Kirti Solanki

C: 908-***-****

ado0j4@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Over 10 years of Software Quality Testing experience in Manual and Automation Testing.

Experience Across various testing Lifecycles using (Agile, Iterative & Waterfall) Methodologies.

Expertise in Designing, Defining and Scoping Test Plans, Test Scripts for Functional & Regression Testing.

Expertise in Leading Testing efforts of Projects with Highest Visibility (E2E Testing Lifecyle for MS i18n).

Experience in all aspects of testing flow such as Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Use Case analysis, Test Plan creation, Test Case preparation, Test Reports and Defect Tracking as per business requirements.

Good Understanding along with Hands on Experience in ERP Implementations & SAP Upgrade.

Hands on SAP Testing Expertise of Various Modules in R/3, ECC 6.0 (FI, SD, MM).

Hands on Integration Knowledge of CRM & SAP ECC.

Good Experience in testing of Web Services (REST, Soap UI).

Good working knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies.

Strong written and communications skills with clear understanding of team building.

Good working knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies.

Highly flexible and adaptable performer who strives in a fast-paced environment.

Motivated self-starter with strong written and oral communication skills, problem-solving skills, multi-tasking talents, and strong work ethic.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems

Windows (XP/7/10) MAC OS 10.2, UNIX/LINUX

Testing Tools

Quality Center, QTP. Test Director

Project Management/Reporting Tools

JIRA, ClearQuest, Confluence Wiki, MS Office, MS Project

RDBMS

MySQL, MS ACCESS, Oracle 10g

ERP Tools

SAP, SAP Financials, SAP R/3 ECC6.0 & CRM

Web Services

Restful Web API’s (Requester, Fiddler, Soap UI)

Languages

.NET, JAVA, C++, JavaScript, HTML, XML, VB

Environment: JIRA, ClearQuest, HP ALM, SAP Financials, SAP R3, CRM, Oracle, MySQL, Rest API, Postman, SoapUI

Professional Experience

Kobie Marketing St. Petersburg, FL

Role: QA Test Lead 04/17 – till date

Responsible for designing, developing and maintaining test cases to meet release deliverables, project testing requirements and other quality assurance considerations.

Own all aspects of a program from a QA perspective including but not limited to Manual testing, Functional Testing, Database testing, Regression Testing and Performance Testing.

Work with the development team to understand how product changes affect maintenance of test cases and the QA testing environments.

Collaborate with other team members and contribute to design discussions. Participate in review sessions of business requirements.

Work closely with the development staff to ensure that issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.

Develop and maintain any functional and regression tests to ensure code is functioning as designed; Apply test methodology and product knowledge in the design of tests and testing strategies.

Assist in defining the Company’s testing methodologies and quality control standards. Identify and propose areas of improvement throughout the software development process.

Contribute to written policies/procedures and maintain compliance documentation as needed.

Troubleshoot defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes so that a consistent, documented process is used and followed. Maintain well organized records of test results.

Scope testing efforts and represent QA in team meetings; Act as an escalation for any QA issues on projects.

Work with technical resources to discuss and troubleshoot issues; Conduct post production verification and work closely with IT Operations and Developers to resolve any outstanding issues.

Work with business resources to understand purpose and concept for features.

Manage the test environment including controlling builds into the environment.

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

Management.

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Barnes & Noble .com New York, NY

Role: QA Test Lead 07/10 – 03/17

Serve as an SME & Lead testing effort for SAP (R3)

Lead the Microsoft i18n E2E Testing Effort from E-commerce end. (Service Layer- SAP (R3))

Coordinate QA Activities with geographically dispersed QA team (Palo Alto, CA)

Chair scrum/defect review meetings with project team stakeholders to discuss issue found during testing and their current statuses

Design, Define E2E Test Matrix for High Priority Projects (Incl. Resource Days, Scenarios…etc)

Expert Knowledge & Proficient with SAP Modules from Testing Stand point (FI, SD, MM)

Extensively involved with Cross Functional Teams & Coordination of Testing Efforts

Delegate work on daily basis & Review task progress

Gather Team Status, Report & Share with Business Teams (Finance & Project Team Owners)

Own Weekly Status Meetings.

Representation of QA team in project meetings to report status at all levels.

Barnes & Noble .com New York, NY

Dept: Fulfillment (Backend System) 02/05 -07/10

Managed and Lead a team of 4 QA analysts responsible for testing Distribution/Fulfillment systems and eCommerce Website.

Test in-house applications such as: Customer Service, Financial Induction, Manifest and Warehouse. Test and deploy code in QA and production environment.

Prepare business requirements, test cases, and test scenarios for various applications.

Work closely with Program Management and Development teams to develop all test plans/cases based on a business and technical requirement for both automation and manual testing. Design/execute performance tests to analyze and report results prior to production releases.

Analyze functional test results and log any bug/defects found into tracking tools like Rational Clear Quest.

Maintain and update SQL database tables.

Coordinate User Acceptance Testing execution with Business Owners.

Responsible for all releases applied and tested in the QA/Integration/Production environment.

Responsible for writing and executing test plans for distribution and fulfillment software including data pruning, FTP files, change requests for various applications and processes.

Validated test results on SQL Server 2000 and Oracle databases.

Update and create documents for QA testing guidelines and code deployment.

Communicate weekly and monthly status to senior management and conducting BI– Weekly status meetings with development team to discuss issues and concerns of various ongoing projects.

Barnes & Noble .com Dayton, NJ

Role: QA Build Engineer /Business Analyst 07/01 – 01/05

Deployed code to QA and Production environments consisting of Clustered Servers.

Managed & Coordinated production code releases, monitor post release performance and report status to management.

Worked closely with QA staff, Developers & Project Managers developing new test tools to streamline the testing processes, including performance tests.

Responsible for writing and executing test plans for distribution and fulfillment software including data pruning, FTP files, change requests for various applications and processes.

Validated test results on SQL Server 2000 and Oracle databases

Priceline.com Stamford, CT Role: QA Tester 10/1999 -06/2001

Project: Web house Application (Groceries & Gasoline)

Created Vuser scripts by recording all the activity between a database client and server.

Added rendezvous point into script to ensure that a specific user load is emulated. Added transaction statement into the scripts to measure performance of the server.

Parameterized scripts, replacing recorded constants with parameter using VuGen.

Tested Web enabled HTML forms using Astra Site Manager and Astra Site Test.

Tested load/Stress and performance of the Web server by crating number of virtual users of different simulation groups.

Used Site Manager to identify broken links, access problems and missing URLs. Used Test Director for error reporting and tracking. Maintained test results, reports and weekly status report.

EDUCATION: Certified in Win Runner 5.0

The Chubb Institute – New Brunswick, NJ

Diploma in Computer programming

Meerut University – Meerut, INDIA

Master’s in Business Management

Minor in Computer Science

References: Furnished upon request

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