Smita Soni

Naperville, IL *****

847-***-****

accrl0@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking innovative and challenging career as a Software Quality Professional, to

fully utilize my capabilities.

Summary:

• Over 5 years of diversified experience in Software Quality Assurance and Implementation.

• Extensive knowledge of Quality Assurance standards, methodologies and strategies with better understanding of

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Bug Life cycle.

• Expertise in testing Client-server applications as well as Web-based applications.

Expertise in all quality related documentation ( Test planning, Test cases, Test scripts, Test

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Procedure, Test data, and Status reports).

• Strong experience in creating and documenting Test Plans, writing and executing Test Cases, Manual Testing, and

Automated Test Execution using Quick Test Professional to ensure proper business compliance.

An initiator and Quick learner with ability to adapt to changing priorities.

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• Proficient use of the HP Quality Center (ALM) to manage software testing process.

• Experience in Functional, Integration, Regression, Black Box, Sanity, Smoke, Usability, Performance, End

to End, User Acceptance testing, Cross browser testing and User Acceptance testing.

• Experience in participating with BRD, Test scenario & Test case reviews.

• Strong organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written. Good listening skill.

• Ability to work both independently and in team environment. Organized and methodical approach. Experience

working with Offshore resources.

• Focus towards Quality improvement, Quality adherence and works towards customer delight. Risk Based Analysis

- Ability to identify/adjust the scope of the testing correctly with the associated risks.

• Good interaction with Business Analysts, Developers, Project Managers and other team members to coordinate

day to day activities.

Technical skills:

Test Management HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Quality Center 10.0, Test

Director, Rational Clear Quest, JIRA, VB Script, Bugzilla

Software Process/ Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle

Methodology (STLC), Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, Bug Life Cycle

Platform SQL, XML, HTML, Oracle, Java, VBScript, JavaScript, SQL Server,

C#, .Net.

Operating systems MS Windows 8/7/XP/Vista, LINUX.

Automation tool Quick Test Professional, Selenium IDE

Education:

• Bachelor of Science, 2004 – Maharashtra University, India.

Certifications:

• 'Effective implementation of LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Software)' by Watson

Pharmaceuticals Inc.

• ATKOM Software Educational Programming for LIMS, by Atkom Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Professional Experience:

QA Analyst February 2012 to December 2013

Quill Corporation

Project - CMS (Rules Engine) / ADCORE

Quill is the nation’s largest business-to-business direct marketer of office supplies, which

includes furniture and technology products. Quill has several regional distribution centers

throughout the U.S. and serves customers through its catalog, direct sales organization, phone,

and online at Quill.com. More than 70% of its orders are placed online through its e-commerce

website.

Contact Management System is an intranet application used for creation and maintenance of

business rules and campaigns. Marketing/merchandise users create various promotional

campaigns targeting customers using rules. These campaigns are then offered via marketing

emails, printed catalogs/flyers, on the ecommerce website or through telemarketing. CMS helps

marketing & circulation teams target their customers with appropriate offers. ADCORE is

another web application used for creation and maintenance of all web ads creative.

Job Summary:

• Analyze Software and Business Requirements documents to get a better understanding of the

system on both Technical and Business perspectives.

• Effectively work with Developers, Business Analysts, Project Managers and QA team to

gather requirements.

• Co-ordinate and implement QA methodology.

• Translate requirements, designs and functional specs into effective test plans and test cases.

• Use Quality Center (ALM) to develop test plans, define and create test scenarios, manually

execute test scripts, assess test results, and report defects as directed.

• Automate test cases execution through Quick Test Professional.

Create Text checkpoints, Page Check Points, Image Check Points, Database checkpoints.

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Manage Object Repositories.

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Design and document all the issues and defects to ensure application software functionality

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for present and future builds.

Logging all the issues during this process in Quality Center (ALM).

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Actively participate in Requirement review, Status reporting and Defect assessment meeting.

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Evaluate the quality of software product being developed in terms of functionality, usability,

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compatibility, reliability, performance and supportability.

Analyze test results to ensure existing functionality and recommend corrective actions.

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Involve in Functional, Positive and Negative testing of the application.

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Perform manual testing for user interface of the application under test.

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Perform database testing using SQL queries.

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Perform Installation, Integration, Functionality, Regression, Cross Browser, Multi

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Browser testing and User Acceptance testing.

Perform end to end testing on the application to check the functionality of the application.

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Perform Sanity and Smoke Testing of the application manually after each build.

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Write test documentation and participate in renewal of release notes.

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Experience in Agile or Extreme Programming environments. Attend daily Scrum meetings

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Work with offshore team.

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• Process improvement: recommend improvements to current processes, and help with their implementation.

Participate in project related meetings and/or communication.

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Provide daily/weekly status reports on test status/ test bed and defect triage to the project

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manager

Environment: HP Quality Center (ALM), SQL Server, Windows XP, SQL, .NET, Oracle, XML,

Windows XP, Log files, HP Quick Test Pro, Bugzilla.

QA Analyst January 2008 to December 2009

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Project - LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System)

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. develops, manufactures, markets and distributes branded and

generic pharmaceuticals for various therapeutic serving drug wholesalers, hospitals, clinics,

government agencies and retailers in the United States.

LIMS is a software-based laboratory and information management system that offers a set of key

features to support modern laboratory's operations. These key features include workflow, data

tracking support, flexible architecture, and data exchange interfaces which fully support its use in

regulated environments.

Job Summary:

• Configure LIMS to meet end-user requirements.

• Review company documentation including SOPs to assess LIMS impact.

• Complete and develop training or procedural documentation whenever necessary.

• Processes system change control, documents configuration, write test plans and responsible

for user training.

• Coordinate the needs of functional departments and establish priorities for LIMS

requirements gathering, system design and implementation.

• Responsible for LIMS- QA documentation, converting User Requirement Specifications to a

Detail Design Specification, writing Configuration Test Plans and summary reports.

• Work with Quality Assurance departments to ensure LIMS is implemented following

development life cycle approach.

• Review functional/design specifications, and other relevant documents to extract test

requirements.

• Translate requirements, designs and functional specs into test plans.

• Create functional and User Interface Test cases based on the software requirements.

• Participate in Agile software development, to respond to different department requirements.

• Create test data to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow.

• Extensively use HP Quality Center (ALM) to log test cases and report defects to

development team on periodic basis and retesting the defects as they are fixed.

• Train and lead the QA team.

• Report the status to the senior managers on test progress.

Environment: Microsoft Office, Quality Center (ALM), SQL, HP Quality center, QTP

QA Tester September 2006 to December 2007

ICICI Bank

ICICI Direct is an online trading platform that offers stock trading and cash management

services to active traders and investors.

Job Summary:

• Participate in all phases of the Quality Assurance life cycle.

Constant interaction with BA and developers in review meetings to evaluate the process and

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performance of the application.

Analyze Business and System requirements specifications; develop Test Strategy, Test plans,

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Test Cases, Test Data for testing the functionality and Compatibility.

Built test plans and test cases to verify user log in functionalities, user access to other

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functionalities of the application. Test trading functionalities.

Involve in manual testing using HP Quality Center (ALM).

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Generate, execute Test Cases and Analyze Test Results.

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Track change of status of the defects and communicate to team members accordingly.

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Perform GUI, Functional, Regression and User Acceptance testing.

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Detect, Classify and report bugs through Defect Tracking System.

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Maintain defect reporting and defect tracking log.xls files using MS Excel.

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Conduct Re-testing based on the application.

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Maintain Test Logs, Test Summary reports

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Participate in defect review meetings.

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Environment: Windows XP, Test Director/ Quality Center (ALM), C#, SQL Server, QC, HTML,

UNIX, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, XML.

Smita Soni

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