Santhoshni Rani Akula

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Over 12+ years of professional experience with excellent knowledge in Software Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Highly seasoned and accomplished Software QA Engineer with deep and broad proficiency in all types of corporate software. Strong and accessible teacher and presenter of difficult and complicated material to a variety of professional and non-professional audiences. Able to function well independently or as part of a team.

Summary

Senior Data Analyst experience in analysis, design, development, maintenance, testing, and 24-hour production support

Result-driven Quality Assurance professional with solid knowledge in manual and ETL software testing and extensive experience in software development methodologies including both Agile (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and Waterfall models.

Adaptive in using automation tools Win Runner, Quick Test Professional and Test Director (Quality Center) & Selenium Experience in validating API JSON data load from source to target

Familiarize with new technology, operating systems, automated testing tools, etc. to maintain an awareness of technological advance

Experience in Data Warehousing using Data extraction, Transformation, and loading

Strong understanding and experience in performance tuning and optimization along with data analysis, development, and Data Mining Capabilities.

Proven expertise in test design, test development, and QA of cost-effective enterprise level application systems, middleware, and web solutions that exceed client's business requirements and expectations.

Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle as well as Software Testing Life Cycle.

SQL skills can write SQL queries; functions, triggers for Backend testing and End-2-End testing.

Self- driven and self-motivated person with great communication and presentation skills.

Comfortable working as a member of integrated team as well as independently

Has excellent ability to write clear understandable and concise technical reports

Project Experience

Senior Lead QA Engineer Mar 2019 – Till Date

Freddie Mac- Mclean, VA

Roles and Responsibilities:

Responsible for understanding the requirements based on the Line of Business.

Prepare Test plan, Test Strategy, documents and review the same with Business and another stake holder.

Work closely with business Team in identifying the Test data scenarios and help them to create production like data in Test environment.

Run automation scripts to validate the data comparison between source to target

Develop complex Sql Scripts based on business requirements and analyze the data for testing.

Review Test cases, Test scenarios and other deliverables from Team members.

Conduct regular status meeting with integration application (Upstream, downstream, and external vendors).

Participate and conduct Daily status call with the project Team and other stake holders.

Responsible for Test Execution (System, Integration and User Acceptance Testing).

Participate in Automation design Meetings and provide support to the project Team & Automation Team.

Prepared RTM, Test case report and Test results documents and other test closure documents and review with business Team.

Lead QA Engineer Sep 2016 – Mar 2019

Freddie Mac- Mclean, VA

Roles and Responsibilities:

Responsible for understanding the requirements based on the Line of Business.

Identifying gaps in business requirements and provide solution for the same.

Work closely with business Team in identifying the Test data scenarios and help them to create production like data in Test environment.

Validate all the process and review the test results with business Teams.

Support UAT Testing with test scenarios and test data creation.

Validate the API JSON data flow from source to target system using selenium

Support SOX Audit related Testing effort for the business Team.

Review Unix Shell Scripts and Autosys jobs and execute the same.

Prepared Test Strategy, Test Plan, RTM, Test cases and Test results documents.

Responsible for Test Execution (System, Integration and User Acceptance Testing).

Participated in status meeting with the clients.

Provided Technical support to the Team.

Prepared RTM, Test case report and Test results documents and other test closure documents and review with business Team.

Environment: Oracle Sql developer, Rapid Sql, Unix, Windows, Summit FT, Citrix, UPS, DM, CDM, PSGL

Software & Tools: Functional Testing, DB testing, HP ALM, MS Office, TDM test tool, Beyond Compare, Test Tool Set, Informatica PowerCenter, Cognizant C2.0, Autosys Jobs, IBM Door, Selenium, API JSON, PostMan

Technical QA Lead/POS Tester Feb’2016- Sep’2016

Heartland Payment Systems - Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

Review software documentation to ensure accuracy and completeness and to identify and mitigate risks

Created test plans and test scripts based on the higher/lower level design documents. Worked extensively with Line of Business and User Acceptance testing resources to cover total functionality for System Integration testing, including end to end and regression testing

Involved in requirement gathering, analysis, and design, and performed end to end testing

Assign / allocate resources to work during appropriate timelines to meet deliverable dates

Assist in the development of change control processes, practices, and guidelines for new and existing technologies

Perform EMV testing along with team on various industry applications in Retail, Restaurant and Petro

Complete test activities and test certifications from card brands Visa, Master card, Amex, Discover on VeriFone and Ingenico terminal applications software

Working on the EMV US Debit tests for Visa and MC and complete the certification on terminal applications

Identified and documented defects/system issues using Rally and assisted of root cause analysis for timely resolution of defects

Provide EMV data on all the queries and continuously update the EMV card data information to the team

Communicate test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders

and management

Test Lead Nov’2014- Feb’20

IMI Mobile, Hyderabad

Responsibilities:

Designed, developed, and executed test cases and reusable data sets for integration, functional, regression, performance, configuration, and installation testing activities as defined by the project and test plan objectives in accordance with documented processes

Analyse formal test results to discover and report any defects, bugs, errors, configuration issues, and interoperability flaws in Rally and JIRA

Assist in the development of change control processes, practices, and guidelines for new and existing technologies

Serves as a resource to the team in the resolution of complex business or technical issues

Execute automation scripts and provide results to the team

Nightly regression on test suites and analyse the results

Daily/Weekly/Monthly status reports

Performed Database testing using SQL queries

For driving weekly project status calls and defect triage calls during execution phase

Responsible for review and delivery of high-quality deliverables.

Environment: Point of Sale (POS), Euro-pay, Master, Visa (EMV), Chip card technology for terminal application software, POS gateways, SQL, Petro/Retail/Restaurant applications

Software & Tools: Functional Testing, EMV testing with Collis tool, Rally, JIRA, MS Office

QA Analyst Aug’2010- Oct’2014

Wells Fargo, India

Roles and Responsibilities:

Analysing Requirement Specifications and Design Documents

Creating Business workflow artifacts

Involvement in Test Design with respect to Test Plan

Test scripts creation and maintenance for future reuse

Test data Management and Anchoring process related activities in the project

Involvement in Test Execution and Reporting using Quality Centre

Performed Database Testing – (SQL)

QA Analyst Apr 2014-Oct 2014

Wells Fargo

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Responsibilities:

Developed test cases as per the Software Requirements Specification.

Involved in performing Functionality testing, Regression Testing, Negative, Positive Testing and Production and Demo verification.

Executing the test cases by running the application.

Tracking the application flow and reporting the bugs to the development team.

Tracking the project in internal process management tool (Cognizant 2.0).

Maintaining the project in project management tool HP QC and MKS (client specific).

Reporting the project status to the management and business as required.

Responsible for driving weekly project status calls and defect triage calls during execution phase.

Responsible for review and delivery of high-quality deliverables.

Verify logs of the issues occurred in putty and WINSCP

Placing trades through soap UI.

Validation of results with DB.

QA Analyst Nov 2012-Apr 2014

Western Union

Responsibilities:

Developed test cases as per the Software Requirements Specification.

Involved in performing Functionality testing, Regression Testing, Negative, Positive Testing and Production and Demo verification.

Executing the test cases by running the application.

Tracking the application flow and reporting the bugs to the development team.

Tracking the project in internal process management tool (Cognizant 2.0).

Maintaining the project in project management tool HP QC and MKS (client specific).

Reporting the project status to the management and business as required.

Responsible for driving weekly project status calls and defect triage calls during execution phase.

Responsible for review and delivery of high-quality deliverables.

QA Analyst Aug 2012-Nov 2012

Travelex

Responsibilities:

Developed test cases as per the Software Requirements Specification.

Involved in performing Functionality testing, Regression Testing, Negative, Positive Testing and Production and Demo verification.

Executing the test cases by running the application.

Tracking the application flow and reporting the bugs to the development team.

Tracking the project in internal process management tool (Cognizant 2.0).

Maintaining the project in project management tool HP QC.

Reporting the project status to the management and business as required.

Responsible for driving weekly project status calls and defect triage calls during execution phase.

Responsible for review and delivery of high-quality deliverables.

Data Specialist Jan 2012-Aug 2012

Pearson

Responsibilities:

Participated in the Pre-planning and Planning meetings for each Sprint to discuss on the User stories.

Identification of test scenarios and preparation of test cases for database testing.

Functional Execution of manual test cases.

Data validation in Oracle database by using SQL queries.

Logging defects identified, in the Quality Center.

Maintaining the defects and the test results in the project management tool, Rally.

Interaction with the business team to discuss on the daily status.

Reporting of the test execution results.

Involved in defect triage calls with business team and the development team.

Attended pre planning sessions, daily stand up calls, worked with sprints, interacted with Scrum master, development team and product owners for that User story.

Ameriprise Mar 2011- Aug 2011

QA Analyst

Role and Responsibilities:

Developed test cases as per the Software Requirements Specification.

Involved in performing Functionality testing, Regression Testing, Negative and Positive Testing.

Executing the test cases by running the application.

Tracking the application flow and reporting the bugs to the development team.

Tracking the project in internal process management tool (Cognizant 2.0).

Maintaining the project in project management tool HP QC.

Reporting the project status to the management and business as required.

Responsible for driving weekly project status calls and defect triage calls during execution phase.

Responsible for review and delivery of high-quality deliverables.

Responsible for coordination with cross commits (like BOA, ETL) during execution for getting the feeds for testing.

Handled some of PCRS (Project Change Requests).

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL (Columbia) AUG 2011 to OCT 2011

QA Tester

Role and Responsibilities:

Preparation of the Test startup documents like Test plan and Test design specifications

Identification of test scenarios and preparation of test cases for manual testing

Functional Execution of manual test cases

Logging defects identified, in the Quality Center

Coordinate with cross commit teams

Interaction with the business team to discuss on the daily status

Reporting of the test execution results

Coordinating in the bug review meetings to resolve the bugs.

QA Analyst NOV 2010 to AUG 2011

AMERIPRISE

Role and Responsibilities:

Understanding the functional specifications.

Writing Test Cases.

Executing Test Cases.

Uploading the Requirements and Test cases in QC.

Logging the Test Result in Quality Center.

Report issues using Quality Center and follow till resolve

Coordinating with the DEV team in resolving the issues.

QA Tester AUG 2010 - NOV 2010

AMEX-UK

Role and Responsibilities:

Participated in identifying the Test cases.

Prepared and Executed Test Cases as per System Requirements.

Prepare the daily status reports

Performed various black box Methodologies Like functional testing, Compatibility Testing.

Defect Reporting and Tracking using Quality Center.

Extensively performed Manual Testing process to ensure the quality of the software.

QA Tester Nov’2008- Aug’2010

EA Games (India) Pvt Ltd

Responsibilities:

Involved in Functional testing, Black box, and Regression testing.

Responsible for testing applications designed for mobile phones and find out the issues (bugs) present in the applications and report the same through defect tracking tools like JIRA

Worked on platforms like J2ME, WinCE, Symbian, BREW, Android, I phone and RIM.

Performed testing on GSM carriers as well as CDMA carries including ATT, T-MOBILE, SPRINT, VERIZON, and Nextel.

Error reporting, bug writing and documenting the whole test cycle.

Have knowledge of bug life cycle.

Keeping the track of the project on daily basis for the deadline details.

Meeting the daily production targets with 100% accuracy.

Testing the subscription features of these carrier-based builds.

Working experience on OEMs like LG, Nokia, Sharp, Alcatel, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Sage, Panasonic, Motorola, and Blackberry etc.

The Subject Matter Expertise for the high-end devices like Black Berry, HTC, and Android.

Different methodologies involved in downloading/installing the applications in these devices.

Handling nearly 10 testers in the team.

Allotment of work depending on priority and efficiency of the team members.

Active sharing of knowledge and project related information with new recruits/resources

Have taken the responsibility of mentoring the new team members. Daily/Weekly/Monthly status reports

Active sharing of knowledge and project related information with new recruits/resources

Environment: J2ME, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint

Software & Tools: I Phone-Mac OS, Android, BREW, Black Berry, Bugzilla

Technical Skills

Hardware Intel Core I5

Operating System Windows 9X/2000/XP/Vista/Mac

Programming Languages SQL, UNIX Shell Script

Databases & Tools Oracle9i, Ms Access

Mobile Platforms & Tools: BREW- Max file, disable tool; I Phone - Mac with X-code; Android- USB and SDK Tools Platforms; J2ME, WinCE, Symbian, BREW, Android, I phone and RIM.

GSM and CDMA Carriers: ATT, T-MOBILE, SPRINT, VERIZON, and Nextel.

Defect tracking Tools JIRA, HP Quality Center 10.0, Rally, MTM, PTS

Worked for Clients: Freddie Mac (VA), HPS(TX), Wells Fargo (India), Pearson (India), Amex, Ameriprise

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