Software Development Quality
Resume:
MALLIKHARJUNA
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Linkedin.com/in/malli-rao-88a43aa
SUMMARY:
Having 12+ years of experience in Software Testing Environment
Successful background with BANKING AND INSURANCE DOMAIN projects.
Having Good Experience on Web Applications.
Experienced in successful completion of software projects by executing on software quality activities throughout the Software Development Life Cycle.
Expert in Test Plan Development, Test Case Development, Test Case Execution, Test Results Analysis, and Defect Reporting.
Experienced with testing at different levels such as Smoke, functional, regression, integration, GUI, Unit and system testing.
Experienced reviewing requirements, test cases, and other project artifacts.
Collaborate closely with software engineers to create and maintain test artifacts that may be reviewed by external stakeholders in real-time.
Report issues in work management tools (e.g., Jira) with detailed steps to reproduce the issues.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives and work collaboratively with the distributed Scrum teams.
Possess excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills and strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
Capability to adapt and learn new tools, techniques, and approaches.
Strong communicator and skillful in working closely with customers to identify and resolve problems.
Flexible and Versatile to adapt to any new environment and work on any project.
Good interpersonal skills, commitment, result-oriented, hardworking with a quest to zeal to learn new technologies.
Work and support PROD related issues and help identify the gaps.
Work in collaboration with clients if needed.
Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.
Ability to work effectively at all levels in an organization.
Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.
Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
Forward looking with a holistic approach
Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.
Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
EDUCATIONAL DETAILS:
●Masters of Computer Applications ANU (2006).
●Bachelor of Science from the ANU (2003).
SKILLS PROFILE:
Operating Systems: Windows7/8/XP/2000/98, MAC, Windows-All, Unix, Linux.
Test Management: JIRA, HP Quality Center10.0, HP ALM, Pivotal tracker.
Defect tracking tool: QC 11.0, 10.0, 9.0, Jira.
Programming Languages: C/C++, JAVA, JavaScript, Python, VB Script.
Scripting and Mark-up languages: HTML, JavaScript, Typescript, XML.
Databases: MS Access, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, MongoDB.
Automation Tools: Selenium.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Client: Prudential Assurance Malaysian Berhard August 2022 - Present
Role: Senior software tester.
Involved in analysis of System Requirements Specification documents and Functional Specification Documents. Preparing and understanding of test data.
Identifying Test Objectives based on Functional Specification Documents.
Preparation of Test cases for Smoke, Functional and Regression testing based on test objectives.
Involved in different types of testing Like Smoke, Functionality, System and Regression Testing in UAT Environment.
Performed Regression testing for new builds and every modification in the application
Test Data analysis and Create Test Data using manually.
Involved in Test Case Peer Reviews.
Follow and contribute to Agile/SCRUM activities.
Involved in executing the Test Cases based on the functional specifications.
Involved in analyzing the Execution results, reporting bugs and analyze the root cause of defect.
Wrote SQL statements to extract data from tables to verify the output of the response.
Defect management and reporting defects in Jira.
Generating Defect Reports & Attending the Bug Triage meeting.
Coordinate with the developer to reproduce the bugs and work it out.
Performed Positive and Negative Testing to ensure appropriate user authentication
Analysis of Change Request and Modification of Test Cases as per the Change Request.
Coordination with the Onsite and Offshore team on Clarification, Scheduling and Deliveries.
Attending for process audit with Quality Assurance Team.
Involved in preparation of Test Summary Report.
Responsible for weekly status updates showing the progress of testing effort and open issues to be resolved.
Reporting the daily status of testing activities to test lead.
Involved in the organization by sharing the knowledge.
CIBC FCIB, CIBC First Caribbean International Bank
Sep 2018 – May 2022
Role: Test Lead
●Conducting manual testing on various software applications to ensure they meet quality standards and user requirements.
●Developing test cases and test scenarios based on project requirements.
●Creating and executing detailed test cases with step-by-step procedure and expected results and
●maintaining test logs, test reports, test issues using Qtest
●Executing test cases and logged defects in a bug tracking system
●Collaborating with cross – functional teams, including developers and business analysts to clarify
requirements and resolve issues.
●Participating in test planning and test estimation activities
●Involved in API testing using Swagger.
●Performing functional and regression testing to validate software functionality and performance.
●Providing regular status reports and communicating test results to project stakeholders.
●Working closely with the development team to reproduce and verify reported defects.
●Involved in all team meetings from sprint planning, sprint grooming all the way to product delivery
●Worked with large as well as smaller teams for various projects.
●Involved in writing queries, triggers, stored procedures, using PL/SQL.
●Worked with offshore Team For successful product delivery.
●Participated in peer reviews of Test Cases, Test Plans and Automation scripting.
●Actively participating in team meetings and brainstorming sessions to improve testing process and methodologies.
Client: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Period: March 2016 – Aug 2018.
Position: Senior Test Engineer.
Responsibilities:
Understanding the requirement specifications.
Analysing the requirement specification documents, prepared the clarification log and tracked with Business team.
Preparation and review of Test artefacts i.e. Test plan, Test cases, Test Data and RTM.
Work allocation to the team member and status tracking on daily basis.
Involved in SIT and UAT Testing.
Defect tracking using ALM tool.
Analysing and tracking the defects with Business team.
Daily/Weekly/Monthly Status reporting to the project management team.
Worked with stake holders to review the test results and Test Plan, Test Closure sign-offs.
Prepared the DoU (Document of Understanding) and knowledge sharing with team members.
Client: SBI (State Bank Of India).
Period: Jan 2014 – April 2015.
Position: Senior Test Engineer.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Involved in analysis of System Requirements Specification documents and Functional Specification Documents. Preparing and understanding of test data.
Identifying Test Objectives based on Functional Specification Documents.
Preparation of Test cases for Smoke, Functional and Regression testing based on test objectives.
Involved in different types of testing Like Smoke, Functionality, System and Regression Testing.
Involved in executing the Test Cases based on the functional specifications.
Involved in analysing the Execution results, reporting bugs and analyse the root cause of defect.
Defect management and reporting defects in Quality centre.
Performed Positive and Negative Testing to ensure appropriate user authentication
Involved in preparation of Test Summary Report.
Attending weekly team meetings and Preparation of Weekly Status Report.
Reporting the daily status of testing activities to test lead.
Client: UNUM.
Period: June 2010 – Dec 2013.
Position: Associate Test Engineer.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Involved in analysis of System Requirements Specification documents and Functional Specification Documents. Preparing and Understanding of test data.
Identifying Test Objectives based on Functional Specification Documents.
Preparation of Test cases for Smoke, Functional and Regression testing based on test objectives.
Involved in different types of testing Like Smoke, Functionality, System and Regression Testing.
Test Data analysis and Create Test Data using manually and QTP Record & Playback.
Involved in Test Case Peer Reviews.
Involved in executing the Test Cases based on the functional specifications.
Involved in analysing the Execution results, reporting bugs and analyse the root cause of defect.
Defect management and reporting defects in Jira.
Generating Defect Reports & Attending the Bug Triage meeting.
Performed Positive and Negative Testing to ensure appropriate user authentication
Analysis of Change Request and Modification of Test Cases as per the Change Request.
Coordination with the Onsite and Offshore team on Clarification, Scheduling and Deliveries.
Attending for process audit with Quality Assurance Team.
Involved in preparation of Test Summary Report.
Attending weekly team meetings and Preparation of Weekly Status Report.
Reporting the daily status of testing activities to test lead.
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