Quality Assurance Control

NANDA KULKARNI

***********@*****.***• 203-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/kulkarninan

Visa Status: US Citizen

Quality Assurance, Customer and Product Support Engineer

Summary:

QA, Customer and Product support Engineer with a track record of exceeding goals and driving customer satisfaction.

Experience in leading a QA team in successful product launches.

Experience working on Agile based projects, SDLC, STLC, System Testing, Software Quality Assurance methodologies.

Experience in testing Finance related applications interfacing with Sales Force application.

Experience in testing Casino Gaming related applications on various devices like Kiosks, iPhone, iPad and android phone.

Experience in testing Energy related applications using Imperva fire wall.

Experience in testing Enterprise, Mobile & Network Security related products.

Experience in testing the Printing systems (MFP’s)&Enterprise Content Management system like Dispatcher Phoenix.

Experience in testing Web Services (SOAP, REST) using tools like Postman, Soap UI, Mule -RAML API console

Experience in translating Business requirements to Use Cases, Creating Test Plans, Test Cases and Requirement Traceability Matrix.

Experience in authoring and executing Smoke, Functional, Regression Integration, Browser Compatibility, End-to-end, Data Base, Localization and UAT testing.

Experience in writing and executing SQL queries.

Experience with Web-based Test management and Defect tracking tools like ALM, Quality Center, Jira& Helix.

Exposure to Version control and Build management involving ClearCase, GIT, Maven, ANT, Jenkins.

Good working Knowledge on core Java and Selenium automation tool using TestNG framework.

Excellent Communication, Collaboration, Attention to detail &Trouble shooting skills & an ability to learn new things quickly.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Customer and Product Support Engineer Jan2024-Current

Department Of Social Services-Benefits Center

Location: East Hartford, CT

Key Project:

First Touch: A Benefit suite that includes MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SNAP, TFA, SAGA CASH, STATE SUPP CASH.

Interfaced with diverse Customer base, addressed issues with patience and empathy resulting in 20% increase in customer satisfaction scores.

Handled 50 customers per day, assisting through phone, email and live chat achieving 85% first contact resolution rate.

Documented customer interactions in APP DYNAMICS-365 data base, reduced on boarding time for new customer Service representative by 15%.

Provided satisfactory resolution to user requests/incidents within the agreed SLA by escalating calls when necessary to next level, reducing on hold wait time.

Participated regularly in training sessions to stay up to date on company Policies and Procedures.

QA Engineer

Konica Minolta-Printing Co July2023-Sep 2023

Location: Windsor, CT

Key Project:

Dispatcher Phoenix: An Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system that uses an automated workflow builder to digitalize & process the paper documents.

Participated actively in Agile stand-up meetings, sprint planning and retrospective sessions to provide updates, discuss issues, and contribute to process improvement initiatives.

Reviewed the Functional specification document &authored, peer reviewed, updated test plan& test cases in web-based test case management tool Helix resulting in complete test coverage

Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression & Integration testing on Square 9 Connector distribution node &logged the identified issues in defect management tool-Git &followed through the resolution.

Coordinated& collaborated with cross functional teams for knowledge transfer in problem solving and troubleshooting the customer logged issues

Executed Sql queries for data validation

QA Engineer

Absolute Software -Cyber Security Co Aug 2022-Apr 2023

Location: Seattle, Washington

Key Project:

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI): A web security solution that is delivered to the customers as a cloud hosted service to protect the end users from internet borne threats such as infected file downloads, Malicious website links from phishing emails, Web borne Malware&Ransomware.

Participated in Agile sprint meetings, provided inputs for story/feature acceptance criteria creating high quality product with low defect rate.

Authored test cases in web-based Test Case management& Defect management tool-Quality Center resulting in complete test coverage.

Deployed Virtual machines (VM), installed Secure Access client on VM’s, upgraded the Secure Access client to latest build and tested the product leading to identification of RBI inconsistencies across multiple browsers.

Tested Authenticator applications (FortiClient, Microsoft, Duo Mobile, Google Authenticator etc.) on Mobile devices across various browsers (Safari, Edge, Firefox, Chrome) and identified browser and authenticator application functionality issues.

Performed localization testing on devices (Android, iOS, iPad, Mac, Windows vm), logged defects and followed it through resolution.

QA Engineer March2019-Jun 2022

Iroquois-Natural Gas Co

Location: Shelton, CT

Key Project: Iroquois-New Shippers

Iroquois is a Natural Gas Pipeline Operating Company delivering gas to Commercial, Industrial and local Distribution companies for residential use.

Created test data for test environment.

Participated in change control, created/ updated test plans& test cases ensuring complete test coverage.

Performed functional testing on Iroquois applications (New Shippers Service, IOL, Info Postings etc.) per North American Energy Standard Board (NAESB) using Imperva firewall that resulted in identifying and resolution of functional issues.

Coordinated UAT testing effort with end users facilitating timely signoff on the end product.

Executed SQL queries for data validation.

QA Engineer

Mohegan Sun -Casino&Gamining Co Nov2014-Jan 2019

Location: Uncasville, CT

Mohegan Sun is a gaming industry with vast product lines that are stand alone and integrate with third party applications like Kiosk’s, Point of Sales etc.

Contributed to application migration from legacy system to a high-performance system with mobile based user interface.

Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, Integration and Database testing on product leading to increase in product sales.

Gathered use case scenarios, created test plan, test cases and performed End to End testing on mobile devices like iPad, iPhone and android etc. resulted in identification of functional and nonfunctional issues.

Performed SOAP/REST web services testing using SOAP UI, MULE API console to test Middleware MULE ESB and transaction modules such as Momentum dollars, Comps, Coupons, Gift Cards etc. resulting in bug free and high-volume transaction processing system.

Identified test cases for automation resulting in 30% reduction in manual testing effort.

Trained end users, reviewed documentation, reproduced client reported issues, logged defects in ALM facilitating resolutions with shorter turnaround time.

Coordinated with cross functional teams to develop use case scenarios for integration testing with 3rd party applications such as Bally loyalty, Adobe Campaign etc.

Executed SQL queries for data validation

QA Engineer Jan 2014-May 2014

AT&T-Vantiv-Payment Processing Co.

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Merchant Enabled Boarding Application: Vantiv is a Financial Company with vast product line that includes Mobile based Point of Sales applications that integrate with third parties like AT&T, Bussey bank and Fifth Third bank.

Modelled the workflow in STARC (an in-house modelling tool), authored Test cases in Quality Center, performed Functional testing for a Sales Force based mobile checkout application leading to a fully functional merchant boarding system.

Enhanced existing test suite to provide coverage for feature enhancement and Regression testing and logged defects in Quality Center.

Created platform metrics and performed application UI testing on various browsers ensuring browser compatibility.

EDUCATION & AWARDS

Masters in commerce and PG diploma in Computer Applications-Osmania University, Hyderabad-India.

Mohegan Sun 2016 Micimee Award winner for outstanding attendance.

Volunteered for Barret Jackson (an antique car show event) held at Mohegan Sun.

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