Test Engineer

Sirisha Singh adczyx@r.postjobfree.com 732-***-****

Six Plus years of experience in Software Quality Assurance with extensive skills in both Manual and exposure to Automation Testing in Agile & Waterfall development methodologies.

Extensively used Testing Tools like HP Quick Test Professional, HP ALM, HP UFT and issue management tools like Bugzilla and JIRA.

Extensive experience in working on various test strategies and preparing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test summaries and Analyzing Test Results.

Experienced in troubleshooting the Customization issues in the modules of Requirements, Test plan, Test lab and Defects.

Good knowledge of QA methodologies and process of software validation principles. Worked extensively in agile projects with hectic schedules of 2 & 4 week sprint cycles.

Automated and manual testing, for Web Based, Client/Server, Database Testing, API Testing and Cloud application.

Experienced in Functional, Regression, Smoke testing, End to End Modular Testing, Performance Testing, Black Box Testing and coordinating UAT sessions.

Highly proficient in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) In Agile methodologies.

Hands on experience with test case designing, test execution, defect reporting, triage, tracking, coverage analysis and coordination of testing efforts.

Experienced in conducting backend testing and can write SQL queries to retrieve the data for validation and accuracy.

Well versed with 3 to 4 weeks sprint based- fast-paced development activity following continuous integration and DevOps model.

Used test management tools like ALM QC extensively for test case designing, test execution, defect reporting, defect tracking and generation of status reports.

Experience with Automation testing with HP Sprinter and exposure to Selenium testing.

Co-ordinated the test efforts and worked with business, development, release management and test automation teams.

Supported User Acceptance Testing and performed production verification tests.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to test with minimum software specifications

Worked with onsite and offshore team structures and coordinated the testing efforts.

Technical Skills Summary

Languages:

JAVA, XML, SQL, HTML5, VBScript,

Testing Tools:

QC, QTP,UFT, ALM, Selenium

Test Management Tools:

JIRA, MS-SharePoint, Confluence, HP Quality Center- ALM

Operating Systems:

Windows NT/XP/7/10, UNIX/LINUX, iOS

Browsers:

Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari

Others:

MS-Office, JIRA, iPhone, iPad, DevOps, SVN, Jenkins

Databases:

SQL, PL/SQL, ORACLE 8/9/10/11i, JAVA

Professional Experience:

United Health Group Inc, PA Mar 2018 – March 2020

Position:- QA Analyst

United Health Group is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to make the health care system work better. AARP Health Care Options is the name of AARP's health insurance and service program. The application calculates the required premium and benefit amount for the coverage period depending on the user-selected options. United Healthcare is an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, the wide group of companies delivers innovative products and services to approximately 70 million Americans. Working with the testing team actively participated in testing the entire application’s functionality from an end-to-end perspective.

Responsibilities:

Participation in Business requirements review meetings and identification of key scenarios for functionality testing.

Writing Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Matrix documents analyzing the Use Cases and updating the Traceability Matrix to check the coverage analysis.

Responsible for manually testing the entire application for GUI, Functionality, Business Logic and Use case adherence.

Defect Reporting, Tracking and interacting with the development team and the real-time users to implement the entire Test Management process.

Writing Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Testing Scenarios, using Quick Test Professional for Regression testing, implementing the required checkpoints and updating them from time to time.

Tested the application for browser and operating system compatibility and accessibility on mobile devices.

Tested the applications end-to-end features and actively involved in verifying the database for accuracy updates and validation of business logic.

Created the required test data meeting all business requirements and tested the application’s user interface as well as the backend modules.

Used SQL for extracting the required data related to testing, test dataset creation and verification.

Peer review meetings, defect triage, requirement reviews, training & updating the senior management with testing status were some additional responsibilities.

Worked with cross functional teams, organized UAT sessions documented the end to end test cases, test results and reporting using HP ALM.

Worked with on-site and off-shore resources and supported UAT testing.

Environment: Java2.0, Servlets, JSP, Tomcat Web server, JavaScript, UNIX, Oracle8i, SQL, Windows NT / XP, UFT, HP Quality Center-ALM, iPad, iPhone

Mediacom -MAESTRO Integration – Chester NY May 2016 – Feb 2018

Position:- QA Engineer

This is an OSS operations assignment with the goal of migrating to new external interfacing systems and tuning the interactions within the core OSS operational environment Maestro. The Residential Provisioning systems and the Neustar® number management system integration was the key area of testing which is being development as part of this assignment.

Reviewed Functional Specifications and Wrote test scenarios, test cases and test matrix documents following analysis of Use Cases.

Responsible for manually testing the entire application for GUI, Functionality, Business Logic and Use Case adherence.

Defect reporting, tracking and generation of reports and graphs for management requirements.

Attended requirements review meetings to design comprehensive test cases and designed detailed test cases to support the functionality testing.

Actively participated in defect triage meetings and supported to test efforts in implementing the expected functionality.

Published weekly status reports to reflect the progress and managed the testing efforts as per the project timelines.

Utilized SQL and PL/SQL for working with data relating to testing, test dataset creation and verification

Conducted the required training sessions for the team members from time to time and also supported the UAT test efforts.

Writing automated test cases, test scripts, and testing scenarios using Quick Test Professional for regression testing. Also implementing the required checkpoints and updating them as needed.

Environment : Java, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, SQL, MS SQL Server, QTP, Windows 2000 Server, QC, QTP

Automation Project - Humana Insurance Louisville, KY Sep 2013 – Mar 2016

Position:- Jr. Tester

Development and maintenance Test Scripts in an Agile project for our monthly build releases in Global insurance segment. Supporting production teams for CSR go live schedules. Maintaining stable Automation scripts and allocating efforts to onsite and to offshore teams. Closely working with Business people and developers for global CSIR requirements and enhancements.

Worked directly with clients in managing their requests, understanding their requirements and translating functional requirements to technical specifications through hands-on analysis and coordinating with the onsite and offshore team for development.

Involved in test scripts with a focus on capture defects, code stability and reusability.

Working on configuration driven hybrid framework using testing frame work.

Hands on experience in developing and managing the file layouts, ftp transactions, web service applications, and database utilities to handle Enrolment, Billing payments and Claims modules.

Expertise in Manual Testing for Smoke Testing, GUI software testing, Backend Testing, Functional Testing and Regression Testing.

Working in Agile project with a monthly release cycle using for writing test suites and structure the test cases for testing UI functionality.

Performed Compatibility Testing of applications for dynamic and static content of browsers using dynamic locators in Selenium on various browsers like IE 11, Chrome, Fire Fox and Safari.

Performed sanity check of application on fresh build to ensure basic functionality works as expected for in UAT and Test Environments for multiple regions.

Expertise in developing reusable components for cross cutting concerns like Reporting, File Transaction management, and Data integration to increase productivity, easy maintenance and to retain software quality.

Environment: HP ALM, Windows 7, Oracle 12c Database system.

Education:

Masters in Arts from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

Bachelor of Education from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.

Web-centric Computing, NIIT, Hyderabad, India

Work Authorization Status:

Employment Authorized (EAD) in USA

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