Akan Antia, Qa Systems Test Engineer

Akan Antia

Qa Systems Test Engineer

Davies group

Location
United Kingdom
Education
Diploma, Software Testing
Experience
12 years, 1 month

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Total years of experience :12 years, 1 month

Qa Systems Test Engineer at Davies group
  • United Kingdom
  • May 2016 to August 2016

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.

Test Analyst at Capita
  • United Kingdom
  • November 2015 to February 2016

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.

Test Analyst at Test Direct
  • United Kingdom
  • July 2015 to October 2015

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.

Test Analyst at Atos origin
  • United Kingdom - Manchester
  • September 2014 to April 2015

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.

Test Analyst at Ardentia - Stafford, March 2013
  • United Kingdom
  • March 2013 to March 2013

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.

Test Analyst at Utilita - Winchester
  • United Kingdom
  • June 2012 to November 2012

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.

UAT Test Analyst. (Contract) at ASG Software Solutions
  • United Kingdom
  • February 2011 to April 2012

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.

UAT Test Analyst (Contract) at Brewin Dolphin LTD
  • United Kingdom
  • May 2010 to November 2010

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.

Education

Diploma, Software Testing
  • at University of Ilorin

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

Specialties & Skills

Executing Test Plans
Test Execution
Test Analysis
Test Cases
Test Design
LOGGING
OPTIMIZATION
RISK MANAGEMENT
TEST CASES
TEST PROCEDURES
TEST SCRIPTS
TESTING
TRADING

Memberships

1. Associate Member British Computer Society (AMBCS) BCS
  • Member

Hobbies

  • Chess, Swimming and Squash