Propa R Datta Software QA Tester/Analyst

linkedin.com/in/propa-datta-40b597265

Cincinnati, OH 45241

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U.S. Citizen seeking a position as a Quality Assurance Tester/Analyst, utilizing over 6 + years of experience in the software testing industry with diversified skills in manual and automated testing of client/server and web-based applications. Experience on full software development life cycle (SDLC) and software testing life cycle (STLC).

Career Summary

Extensively tested Web and Client/Server based applications using Manual and Automated testing process.

Highly skilled in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) included Test Planning, Test Analysis, Test Design, Construction & Verification, Testing Cycles, Final Testing, Implementation and Post Implementation.

Extensive experienced in drafting Test Flows, Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts, Test Specifications, Test Summaries, Test Procedures, and Test Case and Test Status Reports.

Strong knowledge and experienced of various test methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall methodology, QA Validations & QA Compliances to ensure the Quality Assurance Control.

Experienced in User Acceptance Testing, GUI Testing, Smoke testing, System Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Cross Browser, API manual testing.

Heavily Used Jira, Test Rail for management of test plan, test design, test execution and defect log.

Strong knowledge of STLC including requirements, user story analysis, risk analysis, project planning, testing, defect tracking, management, and reporting.

Involved in automated testing with automation team. Created script from scratch using VB script and Descriptive programming, executed, and enhanced existing script for regression testing.

Wrote extensive SQL query with various joining to test Data Base and frontend connectivity of the application.

Extensive knowledge in Oracle, SQL Server and exposed to various databases.

Detail oriented, handled multiple projects, and forecast the deadlines excellent technical communication, documentation, interpersonal and reporting skills.

Quick to adapt to new working environment and learn new technologies in short span. Highly motivated professional with excellent communication skills and a good team player.

Key Areas of Expertise

Manual Testing w Automation Testing w Black Box Testing w Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) w STLC w Agile (Scrum) w Waterfall w Iterative w Functional, Smoke, Integration, Regression, Ad-Hoc, Back End, End to End Testing w User Acceptance Testing (UAT) w HP Application Life cycle Management(ALM)/ HP Quality Center (QC) w HP UFT/QTP w VB Script w Descriptive Programing w Test Plan w Test Case w RTM w Log Defect w Test Strategy w Requirement Analysis, w SQL w Oracle w Reporting w Rest API

Education History

Associate In Business Management Cincinnati, Ohio

Certification

Azure Administrator Associate Certification number: I580-0805

Professional Experiences

Nordstrom

New York, NY

Sr. Software test Analyst

Jun 2020 – Present

Analyzed the User Stories and Design specifications documents to ensure that the system met all the technical and business requirements also Involved in User story analysis and estimation.

Developed detailed Test plan based on software specifications and user stories for multiple internal projects.

Design & Execute Test cases for every functionality based on product functional specifications, user stories.

Performing Smoke, Functional, Integration, System, Backend, Usability and Regression, End to End, Adhoc, and User Acceptance testing on the updated application.

After manual testing, enhanced the automation scripts to perform automated functional testing using UFT.

Use Checkpoints, Wait Statement, and Parameterizations to enhance test scripts for automation to help cross-functional team when needed.

Perform Regression Testing for fixes and modifications and closed the defects after build deployment.

Using UFT run regression suite in individual run as well as in Batch run during Patch and monthly QA System testing.

Create and update automation script using Object Repository/ Descriptive programming.

Write complex SQL queries using various kinds of joining and sub queries to retrieve complex data from RDBMS.

Work with a team of Project Managers, Business Analysts Product Owner, Scrum Master, Testing Analysts, Developers, DBAs, and Operations.

Attend Product Backlog, Release backlog, Sprint backlog, Daily Stand-up, Peer Review, Demo meeting, Retrospective and Defect Report meetings periodically.

Develop Test cases based upon User story with Acceptance Criteria and execute test cases and logged the defect using Jira and to manage testing using Test Rail effectively to maintain high quality of the test approach and outcome.

Identify and logged defects as per the defect life cycle of the current company working with offshore to provide KT session on Testing.

Perform API manual testing with Postman tool to validate quickly request and response codes for Get, Put, and Post and Delete method.

Performing Mobile testing with physical Ios, Android devices of various types along with Browser Stack tool to do Browser based testing.

AdvancedMD

South Jordan, Utah

QA Analyst

Oct 2018 – Jun 2020

Coordinate with the QA Lead, Clients, Developers, Business Analysts, System Analyst, and other QA staffs in order to complete the task on time and to ensure the requirements are met.

Participated in the implementation and execution of all aspects of the testing activities including planning, execution and management of Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Summary Reports and Defects

Identified and documented functional requirements and mapped them to individual Test Cases with RTM

Performed Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, integration, System Testing and participated in UAT Testing

Performed Regression Testing for fixes or modifications and closed the defects.

Identified software errors and interacted with Business Analysts and developers to resolve technical issues.

Wrote SQL queries MS SQL Server database to validate the data and retrieve data to use as a test data in the frontend application.

Developed, edited, and executed automated tests scripts using Quick Test Professional for Functional and Regression Testing

Validated the application against the expected results by inserting Checkpoints, Wait Statement, and Parameterization, using QTP.

Used QTP for object repository creation and maintenance, used regular expression, Parameterization, synchronization, re-usable actions, data table, checkpoints, and recovery scenario.

Developed Test Scripts through Descriptive Programming (using conditional statements, loops, user-defined functions, function library) and data driven testing which applies the Business rules to validate the components displayed on the website.

Developed and executed Test cases, and logged Defect using Quality Center

Reported software mismatches to the development and testing team utilizing HP Quality Center

Participated in defect review meetings with the team members and worked with overall team to meet project goals.

Wells Fargo

New York, NY

QA Tester

MaY 2016 – Oct 2018

Reviewed and Analyzed Business Requirements, Use Cases, Design Mocks, and Developed Test Cases to do manual testing primarily before and after code freeze.

Coordinated with the Business Analyst and development team to understand the architecture and functionality of the application and systems.

Determined the Entry Criteria and Exit Criteria for different phases in testing cycle of the system.

Involved in whole life cycle of QA Methodologies starting from Test Planning, Test Design, Executing, Reporting and Tracking the defects using ALM.

Logged and Tracked defects using ALM and attended defect triage meeting.

Performed Smoke, Functional, System, GUI, Integration, Cross Browser, Regression, End to End, Exploratory Testing and conducted User Acceptance Testing time to time.

Performed Data Base testing by design and executing complex SQL Queries to extract data from different data sources to validate the corresponding reports.

Coordinated User Acceptance Testing and worked with them team to resolve reported issues/concern.

Prepared regular Status Reports to communicate quality assurance activities to manager and team.

Attended Product Backlog, Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily Scrum, Demos, and other QA meetings.

Technical Skills

Domain

Retail, Banking/ Finance, Health care

Methodology

Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, Hybrid

Application type

Web Based, Client server and Desktop/ Window based

Manual Testing Tool

HP ALM, ADO, Jira with Test Rail, Zephyr.

Automation Tool

HP UFT

Frameworks

Data Driven, Hybrid

Databases

Oracle, MS SQL Server

Operating System

Windows, iOS, Android

Browser

Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari

Others

MS Teams, SharePoint, MS Office suite, Outlook, WebEx

Ref: As per Request after final round interview

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