QA Engineer - Manual & Regression Testing

Shaik Salma

********.****@*****.*** +91-995******* Chennai, India linkedin.com/in/shaik-salma-125874215/ QA Engineer

SUMMARY

Result-driven QA Engineer with 2.2 years of experience at TCS specializing in Manual, Functional, and Regression Software Testing for web and enterprise applications. Proven track record in the end-to-end Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), including building detailed test plans, designing test scenarios, manual test script execution, and defect tracking using Jira. Adept at cross-browser UI testing, API validation using Postman, and collaborating closely with developers and product managers in Agile/Scrum environments to ensure high-quality software releases. Experienced with test automation (Selenium, Tosca) to support regression suites. SKILLS

Core QA & Testing Methodologies: Manual Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, UI Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Sanity & Smoke Testing, End-to-End (E2E) Testing, Shift-Left Testing

Test Planning & Execution: Test Life Cycle (STLC), SDLC, Test Strategy, Test Scenario & Script Design, Acceptance Criteria, Defect Lifecycle Management

Defect & Test Management Tools: Jira, qTest

Agile & Process Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Sprint Planning, Story Estimation, Defect Triage

API & Database Testing: Postman, REST Assured (API Validation), SQL (Backend Verification)

Automation & Frameworks (Supporting Skills): Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber (BDD), Serenity BDD, TestNG, POM, Cross-Browser Testing, Tricentis Tosca (SAP Testing)

Tools & Version Control: Git, GitLab, Maven, Jenkins (CI/CD pipelines)

Programming Languages: Java (OOPs)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd System Engineer Chennai, India May 2024 - Present

Test Planning & Scenario Design: Authored and executed over 120+ detailed manual test cases and test scenarios covering functional, UI, integration, and end-to-end (E2E) workflows across Web and SAP applications.

Defect Lifecycle & Jira Tracking: Identified, logged, and managed 40+ software defects using Jira, conducting daily defect triage sessions with developers to ensure a 95%+ timely resolution rate prior to release.

Agile & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborated closely with developers and product managers across 20+ Agile/Scrum sprints, participating in daily stand-ups, story estimation, and acceptance criteria reviews.

API & Integration Testing: Validated 30+ REST API endpoints using Postman, verifying request/response payloads, authentication flows, and backend database integrity using SQL queries.

Automation & CI/CD Pipelines: Built and maintained a suite of 40+ Selenium Java (Cucumber BDD) automated test scripts integrated into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, saving 15+ hours of manual testing per sprint.

Release Delivery & Quality: Delivered 100% on-time completion across weekly release cycles, maintaining zero high-priority defects in production through thorough Shift-Left testing.

SAP & Tosca Test Execution: Developed and executed 150+ regression and progression test scripts for SAP-integrated retail workflows utilizing Tricentis Tosca, reducing manual regression execution time by 30%. EDUCATION

Geethanjali Institute of Science & Technology, Nellore, A.P. 8.04 CGPA Computer Science and Engineering

Sri Chaitanya Jr Kalasala, Hyderabad, T.S. 9 CGPA Intermediate M.P.C.

LANGUAGES

• English: Professional

• Telugu: Professional

• Urdu: Native

• Hindi: Native

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