JASPAL SINGH

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US Citizen (Active Public Trust Clearance – SENSITIVE Clearance)

Professional Summary

An accomplished QA professional with 8+ years of experience in Manual testing, Functional, UAT, regression, performance, Backend testing etc.

System, Functional and Technical Requirements gathering and analyzing.

Experienced in Build and Release Management from a Quality Assurance perspective.

Extensive experience in all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) and software testing life cycle (STLC).

Proficient in Scrum practices and all principles, Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, and review meeting.

Analyzed requirement documents, Test Plans, Test Scenarios, test cases, test results, traceability Matrix and developed and maintained test scripts.

Knowledge of Quality Assurance process and strong working experience in Agile and Waterfall model.

Tested Rest API and SOAP Services by using industry leading tools like POSTMAN, SOAP.

Involved in all stages of testing - Black box, Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression, End-to-End, 508, Pre/Postproduction.

Experience in using Test Rail, JIRA, HP ALM, for test cases, Bug tracking and Reporting.

Highly motivated team player with analytical, organizational, and technical skills, unique ability to adapt quickly to challenges and changing environments.

Extensive experience in planning, writing, and executing test cases for GUI testing, Functional, Regression, Integration and User Acceptance Testing.

Execute the test cases prepared in the test / integration environment and report the defects through ALM.

Created Test plan, High level scenarios, test case construction and test estimates, resource estimates and weekly status reports.

Perform GUI validation, page navigations, content validation and functionality check with end-to-end scenario.

Extensively used JIRA to track and close defects.

Responsible for carrying out the STLC process which includes the test planning, test design and development, test execution and test control phase.

Ensured timely communications and meetings with Global clients, regarding the daily status of the work with effective communication.

Familiar with selenium web drivers for automation.

Experienced in performance testing using load runner and JMeter.

Solid understanding of defect tracking, defect resolution and defect follow up with SDLC team.

Experienced in setting and configuring QA environment set up data and planned for release mapping of environment.

Interacted with business analysts and developers in requirement analysis, testing and documentation for application development in agile environment Implemented agile methodology throughout QA process.

Experienced in Functional and Regression Testing by using Jira zephyr and manual Test case.

Involved in Backend Database manual testing in MySQL and Putty using SQL.

Developed SQL scripts, to implement business rules.

Manually performed Integration and Regression testing, documented bugs and worked with development team to resolve issue

Created and analyzed acceptance criterion for UAT testing.

UAT defect management life cycle meetings with business stakeholders (defect count, severity, fix verification, showstoppers, etc.) using MS Excel

Understanding of Testing Methodology like positive, negative, boundary, performance, parallel, regression, system, system integration, UAT, testing to perform robust testing.

Developed and executed SQL queries in the database to conduct data integrity testing by checking the data tables on the server.

Demonstrated methodical, detail-oriented, and thorough approach to all assignments while adhering to compressed timelines.

Technical Skills

Methodology: Agile/ Scrum, Waterfall, SDLC, STLC

Artifacts: Test plan, Test Case, RTM, Test Summary Report, Bug Report, User Stories, 508 Testing, Backlogs

Defect Management: Jira, Asana, HP ALM, VSTS

Testing Tool: Postman, SoapUI, Jaws, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, Maven

Database: SQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Toad, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Professional Experience

Senior Testing Specialist 07/2023 to Current

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Obamacare - Department of Health and Human Services Baltimore Maryland

Responsibilities:

Reviewed specifications and business requirements prior to application testing while working in an Agile Scrum Environment.

Attended Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Retrospective, Daily Stand Up, and Defect review meetings.

Analyze and understand the business requirements and specifications to gain a better understanding of the application.

Raise queries for conflicting, ambiguous, and unclear requirements and get them clarified with the business team and Business Analysts.

Involved in the Test Plan preparation.

Provided inputs to the Test Strategy and approach.

Create and execute Test Cases and Test Plans in accordance with business requirements.

Used Jira for test case execution and defect tracking, raised and prioritized defects and re-tested the defect fixes as per the company defect flow.

Developed positive and negative test cases for Black box and performed Manual Testing.

Writing Test Plans and Test cases for different modules and performing different testing phases including Black Box, GUI, Navigation, Positive, Negative, Regression, Integration Testing.

Defined input requirements to document the Business Requirements Specifications and developed the Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Created test data, executed test cases, and validated the results.

Conducted weekly team meetings to report testing status, clarify functional specifications, and address found issues.

Worked closely with technical and non-technical peers to promote the successful delivery of the application and services.

Writing Basic to moderate SQL Queries to extract data from the Database.

Hands-on working experience using Putty for relational databases and WinSCP.

Senior QA Analyst 04/2022 to 07/2023

United States Postal Services Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

Collaborates with business analysts, clients, IT developers, engineers and the PMO regarding requirements and their testing.

Develops complex test plans, test cases, requirements to test case matrices to ensure software that is being released is bug free to minimize customer experience and cost impacts.

Evaluates and designs testing procedures to ensure that software meets the established quality standards.

Prepares complex data sets to test logic, error handling and system workflows.

Conducted Peer review of the test cases and provided feedback as required.

Provided weekly status updates showing the progress of the Manual testing effort and open issues to be resolved.

Attended Change Request Meetings to ensure products and changes are fully documented for further Test changes.

Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, Positive and Negative testing for each build of the applications and Integration Testing.

Managed and Conducted Defect Review and Test Execution Status meetings with cross-project team members.

Work with the development team to identify defects and resolve them to closure.

Conducts testing of more complex features to ensure seamless delivery during release cycles.

Monitors and documents testing results according to the required procedures.

Primary leader for the Mail Entry and Payment Technology Enterprise Analytics for Program Registration Contracts/NSA requirements.

Uses Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for test case development, requirement verification and validation.

Implements complex data, API and automation driven strategies and cut QA costs of old and new application functionalities.

Works with data files, flat files, XML, Jason and other formats to define business and technical requirements.

Provides status updates at daily standup to communicate progress and highlight any areas in which there are risks.

QA Analyst 07/2019 to 03/2022

Department of Transportation Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

Involved in developing Test plan, test scenarios, test scripts and test cases based on requirements.

Collaborate with Scrum team (Product owner, developers, Business Analyst) in daily stand ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective meetings.

Automated (Data Driven Framework) Rest and SOAP web services test cases using PostMan.

Conducted walk-through session of the scope document to ensure that the project sponsors and stake holders understand the project scope and any associated constraints, risks, and issues as early as possible.

Performed Usability and Integration testing manually and Backend Testing.

Debugging logs by interacting with developers.

Write and execute SQL queries for data validation in Oracle DB and SQL Server DB.

Perform End-to-End Testing with different Applications and validate the integration.

Scenarios for different services and data sets.

Documented all important information (Queries, Test Data) into Confluence

Executed Manual test scripts for regression testing.

Actively involved with 508 testing using jaws.

Collaborate with other team members to execute 508 accessibility testing.

Analysis of nightly run reports and prepare bug report.

Created and executed Functional and Regression test cases on Mobile App (IOS and Android).

Performed detailed and thorough manual tests.

Performed web service testing using postman.

Interacted with the development and testing teams to improve overall quality of the software.

Used Jira to report errors in the various releases of the applications and generate detailed reports of defects.

Worked closely with the web application development team to ensure proper integration between mobile application and web application.

Performed all kinds of testing such as Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Negative Testing, Boundary Testing, Regression Testing, Ad hoc Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing, Sanity Testing, 508 testing, and Cross Browser Testing.

Ensured the execution of UAT test cases and documentation of test results.

Provided UAT testing status information to the quality assurance lead, project manager, and various business stakeholders.

Quality Assurance Analyst 02/2017 to 06/2019

Department of Energy Washington DC

Responsibilities:

Reviewed specifications and business requirements prior to application testing.

Writing Test Plan and Test cases for different module and performing different testing phases including Black Box, GUI, Navigation, Positive, Negative, Regression, Integration, and Functional Testing.

Created Test Scenarios, Test Case according to the business rules test case matrix.

Involved in gathering business requirements and documents to analyze them to create test plan and test Scenarios.

Defined input requirements to document the Business Requirements Specifications and developed the Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Worked on the improvement of QA Process by reviewing and evaluating existing practices with standard testing guidelines.

Participated in requirements review with analysts and development teams.

Reviewed requirements created test scenarios and provided test automation efforts for those changes.

Participated in all aspects of Quality Assurance from Planning to Execution for multiple releases.

Involved in UAT testing before the release of the application.

Created and maintained testing schedule and managed testing of User Stories for the Sprint.

Conducted in-depth analysis of various complex issues and provided solutions that would enable accurate delivery of information to the customer.

Created Test Plan and documented Test Scenarios to ensure complete test coverage.

Performed Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing and Retesting at various phases of testing.

Performed database testing by writing and executing SQL queries to ensure that data entered in the front-end application was processed in MS SQL Server database.

Maintained Traceability matrix to keep track of the Project's Status.

Maintained a standardized QA process to ensure that production risk is properly evaluated and reduced.

Worked closely with Business Analysts and End Users to create and update Software Requirement Specification and Functional Requirement Specification.

Worked with a variety of partners like Business Consultants, Software Engineers, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Stakeholders to deliver quality technology solutions.

QA Tester 01/2015 to 01/2017

E Trade Financial Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

Test cases development by analyzing the requirements specification.

Analyzing requirement documents and creating test cases.

Executing test cases and updating test results in Quality center.

Involved in all phases of Software Test Life Cycle activities.

Worked with Team Members to develop TEST Plan document.

Prepare and execute a test suite using Selenium.

Participated in identifying the Test Scenarios and designing the Test cases.

Actively participated in Agile and scrum meetings, reviewed, and developed test scenarios.

Followed Agile Methodology to emphasize real time communication over written documentation.

Identifying issues with System testing Support and Defect tracking.

Perform static, functional, technical integration, end-to-end and User Acceptance Testing.

Used ALM/Quality Centre for reporting and tracking bugs and generating reports.

Development of SQL queries as per the request from the business team in SQL server. Responsible for Functional Testing, using Black Box Testing Techniques.

Facilitated the documenting of test cases and recorded them for the functionality testing in Test Director/ALM based on test requirements.

Conducted and participated in Stand-up meeting to discuss certain issues with the development, design, and QA team.

Involved in defect status reporting, Prepare bug summary reports and release Notes.

Education and Training

Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition

Institute of Hotel Management

BA: Business Management and Catering Technology

Certifications

Comp TIA Security Certified – Registration No: 385109352

Scrum Master Accredited Certification – International Scrum Institute – Certification ID: 833***********

ASTQB Certification – Certification Number: 21-CTFL-02302-USA

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