Anu Damodaran

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Determined and detail-oriented QA analyst with over 6 years of quality assurance and software testing experience adept in manual and automated testing environment. Diverse background on QA methodologies and technical expertise using HP Quality Center in writing test plans and test cases, executing test cases, as well as creating and maintaining test scripts while tracking defects. Proficient in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Testing Life Cycle. Exposure in writing and executing detailed test cases for functional and nonfunctional testing types in both positive and negative scenarios, including programming and scripting languages. Experienced in regression testing, system testing, functionality testing, black box testing, GUI testing, sanity testing, and usability testing for web- and client-server applications testing. Was involved in the maintenance of the requirements traceability matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage. In-depth background in establishing a detailed documentation, including QA reports.

Technical Proficiencies

Testing Tools: HP QC, QTP, UFT, JIRA, IBM RATIONAL QUALITY MANAGER, Soap UI

Languages: VB Script, Java Script, SQL, C, C++, .NET

Defect Tracking Tool: QC, JIRA, IBM RATIONAL QUALITY MANAGER

Web Applications: HTML, DHTML, XML

Databases: MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2

Operating Systems: Windows, MAC, Linux/Unix, Android, IOS

Tools and Technologies: Quality Center, SQL, SQL Server, Visio, HTML, XML, Java

Professional Experience

WALGREENS (April 2014 - August 2015)

CHICAGO, IL

Quality Analyst

Walgreens’ Vision Management (VM) – Next Gen POS Project is the back-office application of the company’s retail POS system. This is a web-based technology that allows to view reports or cash office functions regarding bank tenders, safe counts and deposit drawer details. Also, this application has employee maintenance, item maintenance and the item movement list maintenance. There is a system-related data which shows the EOD status, system status, time restriction and others. The essential functionality of this application is the electronic journal search where the user can view the transactions based on different criteria. The login mechanism is carried out through Walgreens’ web Authenticator, which is a centralized application where all the users login.

Collaborated with client teams, developers and testers throughout the entire development life cycle to meet requirements.

Undertook all testing processes as per standards defined by the organization.

Reviewed and analyzed business requirement documents of various functionalities.

Prepared test cases using business rules from the boot camps. Created and maintained requirements traceability matrix to ensure all the business requirements were covered by test cases.

Prepared test cases for functional, integration and end-to-end user scenarios.

Conducted integration, system, regression and user acceptance testing of an application.

Coordinated with BAs and SMEs to identify functional gaps in the requirements.

Escalated issues during setup of the application in QA environment and provided status reports to the Project Leadership.

Worked with legacy teams to ensure the integration works as expected.

Teamed up with business analysts and functional experts for analyzing and prioritizing test cases for automation testing.

Led test data preparation for the system/integration testing, traceability matrix to ensure the test case coverage and defect logging.

Supervised running automated smoke test suites after each build.

Interacted with development team for defect prioritization and resolution using Defect Tracking Tool ALM.

Participated in defect review meetings with team members.

Ensured all test cases were updated and reported to the ALM.

Tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared defects using ALM.

Communicated defects during regression test and follow-up with developers until all issues were resolved.

Environment: Java 1.5_ 0.17 J2EE 1.5, Websphere 6.1.0.21,Suse Linux/Unix, MQ Series, XML, XSLT, JSP, DB2, Toad for DB2 4.0, Oracle, CVS,QTP( UFT), HP ALM 11.0,

ALLSTATE (January 2013 – March 2014)

CHICAGO, IL

Quality Assurance Associate

Roadside Assistance site provides customers from all states the required help in case of an emergency but they have to register first their details online before they can available of the service.

Extensively involved in manual testing of the GUI/user interface screens and functional and regression testing, including user acceptance testing, integrated testing, and system testing.

Developed test cases and test data by studying and analyzing functional and system requirement documents.

Documented defects and updated existing defects in JIRA.

Employed SOAP UI for testing the web service.

Identified broken links in the application and conducted cross-browser testing.

Led execution of manual test case for both positive and negative scenarios.

Executed SQL queries to conduct back-end testing.

Reported defects and verified fixed defects.

Executed QTP scripts to validate regression test cases.

Worked in Agile environment, attended sprint plan meetings, and daily standup meetings.

Environment: Java, SOAP UI, Web sphere, spring, Unix, JIRA, QTP 10.0, Excel, Oracle, TOAD, Microsoft Office tools.

CALYX TECHNOLOGY INC (October 2011- September 2012)

San Jose, CA

Quality Analyst

Calyx Point LOS uses the latest technology and compliance measures with the breadth of functionality that mortgage professionals require for loan marketing, prequalification, origination, and processing. Calyx has two main products Calyx Point and Calyx Point Central. Point provides all the features, forms, and reports that mortgage industry needs to manage its business with no add-on modules required. Developed by mortgage professionals, Point works the way clients do. It comes very handy so clients can focus on their work and not on the software.

Analyzed business and system requirements.

Drafted detailed test plans and test cases in Excel sheet and imported them into Quality Center.

Communicated with developers regarding requirement, design and code changes ensuring required testing covered the test scripts.

Executed test cases and logged defects in Quality Center, re-tested defects, and analyzed defects with developers.

Conducted manual testing, constraints verification testing, and functional testing as part of full life-cycle testing.

Created checkpoints and synchronization points for functional testing using Quick Test Pro.

Led execution of automation scripts using Quick Test Pro.

Monitored defect management process.

Gathered test requirements and fixed errors.

Conducted regression testing, UAT testing and provided updated testing reports to the manager.

Identified end-to-end testing scenarios and object identification issues.

Involved in analyzing and prioritized test cases to be automated from previous and current releases for regression testing based on its usage.

Handled web services testing using SOAPUI tool and created test data using XML.

Assigned in managing/creating test data, developing test scenarios and logging test results.

Environment: QTP 10.0, Quality Center 10.0, Oracle, VB Script, XML and SOAP UI, .NET

KAREO INC (November 2010 - August 2011)

San Francisco, CA

Quality Test Analyst

Kareo is one of the leading companies that provides medical practice management software and medical billing services. It is a highly automated system for patient registration, patient treatment history, hospital billing, patients’ record, complete diagnostic reports, inventory and accounting with detailed reports generated about the patients, fee collection and accounts.

Collaborated with business analysts and QA lead in reviewing and analyzing business requirements, documents and functional requirements.

Assisted in preparing test plans and test cases based on function specifications.

Analyzed application and conducted black box and end-to-end manual testing.

Conducted positive and negative testing manually.

Planned and coordinated fixes using SQL queries.

Identified database integrity using SQL queries.

Assisted in testing data by monitoring project levels of performance and activities to ensure timely project completion.

Assisted in reading XML and test log files.

Employed Quality Center bug tracking tool and created various reports and graphs for further analysis and followed up the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.

Environment: HP Quality Center 10.0, Java, J2EE, SQL Server

ABBOTT LABORATORIES (September 2009 – October 2010)

CHICAGO, IL

Junior Quality Assurance Tester

Abbott Informatics Solution works closely with STARLIMS to create web-based Laboratory Information Management Systems that assists in collection, processing, storage, retrieval and analysis of laboratory generated information for the different labs operated by the FDA while ensuring proper integration with its legacy systems.

Prepared requirements to design detailed test cases.

Identified testing requirements for functional and regression testing with QA lead.

Implemented manual tests for integration, functional and regression testing.

Assisted in User Acceptance Testing.

Updated test cases to reflect new functionalities and change client requests.

Participated daily stand up defect report meetings and presented progress updates.

Drafted test cases and updated status of executed test cases in Quality Center.

Prepared datasets for assigned test cases.

Environment: IBM RATIONAL QUALITY MANAGER, SQL, SQL Server, Visio, HTML, XML, Java

Education

ST. AUGUSTINE COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL

Repertory Therapy

2008

NILES NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, SKOKIE, IL

High School Diploma

2006

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