Shahnaz Basha
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
• Detail-oriented QA Engineer with 2+ years of experience in automated testing, backend testing and manual functional testing
• Followed Agile and Scrum methodologies. Participated in Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint retrospective
• Possess excellent communication, documentation and organization skills
• Experience with Postman for functional and API testing
• Automated test cases in Selenium with C# and executed for regression testing
• Used Azure Load Testing to obtain client-side and server-side metrics
• Experienced in writing complex SQL queries to perform data driven tests to validate completeness, integrity and accuracy of GUI test
• Skilled in developing and executing comprehensive test plans, investigating customer complaints, and tracking software issues and defects
• Utilized Azure DevOps for tracking user stories, written test cases, and logged bugs
• Collaborated with cross-team members, product owners, developers to support QA processes
• Excellent understanding in all phases of software testing life cycle and software development life cycle
• Great understanding on how to use TeamCity for continuous integration of builds
• Used Rancher to validate logs in different APIs and to report any errors to the development team
• Proven ability to create test plans, test cases, and test strategies
• Proficient knowledge in using Octopus Deploy for story build deployment
• Well versed in regression testing, functional testing, API testing, integrated testing, system testing, load testing, and smoke testing
• Coordinated and supported infrastructure updates, production release and smoke testing
• Took part in production support for customer incidents regarding various issues TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS
Tools: Azure Devops, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Visual Studio, Rancher, Postman, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Load Testing, Selenium College: Git, Anaconda, Cygwin, Docker, DBeaver, Axure, Tableau, AWS Programming Languages: C#, Python, Java, SQL, ARM, C, NoSQL, SML WORK EXPERIENCE
StoneX – Title: QA Engineer June 2021 – Present
• Performed functional testing on enhanced and new features of the company’s online application
• Effectively participated in team meetings when discussing business requirements
• Debugged in reported issues using Visual Studio to find root cause and suggested possible fixes
• Used HTTP requests in Postman for testing such as health check endpoints
• Collaborated and maintained communication with team members throughout the two week Agile sprint
• Gave feedback throughout the software testing life cycle for prevention and early correction of quality problems
• Used Rancher to verify detailed logs of various APIs and to report issues to the team
• Executed load tests using Azure Load Testing to obtain client-side and server-side metrics such as server requests and response time
• Detected and tracked software defects & inconsistencies and ensuring fixes are established reasonably soon by keeping consistent communication with the development team
• Designed and executed automated test cases in Selenium with C# incorporating XPath and reported relevant findings to the team
• Worked with Manager to create reasonable test plans and strategies
• Used Azure DevOps for the team’s story board and automation repository in addition to testing pipelines for different microservices
• Communicated with Project Manager on testing efforts and reporting on concerns
• Utilized TeamCity and Octopus Deploy in preparing testing environments for testing
• Experienced in writing complex SQL queries for user stories requiring database backend testing MindZone Learning – Title: Tutor July 2020 – July 2021
• Explained key concepts to students in math and reading before assigning work
• Assisted students with their questions and concerns when needed EDUCATION
Drake University – Bachelor of Science in Computer Science December 2020 Presidential Scholarship (Academic Merit)
NOTEWORTHY COURSEWORK
REST API on Gitlab – Drake University Fall 2020
• Collaborated on coding with my group related to starships for a Star Wars API
• Developed webservice using HTTP methods (GET, PUT, POST) to update a sports database Senior Capstone – Drake University Spring 2020
• Wrote technical documents with my team for each stage of the process
• Collaborated with team members to create an interactive game (Detective You Saves Griff) in Python LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Alpha Phi Omega – Drake University January 2020 – December 2020
• Volunteered at various places including IMPACT and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
• Took part in a Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement Workshop