SNEHA DWARAKANATH
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Summary:
Quality Assurance (QA) professional, skilled in Manual and Automation testing of web based/mainframe applications and other software products. Strong Background in analysis of requirements, preparation of test strategy/planning, test scenarios, test cases and automation scripts. Experience in QTP/UFT, Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, Junit and various automation frameworks and Continuous integration tools. Strong scripting and querying knowledge. Strong will to work in challenging assignment where I can provide value addition and hone my abilities constantly.
Highlights:
Over Seven Years of IT experience including 3 years of US experience in Manual Testing, Test automation and software development.
Over 4 years of experience in Quality Assurance and software testing.
Having hands on experience in Agile Projects and working in sprints.
Experience in testing web based, mainframe applications and distributed systems.
Adaptable in working with various domains and technologies.
Having knowledge about Software Development Life Cycle & Software Testing Life Cycle Concepts.
Understanding & knowledge in preparing requirements and requirement analysis, preparing test strategy & plan documents.
Experience with all levels of testing including Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, End-to-End testing, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing and ad-hoc testing.
Experience in Cross-Browser testing.
Hand on experience in Javascript, HTML, JSON and XML for web application testing.
Hands on experience Web Services and API testing using SoapUI.
Good knowledge in Preparation of Test Cases, feature files for Acceptance Tests and Test Scripts for test Automation.
Create and maintain the required test automation framework(s) and tools.
Hands on experience with QTP(UFT) and good knowledge of Selenium WebDriver using Java, TestNG, Junit and various automation frameworks and continuous integration tools like Cucumber, Maven and Jenkins.
Experience using ALM Test Management Tool.
Involved in executing batch testing using SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server.
Having Execution, defect reporting and defect management skills.
Improve the test process based on the suggestions by clients and own judgment.
Having excellent time management, task planning and prioritization skills.
Good knowledge of programming, querying and scripting languages.
A quick learner with abilities to work in a team environment and work under strict deadlines.
Having excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation & problem solving skills.
Technical Skills:
Skills
Proficiency
Technology
Software Quality Assurance Testing – Manual and Automation
Test Automation Tools
UFT 12.01, QTP10.0, Selenium WebDriver, SoapUI, TestNG, Junit
Test Management Tools
ALM, SharePoint, QC, MPP, Jira, BugZilla
Operating Systems
Windows 98/NT/2K/7
Languages
Java, VB, C, C++, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, JSON, XML, SQL, PL/SQL
Database
Oracle 8i, SQL Server, MS-Access, Microsoft SQL server
Document Typesetting
MS Office
Software Engineering Methodology
Waterfall, Agile Implementation
Other technical skills
Automation test scripting for .Net, Java, Mainframe applications. Implementing Business driven, Data driven Testing and hybrid Frameworks.
Education and Certifications:
Title of the Degree
University
Period
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering
Visveswaraiah Technological University – India
Department of Technical Education & Board of Technical Examinations – Karnataka, India
Aug 2000 – Jun 2004
Aug 1996 – Jun 1999
Certifications:
Certification
Date Certified
ISTQB
Aug 2015
INS21 – Insurance Certification
Mar 2016
INS22 – Insurance Certification
May 2016
Professional Experience:
Company
Role
Period
Value Momentum Inc.
Sr. Associate
Mar 2014 – Dec 2016
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, DRDO, Bangalore, India
System Analyst and Manual Tester
Nov 2000 – Sep 2005
Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, DRDO, Bangalore India
System Analyst / Developer
Feb 2000 – Nov 2000
Project Profiles:
Client - Erie Insurance Group Mar 2014 – Dec 2016
Location: Erie, PA - USA
Role: Manual and Automation QA
Project Description:
Personal Lines DS Pro Web/PMS/eQuotes/eApps : DS Pro Web is a Web Interface system used by P&C Insurance agents that would enable the agent to get an instant quote and convert Quote to Policy for Auto, Boat, Home or a PCL Insurance and Create Endorsements for Auto Policy. Project involves changes/enhancements, added functionalities and implementing state expansions.
PMS (Policy Management System) is a Rating System, which would rate the policy and store the related rating and policy information in the PMS Database. PMS is also a Policy Processing system for Personal Lines Policies including Information Gathering, Policy management, creating and processing changes for Policies.
Responsibilities:
Creating/updating test strategy, test plan and estimation for functional testing for story card requirements and regression testing.
Creating test scenario, test cases for creating/updating test scripts.
Manual testing of story cards using SoapUI for REST API.
Testing the web application for new quotes creation, policy conversion, rating requests and policy endorsements.
Testing PMS mainframe policy batch submission, tracking policy changes, Rating requests and Policy endorsements.
Testing JSON web service requests for rating requests.
Performed Integration testing between the multiple Web-based and Mainframe applications.
Responsible for Regression testing activities.
Performed Smoke, Sanity, Functional, System, Integration and Regression testing for the DS Pro Web application.
Created, updated and maintained automated test scripts and BPT components for functional and regression testing by identifying UI elements.
Performed Cross browser testing.
Performed Data Driven Testing using SQL queries for multiple sets of data for policy processing and Validations using BPT automation.
Track the new/updated requirements in the project and modify testing artifacts accordingly using SharePoint, ALM.
Analyze the automation opportunities in the project and implement them using UFT (BPT framework).
Create and update BPT components for UI.
Used ALM and SharePoint for automation and test management including defect reporting, retesting and management.
Responsible for weekly, monthly, quarterly testing reports.
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, DRDO Nov 2000 – Sep 2005
Location: Bangalore, India
Role #1: System Analyst and Manual Tester
Project Description:
Command Information and Decision Support System (CIDSS): Facilitates storage, retrieval, processing (filtering, correlation, fusion) and visualization of tactical data and provide effective decision support to the commanders.
Responsibilities:
Meet with client representatives to gather requirements for the system.
Attended meetings with Sr. Business Analysts and managers regarding system Functionality and business processes
Involved in procurement of Hardware and Software products.
Create System Requirement specification document.
Creating Flow Diagrams and Presentations.
Responsible for preparing test plan.
Creating test scenario, test cases for manual testing.
Involved in creating templates for test strategy/plan, estimation and test case within the project.
Involved in Functional Component testing.
Escalate and obtain resolution of the issues related to the test.
Track the new/ updated requirements in the project and modify testing artifacts accordingly.
Role #2: Configuration Manager / Developer
Responsibilities:
Identifying, tracking and controlling changes in the software using Rational Clearcase Configuration management tool.
Documenting changes and maintaining consistency of a product's functional and physical attributes with its requirements and design.
Configuration status reporting.
Developed web based interface using JSP, HTML, Core Java.
Developed Graphical User Interface for the all the components using VB, Oracle 8i & Server side DCOM using Visual C++.
Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, DRDO Feb 2000 – Nov 2000
Location: Bangalore, India
Role: System Analyst / C++ Developer
Project Description:
Artillery Combat Command and Control System (ACCCS): To automate field artillery in the areas of trajectory computation and communication with secrecy.
Responsibilities:
Attended meetings with Sr. Business Analysts and managers regarding system Functionality and business processes.
Involved in identifying and procurement of required Hardware and Software products.
Analyze business requirements with clients and Create System Requirement specification document.
Track the new/ updated requirements in the project and modify testing artifacts accordingly.
Creating Flow Diagrams and Presentations.
Coding for using C++.