Qa Analyst Quality Assurance

Karma B Gurung

Emily, MN

+1-763-***-**** *****.*.******@*****.***

Summary

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst with 11+ years of experience in QA testing large and complex applications. Expert in functional, regression, and API testing using tools like Postman and SoapUI Pro. Successfully designed and executed test plans, cases, and coordinated testing activities with cross-functional teams. Skilled in documenting and analyzing enhancements and bugs to ensure testability and functionality.

Skills

Test plans creation, Agile/Scrum methodology, Manual test execution, Black box testing, White box testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Deep debugging

Work Experience

Minnesota IT Services Apr 2019 - Present

Software QA Analyst St. Paul, MN

Executed functional, regression, and system testing to ensure product quality.

Tested Claims Processing via MMIS (Medicaid Management Information System) and MNIT portal (front end).

Reviewed formal business and functional requirements, participating actively in application design meetings to ensure thorough understanding for testing purposes.

Coordinated test schedules, managed progress of test activities against test plans and release schedules in collaboration with Program Lead.

Created, maintained, and executed test plans, test cases, and test data; provided weekly test reports to Program Lead for project updates.

Escalated challenges to appropriate team members promptly for quick resolution.

Identified requirement gaps and worked with Business Analyst to ensure accuracy in requirement documents (FSD). Questar Assessment Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

Software QA Analyst Golden Valley, MN

Participated in integration testing using deep debugging techniques in line with project requirement.

Collaborated closely with the End-to-End Testing team, leveraging Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Assisted the automation team in scripting and executing smoke and regression test cases.

Executed SQL queries to identify Machine Scoring data, essential for validating test scenarios.

Performed API testing with Postman, ensuring robust test coverage across services.

Attended defect triage and review meetings to ensure timely resolutions and improved testing strategies.

Performed thorough manual functional, regression, and system testing.

Coordinated test schedules and managed test activities progress as required by the release schedule in conjunction with QA Lead. Merrill Datasite, Merrill Corporation Aug 2015 - Sep 2017 Senior QA Analyst St. Paul, MN

Accountabilities:

Wrote automation test cases using cucumber and capybara using Ruby.

Provided feedback on the behalf of IAM team regarding level of effort for all testing activities.

Participated in Defect Triage and Review meetings.

Participated in formal review of functional as well as business requirements and application design.

Executed manual as well as automation test cases for both smoke and regression testing.

Worked with appropriate person(s) to define the acceptance criteria for user stories.

Assisted automation team with steps for smoke and regression test cases.

Provided feedback to less experienced co-workers regarding SQL, and other work-related questions.

Performed API testing using SoapUI Pro

CIBMTR Minneapolis National Marrow Donor Program Dec 2011 - Aug 2015 QA Lead Minneapolis, MN

Accountabilities:

Lead QA team in project planning meeting to discuss backlog items to pull into the sprint.

Represented QA team in backlog grooming meeting to discuss priorities of backlog items with product owners and team members.

Trained team members on Audit and Formsnet2 (FN2) applications

Triaged production bugs and either resolved them or directed them to appropriate developers.

Created test data for UAT and provided them with any technical assistance they needed.

Participated in Defect Triage and Review meetings.

Participated in formal review of functional as well as business requirements and application design. Education

Saint Cloud State University Jan 2003

BS Business Computer Information Systems BCIS Saint Cloud, MN Central Community College Mar 2000

AA-Liberal Arts-Seattle

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