Quality Test

AKHSUMA ALAM

***** ********** *****,

Bristow, VA 20136

Cell: 703-***-****

Email: a k h s u m a @ g m a i l . c o m

Profile: Software Quality Assurance professional having 6+ years of experience in Manual and Accessibility testing. Expertise in QA best practices, QA Process, Software testing techniques and QA Test methodologies. Strong test management skills and experience in running large, cross-enterprise testing initiatives leading both onshore and offshore teams. Proficient in testing of web based and client server application in financial fields. Experience in working with Agile (SCRUM) and Waterfall development methodologies. Successfully coordinated and led meetings with interdisciplinary technical teams and business stakeholders. Strong leadership capabilities, good judgment and the ability to work effectively with a diverse team environment. Seeking for a challenging position in the fields of software Quality Assurance and Testing.

Citizenship: US Citizen (Able to obtain security clearance) Professional Summaries:

Extensive experience in Organizing and Managing Multiple projects and project priorities.

Extensive knowledge and experience in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle

(SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) from initiation to deployment and Test methodologies.

Extensive experience with Agile (SCRUM) methodologies to bring efficiency to organizations. Experience working in waterfall methodologies.

Experience with QA Methodologies, QA Concepts and QA Validations to ensure the Software Quality Assurance Control.

Experience in analyzing Requirement, development of Test Plan and Manual Test Cases, Test Data, executing tests, creating Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).

Solid experience in System testing, Integration testing, Functional testing, Backend testing, Smoke testing and Regression testing.

Expertise in Defect Reporting, Analyzing, Tracking and Report generation, using various Defect Tracking Tools (ALM, JIRA).

Proven ability to establish QA teams as well as train, manage, and motivate team members

Wide-ranging exposure on Software Configuration Management and risk analysis.

Ability to establish priorities, meet project milestones and deliverable dates.

Experience in estimation of testing efforts in coordination of test schedules with overall project schedules.

Organized, attention to detail, self-motivation, Self-starter with strong work ethic and skills in time management and ability to adapt and learn new things quickly.

Ability to work independently or as a member of a team successfully.

Possess strong leadership and successful team building capabilities and excellent technical, communication, presentation and customer service skills.

Able to interact with developers and product analysts regarding testing status and maintain detail QA documentation.

Experience:

Senior Test and Quality Assurance Subject Matter Expert (SME) Agile1 Tech, Fairfax, Virginia

September 2019 - Present

Project: Sub-Contractor to manage Development Information Solution (DIS) for USAID Sector: QA Analysis on Project, Budget and Reports in DIS Application

Handling various testing activities within the DIS encompasses performance monitoring, budget planning, facilitating business pipelines, quarterly financial reviews and evaluation functions as well as a basic dashboard and reporting function.

Analyze Business Requirement Document (BRD), working with QA analyst development team to analyze, reviews, and suggest updated to BRD.

Prepare Test cases in JIRA Management Tool.

Perform smoke test for each build deployment to ensure most crucial function of application is working fine.

Conduct with different types of testing for Functional, Integration, Backend, API, Regression, End to End and UAT Test.

Perform Manual Testing in web-based applications in Test Environment and Development environment.

Create Defect and Track Bug in JIRA Management Tool.

Prepare data set up in order to verify post deployment functionality.

Coordinate application defects and enhancements to ensure proper escalation and follow up

Verify and validated the application in Test.

Attend scrum meeting every morning in which QA team discussed the team progress

Prepare Risk assessment documentation.

Attend in all different types of meeting. Such as Sprint planning & Review meeting, Walk-thru meeting etc.

Participate requirement review meetings to address any issues or action requires to validate requirements

Control and manage daily test activities through daily stand-up meetings Manual Tester and Quality Assurance Subject Matter Expert (SME) Kornofuli Inc., Herndon, Virginia

February 2016 – August 2019

Project: POS Management solution to enable the strategic planning and Acquisition Sector: QA Analysis on Procurement and Inventory management Application

Reviewed project design and procurement planning functions, supporting pre-procurement planning and producing acquisition and assistance plans.

Reviewed user requirement specification, User stories, Design document and Functional Specifications of the application and developed Test Cases and procedures.

Involved and responsible for creating weekly status reports regarding the progress of testing process.

Identified and developed test data as require for testing and modify the test script for automation test.

Conducted Functional and Regression testing during the various Phases/Cycles of the Development.

Reporting and verifying the Defects in ALM.

Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification requests.

Verify the data in the Backend database using SQL developer tool.

Develop standard templates for testing including Communication plan, System Test plan, and RTM, Test Cases and bug documentation.

Provide substantial advice, assistance, and functional knowledge to other staff. Serves as a key resource for facilitating quality assurance activities.

Involve in proactively communicate to development team regarding the status and potential impacts on the delivery date and/or expected the quality of the tasks and/or the projects.

Facilitate resolution and communication of cross-functional team on issues and decisions

Participate in peer reviews of functional specifications, application previews, and test plans/test cases.

Manual Tester and Quality Assurance Subject Matter Expert (SME) MicroTechnology Data Solution. Manassas, Virginia

November 2013 – January 2016

Project: Centralized bar-code enabled Life Cycle management and Asset Tracking System Sector: QA Analysis on Asset Tracking Application

Involved in SCRUM sprint planning meeting and backlog review meeting.

Maintain and update test plans, test cases, test environment, and testing software through test life cycle.

Worked with Users and Business Analysts to define and design test scenarios and test data.

Used the data-driven testing and database accessing techniques to support the scripts.

Provided test plan, daily reports on the functional or performance testing effort.

Wrote Test Summary Report at the conclusion of the test cycle.

Conducted manual functionality and regression testing for each build and version.

Documented errors and implemented their resolutions.

Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application.

Used Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.

Developed Test Scenarios with Test Data to support Test Objectives. Designed Test Cases for Manual Testing to check the Functionalities of the application.

Prepared and executed Test cases as per the Functional requirement document

Developed RTM for each project to ensure all requirements are mapped to test.

Used quality Center to manage and execute test cases.

Attended periodic meetings and teleconferences on problem resolution. Tools: HP Quality Centre, ALM, JIRA, VSTS, Selenium IDE Education & Certificate:

B.A degree in Social Science, June 2013

Certificate in Records Management, 18

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Medical Brigade, US Army, Yongsan, S. Korea

Scrum Master Certification

Jira, ALM, VSTS, Selenium IDE

Skills:

UAT Testing

Functional Testing

Regression Testing

Smoke Testing

Integration testing

Positive Testing

Negative Testing

Performance testing

Ad-hoc testing

Manual Testing

Cloud Web Application Testing

System Testing

SQL

Interface Testing

Write Test Case

Mobile Testing

Browser Tester

Defect resolution

Test planning

SDLC

Agile

Scrum

Waterfall

STLC

508 Testing

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