Sumanth Soma
QA Tester
Whitby,ON
Summary
Perceptive Quality Assurance Analyst well-versed at identifying and documenting complex software problems and causes. Designs test plans and procedures and equips and trains newer colleagues. Demonstrates practiced expertise in product design and participates in design reviews to offer early input on functional requirements and potential problems.
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Work History
Quality Assurance Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Canada
8 2022 - Current
- Met project scope and delivery targets with effective planning and scheduling of testing strategies
- Identified and managed testing efforts for products under development
- Responsible for environment setup for testing web application using Cypress
- Involved in developing automation scripts for testing features within web application
- Responsible for designing test cases using BDD framework using Cucumber
- Proficient Experience in Testing web forms using NVDA and JAWS for finding Accessibility Issues within applications
- Maintaining test artifacts for each sprint and handling test data repository for entire project
- Managed and executed software testing lifecycle
- Validating response code for API using Postman
- Responsible for providing demos after each development iteration for business
- Involved in Sprint Planning, Retrospective and Standup calls throughout each sprint
- Validating web forms according to usability principles through UI testing
- Proficient knowledge in accessing Power BI for report generation and validating data in reports using SQL if there is any discrepancy in data generated.
- Mentored and coached team members on QA topics and strategies.
- Supported company in maintaining work environment focused on quality, communication, collaboration, integration, and teamwork.
- Streamlined QA processes for increased efficiency and reduced time spent on redundant tasks.
- Handled 12 different payment message types for improving payment engine testing.
- Managed over 12 user stories in sprint to achieve project milestones and successfully contributed for the 100% testing closure within proposed timelines.
- Contributed for improving testing standard by 70% through discussions with business owners for project migration.
- Participated in requirements and used case reviews.
- Assisted in developing company-wide quality assurance standards to ensure consistency across all projects undertaken by organization.
- Evaluated new tools and techniques to stay current on market trends, incorporating innovative approaches into QA process when applicable.
- Identified risks associated with software changes, mitigating potential issues through careful analysis and proactive communication with stakeholders.
- Enhanced software quality by conducting thorough testing and identifying areas for improvement.
- Reduced defect rates through meticulous attention to detail during code reviews, working closely with developers to address any identified issues quickly.
- Reviewed public-facing information for accuracy, relevancy and timeliness as desired by leadership.
- Designed, documented and executed test scenarios to identify software bugs.
- Installed and configured hardware, computer systems and applications.
- Used SQL, Test Director and TestBench to assist with completing projects.
- Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
- Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
- Completed pre-implementation testing for new system modifications to assess potential impacts.
- Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
Education
Post Graduate Certificate in Business Analysis -
Fanshawe College
London, ON 2020.09 - 2021.05
Post Graduate Certificate in Software System & Information Testing -
Fanshawe College
London, ON 2019.09 - 2020.05
Bachelor's in computer science & engineering -
Unknown
Hyderabad, India 2015.08 - 2019.05
Skills
Quality Assurance
Root Cause Analysis
Test case development
Manual Testing
Agile Methodology Understanding
User Acceptance Testing
Functional testing competency
Defect Tracking and Reporting
Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
Programming Languages: Python, C
Cloud: Azure
Automation Tools: Selenium, Cypress
Timeline
Post Graduate Certificate in Business Analysis -
Fanshawe College
2020.09 - 2021.05
Post Graduate Certificate in Software System & Information Testing -
Fanshawe College
2019.09 - 2020.05
Bachelor's in computer science & engineering -
Unknown
2015.08 - 2019.05
Quality Assurance Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Canada
8 2022 - Current
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