Anum Javeed Zargar
QA Manager | QA Lead | Test Lead
Toronto, Ontario
Summary
Software-savvy quality assurance professional committed to confirming proper functionality and usability of software products before release. 8+ years of expertise in setting up automation framework for web and mobile applications for domains such Capital markets, Banking & Mortgage, Entertainment, E-commerce and E-learning.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
QE Lead
TCS (Client RBC)
05.2020 - Current
- Developing and maintaining existing automation framework using Cypress, Selenium, testNG and Protractor using Java Script, Java for different domains such as capital markets, mortgage services, retirement planning and banking applications.
- Standardized bug reporting methods for better communication between QA and development teams, worked on Linux maintenance support project using SAP payloads for backend log verification and for checking the data what has been sent to downstream system.
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements, worked on UI and API automation functional and regression test cases using Robot, SIFT framework and BDD framework.
- Developed reusable test scripts for efficient execution across multiple platforms and environments.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
Automation Analyst
Cineplex Entertainment
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Acted as SME, automated test scripts and performed execution phases for project and releases in Agile-Scrum framework including: Sanity, Smoke, Integration, Regression, Cross Browser, Business / User Acceptance Testing (BAT / UAT)
- Delivered cost savings by automating manual tasks, reducing labor costs and increasing overall operational efficiency, authored, executed and improved automation test scripts using page object model (POM) design using selenium web driver in testNg framework with Java via acceptance test driven development (ATDD).
- Reduced error rates by identifying bottlenecks in existing workflows and applied appropriate automating functional and regression test cases of mobile (Android app) hybrid and native applications using different tools like appium code and Android studio.
Software Development Engineer Test
Royal Bank of Canada
09.2019 - 01.2020
- Follow the SDLC process, Design, Business and Functional requirement documents to create testing strategy including documenting test plans, objectives, assessing and Identifying testing risks and developing test scenarios and test cases.
- Integrated third-party APIs to expand application capabilities and improve overall performance using ready API tool (SOAP UI pro) and groovy script.
- Resolved critical software issues, ensuring smooth functionality and minimizing downtime for users. Automated scripts on different browser/environment which includes parallel testing and cross browser testing across multiple browser like IE/safari/chrome.
- Established a continuous integration pipeline using industry-leading tools like Jenkins or Travis CI for swift release cycles and timely deliveries.
Software Engineer Test Automation/Manual
Informatics
05.2018 - 07.2019
- Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
- Participated and involved in the peer reviews on the Test Cases, and Preliminary test approach, which contained high-level test conditions for verifying the software solution
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products on schedule. Created requirement traceability matrix (RTM) document to ensure all requirements defined for the application are tested in JIRA
- Enabled seamless data migration between systems by developing custom scripts and utilizing ETL tools effectively.
Software Engineer Test
People Strong
07.2017 - 05.2018
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software using Java and BDD framework.
- Liaised with HR manager to organize and perform quality standard training for new and existing staff. led onshore and offshore agile QA teams, bridged knowledge gaps and highlighted issues and helped resolving impediments.
- Championed best practices in coding standards within the team, wrote highly maintainable, solid code for software system.
System Engineer
India Mart
06.2015 - 07.2017
- Developed robust, scalable, modular and API-centric infrastructures and optimised and created different web services using PHP and the responses of the web services in database while performing different DML operation on SQL database.
- Participated in testing web-services and backend-database applications in an agile environment integrated new technologies into existing systems and improved overall performance by validating XML, JSON request and response using Kibana dashboard as centralized logging system.
Education
Master of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
Skills
Java, Javascript, Python, SQL
Oracle DB2, SQL, My SQL, Cassandra
Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux
SVN, GIT hub, Jenkins bit bucker, Source-tree, VSTS/TFS
Selenium, TestNG framework, Protractor Framework, Appium, Robot Framework, Rest Assured, Maven, Cypress, Postman
Accomplishments
- ISTQB certified professional, with Agile methodologies and Scrum framework expertise in Projects, along with in depth knowledge of Software development life cycle (SDLC Methodologies) and Software Test life cycle (STLC)
- Created and automated CI/CD pipeline (using Travis CI and azure). This allowed us to move to a continuous delivery model, shipping to production many times per week (previously we'd deploy only twice a month)
- Refactored the infrastructure for IndiaMart.com, an online chat service. Moved from colocated server's to AWS, which reduced costs by 70% and increased yearly uptime from 88% to 99.7%.
- Performed transition of RDBMS to No SQL DB movement for all the functionality being served via web services and running on IM plateform.
- Enabled continuous testing by eliminating the need for human involvement. it means that tests can be run anytime, ensuring thorough coverage and reducing the risk of downtime during critical banking operations.
- Mentored and automated 80% test cases for maintenance project where script now takes only 2-3 hours for execution earlier through manual intervention, it used to take 2 days for 3-5 resources.
Timeline
QE Lead - TCS (Client RBC)
05.2020 - Current
Automation Analyst - Cineplex Entertainment
01.2020 - 04.2020
Software Development Engineer Test - Royal Bank of Canada
09.2019 - 01.2020
Software Engineer Test Automation/Manual - Informatics
05.2018 - 07.2019
Software Engineer Test - People Strong
07.2017 - 05.2018
System Engineer - India Mart
06.2015 - 07.2017
- Master of Technology, Computer Science Engineering
- Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science Engineering