Quality Assurance Software

ERIC KA FERNANDO 571-***-****

Vienna, VA. ****.**********@*****.***

I T PROFESSIONAL

An accomplished Technical Specialist with experience in Quality Assurance, Software

Testing, and problem-solving who champions to apply testing methodologies and analytical

t hinking. Possess qualifications to t ranslate complex technical concepts to a non-technical

audience, including management.

C AREER H IG H L IG H TS

• Strong understanding of Software Development L ife Cycle and SQA Methodology.

• Experience of testing software applications in Agile development environment.

• Write test documentation such as test plans, test cases, test matr ices, check lists.

• Research software defects and make them reproducible.

• Write easy-to-follow bug reports and verify them fixed in new releases.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Background in accounting and financial auditing.

• Formal t raining in black box manual and automated software testing and information

technology.

T ECH N ICAL SK I L LS SU M MARY

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System Testing Functional Testing User Acceptance Testing

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Exploratory Testing Sybase SQL Advantage

• Ad-hoc SQL • ALM/QTP/JIRA

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P ROFESSIONAL E XPER I ENCE

Software Test Engineer 05/2011 - Present

MARRIOTT I NTERNATIONAL INC., Bethesda, MD

Responsibili ties:

• Analyzed a nd verify software development against application requirements and

u pdated T est Cases.

• Interacted with D evelopers and F unctional team to discuss the design and T esting

Scenarios of the applications.

• Analyzed business requirements and Use Cases to create Manual Test Case, Test Plan

and to verify software development against application requirements.

• Wrote Manual Test Cases and kept creating matrix MS Excel and HP Application

L ifecycle Management. (ALM)

• Created Automation Test Scripts using the Tool Q uick Test Professional (QTP) for

M ajor functionalities like H ome Page, Checkout Section, a nd Order Placement .

• Used ALM and to log & report defects and manage through to resolution by working

w ith appropriate development and business resources.

• Cross browsing Testing on various browsers M ozilla Fi refox, Google Chrome,

I nternet Explorer, Safari, and Opera.

• Involved in preparation of Test Plan & Test Strategy based on Functional Requirement

Documents, Project Charter and other Project Documentations.

• Participated in Document and Deliverable Reviews, software revisions and change

requests.

• Performed Regression test to insure product after modification and enhancement.

• Interacted with Peers, QA Managers, Business Analysts and Developers in identifying

software Defects by working closely with various team member.

• Performed Regression and Functionality Testing using HP Application Lifecycle

M anagement (ALM) and JIRA.

• Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant information to Test

M anager.

• Performed Smoke Test of AUT during Pre & Post deployment of the application on QA

E nvironment.

EDUCAT ION & CREDENT IALS

NORT HERN V IRG I N IA COM M UN I TY COLLEGE - A nnandale, VA

Information Technology A.S. – Final Year

T HE I NST I T I U TE OF CHARTED ACCOUNTANTS OF SRI LANKA

Diploma in Accounting & Auditing, 2003

U N I VERSI TY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA –Colombo, Sri Lanka

BSc. In Business Administration, 2001

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