• Contact
Glen Ellyn, IL
Matt.samuel933@gmail
.com
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/m
att-samuel-19383128a/
• Skills
Bug tracking
Very Good
Search Engine Optimization
Very Good
Reporting and analysis
Excellent
Error tracking eradication
Test Planning
Test Case Design
Test Execution
Regression Testing
Defect Management
Test Automation
API Testing
Performance Testing
Security Testing
Compatibility Testing
Mobile Testing
Exploratory Testing
Matthias
Samuel
QA Analyst
Experienced individual in quality assurance and software testing, primarily manual testing environment. Expert in all stages of software development life cycle (SDLC) & software testing life cycle (STLC) Expert in using JIRA, TFS and Quality Center ALM to perform activities like writing test plan, test cases, executing test cases, developing, and maintaining test scripts, tracking defects and bug reporting Expert in creating reports, workflows, and projects in Jira, ServiceNow, TFS Well accustomed with writing detailed test cases for functional and nonfunctional requirements Automation testing experience in execution (Selenium/Apache J-Meter). Comfortable in writing acceptance criteria for user stories Well experienced in executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing, System Testing, Functionality Testing, Performance Testing, Black Box Testing, GUI Testing, Sanity Testing, and Usability Testing for Web, Client, and Server applications.
Expert in cross browser testing (IE, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari) 5 years' experience working in an Agile environment - Scrum and Kanban Experienced in writing SQL queries to check for successful data transactions
• Work History
MS
2022-08-
Current
Software QA Analyst
Allstate, Northfield
Designed, wrote, and developed testing plans for all systems and modifications
Documented defects and reviewed with the team
Resolution Management by Monitoring bug resolution efforts, and tracking problems and successes
Maintained and improved existing product quality by completing system tests, investigating
Complaints; designing, developing, testing, and
documenting problems and resolutions
Collaborating with other members of management
and programmers
Assisted in the development of new product designs
Test Reporting
SQL
Test Data Management
Test Documentation
Cross-Browser Testing
Black Box Testing
White Box Testing
Usability Testing
End-to-End Testing
Risk-Based Testing
Agile Testing
Waterfall Methodology
Scrum Methodology
JIRA
HP Quality Center (ALM)
Bugzilla
TestNG
Selenium
• Languages
Fluent speaking in Urdu and
Punjabi
and methods by providing input on functional
requirements, and potential problems; designed,
developed, published, and documented test plans for all new systems and modifications
Wrote, reviewed, revised, and verified quality
standards and test procedures for program design
and product evaluation
Prepared Testing Strategy, Test Estimation,
Resource Plan Track and reported accurate
execution status to project stakeholders
Responsible for estimating, coordinating, and
directing testing for multiple projects
Developed high-quality functional SIT and UAT test strategies
Drive functional test execution and manage testing resources
Lead the creation of the UAT test plan and approvals
Lead the creation of test calander.
Manually performed Functional, GUI, Smoke,
Regression, and Integration Tests for every release 2020-06 -
2022-08
Software QA Consultant
HBL – Habib Bank Limited
Testing the application in Agile, Scrum, and sprint development process
Performing exploratory testing to get a better
understanding of product features
Participate in the development of test documentation
– test cases, test suites, test plans
Execute the test cases and log defects in TFS
Conducted back-end testing by writing SQL queries for database verification
Reviewed, developed & wrote detailed defect
reports, providing logs, screenshots, and videos
Worked with the UAT team for System testing
assignment and Production Release
Attended the sprint planning meetings and analyzed user stories for testing tasks & testing time
Collected Status from peers, juniors QA's and
provided the QA Release Status to the IT department
Prioritize and review defects with the development team
Performed systems integration and API testing on applications developed for the NET platform
2018-10 -
2020-06
QA Analyst
Shell Pakistan Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Used tfs/mtm as a test management tool for
writing test cases, execution, and logging
defects
Performed functional, system, system
integration, gui, ad hoc, and uat testing
Executed regression test cases, documented
test results, and reported and tracked defects
Performed smoke testing after the build
deployment every week after the defect fixes
Attend meetings with business analysts and
developers to discuss defects
Involved in scrum type of agile methodology
testing
Sent daily project updates to senior
management
Created regression test sets for various test
projects and updated the test set after each test
cycle
Performed back-end testing using sql queries for database verification
Mentored and built skills in more junior
members/ new hires of the qa team
Performed positive/negative testing, sanity &
smoke testing manually
Performed mobile compatibility testing on
numerous ios, android, and windows devices
Executed automated test scripts using selenium
and other automation tools
• Education
Associate: applied science
Bachelor of Science – Islamabad, Pakistan
Master’s of Public Administration – Richmond,
VA
• Technical Skills
SQL JIRA Selenium