Silviah Johnson Email : **************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
15+ years of hands-on Software Testing and Software Quality Assurance experience
Strong working experience in Capital Markets, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Domains
Strong working experience in IoT (Internet of Things)
Excellent knowledge and experience in test planning, test case development, test execution and test results analyses.
Proficient in Sanity, Functional, System, System Integration, Regression and User acceptance testing.
Have created complete functional and non-functional system testing documentation
Good knowledge and experience in creating clear and detailed defect reports.
Maintaining the Traceability Matrix to track the requirements to the test cases to ensure complete test coverage.
Extensive practical experience in using HP Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) and JIRA.
Solid understanding of Software Quality Assurance concepts and methodologies.
Good knowledge and experience with Software Development Life Cycle concepts. (SDLC)
Worked in all the testing life cycle such as Planning, writing test cases, executing and reporting.
Good knowledge and experience in ETL testing and testing SaaS products.
Good knowledge and experience with project coordination to coordinate complex application development projects.
Participate effectively in QA and cross functional team collaborative situations including: status meetings, design reviews and walkthroughs, prototyping, test plan walkthroughs, defect log and resolution reviews.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Discussed and clarified the business rules with business team and stakeholders
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Creative, Innovative, well organized and detail oriented.
Possess good time management, task planning and prioritization skills.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.
Experience working in an Agile Scrum environment or good familiarity with the Agile methodologies
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong desire to “break software”
Working knowledge of the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL SKILLSET
SAFe for Teams from Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance
Tools: HP Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) 11.0, JIRA, JIRA xRAY, Confluence, Investran, Postman
Software: MS Office. (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
E2E/UAT Lead/Senior QA – Miipe Quality Solution (August 2021- Till Date)
Client Name: Bell (IoT – Internet of Things)
Responsibilities:
Testing the Bell IoT application for Asset Tracking
Co-ordinating and performed SIT execution and verified the flow before E2E starts
Co-ordinating and performed E2E testing and verified the entire flow from the start till end.
Hosting the E2E status calls to follow up on the open issues
Hosting the defect triage calls during the E2E cycle
Develop the UAT strategy and Test Plan
Co-ordinating the UAT testing with the business
Acted as the primary contact for the client
Prepare the status report and keep the management up to date of the progress
Organize and lead client meetings to review test strategies, test grids, and overall QA progress
Performing demos regarding the Product to the business
Performing the testing of API using Postman tool
Planning and hosting the PI planning sessions
Direct product testing activities throughout production cycles.
Providing estimates based on Business requirement documents
Responsible for all final signoff on all releases ensuring QA has met the required standards
Senior QA Analyst - Citco Group of Companies, Canada (October 2014 – August 2021)
Project Name: Citco One
Responsibilities:
Analyzed, defined, and translated business and functional specifications into testing requirements.
Performed functional and non-functional system testing
Identified and logged issues and risks, update tasks and status
Generated and tracked traceability matrix.
Developed test cases for system and regression testing.
Tested new functionalities based on test cases and test requirements.
Liaising with the business analyst, software developers and other technical staff to investigate potential product test failures and resolve defects.
Actively participated and supporting User Acceptance Testing. (UAT)
Supported post deployment / GO Live test activities.
Gave demos to the business users about the changes made in the application in releases.
Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management.
Planned and organized testing efforts
Provided support on Production issues.
Attended Client Focus group meetings to keep track of initiatives
Created complete system testing documentation and artefacts including: test plans, test cases, test results report, defect logs
Consultant – CGI Group Inc., Canada (January 2013 - October 2014)
Project Name: Deutsche bank
Responsibilities:
Acted as a test lead and was involved in all aspects of testing for four of the Deutsche Bank’s Trade Clearing applications.
Analyzed and translated business and functional specifications into testing conditions.
Created test data for functional and regression testing.
Developed manual test cases for system and regression testing.
Tested new functionalities based on test cases and test requirements.
Reported the defects found in the applications while testing.
Tracked defects through retest to closure.
Supported User Acceptance Testing activities.
Delivered thorough QA test reports that determined application’s quality and release readiness.
Assistant System Engineer – Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (Feb 2010 – April 2012)
Project Name: London Clearing House (LCH)
Responsibilities:
Reviewed Business Requirements Documents, Functional Specification Documents to determine the testing requirements.
Designed and developed test plans based on the testing requirements.
Designed and developed test cases for Functional, System Integration and Regression testing.
Tested the new functionalities based on test cases and test requirements.
Identified software defects (application, system and security) and logged the same into the defect tracking tool.
Verified software fixes by re-testing.
Coordinated with business analysts, developers, testers and other individuals involved in the project to resolve the identified issues.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Computer Science & Engineering
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry