Mahesh Kumar Boddu

Quality Engineer

(Valid B* US Visa)

E-Mail: adht85@r.postjobfree.com; Contact: +91-917*******

Looking forward for a responsible and challenging position with an organization that offers an excellent opportunity for professional advancement in suitable area where my ideas and interests can be shared, exploited and enriched for better solution.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Software Testing (Manual/ Automation)

Agile / Scrum

Requirement Gathering

Quality Assurance

PROFILE SUMMARY

A focused & result-oriented professional with 5 + years of experience in Credit Cards payment cycles, Loyalty, Payments, Retail (POS and Ecommerce) and convenience Fuel Retail domain.

Actively worked on Test Design & Execution, Defect Management and Test Closure Reports.

Exposure on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Bug Life Cycle.

Hands on experience writing test cases with reference to SRS document.

Hands on experience in EMV testing.

Exposure on API Testing.

Experience in creating test data and end to end testing for POS devices/application.

Hands-on exposure in using Waterfall, Iterative Model, Agile/Scrum methodology

Skill at creation, debugging, enhancement and execution of test scripts and tracking of defects using TFS/JIRA tools

Extensive experience on POS self - checkout / POS QA Testing, involved in setting of QA Test environment with simulated POS test environment; testing and validating POS transaction in accordance with ACI-Compliance.

Experience in writing SQL queries to validate POS Transitions.

Proficient in software testing (automation & manual) of desktop and web-based applications with all type of testing like regression & UAT testing.

Preformed types of testing such as Sanity, System, Smoke, Retesting, and Regression testing during Build releases.

Flexible and versatile to adapt to any new environment and work under pressure.

Expertise in understanding requirements, writing automation test scripts using QTP/UFT, Selenium Web driver, Test Execution, Defect Reporting, Tracking, Regression, Test Status Reporting, and Test Closure Activities

Experience in documentation using SharePoint and confluence.

Having knowledge on Agile Scrum Methodology

Successfully worked with clients: Kroger, Exxon Mobil

A fast learner in understanding tools learnt testing tools in short time with limited training.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Testing Tools

Test Management Tools:

Databases:

Operating Systems:

Applications:

Others:

Selenium Web driver

JIRA, TFS, Quality Center

SQL Server, MS Access

Windows

MS Excel

Maven, Jenkins, GitHub

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since Sept’16 NCR corporation, Hyderabad

Growth Path:

Sept’16 – Dec’17 Associate Quality Engineer

Jan’18 – Mar’19 Quality Engineer I

Mar’19 – Till date Quality Engineer II

Since Aug’15 GSS Infotech India (P) Ltd., Hyderabad

Growth Path:

Aug’15 – Sept’16 Test engineer

Key Result Areas:

Performing requirement gathering from BA, estimating, coordinating and reviewing the artifacts along with testing

Engineering test cases design / product validation

Contributing to the design, development, testing, troubleshooting and debugging of the software

Responsible for creating test cases & data, executing the same, arriving at the schedules and conducting reviews

Testing software programs to compare specifications and documenting the same

Building & maintaining healthy business relations with clients and ensuring high customer satisfaction matrices by achieving delivery & service quality norms

Participate in the Sprint planning and providing the estimation for all the testing process right from analyzing the PBI’s, designing test cases, testing on sandbox, automation required if any, testing on Dev shared environment, logging defects, retesting the bugs and preparing the Execution report.

Attending the daily stand ups within the team and with clients for updating the status regarding the progress of the assigned work.

Experience in Payment Scheme Certification for VISA/MC/AMEX/JCB/CUPS/DINERS.

Analyzing the PBI’s as per the acceptance criteria and get clarifications from the Business Analyst (BA) or Solution Analyst (SA) if the requirement is unclear.

Experience in Installing the Builds on Hardware devices and trouble shooting the Issues on ever build failures.

Highlights:

Performed for EMV certification in onsite location (USA) with Kroger for 6 months.

Received the several appreciations from client’s and management.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified foundation level from International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB).

EDUCATIONAL SUMMARY

Bachelor of technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru technological University (Kakinada).

PROJECTS COMPLETED

Title: RPOS (NCR Product)

Period: April 2019 – Till Date

Company: NCR Corporation

Client: Exxon Mobil

Role: Software Quality engineer-II

Tools: JIRA,

Project Description:

RPOS is a Radiant Point of Sale Application Suite, which is used in Retail & Fuel Stations. The Application consists of Radiant POS, Radiant Site Controller, Radiant Fuel Controller and Radiant Electronic Payment Controller to help outlet people. The Radiant POS system enables users to sell Fuel and other merchandise, accept a variety of payments (including credit), manage shift operations, complete daily business processing, run reports, and export transactional data to other systems. A store’s solution might include Radiant POS, Radiant Site Controller, Radiant Fuel Controller and Radiant Electronic Payment Controller. POS system is useful to enter orders, modify items, and tender payment for all sales transactions. The Site Controller manages all POS data and provides local storage of software; it is a repository for business and configuration data. It also provides connectivity between your store’s data and the corporate host. The Radiant Fuel Controller provides store operators with an advanced dedicated device for managing fuel. This fit-for-purpose and highly reliable device offers flexibility to support any major brand of fuel dispenser and has robust capabilities to deploy and manage fuel island marketing programs. Electronic Payment (Credit) controller is responsible for performing the credit processing functions.

Responsibilities:

Participated in Manual testing activities.

Understanding the requirements and functional specifications of the application.

Installing the Builds in the virtual machines/Hardware devices (QA Environment) on every build release

Co-ordinate with the counter parts for any clarification, Issues etc.

Troubleshooting the issues on every build failure

Identifying the Test scenarios and designing the test cases.

Execution of Test Scripts.

Experience in Payment Scheme Certification for VISA/MC/AMEX/JCB/CUPS/DINERS.

Participating in meetings with the technical team to gauge a better understanding of the scope and the limitations of the project.

Performed regression and smoke testing on every Build release.

Logging the defects in TFS based on severity and priority.

Analyzed Test results and prepared Bug Reports.

Title: Radiant POS (NCR Product)

Period: Oct 2016 – March 2019

Company: NCR Corporation

Client: Kroger

Role: Quality engineer

Responsibilities:

Participated in Manual testing activities.

Installing the Builds in the virtual machines/Hardware devices (QA Environment) on every build release

Experience in Payment Scheme Certification for VISA/MC/AMEX/JCB/CUPS/DINERS.

Co-ordinate with the counter parts for any clarification, Issues etc.

Troubleshooting the issues on every build failure

Identifying the Test scenarios and designing the test cases.

Execution of Test Scripts.

Publishing the test execution results to the management after each execution.

Participating in meetings with the technical team to gauge a better understanding of the scope and the limitations of the project.

Understanding the requirements and functional specifications of the application.

Performed regression and smoke testing on every Build release.

Logging the defects in TFS based on severity and priority.

Analyzed Test results and prepared Bug Reports.

Title: ACD5

Period: Aug’15 – Sept’16

Company: GSS Infotech India (P) Ltd., Hyderabad

Client: AIA (American Institute of Architects)

Role: Test Engineer

Description:

ACD5 is a Content management application which manages forms and contracts comprise AIA Contract Documents. These forms and contracts define the relationships and terms involved in design and construction projects. This helps the Changes and developments in the building industry sometimes necessitate drafting new contract documents and revising existing ones based on American government rules.

Responsibilities:

Participated in Manual and Automation test activities.

Understanding the requirements and functional specifications of the application.

Prepared and executed test cases as per the requirements.

Performed regression and smoke testing on every Build release.

Detected bugs and updated them in TFS based on severity and priority.

Generating Test scripts for smoke and regression using java and selenium.

Executed authored test scripts on different environments (Dev, QA, Production).

Modifying the object identifiers in the script if required.

Analyzed Test results and prepared Bug Reports.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 20th Jun, 1992

Address: 416/3RT, SR Nagar, Hyderabad

Languages known: English, Telugu & Hindi

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