ABEGAIL DAHAL
SUMMARY
* I am a dedicated QA Software Tester with expertise in manual and automated testing in various stages of SDLC, STLC, Bug Life Cycle, and Agile methodologies. Excellent analysis, evaluation, and perception abilities, as well as strong attention to small details for accurately identifying all problems and bugs quickly and effectively. Prioritize communication to collaborate with other testers and developers and precisely describe bugs to be eliminated.
* I participated in Sprint Planning, Sprint Grooming, Defect Review, Sprint Retrospectives, and Daily Stand-Ups. Reporting to QA management about the execution of test cases, defect testing, and defect closure.
* Expertise in the analysis of software requirements, the development of use cases, and the development of test plans, test scripts, and test cases.
* Web-based testing experience, including GUI testing, regression testing, integration testing, system testing, and functional testing.
* Excellent experience using test management tools such as Jira. Proficient in tracking bugs and reporting issues using JIRA, including overall defect management and problem-solving.
* Working knowledge of Postman for testing Web Services (REST API).
* Extensive experience writing SQL queries and validating backend data.
* Writing SQL queries to extract data from database tables to perform Database Testing.
* Expertise in building Test Automation Frameworks Automated using Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, and Maven.
* Programming experience with Java for automation scripts. Expertise in converting test cases into automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver libraries.
* Good analytical and problem-solving skills required to learn modern technologies quickly.
EXPERIENCE
QA Analysts
Client: The U.S. Small Business Washington, D. February 2020 - Current
Analyzed the user/business requirements, functional specs, and use case documents and created Test Scenarios, Test Data, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Traceability Matrices according to Business and Functional Requirements
Followed (Agile & Scrum) Testing Methodology
Attended project meetings, release meetings, and QA status meetings.
Developed Test Cases and executed all test cases based on the technical specifications and business requirements
Analyze business and system requirements, manage the development of specifications to create and execute detailed test plans, and verify bug fixes
Identified and created test scripts as per the client’s requirements.
Prepared test cases, plans, strategies, and scripts for positive and negative results and maintained in Test Management tools-Jira.
Performed Sanity testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, and UI testing.
Interacted with developers regarding the priority & severity of bugs and updated the status once they were fixed.
Wrote and executed automated test cases using Selenium Web Driver to automate manual testing solutions.
Worked on creating test scripts for an Object-driven framework for selenium Web Driver.
Involved in automating test cases and creating automation frameworks using Selenium Web Driver.
Used TestNG annotations to organize and execute test cases.
Used XML to create test suites to run for smoke, regression, and UAT testing.
Implemented parameterized testing using TestNG and Selenium web driver.
Locator’s strategy like id, className, TagName, linkText, partialLinkText, XPath, and CSS to run Web Driver script in stable condition.
Conducted API tests (Postman).
Performed back-end testing and verified the data stored in the database with the help of SQL queries.
Interacted and worked with the developers and BA to solve the problems encountered in the test scenario.
QA Analyst
Client: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Alexandria, VA October 2017 - January 2020
Wrote Test Cases and maintained RTM throughout the testing process according to business requirements.
Working with the team for requirement analysis, test strategy, and test plan creation.
Creating and updating test cases based on new and/or /updated functional or interface requirements.
Performed manual Functional/Regression, Smoke/Sanity, Backend, UAT, and Interface testing for web applications by creating various positive/negative test cases.
Interacted with developers to report and track bugs using JIRA
Executed test scripts using Selenium Web Driver, Java, Maven, and Cucumber
Performed Backend testing to validate the data using SQL queries to the required Test cases
Participated in daily standup meetings, creating reports as needed by the QA lead.
QA Tester
Client: Medical Transportation Management, MTM Hyattsville, MD February 2016 - October 2017
Developed, executed, and updated test cases by analyzing the specification of requirements
Participated in identifying the Test Scenarios and designing the respective Test cases
Worked with Team Members to develop TEST Plan documents
Involved in all phases of Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) activities
Actively participated in Agile and scrum meetings, reviewed, and developed test scenarios
Followed Agile Methodology to emphasize real-time communication over written documentation
Identifying issues with System testing Support and Defect tracking
Perform static, functional, technical integration, end-to-end, and User Acceptance Testing
Used Jira for reporting and tracking bugs and generating reports
Developed SQL queries as requested by the business team in the SQL server
Responsible for Functional Testing, using Black Box Testing Techniques
Facilitated the documentation of test cases and recorded them for functionality testing in Jira based on test requirements
Conducted and participated in Stand-up meetings to discuss specific issues with the development, design, and QA team
Involved in defect status reporting, Preparing bug summary reports, and Release Notes.
CONTACT
*****.*********@*****.***
Sterling, VA 20165
SKILLS
Languages: SQL, Java, Gherkin
Testing Methods: Functional, Integration, Backend, Regression, Smoke, Black box, GUI, UAT
Databases: Oracle, SQL, Server
Test Management/Bug Tracking Tools: Jira, ALM, Azure
IDE: Postman, Eclipse
Automation Tools: Java, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, Maven, Git
Framework/Design: Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Data-Driven Testing, Page Object Model
Other: MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
Electronics And Communications
Engineering
University of The East
Certification
ISTQB Certified
Scrum master