Bhoomi Patel
E-mail : ******.******@*****.*** Phone : (P) 412-***-****
CAREER SUMMARY
7+ Years of extensive experience on Quality Assurance & Software Testing including QA Lead in US IT Industry with emphasis
Excellent Functional knowledge on various domains like Logistics, Insurance, Healthcare, Embedded
Knowledge of all phases of SDLC including Requirements definition, Design and Development, Maintaining full bug/defect life cycle, Management & Reporting
Excellent knowledge of Client Server, Web based application testing and Embedded testing
Familiar with Quality Assurance methodologies like Waterfall and Agile
Well versed with writing detailed test cases for functional & nonfunctional requirements
Good experience with Quality Center, QTP frameworks like Keyword driven & Data driven testing
Expert in different types of testing that includes Black Box testing, Smoke testing, Functionality testing, Localization testing, Migration testing, Installation testing, System Integration testing, End-to-End Testing, Regression testing & User Acceptance testing
Good experience in analyzing changes and identifying areas of application to be regression tested
Familiarity with SOAPUI, web services testing
Worked as member in SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group) for CMMI5 company
Familiarity with Scripting languages like Perl and VB script
Good working knowledge of major Operating Systems and tested applications on Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/7, LINUX & UNIX environments and VMWare images
Experience in interacting with business analysts, developers, technical support & help them to baseline the requirement specifications
An effective communicator with strong analytical abilities combined with skills to plan, implement & presentation of projects
Good communication & interpersonal skills & self-motivated & quick learning skills
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
Testing tools: Quick Test Pro
Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, Access
Test Management tools: Quality Center 11, Rally
Defect Tracking: Mantis, Bugzilla, Testtrack
Scripting languages: Java script, VB Script, HTML, Perl
MS Suit: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
IDE and Other Tools: Visual Studio.Net, Visual Studio Team Server, Profiler, Microsoft VSS, SVN
Operating Systems: Windows – 7, XP, NT, 2000, 98, UNIX, LINUX
ACHIEVEMENTS
Secured 75% in ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) foundation level Certification
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. FedEx Ground IT Services Jul 2011 – Till date QA Lead
Preload Assist / KOR: Logistics domain Jul2011 – Till date
• Performed the test lead position for Hand held scanners application
• Used to communicate as a core team member with Business analysts, developers and project management team
• Used to be key member to estimate testing efforts and scheduling test cycles
• Task assignment for team members and status updates for their executables
• Reviewed team member’s deliverables and checked coverage
• Prepared documentation such as Test plan, test scenarios and Test completion reports
• Verification on AS/400 (I Series) systems to verify database updates
• Used to verify database changes using SQL queries
• Performed server side verifications of the logs and status on Unix/Linux systems using Putty
• Test execution on hand held scanners
• Tracking of defects on Quality center 11.0
ENVIRONMENT
• Windows7, XP, LINUX– Ubuntu and Fedora
• Putty, Oracle SQL developer, I Series (AS 400)
2. Patni Computer Systems Ltd. July 2010 – Jan 2011 Sr. V & V Engineer
(Sr. QA Analyst)
MetLife: Insurance domain Jul2010 – Jan2011
• Preformed Onsite coordinator(Team lead) role
• Prepared the Test Plans, test completion documents
• Scheduled test cycles and distributed Task assignment among team members
• Maintained Requirement traceability Matrix across the project
• Produced high level test scenarios for AUT
• Reviewed test scenario and scripts of team member
• Prepared test scripts and imported into Quality Center
• Executed test scripts for functional testing and compatibility testing on different browsers
• Automated test scripts using QTP9 for regression test suits
• Prepared and executed SQL queries for results verifications
• Performed web services testing using SOAP UI
• Analyzed defects and determined the route cause
• Created defect reports for the defects found during execution cycle and documented into Quality center and assigned same to respective Developers/Architects
• Attended several walkthrough meeting with Business analysts, Project Manager and Developers and provided feedback accordingly
ENVIRONMENT
• Oracle8i/10g, Windows XP/VISTA/7, JAVA, QC9
• Browsers: FF 3/4, IE6/8
3. E-Infochips Ltd., India August 2007 – July 2010
SWQA Engineer
Polyvision: Room Wizard - embedded testing project May 2010 – Jul 2010
• Performed team lead position
• Worked closely with the project team in planning coordination and implementing QA Methodology
• Understanding of requirements for generating goals and test plans
• Created Test plans and test completion reports
• Scheduled test cycles and distributed Task assignment among team members
• Reviewed the test cases for the project
• Performed Ad Hoc testing for the Clustered Exchange Connector and verified creating, updating and deletion of appointments on exchange servers and on devices
• Assigned Severity and Priority to the defects into TestTrack
• Assigned defects to respective developers
ENVIRONMENT
• Windows – 7, XP, LINUX , Java, TestTrack
Polyvision: Walk n Talk- embedded testing project Jan 2010 – Apr 2010
• Performed team lead position
• Created Test plans
• Scheduled test cycles
• Setup/configured test systems
• Reviewed the test scenarios and test cases and checked test coverage
• Created automated regression test suit using QTPs
• Performed Ad hoc testing for the firmware on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems
• Executed test cases for functional testing, Installation testing and UI testing on different configurations
• Reviewed defects and assigned them to developers
ENVIRONMENT
Windows – 7, XP, 98, LINUX – Ubuntu and Fedora, Java, Test track, TOAD
Bioscrypt: Sep 2009 – Dec 2009
• Configured Test Systems
• Prepared test scenarios
• Created test scripts and executed test scripts and test analysis
• Performed Migration testing with SQL scripting for SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008
• Running full Regression testing cycles for the functionality of the system in serial and ethernet communication
ENVIRONMENT
• Windows XP/VISTA/98, JAVA, TestTrack, SQL Server 2005 and 2008
uControl: Agile Methodology Project Mar 2009 – Aug 2009
• Worked closely with the project team in planning for the sprints
• Test System configuration
• Prepared and executed test cases
• Executed full Regression testing cycles for the functionality of the system
• Bug reporting and verification
• As a test management tool used Rally- agile test management tool
• Participated into scum meetings
ENVIRONMENT
• JAVA, Windows XP/VISTA, Rally
Object Video: Surveillance System Jan 2008 – March 2009
• Configured Test Systems
• Prepared test scenarios
• Created test scripts using QTP with VBScript and implemented keyword driven and data driven testing
• Prepared automated test cases, executed test scripts and test analysis
• Running full Regression testing cycles for the functionality of the system
• Bug reporting and verification into Quality Center
• As a test management tool used Mercury Quality Center
• Automated test cycle on QTP using VB scripting
ENVIRONMENT
• Windows XP/VISTA/98, JAVA, Quality Center
Perl Scripting Project Aug 2007 – Jan 2008
• Developed Perl scripts for reports for an automobile company’s automated testcases in Text and HTML format
• Validated Test plan file & Feature list files
• Generated reports for Features and Test plans mapping & regression in text and HTML format
4. Meditab Software Pvt. Ltd Test Engineer
Intelligent Medical Software (IMS): Healthcare domain June 2006 – July 2007
• Prepared test plans, test cases, test case execution and test analysis
• Bug reporting and verification
• Provided training and support for Allergy Shots module to doctors
ENVIRONMENT
• PowerBuilder, Oracle8i, Windows XP, ASP.Net
5. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd Trainee
VAT: Government domain(taxation department) January 2005 – April 2006
• Prepared test cases , test case execution
• Running full Regression testing cycles for the functionality of the system
• Bug reporting and verification
ENVIRONMENT
• Windows XP, Oracle8i/10g, JAVA
EDUCATION
Bachelor in Computer Science – North Gujarat University (India)