Software Tester
Software Tester with *+ years of experience in an Agile environment of scrum masters with a broad experience in SDLC and STLC methodologies. Well organized, detail oriented with effective communication and collaborative skills. Passionate about acquiring new skills and can adjust quickly to new environments and technologies. Has a deep sense for color, design and patterns to help with visualization, aesthetics, usability and content of a web application.
Technical Skills:
Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 7/8, XP, UNIX, LINUX, MS Office suite
Databases
MySQL, SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014
Languages
SQL, XML, HTML, JAVA
Database Browsers
SQL Workbench/Heidi SQL, Cygwin, PuTTy, SQL Server Management Studio
Testing Tools
Zephyr, Soap UI, On Time now
Project Management Tool
JIRA
Internet Browsers
IE 8/9/10, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Opera Mobile Emulator
Professional Training
T3 Resources November 2016 to Present
A Software Training Company, Englewood
Software Testing - Professional Trainee
T3 Resources is a software training institute located in Englewood–CO. T3 emphasizes on a procedural software development life cycle and provides certified, job-oriented, onsite, instructor-led, hands-on training programs in leading software technologies.
I have worked on their sports application called CricDrive which provides with latest news articles, live coverage, live blogs, scorecards, player rankings and team rankings and a database of previous matches played. In this application, I have learned and worked on testing User Interface (front end), Middleware, Database (back end) and received automation training in Java Selenium.
Responsibilities:
Participated in Agile/Scrum methodology that consisted of two-week sprints which focused mainly on Sprint ceremonies
Involved in sprint planning, daily stand ups, backlog grooming, retrospective meetings, review meetings
Analyzed the BRD, Wireframe and Flowchart and developed detailed test cases
Used Zephyr for the logging test cases for Admin, Scorer and Customer Facing UI modules and implemented a Traceability Matrix to verify all requirements are mapped in the test case
Coordinated and participated in both internal and external Peer review of test cases and contributed suggestions and integrated the feedback received from peers
Verified and accounted the details through Hip Chat and made sure unit testing has been done by developers before any formal testing
Worked with the Lead Test Engineer to perform Smoke Testing to make sure no Severity 1 bug is found before entrance criteria
Performed the Functionality, component, integration, regression testing and retested the modules as needed
Performed mobile application testing for CricDrive mobile app to check for its functionality, Interruption, usability and Installation
Performed middleware testing using Soap UI for the functional testing, WSDL coverage, and message assertion testing
Performed backend testing using SQL queries in Heidi SQL to verify if GUI is aligning with the database and as a scorer, all the data is entered correctly
Good knowledge of DML, DDL, DCL and TCL to perform back-end testing as well as adept with different SQL queries and JOINS
Tracked the log files in Unix – Cygwin for errors in Request dispatcher and business logs
Utilized PuTTy tool to remotely and securely access to the remote server’s database
Analyzed and documented and retested during integration and system testing and logged the actual results against the expected results in Zephyr - “JIRA”
Prepared bug reports with detailed written steps to reproduce and recorded the severity using Zephyr
Verified that all the outstanding Defects are either passed, or deferred before Exit Criteria
Performed Alpha Testing (UAT) with internal users before application goes to Beta testing
Reported user training issues, wish list and test escapes to Cric drive team after Alpha testing
Attended status review meetings, interacted with developers and business analysts to resolve the issues during production
Automated the login, new match, add fixture, add squad and assign match to the scorer pages using Selenium WebDriver in Eclipse Neon framework and using Firefox plug in
Mentored junior trainees with domain knowledge and for problem solving with database query
Environment: Agile, Microsoft Windows 7/8, LINUX, HTML, JAVA, XML, Soap UI, Putty
Professional Experience
PluralSoft Inc. Quality Assurance June 2015 to October 2016
Software Tester
PluralSoft is a Healthcare Data Management and Analytics Company which helps healthcare organizations to deliver solutions that integrate, standardize, analyze and deliver purpose-driven information and insights across the continuum of care. Using the PluralSoft solutions, their customers achieve, improved patient safety, Enhanced healthcare outcomes, Improved healthcare delivery efficiency, reduced cost of enhanced patient/member, provider, and payer satisfaction
Responsibilities:
Took time to understand the overall application objectives. Responsible for the testing module called Care Quotient Portal (CQ- Portal), which is the front- end of the application that displayed various metrics related to Clinical Quality Performance
Proficient with Test case documentation, implementation and test execution
Determined test requirements and developed test plan along with the QA lead to ensure efficient test cases
Tested the performance of the CQ Portal application across browsers, including, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera and Safari and tested Beta HTML5 version in all browsers
Utilized Opera Mobile Emulator to test mobile application testing in Samsung Phones, Galaxy Note and iPad
Tested the responsive UI and overall functionality of the application
Performed Smoke testing, Functional testing and browser compatibility testing
Maintained a detailed account of all quality testing results and created Traceability Matrix in excel to ensure 100% test coverage
Logged all tests performed and noted results in google spreadsheet
Informed the development team of any consistent quality issues that needed to be addressed and reported over all sprint status and daily status
Worked with the QA lead to ensure that the user interface was visually and aesthetically appealing
Environment: Agile, Microsoft Windows 7/8, LINUX, HTML 5, Silverlight, XML, Microsoft Excel
THE iDESIGN LLC May 2010 to June 2015
An interior design firm focused mainly on Residential and Commercial design such as design development, space planning, drafting(CAD), and interior finish selections, color selections and web site development
Responsibilities:
Helped with the Website design by giving layout directions
Learned the very basic testing skills of a web site like how the UI looks and navigates
Ensured that the website was easy to use and provided a good end-user experience
Helped with test plan and test execution
Performed smoke testing, Functionality testing and cross browser testing
Education
Software Testing Certification, T3 resources
Associate of Applied Science - Interior Design, Arapahoe Community College
Masters in English, India
Bachelor in English and Sociology, India