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Ritu Arora

Cumming,GA

Summary

Dynamic Software Professional leveraging 22 years of IT experience in QA/Service Virtualization/AWS Developer in Biotechnology, Healthcare, Medical Device, Pharma, Banking and Finance and Travel domains. Proven ability to spearhead QA teams and scaled teams from the ground up through QA best practices and strategy, execution, team leadership, and delivering value to clients.Technical background in software testing-ETL, API, UI, Test Automation and Service Virtualization.

Core expertise in testing techniques, test planning and design, automation, defect management, quality metrics, reporting and process improvement.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr SQA Lead

TCS [Genentech Inc, Delta Airlines]
12.2017 - Current
  • Lead teams of 10 QA Engineers and testers (onshore-offshore) and own all aspects of Software Quality –Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test Coverage, Defect Management and Test Execution Summary
  • Implemented and maintained QA processes, standards and methodologies to ensure high- quality Software Development
  • Hands on experience- Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User acceptance Testing, ETL Testing, API testing
  • Implemented Karate framework in 2 projects for various REST APIs, integrated with Jenkins Pipeline for CI/CD
  • Hands on experience in Service Virtualization using Broadcom Service Virtualization (CA DevTest) and created 200+ virtual services
  • Troubleshooting complex issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve them efficiently
  • Generating reports and metrics to measure QA performance and provide insight for improvements.
  • Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
  • Built automated test scripts and maintained 300+ regression test cases and automated scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
  • Organized and detail-oriented with strong work ethic. Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.

SQA Lead

Cognizant Technologies[SunTrust, Nike]
04.2013 - 12.2017
  • Maintained and executed 50+ regression automation test scripts using Selenium.
  • Developed Automation scripts using CA DevTest, Postman, SoapUI for 100+ test scenarios, executed and maintained of regression test suite.
  • Test Automation and Service Virtualization consultant conducted demos, Expos, lunch and learn sessions and POCs
  • Defined Requirements and Tested Cognizant’s API Testing and Stub tool.

Technical Test Lead

Syntel INC[Baxter Inc, Fedex]
10.2009 - 04.2013
  • Wrote and optimized test casesof various backend services- http/s, SOAP, REST and JMS.
  • Written URS, FS, Design Document, Application Protocol Document, IQ, OQ, PQ for GAMP 3, 4 and 5 tools with sound knowledge of 21 CFR Part 11 and 21 CFR 820.

QA Analyst

Epocal Inc
02.2008 - 08.2009
  • Developed Engineering change form, Document change forms, release documents and participated in CCB meetings.
  • Performed End to End testing for Mobile Application, Embedded Software, and UI Application for various EPOC systems.

Software Engineer -Sr QA Specialist

CMC India, Misys Healthcare India
01.2000 - 04.2007

Developed applications in VC++ and Mumps. Written and executed test cases in Test Director for Healthcare and Insurance Applications.

Education

Master of Computer Applications -

Bhopal University
India
07.2000

Skills

Technical: AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified, JIRA, ETL(dbt), SQL, AWS (IAM, S3, Lambda, SQS,SNS, RDS-Postgres,VPC, CloudFormation) , HP ALM, qTest, SOAPUI, Postman, Broadcom Service Virtualization (CA DevTest),Wiremock, Gitlab, Python, Karate Framework, QTP

Strategic: Planning, Team Leadership, Test Management, Defect Management, Test Automation Oversight, Quality Metrics and Reporting, Process Improvement, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Risk Management, Problem Solving

Timeline

Sr SQA Lead

TCS [Genentech Inc, Delta Airlines]
12.2017 - Current

SQA Lead

Cognizant Technologies[SunTrust, Nike]
04.2013 - 12.2017

Technical Test Lead

Syntel INC[Baxter Inc, Fedex]
10.2009 - 04.2013

QA Analyst

Epocal Inc
02.2008 - 08.2009

Software Engineer -Sr QA Specialist

CMC India, Misys Healthcare India
01.2000 - 04.2007

Master of Computer Applications -

Bhopal University
Ritu Arora