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Shivani Thakar

Broadnet
Apex,NC
1
Certification
12
years of professional experience

Quality assurance professional with extensive experience in streamlining testing processes and improving product stability. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to delivering high-quality results. Brings expertise in automated testing and problem-solving, ensuring adaptability to evolving project requirements.

Work History

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

4 Years
Broadnet | 08.2022 - 08.2026

Delivered comprehensive QA coverage for SMS/MMS and cloud-based broadcasting platforms, ensuring zero-defect performance across large-scale telecom events.

Tested complex cloud-based software application for broadcasting and video/audio streaming during large telecom events, enabling thousands of participants to join simultaneously

Built a Playwright/TypeScript E2E automation framework using Page Object Model for a messaging platform's broadcast workflow, managed in Bitbucket with a PR-based workflow

Managed full sprint test lifecycle in Zephyr/JIRA — writing, executing, and peer reviewing test cases for new and updated product features; logged and tracked bugs and authored feature story tickets

Managed full sprint test lifecycle in Zephyr/JIRA, writing, executing, and peer reviewing test cases for new and updated product features while logging and tracking bugs and authoring feature story tickets

Executed complex SQL queries against large MySQL databases to validate test cases

Monitored webhook and streaming traffic to validate successful delivery of inbound and outbound SMS/MMS messages

Collaborated cross-functionally with developers, product managers, event specialists, and end users to define use cases and expand test coverage

Quality Assurance Engineer

1 Year 6 Months
Nike | 12.2020 - 06.2022

Collaborated with project managers and developers to establish and uphold quality assurance thresholds using best-practice tools.

Identified and tracked defects with Jira and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.

Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.

Recommended changes and corrections to developers, enhancing software performance and usability.

Quality Assurance Analyst

5 Months
OIA Global | 03.2020 - 08.2020

Executed iWay migration to Azure Cloud, ensuring seamless data transfer and minimal downtime.

  • Developed and executed comprehensive test plans to ensure software quality and performance standards.
  • Identified, documented, and tracked defects using JIRA to enhance system reliability and user experience.

QA Engineer

2 Years 9 Months
Metal Toad | 12.2016 - 09.2019

Project - Daimler Trucks North America.

Collaborated with product managers, development team, and scrum master to inform delivery decisions, participated in sprint ceremonies, and facilitated testing for nightly deployments during releases.

Identified test cases for automation and developed automation test plans using Selenium WebDriver.

Validated changes for QA, staging, and production environments, reporting and tracking bugs using JIRA.

Planned regression test stories in every sprint. Test execution through Jenkins for continuous integration testing. Supported testing efforts for nightly deployments during releases .

QA Analyst

1 Year 5 Months
New York Financial Technology Partners | 06.2014 - 11.2015

Project : Mortgage Application , Approval Process & Online Payment

Responsibilities : Executed WebServices testing with Postman and SoapUI to validate functionality and integration.

Created test cases documents , logged defects with high level of detail , accuracy and information Repo steps using Bugzilla.

Developed detailed test case documents and logged defects in Bugzilla with comprehensive steps for replication.

MAAP Project was a web-based tool with various modules such as Signup, Sign-in, Pre-approval, Amortization schedule , Loan submission, Loan approval, Online payment MAAP is integrated with multiple third-party applications like Credit Bureaus, Payment gateway .

Education

Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Somaiya College Of Engineering | Mumbai, India | 06-2002

Skills

Test case development
Functional testing
Test automation
Cross-browser testing
Manual testing
API testing
Test case design
Agile software development
Scrum methodology
Continuous integration
Data validation

Certification

AWS Technical Professional

Splunk Fundamentals 1 and 2

ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualification Board

Timeline

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Broadnet
08.2022 - 08.2026Read More

Quality Assurance Engineer

Nike
12.2020 - 06.2022Read More

Quality Assurance Analyst

OIA Global
03.2020 - 08.2020Read More

QA Engineer

Metal Toad
12.2016 - 09.2019Read More

QA Analyst

New York Financial Technology Partners
06.2014 - 11.2015Read More

Somaiya College Of Engineering

Bachelors of Engineering from Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
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Shivani Thakar