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Bhawna Rani

Surrey,Canada

Summary

Detail-oriented Quality Assurance Analyst with over 7 years of experience in manual and automated testing across web and mobile applications. Proficient in tools like Selenium with Python, Katalon Studio, and REST API testing with Postman. Expertise in workforce management platforms including scheduling, billing, payroll, time and attendance systems etc. Skilled in SQL and AWS services, with a passion for continuous learning, process improvement, and delivering high-quality, reliable software solutions.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software QA Analyst

Celayix Software Inc.
Vancouver, BC
05.2017 - Current

Celayix is a complete workforce management solution. Celayix is specialized in employee scheduling software, and their goal is to make scheduling easy. The software offers many feature including shift scheduling, time & attendance, payroll, billing etc. for a wide range of industries and community service organizations.

  • Working in an agile environment, I attend daily stand-ups, and participate in sprint prioritization and planning meetings.
  • Reviewing, clarifying, and validating the requirements, UI/UX designs, and providing feedback and suggestions.
  • Creating a test plan and test cases based on the requirements and the documentation for the feature under test.
  • Working with AWS Cloud. Checking CloudWatch logs for debugging, DynamoDB to confirm the correct data entries, file uploads in the S3 bucket, SNS for notifications, and many more stacks.
  • Performing smoke, functional, regression, UI, integration, load testing, etc.
  • Document and track issues, and validate them against the requirements.
  • Working with developers for quality, helping with debugging, and resolving issues quickly.
  • Developing automation test scripts using Selenium, Python.
  • Executing automated scripts for fast regression testing, and to achieve the highest quality of testing.
  • Monitoring the API responses to identify the performance bottlenecks to improve efficiency.
  • Mentoring the new hires and junior QAs about the product to get up to speed.
  • Helping other QA teammates with their automation scripts.
  • Conducting mobile testing on Android and iOS devices using real devices and Sauce Labs.
  • Continuously providing feedback to the team lead about the current state of the under-development feature.
  • Demoing the features developed by our team to other teams and the Customer Support (CS) team to keep everyone informed and get feedback.
  • Staying informed about surrounding activities, such as any issues customers are experiencing, any issues with deployment, etc.

Office Administrator

Sunrise Kitchens Ltd.
Surrey, BC
06.2014 - 05.2017

Sunrise Kitchen Cabinets specializes in single-family and multi-family kitchen cabinet projects and is a leader in the cabinet industry.

  • Managed daily office operations including front desk, administration, accounts payable, and receivable duties.
  • Worked on CRM software for kitchen cabinet leads and order entries to keep track, generate purchase orders, update payments, etc.
  • Used Microsoft Excel on a daily basis to create different types of reports, for example, payment collection from customers and a summarized view using a pivot table. Created reports for service order generation after kitchen cabinet installation.
  • Ordered and maintained office supplies and inventory regularly.
  • Supported financial tasks by processing invoices and managing expense reports efficiently.

Software Tester (Internship) Part-time

Christianson & Company Event Management Ltd.
Vancouver, BC
04.2016 - 09.2016

I worked here as an intern on a small online project where they were trying to streamline the Pass.org website. There were multiple accounts that were not active or had never logged in. The requirement was to clean up those accounts for better visibility and maintenance.

  • Created high-level test cases for the navigation menus of the new PASS.ORG website.
  • Generated detailed test cases for three different parts of an application: converting usernames to emails, identifying dormant user accounts, and membership form replacement.
  • Performed ad-hoc testing, functional testing, and regression testing in the testing environment.
  • Tracked and reported bugs through Microsoft Excel sheets.

Office Administrator

Amma Kitchen Gallery Ltd.
Surrey, BC
02.2013 - 05.2014

Amma Kitchen Gallery was manufacturing cabinets for single-family homes.

  • Prepared quotations and purchase orders to facilitate procurement processes.
  • Executed front desk, administration, and accounts payable and receivable responsibilities.
  • Managed employee timesheets and processed biweekly payroll efficiently.
  • Utilized Cabinet Vision design software to create visually appealing 3D cabinet designs for customer presentations.

Lecturer

Electronics & Comm. Engg.
Chandigarh, India
02.2004 - 03.2011
  • Instructed engineering courses, including microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital electronics, electronic devices, and circuits, etc.
  • Conducted practical workshops to reinforce theoretical knowledge.
  • Evaluated student performance through exams, quizzes, and practical assessments.

Education

Certificate - Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Hitek Computer School
Vancouver, BC
01.2016

Masters - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Punjab Technical University
India
12-2009

Masters - Master of Science in Information Technology

Punjab Technical University
India
09-2004

Bachelors - Electronics & Comm. Engg.

Punjab Technical University
India
01.2003

Skills

  • Smoke, functional, load, regression, integration, mobile, API testing, etc
  • Test plan, test case management, defect tracking
  • Agile, web automation, AWS Cloud
  • Self-motivated
  • Defect tracking: YouTrack
  • Programming languages: Python, Java (not actively working)
  • API and automation testing: Selenium, Katalon Studio, Postman
  • Performance testing: Gatling
  • Version control: SourceTree, Git, and Bitbucket
  • CI/CD tools: TeamCity
  • Cloud platforms: AWS (Amazon Web Services)
  • Documentation: Confluence wiki
  • Test case management: TestRail
  • Microsoft Office

Certification

  • Certified Tester Foundation Level ASTQB-ISTQB Issued in April 2024 Credential ID 24-CTFL-01507-USA
  • Master SQL queries Course Udemy.com in 2020
  • Selenium WebDriver Online Course Udemy.com in 2017

Interests

Always interested in learning new tools, software’s and technologies.

Timeline

Software QA Analyst

Celayix Software Inc.
05.2017 - Current

Software Tester (Internship) Part-time

Christianson & Company Event Management Ltd.
04.2016 - 09.2016

Office Administrator

Sunrise Kitchens Ltd.
06.2014 - 05.2017

Office Administrator

Amma Kitchen Gallery Ltd.
02.2013 - 05.2014

Lecturer

Electronics & Comm. Engg.
02.2004 - 03.2011

Certificate - Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Hitek Computer School

Masters - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Punjab Technical University

Masters - Master of Science in Information Technology

Punjab Technical University

Bachelors - Electronics & Comm. Engg.

Punjab Technical University
Bhawna Rani