BORIS BRODSKY

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Professional Skills

10+ years of demonstrated experience in the use of Defect Tracking Tools such as: Azure DevOps, HPQC, TFS, JIRA

10+ experience with DevOps/Agile/Scrum Methodology working with Web and Mobile technologies, as well as different OS/Platforms.

Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle.

12 years of experience in Sanity, Smoke, System, GUI, Positive, Negative, Regression, Performance, Volume, Stress, Black Box, Functional, UAT, End to End, Cross Browser and Cross Platform testing.

Hands on experiences with technologies/platforms such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS and Cloud applications.

Proficiency in Test Scenarios, creating and update Test cases, Test data, executing test cases, Logging and Tracking Defects in Jira, DevOps and HP Quality Center.

14 years of testing experience in testing of Product cycle (functional & non-functional)

Test case & Test Scenario design and review experience (from business requirements)

Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team, project leads and management, including proactively raising risks/issues with mitigations.

Demonstrated experience with various testing and knowledge in writing manual test scripts by using MS SQL, POSTMAN, JIRA.

Experience with Accessibility testing of applications tools like WAVES, JAWS, NVDA, and Compliance Sheriff.

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and experience in Accessibility testing of applications with alignment to AODA (WCAG2.0 AA).

Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated tests cases.

Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS).

Experience in creating and implementing strategies on designing, maintaining, and executing manual test cases for GUI, functional, API, and end-to-end tests such as Postman, Curl, SOAP UI.

Knowledge of relational database technologies and retrieval packages using SQL query language.

QA testing in the Provincial Government and Public Sector.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery May 2023 – March 2024

QA Analyst

Providing advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing Identifying test requirements from specifications, design comprehensive test case scenarios, map test cases to correspondent requirements and prepare test coverage plan.

Responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components.

Experienced in Performed testing of IBM Curam application.

Using Azure DevOps developing, documenting, and maintaining functional test cases and other test artifacts.

Holding and facilitating test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members.

Executing test cases, document, evaluate and report test results.

Ensuring that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.

Identifying, isolating defects, minimizing steps to replicate and log issues into a defect tracking tool (DevOps), and verifying fixes.

Working closely with development and business teams to reproduce, prioritize, and monitor defects.

Providing test status updates to QA Team Lead and Project manager.

Balancing multiple QA tasks and priorities with minimal supervision while working under tight deadlines.

Analytically troubleshoot software and discuss integration issues with various stakeholders throughout the company.

Developing SQL queries and generating Audit reports based on business requirements.

Verifying actual results meet expected results, exanimating test databases using SQL, analyzing and log test results.

Preparing and maintaining a defect summary to aid with prioritization and defect tracking.

Executing system and user acceptance tests adhering to standard testing methodologies.

Working on creation Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Execution based on mapping specs to validate the target data. Using Test Foundation Server to create Test Plans (Test Cases).

Writing and executing manual test cases for GUI, functional, API, and end-to-end tests.

Application: IBM Cúram (COTS)

Feature Solutions:

Cúram Solution for Social Assistance

Cúram Solution for Disability Management

Cúram Solution for Family Services

Projects:

-CXP (Customer Experience Platform),

-Digital Reminders - MGCS in collaboration with MTO

Ministry of Community & Social Services November 2022 – April 2024

QA Analyst

Environment: IBM Curam v6 (SAMS, Case Management, Outcome Management, Provider Management, Client Portal), Java, HP Quality Control/ALM, SQL Server

Responsibilities:

Performed Sanity, Smoke, System, GUI, Positive, Negative, Regression, Performance, Volume, Stress, Black Box, Functional, UAT, End to End, Cross Browser and Cross Platform testing by using HP ALM and Azure DevOps.

Analyzed business requirements, writing, and executing manual testing related activities and data reconciliation activities for large complex business critical business systems.

Created and implementing strategies on designing, maintaining, and executing manual test cases for GUI, functional, API, and end-to-end tests.

Worked with various Modules such as Letters, Case Management, Eligibility/Entitlement Determination, Additional

Benefits Module, AutoGrant Functionality, CURAM RULES/RPC Cards Interface Module, Client Portal/FINANCE

Experience with designing, developing, and maintaining test cases IN ALM/JIRA in Agile methodology

Experience in REST API testing such as POSTMAN. SOAP UI and Its use to create Test Data and verify expected result.

Developed SQL queries and generating Audit reports based on business requirements.

Verified actual results meet expected results, exanimating test databases using SQL, analyzing and log test results.

Prepared and maintaining a defect summary to aid with prioritization and defect tracking.

Executed system and user acceptance tests adhering to standard testing methodologies.

Conducted system configuration, including defining, documenting, and maintaining detailed test plans including test objectives, rationale and scope, scripts required to meet the testing objectives, and testing methodology.

Executed manual test cases for GUI, functional, API, and end-to-end tests.

Worked with in multiple projects in testing websites and other products for accessibility requirements using WCAG 2.0 AA and WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

Performed Cross browser Accessibility Testing using NVDA Screen Reader, JAWS, Voice Over and Compliance Sherriff tools.

Designed Test cases and Test Plans based on the business requirements.

Created and monitoring defects and tracking them by using JIRA.

Designed and using REST/HTTP, SOAP APIs, including JSON data formats and API versioning strategy/

Created testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation.

Worked with stakeholders to ensure overall quality objectives are met or exceeded.

Designed and executing test cases for various types of functional testing such as component, component integration, system, system integration and end to end testing; performs accessibility testing in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA); participating in performance testing and supports UAT testing.

Reviewed the functional requirement/Business Service Documents and User Stories.

Understand business requirements and convert them into test scenarios and test cases.

Reviewed of Use case documents, design specifications and test deliverables

Participated in value-added operational processes in test planning and quality assurance.

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry Apr 2022 – November 2022

QA Analyst

Project Details:

The Ontario Securities Commission is an independent Crown agency that regulates Ontario’s capital markets by making rules that have the force of law and by adopting policies that influence the behavior of capital markets participants. The OSC carries out the powers, duties and functions given to it pursuant to the Securities Commission Act, 2021. The OSC exercises its regulatory oversight function through the administration and enforcement of Ontario’s Securities Act and Commodity Futures Act and administration of certain provisions of Ontario’s Business Corporations Act.

Performed Sanity, Smoke, System, GUI, Positive, Negative, Regression, Performance, Volume, Stress, Black Box, Functional, UAT, End to End, Cross Browser and Cross Platform testing.

Reviewing Test Strategy, Test Approach, Test Plan documents and performed User Acceptance Testing and leading initial UAT sessions.

Lead documentation creation, review, sign-off (e.g., test strategies, plans, schedule, cost estimates, test cases, dashboards, defect logs, test phase closure reports, entry/exit criteria and gating).

Tracking test planning and execution in the application lifecycle management tool (Azure DevOps) and providing relevant reporting when needed.

Created and implemented strategies on designing, maintaining and executing manual test cases for GUI, functional, API, and end-to-end tests.

Monitoring testing risks throughout the testing cycle and correcting testing approach when needed.

Tested, monitored, and maintained SharePoint 2010 by following standard guidelines.

Creating and reviewing and executing test scenarios, test cases, test coverage and traceability to requirements.

Executing test cases and document defects.

Using Postman & SOAPUI for rest service testing

Involved in formal and informal Peer Review meetings to discuss the Project Test Plan documentation and Functional Requirement Documents

Coordinating test activities: Sanity, Functional, Integration, Ad-hoc, Regression and UAT testing

Working with large numbers of stakeholders to ensure overall quality objectives are met or exceeded.

Preparing test case execution reports.

Reviewing the functional requirement/Business Service Documents and User Stories.

Writing and execution of test case

Daily status meeting with team lead / Standup Meeting -Scrum

Creating and monitoring defects and tracking them through JIRA.

Ministry of Community & Social Services Jun 2021 – April 2022

QA Analyst

Environment: JIRA, HP ALM, Cognos, MS SQL Developer, MS Azure

Client Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services

Company IBM Canada

Conducted analysis of requirements and user stories for creation of new test cases, logged and tracked defects using Jira, and maintained documentation in Confluence; thereby enhancing organization of product’s QA artifacts and processes.

Involved in daily scrum, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospective sessions. Presented product demos. Collaborated closely with Project / Product Managers in Agile software development environment.

Created in regression suits from integration and configuration test artifacts.

Provided detailed testing plan and test cases, and defect management practices for each Sprint of the project.

Provided details identifying how to remediate defects / issue and providing a specific, correct technique to resolve the issue.

Coordinated with customers and optimize SharePoint sites.

Created and maintaining detailed test plans, identifying test strategy, specifications, scenarios, and test cases for client-server web applications.

Provided advice and coordination efforts for testing strategies and planning, selection of testing tools (HP-ALM, JIRA) and identification of resources required for testing.

Created and implemented strategies on designing, maintaining and executing manual test cases for GUI, functional, API, and end-to-end tests.

Developing SQL queries and generating Audit reports based on business requirements.

Verified actual results meet expected results, exanimating test databases using SQL, analyzing and log test results.

Prepared and maintaining a defect summary to aid with prioritization and defect tracking.

Executed system and user acceptance tests adhering to standard testing methodologies.

Worked on creation Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Execution based on mapping specs to validate the target data. Using Test Foundation Server to create Test Plans (Test Cases).

Projects: Full project management responsibility for this MCSS initiative to transform the delivery of social assistance through technology and business renewal in Ontario. This multi-year project implemented commercial-off-the-shelf case management applications for use by the public, social assistance management operations and over 11,000 case workers at 250+ local offices across the province. SSSMP was the largest IT project undertaken by Ontario Gov’t in over a decade: a $242MM initiative with teams executing project tasks on three continents.

Ministry of Education - Toronto ON November 2019 – May 2021

QA Analyst

Designed and developed testing strategy, test plans, performed selection of testing tools, and identified required resources for testing by using HP Quality Center and Jira to perform comprehensive analysis of any error to debug issues and recorded issues in a defect tracking tool.

Consulted with the team on decision-making processes including deadlines, project estimates, and development progress related to testing processes and identified strategies required to meet the expectations of the projects and initiatives.

Designed test cases and executed all types of testing such as: Sanity, Smoke, System, GUI, Positive, Negative, Regression, Performance, Volume, Stress, Black Box, Functional, UAT, End To End, Cross Browser and Cross Platform testing

Executed systems integration tests, specialized tests, functional and non-functional tests, user acceptance testing (stress tests).

Led, developed, and conducted manual testing process including defining technical requirements and proposed improvements related to the testing of information systems by using tools such as: HP QTP, JIRA.

Performed Accessibility testing that ensured AODA WCAG 2.0 AA standards were met.

Determined quality of application changes as per business requirements of systems such as CAMS and SAMS, Curam V. 7.10 and presented findings to project owners: Business Analysts and Developers.

Performed testing of My EOIS, CAMS Applications by using HP QTP, UFT, HP QC, and writing SQL queries to validate the data in Oracle Database.

Performed User Accessibility tests by using testing tools such as WAVE, JAWS, NVDA, and Compliance Sheriff.

Provided technical expertise and advice on all aspects of application testing, reviewed business requirements, tested, and certified changes for production readiness.

Created detailed positive and negative test cases/scripts for technical and business clients.

Projects: OSAP, My EOIS.

Speridian Technologies (OSC Project) September 2018 – November 2019

QA Analyst

Developed, reviewed, and performed analysis of business requirements, Technical Specifications and development of test plans and test cases depending upon the test scope and coverage.

Worked closely with the Business Analysts, formulated test plans, prepared test cases, executed the tests, and fully documenting and reporting the results including bug reports.

Prepared and executed test suite using Selenium.

Developed high-level scenarios based on Business Service Document requirements for the National Registered Sales Professionals Database (NSRP), SEDAR+, and Dynamic 365, MITS an internal application for the Ontario Securities Commission.

Automated workstream to reduce the time and cost of the testing and contribute to other workstreams.

Planning testing activity, preparing test data and developing automated scripts for functional and regression testing of web-based applications.

Developed user-friendly test cases and performing comprehensive testing, including End-to-End, Functionality, GUI.

Identified, documented, and reported valid defects utilizing Jira and validated fixes to ensure proper resolution.

Engaging in daily Stand-up and weekly meetings with the Development Team, Business Testers, and External Vendors as the JIRA Scrum Master.

Discussing quality assurance issues and schedules and implementing quality assurance standards and policies.

Contributing to the CoE creation in SharePoint and administration of software product documentation using research.

Supported internal application for the Ontario Securities Commission.

Ministry Community and Social Services - Toronto ON November 2016 – September 2018

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Working as SME for Letters, Case management, Eligibility Determination and Additional Benefits Module

Understanding business requirements and convert them into test scenarios and test cases.

Using defect tracking tools HP Quality Center, JIRA and performed comprehensive analysis of any error to debug issues and recorded issues in a defect tracking tool.

Reviewing of Use case documents, design specifications and test deliverables

Defining the defect guidelines in HP Quality Centre /ALM

Participating in value-added operational processes in test planning and quality assurance

Identified and developed test plans, test scripts and test cases, determined technical requirements for the planning and implementation of testing projects and added after approval to BRD.

Using HP Quality Center 10 by identifying and entering defects, documented requirements and test cases, defect end reported and analyzed test results.

Developing performance dashboards tracking errors and resolutions to share updates proactively with production team and client support.

Mapping business requirements to IBM Curam Case Management software and utilizing rules for gap/fit analysis.

Using HP Quality Centre (HP QC) to perform IT application tests such as exploratory, system, user acceptance, analyzed and documented a detailed review of the client's requirements, use cases and made recommendations on alternatives, specifications, maintenance, and ensured that all I&IT standards are properly followed.

Creating and validating XML files for system integration and process simulation testing on third-party vendor interface and web enterprise application.

Communicating closely with Business Analysts and Application Owners to have a full understanding about the requirements of each application and assisting with creating clear documentation.

Creating and execute test plans utilizing business requirements and collaborating with engineers/architects, clients to validate test environments, test data and test results.

Participating in the identification and resolution of defects uncovered during the testing process. Facilitated test meetings with system, development staff and business throughout the test effort for deliverables reviews, test planning, and test execution.

Environment: IBM Curam v6 (SAMS, Case Management, Outcome Management, Provider Management, Client Portal), Java, HP Quality Control/ALM, IBM DB2 and IBM Rational Team Concert.

Infrastructure Ontario - Toronto ON April 2014 - November 2019

QA Analyst

Used HP Quality Center (HP ALM) and Jira to validate and verify system and software application issues using defect management tools.

Created and executed manual smoke, functional, regression, system, integration and exploratory tests.

Analyzed Functional Requirements and Business Specification as part of Static Testing on earliest stages of SDLC.

Designed test procedures, maintenance procedures and configurations. Creates detailed test cases and scripts, works with Business Analyst to determine requirements are captured correctly. Works with development team to analyze and resolve defects.

Responsible for creation, design and execution of test strategies, including writing test plans, test cases and test scenarios.

Identified, analyze, and document defects using Jira and Mantis defect tracking systems.

Developed and implemented QA Methodologies for the department. This included but is not limited to development of test case standards, requirements traceability matrix, and testing metrics.

Created test cases, test conditions and exit reports, used HP Quality Center/ ALM for requirements traceability, defect tracking, reporting and test metrics.

Performed UAT, security, usability, acceptance, regression, and functional/performance testing of the application using manual testing methods.

Analyzed business requirements and designed documents and provided suitability analysis.

Created, reviewed and analyzed test scripts/plan, identified and generated data requirements to execute the tests focused on mainframe batch and online, using validation, functional, integration and system testing.

Documented and developed test strategies for application by coordinated and executing the completion of test strategies and test plans by using HP Quality Centre.

Bank of Nova Scotia - Toronto ON August 2009– April 2014

Software / QA Analyst

Performed end-to-end testing of financial transactions and reconciliation processes, full and brief regressions to validate that the application satisfies the design specifications and the business requirements.

Conducted Integration, System, Network, Functional, GUI, Regression, Load, Database Integrity,

User-Acceptance (UAT) testing and AdHoc testing.

Executed the test plans and performed tests on web and mobile (Apple & Android) as per requirements.

Identified, developed, and documented test scenarios, test strategies and test cases by using HP ALM.

Maintained and provided accurate testing status reports during testing phases and maintained.

Monitored deliverables against agreed plans and specifications applying an iterative methodology.

Developed smoke, functional, and regression test suites for GUI, database backend.

Used HP Quality Center and Jira to perform comprehensive analysis of any error to debug issues and record issues in a defect tracking tool.

Performed functional testing, non-functional testing, integration testing, performance testing, and user acceptance testing and leading UAT sessions.

Education, Training & Technical Certifications

BSc Industrial Engineering July 1987

University of Technology, USSR

Information Technology College Diploma, May 1997

Computer / Network Specialist

REQUIREMENTS VALIDATION AND TESTING (BA Training) April 2015

PRESENTING TO GROUPS, IWCC (Workshop) Toronto June 2015

Training for developing and delivering effective presentations.

Languages: English, Russian.

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