Fahad Choudhary

acxiv9@r.postjobfree.com

Chicago, Illinois, 60647

312-***-****

Professional Summary:

5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Software testing in primarily Manual and automated testing environment.

Solid experience working in a Agile environment, Scrum and Kanban.

Excellent knowledge of QA Methodologies.

4+ years of experience in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) process along with a thorough understanding of the SDLC and STLC.

Expertise in using HP Quality Center (QC) to perform activities like writing Test Plan, Test Cases, executing Test Cases.

Very strong skills in executing Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, GUI (Graphical User Interface) Testing, Back-End Testing, Black-box Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, and UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for Web, Mobile, and Client Server applications.

Use Selenium WebDriver to upload and run automated test scripts.

Use Jira as a project management tool to log and track defects. Also, use Confluence as a Team Collaborating Tool.

Expertise in using Zephyr (JIRA plugin) to create and execute test cases.

Well acquainted with writing detailed test cases for functional and nonfunctional requirements.

Strong skills in writing Positive and Negative Testing test cases.

Strong skill in back-end testing and data validation.

Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.

Strong skills in web service/API testing using Apache JMeter and Postman.

Possess excellent communication skills in understanding and interpreting Business Requirement Specifications and Technical Requirement Specifications.

Experience in coping with changing environments and changing requirements. Great analytic and methodical skills in solving challenging issues during project life cycle and maintaining a track record in delivering results before deadlines.

Motivated self-starter with incredible team building, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

Mentored and built skills in more junior members/ new hires of the QA team.

Technical Skills:

Systems:

MAC, Windows, Linux, Android and IOS

Databases:

SQL Server 2010 -15, MS Access and Oracle.

PM Tools:

Test Director7.6 /QC ALM, Rally, JIRA, Confluence, TFS, MTM, ClearQuest, Selenium WebDriver

Languages:

HTML, XML, SQL, Java, Visual Basic 6.0, Php, C sharp, C++.

Browser & Test Tools:

Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Browser Stack, Xcode

Methodologies:

Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban and TDD (Test driven development)

Professional Experience:

Centrica

Chicago, IL July 2015- Current

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Agile-Scrum Environment with 2 week sprints. Participated in discussions in regards to Sprint planning, Daily Scrum (or Stand-up), Story Grooming, Backlog, Story Pointing, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.

Analyzed and reviewed functional requirements to derive test scripts based on the approved requirements.

Gathered specifications and requirements to develop Test Plans and to create Test Cases using HP Quality Center.

Converted functional requirements into detailed scenarios and test cases.

Created multiple test suites for all phases of the project.

Developed test strategies, detailed test plan, test cases, collected test data, test coverage and reporting status.

Designed and executed manual and automated test cases.

Performed extensive Smoke, Functional, GUI (Graphical User Interface), Integration, Regression, and UAT testing.

Deal directly with off shore development team whom create automated scripts. Use Selenium WebDriver to upload and run automated test scripts.

Use Jira as a project management tool to log and track defects. Also, use Confluence as a Team Collaborating Tool.

Identified bugs, issues, risks, and bottlenecks within the software.

Prioritized test cases and consulted with various stakeholders as per needed.

Created and manipulated SQL queries to validate data.

Created and maintained the traceability matrix to ensure that all test cases are passed and met the given requirements.

Evaluated the quality of the software product being developed in terms of functionality, usability, compatibility, reliability, performance and supportability.

Held weekly QA status meeting with stakeholders.

Capital One

McClean, VA Feb 2014- June 2015

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Participated in collecting and analyzing the business requirements.

Developed test plans from Business Requirement Documents (BRD).

Agile-Kanban Environment: Dealt with Just in Time (JIT) and Work in progress (WIP) principles; Kanban Board and Cards, Continuous flow, Cycle time, fewer bottlenecks and or backups by limiting the Work in Progress (WIP), Visual metrics (Control Charts and Cumulative flow diagrams), and Continuous Delivery.

Used HP Quality Center (QC) to manage test procedures.

Created test strategies, test plans, and test cases for manual and automated testing.

Performed front end, back end, GUI (Graphical User Interface), and Functionality testing on the application.

Performed data validation using SQL queries.

Involved in Regression and smoke testing for the new builds.

Worked directly with developers to report discrepancies and to resolve defects and track changes to defect correction status.

Involved in planning and creating Test scenarios and Test objectives to ensure that the system modification will meet the specified business requirements.

Used HP Quality Center (QC) to create reports and to analyze the results of playback.

All the defects that were discovered during the testing process were logged and tracked in ClearQuest.

Monitored the defect tracking process using ClearQuest.

Involved in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Bank of America-

Jersey City, NJ Jun 2011-Dec 2013

Position: QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Agile-Scrum Environment with 2 week sprints. Participated in discussions in regards to Sprint planning, Daily Scrum (or Stand-up), Story Grooming, Backlog, Story Pointing, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.

Developed test cases in accordance with the company's functional and Business Requirement Document (BRD).

Used HP Quality Center (QC) to manage test procedures.

Executed test cases and logged defects in JIRA/Zephyr.

Retested defects and made necessary updates in JIRA.

Attended review meetings with business analysts and developers to discuss defects.

Performed functional testing, integration, and regression testing.

Sent daily project updates to senior management.

Attended daily defect meetings with Developers, Business Users, and Management.

Met with Management, Developers, and Business Analysts to design functional specifications before each Release.

Created Regression test sets for various test projects and updated the test set after each test cycle.

Participated in the project meetings and walk-throughs. Mentored and built skills in more junior members of the QA team.

Performed Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, GUI (Graphical User Interface), System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and End to End Testing.

Performed Positive and Negative Testing manually.

Performed Sanity Testing & Smoke Testing manually.

Performed back-end testing using SQL queries.

All the issues that came up during the testing process were tracked and logged in JIRA as defects. Monitored the defect tracking process using JIRA, trouble shooting, and generating customized reports for the client.

Maintained status reports and acted as a liaison communicating with the Management regarding the progress of the project. After successful development and testing of the product, participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), product release, and deployment to end-user.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

Class of 2010

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