Engineer Jira

Raja Kommuri

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(C) 732-***-**** . Email : ***********@*****.***

QA Lead with extensive experience in end to end software development lifecycle, including requirement analysis, development of test strategies and test plans, execution of test cases. Also experienced with effort estimation, resource planning and scope assessment.

Qualifications include over 14 years of QA software testing experience using Automated Tools – Quick Test Professional, Load Runner,Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest, Jira, BugZilla Toad, SQL Plus, SQL Developer, Jaws, and advanced command of Agile, waterfall methodologies.

Certified Scrum master

Certified in SAFe Agile Framework

ISTQB- CTFL certification

Skills Summary

SQA Testing & Methodologies

Test Plans, Cases & Processes

Functional Requirements

Scripting & Documentation

Regression & UAT Testing

UI & Compatibility Testing

Mobile apps testing

Performance / Load / Stress Testing

Traceability Matrix

Defect / Bug Tracking

Test Strategies & Coverages

Backend testing

508 compliance & Accessibility testing

Professional Experience:

Marriott International, MD March 14–till date

Software Test Lead

Responsibilities:

Led a team of 14 testers for Marriott Mobile Native app initiatives.

Analyze and translate business, user requirements, functional requirements, process workflow and technical systems requirements for the development and testing teams.

Communicate business requirements into easy to understand user stories along with acceptance criteria.

Analyze business requirements and processes through document analysis, user stories acceptance criteria and data flow.

Performed functional, integration, regression testing on both iOS and Android apps.

Defects were logged and retested in Jira.

Maintained test data, test reports, test cycles in Jira and Confluence.

AS an SME liaise between business and development team to ensure a mutual understanding of processes and applications.

Responsible for recruiting and onboarding new testers and provide knowledge transfer and training in mobile apps functionality.

Issues were debugged to identify the bottle necks using Charles Proxy.

Managed release validations for various key releases.

Production incidents were logged and monitored using Service Now( SNOW).

Conducted daily stand up meetings with team members to monitor the progress of the project.

Interacted closely with developers, business users, business analysts for quick resolution of the issues.

Interacted with stake holders for better understanding of product priorities.

Organized and conducted script validation and defect triage meetings involving developers, business analysts and business leads.

Environment: iOS,Android,Jenkins,Github,Agile,Jira, Zephyr, ServiceNow, Android Studio, Xcode.

CGI Federal, Fairfax, VA Oct’13 – March ‘14

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Responsibilites:

Led a team of 3 testers for Open Payments File Submission initiative.

Conducted daily stand up meetings with team members to monitor the progress of the project.

Organized daily triage sessions with client to discuss the progress of testing efforts.

Collaborated closely with business users, stake holders, clients on regular basis to discuss issues and risks involved.

Participated in discussions with client to identify critical scenarios and requirements for performance testing.

Engage client to gather software requirements/business rules, and ensure alignment with development teams.

Environment: Agile, Jira, LoadRunner, SQL Developer, Ajax, Websphere.

GXS, Gaithersburg, MD May’13- Oct ‘13

Lead QA Engineer

Led Service Level Management team which included both on shore and off shore members.

Organized daily scrums with off shore team members and addressed concerns related to projects.

Estimated efforts / budgets for various system initiatives.

Participated in discussions with vendors over testing activities.

Executed automated test scripts using QTP.

Performed load testing, stress testing for SLM dashboard using LoadRunner.

Managed monthly release validations to ensure smooth release

Environment: Agile/ Scrum, QTP 11.0, LoadRunner 11.5, Rally, Teamcity,Java, Jira, Oracle SQL Developer, Sharepoint, MS Project.

Marriott International, MD Aug ‘09-March ‘10 & Oct’10-May’13

Senior Software Test Engineer

Led medium/ large testing initiatives like Shop & Book, RCR globalization, eInterface.

Estimated efforts/ budgets for various initiatives.

Provided regular status reports to the managers/ directors, escalated concerns and issues that need immediate attention.

Performed functional testing on M.com for various intiatives.

Participated in release verifications for smooth launching of the applications.

Verified functionality of mobile apps and thin clients on wide range of devices and operating systems.

Performed functional testing on mobile apps and thin clients on wide range of devices and operating systems ( iPhone, Android, Blackberry).

Environment: Agile, Rational Clear Quest 7.1, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Clear Case, Bugzilla, MS Office, Java, Ajax, J2EE, Web Sphere, HTML.

REISystemsInc,Herndon,VA May’10-Oct’10

QA Team lead

Responsibilities:

Managed a team of 6 testers.

Organized daily scrums to monitor the progress and discussed issues with team members.

Reviewed Functional and Design Specification documents. Identified test conditions, ambiguities, conflicts and risks.

Performed backend testing, functional testing, system testing and accessibility testing.

Involved in 508 compliance testing/ Accessibility testing to verify if the application meets Government requirements using Total Validator, Wave and Jaws.

Environment: Agile/Scrum, LoadRunner9.5, JIRA, SQL Server 2005, Java, Total Validator, Wave, Jaws, MS Visio, MS Word, MS Out Look, XML, HTML.

USPTO, VA May ’05 – July ’09

Discovery Communications, MD

NASD, Rockville, MD

New Jersey State Judiciary, Trenton, NJ

As a QA lead managed small /medium sized teams.

Provided Test Estimates for various phases of the project.

Organized daily scrums to monitor the progress of various initiatives.

Reviewed QA check lists to make sure that all the requirements are met for the releases.

Developed automated test scripts for regression testing, based on the requirement documents, using Quick Test Professional.

.Conducted Performance, Stress and Load testing by using Load Runner.

Educational qualifications: B.Sc(Bachelor of Science) (Nagarjuna University) India

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