Sr. Quality Assurance Anlyst
Marlabs Inc
Total years of experience :19 years, 5 Months
Consultant handling QA consultant role for multiple projects. Conducting BA sessions and working up BRD and coordinating with dev to design and implement solutions. Managing and hands on implementation of QA solutions for the client by leading teams of 8-18 members from US and India.
Successfully improved the performance of the solution by implementing Automated API functional testing and performance testing solutions for the core framework of 572 APIs used internally within the business layer. Used SoapUI, Selenium, Swagger and jMeter.
Implemented test automation framework using Selenium WebDriver in JAVA and utilized its capabilities to increase overall QA efficiency and speed.
Improved contractor and vendor management by creating additional metrices to effectively manage and project resource planning.
Working with clients and specialists from Microsoft and other vendors on changing the existing project management model and implementing a QA COE within the organization to implement a responsive and statistically/financially justifiable QA team within the organization.
Managing a multi location team of 8 to 18 members in every aspect of Quality Assurance, creating, reviewing and approving test cases. Manual test case execution, status tracking and monitoring.
Reviewed existing Selenium based automation testing framework and suggested and implemented new tools and solutions to effectively cover all functional testing aspects.
Coordinated with third parties (Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Salesforce and Finconnect) to communicate, design, develop and test the downstream impacts of changes.
Utilized the experience and conducts training for UAT, UAT progress monitoring, defect management and coordination.
Successfully implemented test data management processes.
User Manual and support documentation.
Utilized expertise in multiple clients in identifying key areas of risk in existing development methodology used.
Proposed and implemented tools and strategies in effectively managing projects.
Implemented changes in development process to decrease post production defects.
Worked as BA for two maintenance projects and managed User Story Creation, Management, Walkthroughs, Reviews and Approvals
Supported the Scrum Master and my agile team by managing Grooming, Sprint planning and daily scrums, monitoring tasks, dashboards etc.
Revamped the production load monitoring and devised updated load test model and strategy to improve the yield of exiting LoadRunner test suite.
Decreased the overall QA cost by utilizing VSTS license of the organization in improve the automated test strategy and coverage.
• Involved in all parts of SDLC and managed entire QA testing for the project for the initial sprints. Added additional team members based on load and continued monitoring.
• Involved in project planning activities and outlined end to end test plans, scrum schedules and testing resources.
• Analyzed business requirements and defined functional requirement documents.
• Developed, reviewed test scenarios and test cases.
• Conducted test case walkthroughs with Scrum team.
• Executed test cases on the UI as well as using SoapUI and recorded results.
• Conducted Sprint demoes.
• Provided UAT support by helping UAT team in identifying issues with the data they set up and correcting the data accordingly.
• Provided scrum status and metrics reports.
• Managed work products in Confluence and JIRA.
• Implemented Selenium based test solution for web UI.
• Spock based BDD test framework for web services and applications.
• Solution involved a combination of Spock (in Groovy), Selenium with JAVA and it will be integrated into Jenkins
• Was part of all phases of SDLC and owned complete QA process - managed the QA activities.
• Worked with partner dev and QA teams for implementing project integration testing.
• Participated in BRD walkthrough meetings, analyzed requirements and identified test scenarios.
• Created test cases, conduct review with business analysts and other stakeholders and obtained sign-offs.
• Managed test cases and defects using JIRA.
• Executed test cases with other test team members, recorded results and reported issues and defects on JIRA. Used Confluence for test management.
• Coordinated with multi-vendor team for reviews, walkthroughs, clarifications and issue triage - issue identification, isolation, and remediation issues during QA cycles.
• Conducted regular status meeting and lead the team to identify and mitigate risks early on.
• Put additional efforts in identifying potential gaps in requirements/ developments and other areas - assessed its risks and helped project management in prioritizing them to closure.
• Designed and implemented mobile testing for the latest iOS and Android apps for the products
o Worked with business users in identifying the test requirements for various devices and resolutions
o Planned tests based on the user models
o Tested the applications on all test devices
o Tested performance of the mobile services using SoapUI
o Automated testing using Appium
• Validated Web Service using REST client and SoapUI.
• Conducted load tests to improve efficiency and performance of the application.
• Conducted database verification by creating queries based on test cases in SQL database using SQuirreL SQL client.
• Implemented an automated regression testing solution with Selenium WebDriver JAVA and TestNG.
• Managed testing team by creating tasks, monitoring execution progress and reported status.
• Plan test team load and allocation. Work with project manager to identify resourcing needs and assign appropriate team members.
• Worked with team to continuously improve test effectiveness by improving team member as well as processes.
• Conducted manual GUI, Browser compatibility testing when new features are added.
• Report weekly project status and risks. Identify risks and manage them.
• UAT planning, test case preparation and support.
• UAT team training, UAT defect analysis and reporting.
• Worked on end to end test environment setups. Test cases for functional, integration and regression testing.
• Conducted regular process audits and ensured project meets organization quality specifications.
• Participated in project management meetings and worked on test management for the project.
• Test status and weekly project status and metrics reporting report software, spreadsheets, graphs, and flow charts etc. Created resourcing plan and allocated team.
• Coordinated with end to end testing of the solution within a multi-vendor collaborative team.
• Performed hands on system testing, integration testing and smoke tests.
• Created complex queries in SQL for testing the integrity of data.
• Debugged JAVA code for defect analysis.
• Managed defects using HPQC, JIRA and Sharepoint for client and vendor.
• Created SoapUI based web service tests and validation of response XML.
• Developed UAT test cases with business users. Conduct user training and supported business users for smooth execution of UAT. UAT support, defect analysis and management.
• Manage project Risks, Resource allocation and billing.
• Manage project work products through SharePoint.
• Participated in all phases of the SDLC.
Working as IT Analyst, handling role of Test Manager/ Team Lead
Managing a team of 6 members handling multiple projects in Banking Domain
Assisting the Project Manager by handling the coordination between various teams located at various locations and time zones for all testing related activities for the projects
Create cost plans and manages funding for the test projects
Creates Test Strategy and Test Plan
Manage the test team in the creation of Test Scenarios/ Conditions and Test Data Requirements
Conducts internal and external reviews of various test documents and work products
Coordinates with the User Acceptance test team for creation and management of the User Acceptance Test conditions and Data
Manages the Project Test cycles from Unit/ Assembly Tests, System Integration Tests, Load Tests and User Acceptance Tests
Manages all the test activities in HP Quality Center
Creates final test report including the details of tests, various defect graphs and learnings and submit to the Project Management and Client
Worked as the Test Lead managing a team of 5 members working on different projects in Emergency Management and GIS domain
Handled the management of the test process
Was responsible for test planning activities with the project manager
Creation and management of all the testing work products including the Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Review reports and Test reports
Was responsible for coordination with all the project teams for the creation and management of all the project documentations including Requirements Traceability and Various review reports
Handled the QA activities- conducting process audits and reviews for all the project phases
Handled the support process for all the implemented projects
Took part in the CMMI Level 3 appraisal process for the organisation as an Assessment Team Member with under the Lead Assessor. Was part of the SEPG for the organization and took part in various process audits