Participated in feature design and architecture early in the development cycle, driving quality and adherence to specifications.

Reviewed design, requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.

Estimated, prioritized, planned, and coordinated testing activities.

Created and maintained test data needed for test execution.

Performed branch, integration, system, pilot, beta, and live testing applying various test techniques at the appropriate time.

Participated in Agile/Scrum development methodology (daily standups, sprint planning, test estimation, retrospectives, etc.).

Ensured test tool data is of high quality, fully traceable, and updated daily.

Worked with the team to conduct test result analysis and root-cause analysis of defects to ensure appropriate corrective action is taken to maintain quality standards.

Provided test documentation including test plan, test case scenarios, test execution reports (manual and/or automation), test summary reports, and defect reports.

Advised and assisted customers with acceptance testing scripts, training, demos, and followup for production settings of live software products.

Monitored and debugged live software by means of crash reports, logging errors, and customer feedback.

Coached and mentored junior QAs on testing expertise.

Led a team of 5, prepared WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), assigned activities to team members, and handled the review process.

Organized DRB (Defect Review Board) with the development team and project managers to discuss and assign defects.

Attended daily standup meetings and assessed work progress.

Responsible for client interaction, requirement gathering, process evaluation and formulation, and improving existing processes.

Submitted daily status reports and defect summary graphs to clients and stakeholders.

Analyzed, reviewed, and assessed requirements and design specifications.

Set up the test environment and identified test data.

Prepared and executed test cases in HP ALM 11.52 and then moved to Jira.

Performed smoke testing, functional testing, data validation, system integration, E2E test, configuration, and module integration test.

Organized DRB (Defect Review Board) with the development team and project managers to discuss and assign defects.

Automated portal web applications using Selenium WebDriver.

Attended Scrum meetings, daily standups, review, and retrospective meetings and submitted daily status reports to clients and stakeholders.

Responsible for client interaction, requirement gathering, process evaluation and formulation, and improving existing processes.

Worked on a retail project to understand functional requirements.

Created and executed test cases and wrote test scenarios using test management tools.

Performed smoke, functional, and regression testing, mapping test cases with requirements in RTM.

Identified and raised defects in the test management tool and prepared defect reports.

Communicated with the team lead on daily activities and prepared daily and weekly status reports.