Uma Maheswari
Bowmanville,ON
Summary
Software testing professional (11+ Years) skilled in identifying and resolving issues efficiently. Strong background in test automation, manual testing, and quality assurance methodologies. Known for excellent collaboration within teams and adaptability to evolving project requirements. Consistently delivers high-quality results through analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Test Analyst
Koerber Supply Chain
Toronto
07.2021 - Current
- Lead the QA team across multiple locations (USA, Bolivia, UK and India)
- Create and maintain Automation Test cases with Playwright
- Create Pull request in Azure DevOps for the automated test cases and merge the same once it is approved
- Validate Microservices using Swagger, Postman and Insomnia REST
- API Testing (Azure) for Cloud based Applications
- Database (MySQL and PostgreSQL) Validation
- Validate Open Lens GUI for managing Kubernetes Clusters
- Develop automation scripts, execution, debugging and publishing results during major and minor releases
- Perform Functional testing, Integration, Regression testing, Smoke testing and UAT
- Executing functional and regression testing for Restful API services using SOAP UI and Postman tool
- Involve in Sprint planning, daily stand up (Scrum), Retrospective and presenting Demo to Business/PO at the end of each sprint
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of software components.
- Contributed to product roadmap discussions by providing expert input on quality concerns related to proposed features or enhancements.
- Kept stakeholders informed of testing progress through timely status updates and detailed reports.
- Developed reusable test assets such as scripts, data sets, and templates for use across multiple projects within the organization.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
- Mentored 5+ junior team members, sharing knowledge on best practices in software testing techniques and processes.
QA Analyst II (Senior QA)
Dominion Voting Systems
Toronto, Canada
03.2020 - 07.2021
- Company Overview: (Toronto, Canada)
- Lead the QA team across multiple locations (USA (California, Colorado), Canada (Toronto) and Serbia (Belgrade))
- Create and maintain Automation Test cases with Java/Cucumber/Selenium using Page object model for Functional and Regression Test suite
- Create Pull request in Bitbucket for the automated test cases and merge the same once it is approved
- Create manual test cases in Rally and execute the same
- Set up test data for multiple environments to run the BDDs
- Perform backend validations in DB using SQL developer
- Create and execute SQL queries to validate the changes in DB
- Execution of automation test in Selenium WebDriver/Java
- Developing BDD scripts using Cucumber/Selenium/Java
- Create job in Jenkins and run the regression suite
- Check in the script in Bitbucket and do the code review for the BDDs
- Taking complete control of Automation like develop scripts, execution, debugging and publishing results during major and minor releases
- Create and track the stories in Rally board (Scrum and Kanban) in each sprint
- Create and track defects in Rally tool
- Perform Functional testing, Integration, Regression testing, Smoke testing and UAT
- Executing functional and regression testing for Restful API services using SOAP UI and Postman tool
- Involve in Sprint planning, daily stand up (Scrum), Retrospective and presenting Demo to Business/PO at the end of each sprint
- (Toronto, Canada)
Senior Test Engineer
WIPRO LTD
10.2013 - 06.2014
- Expertise in Agile Methodology
- Following ATDD Practice
- Participate in Daily Stand up (Scrum), Grooming, Sprint Planning, Demo/Review and Retrospective
- Functional testing, System testing, UAT (User Acceptance Testing), Regression Testing, Sanity and Smoke testing
- Test case creation, Execution and defect tracking
- Bugs are opened in JIRA to track and maintain
- Taking complete control of Automation execution, debugging and publishing results during major and minor releases
- Validating REST API services (POST, PUT and GET methods) using Postman tool
- Validating the test results in Oracle DB/My SQL
- Writing SQL queries for obtaining test data in Oracle DB
- Cross browser testing (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari)
- Responsive design and Mobile testing (iPhone, iPad, Android)
- Presenting Demo to client at the end of each sprint
- Mentored junior QA engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
Senior Test Engineer
WIPRO LTD
Chennai, India
08.2009 - 09.2013
- Have tested Auto, Property and Specialty lines of business
- Involve in Requirement phase (CRD and FRD), Analyze phase, Design phase, Planning phase and Testing phase
- Create manual test cases in HP ALM/Quality center and execute the same
- Responsibilities includes Test Strategy Creation, Effort Estimation, Test plan Creation, Requirement Traceability Matrix Creation, Test plan Review, Preparation of review checklist, Testing, Defect raising and tracking, Co-ordination with onsite and Project Signoff
- Prepared the Issue log, defect log, Capacity log and the Dashboard
- Create Automation test cases using Selenium with JAVA
- Write XPath to locate web elements
- Consolidated the DSR (Daily Status Report) and sent it to client
- Implemented tools like Orthogonal Array to ensure the full coverage of testing and save the project cost
- Actively lead the team and allocated the resources for the critical project
- Participated in preparing the review checklist for the Final acceptance testing to propose the Lean activities for this project
- Knowledge Transfer was given to team members on my area of expertise
- Conducted training session for new team members
- Played module lead and SME role, Training coordinator for Fresher’s
Quality Assurance Analyst
WIPRO LTD
Chennai, India
08.2007 - 07.2009
- Active participation in requirement walkthrough
- Create manual test cases in spread sheet (MS Excel) and execute the same
- Performed Functional, Integration, System, GUI, Cross Browser compatibility, Ad- Hoc Testing
- Prepared Test Cases with the complete description of requirements, uploaded test cases and report results into Quality Center
- Work closely with the Development and BA team during the project phase
- Tracking the bugs using Bug Tracker
- Co-ordination with onsite team members
Education
MS - Software Engineering
BITS PILANI
INDIA03.2012
Bachelors - Computer Technology
Anna University
INDIA04.2007
Skills
- Java
- Cucumber
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Test automation
- CI and CD pipelines
Languages
English
Full Professional
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Senior Software Test Analyst
Koerber Supply Chain
07.2021 - Current
QA Analyst II (Senior QA)
Dominion Voting Systems
03.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Test Engineer
WIPRO LTD
10.2013 - 06.2014
Senior Test Engineer
WIPRO LTD
08.2009 - 09.2013
Quality Assurance Analyst
WIPRO LTD
08.2007 - 07.2009
MS - Software Engineering
BITS PILANI
Bachelors - Computer Technology
Anna University