Nikhila Kuppili
636-***-**** *******.*******@*****.*** St. Louis, MO – 63146
QA tester having 3 years of professional experience in automation and manual testing. Proficient in writing test strategy, test plan preparation and implementation, test case design, test tool usage, test execution, defect management, and defect tracking. Familiarity with automation frameworks including data driven using Selenium WebDriver. Experienced in using Web debugging tools like XPath, FirePath, and provided efficient locators for strategies like XPath and CSS to run web driven scripts. Familiarity in working with HTML & JavaScript. Flexible and good at adapting quickly to any environment and embracing change to streamline progress. Logical thinker, problem solver, and a very efficient team player
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems -
Windows 10,8.1, XP, Vista, Linux (Working Knowledge)
Testing Tools -
Selenium, Junit, TestNG, Appium, UIAutomator2
Languages -
Python, Java
Frameworks -
POM, FireBug, FirePath
Web Technologies -
HTML, XML, XPath
Web Services -
SOAP, RESTful
Bug Tracking Tools -
HP Quality Center, ALM, BugZilla, JIRA
IDEs -
Eclipse, Spring STS
Database -
MySQL (Basics)
Modeling Tools -
Visio, MS Office 2013/2010/2007
Design methodologies -
Agile, Waterfall model, SDLC, TDD
Other tools -
Postman, Maven, GitHub, MS Office Suite, MKS, Jenkins, Splunk, Service Center Client
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
QA Tester, HSBC, Hyderabad, India
Responsibilities
Acquired expertise in Manual testing in multiple QA testing methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile etc.
Assisted supervisors and development team to determine requirements to create test plans for enhancements and fixes on applications
Expertise in designing and developing strategic test plans, test cases, test scenarios and reports
Involved in business processes and quality assurance on testing across entire product life cycle stages from requirements gathering to implementation
Performed functional, System, Regression, Smoke, Ad-hoc, UAT testing
Familiar with automation testing and developed automation test scripts for using Selenium WebDriver using HTML IDs and XPath
Familiar with testing REST services using PostMan
Jun 2015 – Dec 2018
Projects
Mortgage Insurance
This web application lets customers service representatives to validate mortgage application such as customer details along with agreed sum assured, terms & conditions of the policy. Upon validation of the customer, this tool provides an option for the users to avail a mortgage insurance at discounted prices based on each individual user’s eligibility.
FASM Buffet
This web application helps the Portfolio & Engineering PMs to quickly make decisions and come up with quick estimates of the various projects in the pipeline. Cost Calculator can be used to estimate at a high level, the cost and effort of a project for a given type of service, thereby providing justification to the estimates provided by the project team and also facilitating for improvement in project-based decisions
Process Associate, Genpact, Hyderabad, India
Responsibilities
Involved in handling collection process including payments over the phones, post-dating checks, communicating delinquent amount information to customers etc.
Responsible to ensure customer compliance through frequent interaction with business owners
Acquired in-depth domain knowledge and worked as SME and successfully conducted training sessions for the new recruits
Responsible for report generation and conducted quality analysis sessions among the peers to facilitate better performance
Adept in working on projects both individually and as a team member
Jul 2013 – Jun 2015
Projects
Credit Inbound – Outbound Collections
This web application helps process associates to fetch customer information regarding their benefits illustration, credit card activity, outstanding payments, settlement plans, payment options and account settings
Insurance Management Tool
This web application lets customers check available insurance options and suggest an insurance provider depending on an automated selection criterion. In addition, registered customers can access account information, make copies of their insurance policies, and will get timely updates regarding their payments
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Communications Engineering Jun 2008 - Apr 2012
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India