Data Test

Experience Summary:

* ***** ** ******* ********** working with Tata Consultancy Services as Test lead with a proven track record of on-time delivery of complex, large-scale and global projects.

Domain expertise in Retail and Telecom.

8 years of experience in AGILE project management methodologies.

Proficient in Requirement gathering, Test Planning, Test case design, Test Execution, Defect reporting and tracking, Status Reporting.

Experience in testing Web Service API testing, Mobile applications and tools such as SOAP UI using groovy, ParaSoft, Postman.

Experience of testing web applications, POS systems, mobile apps and cross browser testing.

Extensive experience in Unit testing, Functional testing, Acceptance Testing, Integration, Regression, System, Smoke, Database testing.

Excellent team player with an expertise to work in conjunction with testing, development and other teams in validation and testing complex scenarios and projects and in the maintenance of Quality Standards in Projects.

Experience with testing billing systems CSG and DDP(Amdocs).

Education and Certifications:

Master of Computer Applications, June 2009

API Test Automation with SoapUI, Feb 2021

ISTQB Foundation Certification, Sep 2011

SCJP 6.0,June 2010

Areas of Expertise:

Testing Tools : HP ALM,SOAP UI Pro, Parasoft, Postman

Management and Reporting Tools : Rally, JIRA, Ms Visio, Share-point, Confluence, Clarity, Bugzilla.

Languages : SQL, Java, Groovy Scripting for SOAP UI.

Professional Experience:

May ‘19– September ‘19 Test Lead, S&F Retail

Client: Smart and Final

Lead the Analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases, test procedures and test suite.

Provide test effort estimation based on the requirements.

Manage test environment setup and monitoring.

Execution of End-to-end tests for the MDM retail interface and triage the failures.

Monitoring functional testing and prepare detailed reports.

Data validation in the Database using SQL queries.

Participating in backlog analysis, Estimation, Sprint Planning and Defect review meetings.

Worked closely with the Project Manager and Scrum Master to track the progress of Sprints and also to analyze and maintain Status Reports, Traceability Matrices and Burn Down Charts.

Drive daily status calls with team members to track progress.

Logging defects and daily progress in Rally.

Prepare deployment checklist and review with the stakeholders.

Support production deployments and post deployment smoke testing using checklists.

June ‘17– March’18 QA Team Lead, Affiliate Testing

Client: Comcast, PA

Manage external affiliate testing for Comcast Business Partners like Walmart, Amazon, Dot Com, BestBuy.

Coordination with the Business Partner testing teams to help them upgrade to Comcast latest Ordering API’s, products and offerings

Integration testing of the Partner Buy flows with the Comcast API’s .

Preparing Test Plans for each Partners, provide test data and conduct Joint testing end to end testing sessions.

Responsible for tracking and reporting of status on the progress of various deliverables to senior executives

Work with business teams – Sales, Operations Implementation of New Business to understand and communicate to upcoming changes to external partners

Preparing and circulating the sprint wise User guide to the affiliates.

Conducting Walkthroughs and Demos both within the team and with the business partners.

Conducting daily SCRUM and reporting status on SOS calls

Conducting smoke tests in pre production environment to prepare for production deployments support.

Monitored Backend Test using SQL Queries to verify the Integrity of the database and data mapping of the components of the applications

Oct ‘15– May'17 QA Team Lead

Client: Comcast, PA

Conducted a POC to analyze the existing Comcast Contract management system and determine the flaws in the process.

Lead the testing for new Contract Management System rollout in the US market for the following

E2E Web Order Flow for offers with Contracts for all Contract status (presented, accepted/declined, acknowledged)

E2E testing for Tele sales Orders with Contracts thereby testing the billing systems directly

E2E testing for Mobile and Email flow for Contract acceptance

Fulfillment testing for the Value add gift cards associated with a Contract offer

Drive meetings with 3rd parties vendors who partnered for implementing the new Contract management system, Email integration in test environment, SMS integration, agent portal etc.

Production deployment testing support.

Test data creation and distribution.

Drive daily SCRUM calls and coordinate with offshore and nearshore team.

Participating in all meetings like Sprint Planning, Retro, Product Backlog, Defect Review, Estimation

Acceptance testing Demos to the stakeholders (Business, Legal, Architects and the Field Agents).

Oct'12 – Sep'15 End to End Tester

Client: Comcast, PA

Creating Test Scenarios and Test Cases as per Functional Requirement document and Consumer guide.

Understanding of backend API’s and creating test cases for each API and the corresponding consuming UI Application.

Executing End to end test cases involving Web testing, log verification, database validation billing system testing for both Web and Ipad App and reporting defects using HP ALM, Rally.

Executing API test cases in SOAP UI.

Test execution on mobile device and cross browser testing IE, Firefox and Chrome.

Identifying regression test cases and automate using Groovy scripting.

Testing in QA, Integration, pre prod and production environment.

Providing testing support during deployments in production.

Responsible for Defect Tracking using HP ALM and scheduling Weekly Defect Review Meetings with the development team and Product owner.

Training UAT users at various client locations upon implementation of the developed system to familiarize them of its functions and operations in production environment.

SME for Retail UI Application and API stacks.

Driving reviews and User Story acceptance meeting with the Product owner

Responsible to task estimation for the team and maintaining the Burndown charts.

Daily status report and attending SCRUM calls, Product Backlog Elaboration, Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospective meetings.

Assist business in UAT testing activities and pro-active in identifying defects or requirement changes that hamper deadline of the project.

Nov ‘11 – July'12 QA Mobile Testing /Vodafone, India

Analysis of Functional Requirement documents and Design Documents to develop Test Plan and Test Cases.

Writing Test Scenarios and Test Cases for CPOS (Central Point of Sale) Change Requests based on the Business Requirement Specification document using Quality Center.

Performed cross browser testing by testing the application compatibility on different browsers.

Analyzing defects, reporting defects and assigning them to the appropriate team using HP QC and Bugzilla.

Involved in developing comprehensive documentation like Requirement Traceability Matrix, Test Plans, Bug Reports, and Status Reports etc.

Executing queries in database to verify that transactions are getting posted to the database after scheduled jobs are run.

Involved in reviewing Business design document, Functional design documents and Use Cases to develop Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test cases.

Nov'10 – Nov ‘11 Quality Analyst

Client: Walgreens, Noida

Communicating with client and gathering requirement for any new enhancement or improvement in the application.

Analyzed Business Functional Requirements, Technical Use Cases and Design Documents to develop Test Plan and Test Cases.

Writing Test Scenarios and Test Scripts for Mobile POS based on the BUC and Wireframes.

Updating existing test scripts for any new changes and importing them to Quality center.

Performed User Interface Testing/GUI Testing, Positive and Negative testing for both the POS and MPOS in an Integrated Lab having Walgreens POS systems.

Testing of Mobile POS using Simulator and iPhone.

Defect Tracking, Management and logging using Bugzilla.

Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Ad Hoc Testing and Regression Testing of POS Systems and then reporting the bugs.

Accessing database for Test Data using SQL queries.

Prepared Handbook and User Manual on POS Systems to help new team members in understanding the project.

Dec'09 – Oct '10 Quality Analyst

Client: RBS

Developed the test cases to test user interface and functionality of the application using HP QC and mapped Test Cases to requirements tractability metrics.

Defect reporting and Tracking using HP QC.

Performed review and walkthrough on the SRS Document.

Prepared and Presented weekly and monthly QA Defect and Status Reports to the QA Team and Management.

Involved in the defect review meetings with the developers and business team.

Updated the requirements and defect status as per the current status of the testing project using Quality Center.

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