Testing Engineer,QA

Malini Venugopal

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6+ years of professional IT experience as a Senior Test Engineer in manual and Automation testing.

Good functional knowledge and extensive testing experience in retail domain.

Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and the Role of QA in different testing methodologies like Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Experience on Dev Test, selenium, Jenkins, JAVA, Oracle, IBM DB2 and SQL Server, GitHub technologies based projects.

Extensive experience in manual testing and writing Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test cases, Test Designs, Test Analysis and Testing Life Cycle and creation of Test data and following SDLC.

Executed test cases and document results via defect tracking system JIRA and Pivotal tracker.

Extensive experience in implementing QA methodologies on the basis of Quality standards like ISO levels.

Extensive experience in Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Database Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing and Black box testing.

Solid experience in Test Management tools like ALM and HP Quality Center

Flexible and versatile to adapt new environment and work on any challenging project

Collaborate as part of the scrum team in grooming user stories and development of acceptance criteria for the user stories with good working knowledge in Agile Methodology (Scrum).

Created automation framework using Dev test application and expand it use across the team for different projects.

Having extensive experience in Selenium Automation with Java as scripting language.

As a Mobile Tester and QA Engineer, performed manual testing for the number of web projects in Home Depot web site across multiple browsers ((IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome) and different cross mobile devices phones, tablets, iPads etc.

Involved in testing application on different mobile Platform such as iOS and Android devices.

Tested the application under different networks and Internet speeds including on 3G, 4G/LTE and Wi-Fi.

Tested the different application mode as native application and non-native application.

Worked on distributed test automation execution on different environment as part of Continuous Integration Process using Jenkins

Pairing with dev team for past 1 year and using Slack browser for interaction.

Tools

DevTest, Selenium WebDriver& IDE, Jenkins, Cucumber, Eclipse, Sauce lab

Scripting Language

JAVA with working knowledge.

Test Management Tool

JIRA, Pivotal, Quality Center 10/11.5, ALM

Domain Knowledge

Retail

Versioning control tool

SVN, GitHub

Project tool

Teradata, PL/SQL, Putty DB Visualizer, Unix

Debugging tool

Charles proxy, alogcat

Test Approaches

Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, SDLC, STLC, Bug Life Cycle

Master of Science: Information Technology

Madras University - Madras, India

Received Client appreciation for successful completion of DCM Project

Received Organization’s value award “SMART” for tool development

Completed Agile Level 1 & Level 2certification in Syntel University

Completed Manual Testing Level 1 certification in Syntel University

Good interpersonal skills, commitment, result-oriented, hard working with a quest and zeal to learn new technologies and undertake challenging tasks

Dynamic IT professional with superior problem solving skills

Received Quick learner award with the ability to grasp new technologies and software

Energetic and self-motivated team member. Proven ability to work in both independent and team environments.

Project: ITEM DATA MANAGEMENT Apr’2017-Present

Client: The Home Depot

Location: Atlanta, GA

Role : Sr. QA Analyst

Technologies/Skills Used: Mobile Device -Android, IOS, tablets, Java, SQL Server, Jira, ALM, Cucumber, Selenium, Jenkins, GitHub, Pivotal tracker.

Project Description:

Item Data Management (IDM) is The Home Depot PIM solution used to capture, maintain and store item data. The application was heavily customized to meet THD business needs, and core functions such as the vendor portal, Quick sheets (mass maintenance on the vendor portal) and workflow are completely customized and the current version of STEP (Trailblazer) will allow us to upgrade and get rid of the majority of our custom components. This will provide multiple benefits, including: Quicker future upgrades, reduced support costs, Enhanced functionality for vendors and internal users through new portal capabilities, increased performance due to the ability to rely on native Stibo technology

Roles & Responsibilities:

Worked in the Agile mode as a Quality Engineer in Onshore.

Analyzes, evaluates, and plans methods for the solution of complex problems.

Performed compatibility testing with various mobile handsets to ensure that functionality working as expected.

Tested the application under different networks and Internet speeds including on 3G, 4G/LTE and Wi-Fi.

Performed Testing on Mobile device with Android, IOS, tablets in functional testing with web application on Mobile Devices.

Used alogcat for debugging application.

Charles proxy application is used for tracking the request and response in web application and android device.

Parallel execution is achieved by running the scripts in cloud via Sauce Labs.

Sprinter is used for Functional Test Suite Management following Agile process involved in all grooming and planning session.

Created Selenium Test cases for automation using Selenium Webdriver with Java language

Regression testing was performed after each build release of the application and updated the Scripts by executing the Regression suites built using Selenium and approve for regression suite.

Logged defects encountered in the application through JIRA during test cycles and conducted fix verification

Committed the code in GitHub is web-based version control repository and Internet hosting service.

Implemented test execution with Jenkins by scheduling nightly jobs

Scheduled the Code in Jenkins to continuous integration to trigger a build and run any test if required.

Created pom.xml in Apache Maven and ran the builds using Continuous Integration tool Jenkins. Developed API tests for the web service

Used Cucumber tools also support Behavior Driven Development (BDD).It offers a way to write tests that anybody can understand, regardless of their technical knowledge.

Prepared test data as per design of test cases and executed and logged the defects

Effectively implemented the recovery scenarios in error handling.

Created the Private and Public reports and graphs for test creation, execution and defects status in ALM/Quality center.

Experience on Failure analysis and Debugging

Mentor and guide individual team members to deploy test strategies required to support the overall architecture.

Review, recommend, and implement process improvement techniques to increase test quality, improve test productivity, and streamline processes

Implements technology to reduce overall test times and increase test efficacy.

Reported the status of the project to ensure all issues get appropriate attention.

Pairing with dev team.

Project: WMS Releases Dec’2016 – April’2017

Client: The Home Depot

Location: Atlanta, GA

Role : Sr. QA Analyst

Technologies/Skills Used: Manhattan WMS, Main frame Job, JIRA, ALM, Oracle Data base

Project Description:

WMS is a key part of the THD supply chain and primarily aims to control the movement and storage of materials within a warehouse and process the associated transactions, including shipping, receiving, putaway and picking. It also monitors vendor compliance, efficiently manages multi-channel distribution, and responds quickly to shifting demand to optimize performance. It also enhances inventory management by increasing accuracy, improving order fulfillment and reducing order cycle time. Receiving and shipping are stream lined as well to facilitate cross docking and expedite back-ordered products.

Roles and Responsibility:

Performed agile testing, review the stories and participated in Daily Scrum, Iteration Planning and Release Planning meeting

Participated in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Involved in the design and development of test plan from business and Functional requirements which includes test objectives, test strategies, test environments etc.

Participated in peer review with team and developers to review test cases/test scripts.

Performed System, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.

Analyze the Business Requirements and closely work with the Business Team to get the clarifications addressed

Testing WMS various functions within Manhattan WMOS. Thorough understanding of all Warehouse and Logistics Functions – Inbound receiving, Putaway, Loading, Ship confirming, Task Management and Inventory management.

Created test data from down steam application.

Sending Data into different workflow though mainframe jobs, it will load data from inbound to outbound.

Retrieve query used in oracle to verify the data flow in database.

Managing the requirement change and tracking database related to WMS and leading the QA teams working on the Releases.

Working closely with project manager/Test Lead and Project team to learn about the project functionalities and provided testing timelines.

Involved in all stages of testing process Development of Test procedures and Test cases based upon requirements for regression test.

Logged defects encountered in the application through JIRA during test cycles and conducted fix verification.

Attended Demos, met with Client for User Acceptance, and providing QA Signoff on the testing.

Experience in executing SQL Queries in order to view successful transaction of data and validating data.

Project: Sync- Demand Chain Management Nov’2015 – Dec’2016

Client: The Home Depot

Location: Atlanta, GA

Role : Sr. QA Analyst

Technologies/Skills Used: Selenium, GitHub, Jenkins, Pivotal tracker, ETL Jobs, Teradata, DB2, Quality Center, Sauce lab.

Project Description:

This project focuses on upgrading the core DCM Environments (CORE = ENV A– Store Sales and Order Forecasting, ENV 3–DC Shipment and Order Forecasting and Pre-Allocations, and ENV4–TL Allocations) from release 4.3.1 to release 4.3.5.

Lead time & Review Time – Time taken by a SKU/Product from Origin to Store via Distribution Centre, Safety Stock – A level of extra stock that is maintained at distribution centers to mitigate risk of stock outs due to uncertainties in supply and demand,

Parameter Management - providing tools that will allow IPR analysts to manage and execute merchandising strategies in a more flexible and efficient manner.

Roles and Responsibility:

Performed agile testing, review the stories and participated in Daily Scrum, Iteration Planning and Release Planning meeting.

WebUI of the application is automated using Selenium with BDD approach

Participated in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Involved in the design and development of test plan from business and Functional requirements which includes test objectives, test strategies, test environments etc.

Participated in peer review with team and developers to review test cases/test scripts.

Performed System, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.

Regression testing was performed after each build release of the application and updated the Scripts by executing the Regression suites built using Selenium and approve for regression suite.

Testing the ETL Job to verify the source(Teradata SQL) to target (Oracle) data mapping, count of the record loaded and constraints.

Creating a automation frame work in dev test and this project is mostly a ETL testing.

Parallel, Cross – Browser Testing using Selenium web driver.

Designed the project in Selenium Webdriver with JAVA in automation framework.

Regression testing was performed after each build release of the application and updated the Scripts by executing the Regression suites built using Selenium and approve for regression suite.

Used GitHub as version control repository.

Performed back end testing by writing and executing SQL queries to validate that data is being populated in appropriate tables and manually verify the correctness of the data with front-end values.

Interacted and worked with the development team to analyze the defects and reported them in Jira and tracked them for closure.

Worked on distributed test automation execution on different environment as part of Continuous Integration Process using Jenkins and wrote Groovy scripts to run scheduled jobs.

Writing the automated cases using cucumber gherkins script.

Conducts investigations of considerable complexity pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials, or processes, and investigates possible applications of the results.

Involved in manual testing with generating, reviewing, executing and verifying the test plans and test cases.

Responsible for Functionality Testing of the application.

Responsible for testing Reports generated with the actual data in the database using SQL.

Analyzing and checking all test plans and test cases, documenting the test failures and provide the bug report to the development team using MS-Excel.

Identified data streams and reviewed data models for testing strategies.

Executing Test cases and logging defects in QC and JIRA.

Project: DF DCM Enhancement Apr‘2015 – Oct’2015

Client: The Home Depot

Location: Syntel Chennai, India

Role : Sr. QA Analyst

Technologies/Skills Used: ETL Jobs, Teradata, DB2, Quality Center, postman plugins.

Project Description: This project focuses on improvements that would allow Direct Fulfillment (DCM .COM) demand to be incorporated when the DC replenishment system (CORE DCM) completes their product ordering.

For DF SHAREDSKUs that are currently setup in DF DCM to be replenished by the SDC, allow the SOQs generated in DCF&R (DCM) to account for DF demand. This involves ensuring that the DF demand that is used to develop DF SOQs is injected into the CORE demand that is used to create CORE SOQs, resulting in the creation of a combined SOQ.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Worked in the waterfall mode as a team Lead/Engineer in offshore.

Understand the application, Analysis of Business requirements provided by BAs and conversion of these requirements into test scenarios and its review.

Capturing Test Scenarios from Requirement documents

Create test cases, test data in support of test plans, and investigate data integrity issues adhering to all the standards and guidelines provided by the client.

Reported and tracked the test cases using HP Quality center/ALM.

Perform Functional, Regression and System Testing for Various Modules

Supported and updated test libraries, applications, scripts and data files

Tested the functionality of individual module (Unit testing) and also tested the interface between the linked modules (Integration Testing)

For web service testing used POSTMAN chrome plugins to tracks request and response.

Write concise and accurate defect and track till closure in JIRA/PIVOTAL TRACKER.

ETL JOB to validate the replenishment business and also verify the source(Teradata SQL) to target (Oracle) data mapping, count of the record loaded and business scenario’s.

Daily interaction with Onsite Coordinator and client.

Reported the status of the project to ensure all issues get appropriate attention.

Analyzing and executing Regression test suites

Project: Multi Echelon Supply Replenishment July’2013 – Mar’ 2015

Client: The Home Depot

Location: Syntel Chennai, India

Role : Sr. QA Analyst

Technologies/Skills Used: DCM application, ETL Jobs, Teradata, DB2, Quality Center.

Project Description: Multi-Echelon Store Replenishment project deals with the Integration between the Demand Chain Management System that acts as an input for PO creation and the Other Systems like Order Day Management, Supplier Buying agreement.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Worked in the waterfall mode as a team Lead/Engineer in offshore.

Knowledge Acquisition of the SCM and DCM application.

Leading the Project and attending onsite Calls on daily basis and discussing the business needs from time to time.

Understanding the client requirements by studying functional requirements

Documentation and preparation of Test Reports and analysis documents.

Writing functional scenario based test cases & executing them With Smoke testing, Functional testing and Usability Testing.

Working Experience in database testing in Oracle and SQL server.

Performed browser compatibility testing

Involved in the regression test planning for the project and identified the critical regression tests

Provide test summary documentation and analyze test results, identifying trends and/or root causes of problems.

Developed training materials, system maintenance and operating manuals for the QA environment and used the same to train the users

Establish business continuity through Knowledge Transfer and mentoring of new resources.

Project: Demand Chain Management Jan’2013 – July’2013

Client: The Home Depot

Location: Syntel Chennai, India

Role : QA Analyst

Technologies/Skills Used : DCM Application, Quality Center.

Project Description: The Teradata Demand Chain Management (DCM) solution is a powerful, fully automated web-based solution designed to manage and improve inventory management and forecasting at the retail levels. DCM solutions give the flexibility to organize and manage SKUs (products) and locations in a variety of ways depending on the needs of THD business. One can use the same classification structure for all SKUs and locations, or freely associate SKUs under their specific attributes for more pertinent reporting.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Worked in DCM project as a Team Lead/Engineer in offshore with waterfall mode.

Understand the application, Analysis of Business requirements provided by BAs and conversion of these requirements into test scenarios and its review.

Involved in the flow optimization, design changes for DCM Applications and finalizing the requirement with Business and IT team.

Capturing Test Scenarios from Requirement documents

Logged the test cases and defect in HP quality center.

Executing and maintaining regression test cases in HP Quality Center

Reported the status of the project to ensure all issues get appropriate attention.

Create test cases, test data in support of test plans and investigate data integrity issues adhering to all the standards and guidelines provided by the client.

Functional and technical training, issue resolution and driving the project meetings in all test cycles.

Conducted Functional, Regression and System Testing for Various Modules

Preparation of Traceability Matrix

Project: Item Data management May ’2012 – Dec’2012

Client: The Home Depot

Location: Syntel Chennai, India

Role : QA Analyst

Technologies/Skills Used: STEP, Mobile devices, DB2, Quality Center, Different browsers, JIRA.

Project Description:

IDM- is an online tool where suppliers / Vendors can view, set up, and maintain product data. This product data will be the single source of data for all the Home Depot enterprise systems (the homedepot.com website, Home Depot stores, and The Home Depot’s supply chain systems).

This system will collect, validate and maintain item data and share the data with the downstream application.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Worked in IDM project as a Test Engineer in offshore.

Understanding the Business Requirements and designing, reviewing Test cases and executing Test cases and logging defects in QC.

Executing Test cases in multiple browse testing in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and different cross mobile devices phones, tablets, iPads etc.

Logging test case in HP Quality center and defect tracking in JIRA.

Conducted source (Teradata SQL) to target (Oracle) data mapping.

Validated the database Backend in Oracle DB2.

Daily interaction with Onsite Coordinator and client.

Reported the status of the project to ensure all issues get appropriate attention.

Consolidating daily status report.

Project: Food Products Order Processing System May ’2011 – Apr’2012

Client: Supriya and Sashi Agro Food Companies, INDIA

Location: Chennai, India

Role : Test Engineer(internship)

Technologies/Skills Used: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming with MS-Word, MS-Excel, SQL Server 7.0.

Project Description:

This project consists of four modules. They are product details, customer details, customer issues, and client solutions. Each module consists of save and generate options. Save option is used to store information in database. Generate option is used to generate MS-Word and MS-Excel applications. The information like product details, customer details, customer issues, client solutions from database will be displayed in MS-Word application. MS-Excel application is used to display calculations like product discount, product total price.

Responsibilities:

Analyzing the application profile prepared by the development team.

Involved in writing the testcases for the application.

Log, track, and verify defects using MS-Excel.

Performed Functionality, Integration, System and Regression testing.

Performed End-to-End testing manually.

Retested the reported defects in the every build released and closed the defects.

Performed Regression Testing after defects were resolved in test environments.

Participated in regular project status meetings related to testing.

Worked with developers in analyzing the bugs and leading to a solution.

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