Nithya Swaminathan

Ph No: 571-***-**** ac0yr0@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:

ISTQB Certified(CTFL) Software Tester with 3+ years of experience in QA Manual, Mobile and Automation Testing.

Proficient in writing Test Plans, Test Scenario, Test Cases and Test Scripts for both Manual and Automation Testing.

Extensive experience in Telecom, Healthcare and POS domains.

Experience in teaching stream, handled Engineering class for under graduate students.

Proficient in automation testing using Selenium Webdriver.

Performed Testing on Client-Server and web-based applications.

Experience with Agile (Scrum) development framework.

Good exposure to XML and HTML.

Diverse work experience on Integration Testing, Functionality Testing, System Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Sanity Testing, Performance Testing, and Compatibility Testing.

Experience in Native Application Mobile testing.

Performed Web Services Testing using SAOP UI.

Experienced in Back-end testing, writing and executing SQL Queries for data integrity, correctness, data type and data size.

Experience in testing on UNIX and Windows platforms.

Extensively worked in JIRA and HP Quality Center to Write Test Cases, Execute Test Cases, Log Defects, Track Defects and Prioritize Defects.

Extensive experience in ETL testing using Informatica.

Experienced in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Technical Skills:

Domain Knowledge

Health care, Telecom and POS

Tools

Selenium webdriver, Informatica, HP ALM, JIRA, SOAPUI, Toad, Fire Bug, XPath, Maven.

Programming Language

Java, SQL, C, C++.

Operating Systems

Windows /XP, Unix, Linux.

Testing Methodology

Agile, Scrum.

Data base

Oracle, SQL Server.

Experience summary:

CommuniClique Reston, VA

QA Tester Feb, 2017- Apr, 2017

Project Description:

CommuniClique is a provider of web-based voice and text application programming interfaces for VoIP-based conferencing solutions. Caw.Me is a web based application that offers hassle-free high quality audio conferencing in browser and smart device. It is hosted on secure cloud infrastructure and developed in Java platform with Oracle server as backend. The project is integrated with slack to provide instant switch from text to voice chat.

Responsibilities:

Worked in Agile environment, participated and led the daily touch point meetings and managed daily testing status.

Actively involved in QA activities and development support of various interfaces like involvement in writing Test Plans/Test Cases for System Requirements and Business requirements.

Involved in testing the new functionalities based on test cases and coordinate with development team in fixing the issues.

Participate in walk through of requirements documentation for purposes of test planning and writing test cases.

Performed manual testing on the whole application before going for the automated testing.

Performed Unit testing, black-box testing, Integration testing, Functionality testing, System testing, Smoke testing, Regression testing, and Browser Compatibility testing on the application.

As part of compatibility testing, executed the web application related test cases on different browsers like Internet Explorer, Google chrome and Mozilla Fire Fox on different Operating Systems (validation).

Developed automation test scripts for Caw.me (web based application) using Selenium Webdriver.

Extensively used Selenium (data-driven, XPath locator) and Web Driver to test the web application.

Used Data driven framework of selenium to read data from Excel.

Developed and maintained automated regression test cases in Selenium WebDriver using Java programming language.

Conducted cross browser testing and parallel test execution.

Performed usability, GUI, Functionality and regression testing of the new builds.

Involved in writing SQL queries for backend/ETL testing.

Tracked defect using JIRA and generate defect summary reports.

Tested native mobile Caw.Me application in IOS & Android phones.

Created and executed Test cases for Caw. Me native application in IOS and Android devices.

Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces using SOAP UI.

Performed Smoke testing of the Application on Pre-production and production Environment

Actively involved with scrum and sprint meetings, managing product backlog and removing obstacles to progress.

Environment: Windows 10, IOS and Android, Basic JAVA, Selenium Web driver, Eclipse IDE, TestNG, Maven, Git, Agile, JIRA, SOAP UI, SQL, Unix/Linux.

Quantum Strides India pvt Ltd, Chennai, India

Test Engineer Sep, 2015 -Jan, 2017

Project Description:

Quantum Strides is an IT consulting firm, provides Testing as a Service in all domains. I worked on health care EHR application which is a client-server application. EHR allows healthcare professionals to electronically store capture and access patient health information. EHR allows doctors to enter and add patient information, review the diagnosis and problem, medications and allergies of a patient and document patient’s history. Scheduling clerk can do appointment activities including scheduling, rescheduling and canceling an appointment in EHR portfolio.

Responsibilities:

Designed and developed the Test plan, Test Scripts and test strategies for the application and executed them.

Involved in project planning, coordination and implemented QA methodology.

Involved in writing SQL queries to check for the data validation.

Extensively worked on handling the application response for Positive and Negative sets of data.

Performed manual testing on different modules of the application.

Participated in the team for User Acceptance Testing.

Created and maintained smoke/functional/regression scripts for web-based application using Selenium WebDriver.

Used web-debugging tools like CSS Selector, XPath, Firebug and Firepath to locate elements

Performed mobile testing manually to test functionality and compatibility of the application.

Tested the application in highly dynamic environment with sprint team using Agile Methodology.

Created test cases for various modules in MS Excel and exported them to Quality Center for Test Case Management.

Participated in the project meetings and walkthroughs.

Environment: Agile, Windows 7/XP, Android, HP Quality Center, Selenium Webdriver, SOAP UI, SQL, Unix/Linux.

LogBase Inc, Coimbatore, India

QA Tester Jan, 2014- Aug, 2015

LogBase is an IT solutions provider specialized in providing customized software solutions for RFID applications, mobile and data applications. LogBase provides integrated solutions aimed at creating value for various clients, helping them in improving their business processes with minimum hassles and capital outlays.

SlickPOS is a Point of Sales, a web based application developed to support restaurants, café and retail industries POS. Initially developed as a Desktop application and extended the solutions to web and IPAD based POS app.

Responsibilities:

•Involved in the complete Software Development Life Cycle including Requirement Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing and Maintenance.

•Involved in preparing Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on business requirement documents.

•Performed Extensive Manual Testing.

•Analyzed the application and performed Black Box and end-to-end manual testing.

•Performed back-end testing by extensively using SQL commands in TOAD to verify the database integrity.

•Responsible for creating unit test cases and involved in Unit Testing and integration testing.

•Involvement in Execution of Test Cases and Defect Reporting.

•Experience in all aspects of Software lifecycle process.

•Analyzed user business Requirements, system requirement specifications.

•Worked on managing the diverse types of Defects, Requirements, and Test cases.

•Performed Functional Testing, Regression Testing and Retesting.

•Reporting and tracking of defects using HP Quality Center.

•Documented the errors and tracked them to completion.

Environment: SQL, HP Quality Centre, Defect Reporting, TOAD, UNIX, Windows 7/XP.

Mahalingam College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India

Assistant Professor Jun, 2012- Dec, 2012

Responsibilities:

Mentored and assisted undergraduate and graduate student with courses such as Electrical Machines, Electronic Devices, Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Supervised Labs for undergraduate and graduate candidates.

Assisted students with the lab equipment and lab content.

Adviser for a team of students working on Wireless Data Acquisition system project.

Consolidated and maintained the department student projects for further application use.

Published internal term semester and research results.

Monitored student’s performance and provided appropriate suggestions and training for improvements.

Provided instructional assistance and monitored student progress as a class tutor.

Graduate Assistant and Institute Fellow

Control and Instrumentation, Anna University Feb, 2011-Mar, 2012

Assistant professor and tutor in Electronics Devices.

Managed Electrical Engineering and Instrumentation labs in Anna University.

Designed and developed a research project on Neuro-Fuzzy Logic based antilock braking and collision avoidance system in automobiles.

Education:

Master of Engineering in Control and Instrumentation, Anna University Chennai, India.

2010-2012

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics, Anna University, Chennai, India.

2006-2010

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