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DARSHANA MANE

Chandler,USA

Summary

Profile Summary 18 years of experience in Automated functional testing,API,Accessibility & engineer services on enterprise applications. Experience working for triaging tickets with various stakeholders to prioritize and build features necessary for the business. Excellent analytical skills and well-versed project executions, time management, status reporting to senior management and coordinating with offshore teams. Experience in BDD, Test driven development, Continuous Delivery and Agile Expertise in working on Web Applications, Web Services, Rest APIs, Microservices Extensive experience with test automation, white box, gray box, regression, system, and user acceptance testing. Has a broad knowledge of multiple programming languages, testing methodologies, along with strong verbal and written communication.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Software Development Engineer

Pearson VUE
Bloomington, MN
05.2022 - Current
  • Test software using a combination of manual and automated testing. Perform software analysis, functional, regression and performance testing, and apply black box and white box testing techniques. Lead a team of Quality Engineers in the manual and automation testing of VUE software. Drive the automation best practices group and work to enhance and expand the testing frameworks and tools. Provide leadership and prioritization for QE teammates. Develop project level testing strategy artifacts. Provide high level project testing solutions and estimates. Create, review, and execute feature test cases within the Pearson VUE automation framework (Selenium with Gauge framework in Java). Collaborate with developers and quality engineers to enhance regression coverage and maintain the automated regression suit. Create, enhance, and maintain testing utilities as needed. Manual test case creation, review, and execution. Document defects and keep the storyboard up to date. Establish and follow industry standard automation testing methodology. Identify process improvements, conduct gap and root-cause analysis, and make recommendations to peers and management. Actively participate in Agile development, testing and CI/CD methodologies.

SOFTWARE QE LEAD - TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Pearson Education
Phoenix, AZ
08.2014 - 05.2022
  • Company Overview: CONNECTIONS EDUCATION
  • Writes new and maintains existing test scripts using an existing selenium/java framework
  • Interpret and convert manual test cases into automation smoke and regression suites
  • Drives performance testing, scheduling, maintenance, and database backup/restore
  • Automation web service APIs, including REST/SOAP, Selenium, and Gauge Automation Framework
  • Test software using a combination of manual and automated testing. Perform software analysis, functional, regression and performance testing, and apply black box and white box testing techniques.
  • Lead a team of Quality Engineers in the manual and automation testing of VUE software.
  • Drive the automation best practices group and work to enhance and expand the testing frameworks and tools.
  • Provide leadership and prioritization for QE teammates.
  • Develop project level testing strategy artifacts.
  • Provide high level project testing solutions and estimates.
  • Create, review, and execute feature test cases within the Pearson VUE automation framework (Selenium with Gauge framework in Java).
  • Collaborate with developers and quality engineers to enhance regression coverage and maintain the automated regression suit.
  • Create, enhance, maintain testing utilities as needed.
  • Manual test case creation, review, and execution.
  • Document defects and keep the storyboard up to date.
  • Establish and follow industry standard automation testing methodology.
  • Identify process improvements, conduct gap and root-cause analysis, and make recommendations to peers and management.
  • Actively participate in Agile development, testing and CI/CD methodologies.
  • Performed backend testing of the application using SQL, writing queries to confirm the correctness of data entered via UI, and data manipulation.
  • Leads SQE teams and projects effectively in an Agile environment.
  • White Box or Structural testing for Integration code and GradPoint application Code.
  • CONNECTIONS EDUCATION

Software QE lead

Ness Technologies Pvt Ltd
Phoenix, AZ
05.2013 - 08.2014
  • Company Overview: Pearson Education LTG
  • Works with and mentor junior and mid-level Software Quality Engineers on various QE activities including test planning, estimating, and reporting.
  • Involved in creation of Automation scripts for Acceptance test using SELENIUM RC with Cucumber framework using JAVA.
  • Reduced the manual testing cycle by 90% for the test cases automated.
  • Plans and drives all tactical aspects of QE testing included but not limited to: functional, integration and accessibility testing.
  • Investigates and resolves technical issues in the testing process and communicates the issues to other members of the cross-functional team.
  • Pearson Education LTG

Senior Automation Engineer

Ness Technologies Pvt Ltd
Iowa City, AZ
09.2010 - 05.2013
  • Company Overview: Pearson Education Measurement USA
  • Creation of Test Automation Framework and Automation Scripts using QTP.
  • Created a driver script that picks up test scripts from excel and emails the summary status to the concerned people.
  • Analysis of new modules and Change Requests (CR), interacting with the Department of Education for several American States.
  • Evaluation of new automation tools (Selenium, Webtest).
  • Attend Arizona, San Antonio and Iowa City SCRUMs.
  • Creation of Business Components, Business Process Tests (BPTs), Execution of the BPTs and monitoring defects.
  • Pearson Education Measurement USA

Software Engineer

ATOS ORIGIN INDIA PVT. LTD
06.2009 - 09.2010
  • Company Overview: GE Security and surveillance, Industrial Electronics
  • Understanding SRS based on Client requirements.
  • Involved in Requirement Analysis, Test Effort Estimations, Defining test Scenarios, Creation and Execution of test cases.
  • Defect Reporting and Tracking through Quality Center and Rally.
  • Monitor Software delivery cycle and documents.
  • Monitored all Process related Documents and audits.
  • Participating in SQA(Software Quality Audits), Security Audit and IQA(Internal Quality Audit).
  • Cross Browser Testing on Internet Explorer6, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox3 on Windows and Safari3.0 on Mac.
  • Deployment of Application on Server, taking Database backups, restoring Databases, executing patches and scripts.
  • GE Security and surveillance, Industrial Electronics

BAAN DEVELOPER

ATOS ORIGIN INDIA PVT. LTD
06.2007 - 06.2009
  • ATO MCS Project Customizing Baan ERP (Manufacturing).
  • Analysis of new modules and Change Requests (CR), interacting with the clients and Preparation of Analysis documents (Technical and functional Design).
  • Understanding SRS based on Client requirements.
  • Involved in Requirement Analysis, Test Effort Estimations, Defining test Scenarios, Creation and Execution of test cases.
  • Defect Reporting and Tracking through Quality Center and Rally.
  • Monitor Software delivery cycle and documents.
  • Monitored all Process related Documents and audits.
  • Participating in SQA(Software Quality Audits), Security Audit and IQA(Internal Quality Audit).
  • Deployment of Application on Server, taking Database backups, restoring Databases, executing patches and scripts.

Education

M.C.A - Computer Application

Veermata jijabai technological institute
01.2007

B.C.S - Computer Science

Wilson College
01.2003

Skills

  • Testing Management
  • Programmatic integration with relational database systems
  • SQL Server
  • Leadership and mentoring
  • Agile
  • Testing back end and batch processes
  • Code and test case reviews
  • CI/CD environment
  • TeamCity
  • SikuliX API
  • Jmeter
  • Automation web service APIs, including REST and SOAP
  • Selenium and Gauge Automation Framework

Timeline

Lead Software Development Engineer

Pearson VUE
05.2022 - Current

SOFTWARE QE LEAD - TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Pearson Education
08.2014 - 05.2022

Software QE lead

Ness Technologies Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 08.2014

Senior Automation Engineer

Ness Technologies Pvt Ltd
09.2010 - 05.2013

Software Engineer

ATOS ORIGIN INDIA PVT. LTD
06.2009 - 09.2010

BAAN DEVELOPER

ATOS ORIGIN INDIA PVT. LTD
06.2007 - 06.2009

M.C.A - Computer Application

Veermata jijabai technological institute

B.C.S - Computer Science

Wilson College

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