PROFILE SUMMARY

*+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Software testing in primarily Manual and Automated testing environment

Expertise in using QC/ALM to perform activities like writing Test Plan, Test Cases, executing Test Cases, developing and maintaining Test Scripts, tracking defects and bug reporting.

Strong acquainted with writing detailed test cases for functional and nonfunctional requirements.

Experience in executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing, System Testing, Functionality Testing, Performance Testing, Black Box Testing, GUI Testing, Sanity Testing, and Usability Testing for Web, Client, and Server applications testing.

Proficient in cross-browser testing (IE, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari)

Expertise in all stages of Software Development Lifecycle

Comprehensive knowledge of the SDLC within Web, Client and server

Highly proficient in MS Office suite (Excel, project, PowerPoint, and outlook).

Participated in the creation of Test Cases and Test scripts and worked closely with developers and Project Managers in isolating and resolving problems using appropriate QA testing methodologies.

Knowledge of the guidelines of agile methodology in Software Dev. phases.

Skilled in the analysis of business requirements for software applications from functional and project management perspectives.

Strong working knowledge of databases such as Oracle and MS SQL server.

Expert in Mobile testing on iOS, Android, Windows devices: phones and tablets

Experience with J Meter to perform load testing on web applications and Web services

Worked with peers in both business and technical areas to deliver system solutions in line with corporate priorities

SKILLS

QA Tools &

Methodologies

Quality Center (9.2)/ALM (11.0), TFS (Team foundation Server), Selenium WebDriver (3.11), Team Track, Bugzilla, JIRA, Confluence, iMacros, Awesome screenshot, TestRail, Zephyr

Agile-Scrum/Kanban and Waterfall.

Languages

Environment

Visual Basic, Java, HTML, XML, CSS, PHP, .Net

Mobile Platforms

Mobile Emulators

Android, IOS & Windows phone

Sauce labs, Browser stack, IOS Stimulator

Browsers

IE, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Samsung internet, Edge

Operating Systems

MS-DOS Windows, MAC, Linux

Databases

SQL, Oracle

WORK EXPERIENCE

QA Consultant

Halliburton, Houston Tx May 2019 – Present

Review the Business Requirement Document to understand the Business process and write Test Cases and mocked test data for both positive and negative test scenarios.

Uploaded and managed test requirements and test cases in ALM.

Perform Functional, System, System Integration, GUI, Ad hoc and UAT testing.

Executed Regression test cases, documented test results and reported and tracked defects.

Stored Pass/Fail results in the project folder and/or in ALM and retested and closed fixed defects.

Performed Smoke testing after the build deployment on a weekly basis after the defect fixes.

Auditing business and functionality necessity documents and recognized test scenarios.

Retesting defects and making necessary updates in ALM.

Attend meetings with business analysts and developers to discuss defects.

Involved in Scrum type of agile methodology testing.

Performing Functional testing, Integration testing, System testing, Regression testing, and End to End Testing.

Send daily project updates to senior management.

Meeting with Management, Developers and Business Analysts to design functional specifications before each Release.

Use ALM to customize users and user groups

Use ALM to create and maintain new Domains and Projects

Creating Regression test sets for various test projects and updating the test set after each test cycle

Participated in the team for User Acceptance Testing

Performed back-end testing using SQL queries

Mentored and built skills in more junior members/ new hires of the QA team.

Performed Positive and Negative Testing manually

Performed Sanity Testing & Smoke Testing manually

Participated in the project meetings

Mobile Testing of multiple web properties

Mobile compatibility testing on numerous IOS, Android, and Windows devices

Participated in the building and maintenance of the automation framework

Executed and analyzed automated scripts

Created reusable automated test scripts using Selenium

QA Analyst

Texas Children Hospital, Houston Tx feb 2017 – April 2019

Extensive work experience in Manual Testing and been exposed to Automation testing

Testing the application in Agile, Scrum and sprint development and process

Performing exploratory testing to get a better understanding of the product features

Participate in the development of test documentation – test cases, test suites, test plans

Execute the test cases in ALM

Exposure to Quick Test Professional (QTP) for Automation Testing

Conducted back-end testing by writing SQL queries for database verification

Study functional and business requirement documents and use cases

Reviewed, developed & wrote detailed defect reports, providing logs, screenshots, videos

Worked with the UAT team for System testing assignment and Production Release.

Attended the discovery release planning meeting and identified the User Stories for the release

Attended the sprint planning meetings and analyzed user stories for testing tasks & testing time

Collected the QA Status from the peers, juniors QA's and provided the QA Release Status to the IT department

Prioritize and review defects with the development team

Regularly assess testing progress and prepare test status reports for QA manager

Collaborated with team leaders to develop the most cost-effective transportation model, tested models with core test carriers and executed model to go live

Experience with systems integration testing applications developed for the .NET platform.

Manual Tester

American Express New York city, Ny Nov 2013 – Dec 2016

Agile-Scrum Environment with 2-week sprints. Participated in discussions for Sprint planning, Daily Scrum (or Stand-up), Story Grooming, Backlog, Story Pointing, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.

Developed test cases in accordance with the company's functional and Business Requirement Document (BRD).

Used HP QC/ALM to manage test procedures.

Executed test cases and logged defects in JIRA/Zephyr.

Retested defects and made necessary updates in JIRA.

Attended review meetings with business analysts and developers to discuss defects.

Performed functional testing, integration, and regression testing.

Sent daily project updates to senior management.

Attended daily defect meetings with Developers, Business Users, and Management.

Met with Management, Developers, and Business Analysts to design functional specifications before each Release.

Created Regression test sets for various test projects and updated the test set after each test cycle.

Participated in the project meetings and walk-throughs. Mentored and built skills in more junior members of the QA team.

Performed Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, GUI (Graphical User Interface), System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and End to End Testing.

Performed Positive and Negative Testing manually.

Performed Sanity Testing & Smoke Testing manually.

All the issues that came up during the testing process were tracked and logged in JIRA as defects.

Monitored the defect tracking process using JIRA, troubleshooting, and generating customized reports for the client.

Maintained status reports and acted as a liaison communicating with the Management regarding the progress of the project. After successful development and testing of the product, participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), product release, and deployment to end-user.

EDUCATION

University of Karachi

Bachelor of Science in Technology management

Class of 2006

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