ZARINA AKNAZAROVA
(Green Card holder)
Montgomery Village, MD
**********@*****.***
Objective
Software tester specialized in software validation and quality assurance (QA) seeking a junior- to mid-level position in a progressive organization with growth opportunities.
To be involved in a position where I can apply all my skills and knowledge to promote career and help my company achieving success.
Core competencies:
●Excellent knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and proven ability to provide value throughout the SLDC phases.
●Ability to work independently in a high-pressure, fast-paced, flexible environment.
●Ability to adapt to changes and willingness to take on challenges.
●Ability to assist test planning by creating supporting deliverables such as test plans, traceability matrices and test impact analysis documents.
●Ability to report defects utilizing industry standard defect tracking tools.
●Ability to generate basic test automation scripts using Selenium.
●Ability to review complex software requirements and uncover requirements defects.
●Ability to design and develop test cases using industry best practices.
●Knowledge of SQL fundamentals that can be utilized during backend testing.
●Knowledgeable in 508 compliance testing.
●Specialized in Web and E-commerce testing.
●Excellent knowledge of testing metrics and ability to utilize them in day-to-day testing activities.
●Experience with Agile/SCRUM and knowledge of Waterfall Model.
●Effective collaboration with project teams (development teams).
●Quick learner with great sense of duty, responsibility, punctuality and teamwork
●Strong attention to detail, organizational, time management, and analytical skills
Technical Skills:
●Selenium IDE, Selenium WebDriver
●JIRA, BugZilla
●SQL
●Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Project, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, Mac OS X.
●Photoshop 5; Adobe Photoshop, Befunky Online Photo Editor, Pixlr Photo Editor, FotoFlexer
●ICD10, Cortex EDI, Medical Billing Software
Professional experience
Target Labs, Inc. 01/2014 – 03/2017
Quality Assurance Analyst, Vienna, VA
HomePro Web web based application:
●Reviewed and reported requirement issues and concerns.
●Key player in test planning, choosing the test strategy, coverage and acceptance criteria.
●Designed and developed test cases in MS Excel.
●Created basic automated test script using Selenium for regression testing.
●Developed test execution sequences.
●Executed manual test cases for releases.
●Performed basic backend testing (database).
●Reported defects via Bugzilla.
●Responsible for basic test productivity metrics.
●Created RACI chart to identify responsibilities, which improved testing process.
NEF web based application
●Reviewed and reported requirement issues and concerns.
●Choosing the test strategy in test planning, coverage and acceptance criteria.
●Developed test execution sequences.
●Designed and developed test cases in MS Excel.
●Created basic automated test script using Selenium for regression testing.
●Responsible for basic test productivity metrics.
●Performed basic backend testing (MySQL).
●Executed manual test cases for releases.
●Created RACI chart to identify responsibilities, which improved testing process.
●Reported defects via JIRA.
●Performed manual mobile testing
Education/Certifications:
2013: Software Tester certification. Learnix Center, Vienna, VA
2012: Accounting Institute. Certified Public Accountant in Kazakhstan
2007-2008: «Eduant» School of Management in Antalya, Turkey. Certificate in International Business Management.
2003-2007: «Parasat» College, ct. Shimkent, Kazakhstan. Bachelor of Russian - English Business Development.
Reference Available on Request