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Shobha N.

Consultant Quality Analyst

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  • Overall Experience: 12 Years  
  • Agile Software Development:
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Shobha N. 

Consultant Quality Analyst

Commitment
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Reliability
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Time zones ready to work

  • Eastern Daylight [UTC -4]
  • Australian EDT [UTC +11]
  • Australian CDT [UTC +10:30]
  • New Delhi [UTC +5]

Willing to travel to client location: Yes  

About Me 

Having 8.8 years of experience in testing and team handling skills. Exposure to Functional testing, Regression testing, GUI, Ad-hoc testing, Smoke testing, Sanity, System
Having 8.8 years of experience in testing and team handling skills. Exposure to Functional testing, Regression testing, GUI, Ad-hoc testing, Smoke testing, Sanity, System and Integration testing. Experience in designing, updating and execution of test Cases to verify system functionality. Working across platforms and function as a coach and subject matter expert. Experience in Mobile application testing and Agile Scrum methodologies. Knowledge about writing, executing and reviewing Test Cases. Involved in Compatibility Testing. Understanding of Defect Life Cycle and Traceability matrix. Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and testing techniques. Knowledge about Agile development practices and Scrums. Validation of data by documenting SQL queries in the database systems. Good understanding of Inspection, Project status meetings, Code walkthroughs and reviews. Ability to work as an independent candidate and also as a team member. Highly motivated team player with excellent problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills.
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Drees Homes - Drees Homes in US, are pioneers in construction management from the last 10 decades

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Role:

1) CoStrategix Technologies : DREES HOMES

Designation : Consultant Quality Analyst(POC)

Client : Drees, USA

Duration : May 2019 till date

Environment : SQL developer, Moz

1) CoStrategix Technologies : DREES HOMES

Designation : Consultant Quality Analyst(POC)

Client : Drees, USA

Duration : May 2019 till date

Environment : SQL developer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, IE11, iPad, iPhone.

Domain : Construction Management

Drees Homes are pioneers in construction management from the last 10 decades at the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Drees provides leverage for all the construction activities initially from Excavation till completion of the building as planned phase and duration wise. Application has various levels to be accessed both from the vendor as well as owner. Don't just build. Build smart. From home technology to energy efficiency, our proprietary DreeSmart Innovations are incorporated into each home built. new home construction comprises six distinct steps, from excavating the foundation all the way to the final cleaning and inspection. Drees provides an overview of each phase of construction.

At Drees Homes, user experiences the depth and breadth of nearly a century of doing business as a family to work for. Drees provides the friendly customer service and work ethic anyone could expect from a small family business, with the resources and network that reflect our national ranking of 13th-largest privately-owned builder in the country, and 29th-largest builder overall across the world.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Handle a team of 6 QA's.
  • Provide estimation for the sprint and JIRA stories.
  • Perform various testing activities.
  • Participating in daily stand-up meetings for project status update.
  • Work collaboratively with all stake holders like Development, QA, Project Manager, BA and onsite teams.
  • Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Plan and Test Case Design Documents.
  • Create, maintain and execute test cases for both Manual and Automation Testing.
  • Participated in Bug Identification and reporting the same in QGRID.
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Skills: Database Testing

Tools: HP ALMJira softwareQGRIDConflunceBitBucketPostmanGoogle MapVPNSql BrowserAgileScrumQuality Center 10.0

DREES HOMES

Website Link:

Role:

Drees Homes are pioneers in construction management from the last 10 decades at the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Drees provides leverage for all the construction activities initially from Excavation till completion of the building as planned phase and duration wise. Application has various levels to be
Drees Homes are pioneers in construction management from the last 10 decades at the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Drees provides leverage for all the construction activities initially from Excavation till completion of the building as planned phase and duration wise. Application has various levels to be accessed both from the vendor as well as owner. Dont just build. Build smart. From home technology to energy efficiency, our proprietary DreeSmart Innovations are incorporated into each home built. new home construction comprises six distinct steps, from excavating the foundation all the way to the final cleaning and inspection. Drees provides an overview of each phase of construction. At Drees Homes, user experiences the depth and breadth of nearly a century of doing business as a family to work for. Drees provides the friendly customer service and work ethic anyone could expect from a small family business, with the resources and network that reflect our national ranking of 13th-largest privately-owned builder in the country, and 29th-largest builder overall across the world.
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Skills: SQL

Tools:

JRD Systems project : “SCM-PA (Product Acquisition)”

Website Link: http://www.jrdsi.com

Role:

GFS SCM spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. Product Acquisition uses are tools or modules used in executing supply chain transactions, managing supplier relationships and controlling associated

GFS SCM spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. Product Acquisition uses are tools or modules used in executing supply chain transactions, managing supplier relationships and controlling associated business processes. Supply Chain Management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies. Supply chain management (SCM) is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Supply chain management involves coordinating and integrating these flows both within and among companies.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  1. Handling a team of 10 QA’s and defining quality standards and metrics for the current project as per roadmap.
  2. Working with all stake holders to ensure that the quality metrics is reviewed, closed and agreed upon.
  3. Make the QA team aware of the Quality matrix and resolve all the queries.
  4. Create a list of checkpoints using agile concepts (Project burn down, story writing, JIRA, retrospectives, etc.) and set measurable criteria to check the quality on time ensuring the right quality checks are in place at the various stages of testing.
  5. Work collaboratively with all stake holders like Development, QA, Project Manager, BA and onsite teams.
  6. Ensuring all development tasks meet quality criteria through test planning, test execution, quality assurance and issue tracking.
  7. Experience in API level testing using postman and swagger.
  8. Review product requirements, functional and design specifications to determine and prepare automated test cases. Keep raising the bar and standards of all the quality processes with every project.
  9. Lead, guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases, test procedures and test suites.
  10. During the testing cycle monitor the test progress by constantly assessing the work assignment to each of the resources and re-balance or re-allocate them as required.
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Skills:

Tools: JIRASql server 2013BugzillaPostmanSwagger

SCM-PA (Product Acquisition)

Website Link:

Role:

GFS SCM spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. Product Acquisition uses are tools or modules used in executing supply chain transactions, managing supplier relationships and controlling associated bu
GFS SCM spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. Product Acquisition uses are tools or modules used in executing supply chain transactions, managing supplier relationships and controlling associated business processes. Supply Chain Management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies. Supply chain management (SCM) is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Supply chain management involves coordinating and integrating these flows both within and among companies.
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Skills: SQL

Tools:

Iron Mountain project “IWMS TRIRIGA"

Website Link: https://www.ironmountain.com

Role:

IBM TRIRIGA provides a single system to manage the lifecycle of facilities. Its integrated workplace management system increases the operational, financial and environmental performance of facilities. Through business analytics, critical alerts and automated process capabilities, IBM TRIRIGA can

IBM TRIRIGA provides a single system to manage the lifecycle of facilities. Its integrated workplace management system increases the operational, financial and environmental performance of facilities. Through business analytics, critical alerts and automated process capabilities, IBM TRIRIGA can increase visibility, control and automation of :

  1. Real estate management
  2. Capital projects
  3. Space management
  4. Facility maintenance
  5. Energy management

IBM TRIRIGA's records management, information destruction and data backup and recovery services are supplied to more than 156,000 customers throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Prepare dashboards to communicate the progress regarding scope, schedules, and cost to all stakeholders.
  • Ensure readiness for Testing (Test Environment, Test Data, Tools Licenses etc).
  • Represent the TCOE in Business & Project/ Release meetings.
  • Conducted Training sessions on applications to new team members.
  • Participated in Bug Identification and reporting the same in HP QC.
  • Performed Regression, Functionality, Compatibility, Positive, Negative testing.
  • First point of contact for delivery of the overall Test Service and Domains and resolution of any risks / issues.
  • Work collaboratively with all stake holders like Development, QA, Project Manager, BA and onsite teams.
  • Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Plan and Test Case Design Documents.
  • Responsible for sending Weekly Status Reports to the manager.
  • Manage the agreed Test Tools and Environments as well as configuration management activities.
  • Manage the transition and delivery of new testing services.
  • Liaise with the Test Service Manager to ensure planning and test coverage are correct.
  • Identify testing synergies and rationalize testing strategy and methodology to ensure efficiency are achieved.
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Skills:

Tools: ConfluenceJIRAHP QCSql server 2013Chromeiphone Simulators

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Employment

Consultant QA

2019/05 -

Skills: Agile MethodologyUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)Manual TestingRegression testingRest API

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Drees Homes, user experiences the depth and breadth of nearly a century of doing business as a family to work for. Drees provides the friendly customer service and work ethic anyone could expect from a small family business, with the resources and network that reflect our national ranking of 13th

Drees Homes, user experiences the depth and breadth of nearly a century of doing business as a family to work for. Drees provides the friendly customer service and work ethic anyone could expect from a small family business, with the resources and network that reflect our national ranking of 13th-largest privately-owned builder in the country, and 29th-largest builder overall across the world.

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

  • Handle a team of 6 QA's.
  • Provide estimation for the sprint and JIRA stories.
  • Perform various testing activities.
  • Participating in daily stand-up meetings for project status update.
  • Work collaboratively with all stake holders like Development, QA, Project Manager, BA and onsite teams.
  • Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Plan and Test Case Design Documents.
  • Create, maintain and execute test cases for both Manual and Automation Testing.
  • Participated in Bug Identification and reporting the same in QGRID.
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QA Lead

2016/08 - 2018/01

Skills:

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Handling a team of 10 QAs and defining quality standards and metrics for the current project as per roadmap. Working with all stake holders to ensure that the quality metrics is reviewed, closed and agreed upon. Make the QA team aware of the Quality matrix and resolve all the queries. Create a list
Handling a team of 10 QAs and defining quality standards and metrics for the current project as per roadmap. Working with all stake holders to ensure that the quality metrics is reviewed, closed and agreed upon. Make the QA team aware of the Quality matrix and resolve all the queries. Create a list of checkpoints using agile concepts (Project burn down, story writing, JIRA, retrospectives, etc.) and set measurable criteria to check the quality on time ensuring the right quality checks are in place at the various stages of testing. Work collaboratively with all stake holders like Development, QA, Project Manager, BA and onsite teams. Ensuring all development tasks meet quality criteria through test planning, test execution, quality assurance and issue tracking. Experience in API level testing using postman and swagger. Review product requirements, functional and design specifications to determine and prepare automated test cases. Keep raising the bar and standards of all the quality processes with every project. Lead, guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases, test procedures and test suites. During the testing cycle monitor the test progress by constantly assessing the work assignment to each of the resources and re-balance or re-allocate them as required.
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Associate QA Lead

2015/02 - 2016/03

Skills: SQL

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Prepare dashboards to communicate the progress regarding scope, schedules, and cost to all stakeholders. Ensure readiness for Testing (Test Environment, Test Data, Tools Licenses etc). Represent the TCOE in Business & Project/ Release meetings. Conducted Training sessions on applications to new team
Prepare dashboards to communicate the progress regarding scope, schedules, and cost to all stakeholders. Ensure readiness for Testing (Test Environment, Test Data, Tools Licenses etc). Represent the TCOE in Business & Project/ Release meetings. Conducted Training sessions on applications to new team members. Participated in Bug Identification and reporting the same in HP QC. Performed Regression, Functionality, Compatibility, Positive, Negative testing. First point of contact for delivery of the overall Test Service and Domains and resolution of any risks / issues. Work collaboratively with all stake holders like Development, QA, Project Manager, BA and onsite teams. Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Plan and Test Case Design Documents. Responsible for sending Weekly Status Reports to the manager. Manage the agreed Test Tools and Environments as well as configuration management activities. Manage the transition and delivery of new testing services. Liaise with the Test Service Manager to ensure planning and test coverage are correct. Identify testing synergies and rationalize testing strategy and methodology to ensure efficiency are achieved.
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Senior QA Engineer

2013/07 - 2014/10

Skills: SQL

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Follow test process for preparing & executing tests. Working on a Scaled AGILE SCRUM methodology. Responsible for test data preparation, test execution, bug logging and bug verification (ACS JIRA). Responsible for sending Weekly Status Reports to the manager. Participated in Bug Identification and r
Follow test process for preparing & executing tests. Working on a Scaled AGILE SCRUM methodology. Responsible for test data preparation, test execution, bug logging and bug verification (ACS JIRA). Responsible for sending Weekly Status Reports to the manager. Participated in Bug Identification and reporting the same in JAMA Contour. Performed Regression Testing, Functionality, Compatibility, Positive and Negative testing and Ad-hoc testing. Prepared Traceability Matrix, Test Plan and Test Case Design Documents, Query Log preparation. Interaction with the developers for clarifications on the defects logged. Interaction with the clients for weekly status update and also creation of Regression test plans. Manage the Test resources to ensure sufficient availability to meet the test plan arranging cover for planned and unplanned absences. Provide input to and implement the recruitment of additional resources to meet the agreed test roadmap. Point of contact for delivery of the overall Test Service and Domains and resolution of any risks / issues.
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Product Engineer

2013/02 - 2013/07

Skills: SQL

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Follow test process for preparing & executing tests. Performed responsibilities of data integrity and data validity testing by following set guidelines. Performed responsibilities of validating the data by documenting SQL queries in the database systems. Prepare release notes for the specific and cl
Follow test process for preparing & executing tests. Performed responsibilities of data integrity and data validity testing by following set guidelines. Performed responsibilities of validating the data by documenting SQL queries in the database systems. Prepare release notes for the specific and client. Responsible for test data preparation, test execution, bug logging and bug verification. Performed Regression Testing, Functionality, Compatibility, System, Sanity and Ad-hoc testing. Interaction with the developers for clarifications on the defects logged. Identified Bugs & reported in Test Track Pro.
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Education

2001 - 2005

2010 - 2013

US work authorization

Do you or will you require sponsorship for a US employment visa (e.g. H-1B)? Yes

Skills

Agile Software Development Amazon Relational Database Service Android Apache Tomcat API Development
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Tools

Jira software Conflunce Atlassian Access Github LucidChart
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Hobbies

  • Anchoring, participating in group discussions, with the view of improvising my communication skills and listening skills. 
  • During weekends and spare time - I work for NGO and orphanges, supporting the underprivileged category with basic needs.
  • Watching movies(fun filled, suspense genre mostly with family and friends)
  • Trekking and travelling to a enjoy the beautifull bliss, nature has provided us. 

Achievements

Professional acheivements : 

  • Received “Going Extra Mile” and “Longevity” awards from Symphony Teleca Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore.
  • Received “QA Employee recognition” from Tangoe India Softek Services Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore.
  • Received “Best TCOE” (Testing Center of Excellence) from Iron Mountain Ltd, Bangalore.
  • Rewarded for providing "Best Kaizens" for quarterly and half yearly from Honeywell Technology labs. 
  • Recognized as “Best QA” (Half yearly) from JRD Systems Ltd, Bangalore.
  • Awarded as best Individual contributor at the "Toastmasters club" at organization level at Symphony Teleca(well known as Harman today).

Academic achievements : 

  • Gained 94% in MBA scoring second highest in college for the year(2013). 

Personal achievements :

  • Recognized as best anchor at Kannada Doordarshan. 
  • Awarded for participating and organizing cultural activities with umpteen enthusiasm at the organization level.

 

Certification

  • Certified ISTQB tester till 2015.
  • Pursuing Scrum master and PMP certification.

Preferred Languages

English - Fluent Hindi - Native/Bilingual