Michael Abessolo

Email: ac531v@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 614-***-****

Professional Summary:

•3+ years of extensive experience with Quality Assurance and Database testing of Client/Server, Web Based Software applications using Manual and Automated Procedures.

•Knowledge of Agile methodology, Scrum, Waterfall methodology, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Web based life cycle experience predominantly working as Quality Analyst in the areas of Insurance, Banking and Healthcare Industry.

•Expertise Knowledge in testing Database, Windows and Web applications.

•Sound Knowledge on Data base, Manual, Black Box, System Testing, Regression, Integration, Functionality, nonfunctional and User Acceptance Testing in testing both client-server and Web-based applications.

•Good at understanding the Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Specifications Document (FSD) and Technical Specifications Documents (TSD).

•Experience with creating Test Plans, writing and executing Test Cases, Manual/Back end Testing and Web Services Execution using Soap UI.

•Expert knowledge on testing tools of HP Products like Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) and Quality Center.

•Reported and tracked defects using Defect Tracking Tools like Quality Center, ALM and Microsoft Test Manager.

•Able to effectively communicate with interfacing application areas to understand/resolve issues.

•Excellent coordination in working closely with End Users, Business analysts, Project Managers, Developers to understand requirements, business processes for Quality Assurance.

•Excellent team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to grasp new ideas and technologies quickly, to balance multiple short-term and long-term programming projects, and to effectively communicate with the staff members.

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems

Windows 7/8.1, Unix, Linux

Internet Technologies

HTML, XML

Testing Tools

UFT 10.x, SOAP UI 5.x, HP ALM, VSTS, Cucumber, JIRA

Database

SQL, MS Access, SQL Server

Defect Management

ALM 11/12, TFS/VSTS

Other Skills

MS Office / Excel / Word, MS Visio

Professional Experience

Renaissance Home Healthcare, Circleville, Ohio October 2017 – June 2018

QA Analyst / Contractor

Renaissance offers a variety of insurance products to all segments of the population, including large employer groups, small businesses and individuals. The scope of Provider Portal project was to enhance application for the business users related to the professional claims, facility claims depending on business user requirements. Testing involved in modules such as Submitting and Managing claims, Claim Inquiry, verifying client's eligibility and Managed care.

Responsibilities:

•Reviewed the Business Requirements Document, Functional Specifications Document and Technical Documentation.

•Prepared Test Plan, Test Cases, Test scripts and Test data for the application as well as for the database verification based on the functional requirements and test specs.

•Analyzed documented test requirements and user requirements, test plans, and test cases using HP ALM.

Participated in Planning and daily standup meetings as part of the agile team; attended grooming sessions and Retrospectives.

•Performed Smoke testing, Sanity testing, System Health Check before beginning to test officially, Functional testing, Cross-Browser testing, Regression testing, Manual and Automated testing, Integration testing, Back-end validation testing and End to end testing.

•Developing SQL queries and used them on specific tables to get the required results.

•Prepared user documentation with screenshots for UAT (User Acceptance testing).

•Created the test plan and test cases in VSTS based on the input and the different requirements provided by the product owner for the Payments and Credits team.

•Raised defects and performed tracking using VSTS. Created automated functional scripts for the report generation module using UFT.

•Executed test scripts and validated the actual results against the expected results.

Environment: JavaScript, HTML, Cucumber, CSS, Firebug, XPath, Web Services, SOAP UI, XML, Eclipse, VSTS, Windows, Agile Methodology, UFT

First Texas Auto Credit, Dallas, TX September 2015 – September 2017

QA Analyst

Financial/Loan Processing Systems

Loan Processing / Financial services application allows dealers to submit credit applications for their customer’s auto repairs and manages loan approval workflow.

Responsibilities:

•Responsible for overall quality of custom web-based software development

•Participated in Agile software development life cycle.

•Reviewed and analyzed the Functional specifications and system specifications/system design document to determine the functionality of the application.

•Performed Manual Testing of various modules of web-based applications and web services.

•Created regression test suite and automated several test cases using the HP UFT.

•Reported Defects using the Test Defect Tracking Tool and reporting the bugs in the HP ALM.

•Interacted with offshore developers to report the bugs and check status and closure of the bug.

•Created Test Plan, Test Case and conditioned the Test Data.

•Prepared the Traceability matrix based on the requirements and test cases.

•Prepared the test data based on test cases.

•Performed cross browsing testing for site usability and cross-browser compliance.

•Utilized SOAPUI and XML for web service testing for loan calculation business logic.

Environment: Microsoft Visual Studio, SQL Server 2012, HP ALM, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Windows Azure Platform, WordPress, PHP, C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SOAPUI, Web Services

Education / Certification / Training

•Software Quality Assurance / Software Testing

•SQL/Database/Report Developer

•Associate Degree in Networking - ITT-TECH institute

Work Status

US Citizen

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