QA Specialist

• Feb 2022 - Present

Freelance Quality Assurance Tester

• 2020 - 2022

Coordinate with the testing team about test cycles, bugs, and products along with participating in daily stand-up meetings. Execute regression testing to validate bug fixing and avoid unforeseen consequences. Conduct positive and negative testing to ensure proper functioning of GUI application as well as exploratory testing to gain comprehensive understanding of application. Coordinate with team members in documenting and verifying defects. Contribute to multiple manual GUI testing cycles for mobile and desktop applications. Perform testing on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome for cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.● Met deadlines in Agile environment, adhering to project objectives, and implemented required tasks while collaborating with the development team.● Employed functional testing, exploratory testing, and regression testing to ensure availability of all new functionality during Sprint/Release.● Explored best practises to perform Black box testing to uncover multiple defects as well as documented with images, log files, and videos, and confirmed using ALM and Jira.● Ensured release stability by monitoring user interface performance and fixing bugs during manual testing of native mobile apps on various mobile platforms, encompassing Android and iOS devices.● Successfully tested multiple web-based applications for e-commerce, banking, media, and broadcasting.● Gained practical experience with mobile and online application testing on iOS and Android platforms.● Led test execution of web applications and gathered Console and Charles proxy logs for inspection/debugging.

Home Health Aide

• 2011 - 2020

Took care of young children. Managed overall household budget and built relationships with local communities. Managed overall household budget, planned weekly meal schedules, and built relationships with other stay-at-home moms and local communities. Performed well under stress while planning and organising exciting learning activities to engage children. Provided emotional support to children and achieved various milestones, including learning the latest concepts and tools of QA.- Gained comprehensive knowledge of various software testing techniques while preparing for the ISTQB exam.- Acquired understanding of automation in Selenium Web driver with python to create website prototype scripts.- Succeeded through outstanding self-management skills and a strong ability to focus.- Volunteered in school by presenting subject matter to students thereby gaining strong time management skills and the ability to effectively and efficiently complete multiple tasks within the designated time frames. - Managed home based cake business and handled well under pressure to meet the deadlines and also resolved ordering conflicts with customers.

Senior Software Test Engineer

• 2009 - 2010

Senior Software Test Engineer (2009 – 2010)Client: Standard Life Insurance, United States of AmericaEvaluated test cases and JIRA test execution progress submitted by junior team members. Coordinated with teams while participating in implementation of Scrum and Agile methodologies. Analysed business requirements to comprehend application's design and functionality. Managed all aspects of production deployment testing activities. Created and shared a Test Execution Progress report with executive management. Reviewed bug reports and fixed issues while collaborating with the development team as well as recorded the whole process in the bug tracking system. Created a test suite to incorporate use cases and provided test tools for execution and reporting. Communicated with developers and business users to report bug replication and perform regression testing using JIRA. Participated in creation of Test Plans for various modules as well as documented test cases and scripts for multiple application screens.- Implemented QA processes to ensure exceptional quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of product deliverables.- Created test traceability matrix and mapped with test cases to check test coverage.- Trained and empowered new team members on usage of HP Quality Centre and XMLDiff to compare XMLs.- Equipped with usage of REST API for functional, regression, and integration testing of Web Services/API.

Senior Software Test Engineer

• 2008 - 2009

Client: QWEST Communications, United States of AmericaWrote, maintained, and performed test cases to verify application's integration with various components and conducted end-to-end testing. Devised test plans and analysed Jira stories for uncovering and reporting bugs. Monitored project progress on a daily/weekly basis to ensure timely completion of releases. Provided status updates to key stakeholders on the product's overall health. Examined test cases and HP-ALM test execution status provided by junior team members. Utilised testing frameworks to automate functional and non-functional tests. Employed Agile best practises while participating in scrum meetings. - Managed application lifecycle using HP Quality Centre/ALM to detect and fix defects. - Leveraged Selenium in WebDriver with Java to test multiple web-based GUI apps.

Software Test Engineer

• 2005 - 2008

Software Test Engineer (2005 – 2008)Client: British Telecom, United KingdomCreated test case documents and test scenarios as well as utilised Test Harness tool for automating test execution. Performed integration and functional tests. Devised, presented, and implemented software quality assurance plans and activities. Organised and led efforts for continuous process improvement for the project group. Created cross-training plans and documents for junior team members. Led, trained, and empowered newly hired team members. Gained experience in manual test QA and maintained defects utilising HP ALM. Analysed, troubleshot, and tested software several times for testing all bugs and suggesting bug fixing practises. Supported testing of production deployments. - Enhanced quality of deliverables by building a high-performing team to consolidate all facets of software lifecycle.- Led best practises for triaging software defects and bugs before production releases.- Utilised SOAP API for performing functional, regression and integration testing of web services/API.