QA Engineer- UNIX and SQL

Shradha Pandit, B.E, ISTQB

M*N*J*, Toronto, Ontario +1-647-***-**** (M) ***************@*****.***

Career Overview

• ISTQB certified Software Quality Assurance and Testing Professional with around 5 years of

consistent record in delivering quality software solutions through continual innovation in testing

p rocess, tools and techniques. Extensive experience in the entire software development life-cycle.

P roven skills to f lourish under tight deadlines and effectively analyze architect & coordinate

execution of test plans & strategies to achieve level of software quality that exceeds business

objectives.

• Strong expertise in BFSI Domain with profound knowledge/experience in Insurance, Card Issuance,

A TM and POS device driving, Online Banking, t ransaction authentication, routing and

authorization, dispute management, Vir tual cards, Loyalty and Travel Cards supporting Mul tiple

Currencies.

• Worked with MasterCard and large Indian Banks (ICICI Bank and State Bank of India)

Area of Expertise

• Experience in Software Testing and QA detection until resolved through HP Quality

i mplementation for Client Server and Web Center 10, HP ALM, Whizible and JIRA

based Applications.

• Experience in Black Box Testing, Functional

• More than 2 years of core Banking / Prepaid Testing, In tegration Testing, Database

card Domain experience: Worked extensively Testing, Regression Testing, Load and

on banking applications like Prepaid Security Testing

M anagement System, Dispute Management

System, Electronic Payment Gateways

• Experience with QA Methodologies,

Requirement Analysis, Writing Test Plans

and Test Case based on System Requirement

Specifications

• Extensive experience in preparing

Requirement Traceability Mat r ix and Test

Result Mat r ix Analysis. Worked in Agile

development environment for multiple

p rojects (good understanding of scrums,

sprints and other agile concepts)

• Strong hands on experience in handling the

defects throughout the defect cycle from

Accomplishments

• Lead the QA team at ElectraCard Services to get the Application PADSS (Payment Application

Data Security Standard) certified

• Increased database security and cost efficiency by 5% for State Bank of India at Atos Worldline

• Streamlined QA process at Synechron Technologies to increase efficiency and reduce new product

rollout t ime by one week

Work Experience

Synechron Technologies, Pune, I ndia Senior Associate

Client: Asurion, USA 10/2013 to 07/2014

Domain: I nsurance

Description:

Asurion, the global leader in technology protection solutions provides Mobile Protection, Content

P rotection and Insurance to cell phone users with rapid replacement coverage, device location and

data management tools.

R esponsibilities:

• Performed System, Database and Regression testing

• Designed and Reviewed test cases for various stages of testing

• Updated the reviewed Test Suites on QA SharePoint website

• Executed test cases and logged defects on Quality Centre 10 and HP ALM

• Prepared Test Strategy and Plan with the Estimation of the Efforts required for testing for

d ifferent Sprints and coordinated with the Onsite Testing team

• Prepared Requirement Traceability Mat r ix and ensured t raceability of test cases to

requirements; worked with the project Business Analyst to ensure all requirements are

tested

• Prioritized and facilitated QA issue resolution by coordinating with the development team.

• Provided formal sign-off on all testing deliverables at the end of each sprint

• Estimated Test Case Defect Density and Defect Slippage Ratio

• Involved in Prioritization and Distribution of Tasks within team

• Followed Agile Development Environment, attended Daily Scrum Calls with Project

M anagement team and updated Daily Status Reports with Project progress.

• Performed Business Acceptance Testing after System Testing Sign Off and provided support

d uring UAT

• Prepared Monthly Channel Review material and Project Lessons Learned

• Managed all the Request For Change (RFC) to the Testing Environment

• Solution Environment : Java,SQL Server and MS DAX

A toS Worldline, Mumbai, I ndia Test Engineer

Client: State Bank of I ndia 02/2012 to 11/2012

Domain: Banking/Payment

Description:

F ront End Module, a product of Atos Worldline. India is a web based feature-r ich online prepaid card

solution that provides end-to-end requirements of a prepaid card issuer including program

management, card life-cycle management, registration, fee management, authorizations and

t ransaction processing.

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Responsibilities:

• Designed and executed test cases for various stages of testing

• Performed Compatibility, Load, User In terface and Database testing

• Performed Integration testing of the application and the POS machines

• Followed Rational Unified Process and Documented the functionality of the application

• Responsible for maintaining updated reports on resolved bugs and reported bugs using HP QC

10/JIRA

• Coordinated with development team to fix bugs and involved in prioritization

• Solution Environment : Java, O racle D2K and Oracle Database

ElectraCard Services -A MasterCard Test Engineer

Company 12/2010 to 02/2012

Pune, I ndia

Client: IC IC I Bank

Domain: Banking/Payment

Description:

E lectra Prepaid, a product of Electra Card Services Pvt. L td, supports various types of prepaid cards

such as gift, t ravel, remit tance and Vir tual cards. Electra Switch, a product of Electra Card Services

Pvt. L td, supports ATM and POS device driving, t ransaction authentication, routing and authorization

services.

Responsibilities:

• Performed Security Testing using Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to validate the

application for PA-DSS certification

• Followed Agile Development Environment with frequently changing requirements

• Prepared detailed test cases and executed them for various stages of testing such as Functional

Regression, System, Sanity, Smoke and Retesting

• Performed Compatibility, Load, User In terface, Database and Business Acceptance testing.

• Scheduled and organized various team knowledge sessions

• Performed Testing of IVR through various APIs

• Responsible for keeping t rack of variances and latest defects occurred

• In t roduced the concept of Test-Development Weekly meetings to reduce the lag and understand

t he various aspects of defect reduction

• Solution Environment : JSP, Oracle D2K and Oracle Database

Egon Software Pvt Ltd, Pune, I ndia Software Engineer

Client: Diarough Diamonds, Belgium 12/2008 to 11/2010

Domain: ERP/SAP/Web Services

Description:

The objective of this project is to envisage implemented paperless and vault-less office automation

for entire business processes of Diarough Diamonds. EMC Documentum was customized to the

specific demands in an organization. The objective of the other phase of the project was to

f unctional and load testing of the website, aimed at selling of diamonds online, having SAP as its

backend.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and identified the Test Cases based on requirement document of the

application for Unit and Integration Testing.

• Performed both Functional and In tegration testing

• Regression testing was performed after each new build of the application

• UAT defect testing

• Solution Environment : JSP, XML, DFC, Oracle Data base, .net Framework and SAP

database

Education & Training

Bachelor of Engineering: Computer Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner

Science Security Testing Tool T raining

Maharishi Dayanand University

Selenium RC/QTP

Diploma in Software Testing Automation Tool T raining

IB M Seed Academy

2008

ISTQB Certification Rohtak, I ndia

I nternational Testing Board

2008

P une, I ndia

2012

Pune, I ndia

2012

Pune, I ndia

2013

Pune, I ndia

Personal Details

Residency Status Permanent Resident of Canada

V isa Details B1 till 2023

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