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Taru Malik

Parker,CO

Summary

  • Senior iOS Developer with 6 years of professional experience in Swift/SwiftUI development of iOS apps who is organized, collaborative, and highly proficient.
  • Prior experience in Quality Assurance and Testing includes extensive contributions to the development of in-house Test Automation Frameworks using open source Tools.
  • I'm looking to gain experience and broaden my skillset by working on a project that has scale.
  • Masters in Software Systems and Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering
  • Visa Status: Canadian Citizen; GreenCard Holder
  • Preferred Job Location: Colorado
  • Preferred Job Type: Full Time Direct hire

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Dev Engineer

CVS Health
09.2018 - Current
  • Worked effectively with multi-functional engineering teams and business partners
  • Collaborated with the Team to identify innovative solutions to technical issues and implement best practices
  • Designed and implemented features and functionalities using Swift and SwiftUI
  • Ensured the application is fully accessible using accessibility foundations for all features.
  • Supported high priority production tickets with urgency

Senior Software QA Engineer

Aetna, A CVS Health Company
09.2015 - Current

Senior Test Automation Developer

Yellow Pages Group
01.2013 - 08.2015
  • Designed, implemented and maintained Test Automation Framework being utilized across QA teams
  • Developed Test Automation Plan and Test Automation Strategy and Regression Test scripts for WEB applications, Mobile apps and the APIs
  • Identified and analyzed business and functional requirements to create Test Cases
  • Developed few libraries in Python to contribute to the inhouse Test Automation Framework
  • Developed a solution to automate testing of the Web Analytics Tags in parallel to Functional Tests in Python
  • Redesigned the Test Automation Framework & the Test Scripts for one project using Open Source Tools - Selenium with Python which I earlier developed with QTP
  • Built Automation Framework for a couple web applications and RESTful APIs and automated the testing using Python and Selenium Webdriver
  • Worked with Rubymine and XCode to build Automation Framework and the test automation scripts for iOS app using Calabash-iOS and Ruby
  • Installed and configured test automation Environments on RightScale
  • Conducted research on the latest test tools, trends and methodologies; recommended Calabash-iOS, an open-source Mobile Test Automation Tool and Test Rail & SpiraTest, the Test Management Tool
  • Ensured green Builds on TeamCity CI Server for the daily scheduled regression test runs
  • Participated in Daily Scrums and actively involved in Planning Poker, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective within the Team
  • Communicated progress on the Test Automation to other QA Leads/Director through sprint Demos
  • Conducted peer Code Reviews and provide Demo/Trainings to the Team for new solutions developed
  • Created tutorials for any new additions to the automation Framework and update wiki to be used as reference by other teams
  • Worked with the Process Improvement Team to help them document YPG’s QA Processes
  • Provided admin support for Quality Center and JIRA

Testing Automation Specialist

Air Canada Vacations
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Managed and executed the Test Automation Project single handedly
  • Developed Test Automation Plan and Test Automation Strategy
  • Designed Automation Framework and developed Automation Test scripts using QTP
  • Ensured smooth execution of automation script runs for all software releases
  • Maintained automation scripts to account for functionality changes and defect fixes
  • Involved in formalizing the then Manual Testing process in place
  • Measured System Performance during every Release
  • Provided admin support for the Quality Center
  • Obtained the Best rating in the Annual Performance Review in the entire Department

Software Engineer, Lead Tester

Stryker Global Technology Center, Stryker Endoscopy
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Managed multiple parallel releases of different projects
  • Developed Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Schedules, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and responsible for Test Execution of different projects
  • Collaborated closely with Development and Support to analyze and resolve issues
  • Consistency in Deliverables, Timeliness, Work efficiency, adherence to Planned activity & Delivery Processes, Ability to review & document work/tasks during delivery/pre-delivery phase
  • Utilized Automated Test Tools (QTP) to increase efficiency and coverage with emphasis on modularization
  • Prepared the competitive analysis of different functional Test Automation Tools available in market to enable management take a Go-No Go decision for a purchase
  • Prepared Proof of Concepts (PoC) Report for selecting one amongst available performance tools
  • Participated and successfully implemented ISO:13485(medical device standard) as a process been followed and conducted the Internal Audits
  • Awarded with ‘SGTC Star Award’ for being highly effective in helping the Team with Project’s testing requirements, for producing Outstanding Quality of Work and for being very responsive
  • Obtained consistent rating for Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) = 5/5 for consecutive three Quarters [Judgment Parameters = On Time Delivery, Quality of Work, Communication, Responsiveness]

Software Engineer, Team Lead

GrapeCity, Component One LLC
01.2005 - 01.2008
  • Executed and managed the functional testing activity on variety of .Net Components on web and client server applications (Gray Box Testing)
  • Interacted with the clients for different issues and communicated the discussion to all stakeholders
  • Scheduled work into a realistic and attainable time management project for team of 6 and as a result of quality work got more work from the client which extended the team to 8
  • Performed Proof of Concepts (PoC) and validated NUnit for automating the regression testing involved in Component Testing
  • Awarded ‘Gold’ Cheers thrice for being a key member in the team and actively handling the tasks and ‘Bronze’ Cheers for independently handling the Customer Issues escalated to QA

Education

Masters of Science - Software Systems

Birla Institute of Technology & Science
2009

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
2005

Skills

  • TECHNICAL PROFICIENCES
  • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSDNET) [2005]
  • Testing Techniques: Automated, Manual (Black Box and Gray Box)
  • Test Management Tools: TestRail, SpiraTest, HP Quality Center, Rational Test Manager
  • Test Automation Tools (Web/Win) Quick Test Professional (QTP) v115x, NUnit, Selenium Webdriver
  • Test Automation Tools (Mobile) Calabash-iOS (Cucumber, Gherkin / RSpec), Calabash-Android
  • Defect Trackers: JIRA, Rational ClearQuest, Bugzilla, Test Track Pro, Rally
  • Performance Test Tools: LoadRunner, WebLoad
  • Atlassian Tools: Fisheye Crucible, Jira, Confluence, Hipchat
  • DataBases: Microsoft Access, SQL Server
  • Programming Languages: C#, VBNet, Ruby, Python
  • Scripting Languages: VB Script
  • Environments: VisualStudio2003, VisualStudio2005
  • Configuration Management: Visual Source Safe (VSS), Tortoise SVN, GitHub
  • Continuous Integration (CI) System: TeamCity, CircleCI
  • Scrum
  • Programming
  • Xcode
  • Design Patterns
  • UIKit
  • SwiftUI
  • Unit Testing

Accomplishments

  • Certifications: HP0-M47 Functional Testing Software (QTP v11) [2012]

Timeline

Senior Software Dev Engineer

CVS Health
09.2018 - Current

Senior Software QA Engineer

Aetna, A CVS Health Company
09.2015 - Current

Senior Test Automation Developer

Yellow Pages Group
01.2013 - 08.2015

Testing Automation Specialist

Air Canada Vacations
01.2010 - 01.2013

Software Engineer, Lead Tester

Stryker Global Technology Center, Stryker Endoscopy
01.2008 - 01.2010

Software Engineer, Team Lead

GrapeCity, Component One LLC
01.2005 - 01.2008

Masters of Science - Software Systems

Birla Institute of Technology & Science

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Taru Malik