Sujatha Podamekala

Mobile: 512-***-****

Email: adzzvb@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

7+ Years of experience in Software Testing includes Manual Testing (Black Box Testing), API Tester and Automation Testing using SELENIUM with Java.

Over 7 years of Professional IT experience.

Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for various Web-based, Client Server applications on Windows and Linux platforms.

Good understanding of implementing Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

Expertise in Manual Testing in Agile Scrum, V Model, Spiral, and Waterfall methodologies.

Working knowledge of Selenium WebDriver/RC/IDE, SoapUI, TestNG, and Cucumber.

Experience in Software Testing with an understanding of Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, and Defect Reporting & Tracking.

Experience in manual testing (Black Box testing) like Integration Testing, System Acceptance Testing, GUI, Usability, functional, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Mainframe/Open System Testing.

Experience in API all the HTTP methods like GET, POST, DELETE, and UPDATE, validate the response, response time, and error code using tools like SOAP UI and POSTMAN.

Understanding the API requirements and API output status.

Extensive experience in the AGILE SCRUM methodology – stand-up, sprint planning, product backlog, sprint backlog, and burn-down charts.

Experience in Web application testing with Trading Securities (Capital Marketing, Fixed Income Securities, Derivatives) Banking, Financial Services, E-commerce, Travel, Accounting and Department of Human Services domains.

Experience in UBS Investment Bank, Financial Markets like Derivative Market and Capital Marketing.

Experience in writing and executing SQL queries in back-end testing.

Experience in writing and executing SQL like DDL, DML, DTL, and DCL.

Coordinated with the Development team for issues and resolution of defects.

Having Experience in Testing Web Applications.

Well-versed with Automation Framework and good experience in generating scripts in Cucumber for Regression Testing.

Experience of developing methods for Framework and Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines

Detecting Defects and classifying them based on severity.

Automation Experience using Selenium tool - Executing Test scripts for Smoke and Regression suite.

Good experience in writing WebDriver code using Java.

Experience in Defect Reporting and Tracking using Rational, MTM, Visual Studio, Version One, and Jira.

Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery.

Participating in regular and weekly project status meetings with team members.

Actively involved in conference calls with the Development team, Business Analyst, Clients, and other team members

Strong working experience with Defect Management/Problem Solving including tracking bugs, and reporting using Version One, Rational, and Jira.

Visa Status:

Green Card / Permanent Residence of the United States of America.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools & Technologies

Selenium suite, SoapUI- XML, Postman, TestNG, Cucumber, Core Java

Project Management Tool

HP Quality Center/HP ALM, Version one, Rational, MTM, Visual Studio, TFS and JIRA

Automation Framework

Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Hybrid Driven, Cucumber BDD, Project Object Model, TestNG

Configuration Management tools

Maven, Jenkins, Git

Database and MS Suite

MS SQL Server, Oracle, MYSQL, Word, Excel, Access

Web Technologies

Html, CSS, JavaScript, XML, JAVA, .Net and Pega – BPM and CRM

Operating Systems

Windows and UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Client: CWOPA (PA State Agency) February 2022 – Till Date

Role: QA Engineer (Manual and Automation Testing)

Project: PACSES (DHS)

Company: Deloitte Consulting LLC.

The statewide Pennsylvania Child Support Enforcement System (PACSES). The child support program is supported by the PACSES. A child support order requires one parent to make a monthly payment to help cover the costs of raising a child. Usually, these payments are from one parent to the other.

Responsibilities:

Involved in writing and executing the test cases and reporting the bugs using MTM, Visual Studio, and TFS for Defect tracking purposes and worked until the issue is resolved, in the process interacted with developers and the Functional team to resolve Web application defects.

Categorized bugs based on their severity and interfaced with developers to resolve them. Attended weekly defect report meetings and presented progress updates.

Participating in daily stand-up meetings for updates on System Usability documents.

Involved in Smoke testing, functional regression testing, integration testing, Performance Testing and SAT Involved in testing cycles in QA Environment.

Involved in test data preparation, test case writing, and test case execution.

Involved in performing Manual Testing (Black box Testing) for all the Business functionalities.

Used MTM, Visual Studio, and TFS as defect-tracking tools to capture and organize issues, assign work, and follow team activities.

Execute functional and regression test cases, report and document all issues, test results, and testing summaries in detail.

Track and document all testing defects and resolutions.

Analyze User requirements, design documents, and other documentation to develop detailed test cases.

Identified test cases to automate. Automate those test cases using Selenium WebDriver with the BDD framework for version 1.2.

Reviewed the Framework and worked on automation frameworks by using the Selenium WebDriver for version 1.2.

Tools & Technologies: Version 2.1 (Manual) - Oracle .NET, MTM, Visual Studio, Cloud Azure, Waterfall Model, MS Office 365 Suite.

Version 1.2 (Automation) - Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Git, IntelliJ, BDD, Maven.

Client: Veteran Affairs - FSC (Federal project) Oct 2019 – Oct 2020

Role: QA Engineer (Manual Tester)

Project: Travel DOA

Company: Tista Science and Technology

The Department of Veterans Affairs has financial policies and procedures regarding travel administration and provides an authoritative reference for VA travel management. It contains VA policy and procedures for managing travel for official purposes. Employees traveling on Official business must obtain approval from a direct line supervisor or an approving official holding a higher-level position in the employees.

Responsibilities:

Designed test plans and defined cases for functional, system, and user acceptance testing.

Involved in writing and executing the test cases and reporting the bugs using Version One for Defect tracking purposes and worked until the issue is resolved, in the process interacted with developers to resolve Web application defects.

Categorized bugs based on their severity and interfaced with developers to resolve them. Attended weekly defect report meetings and presented progress updates.

Participated in Sprint planning meeting for estimation of new stories to be worked on, dividing stories.

into tasks.

Involved in Smoke testing, functional regression testing, and Database testing Involved testing cycles in QA Environment and PrePROD Environment.

Involved in writing Test Plan, Test Summary Report, Test Metric, Test data preparation, test case writing, and test case execution.

Involved in performing Manual Testing (Black box Testing) for all the Business functionalities and Database testing for writing and executing SQL queries in back-end testing.

Used Version One as a defect tracking tool to capture and organize issues, assign work, and follow team activities.

Execute functional and regression test cases, report and document all issues, test results, and testing summaries in detail.

Worked with the Development team, Business users, and Business Analyst to clearly understand the application requirements and functionality to help determine test cases.

Track and document all testing defects and resolutions.

Analyze User requirements, design documents, and other documentation to develop detailed test cases.

Participated in Sprint planning meeting for estimation of new stories to be worked on, dividing stories.

into tasks.

Tools & Technologies: Pega Software, BPM Web Application, Version One, Agile, SQL queries, MS Office 365 Suite.

Client: Veteran Affairs - FSC (Federal Project) Oct 2019 – Oct 2020

Role: QA Engineer and API Tester (Manual)

Project: Lockbox Phase I and Phase II

Company: Tista Science and Technology

Project:

The Lockbox project implements a centralized collection point for processing patient payments. patients will be treated at their local VA facility. Billing and collection information will be created and stored in the Account Receivable software package. AR will process the payment information and automatically apply it to each specified patient account.

Responsibilities:

Performed Black box testing such as GUI, Functionality, Regression, Usability, Smoke testing etc.

Involved in API testing using SoapUI and Postman tools to validate the response, response time, and error code and create test data for UI testing.

Understanding the API requirements and working on HTTP requests like GET, POST, DELETE, and UPDATE.

Tested compatibility of software under various Internet Browsers and platforms.

Participated in Sprint planning meeting for estimation of new stories to be worked on, dividing stories into tasks.

Used version one and Rational as defect tracking tools to capture and organize issues, assign work, and follow team activities.

Involved in writing Test Plan, Test summary report, Test Metric, Test data preparation, test case writing, and test case execution.

Documentation and validation of results to ensure that software meets or exceeds quality standards and business requirements.

Participated in Sprint planning meeting for estimation of new stories to be worked on, dividing stories into tasks.

Involved testing cycles in QA Environment and Prep prod Environment.

Involved in test case writing and test case execution. Involved in performing Manual Testing for all the Business functionalities.

Tools & Technologies: Pega Software, BPM Web Application, Version One, Agile, SQL queries, Soap UI, Postman, MS Office 365 Suite.

Shop LC Global Ltd Oct 2017 – Oct 2019

Role: QA Analyst (Automation)

Project: B2C

Shop LC sells through online shopping for multiple products like Jewelry, Gemstones, Metals, Kitchen supplies, beauty essentials, bedding, and bath products Skin care to home decor products. Shop LC mainly focuses on Jewelry and lifestyle items the customers online.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for testing and identifying test scope, test planning, managing test execution, reporting metrics and tracking incidents defect management activities coordinating between onsite and offshore.

Working with a development and testing team on different platforms for document sorting and data capture. Performing UAT Testing to make sure the requirement works fine before deploying the change.

Responsible for end-to-end Quality Assurance of one or more product lines, making quick and reliable software releases, and sharing responsibility for meeting all product goals with the development team.

Participating in agile scrum meetings and attending daily standups.

Meet with the business and technical team to get a complete understanding of the requirements. Played an active role in gathering, analyzing, and documenting the business requirement.

Managed the entire quality assurance process in Quality Center including maintaining test scenarios, test cases, test execution, and defect tracking.

Identified test cases to automate. Automate those test cases using Selenium WebDriver with the BDD framework.

Reviewed the Framework and worked on automation frameworks by using the Selenium web driver.

Created the test data and ran the test scripts on various builds.

Tools & Technologies: Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Jira, Eclipse, BDD, Pega Software, CRM Web application, Agile,

Shop LC Global Ltd Oct 2017– Oct 2019

Role: QA Tester Manual

Project: SACP (Shop LC Accounting Package)

SACP is the accounting software and in-house product of Shop LC. The software records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal, general ledger, payroll, and trial balance. It functions as an accounting information system. As the organization is related to Jewelry it needs special customizations and handling the company has developed in-house products with customized features for accounting.

Responsibilities:

Testing the vendor payments and customer receivable system functionality. Testing the Track money received and preparing deposits functionality.

Testing the reporting functionality – Detail aging and past due accounts for senior management reporting. Testing the past due invoices/outstanding report functionality.

Testing the functionality of bank accounts daily online for deposits being made and entering the system as well as pulling invoices and filing appropriately.

Processed credit card requests and/or apply for payments as determined, including evaluating and posting on account cash.

Involved in Smoke testing, functional and regression testing.

Involved testing cycles in QA Environment and PrePROD Environment. Involved in test data preparation, test case writing, and test case execution. Involved in performing Manual Testing for all the Business functionalities.

Defect logging in the defect report.

Validate the response, response time, and error code using tools like SOAP UI.

Participating in agile scrum meetings and attending daily standups.

Tool and Technologies: Java, Jira, Agile, SQL queries, MS Office 365 Suite, Soup UI

Client: UBS Investment Bank March 2010 to Dec 2012

Role: QA Tester (Manual)

Project: Financial Marketing (Fixed Income Securities and Derivative Markets)

Company: Infosys

Project:

“Instrument Data” is a critical process that mainly deals with the creation and amendments of Fixed Income securities issued by our client and other top Issuers in the global securities market. The job also involves ensuring the business rules are incorporated into all securities captured in half–hourly, hourly, daily & monthly auto-generated reports and investigating the “Key Attributes Monitoring” reports which capture all the bonds “In Position” and “Not in Position” traded.

Responsibilities:

Understanding the Requirements

Involved in Test Design, Review, Rework, and execution activities Created Requirements and mapped to Test Cases

Set up Test Plan and Test Lab prior to execution.

Gather Test Data prior to execution and make sure execution milestones are not impacted Involved in Defect Review meetings within the team.

Proactively coordinated with a client in getting required project inputs within the time frame Involved in Test Plan preparation.

Status reporting for test execution, defect resolution, productivity, and defect statistics daily Participated in daily status meetings with the onsite team and was responsible for updating all the offshore questions and status from onsite.

Handling the tasks of other processes such as Fixed Income. Handling induction training and knowledge propagation for new joiners.

Testing (UAT testing/Performance and verification testing) will be done on data applications.

Executing test cases, reporting, and tracking defects, collecting test metrics, selecting, and executing test cases for Regression Testing

Job Summary:

Systematically familiar with the creation of “Trading Securities” for Debt and Equity.

Proficiency in working on Intersystem data reconciliation between clients-owned systems and downstream trading systems.

Involved in Securities Identification codes like ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, SYMBOL, TELEKURS, RIC, and MIC

Trading of Derivatives like FORWARD, FUTURE, and OPTION as per Bloomberg, Telekurs, and Euroclear.

Calculate interest rates and update in Reporting tools.

Personal Details:

Name:

Sujatha P

Contact #:

512-***-****

State/City

Texas/Austin

Visa Status

Green Card / Permanent Residence in the United States of America

Authorization

Federal Government Authorized / PIV approved.

Education

MBA (Finance & Computer Science)

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