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Indira Edamadaka - QA Engineer/QA Tester (TOSCA)

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Location: San Diego, California, USA

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Visa: USC

Name: Indira Edamadaka Email:[email protected] Professional Summary: - Around 8+ years of experience as QA Engineer with focus on manual and automation testing. Exceptional knowledge and implementation skills in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC). Expertise in understanding Business Requirement Specifications, Functional Specifications and Design documentations and converting them into Test Scenarios. Experienced in Waterfall and Agile Projects, worked very closely with Product owners in Agile and attended various ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Sprint Review. Proficiency in Manual and Automation Testing of Client/Server, Web-based/Mobile and Cloud (AWS) applications. Hands on experience in testing Web Services using HTTP CRUD commands such as POST, PUT, DELETE, and GET for API testing using POSTMAN for manual testing. Performed Database/Backend testing by writing complex SQL queries and connecting to database with JDBC API (Oracle, MySQL) for validating the application against the database. Worked extensively on performing Black Box Testing, System Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, and User Acceptance Testing. Solid knowledge in testing Web Applications, Web Services using Selenium WebDriver/Katalon/Appium/Cypress. Experience in testing UI and Non-UI applications (Salesforce, Web Applications, XML, Database, Web Services) using Tosca Automation Test scripts. Experience in Azile -Enabling tools like Azure, Jira, HP ALM, Bit bucket. Good working experience in DevOps, establishing E2E testing pipeline for Bulk components. Extensive experience in creating documents like Test Plan, Text Exit, defect tracking Reports. Expertise in documenting defects with high level of detail, accuracy, and informative recreation steps using JIRA as project management and defect tracking tool. Great documentation and Process Management skills with an ability to effectively understand the business requirements to develop a quality product. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders, developers, and product managers. Ability to quickly learn new technologies and tools, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement. Ability to mentor junior testers and lead small teams, providing guidance on best practices and test execution to maintain consistency and quality across the testing process. Exceptional ability to identify complex issues quickly and propose effective solutions, often working with development teams to reproduce and resolve issues in a timely manner. TECHNICAL SKILLS: Testing Tools Postman, Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, Appium, Katalon, Cypress, QTP, HP Quality Center Language/ Script Java, JavaScript, Gherkin SOA Technologies SOAP, REST, Web Services, SOAP UI, Postman, JSON Tracking Tools HP Quality Center, Bug Zilla, JIRA, Rally, HP ALM Build/ CI Tools Maven, Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket Databases Technologies MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2016, OLAP and OLTP, Oracle 9i/10g, MS Access 2000, TSQL, Oracle PL/SQ, MYSQL Methodologies Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, SDLC, STLC Test Framework Page Object Model (POM) Environment Web, Android, IOS Operating Systems Windows, Unix, Linux Certifications: Tosca Automation Specialist Level 1. Certificate No: cert_p88hmvwf Tosca Automation Specialist Level 2. Certificate No: cert_6f43rm93 WORK EXPERIENCE: Client: Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN Aug 2023 Till Date Role: Sr. Test Engineer Responsibilities: Preparing Functional/regression Test Cases/Scripts in Helix under Test Plan, And Review Test Requirements, and Creating Test Plans and involved in Test Strategy documents. Used process mapping to holistically assess business processes and determine opportunities for improvements. Assisted with driving strategy through development and implementation of new processes by working closely with business team. Automated UI functionalities using Katalon Studio with Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Groovy. Executed test cases and participated actively in Smoke, Sanity and Regression Testing. Responsible for planning the Regression Test stories and Test cases creation and updating by considering dependencies and then creating the test execution on run and generate HTML Reports and perform Retest, debugging defects to fix from QA. Shared Daily Status Reports with all the team members, Team Leads, Managers and Clients. Conducted backend testing using SQL queries to validate data for SQL database and Used SQL queries. for retrieving data from database for executing user specific test cases. Monitoring API logs in Postman. Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) using Git, GitLab. Managing projects, sprints using Project Management Tool Jira. Perform API testing (RESTful Web Services) using Postman for backend data validation, reducing bug fix rates. Responsible for all types of tests like Functionality Testing, Load Testing, Documentation testing, User Acceptance Testing, Browser compatibility testing and maintain technical design documentation in Windows environments. Created and maintained reporting templates for efficiency and documented day-to-day quality checks for the product. Worked on containerizing the infrastructure using Docker container and their Orchestration by deploying and configuring the Kubernetes. Client: Visa, Foster City, CA June 2022 July 2023 Role: Test Engineer Responsibilities: Preparing Functional/regression Test Cases/Scripts in Rally under Test Plan, And Review Test Requirements, and Creating Test Plans and involved in Test Strategy documents. Used process mapping to holistically assess business processes and determine opportunities for improvements. Assisted with driving strategy through development and implementation of new processes by working closely with business team. Automated Restful Web Services using Rest assured API Testing Framework with Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG and Maven. Executed test cases and participated actively in Smoke, Sanity and Regression Testing. Shared Daily Status Reports with all the team members, Team Leads, Managers and Clients. Conducted backend testing using SQL queries to validate data for database and Used SQL queries. for retrieving data from database for executing user specific test cases. Monitoring API logs in Splunk. Managing projects, sprints using Project Management Tool Rally. Developed and maintained continuous Integration (CI) using tools in Azure Devops (VSTS) spanning Multiple environments, enabling teams to safely deploy code in Azure Kubernetes services (AKS) using YAML scripts. Managed Kubernetes charts using Helm. Worked on containerizing the infrastructure using Docker container and their Orchestration by deploying and configuring the Kubernetes. Developed, maintained, recommended, documented, and suggested supports tools and backend utilities to perform performance and capacity planning management. Working Knowledge in deploying CI/CD system using Azure Devops on Kubernetes container environment and for the run environment for CI/CD system to build test and deployment we have utilized Kubernetes and Docker QA Deployment using Kubernetes with Triton. Forward Compatibility Testing. Functional Signoff for every sprint. Client: Cardinal Health, Columbus, Ohio May 2020 May 2022 Role: QA Tester Responsibilities: Extensively involved in all stages of testing life cycle, Test Driven Development methodologies, Software Development Life cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall, Agile methodologies. Used BMC Remedy to create tickets and verify entered information in PEGA front end. Analyzed business requirements and user experience goals to develop test plans and test cases. Writing test cases/scripts within PEGA PRPC and correcting them according to the erroneous outcomes. Executed Test output bases on testcases for PEGA application. Verify and validate that all the fields in the PEGA are populated in frontend and backend as per the requirement based on the spread sheet. Tested all the functionality of application after migrated from PEGA 5.5 to 6.1. Tested reports PEGA out of the box functionality OOTB. Performed quality reviews of design documentation to ensure compliance with project plan scope and requirements. Involved in functional testing, black box testing, negative testing, compatibility testing, and recovery testing. Experience in performing automation tests using Selenium Java to perform front-end testing. Experience in Back-end testing, data validation, Database testing using SQL queries. Perform API testing (RESTful Web Services) using Postman for backend data validation, reducing bug fixes by 80%. Managing projects, sprints using Project Management Tool Rally Involved in conducting tests on Web services transactions like automatic bill payment, batch payments and Account transfers sent over HTTP or HTTPS by inspecting every XML request and response using SoapUI. Tested files on Data cap Studio from the clouds services Azure. Developed automated tests while conducting manual testing to ensure software quality and timely delivery. Collaborated with product managers and customer service team to address software issues, quickly resulting in a 90% customer satisfaction rating. Client: NetJets, Columbus, Ohio July 2019 April 2020 Role: QA Tester Responsibilities: Extensively involved in all stages of testing life cycle, Test Driven Development methodologies and Software Development Life cycle (SDLC) using Agile, Scrum methodologies. Involved in planning, designing and executing different test cases for Smoke, Functional, and Integration, System and User Acceptance and GUI testing. Actively involved in developing automation scripts using TOSCA 9.1, Creates Business Process Models test cases using ALM BPT add-on. Developed Test Plan and Test Cases for REST API/Web Services testing using Postman. Automated Restful web services/API by using Rest Assured library to send various HTTP requests and validate the JSON response. Designed and developed automated scripts for functional, regression, sanity and integration testing using automation tool Selenium with Java. Implemented test automation scripts for mobile testing using Appium for Android and IOS applications. Developed Data Driven Tests using TOSCA and automated functional testing. Performed back-end testing by writing and executing SQL queries to validate that data is being populated in appropriate tables and manually verified the correctness of the data with front-end values. Wrote SQL queries to retrieve the information from the databases to check whether the data has been updated using MongoDB. Created and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure all the requirements are covered. Define, develop, and execute automation test scripts using Java that leverage black and white box testing across functional, non-functional and performance testing. Established and maintained test cases and test data in JIRA. Used JIRA to maintain defect repository and followed the bug life cycle until the bugs are fixed or closed. Verified that the Software Quality Assurance Standards are met throughout all phases of development. Client: 7-Eleven Inc, Irving, TX Sep 2018 June 2019 Role: QA Tester Responsibilities: Involved in analyzing Business Requirement Documents and Technical Specification documents and developed test plan and test cases for testing the application. Worked in an agile environment with frequently changing requirements and features set. Involved in Scrum Process based on Project Planning, Test Planning and Coordinating on all SDLC phases. Designed Automation Test cases and implemented Hybrid test automation framework and Page Object Model using Selenium WebDriver. Developed test code in Java programming language using Eclipse, IDE framework. Performed Sanity testing, Smoke testing and regression testing thoroughly using continuous integration tool Jenkins. Utilized Quality Center (QC) as a test management and defect tracking tool. Validating the API calls and data for user interface by using Postman, Restful Services and Soap UI. Writing the web services automation for Get, Post, and Put methods in services testing. Performed web services testing with SOAP UI by validating request and response for XML, JSON files. Creating Splunk dashboards, maintaining already existing ones and integrating Splunk with Jenkins to show the overall failed and successful Jenkins jobs on Splunk Dashboard. Performance test plan design and test case design, environment setup for performance testing in JMeter and LoadRunner, Blazed Meter. Developed and executed SQL queries to verify the proper insertion, deletion and updates into the database. Actively participated in daily Agile Scrum meetings and involved in iteration planning. Ensured the best user experience by focusing on the quality and integrity of an application for requirement specifications, business logic, and user experience and system end-to-end validation. Performed ADA testing for visually implanted users. Working closely with TADs team to identify opportunities for improvement and aligning with the IT standards at 7-Eleven Inc. Client: Savant, Hyannis, MA Nov 2016 Aug 2018 Role: QA Tester Responsibilities: Involved in writing Test Plan, Test strategy and Test Scenarios based on software documentation from business, technical and functional requirements. Involved in various stages of development of the project starting from the project planning until production and maintenance using agile methodology. Implemented Black-Box Testing, Functionality, GUI and Regression Testing for the entire application, for various builds in a team environment. Performed Smoke testing, Sanity testing, Functional testing, Cross-Browser testing, Regression testing, Manual and Automation testing, Integration testing, Backend validation testing and End to end testing. Actively involved in developing automation scripts using TOSCA, Created Business requirements-oriented test cases, automated functional testing using Data-Driven approach Performed Rest API testing using Postman, and Rest-assured . Manually performed Ad-Hoc testing, end-to-end testing, and system testing. Executed and evaluated manual test cases and reported test results. Prepared Defect Report as per severity and Priority. Utilize manual tools to test back-end features (SQL, POSTMAN). Find and document bugs, issues, and observations for further investigation. Fixed a disorganized confluence page on JIRA to better understand the state of the project. Performed the sanity testing and reported the status to TL. Performed functional, database, regression, and exploratory testing. Black Box testing methodologies like functional, usability, regression was performed. Configured SQL queries to fetch data from the Oracle database. Attend Daily status meetings to discuss feature priorities and test timelines. Closely interacted with the Development and Business teams in resolving the bugs. Client: Sprint Corporation, Kansas, MO March 2015 Oct 2016 Role: QA Analyst Responsibilities: Designed efficient manual test cases based on analysis of Business Requirement Documents, Functional Specifications, Technical design documents and Use Cases. Used Waterfall methodology for implementation purposes. Involved in all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Defect tracking life cycle. Performed System testing, Integration testing, Black box, and White box testing. Performed Ad-hoc testing, Functional testing, and Regression testing on web-based applications. Responsible for all types of tests like Functionality Testing, Load Testing, Documentation testing, User Acceptance Testing, Browser compatibility testing and maintain technical design documentation in Windows environments. Preparation of Test Cases as per the functionality requirements in the Quality Centre and mapping the requirements to the test coverage to ensure proper coverage. Reported the defects using defect tracking tool Quality Center (QC). Used DOM and XML parsers for data retrieval. Involved in writing SQL queries for each Test Case and executing them. Created and maintained reporting templates for efficiency and documented day-to-day quality checks for the product. Involved in project meetings and interacted with other team members to resolve the problems. 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