several Cognos Reports for data quality, fonts, headers, footers, and cosmetic.

QA Automation/Manual tester

SWC Group
Carrollton, TX
09.2017 - 02.2019
  • Experienced in Agile Methodology with SCRUM Process for product development
  • Reviewed business requirements and technical specification documents and analyzed use cases, functional requirements to write detailed Test plans and Test cases
  • Involved in setting up configuring the testing environment with Eclipse, TestNG, Selenium WebDriver and Selenium Java client driver using BDD framework
  • Responsible for building and managing Automation Framework using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, TestNG and Maven technologies on Java8platform
  • Well experienced in using JUnit, Log 4J2, JMeter, Test NG and SOAP UI for testing framework
  • Expertise in Core Java and Object-Oriented Concepts (Inheritance, Polymorphism and Collections)
  • Debugger traffic between the client and server using Fiddler
  • Prepared Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases based on functional specifications and user requirements
  • Designed and Developed UAT Regression automation script and Automation of functional testing framework for all modules using Selenium and WebDriver
  • Created automation scripts in SOAPUI for web services testing
  • Proficiently employed SOAPUI tool to conduct comprehensive testing of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based applications, effectively evaluating both SOAP and REST APIs for functionality and reliability
  • Developed Web UI and API automated tests using Robot Framework, Selenium and Web Test library
  • Conduct data manipulations, including data imports, updates, and exports, utilizing a combination of SQL Server's built-in tools and third-party applications such as Latitude
  • Worked on Groovy script using SoapUI to run the test according to enable disable test from different level (project, test Suite, test Case, test Step) and much more
  • As part of compatibility testing, executed the workflow manager web application related test cases on different browsers and Operating Systems
  • Used GIT as code repository and Code Collaborator to manage code reviews
  • Extensively executed SQL queries on SQL Server and Oracle database to validate the data
  • Performed Back-End Testing, database table manipulations of relational database systems by writing complex SQL queries manually
  • Proficiency in End-to-End Testing and backend validation using SQL.

QA Analyst

Texert Inc
Addison, TX
08.2013 - 05.2015
  • Involved in analyzing user requirements for application enhancements and preparing testing specifications
  • Developed test scenarios and test procedures based on the test requirements
  • Participated in preparation of Test Plans
  • Executed functional and system tests manually
  • Executed Test Scripts and analyzed the results based on the specifications
  • Dedicated significant effort and expertise to actively engage in thorough regression testing processes, ensuring continued stability and reliability of software products throughout their lifecycle
  • Performed Integration and User Acceptance Tests throughout the SDLC of the application
  • Used Selenium WebDriver for creating Regression scripts and testing the APIs on different browsers
  • Identifying, logging, tracking and escalating bugs using JIRA/Rally
  • Generated Defect Reports and the summary and progress graphs for the application
  • Participated in Code Review, QA meetings, Project status meetings and Defect tracking meetings
  • Communicated with Functional Analyst on any issue clarifications
  • Actively participated in Bug Track meetings
  • End to end testing on validating the claims functionality including data validation from source to destination tables
  • Submitted Coverage Status Report of tests performed on weekly basis.

Education

B.Tech in Computer Science - Computer Engineering

JNTU
Hyderabad, India
05-2008

Skills

  • Test Planning
  • White Box Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • Black Box Testing
  • Manual Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Defect tracking
  • Integration Testing
  • Team Collaboration
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Root cause identification
  • Scenarios and Use Cases
  • Test Plans and Test Methodologies
  • Defect Tracking and Reporting
  • Automated Testing Frameworks
  • Database querying
  • Data Analysis

Timeline

QA Engineer

Pearson Vue
07.2021 - 03.2024

Quality Analyst

RealPage Inc
03.2019 - 06.2021

QA Automation/Manual tester

SWC Group
09.2017 - 02.2019

QA Analyst

Texert Inc
08.2013 - 05.2015

B.Tech in Computer Science - Computer Engineering

JNTU

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