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Summary
Andre
Thomas
Experience
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Software QA Professional with over nine years of experience in the Software Development Life Cycle from Inception, Transformation to
Execution, which includes Design, Development, and Implementation with emphasis on Quality Assurance, Manual Testing, and Automated Testing using HP Tools (Quick Test Professional). Knowledge of using Selenium and UFT to create automation frameworks and test scripts based on test cases to automate various web-based
applications to reduce regression testing time and increase productivity effectively. I'm involved in the entire QA Life Cycle, including designing, Developing, and executing the QA Process and Documentation of Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Procedures. Solid knowledge in Black Box and White Box testing, designing and creating Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Data. Excellent problem-solving skills and experience using Bug Reporting and Bug Tracking Tools; Experience in performing integration, functional, system, end-to-end, regression, acceptance testing, and smoke tests; Worked with different browsers: Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer and on other platforms: Windows, UNIX and Linux.
Skills
JIRA
Blackbox Testing
Karthik Consulting
Software Tester 09/2020 to 10/2022
DCOS is a system designed to protect the Space against cyber attacks. The system consist of over 10 web-based applications developed using open source technology.
Created manual test cases using Zephyr Scale
Executed manual test cases for integration and user acceptance testing in an isolated environment
Reviewed user stories acceptance criteria and assisted with ensuring the requirements were properly documented Created a test case matrix to ensure requirements were covered Created test metrics to report the progress of regression testing
Submitted bugs using JIRA and assisted with root cause analysis
Attended PI Planning and other agile ceremonies Peer reviewed and prepared the test cases to be ready for automation
Automated manual test cases using a selenium keyword driven test automation framework
Assisted with debugging and fixing the automation team test scripts
BioFortis
Software Tester 05/2015 to 09/2020
Labmatrix is a web-based application designed to provide end-users access to clinical and translational research management software system used for information
management and integration of patient, clinical, specimen, genetic and molecular assay data
Create and execute automated test cases by using the Functional Automated System Test (FAST) Framework
developed in Selenium
Create and manipulate XML Test Drivers for developing automated test scripts
Analyze the DOM to determine which locators to use for End-to-end Testing
Integration Testing
SpiraTest
Selenium
Eclipse
Maven
UFT
Quality Center
TOAD
Java
VB
C
SQL
XML
Oracle
MS-SQL Server
Edge
Internet Explorer
Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
UNIX / Windows
Education and Training
Bachelor of Arts
Bowie State University
Bowie, MD,
Business Management, 10/2024
Selenium to interact with the application
Implemented and maintain a keyword driven and page object model framework in Selenium
Create actions to drive the Selenium methods
Update test automation framework to support data generation Achieved quick turn-around in results by executing tests in parallel on several virtual machines
Developed and prioritized test cases based on User Stories Participated in daily standup meetings to discuss status, bugs, and priorities
Use JIRA to document and manage test cases, tasks, and bugs Develop TCM (Test Case Matrix) to identify the invalid, valid, and boundary conditions of the User Stories Acceptance Criteria
Checked the data flow through the front to backend by executing SQL statements
Created test data for test cases by reviewing the application and querying the database for unique combinations to test valid/invalid test scenarios
Worked with developers to validate resolved tickets in JIRA Performed regression testing to ensure new builds successfully implemented
American Institute
Software Tester 10/2013 to 05/2015
Smarter Balanced is a web-based assessment system aligned to the Common Core Standards to measure mastery of the content students will need to succeed in colleges and careers It's designed to be adaptive, so the difficulty of the questions will adjust to the knowledge level of the student Created and executed test cases on web and mobile devices Developed automated test scripts using UFT and FAST Framework Executed automated smoke tests after each build deployed to test environment
Use SpiraTest for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status
Executed automated regression against nightly builds Performed integration testing, functional testing and regression testing
Work with Test Lead to determine the priority of defects that will be verified in subsequent builds
Reviewed backlog of defects to assist team with
prioritization for next sprint
Performed risk-based regression testing
Used Putty to connect to a Unix Server to validate logs created by the application
Updated test cases based on findings from the regression test results
Analyze the business and user needs to document testing tasks needed for the sprint
Verify the application was compatible on the various platforms: IE, Chrome, Firefox, Windows XP/7, iPad, and Android Tablets.