Thushani Fernando

** ****** **** *****, ******** ON L6R 2B2

416-***-**** • ac8hj9@r.postjobfree.com • LinkedIn

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Summary of Qualifications

Dedicated ISTQB certified QA Engineer offering 7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and proficient in testing client/server and Web based applications for Financial services industry.

Driven and creative Senior QA Engineer blending technical acumen and leadership skills to steer seamless development projects with a focus on quality, security and the end-user experience.

Service business needs by working with stakeholders and clients to define requirements and translate them into functional specifications.

Independent self-starter and inspiring team leader, motivating staff towards common goals and overseeing the software testing and deployment efforts.

Core Competencies:

Quality Assurance/ Quality Control

Process implementation/ improvement

Communication and Presentation

Problem Resolution / Troubleshooting

Attention to details

Team Leadership and Collaboration

Technical Proficiencies

Hands on experience in automating web application testing using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG framework: Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, JMeter, Postman.

Expertise in understanding and analyzing test requirements, tracking changes and maintenance of test requirements: Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Microsoft Test Manager, Jira, Bugzilla.

Experience in capital market domain. Order Management, clearing and settlement, depository, Portfolio management.

Practical knowledge of Oracle, MS SQL and MySQL databases: Toad, SQL Navigator.

Process implementation and improvement. ISO 9001:2015 QMS Operational committee member.

Professional Experience

IronOne Technologies (Pvt) Ltd.

Senior QA Engineer, August 2013 – October 2018

Directed a team of three members to deliver comprehensive financial applications for capital markets. Offered technical and strategic guidance to ensure deliveries meet and exceed expectations. Understood business challenges to design new features/solutions. Excelled in project management, tactfully analyzing requirements, identifying issues in early phases and collaborating with teams to achieve project targets. Involved in QMS implementation and process improvements and oversaw system maintenances.

Actively involved in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System implementation.

Led the product QA process and developed test plans and test estimations based on the requirements.

Analysed user requirements, change requests and regulatory acts/ circulars to recommend quality enhancements.

Decompose user stories and functional documents into test scenarios/ cases and configuring test data for validating complex test scenarios.

Designed and executed test cases for new features / change requests and recorded test results concisely and accurately in Microsoft Test Manager.

Reported and tracked bugs, replicated reported customer bugs, verified bug fixes and new functionalities, and supported developers by examining logs and debug files.

Conducted Smoke testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and Performance testing on new releases.

Extensively automated smoke, regression and functional test suites by using Selenium WebDriver, java and TestNG.

Performed web based performance testing and analysis using JMeter.

Participated in weekly defects triage meetings and reported test status to Product Manager and Development Lead.

Guided support team on release management and provided technical support to project team by acting as the domain expert for the Atrad Back office system.

Communicated and coordinated effectively with all levels of leadership including clients, top management, product management and software architects.

Participated for UAT and supported BA team for designing UAT test cases and setting up UAT test environment.

Aklo Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd.

Associate Quality Assurance Engineer, July 2012 – July 2013

Showcased a dedication to quality and the end-user experience in delivering financial solutions. Performed end to end system testing and responsible for quality enhancements of stock brokering back office and margin trading projects.

Translated system/functional requirements into test scenarios and performed UI, smoke, functional, integration and regression testing on financial web applications.

Maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix, test status reports and other test documentation to provide accurate test status when required.

Assisted support team on analysing product issues.

Documented results, reported code discrepancies using Bugzilla bug tracking software and coordinate re-testing activities.

Queried SQL database to verify front-end CRUD operations.

Singworld Lanka Singlun (Singapore based apparel company)

ERP Assistant, September 2011 –June 2012

Worked together with external consultants to implement Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 ERP system and coordinated with internal IT team to develop integrates for the ERP system. Monitored the progress of the ERP implantation and provided guidance to end users to increase the efficiency of existing practices.

Analyzed and compared existing work practices with system functionalities in ERP implementation.

Mapped initial business requirements to system functionalities and wrote User Requirement Specifications.

Developed and executed acceptance test cases and conducted end user training sessions.

Worked together with ERP Lead for developing project plans and schedules.

Performed QA testing procedures including black box testing, user acceptance testing, and maintenance regression testing on warehouse management system.

Education and Credentials

Master of Business Administration - Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

Certifications

ISTQB Certified Tester - International Software Testing Qualifications Board

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