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Vinodini Sundaram

Fremont,CA

Summary

  • 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

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
12.2010 - 11.2013

Computer Science And Engineering

Nova College Of Engineering And Technology
Vinodini Sundaram