Suneja Panda
***** ********* ***** **. **********, GA 30005
Phone: 267-***-**** ******.*****@*****.***
SYNOPSIS
* ***** ** ************ ********** in Software Quality Assurance and data analysis with emphasis on Front End Testing (Functional Testing and GUI Testing), System Testing, Backend Testing and Regression Testing of Stand-alone, Client/Server, Web based, web services (SoapUI) Mobile applications and hands on experience in automation testing.
Domain knowledge: Involved in Mobile Testing(iOS & Android), Telecom domain (OSS),Banking Domain and HRMS Domain,E-Commerce(Rewards Program/Loyalty Solutions) testing
Well versed with all the phases of Software development life cycle (SDLC) and testing life cycle (STLC) and Agile Methodology (Scrum Methodology, Sprints and Rally)
Expertise in Functional testing, Regression testing, System integration testing (SIT), UAT, E2E, Performance testing, Database testing, Automation testing (Selenium).
Proficient in web-based manual & automation testing and mobile testing (MonkeyTalk tool).
Expertise in Gathering and Reviewing Requirements, Logical and Physical designs and creating Test Plans, strategies.
Extensive experience in Analysis, Test Planning, Creating Test cases, Test cases Execution, Test Data Management, Defect Management and Reporting using Quality Center 10.0, Rally, Team Foundation(TFS), Mantis, Jira, Redmine and Bugzilla.
Participated in Design, Functional and Business requirement specification reviews (BRD &FRD) and extracting test scenarios and preparation of the same for execution.
Experience in Web services/REST services testing including SoapUI, XML, Groovy scripting.
Experience working with development team to resolve and validate Production Issues.
Expertise in testing websites developed in Java, HTML, Flash, and JavaScript.
Skills: Effective communication, going in depth of a problem, work collaboratively, knowledge sharing, achieving deadlines. Possess diverse skills assisting in providing multiple perspectives to solving problem. Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with stringent deadlines and changing priorities
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
ISTQB Certified: Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
TECHNICAL SKILLS / APPLICATIONS
Processes / Methodologies
Agile, Water Fall, Scrum
Functional Testing Tools
Selenium, JMeter, Automation Framework(JTS),SoapUI PRO, MonkeyTalk
Test Management Tools
HP Quality Center(QC) ALM,Rally, Redmine, GitHub,QAComplete
Bug Tracking Tools
Mantis bug tracking tool, Bugzilla, Rally, Jira
Languages
Java,.Net HTML, XML, SQL, Javascript,Groovy Scripting
Databases
MS Access, MySQL, Oracle,
Operating System
Windows 98, 2000/NT/XP, Windows 7,Unix
Other Tools
Toad,MS Office suite, MS Visio, CVS, SVN,Jenkins
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bridge2Solutions Corporation- SaaS provider for Loyalty solutions Dec‘13-Present Role: Sr. QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
Responsible for planning test schedules in accordance with project scope and delivery dates.
Involved in Designing test plans, scenarios, scripts and test cases creation and execution.
Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, report defects to software developers, and track to resolution
Extensively involved in testing Web Apps & Web services using SoapUI and testing regression suite
Involved in designing automation framework and execute and maintain automation test scripts to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements.
Closely worked on agile software development methodologies and executed scripts using Selenium
Involved in front end and backend testing.
Worked closely with Developers, Architects, Product Owners and others team partners in developing a testing strategy
Participated in troubleshooting calls and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
Support the QA organization in the development, revision and approval quality assurance and testing policies, standards and procedures.
Participated in Production Support activities - research/troubleshoot issues identified in production. Replicate issues in QA environment as well as communicate resolutions and workarounds to Production Support Teams.
Environment: SoapUI Pro, Jira, MobaXterm, SQL Server 2008, QAComplete, Selenium, Jenkins, Groovy
Force Brands: FoodForce BevForce Mar‘13-Nov’13 Role: Sr. QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
Involved in analysis, development and review of test plans, test cases and perform manual GUI as well as Back End testing of the applications developed using ASP.Net
Responsible for creating test plans and test strategy for different releases of foodforce.com
Written functional test plans and detailed test cases that cover UI as well as Back End using TOAD and SQL.
Execute manual test cases using Quality center and track the defects accordingly Execute Back End validation tests using SQL & TOAD
Interact with Business users, analysts, developers, project managers and production support teams as part of day-to-day project activities. Track and report testing activities, including test results, test case coverage, resource planning, defects covered
Pro-actively follow up with QA management on issues and escalations and provide suggestions for possible resolutions
Review assigned project requirements and work closely with Business Analysts for clarifications Perform audits and review data and document to identify defects. Pro-actively follow up with QA management on issues and escalations and provide suggestions for possible resolutions
Check for timely delivery of different milestones
Environment: HP QC11.0, iOS, Oracle, Toad, Windows XP/7, MS Office, Selenium
MyWorld-Social Network Mobile App Sep’12-Feb’13 Adalphi Corp. Role: Sr. QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
Involved in Understanding and documenting the complete process flow of the app.
Designing new test cases after analyzing Technical and Business Requirement
Troubleshooting the failed cases, creating troubleshooting templates for failed cases.
Opening and tracking defects with developers in Jira
Re-testing failed cases, preparing test Result Reports.
Analyzed tests results and identified strong areas for regression test.
Execution of test cases on various versions of iOS and different apple devices.
Applied Agile methodology for application development
Performed front-end, back-end, API testing on the application mainly developed for iPad and iPhone devices.
Used MonkeyTalk automation tool to automate the test cases and scenarios of the app.
Ensuring timely delivery of Monthly Releases
Environment: Redmine, iOS, MySQL, Jira, MS Office, MonkeyTalk automation tool
Photostump Mobile App Mar’12-Sep’12 Eywa Inc. Role: Senior QA Analyst Responsibilities:
Involved in creating Test plan and Test cases based on Business specification and requirements to meet the app’s features.
Designed and Performed Functional, Regression, System, User Interface, Compatibility, Device testing for verifying overall application functionality
Actively participated in Ad-hoc testing of the whole application.
Participated in all phases of the test cycle, including integration testing, system testing, performance testing, end to end testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing of the app in both iOS and Android devices.
Involved in the process of defect tracking and logging in Jira
Constructively participated in all the Team meetings, Review Sessions, and the meetings with the BAs, Database Administrators, and the Developers
Environment: Redmine, iOS, Android, MySQL, Jira, MS Office
Force Brands: FoodForce BevForce Oct‘11- Feb’12 Role: Senior QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
Responsible for creating test plans and test strategy for bevforce.com website
Organized sprint planning meetings with offshore to analyze requirements for the web application and participated in SCRUM meetings to discuss agile development process.
Discovered and communicated requirement and design gaps in the application wireframes
Liaison between offshore/onshore QA teams, developers, business analysts, support and higher management.
Suggested automation framework to automate the smoke test and regression suite
Reviewed manual and automated test scripts created by QA team.
Responsible for task assignment, meeting deadlines and progress of team.
Defect Reporting and tracking in Redmine
Conducted weekly status review meeting with the client to update team progress and goals
Provided estimations on test case creation, execution and regression efforts
Environment: Team Foundation (TFS), iOS, MySQL, SoapUI, Windows XP/7Jira, MS Office, Selenium
Data Integration Application (DIA) Jul‘10-Sep’11 Corporate Executive Board (CEB), VA Role: Senior QA Analyst Responsibilities:
Created and executed test plans, test cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software bugs and their root causes as per the business requirements.
Performed Functional/Black box Testing, Regression Testing, Performance testing, User Interface Testing, Integration Testing, Smoke Tests
Involved in integration testing of the application and tracking data flow between applications
Reviewed test cases designed by Offshore and Onshore functional team
Act as a single point of contact between Development and Testers for iterations, Testing and deployment activities
Analysis, Review, Reporting & Tracking of Defects
Test Case Management and Defect Reporting using Test Management tool Rally.
Automation web based testing (Regression) using Selenium and also performance testing using JMeter.
Involved in client Review meetings and various document preparation.(e.g.: Functional Requirement Specification)
Environment: Windows XP, SQL Server 2008, XML, Rally, JMeter, Selenium
BBNMS-LS (Light Speed) Dec‘08-Jul’10 AT&T, Atlanta Role: Test Analyst
Responsibilities:
Involved in creating Test cases based on Business specification and requirements for service ordering, provisioning, activation, and service management
Performed Functional Testing (E2E Testing), Regression Testing and security testing and sanity testing.
Designing new cases after analyzing Technical and Business Requirement of CR (Change Request).
Adding New/Changed test cases to Excel sheet and uploading these to Quality Center.
Update test results in Quality Center.
Troubleshooting the failed cases, creating troubleshooting templates for failed cases, sending the same to client for Resolution.
Opening and tracking defects with developers in QC.
Re-testing failed cases, preparing test Result Reports.
Ensuring timely delivery of Monthly Maintenance Releases and Tri-annual Releases.
Involved in client Review meetings. Involved in Various document preparation.(eg:System Appreciation Document)
Conducting internal review meetings within the team to ensure defect free delivery.
Updating checklists based on the findings of defect prevention meeting at the end of release.
Maintaining key learnings and Issue logs after each release.
Preparation of Estimation Sheets(Schedule Tracking, Effort Tracking) for the Project
Environment: Unix, Windows XP, Oracle, SQL1.2.1, Test case repository: HP Quality Centre 10.0
UPIDEAS Jun’07 –Nov’08 UPID India Role: Test/QA Engineer Responsibilities:
Involved in determining and understanding functional requirements and business rules of the department, to automate the whole system functionality.
Interacting and holding meetings and live conferences with Client to better understand the requirements/business.
Covered all the phases of SDLC Lifecycle.
Responsible for creating Test Plan Document, Test Cases Preparation and Execution of test cases.
Involved in functionality, Usability, Regression and system integration testing.
Defect Management and Reporting using Mantis tool
Involved in weekly walkthrough and inspection meetings to verify the status of Testing
Actively participated in Status reporting meetings and interacted with Development team to discuss the technical issues
Environment: Mantis bug tracking tool, Windows 2000/XP, MS SQL Server 2000, Java, MS Office
EDUCATION
LOVELY INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT Punjab, India
Master of Computer Applications June 2007
Passed with 88% securing 5th place in the university
LYALLPUR KHALSA COLLEGE Punjab, India
Bachelor of Computer Applications June 2004
Passed with 72% securing 3rd place in the college
RECOGNITIONS
Awarded "Most Valuable Performer Award" in recognition of outstanding performance shown by identifying and testing major defects, spanning across several releases.
Received appreciation award twice in Tech Mahindra Ltd.
University topper in Masters.
Secured 98% in NIIT-3rd National IT Aptitude Test 2007.
Actively Participated in Personality Development Workshop organized at Khalsa College and Lovely Institute of Management.