Sameer Bangush
Career Track Client Delivery & Operations Talent Fulfillment Specialist
Talent Segment Software Engineering Hire Date December 17, 2014 Role Test Engineering Specialist MAL < 12 N
Level 9
Location United States > USA > Midwest > Chicago > Chicago Corp 161 Clark St Individual Deployed to Entity Accenture Technology > Technology Geographic Unit > Intelligent Engineering Services > Testing Specialty Proficiency
Functional/Technical Specialty Technology > Solution Planning & Delivery > Testing > Functional Testing Not Assessed Industry Specialty Industry > Financial Services > FS-Banking > ABS-Finance&Risk-Banking Not Assessed Profile Summary
Experienced in Software Analysis, Design, Development and Software Quality Assurance Testing of Client Server and Web Applications. Proficient in Manual and Automation testing
Proficient in Understanding SDLC
Experienced in Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Experienced in Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Stress Testing, Load Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Extensive knowledge of QA methodology, standards and procedures Job Experience
Client/Company : Accenture Internal
Project : Los Angeles
Project Duration : Sept 2021 – Current
Assigned Role : Quality Engineer
Project & Assignment Description
The System Tester provides support and expertise in the planning, construction, and execution of release tests. They are responsible for the requirements gathering, test planning, regression assessment, and test script development and execution necessary to validate the change in the application or product upgrade. The System Tester is also responsible for ensuring that test standards, guidelines, and methodologies are applied as specified in the testing approach, and that all testing results are easily accessible and understandable. Major skills to be applied during the role include Testing Standard analysis, SQL query development, and utilization of testing tools/skills through to the staging phase of the application. Software packages that may be used include, but are not limited to, JIRA, JIRA Test Management, BitBucket, Selenium, and Oracle via TOAD and SQL Developer.
• Created automation API test scripts and maintained the test suite using Selenium WebDriver tool.
• Experienced on working with Python language is required to write automation scripts for selenium webDriver.
• Extensively used TOAD 16.2 version to validate test data in the database and also used the queries to add them in the automation scripts.
• Experienced with using BitBucket.
• Extensively worked on the Spring Tool Suite to pull, commit and push automation scripts to the branch.
• Experienced with using Git/ Git HUB.
• Extensively used POSTMAN for API testing (Restful Method).
• Experienced with using JIRA tool to create and track stories, defects and SCRs.
• Closely worked with the team leads, developers, testers, business analysts and the scrum master.
• Created automation scripts once the manual test is completed and added the scripts in the Regression Suite. Client/Company : Accenture Internal
Project : Washington DC
Project Duration : June 2019 – Sept 2021
Assigned Role : Test Automation Lead
Project & Assignment Description
Provide expertise in the planning, constructing and execution of manual and automation test scripts. Apply business and functional knowledge including testing standards, guidelines, and testing methodology to meet the team's overall test objectives. Ensure all testing results are easily accessible and understandable. Track defects to closure and keep defect repository up-to-date.
• Created automation test scripts and maintained the test suite in KATALON tool.
• Experienced on working with JAVA language is required to write automation scripts for KATALON tool.
• Experienced with using BitBucket to create a branch, pull request and see commits.
• Experienced with using Git/ Git HUB.
• Experienced with using JIRA tool to create and track stories, defects and SCRs.
• Closely worked with the team leads, developers, testers, business analysts and the scrum master
• Created automation scripts once the manual test is completed and closed and added the scripts in the regression suite. Client/Company : Accenture Internal
Project : Detroit
Project Duration : June 2016 - January 2017
Assigned Role : Tester
Project & Assignment Description
Tester Copy 01 Provide expertise in the planning, constructing and execution of test scripts. Apply business and functional knowledge including testing standards, guidelines, and testing methodology to meet the team's overall test objectives. Ensure all testing results are easily accessible and understandable. Track defects to closure and keep defect repository up-to-date. Client/Company : Accenture Internal
Project : Boston
Project Duration : November 2015 - June 2016
Assigned Role : Application Lead
Project & Assignment Description
Role: POEM/Oracle RMS Tester Day to Day Activities: Support all efforts required to complete the testing of a custom purchase order management system. Activities include the following: contributing to the Test Approach, creating test scenarios/conditions based on use cases and business processes, collaborating with Business Analysts, translating test scenarios/conditions into a test script list, providing subject matter expertise to offshore test scripters and test executors, writing test scripts, and executing test scripts. - Created a Tracker Checklist in Excel sheet for All Resources to validate their accesses to different systems. - Analyzed various documents and prepared test cases covering all requirements of the application. - Prepared and executed Test Cases for Custom Purchase Order Management system according to the BRD, Technical Specification, Functional Design and Use Case documents, identifying applications functionality, test requirements. Client/Company : Accenture Internal
Project : Ohio
Project Duration : August 2015 - November 2015
Assigned Role : Tester
Project & Assignment Description
Role Description: Provide expertise in the planning, constructing and execution of test scripts. Apply business and functional knowledge including testing standards, guidelines, and testing methodology to meet the team's overall test objectives. Ensure all testing results are easily accessible and understandable. Track defects to closure and keep defect repository up-to-date Developed test cases based on functional specifications and design documents. Reviewed Business Requirement Documents (BRD) to prepare Test Plan document and identify scenarios. Created Test Plan according to the business requirements. Based on the requirements specifications and functional specifications. Created test cases and executed them.
Written manual test scripts in Gherkin standards and hand it over to the Automation team. Performed Automation testing in Selenium tool using Gherkin language. Development of positive and negative scenarios from the requirements. Development of test plan, test case and test scripts in ALM 11 for Exploratory, Acceptance, Functional, Integration, Regression and End-To-End testing. Responsible for GUI and Functional Testing using Black Box testing techniques. Tracked and reported defects through ALM11 which facilitates workflow issues and helped resolving technical issues with developers. Maintained requirements and created Traceability between Requirements and Test Cases. Submitted Test Data request for testing activities in CAST tool. Research the test data details received from CAST tool in Admin tool to verify data is active and ready to use for testing activities. QA resources utilization report preparation.
Created tickets for test environment issues in JIRA tool. Update comments on Stories for the current Sprint using JIRA tool so management is aware of daily testing activities. Created new Filters by using Queries in JIRA tool for tracking purposes. Client/Company : Accenture Internal
Project : Ohio
Project Duration : February 2015 - August 2015
Assigned Role : Tester
Project & Assignment Description
Test Optimization Analyst
The testing was responsible for writing and executing test scripts to test the framework, functionality, and content of the Chase 3.0 application. Primarily responsible for assisting with defect triage responsible for assisting with defect triage activities and working on resolving key blockers for IST teams. A Defect Triage process has been put in place to ensure timely resolution of blocking defects, and reduce the shelf life of defects overall in IST testing level by taking issues that emerge from integration and quickly determining root cause. The defect triage process would cut down on developer time spent researching defects by getting the right defects to the right scrum teams. Knowledgeable test resources will work with IST test leads and Scrum leads to determine the correct assignee for each fix Defects were discussed in daily standup meetings where resources were able to raise defects for further discussion if needed. Per the Testing Reporting Metrics the top 10-15 blocking defects were called out for discussion on a daily basis. A Defect Triage call took place twice weekly with representatives from all scrums and IST teams to ensure high priority defects were being addressed, and to ensure they were in the hands of the correct resources responsible for the next phase in defect remediation. The defect triage group’s primary responsibilities include: Agreeing that recorded issues are defects
Agreeing on priority and severity of defects
Setting and tracking target resolution date of defects Agreeing on status of defects
Deciding whether to recommend suspension of testing if the environment being tested on is highly unstable Used JIRA tool to track defects, created different defect type filters by using Queries. Non-Accenture/Avanade Experience
Client/Company : CDS Global International
Project : SERV, SERV PF and eHub Digital Order Management: Project Duration : January 2012 - December 2014
Assigned Role : QA Team Lead
Project & Assignment Description
CDS Global online subscription billing management platform, allows you to build, run and operate your subscription and recurring revenue businesses with ease.
Provide time-based access to digital content for weekly, monthly or yearly digital subscriptions. Manage active or trial subscriber support a recurring revenue model. Fully interacts with Cyber Source Payment Gateway for seamless payment processing. Store credit card numbers for future purchases.
Created test plan and test cases for manual and automated testing from the business requirements to match the project's initiatives. Experienced in different types of testing, for example black box testing, functional, GUI testing, System Integration, Regression and UAT. Performed execution phased: Executing test cases, identified products issues, wrote detailed bug reports and participated in bug review during the product development stages.
Coordinating the testing activities (bugs issues) with development team. Maintained the test logs, test reports, test issues, defect tracking using TrackIt. Performed all the scenario’s (meeting/methodologies) as per the Agile. Participated in Scrum meetings, Sprint planning meetings and Retro’s. Estimated the time for all related QA work which is required for testing in sprint planning’s. Executed and maintained Automation Test Scripts in Selenium Web Driver. Non-Accenture/Avanade Experience
Client/Company : Wells Fargo
Project : Home Mortgage
Project Duration : February 2010 - December 2012
Assigned Role : Test Analyst
Project & Assignment Description
Developed test cases based on functional specifications and design documents. Reviewed Business Requirement documents (BRD), Software Requirement specification (SRS) to prepared Test Plan and identify test scenario. Created Test Plan according to the business requirements. Based on the requirement specifications and functional specifications. Created test cases and executed them.
Development of positive & negative scenarios from the requirements. Functional responsibilities included, Functional Testing, Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Unit testing and Regression Testing on application.
Responsible for GUI and Functional Testing, using Black Box Testing Techniques. Maintained requirements and created Traceability between Requirements and Test Cases. QA weekly meetings, proposals for resolving the conflicts. Involved extensively in Black Box testing.
Performed Manual and Automated testing using HP Quality center, Quick Test Professional (QTP) Created UI Automation Test Scripts using VB Script. Education
University/College Degree Year
Colorado Technical University Bachelor of Science in Information Technology 12/2014 Skills
Skill Proficiency Last Year Used
Automated Testing P4 - Expert 2019
Micro Focus (HP SW) Application Lifecycle Manager P4 - Expert 2015 HPE Unified Functional Testing (UFT) P3 - Advanced 2019 Operational Excellence P3 - Advanced 2019
Atlassian JIRA P3 - Advanced 2019
Business Operations Management P3 - Advanced 2019
Accenture Delivery Methods (ADM) P3 - Advanced 2019 HPE ALM Software P3 - Advanced 2019
Client Relationship Building and Management P3 - Advanced 2019 Delivery Excellence P3 - Advanced 2019
Test Execution and Management P3 - Advanced 2017
User Acceptance Testing P3 - Advanced 2017
Testing Strategy and Planning P3 - Advanced 2017
Testing for Agile P3 - Advanced 2017
Technical Test Planning Preparation Execution and Performance Testing P3 - Advanced 2017 Retail Industry P3 - Advanced 2016
Product Testing P3 - Advanced 2015
System Defect Management P3 - Advanced 2015
Microsoft Word P3 - Advanced 2014
Quality Assurance P3 - Advanced 2014
Functional Testing Tools & Techniques P3 - Advanced 2014 HPE Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) P3 - Advanced 2014 RESTful and SOA web services P3 - Advanced 2014
Testing Process and Quality Improvement P3 - Advanced 2017 Integration Testing Tools & Techniques P2 - Intermediate 2017 SQL (Structured Query Language) P3 - Advanced 2016 Solution Architecting P2 - Intermediate 2016
HPE Quality Center P3 - Advanced 2014
Metrics and Predictive Analytics P2 - Intermediate 2014 Agile Development Estimating P3 - Advanced 2014
Agile Methods (ADM for Distributed Agile Scrum XP) P3 - Advanced 2014 Selenium P3 - Advanced 2014
HTML5 P2 - Intermediate 2014
Test Management P2 - Intermediate 2014
XML Core Standards (XML/Schemas) P2 - Intermediate 2014 JUnit Testing Framework P2 - Intermediate 2014
Functional Test Planning P2 - Intermediate 2014
IBM System I AS 400 P2 - Intermediate 2014
Microsoft Excel P2 - Intermediate 2014
Web Services Standards P2 - Intermediate 2014
Agile Project Management P2 - Intermediate 2014
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) P3 - Advanced 2014 Webservices Testing P3 - Advanced 2014
SAP Utilities Customer Financial Management (FI CA) P1 - Beginner 2017 SAP for Utilities CRM P1 - Beginner 2016
Configuration & Release Management P1 - Beginner 2016 Application Architectures P1 - Beginner 2016
Responsive and Adaptive Design P1 - Beginner 2016
Design & Build Enablement P1 - Beginner 2016
Java Programming language P2 - Intermediate 2014
Microsoft Visio P1 - Beginner 2014
JQuery P1 - Beginner 2014
MySQL P3 - Advanced 2014
Visual Basic P3 - Advanced 2012