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Rinkal Patel

Newark,DE

Summary

Software Quality Assurance Tester with proven expertise in software testing and quality assurance. Skilled in STLC and SDLC, with hands-on experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Successfully led UAT for complex projects and utilized defect tracking tools such as Smartsheet and JIRA. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, consistently delivering high-quality software solutions within tight deadlines.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Associate

FlexTrade Systems Inc
02.2024 - 06.2025
  • Created detailed test scenarios based on functional requirements.
  • Designed and executed regression test cases for simulated sell-side OMS after feature updates.
  • Validated trade execution workflows across multiple configurations to ensure consistent functionality.
  • Logged 20+ simulated defects in Jira, monitored fixes and performed re-testing.
  • Verified cross-browser compatibility and UI/UX consistency.
  • Participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint Demo.
  • Attended weekly Project Status Meeting with Development team and QA Manager.

IT Test Engineer III

Conduent
01.2021 - 01.2024
  • Company Overview: Highly experienced Quality Assurance Analyst with rich experience in quality assurance, business analysis, and training and change management functions.
  • Supporting system, integration, user acceptance and regression phases of testing.
  • Demonstrated the ability to work in a high-pressure environment across diverse industries and organizations of varying sizes.
  • Creative and motivating, quickly capturing the trust and confidence of the team and our customers.
  • Managed UAT for healthcare payor solutions across numerous implementations and workstreams.
  • Managed go-live command center/support center used during prior to go-live and post go-live.
  • Monitor and report on UAT defects; reporting & escalations throughout testing, implementations, and transition - presenting directly to both client and Conduent leadership & management.
  • Full system development lifecycle experience including developing and implementing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Cases, Project Planning, Defect Tracking and Reporting.
  • Conduct Test Phase reviews including but not limited to Test Case review, Defect Review and defining ways of working for the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) team.
  • Managed the defect management including defect creation to re-test and providing a reporting capability.
  • Lead the Daily Defect lifecycle including various dashboards in Smartsheet.
  • Facilitate Daily UAT Touchpoint meetings and collaborate with external teams such as Project Management, Integration, etc.
  • Highly experienced Quality Assurance Analyst with rich experience in quality assurance, business analysis, and training and change management functions.

Software QA Engineer

Solved
04.2017 - 12.2020
  • Company Overview: Worked in a big team of Quality Assurance (QA), developers, Product owners and PM's for implementation of cutting-edge web applications to provide fitness solutions.
  • Used JIRA for Test Cases, Defects, and requirement traceability matrix.
  • Developing test cases against business requirements using TestRail and JIRA.
  • Performing various testing including smoke test, functional test, UI testing, regression testing and UAT Testing.
  • Supporting testing for Web applications and mobile devices including iOS, Android platforms.
  • Participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint Demo.
  • Work with the developers, and other members of the (SDLC) throughout the software development life cycle to develop software functional test cases based on the JIRA user stories.
  • Plan and Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for all of our applications.
  • Conduct test cases review session prior to testing an application with the Product owners to ensure the test case coverage meets the business requirements.
  • Performing all testing activities in JIRA and Zephyr including test case creation, test execution and defect reporting.
  • Tracking and reporting defects in Jira Zephyr defect management system.
  • Created JIRA Dashboards for a traceability matrix and Defect management.
  • Attended weekly Project Status Meeting with Development team and QA Manager.
  • Actively participated in regular QA team meetings to discuss the SQA testing process and best practices.
  • Worked in a big team of Quality Assurance (QA), developers, Product owners and PM's for implementation of cutting-edge web applications to provide fitness solutions.

Education

B.S - Accounting & Business Management

Mumbai University
Mumbai, India
01.2010

Skills

  • Test planning and strategy development
  • Defect tracking and management
  • User acceptance testing (UAT)
  • Cross-browser and cross-platform testing
  • Agile and Scrum methodologies
  • Data analysis and problem solving
  • Software development lifecycle
  • Stakeholder management
  • Continuous learning

Timeline

QA Associate

FlexTrade Systems Inc
02.2024 - 06.2025

IT Test Engineer III

Conduent
01.2021 - 01.2024

Software QA Engineer

Solved
04.2017 - 12.2020

B.S - Accounting & Business Management

Mumbai University