Shweta Parlikar
Bedford,NS
Summary
Over 15 years of QA experience in all phases of software life cycle, including QA Test Management, requirements gathering, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling. Testing, defect tracking, management, and reporting.
Skilled in test management, Automation testing, business analysis and ability to quickly relate business processes with system functions. Successfully managed mid to large scale software testing and systems integration projects adding value to the business. Implemented several processes to drive towards tighter alignment of IT projects to support business needs. QA experience in a variety of business environments including Government, Banking and Finance, Insurance Financial, Education, PLM – Product Lifecycle Management sectors.
PMP certified, Azure Certified, ISTQB CTAL-Test Manager
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Test Manager
IBM
08.2022 - Current
- Worked as Test Manager on complex government project handling modernization of Benefits Delivery Systems to Curam Software , project with federal government of Canada
- Solution to Delivery handover, SOW analysis and testing milestone management
- Recruited and built complex test team comprising of Reports testing, Test Data management, Integration, E2E, Accessibility, and System test team
- Capacity and sales target tracking
- Helping Senior Test Manager / Associate Partner in forecasting and actuals tracking
- Analysis and tracking of new scope to current SOWs, new contracts, and their implementation
- Coordinating deliverables and reports with multiple partner vendors on complex project
- Managed delivery of system integration tests with 55 complex external integrations
- Managed Business Process Testing/ E2E testing, set up processes and achieved successful delivery of complex E2E testcases for multiple releases
- Scheduled and chaired quality review meetings to review effectiveness of integration and reports testing, risk mitigation, improving throughput and achieving client satisfaction
- Developed Test Plans, phase gate reports concerning IBM deliverables in multi-vendor engagement
- Familiarized team with client needs, specifications, design targets, testing processes, design standards, techniques and tools to support testing effort
- Established Integration, E2E and Reports, Accessibility testing process, techniques and tools to support testing effort
- Coordinated team to resolve defects of different components of application.
Test Manager
IBM
10.2021 - 08.2022
- Worked as Test Manager on Electric and E2E and ORT coordinator on Gas Project
- Streamlined blocker analysis process Created 360-degree tracker to align RIE's planned for deployment and their subsequent execution date in SIT which helped create schedule for E2E scenario execution. Tracker helped track any schedule delays and further scenario re-planning.
- Coordinated Test Program Manager in planning for Operational Readiness Testing coordinating in test preparation activities.
SR IT Specialist
IBM
01.2019 - 10.2021
- Worked as Selenium based API automation and UFT Automation tester in traditional Hybrid Descriptive programming model
- Worked on Webservice /API automation using Java Json based programming approach designed by Curam Architects on project
- This approach helped us reduce test execution time of 4000 scripts from 2 weeks to 1 day
- Essentially executing 1 script in 4 secs as against traditional UI based approach of 20 minutes minimum execution time
- This exponentially brought up automation execution time by 99.8 %
- Maintenance and new script creation of traditional as well as Webservices based automated test scripts
- Tower manager for MCCSS Data security& Privacy
- Working in capacity of Assistant PM assisting PM in project management activities
- Coach/Manager for 7 direct reports.
Associate
TIAA GBS
04.2017 - 01.2019
- Helped team create BDD driven web service automation framework to be implemented by multiple project teams
- Identify issues in conversion of traditional automated scripts and provide resolution for conversion from traditional keyword approach to BDD webservice automation
- Helped integrate Splunk Logs as part of devops model approach
- Create new and maintain scripts in traditional Keyword driven framework used in project.
Consultant
Deloitte Consulting LLP
01.2015 - 04.2017
- Lead team of 14 resources in Automation maintenance of 8000 scripts
- Created automation and manual test plan strategy for all testing performed including database and API testing, guidewire testing for both onshore and offshore teams on project by Deloitte
- Created project level Hybrid and Cucumber frameworks for different projects
- Onshore defect coordinator
- Provided planned efforts for scenarios and tracking efforts of team
- Provided estimation and planning for release based automated deliverable
- Reviewed code per review guidelines and handle scripts for nightly execution
- Worked as Sub Lead with 8 resources for 3 modules as part of Amlin ETL project
- Coached and mentored new joiners
- Provided feedback in year-end performance cycle for team members.
Senior Automation QA Engineer
Ness Technologies India Pvt LTD
03.2013 - 12.2014
- Setup Performance qualification system automation project using selenium-WebDriver and Nunit page object framework in C# language
- Setup automation project for epen2 using selenium-WebDriver and TestNG data-driven framework in java language for 1.3 and 1.4 releases
- Worked on POC (Proof of Concept) for automation of Kendo UI based application using Microsoft CodedUI (Without UIMap ) and C# in Page Object pattern
- Worked on Mobile Automation POC for IOS and Android devices for native, hybrid and web based applications using selenium and Appium tool
- Automated Testing for various build validations and smoke tests of application
- Planned automation projects and framework design
- Planned Automation tasks & delagated to team members
- Designed Manual tests on need basis whenever there is resource crunch
- Recruitment of selenium, database and manual testing resources
- Mentored team members in manual and automating epen2 application tests
- Defect Maintenance in Rally software
- Reported Weekly status of automation and manual test progress to Project Development Director located onsite.
QA Analyst
PTC Software INC
07.2011 - 03.2013
- Tested Windchill for ATO – OV functionalities with various combinations of platforms-Windows/UNIX (AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, HP, Solaris 8, 9 & 10) and browsers, tested Windchill for 9.1M070, and 10.0 M020 and 10.1 and its subsequent maintenance releases
- Performed Reliability testing, feature acceptance testing, system acceptance testing ,security testing, performance testing, usability testing, cross platform testing
- Defect logging and tracking using Seibel 7.7
- Generated software problem report (defect) and retest
- Automated tests with Selenium scripts written in eclipse integrated with Junit
- Maintained automation scripts using Jenkins
- Created Test Plan for future product specifications and created test cases to thoroughly qualify modules in consideration. This also involved execution of created test cases as per customer scenario
- Coordination and qualification of Customer patches (hot fixes).
Project Engineer
Wipro technologies India Pvt Ltd
10.2009 - 07.2011
- Test case estimation
- Requirement Analysis
- Designed and logged test cases in Quality Centre for various business requirements
- Using QTP, automated front-end application used for quick loan submission and mainframe system for processing submitted loan application which included closing and booking application.
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - Information Science & Engineering
Bangalore Institue of Technology
Bangalore06.2009
Skills
- Complex Test Management
- Project Management
- Selenium Test Framework development using different framework approaches POM,BDD,TDD,keyword driven,Hybrid
- API test automation
- UFT descriptive programming
- Coded UI without UIMaps
Certification
PMP ( Dec 2020 - 2023)
ISTQB CTAL - TM Certified
Azure Certified
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Marathi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Test Manager
IBM
08.2022 - Current
Test Manager
IBM
10.2021 - 08.2022
SR IT Specialist
IBM
01.2019 - 10.2021
Associate
TIAA GBS
04.2017 - 01.2019
Consultant
Deloitte Consulting LLP
01.2015 - 04.2017
Senior Automation QA Engineer
Ness Technologies India Pvt LTD
03.2013 - 12.2014
QA Analyst
PTC Software INC
07.2011 - 03.2013
Project Engineer
Wipro technologies India Pvt Ltd
10.2009 - 07.2011
Bachelors of Engineering - Information Science & Engineering
Bangalore Institue of Technology
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