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

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