Engineer Quality Assurance

PUSHPA MALLA

Phone: 408-***-****, 408-***-**** (cell)

Email: *****.******@*****.***

Objective

Challenging position in Software Quality Assurance field that would enhance

my technical skills.

Education

San Jose State University, San Jose, California

May '08

M.S. Software Engineering

GPA: 3.7

V.R.Siddartha Engineering College, AP, India

May '03

B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering

Summary

. Over 2 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and QA

implementation.

. Proficient in creating Test Plans, writing and executing Test Cases,

Manual Testing and Automation Testing.

. Developed, Documented and Executed Test cases manually and generated

Automation Scripts using QTP.

. Experience with Object Oriented Programming concepts using Java.

. Experience with testing in Windows environment.

. Expertise in Black Box testing & Backend testing.

. Expertise in Functional, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.

. Use of Quality Center to manage Software Testing process.

. Demonstrated ability to self-motive and be flexible within fast-paced

environment.

Skills Inventory

Languages Java, JDBC, HTML,

Perl.

Operating Systems Windows XP, Unix and Linux.

Automation Tools QTP, QualityCenter.

Bug Tracking Tool Quality Center

Database MySql.

Tools Junit, ANT.

Web Servers Apache.

IDE Eclipse.

Work Experience

Kikkoni, San Jose, CA

Software QA Engineer, Feb '10 - May '10

Worked as a QA engineer for kikkoni.com. Responsibilities include:

. Performed Manual testing and automated using QTP.

. Performed testing compatibility of software under different broswers

like IE, Firefox.

. Performed Integration testing, Regression testing and System testing.

. Performed GUI, Functionality and Backened testing.

. Reported the bugs using an in house made bug-reporting system, which

was developed using MS Excel sheets.

Fanminder, Los Altos, CA

Software QA Engineer, Dec '08 - Aug '09

Worked as a contractor for testing User Interface in FanMinder, Los Altos.

. Prepared Test cases by analyzing functional requirement specification.

. Performed Integration testing, Regression testing and System testing.

. Performed GUI, Functionality and Backened testing

. Reported bugs to developers using Mantis Bug Tracker.

. Involved in development of Test Cases using JUnit for Unit Testing.

. Setup Mantis Bug Tracker and implemented email notification features.

. Migrated bug tracking application from Trac to Mantis Bug Tracker.

. Participated in various meetings, discussed Enhancement and

Modification Request issues.

IBM, SantaTeresa, CA

Software Engineer, Dec'07 - June'08

Worked as a Co-op for developing User Interface in Business Intelligence

Development Group.

. Worked on improvements for Keyboard Accessibility features.

. Resolved bugs and maintained Keyboard Accessibility aspects.

. Worked with QA team to resolve bugs and reduce backlog.

. Developed Test Cases using JUnit for unit testing.

Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA

QA Engineer, July'07 - Nov'07

Worked as a QA Intern in Technical Operations Group in Hitachi Data

Systems, Santa Clara.

. Produced test plans for black box testing for data storage management

applications: "Storage Navigator Modular 2", "Hicommand Device

Manager" and "Hicommand Provisioning Manager".

. Prepared test cases based on the requirements.

. Performed regression testing for Hitachi Storage Service Manager

(HSSM) Software.

. Performed testing compatibility under different operating systems.

. Verification of Installation packages for Hitachi Data Systems

software on different operating systems including Red Hat Linux,

Windows 2003, HPUX, AIX and Solaris.

Academic Projects

. Designed and implemented Concentration, a card game where players

match pairs of symbols and score points. Developed a set of Java

classes that contain business logic for the game and a set of Java

classes that employ Swing for presentation layer (UI). Tested methods

implemented in project using JUnit framework.

. Developed Java application to gather and display weather information

available from National Weather Service in RSS format. Design followed

MVC, Composite and Observer patterns. Utilized SAX parser for parsing

RSS documents, ANT to manage build needs and tested all the weather

class methods using JUnit for Unit Testing.

. Implemented a Supply Chain Management module that involves integration

of applications using Jboss ESB. Applications include Order,

Inventory, Production and Shipping web services that communicate with

each other using ESB Messaging service.

Work Authorization - US Permanent Resident (Green Card)

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