Skilled IT Professional with 6 years of experience in Manual and Automation Testing.
Proficient in different types of testing like Web Application Testing, Mainframe Testing and Database Testing.
Good knowledge in Automating test cases using Selenium WebDriver.
Good exposure in creating Automation framework.
Proficient in preparing Test Plans and Test Cases by analyzing business requirements through various artifacts.
Well experienced in different phases of testing such as Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Backend Testing and Black Box Testing.
Well experienced with business domains such as Insurance, Banking sectors.
Thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycle, Software Testing Life Cycle and Defect Lifecycle.
Successful at authoring test cases, estimating workloads and documenting findings. Knowledgeable about functional, exploratory and negative tests. Well-versed in Agile development methodology.
Well experienced with Test management tools HP ALM Quality Center and JIRA to design, execute test cases and tracking bugs.
Mentored and managed a team and guided them throughout Software Testing Life Cycle.
Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a team and individually with excellent interpersonal, technical and communication skills.
Analyzing the user requirements, proposing effective solutions and estimating efforts required to complete and deliver the work packet.
Involved in the preparation of various documentation tasks such as Weekly status reports, Monthly status reports, Requirement Traceability Matrix and Defect logs.
Well experienced in working Waterfall and Agile development models to ensure quality control.
Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous employee. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success.
Highly efficient as Senior Quality Analyst, well established in fast-paced and challenging environments. Eager to learn with aptitude for applying new knowledge with skill and efficiency.
Highly motivated to rejoin the workforce in a role that leverages my organizational skills after taking a career break for caretaking
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Freelancer in Software Quality
UTest
Santa Clara, CA
01.2022 - Current
Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
Rapidly prototyped new data processing capabilities to confirm integration feasibility into existing systems.
Built databases and table structures for web applications.
Tested functional compliance of company products.
Translated customer requirements into written use cases.
Career Break
Relocation
Santa Clara, CA
10.2016 - 01.2022
Intentionally relocated my family from India to the U.S., settling into our home, taking maternity leave and enrolling my kids in school.
Successfully completed Selenium with Java bootcamp through Udemy
Learned about the Cloud technologies & discovered opportunities to use my skill set in new ways.
Senior Quality Analyst - S&P Ratings & Index
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
Tambaram, Tamil Nadu
11.2013 - 10.2016
Prepared and executed test cases as per the User story acceptance criteria.
Performed regression testing against the various builds of the application.
Designed SQL queries and used them to test the backend changes.
Performed regression, exploratory and negative tests.
Setup Page object model framework to automate the regression cases.
Designed and executed test cases in HP ALM Quality Center.
Created test cases and automation scripts.
Executed automation scripts using QTP.
Defects were logged, reported and tracked using JIRA.
Worked closely with Developers and Business Analysts in defect triage meetings.
Analyzed functional specifications and helped team members to achieve test goals.
Worked in Agile software development models.
Oversaw test planning, workload balancing and assignment delegation.
Collaborated with management to provide training on improved processes and assisted with creation and maintenance of quality training.
Monitored KPIs to proactively address bottlenecks and quality issues.
Led process improvement projects to help operations meet and exceed quality standards and reduce costs.
Edited, proofed and critiqued internal documents to improve clarity.
Quality Analyst -Hartford Financial Services Group
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
Navalur, Tamil Nadu
12.2010 - 11.2013
Collaborated with management to provide training on improved processes and assisted with creation and maintenance of quality training.
Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation.
Defined and implemented quality initiatives to reduce risk.
Designed and executed test scenarios & cases for home insurance products by executing, batch testing the requests received from the customers for home insurance. Bug management is done through the Quality Center.
Led the project as module lead for Presale tracking application conversion and Office upgrade from IBM Lotus Notes to web based application. Bugs are managed with the ClearQuest tool.
Involved in performance testing of perl scripts in the UNIX operating system.
Attended the Daily status call with the Onsite and defect triage call during execution phase.
Created Test summary report and Daily status report.
Administered internal quality audits and assessed results to inform corrective action measures.
Education
Computer Science And Engineering
Nova College Of Engineering And Technology
Vijayawada, India
03.2006
Skills
Automation Tools: Selenium WebDriver using Eclipse, IntelliJ
Programming Languages: SQL
Test Management Tools: HP ALM Quality Center, ClearQuest and JIRA
Database Tools: SQL
SDLC Models: Waterfall and Agile
Software Development Knowledge
Manual Testing: Web Application Testing, Database Testing, Mainframe Testing, Standalone application Testing, Parallel Testing and Business Work Flow Testing
Work Delegation
Training Implementation
Cost-Reduction Methods
Agile Framework
Report Creation
Certification
ISTQB Foundation Level Software Tester
Recognized as Associate of the year 2012 for outstanding performance and team contributions.
Improved delivery of Software applications by Effective QA processes, realizing overall increase in customer satisfaction and cost efficiency.
Timeline
Freelancer in Software Quality
UTest
01.2022 - Current
Career Break
Relocation
10.2016 - 01.2022
Senior Quality Analyst - S&P Ratings & Index
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
11.2013 - 10.2016
Quality Analyst -Hartford Financial Services Group