Quality Assurance

NIMISHA MAVANI

***************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 5+ years of experience as Software QA Analyst both in Manual & Automation Mobile testing skills in Banking, Retail, Insurance domain

Hands on exposure to Software Development Life Cycle methodology (SDLC) and testing applications in all environments including Waterfall and Agile.

Experience in testing Client/Server and Web-Based Applications

Experience in design & implementation of QA Test plans, Test Scripts for Manual and Automation testing.

Proficient in using Testing Methodologies, Validations and Verifications

Experienced with Off-shore & other geographically distributed test, development, Configuration management, production support, database, change deployment and release management teams during defect finding, analysis, recording, tracking, and verification & reporting at various levels.

Proficient in Automation skills with experience in build, modification and execution of automated tests

Extensive experience in analyzing the functional specifications and formulate testing methodology

and write detailed test cases

Extensive experience in creating test data, executing test scenarios and analyzing the actual results against the expected results.

Experience with HP Quality Center and Custom Bug Tracking Tools.

Experience with QA Methodology, Procedures and Validations to ensure the Quality Assurance Control.

Experience in understanding business requirements, specifications, developing Test Plans, Test

Cases, Test procedures, Test Matrices, Test Data points and Trace-ability matrix.

Expert in Functional/Regression/Ad-Hoc/UAT/Multi-Browser/Black Box/System, Sanity Testing and configuring QA test environments.

Proven ability in problem troubleshooting with test data by closely working with Developers to fix

problems.

Ability to complete assignments on time with high quality by demonstrating ease in following directions

Quick Leaner, Excellent Team Player with good interpersonal skills. Has ability to interact with teams, self-motivated with good communication skills and capable of handling multiple tasks.

Proven team player with contributions towards elegant, flexible and maintainable test solutions for complex functional requirements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies

Waterfall, Agile/ Scrum

Testing Tools

HP ALM/ Quality Center

Bug Reporting Tools

Test Director, JIRA

Operating System

Windows, Unix

Other Tools

MS SharePoint, MS Office Suite

Web Technologies

HTML, XML, Java, J2EE, JavaScript

Databases

SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access,

EXPERIENCE

BANK OF AMERICA, JERSEY CITY, NJ

JUNE 2017– Present

QA Analyst

Project was to enhance the existing functionality in CMDM (Compliance and Matter Document Management) platform to support risk and compliance that will allow for the management and reporting of issues, allowing simultaneous access to multiple users and administrators. This enhancement also addresses all functionality currently available in database (Access) as well as noted enhancements.

Responsibilities:

Extensively interacted with the client and the management teams to understand the requirements and report the status of the testing efforts on their applications.

Participated as a team member in the Agile development process, working closely with the other team members to complete the set sprint assignments and meet production goals

For each enhancement, actively participated in all planning meetings and collaborate with development and business requirements teams to facilitate achievable release scope and level of estimates during the sprint planning phase.

Involved in entire QA Life Cycle including design, develop and execution of test scripts and documenting the process.

Preparation of delivery documents and getting reviews done as per schedule

Prioritize and manage own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines

Documented and prepared Test Plans.

Review test plan with business stakeholders and obtain approval or sign off.

Generated the Test Scripts and Test Cases based on the Functional Requirements.

Created a Requirements Traceability Matrix using Microsoft Excel to make sure that all the requirements have been covered in the test cases.

Developed automated test scripts to facilitate regression testing using Selenium.

Used HP Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.

Performed Smoke testing, Positive & Negative testing, Security and End to End testing, Usability and Integration testing manually.

Collaborate with developers as needed to isolate the root cause of defects.

Co-ordinated with UAT team to clarify any application issues.

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NYC, NY

JULY 2015- MAY 2017

QA ANALYST

Project was to build out a data quality work product as the basis for a strong foundation focused on the fundamentals of data management to facilitate the delivery of the information necessary to promote effective business processes including Integration, Measurement, Management, Governance and Delivery.

Responsibilities:

Participated BRD walkthrough calls to understand application scope & functionality.

Reviewed the Business Requirement Document and prepared the Application Test Plan based on the BRD.

Worked with the business users in order to understand and document test scenarios related to critical business process/features/workflows.

Performed Black Box testing, Security testing, and functionality testing.

Generated the Test Scripts and Test Cases based on the Functional Requirements.

Involved in entire QA Life Cycle including design, develop and execution of test plans and documenting the process.

Performed Ad-hoc testing, Integration testing, Function testing, System testing, User Acceptance Testing,Black box testing

Tested the functionality of different screens by performing field validations functionality testing

Interact with development team to report & verify bug fixes and with requirements teams for clarifications

Work with JIRA for test case management, defect management, test reporting, and other functions.

Coordinated with offshore team during test plan preparation, strategy, execution & result analysis for the applications

Developed automated test scripts using Selenium.

Participate throughout the design and development process, analyzing features to point out weaknesses or inconsistencies

Maintained traceability matrix to ensure that all functional requirements are addressed at use case level as well as test case level

Prepare and communicate test summary reports for monthly releases on both regression and functional tests

HomeServe USA, Norwalk CT

AUG 2013-APRIL 2015

QA ANALYST

HomeServe USA is an independent provider of home emergency repair service plans. Project was to enhance the existing functionality of HomeServe USA webpage for customer’s enrollment and managing the work from initial request through estimation, approval and requirements.

Responsibilities:

Participated as a team member in the Agile development process, working closely with the other team members to complete the set sprint assignments and meet production goals

Worked with the business users in order to understand and document test scenarios related to critical business process/features/workflows regarding the web application

Analyzed requirements, developed test plans & strategy

Created and executed scripts manually for Functionality testing.

Performed Positive and Negative testing to test response of the application under test by creating Data Driven tests.

Formulated detailed Test Plan, Test Cases and Testing Procedures, which included Test Cases/Scripts, Performed configuration/ compatibility and user interface testing manually.

Conducted GUI/Usability Testing and Black Box Testing according to specifications.

Performed system testing in agile or test driven methodology environment.

Documented and reported defects within established process and tracking systems using JIRA.

Generated reports and graphs from HP Quality Center and analyzed the testing process overview.

Worked with the business users in order to understand and document test scenarios related to critical business process/features/workflows regarding the web application

Attended weekly meeting with the project team and to discuss the current status of the testing approach and resolve any outstanding issues.

Execute test scripts, co-ordinate & conduct system & UAT testing

Interact with different dependency teams on various test activities and escalate as needed to get the attention for unresolved issues.

EDUCATION

Kean University, Union NJ – 2012

Master of Science in Accounting

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