NARMADA RACHAMALLA (US CITIZEN)
San Ramon, CA *4583 • 314-***-**** • ************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Dedicated and detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer with 13 years of experience in ensuring the quality of software products. Proven track record of designing and implementing effective QA processes, conducting thorough functional testing and automation testing to deliver high-quality software solutions with experience in both Financial and HealthCare domains
SKILLS
Testing Tools: ALM Quality Center, Atlassian Jira,TeamTrack, Selenium
Languages : Java, C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, Visual Basic,.Net,C#
OS : Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/VISTA/7,UNIX/Linux,Dos
Web Technologies : Java Script, HTML, XML, JSP, XSLT, Web Logic, Web Sphere
Database Servers : Oracle 7.x/8i/9i MS SQL Server 8.0/2000, MySQL
Software Methodology: Agile, Waterfall
Other Tools : Sharepoint, Confluence, Tableau, Sauce Labs, Postman
WORK HISTORY
Senior QA Engineer
Abbot Laboratories - Oakland, United States 01/2023 - Current
Lingo mobile application is used to track continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) used by individuals through Lingo biosensor. The medical device is next version of existing glucose monitor application Libre
Conducted comprehensive testing of complex medical device Mobile application on iOS and Android platforms, including functional and regression testing
Participated in Sprint Grooming sessions, Sprint Planning meetings along with Product owner, Business Analysts and Scrum master
Participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, review, and retrospective meetings
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements, provide testing input, and ensure alignment with quality standards
Developed and executed test plans, test cases, and test protocols to support QA testing for multiple releases
Worked closely with development teams to ensure timely bug resolution and retesting .
Reported and prioritized bugs, tracked issues using Jira application
Developed automation scripts utilizing Selenium tool
Performed API testing using Postman tool
Used Tableau tool to create interactive dashboards and reports to visualize test results and track key metrics
Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) along with Business users
Performed accessibility testing of website application make sure it is compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors
Senior QA Engineer
Bank Of The West - San Ramon, United States 08/2017 - 01/2023
Loan Origination/Plus Underwriting Improvements/Operations/Dealer Rewards are new Consumer / Retail banking applications under Plus Project. The applications are used to grant a loan for New and Used Auto/RV/Marine Products
Lead QA team in designing and implementing effective test plans and strategies for multiple software projects.
Conducted thorough functional, integration and regression testing to ensure reliability and stability of software applications
Collaborated with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to identify and resolve issues throughout software development lifecycle
Analyzed User Stories by interacting with Business Analysts and Developers
Developed test cases after analyzing Epics, User stories and Tasks
Active participation in everyday standup and project status meetings related to testing
Involved in preparing Requirements Traceability Matrix using ALM Quality Center tool
Developed Defect Management reports and involved in Defect Triage meetings daily
Performed Mobile testing utilizing Sauce Labs tool
Validated back-end data integrity using SQL Queries
Involved in testing APIs utilizing Postman tool
Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) along with Business users
Utilized Jira tool for Project management tasks
Extensively used ALM Quality Center modules Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defects module for Test Management activities
Software QA Engineer
Wells Fargo - Fremont 06/2014 - 07/2017
Credit View (CV) application used in the wholesale credit process for approval of all new and existing credits/exposures in the Wholesale bank. Credit View application has interfaces with different other applications for loan data.
Involved in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
Analyzed User Requirements by interacting with Business Analysts and developers
Developed test Cases after analyzing the Business Requirements
Involved in developing test plans by going through the Functional Requirements and Business Requirements Documentation
Active participation in regular project status meetings related to testing
Performed functional testing for the User stories
Reported bugs using Jira bug tracking tool and tracked them to closure
Developed Defect Management reports and involved in Defect Triage meeting daily
Validated back-end data integrity using SQL Queries
Performed production validation testing during the releases
Software QA Engineer
US Bank Home Mortgage - Saint Louis, United States 04/2011 - 05/2014
Serve as a key member of software testing team for US Bank mortgage client server and web applications. Involved in all phases implementing quality-assurance methodologies to ensure compliance with QA standards and customer specifications.
Involved in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
Analyzed user requirements by interacting with business analysts and developers
Involved in writing test plans by going through Functional Requirements and Business Requirements Documentation
Developed test cases after analyzing Requirements and Use Cases
Prepared test data as per test cases documented in test plan
Developed Bug Reports and involved in Defect Triage meetings
Developed Test Progress reports weekly to update testing progress to upper management
Involved in Loan origination Web Site testing
Developed Test Summary reports for Risk Analysis meetings
Validated back-end data integrity using SQL Queries
Executed Data Driven test cases and compared actual with expected result
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science: Computer and Information Sciences Osmania University - Hyderabad, India