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MANISHA PANT

QA Analyst | Agile Coach
Allen,TX

Summary

I am an experienced, passionate pioneer in Quality Assurance and Agile. Worked as QUALITY QA LEAD and AGILE COACH / SCRUM MASTER with 7+ years of experience in software industry. Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Staff Engineer

Nagarro Software India Pvt. Ltd
Gurgaon, India
03.2021 - 02.2022
  • Nagarro is a service – based digital product engineering organization spread across 27 countries
  • I got an opportunity to work for two of their major clients Saxo Bank (Investment Banking Domain) and Amway (Ecommerce Domain)
  • Requirement Gathering, Test Plan Preparation, Test Scenarios, Execution and Reporting.
  • Testing involved: Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Interface Testing, Sanity Testing, Exploratory Testing in different QA environments using positive and negative scenarios testing.
  • Preparing and Maintaining core regression suite and smoke test suite, Test Plan.
  • Tested Web and native mobile application in IOS and Android.
  • Managed multiple QA projects simultaneously with a focus and delivering highest quality product.
  • Interacting with the client and dev working in different on-site and off-site geographical locations
  • Test Suite Prep in MTM and usage of tool like GIT and TFS for Agile Model
  • Tool used for API Testing: SOAP UI, Fiddler
  • Verifying the GUI using Figma links and taking care of UI testing.
  • Manage all sprint planning, Sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives and daily scrums with the QA and Development team
  • Testing desktop and mobile Versions of the web application in QA and UAT environments and validating issues in production environments
  • Identify functional modules, structure, and logic for testing of the system internals
  • Develop and execute test cases and test suits for various functionalities.
  • Used Azure DevOps to monitor, analyses & report bugs.
  • Develop and create test data, retrieve test data form servers by SQL queries.
  • Automation Testing of API's using Postman and Swagger.
  • Perform functional testing in production and QA environments.
  • Implemented agile methodologies using a Scrum Framework throughout the project.
  • Debugging the Prod and UAT issues.
  • Coaching QA team members in QA methodologies and also coaching on agile scrum ceremonies and facilitating them for the team.
  • End-to- End testing with various application including the client side and server side testing.
  • Writing, executing, and monitoring automated test suites.
  • Experience with CI/CD , Jenkins , Git to create and maintain automation testing.
  • Created and Worked and Maintained Jira Agile projects and dashboards.
  • Debugging tool used Fiddler and exposure on Chrome development tool.
  • Worked as Scrum Master and facilitated and coached Scrum within two of the projects for same client.
  • Resolved architecture, design or verification problems by applying sound ASIC engineering practices.
  • Trained and mentored competent and flexible workforce to meet project needs and promote positive work environment.
  • Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
  • Interacted with subject matter experts to develop training material and tools for personnel and team.
  • Tested and analyzed equipment design and performance feasibility to determine potential ROI.

Senior Associate QA

Sapient Consulting
Gurgaon, India
03.2014 - 12.2017
  • Publicis Sapient is an American digital consulting company, on 2019, Sapient Razorfish and Sapient Consulting were merged into one brand, Publicis Sapient
  • I got an opportunity to work for their major investment banking clients CITIBANK and Franklin Templeton Investments
  • Requirement Analysis, Test Case Creation, Execution and Reporting
  • Testing involved: Functional , Non Functional , Regression , User Interface Testing, Sanity , Smoke , Exploratory , Integration , System , End - to - End Testing using various black box testing techniques.
  • Interacting with stakeholders and product owners and agile to get the scrum aligned and working as per standards.
  • Created and Maintaining the core regression suite for the project.
  • Worked on creating the User Manual for the product.
  • Test case execution, test result documentation (using Jira) and test reviews ( formal and informal ).
  • Collaborating with Dev's and BA's of different geographies on specific project.
  • Validating data on SQL while working on easy to complex SQL queries.
  • Defect Reporting and tracking defect to closure.
  • Lead the QA onshore team and coached the members on agile and project related areas.
  • Worked as Scrum Master for the team and facilitated the agile process for the project.
  • Prepared test plan and defined test strategy for various projects within the team.
  • Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
  • Worked on creating RCA's whenever required and worked with client during the pilot testing of the project.
  • Used Postman for Postman , Swagger for API automation testing.
  • Excellent exposure on STLC process and Trade Life Cycle process.
  • Performed standard first article inspections and random sampling inspections to verify adherence to customer standards.

Software Engineer

Aon Hewitt
Gurgaon, India
07.2012 - 10.2013

Associate Programmer

Toluna India Pvt. Ltd
Gurgaon, India
07.2011 - 06.2012

Software Tester Trainee

Matrix Software India Pvt. Ltd
Gurgaon, New Delhi, India
02.2011 - 06.2011

Education

Masters - Computer Application

Graphic Era University

Bachelor of Science - undefined

Dayanand Brijendra Swaroop Dehradun, HNB Garhwal University

Skills

Power BI

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Certification

Certified scrum master (Certificate ID: 001411149)

Interests

Photography

Content Writing

Toastmaster Speaker

As AGILE SCRUM MASTER I worked on :

  • Coached the Scrum Team and helping the team in removing the impediments leading to products with quality and on schedule and empowering the team to become self-managing and fulfill their cross-functional potential.
  • Strong proficiency and experience with encouraging Agile Scrum behaviors, reinforcing practices, norms, ceremonies, and supporting the overall squad performance and efficiency.
  • Drive communication between the testing, development and product teams to ensure each requirement has adequate test coverage.
  • Responsibility for optimizing the flow of stories and the value delivered by one or more Scrum teams within the project.
  • Promoted and facilitated communication and collaboration within the Agile team to support value delivery and Sprint commitments.
  • Provided visibility into the Agile teams delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders.
  • Worked and created Definition of Done , User Stories and Acceptance Criteria for the stories.
  • Worked with the Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning, leadership reporting, appropriate prioritization, and to keep the backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
  • Worked with business and technical partners to translate business requirements into technical requirements.
  • Tracks and communicates team velocity and sprint/release progress.


Accolades

  • During my stint at Aon bagged “ Employee of the month ” various times in the team.
  • During my tenure with Sapient I received Best Performer in “Senior Associate Development Program | QA” by the organization. This program was conducted for best performing associates among Sapient GM.
  • I was part of Nagarro's Toastmasters Club and received Best Performer as TMOD, Table Topic Master, Ice Breaking speeches and Table Topic sections. I am active speaker.

Work Availability

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Timeline

Certified scrum master (Certificate ID: 001411149)

09-2022

Associate Staff Engineer

Nagarro Software India Pvt. Ltd
03.2021 - 02.2022

Senior Associate QA

Sapient Consulting
03.2014 - 12.2017

Software Engineer

Aon Hewitt
07.2012 - 10.2013

Associate Programmer

Toluna India Pvt. Ltd
07.2011 - 06.2012

Software Tester Trainee

Matrix Software India Pvt. Ltd
02.2011 - 06.2011

Masters - Computer Application

Graphic Era University

Bachelor of Science - undefined

Dayanand Brijendra Swaroop Dehradun, HNB Garhwal University

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