Software Quality

Palac Saigal

Atlanta, GA *****

Phone: +1-404-***-**** ***********@*****.***

SENIOR SOFTWARE QA TESTER

Experience – 4+ years

Passport Number – J196931

Work Status – Authorized to work in the US (EAD)

Summary

Software QA tester with full system testing lifecycle experience, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes fueling swift corrective actions, significant cost savings and fault-free audits.

Qualifications include four years of QA software testing experience and four years of software development and user-acceptance testing experience.

Backed by strong credentials including a computer science degree, exposure to agile methodologies and monitoring tools; and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Software QA Testing & Methodologies

Test Plans, Cases & Processes Functional Requirements

Scripting & Documentation

Browser and Database testing.

Regression & Negative Testing

UI & Compatibility Testing

Data Interface & Migration Testing

Performance/Load/Stress Testing

Web services testing(SOA/SOAP)

Requirement Analysis

Defect/Bug Tracking

Test Strategies & Coverages

QA & QC Standards

SDLC Models.

Agile Methodologies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vodafone Pune, IN

Software tester specializing in telecom solutions.

Software Quality Assurance Tester, 12/2014 to 10/2015

Serve as a key member of software testing team as the QA tester on development projects for Vodafone’s product Vodafone telecom management(VTM). Supervised a five-member software QA testing team in developing and implementing quality-assurance and quality-control methodologies to ensure compliance with QA standards, federal regulations and customer specifications.

Milestones

oCreated and executed software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes.

Transitioned software development efforts to a test-driven development (TDD) process, which brought QA testing on the front-end of the development cycle for gains in code quality, software functionality and programmer productivity.

Conducted formal and informal product design reviews throughout the software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential issues. Leveraged developer background to communicate effectively with software design team, quickly gaining their respect and becoming a valued, “go-to” team member on challenging test cases.

Reviewing customer requirements.

Managing test execution cycle.

Providing daily test progress reports.

Test execution and defect management using JIRA.

Performed non functional testing as load and volume testing for electronic bill generating apps.

Performed usage and functional testing for core mobile handset apps like call,SMS,transfer and hold.

Conducting peer reviews for attaining better standards of quality.

Weekly report generation and maintenance.

Conducting knowledge transfer sessions for the teams.

Zensar Pune, IN

External testing group providing quality-assurance assessment of software, hardware and systems.

Lead QA Tester, Software & Systems Group, 8/2011 to 11/2014

Promoted to serve as lead QA tester, overseeing quality-assurance testing and teams for client software and systems development projects. Performed system, unit, performance, load, regression, stress and data interface testing. Provided client developer teams with detailed reports on quality metrics, identified bugs/flaws and recommended fixes.

Milestones

Created company’s first comprehensive database of documented test defects and procedures to enable accurate replication and ensure compliance with standards. Accelerated average QA testing turn-around time by 25% or more, allowing company to accept more testing projects without increasing staff.

Performed requirement gathering and analysis.

Creating and updating test artifacts.

Creating test plans.

Tracking and reporting defects.

Exposure to scrum and retrospective meetings.

Managing the requirement traceability matrix.

Ensured on time delivery of the required deliverables to the team lead/ stakeholders.

Designed and implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas including database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, error/bug retests and usability.

Documented software defects using bug tracking system and reported defects involving program functionality, output, online screen and content to software developers.

Delivered thorough QA testing reports that determined product quality and release readiness.

EDUCATION

RGPV University Bhopal, India

Bachelor of Engineering(Information Technology), 2011

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

BMC remedy, SQL, C++, XML, Windows, Linux, Unix and Microsoft Office Suite

Manage Engine QEngine, JUnit,HP Quality Center,Test Drive,JIRA,Toad for Oracle.

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