Qa Systems Test Engineer
Davies group
Total years of experience :12 years, 1 month
Project: System testing of insurance claims system (Claimqube - built on C# and .NET framework) for continuous supplementary functionality − multiple projects.
Achievements:
• Deployed each build into test environment (once a day) and performed system testing of the new functionalities (Continuous integration).
• Participated in weekly agile sprint planning sessions with developers, business analysts and SMEs.
• Performed exploratory testing of the system and reported defects in Team Foundation Server.
• Tested acceptance criteria as defined by the Business Analyst.
• Conducted continuous regression testing in every weekly sprint.
• Worked closely with developers, business analysts, SMEs and other testing team members to ensure successful delivery of a quality product.
Project: System integration testing of text (tab delimited) and CSV (comma delimited) files interfacing with HartLink system, testing of standard ETL reports in Hartlink (USS Pensions Contributions and Human Resource).
Achievements:
• Assisted test manager in defining and implementing test processes, strategies and approaches.
• Provided estimates and reviewed test preparation to ensure quality production of test scenarios / cases.
• Effectively liaised with system users and SMEs to gather relevant information and derive test cases.
• Planned and created test suites in HP ALM test lab for all the test cycles performed.
• Identified and refined test conditions in line with test objectives and created test cases / scripts.
• Performed analysis of the test basis and oracles, and successfully handed over application to UAT.
Project: UAT testing of a new Argos financial mobile app platform within the financial services digital landscape. This provides Argos customers with a new channel for managing their Argos store card using iOS and Android phone.
Achievements:
• Participated in planning and defining test strategies and approach as well as prepared test plans based on risk analysis and existing infrastructure.
• Identified and analysed testing requirements from functional specifications and business requirements.
• Prepared and executed test cases and recorded results using HP ALM QC 12.20.
• Assisted in the quality assurance reviews of functional specifications and design documents.
• Performed structured system, smoke and regression testing.
• Coordinated regression testing preparation for Argos Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system.
Project: System and integration testing of a smart ticketing solution (ITSO compliant) for the Transport of Greater Manchester (database and front end testing).
Achievements:
• Prepared test data using Excel stub processed through FileZilla and Active MQ - validated in MySQL database.
• Created and executed test cases / script from use cases using happy and extension paths scenarios.
• Executed smoke testing for all new builds and interpreted results for comparison against expected data.
• Mapped test conditions to functional requirements ensuring complete test coverage.
• Systematic tested as many scenarios of the customer’s journey in the smarting ticketing application.
Company: Ardentia - Stafford, March 2013-
Role: QA Test Analyst
Project Details:-
Testing (system testing) of a business intelligence standalone application (NetTransform) for an NHS client. NetTransform converts data in flat files into an XML schema. Testing is carried out to validate the correct mapping between the excel file and the XML Schema.
Duties:-
• Produce and maintain test plans and test scripts
• Execution of test scripts.
• Regression testing.
• Managing the entire test process using HP ALM - Quality centre 11
• Preparation and maintenance of test data.
• Defect management - to include identifying, investigating and, where appropriate, escalating software issues.
• Liaising with the software development team to resolve issues.
• Assisting Support staff with the resolution of customer issues.
Company: Utilita - Winchester, June 2012 - November 2012
Role: Test Analyst
Project Details:-
Creating test cases and business scenarios that will determine the primary functionality of the customers billing application (Web Application) in line with the functional and business requirement documentation.
Duties:-
• Perform tests and defect management in HP QC for user acceptance testing.
• Design and develop usability test scenarios (UML) from the functional requirement documentation to ensuring consistency for look and feel of the web application.
• Create reports and documentation for all testing efforts, results and activities. Address and resolve UAT findings with the development team.
• Using T-SQL to query backend SQL database.
• Peer reviews of test cases for other test analysts
• Collation of test metrics for management information.
Company: ASG Software Solutions, London, February 2011 - April 2012
Role: UAT Test Analyst. (Contract)
Project details:-
Testing of an enterprise GRC application (Risk module), risk management solution software.
Validating the optimization of both enterprise and operational risk functionality.
The software provided dedicated functionality to manage risks at the corporate level.
Duties:-
• Design and develop test procedures and cases, with associated test data.
• Execution of functional test scripts, defect logging, and ensuring all re-tests were completed satisfactorily.
Company: Brewin Dolphin LTD, Newcastle, May 2010 - November 2010
Role: UAT Test Analyst (Contract)
Project details:-
Testing of eXimius application (Thomson Reuters) a front-office investment, wealth and relationship management workflow application integrating with MS CRM 4.0. It supports discretionary and advisory management, as well as execution-only operations across retail and private banks, stock brokers, family offices, and other financial advisory firms.
Duties:-
• Produce test deliverables (Test conditions, test data, test scripts) as directed by the business test manager
• Perform functional testing to validate enquiry forms, user forms, look and feeling of display fields etc.
• Test execution and reports preparation on test progress.
• Management of defects using a triage process
• Attending walk-through.
• Validate data between CRM 4.00 and eXimius application.
Institutions 1. ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing BCS 1. ISEB Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis BCS 1. Prince2 Foundation Certificate APMG 1. ISEB Foundation Certificate in ITIL BCS 1. NICAS Web Design OCR 1. B.Agriculture (Hons) University of Ilorin 1. Associate Member British Computer Society (AMBCS) BCS