Engineer Quality Assurance

Sumithra Bashyam

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QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Diverse industry experience including web applications development and

testing

Formal training in manual and automated software testing

Familiarity with object oriented programming, UNIX scripting, C++, JAVA,

SQL.

Familiarity in Unix commands.

Experienced with both Manual and Automated Testing(JUnit)& Selenium .

Experienced in developing and maintaining Test Procedures, Test scripts and

Test cases.

Experienced in reporting bugs in QualityCenter, BugZilla, Elementool.

Experience with Scripting Languages like JavaScript and Markup Languages

like HTML.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, intuitive, analysis and leadership

skills.

Experience in testing Web-based and Client-Server applications.

Experience testing Mobile handset devices includes Android phone, Win

mobiles and RIM blackberry devices

Expertise in performing different types of Testing: Black box,

Functionality, Regression, End-to-End.

Utilize ultimate test automation tools in real world environment .

Identify software anomalies and make them reproducible .

Report software bugs in easy-to-reproduce manner.

Follow up with known bugs until resolution.

Effective team player with excellent communication skills, leadership

qualities and has the capability to meet deadlines in fast paced

environment.

Highly motivated team developer with zeal to learn new technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows XP/NT/Vista, UNIX, Linux

Languages: Java, HTML, DTHML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, XML

Test Automation: QTP, Selenuim RC

Web Technologies J2EE, JDK, Servlets, JSP, JDBC

Frameworks: MVC, Struts, JUnit

BUILD ANT,Maven

Database Tools: Toad

Server : WebSphere,Tomcat

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

2009 Selenium,QTP, PORTNOV COMPUTER SCHOOL, Mountain View, CA

2008 Java Programming and Technologies,Fremont,CA

1999 Masters in Computer Applications from Bharathidasan University,

India

1996 Bachelors in Mathematics from Bharathidasan University, India

WORK EXPERIENCE:

06/2009 - Present,SQA Engineer, SkylLink Design Inc,(Contract),CA

Slate is a testing environment designed for automating the procedures

involved in software and hardware certification, specifically those

processes used for certifying that CDMA handsets and devices are ready for

delivery to end users. By automating some of the mundane, mechanical

actions (such as repeatedly dialing phone numbers), Slate helps eliminate

workflow bottleneck issues, improve the repeatability of results, and

facilitate communication between testers and engineers.

Responsibilities:

Developed and updated test plans, test matrixes, test scenarios, and test

cases for all company products like Slate, Web Admin Tool Licensing

Tested the API function call using Java Script functions.

Involved in automating major functionalities in Selenium.

Responsible for development of test strategy, test plans, creation and

execution of automated test scripts, reporting test results and working

closely with project team members on issue resolution and process

optimization.

Worked in Keyword-Driven Automated Frameworks using Selenium RC configured

under Eclipse JUnit environment.

Participated in informal and formal, data and functionality driven, manual

and automated testing activities including but not limited to integration,

regression, sub-system, and system, E2E, UAT and UI.

Optimized and maintained existing, developed new automation framework via

Selenium

Performed test on NV Items, PPP Capture, OTA Capture using device.

Performed functional, GUI, regression, system integration, user acceptance,

configuration and content tests for new builds and new features

Used the bug tracking system bugzilla to file bugs and track their status.

Preparing Test Cases based on the functional specifications and

Requirement.

Execute Test cases to validate the Client and Server functionalities.

Perform functionality of the application under test on mobile handset

devices includes Android phone, Win mobiles and RIM blackberry devices.

Perform Ad-hoc testing.

Tested the web based admin tool which handles various functions like

creating users, roles managing objects, uploading media files, downloading

results etc.

Used SQL Server enterprise manager to backup database, restore database.

Query Analyzer to query different tables for certain checks.

Experience with testing web based applications (front end and back end

systems)

Testing compatibility of software under various Internet Browsers.

Performed Integration testing, Regression testing and System Testing.

Environment:C#, Sql Server,Java Script, BugZilla,Selenium.

08/2008 - 05/2009 SQA Engineer, NEXTLABS,(Contract)San Mateo,CA

. Converted software requirements into Test Plans, Test Cases and Test

Scripts.Performed manual and automated, functional, regression, usability,

acceptance and ad-hoc testing .

. Performed black box testing of all components to ensure the quality

of the system

Tested browser and operating system compatibility (Windows XP/NT, MSIE,

FireFox) Involved in testing the Import/Export of policies and Enforcement

the application.

Made changes in Policy Studio Test Plan .

. Reporting & tracking bugs, email notifications to the developers .

Delivered product improvement suggestions and conveyed client suggestions

and requests to the BA team.

Tested GUI and functionality of the application under test using multiple

browsers such as IE, Firefox and Safari on multi platforms and interpreted

the positive and negative results

Performed manual and automated, functional, regression, usability,

acceptance and adhoc testing for the Web Application .

Review Requirements and Specifications provided as well as existing test

documentation.

Environment: Apache, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Selenium, Quality Center

01/07 - 06/08 Java Developer&QA, Accenture Technology Solutions,(FTE)

San Francisco, CA

. Developed and deployed the GUI front end with Java technologies and

MySQL database through JDBC at the back end.

. Test experience with Java and the ability to conduct code reviews in

Java

. Wrote JUnit test cases and involved in functional testing.

. Tested browser and operating system compatibility (Windows XP/NT,

MSIE, FireFox)

. Developed many procedures, functions and database triggers using

PL/SQL for auditing and enforcing business rules.

. Performed manual and automated, functional, regression, usability,

acceptance and ad-hoc testing .

. Review Requirements and Specifications provided as well as existing

test documentation.

. Worked in Build tools like Ant.

. Created and maintained test cases and test documentation for

designated areas

. Wrote code to automate API test cases to aid in regression testing.

. Wrote and executed SQL queries for database purge testing using

Eclipse platform .

. Contributed to the initial design and roll out of API test suites.

Environment: J2EE, Eclipse, JSP, Servlets, Java Script, JDBC,Quality

Center, Windows NT

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