Ilia Pochkhidze
US Citizen
Fairfax, VA (Open to relocation)
Phone: 703-***-**** **************@*****.***
Looking to obtain a challenging position as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer with progressive software developing company dedicated to excellence and innovation
QUALIFICATIONS:
Software manual and automation (Selenium Web Driver Java) testing experience working with web applications and data bases (SQL). Knowledge of different type of testing includes Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing. Experience developing test strategy, test cases, test scenarios, test results analysis, issue reports and tracking, maintaining the traceability matrix. Strong technical, analytical, organizational and time management skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Testing Management Tools: Jira, Confluence, Silk, HP/ALM, SQL Developer, Toad
Bug Tracking: Jira, HP/ALM, Bugzilla
Programming: PHP, SQL, HTML, XHTML, CSS
Beginner in programming: Java, PHP, JavaScript, Selenium
Databases: Oracle, MySQL
Microsoft Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, Lync
Operating Systems WINDOWS XP, 7, 8, 10
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Systems Quality Assurance Analyst – CSRA – Shreveport, LA June 2016 – Present
Project Name: FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Cloud Services
CSRA’s team consolidate FAA data centers and migrate FAA data and systems to a hybrid cloud environment. The team use the CSC Agility Platform cloud management tool to orchestrate efficient cloud deployment while leveraging alliance partners for data and cloud services.
Environment: Jira, Confluence, Silk, Selenium Web Driver, MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, SQL, SQL Developer, Oracle
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for Test Case Development, test case data identification, and execution for a given test
type
- Used Silk to track the business requirements
- Used Silk for running and executing the test cases
- Used Selenium for running and executing the automation test cases
- Maintained defect tracking document and updated on daily basis
- Compared and analyzed the Test Results for every release, Performed Positive and Negative Testing
- Performed Front end and Back end testing
- Prepared Test Summary Reports for all the test folders
- Reviewed database test cases according to assigned Requirements to validate reports by retrieving
data with SQL queries from SQL Server
- Wrote SQL Queries in SQL Developer to validate back end data
Temporarily provided consulting services abroad August 2015 – April 2016
QA Analyst – Hewlett-Packard – El Paso, TX January 2015 – July 2015
Project Name: Delaware Medicaid Enterprise System (DMES)
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services awarded both the Delaware Medicaid Enterprise System (DMES) solution and Fiscal Agent Services contract to HP Enterprise Services. We were testing the DMES solution, which is HPES's installation and configuration of the HP Interchange Healthcare Platform. The HP interchange Healthcare Platform is a CMS-certified and proven MMIS, built and running in production in 13 states
Environment: HP/ALM, MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, SQL, SQL Developer, Oracle
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for Test Case Development, test case data identification, and execution for a given test
type
- Execute test cases for assigned test type according to the test plan
- Record defects/findings when actual results do not match expected results
- Maintain evidence of tests executed for assigned test type
- Retest for defect resolution
- Attended Daily Check-in / Status- Team Meeting (Scrum Meetings)
- Performed System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Smoke Tests, Regression Test and
functional testing
- Provided support for other subsequent types - for example, system tester supports user acceptance
- Identified and reported testing-related issues and risks to team lead for test type
- Maintain current knowledge of testing tools and techniques
- Extensively used SQL Queries for data validation
- Experienced in white box testing, wrote SQL Quires to test the back end database
- Ran SQL Queries on Oracle SQL Database to pull required data to perform required testing
QA Analyst – Amcad – Herndon, VA December 2011 – December 2014
Project Name: Court Management system
Court Management system is a web based application constructed on various kinds of court cases where user should be able to see hearing dates, locate pay open invoices/fines, and process online payments. The second part of the application is based for judges, lawyers and user to assign lawyers according to the case
Environment: HP Quality Center, Bugzilla, MS Word, MS Excel, SQL, Toad, Oracle
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed requirement specifications and discussed ambiguities with business analysts and developers
- Wrote test cases based on Business requirements and use cases provided by business analysts,
updated the test cases in accordance with BRD's (Business Requirements Documents)
- Worked simultaneously on applications being developed as part of the portal
- Participated in technical, status review, release, and production meetings
- Coordinated with developers to prioritize defects and rectify them
- Used Quality Center for reporting defects
- Performed GUI, functional, regression, User acceptance testing (UAT) and integration system testing
- Extensively used SQL Queries for data validation
- Performed back-end testing and manipulated data using SQL queries
- Involved in maintaining the traceability matrix and Gap analysis
- Prepared Weekly/Daily Status reports and communicated with developers
- Interfaced with developers in resolving the defects investigated in the application during testing
- Follow up with reported problems until satisfactory resolution
- Developed and maintained test status Test Matrix to reflect the test progress
EDUCATION:
National Institute Gaenati (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) May 1995
Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance