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N/A SASIKALA KODE

Summary

- Certified Software QA Engineer with 5 years of experience in Desktop, Web and Mobile based applications testing.

- Extensive knowledge on all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC), experienced in Waterfall methodology and Agile - Scrum framework.

- Experienced in design, execution and maintenance of Selenium test scripts in Java with POM design framework/pattern.

- Strong knowledge in software testing life cycle (STLC) and defect/bug life cycle.

- Experienced in Designing and documenting test plan, test scenarios and test cases by analyzing the requirements and design documents.

- Experienced in various testing types such as System testing, Regression testing, Interface testing, Performance testing and Smoke testing.

- Strong knowledge in using Test and defect management tools such as HP/Micro Focus ALM and Jira.

- Specialized in E commerce applications – website and mobile, ERP/Warehouse Management systems and Customer Relationship Management software (CRM).

- Experienced in authoring SQL queries for data validation in the database.

- Experienced in test management, defect management - logging defects, notifying developers and conducting triage calls throughout the testing phase.

- Experienced in providing test status reports to project team and stakeholders. Skills

Test Management Tools: HP/Microfocus ALM, Jira, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft Test Manager (MTM)

Test Automation Tools: Selenium Grid, Selenium Webdriver with Java, Cucumber CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitHub

Integration/API Testing Tools: SoapUI, Postman, Rest Assured Requirements Management Tools: HP/Microfocus ALM, Jira, IBM Rational RequisitePro Database Management Tools: MS Access, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Azure - Oracle BI Tools: Power BI, Tableau

Flow chart/Diagramming Tools: Microsoft Visio, Lucid Chart DevOps/DevSecOps: Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, MS Teams N/A

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Experience

Software QA Engineer ITC Management Group Chicago, IL March 2020 – Present

• Assisted Project/Program Manager and IT/Test Managers with Work Breakdown Structure, Test estimates and test resource needs.

• Created test plan and strategy for short term and long-term projects collaborating with Business Analysts, Project Manager, Developers and testers.

• Designed test scenarios and test case specifications based on Business, Functional and Non-functional requirements.

• Created traceability matrix to ensure test coverage.

• Executed test cases and updated test specification document with the latest status.

• Assisted Business Analysts in User Acceptance Testing/Exit Amigo/Show and Tell with Product owner and stakeholders along with product demos.

• Part of the software projects developed using Waterfall methodology, Agile (Scrum) framework and DevOps/DevSecOps model.

• Created defects, managed defects from Open to close by tracking and validating defect fixes.

• Performed manual and automated testing, Acceptance testing, System testing, End to End functional testing and regression testing.

• Collaborated with application team, middleware and back-end teams to prepare test data and test environments, run system tests and aligned for ensure successful delivery.

• Executed tests on newly built applications, existing and legacy applications.

• Authored SQL scripts for data validations on front end (GUI) and database.

• Used Gherkins Syntax to test the behaviors of the Application (BDD) using Cucumber with Maven and Selenium with java.

• Performed cross browser testing of web application in Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

• Created automated reports in HTML and PDF using third party plugin such as Surefire and Cucumber Report.

• Created test suites for regression testing and smoke testing - manual and automated.

• Collaborated with performance testing team to create test suite for performance tests for user load and transaction load.

• Designed Smoke testing plan collaborating with Business Analysts to verify and validate deployed code is functional.

• Involved in developing the automation scripts for Mobile Native Applications using Appium Java.

• Created test status reports, including defects and communicated to project team and IT/Test manager on regular basis.

• Created Ad hoc test reports to debrief management, stakeholders and product owner.

• Ensured the implementation and monitoring of IT quality assurance industry standards and quality control(testing) standards within the team.

• Collaborated and implemented continuous process improvements to increase efficiency of requirements, development and QA.

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Software QA Tester KeyTech Solutions New York, NY October 2018 - February 2020

• Involved in Analysis and review of the Use Cases and User stories with the Product Owner, Business Analyst and technical team.

• Assisted in developing keyword driven and descriptive programming framework for automation defects.

• Involved in performing data inspection for files loaded from source to landing zone.

• Detected, reported and tracked defects in Jira

• Responsible for updating and maintenance of existing selenium scripts.

• Page Object Model approach has been implemented to reduce code redundancy.

• Applied synchronization points and checkpoints wherever required.

• Performed functional testing of web services using SOAPUI and RESTful web services. Added assertions to validate the XML or WSDL file.

• Performed Functional, Smoke, Usability, Integration and Regression Testing.

• Involved in weekly review meetings. Attended daily stand-ups and scrum meetings with the development team in order to ensure timely delivery of features.

• Participated in daily standup, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective.

• Organized and led knowledge sharing sessions for new members in the team.

• Designed Smoke testing plan collaborating with Business Analysts to verify and validate deployed code is functional.

Quality Assurance Specialist Exodus Technologies Hyderabad, India August 2014 - July 2015

• Involved in creating System Test Plan, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases in manual and automation ways.

• Participated in System design sessions with SME's, Business Analysts and Test lead.

• Assisted Project/Program Manager and IT/Test Managers with Work Breakdown Structure, Test estimates and test resource needs.

• Created test suites for regression testing and smoke testing - manual and automated.

• Created and maintained test cases and test scripts in HP/Microfocus ALM. Refactored existing test cases and test scripts to reflect changes in features.

• Executed test cases for Regression testing, Smoke testing, Integration testing and end to end testing.

• Executed cross browser testing and with multiple screen resolution for smoother User Experience

(UX).

• Executed tests on newly built applications, existing and legacy applications.

• Interacted with development and product management teams for the quick resolution of reported bugs and technical issues.

• Maintained traceability between requirements and test cases along with test coverage.

• Created and published daily and weekly status reports to project team and stakeholders.

• Supported User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with end users/client and stakeholders.

• Trained end users on new features and their integration with existing features.

• Supported run team to record/log production issues and troubleshoot. N/A

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Education/Certificates:

Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL-TM) ISTQB 2017 Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) ISTQB 2016 Lean Six Sigma Foundations Lynda.com 2012

Master of Science (M.S) Chalapathi College of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2012

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