ANITHA PERIASAMY
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Work Permit: EAD
SUMMARY
Over 6 years of experience in the IT industry with enriched experience in the areas of Software Quality Assurance and Testing for web-based and client-server applications.
Hands-on experience in Test Planning, Test Estimations, Test Case Design, Test Case Execution, Defect Tracking and Defect Reporting.
Proficient in carrying out various testing activities such as Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Ad-hoc Testing.
Hands-on experience in managing projects from inception thru implementation by various applying Software Development and Testing Life Cycles such as Agile and Waterfall.
Extensive knowledge and experience in leading QA projects involving onsite-offshore delivery model.
Detail-oriented individual with good technical skills and the ability to learn new concepts quickly.
Strong planning, analytical and leadership skills with ability to communicate at all levels.
Sound knowledge in Automation Testing Tools (QTP and HPQC).
Managed stakeholders & acted as a liaison between Business sponsors and the project team to ensure that all parties understand and sign-off on the objectives
Experience in Gap analysis, requirement Traceability Matrix and the ability to come-up with ideas to enhance the existing process
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior QA Engineer
Quantum Strides LLC – Herndon, VA
Mar 2016 – Present
Responsibilities:
Create Test strategy document that defines test environment, phases of testing, entry and exit criteria into different phases of testing and resources required to conduct the effort.
Perform gap analysis and document current state and future state in line with the vision from the Business Group and the Technology Group.
Prepare frontend and backend Test scenarios, Test cases and Test data to simulate the processes in business environment.
Perform defect logging, tracking and follow up with development team for defect fixes.
Coordinate and facilitate daily or weekly defect status meetings, follow up with Development and QA Leads on defect fix estimates and retesting estimates.
Prepare and maintain Traceability Matrix to ensure the testing coverage and help to identify RCA.
Run validation-tests after deployment on production to assure the application is installed correctly.
Perform Smoke, Functional, Regression, UAT, Cross Browser and Usability Testing for various functionalities of the application.
Work closely with software developers in resolving issues and deploy quality products into production.
Technologies: Linux, Apache, My SQL, PHP (LAMP), Soap UI, JIRA
Test Engineer
Employer: Systems Technology Group Inc.
Client: Ford Technology Services – Detroit, MI
Oct 2008 – Apr 2010
Responsibilities:
Analyzed Business Requirements Document and Functional Specification Document and developed Test Plan and Requirement Traceability Matrix.
Co-ordinated with business analysts to understand the business and involved in walkthroughs and periodical meetings to come up with Test plan, Test strategy and Test approach documents.
Led day to day monitoring of project progress and gave inputs for possible corrections and report the status to QA Management on a daily basis.
Validated quality processes, improved product quality, and prepared quality docs and reports.
Conducted Test Plan walks through with Business and development team leads.
Maintained deliverables like Test plans, Test Scenario, Test Cases, Test scripts and Test Results.
Coordinated with offshore team lead to ensure that ‘no work’ time for offshore is utilized productively.
Technologies: Windows 2000 Server, Java 2 SDK, Servlets, Oracle 10g
Test Engineer
Employer: Systems Technology Group Inc.
Client: Minnesota Department of Health – Minneapolis, MN
Mar 2008 – Sep 2008
Responsibilities:
Involved in Performance testing, Regression testing, System testing and User Acceptance Testing.
Conducted data driven Test with the Test Data sets and verified the functionality.
Closely interacted with designers and developers to understand application functionality and flow.
Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for Functional Testing.
Uploaded all the test scripts in Test Director and executed the test scripts using TD.
Provided training and knowledge transfer to clients on the use of automation test scripts.
Guided and mentored team of testers to follow the QA process.
Technologies: Windows 2000 Server, Java2 SDK, Struts, Oracle 10g, Test Director
Test Engineer
Employer: Systems Technology Group Inc.
Client: Daimler Chrysler – Detroit, MI
Apr 2007 – Dec 2007
Responsibilities:
Automated the functionality and interface testing of application using WinRunner.
Developed and Executed Test Scenarios and Test Cases and raised defects.
Responsible for maintaining like Test plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test scripts and Test Results.
Developed Traceability Matrix, Test Coverage Matrix and Data Guidelines documents.
Responsible for preparing and communicating Daily Status Report, Weekly Status Report and MOM.
Coordinated with clients and developers in knowledge sharing session.
Technologies: Windows 2000 Server, Java2 SDK, Struts, Oracle 10g, WinRunner.
Software Engineer
Employer: Systems Technology Group Inc.
Client: Ford Technology Services – Detroit, MI
May 2006 – Mar 2007
Responsibilities:
Involved in Requirements Analysis and developed Functional Specification document.
Developed User Interface Prototype design using JavaScript and HTML.
Developed Class and Sequence Diagrams for Application Design.
Developed UI, View, Controller, BO and DAO layers.
Involved in preparation of Unit test cases, test cases execution and raise the defects.
Maintaining deliverables like test cases and review defect forms.
Technologies: Windows 2000, WebSphere 6.x, Java 2 SDK, Oracle9i
QA Analyst
Employer: Abhijit Infolead India Pvt. Ltd, India
Client: Infolead Inc. – Santa Clara, CA
Oct 2004 – Dec 2005
Responsibilities:
Involved in writing Integration and System Test Cases by referring Test Plan and executing Test Cases to raise Test Problem Report (TPR).
Involved in tracking the Test Problem Report and Closing it.
Conducted Black Box and Smoke Testing.
EDUCATION &TRAININGS
Master of Computer Applications from Indira Gandhi University, India
Bachelor of Science from University of Madras, India
Advanced Software Testing Tools (WinRunner, QTP and TestDirector) training from NIIT, India
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X
Languages: SQL, C/C++, Java (JSP, Servlets, Struts), JavaScript, VBScript
Databases: Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server
Database Tools: SQL Developer and Toad
Editors: Sublime Text, Atom, Notepad++
Version Control Systems: SVN, Git, TFS and GitHub
Web Services: SOAP, REST and SoapUI Tool
Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA, TFS, Bugzilla
Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro, HPQC, WinRunner
Other Tools: FileZilla and BeyondCompare