Testing Quality Assurance

Sowmya Balachandran Email: ******.******@*****.***

Contact #: 669-***-****

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

Qualifications

Anna University, India, 2009

Professional experience

Having a total IT experience of 4+ years in applying the principles and

Profile

practices of software quality assurance as a Software Quality Analyst.

Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing

life Cycle.

Experience in Manual Testing on windows and client server based application.

Extensive experience using manual testing to troubleshoot systems integration, GUI,

Compatibility, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SOA Testing using web services,

functionality, Database and regression testing.

Extensively involved in entire QA Process and defect Management life cycle.

Diverse experience with various testing methods such as Functional testing, Regression

Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Database

Testing, End to End Testing.

Good experience on Selenium IDE and creating scripts in Selenium.

Involved in Developing and Executing Test Plan, and Test cases based on the Business

Requirements Documents, Functional Requirement, and Use Cases.

Create Testing Status and Defect Matrix for reporting to the Management.

Prepared reports like Defect Statistics and Tracking, Weekly and daily status reports.

Experience in backend database testing, on oracle and SQL server.

Experience working individually and team environment.

Excellent Communication skills along with verbal and written.

Well versed with testing methodologies such as Agile, SCRUM and waterfall.

Attend Meeting with Business and Development teams to get proper understanding of

the application.

Performed manual testing extensively - primarily Smoke, Integration, Functional,

Regression, GUI, Database, Black Box, White Box and Backend Testing.

Motivated self-starter with exceptional team building, leadership, and interpersonal

skills. Hardworking team player with the ability to work in time sensitive environments.

Possess excellent communication and organization skills with the ability to adapt to new

environments.

Effectively involved in reviewing and analyzing test results and tracking defects through

defect tracking tools such as Clear Quest and Application Lifecycle Management

(ALM).

Experience in understanding business requirements, conducting reviews and meetings

with clients and estimating the testing efforts required during finalizing of requirements.

Experience leading and mentoring new team members, conducting peer reviews and

recording work hours in Rational Team Concert (RTC) for the team.

Expert domain knowledge in US-healthcare and PBM.

Three time winner of Eminence and Excellency award for the y e a r s 2011, 2012 and

2013

Key Skills Operating Systems: Windows 7 and XP

Software Process/Methodology: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC),

Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Agile, Scrum,

Waterfall, Iterative, Bug Life Cycle (BLC), Use Case.

Software Testing Types: Manual, Automated, Functional, Regression, Smoke,

Negative, User Acceptance (UAT), Build Acceptance

(BAT) Regression Testing and Performance Testing.

Databases: DB2.

Automation Tools: Macros and Selenium 2.4.

SQL, JAVA, HTML.

Languages:

Defect Tracking Tools: IBM Rational Clear Quest and Application

Lifecycle Management (ALM).

Project Details

Client: Express Scripts, NJ June 2010 - Till date

Employer: IBM US

Domain: Health Care

Role: Software Test Engineer

Project Description: Express Scripts is a leading pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) with

the nation’s largest mail order pharmacy operations i.e. fiscal intermediaries that specialize

in the administration and management of prescription benefit programs. Express Scripts

assists its customers to moderate the cost and enhance the quality of prescription drug

benefits provided to members nationwide. Express Scripts processes hundreds of millions

of pharmaceutical claims per year. In addition they run mail order fulfillment centers and

provide other services to health plans

Responsibilities:

Evaluating/Reviewing business

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requirements and specifications for creating

functional test cases.

Estimating the testing efforts required

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during finalizing of requirements phase.

Writing functional test plan, documenting test scenarios and preparing Traceability matrix.

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Generating test data for verification and validation using SQL queries on DB2 databases.

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Performing functional testing, regression

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testing, smoke and performance testing.

Executing functional/system test scripts on web based UI screens.

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Defect logging and tracking using Clear Quest and ALM

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Automating important functionalities using

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Macros and Selenium.

Documenting knowledge base with lessons learnt for future reference.

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Conducting peer reviews of test cases and results

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documented by team members.

Other relevant information

418 e Evelyn ave,

Holding H1B US visa.

Apt 202,

Sunnyvale

CurrentAddress:

CA 94086.

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