Amara Rehman

Aldie, VA 703-***-**** ad31of@r.postjobfree.com

Active Public Trust Clearance

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

10+ years' Experience in Software Quality Assurance, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

Experienced in Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing, Production & Maintenance Methods using Waterfall, and Agile/SCRUM.

Experience in automating test scenarios and test cases using HP UFT/ QTP 12.52 and lower versions.

Experienced in SQL, Oracle database and Windows operating systems.

Implemented different automation frameworks from like Keyword Driven framework, Data Driven framework and Hybrid framework for several of projects.

Experienced in developing, enhancing, and maintaining high-end test scripts for various functional and regression testing using UFT and VBScript.

Experience in SOAPUI for testing Web Services

Analyzed and Reported Defects using JIRA, ALM, Rally, Quality Center and Interacted well with developers and team members in fixing bugs.

Hands-on experience using HP UFT / Quick Test Pro with VBScript, Test Director & Quality Center/ALM.

Experienced in preparing Test Scenarios and Test Scripts for manual Testing for various software applications.

Performed Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Descriptive Programming approaches in Automation.

Experience in using HP Application Lifecycle Management (QC), QTP for Client/Server Applications, Selenium IDE for Web based applications and Soap UI, browser rest clients for API, Integration testing.

Worked on Selenium IDE to Automate Testing of Web Application, modified test scripts which includes sequence of commands to be executed.

Excellent communication (both written and oral), presentation and problem-solving skills with a high level of professionalism, and ability to multitask in fast paced environments.

SKILLS

Testing: UFT, Quick Test Pro, SOAP UI, Selenium IDE, Test Complete, CAVE, WINSCP, Citrix

Bug Tracking Tools: ALM, Quality Center, Jira, Bugzilla, Test Director, Remedy, Redmine, Test Rail,

Programming Languages: VB Script, HTML, XML, SQL,

Database: MS Access, Oracle, SQL Server, MYSQL, DB2, Oracle TOAD, CITRIX, GIT Lab

Operating System: Windows, iOS, Android, Linux, Mainframe

EXPERIENCE

Senior Software Test Engineer SPOK Inc 11/2021-03/2022

Attended daily scrum meetings, release and iteration kickoffs, retrospectives meetings and other team meetings as necessary for the scrum team.

Used Jira for Acceptance Criteria, Test Plans, Bug Tracking Reports and other Test Reports required and asked by the Management.

Assisted the team to troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues with technical documentation of installation and configuration guides.

Used Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server configurations and operations for for Testing Jira Tickets.

Performed different type to testing such as integration, regression, performance and functional testing on the product.

Used Oracle database for all the data bank.

QA Test Engineer CMCI 03/2019-09/2021

Attended daily Scrum meetings, inner team meeting, requirement’s meetings, and business coordination rules meetings.

Used SOAP UI, ORACLE Toad and WINSCP for testing Jira tickets.

Participated in UAT planning, testing and reports.

Helped in creating and modifying Visio diagrams for each requirement for the release.

Helped in creating and modifying deliverables such as EPLC, RTM, Test Reports, Test Plans, Acceptance Criteria Report for the client for each JIRA ticket.

Created various documents such as Test Plan, Test Report, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios and Test Case, Test Script, and XML Test Data.

Used GIT LAB and Share point as data bank to save all the testing and development related documents.

Performed different type of testing such as Black Box, Functional, Regression, Negative and Performance testing.

Software Release Lead Engineer/Manual Tester Raytheon 02/2018-02/2019

Handling and in charge of running CCB Meeting daily, record everything discussed in the meeting and deliver the CCB Minutes to everyone.

Kept track of all the Test LOEs for different releases as they started and while they were going on.

Significantly contributed to the evolution and scale of the release process steps continue to deliver value to the customers as efficiently and as seamlessly as possible.

Participate in and conduct post-release reviews of major releases and ensure that issues are addressed prior to the next release.

Work on multiple projects and project deployments tracking progress and conflicts between projects, verifying the environment stability, and preparing reports.

Work on preparing daily reports on various platforms to capture development and testing environments statuses. These reports are used to keep the projects on track and defect free. Environment management also involves building and maintaining new environments to help critical projects. Schedule and Facilitate all Release Planning Meetings.

Tracked BETA testing trouble tickets using Remedy.

Created content tracker report and updated bugs and enhancements.

Tracked SWIT DRs against various system components using Redmine.

Provided updates on coordination PowerPoint slide packages.

Created and modified Visio diagrams for project

Tracked and kept updated numbers on Release Status report using Redmine.

Created reports such as Omaha delivery reports on various releases, reports on all the bugs reported in Redmine for different releases, updated governance reports, updated Release Build Content reports etc...

Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams

Conducted and created test cases using Cave on different perspectives.

Performed different type of testing such as regression and performance testing.

Involved in creating various documents such as Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Scenario and Test Schedules document, Test Case, Test Script, and System Inventory Document.

Participated in requirements gathering, analysis and ensure requirements are clear and complete.

Involved in Task allocations, Tracking completion & Guidance to team.

Performed execution of test cases manually to verify the expected results.

Executed Positive and Negative data testing and Boundary testing.

Developed and maintained detail test cases, expected results, and traced the test cases to the requirements using Rally

Verified the integration of various components in the application and executed end-to-end testing.

Participated in Release Review/Requirement Analysis and Design review meetings.

Assisted Users and Business Analysts in completing User Acceptance Test using Rally.

Software Test Engineer III Capital One 08/2014- 01/2018

Involved in testing activities that allows Applications to meet Business Requirements and Systems goals, fulfill End-User Requirements, and identify existing or potential issues.

Analyzed, test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other test documentations. Collaborate with other QA and Development teams to automate test procedures.

Determined test automation feasibility, implementing, and sharing new methodologies. Summarize and present test results to team and management.

Responsible for creating automated test scripts in HP UFT/QTP and updated the scripts as per requirement change.

Worked with Database testing – write and execute SQL queries and Oracle database.

Developed VB script function libraries, keywords, custom error handling scripts and Descriptive programming by using HP UFT/QTP.

Using HP UFT/QTP, converted manual test cases to automation test scripts, Developed automation hybrid framework.

Used VB script language, for HP UFT/QTP programming purposes.

Worked effectively under pressure and within deadlines and quickly learned new systems. Analyze defined requirements for testability.

Maintained software testing documentation including, but not limited to requirement traceability matrix, standard test plans, test cases, and test scripts.

Interacted with the onshore and offshore team to resolve defects and functional issues of the application.

Managed own assignments in relation to the project schedule.

Extensively used Quality Center / HP ALM for test planning, bug tracking and reporting.

Uploaded Business requirements, test scenarios, test cases and defects of HP ALM.

Implemented automation scripts execution through HP ALM, updating test results and uploading relevant files/screenshots back to ALM.

oEnvironment: Quality Center, Quick Test Professional (UFT) 12.52, VBScript, Oracle, HTML, XML, SOAP UI, TOAD, MS Office, and Windows.

Test Automation Engineer Parexel 05/2012- 08/2014

Actively involved in QA activities and development support of various interfaces like involvement in writing Test Plans/Test Cases for System /Interface Requirements and Business requirements.

Extracted the Business Requirements from the end users keeping in mind their need for the application and prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD).

Actively involved with scrum and sprint meetings, managing product backlog, removing obstacles to progress, re-allocating resources where necessary, prioritizing and review milestones and accomplishments.

Performed usability, GUI, Functionality and regression testing of the new builds.

Developed and maintained automated regression test cases in HP UFT/QTP using VBScript programming language.

Responsible for implementation of Hybrid Test Automation Framework using HP UFT/QTP.

Performed cross browser functional testing using HP UFT/QTP.

Established Tractability between the Requirements and the Tests in Tractability Matrix using Quality Center.

Developed custom reusable functions, implemented error handling mechanism using Recovery Scenarios in HP UFT/QTP.

Coordinating with the developers, business analyst for resolution of defects.

Generated Defect Reports and Test case coverage reports for status meeting and also involved in resource planning for test cases coverage.

Involved in Defect Review meetings and participated in weekly meetings with project management team.

oEnvironment: Java, Selenium (IDE, Junit, Web driver), Eclipse IDE, TestNG, Agile, Scrum, JIRA, HP ALM Quality Centre, HTML/XML, Unix/Linux, Windows.

QA Tester T-Mobile 02/2010- 05/2012

Involved in reviewing and analyzing the functional requirement documents.

Involved in writing the Test plan and Test Cases based on functional requirements.

Involved in whole Software Development Life Cycle process of the application by doing GUI, Functional, Regression, System, Integration, and User acceptance testing.

Created Requirements Traceability Matrix with all the testable securities scenarios.

Used Quality Center to maintain and execute test cases and to track and reported the defects.

Updated the requirements and defect status as per the status of the testing project using Quality Center.

Created and executed SQL queries to perform backend testing.

Performed regression testing by executing the scripts using QTP.

Performed GUI and Smoke testing using QTP.

Created various QTP scripts using descriptive programming, user defined functions, checkpoints etc.

Performed Cross browser testing and System testing of Online quotes functionality using QTP.

Involved in User acceptance testing of the application.

oEnvironment: Quality Center, QTP, dx Oracle, HTML, XML, SQL, JIRA, Windows, MS Office.

EDUCATION

Bachelor in Business Administration/International, Marymount University, Arlington, VA

Coursework: International Business, Accounting and Financial management, Supply Chain Operations, Information System

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