Moshina Nistar
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Results-driven QA Lead excels in fast-paced environments, focusing on high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in test automation, performance testing, and defect tracking to ensure software quality and reliability. Leverages strong problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and adaptability to enhance team performance and meet project deadlines.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Lead
Aviso Wealth
10.2024 - Current
- Led QA delivery for enterprise wealth-management platforms, covering manual, functional, regression, integration, and automation testing.
- Increased automation coverage from 30% to 75% while maintaining strong manual exploratory testing.
- Reduced regression cycle time from 5 days to 2 days through improved planning and prioritization.
- Reduced defect leakage into UAT/production by 40% through risk-based testing and early requirement reviews.
- Built an API automation framework that reduced manual validation effort by 60%.
- Mentored team of 6 engineers on test design, analysis, and quality metrics, enhancing overall team capability.
- Collaborated with Product, Development, and DevOps teams to define quality bars and CI/CD integration.
- Managed test estimation, planning, and risk assessment for multiple releases.
- Client: Aviso Wealth
- Formulated and executed testing strategies for software applications, aligning with project goals and quality standards.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
FeFundinfo
11.2018 - 12.2022
- Led a team of 10 testers in a project that resulted in a 40% decrease in critical defects for a major software release. Implemented automated testing tools which increased testing efficiency by 70%.
- Successfully implemented Azure migration for banking projects (FEAnalytics, Trustnet, Investigator) in agile software development environment for finance and EDI based applications.
- Established process improvements in QA team, enhancing product quality and creating scorecards to track performance and security metrics.
- Conducted detailed quality assurance testing for the banking core products, achieving a 98% satisfaction rate from the product team.
- Automated UI and API automation test cases in cucumber selenium and dot net frameworks and maintained in sprint automation for regression test cases.
- Developed test strategy, test plan, and risk mitigation for web application by analyzing specifications and business documents.
- Create High Level design and Detailed Level of use cases and test scenarios based on technical specifications and technical specification documents.
- Conducted integration, functional, regression, unit, and load testing to ensure comprehensive quality assurance.
- Worked with object-oriented programming languages and scripting like core Java and automated testing scenarios.
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Flextronics (Flex)
03.2017 - 09.2018
- Automated tests using Selenium Cucumber for ROI manufacturing projects, reducing daily smoke testing effort by 1 hour.
- Hands on experience in API testing and setting up CI/CD smoke test pipeline for continuous integration.
- Used tools such as MS Teams and MS Office applications, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, Git, Postman, and various internet browsers.
- Used various SQL queries to validate and populate backend data into a table and have knowledge of database principles and ability to execute script.
- Logged, clear, concise defects in the bug tracking tools like JIRA and TFS which are easily reproducible for debugging and preparing reports.
- Acted as SME on multiple projects, maintained understanding of customer needs, and participated in agile development meetings to provide QA estimates, feedback, and status reports on testing efforts and timelines.
- Collaborated with team members to deliver high-quality applications to customers.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Flextronics (Flex)
03.2016 - 09.2017
- Collaborated with team to conduct testing of software applications, including ServiceNow ticketing projects, ensuring quality and functionality.
- Flexible with tools such as MS Teams and MS Office applications, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Postman, and various internet browsers for cross browser testing.
- Exhibited leadership by implementing processes and taking ownership of tasks, enhancing team efficiency and collaboration.
- Demonstrate an inquisitive mindset to learn about the intricacies of software testing and showcase the ability to lead.
- Handle confidential information with utmost accuracy, reliability, confidentiality and professionalism.
- Maintain highly organized testing documentation and testing results.
- Oversaw the establishment of a new testing framework, which reduced time to market by 15%.
- Approach problem-solving with a determination to solve complex issues for hassle free product release.
- Documented test results and facilitated reconciliation through effective use of MS Office tools, improving clarity and accessibility of testing outcomes.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Genius Consultancy
03.2015 - 03.2016
- Managed integration testing for new software system release, improving release quality by 25%.
- Delivered 100% bug free application for UAT testing for the first release of the project.
- Developed analytical scenarios and executed User Acceptance testing to ensure software met client standards.
- Identified and documented inconsistencies in user experience, contributing to a 20% improvement in user satisfaction.
- Collaborated with client Flex to define and clarify project requirements, enhancing alignment with client expectations.
Education
PG Diploma Graduate Certificate -
Algoma University
01-2024
Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering - Anna University
AMS College of Engineering
01-2014
Certified QA Manual and Automation (Selenium) Engineer -
Qspiders Testing Institute
01-2014
Skills
- Selenium
- Cucumber
- Test NG
- JIRA
- Java
- MySQL
- GIT
- CI/CD
- Azure
- JMeter
- SOAP
- RESTful
- Soap UI
- POSTMAN
- Eclipse
- Burp Suite
- VFTS
Accomplishments
Pat on the back - Flextronics
Timeline
QA Lead
Aviso Wealth
10.2024 - Current
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
FeFundinfo
11.2018 - 12.2022
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Flextronics (Flex)
03.2017 - 09.2018
Quality Assurance Analyst
Flextronics (Flex)
03.2016 - 09.2017
Quality Assurance Analyst
Genius Consultancy
03.2015 - 03.2016
PG Diploma Graduate Certificate -
Algoma University
Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering - Anna University
AMS College of Engineering
Certified QA Manual and Automation (Selenium) Engineer -
Qspiders Testing Institute