KURT TAS, Certified Tester
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QA Tester
Experienced QA Tester Experienced Business Analyst 6 Years of experience
•Objective – Seeking occupation in the QA/Software Testing/Business Analysis field that can continue to provide challenges while permitting me growth opportunities.
•Certified QA tester with experience in testing through the full software development lifecycle, developing and implementing test cases, writing test cases and test plans and preparing BRDs.
SKILLS SUMMARY
Gathering Requirements
Writing and Executing Test Cases
Deciphering System, Functional, and Business Requirements
Expert with HP ALM
Financial Experience
Client Based Application Testing
Functional & Non-Functional Testing
Proficient in SQL
Regression and Negative Testing
Compatibility Testing
Defect/Bug Tracking
Test Strategies and Coverages
Experienced in Mobile Testing
Web Based Application Testing
Proficient in Microsoft Office
User Acceptance Testing
Production Verification
Production Checkout
Post Production Checkout
Excellent Communication Skills
Goal Driven
Fast Learner
Work Well Under Pressure
Experience with Waterfall and AGILE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Client – Lincoln Financial Group, Greensboro, NC April 2017 – August 2018
Job Title – Software Tester, Business Analyst
Environment – ALM, Microsoft SQL Server, LifeWriter, ALIP
Lincoln Financial Group is a provider of Life Insurance and Investment. It is the currently one of the largest Life Insurance companies in the US.
Responsibilities:
•Creating test plans and test scenarios to facilitate different phases of testing.
•Creating & Executing Test Plans, Creating Test Guides and Writing BRDs.
•Working in tandem with QA/BA lead to develop test plans.
•Participating in requirements gathering meetings.
•Participating in defect review meetings with developers and business owners.
•Performing functional, negative, regressing and UAT testing.
•Performing release testing, production verification, and production checkout.
•Performing database testing using Microsoft SQL Server.
•Creating test plans and test scenarios to facilitate different phases of testing.
•Reporting, tracking and resolving defects using ALM.
•Forms & Mapping Testing.
Client – Wells Fargo, Winston-Salem, NC February 2015 – January 2017
Job Title – QA Consultant
Environment – ALM, Microsoft SQL Server
Wells Fargo is a provider of banking, mortgage, investing, credit card, insurance, and consumer and commercial financial services. It is the largest bank in the world by market value.
Responsibilities:
Maintaining and developing test environment; enforcing and complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Lead over the payment function.
Participating in meetings with Business Analysts, Test Lead, and Developers to triage defects, explain its functionality and business impacts, and decide when to target its release.
Participating in meetings along with QA lead and Project Manager to give status updates to upper management.
Actively involved with QA lead to give sign offs on every version of code.
Creating test plans and test scenarios to facilitate different phases of testing.
Writing test cases using parameters and test configurations in ALM.
Performed Cross-Brower testing using Chrome, IE, Firefox, and Safari.
Extensively performed smoke, functional, regression, integration, and release testing.
Performed Manual Testing considering both positive and negative scenarios.
Created test cases to facilitate User Acceptance Testing for end users.
Created test cases to facilitate mobile testing.
Client – Lendkey Technologies, Inc. Manhattan, NY December 2013 – January 2015
Job Title – QA Consultant
Environment – ALM, Microsoft SQL Server
LendKey is a lending platform and online marketplace that allows consumers to apply for and receive Private Student Loans, Student Loan Refinancing and Home Improvement Loans from their local credit unions and community banks
Responsibilities:
•Actively participated in all QA and testing activities.
•Analyzed Business and Functional requirement documents to create detailed test scenarios and cases.
•Tested applications compatibility on different browser versions including IE, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
•Formulating and executing test scenarios to test front end content testing.
•Formulating and executing Build Verification testing.
•Formulating and executing functional and regression testing.
•Creating and tracking defects using ALM.
•Participating in meetings with developers and Business Owners
•Forms & Mapping Testing
Education
Passaic County Community College - Paterson, NJ - Associate Degree in English Literature, 2008
Rutgers State University – Newark, NJ – Bachelor’s in English Literature, Class of 2015