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Manish Kumar

Software Quality Assurance
Bengaluru

Summary

Having 6 years and 3 months of experience in IT with strong experience in Quality Assurance as a Manual testing and Automation Engineer of Web, Rest API, Mobile & POS terminal applications.

Professional software quality assurance engineer with focus on delivering high-quality results. Skilled in test planning, automation, and defect tracking. Known for strong collaboration and adaptability to meet evolving project needs. Consistently ensures reliable and efficient software through rigorous testing and problem-solving.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

SQA Engineer

Girmiti Software Private Limited
11.2019 - Current
  • Contributed to a positive team culture by leading training sessions and mentoring junior SQA engineers on best practices.
  • Reduced software defects by collaborating closely with developers in an agile environment.
  • Spearheaded the implementation of a centralized bug tracking system, fostering better collaboration between QA and development teams by streamlining issue management processes.
  • Optimized test coverage through diligent analysis of requirements documentation and identification of potential gaps or inconsistencies.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

SRM University
Chennai, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Domain - Payments

Languages – Core Java, Python

Automation Tools – Basics of Selenium

Automation Frameworks – TestNG, Maven, Selenium, Lab 360, BDD Gherkin cucumber, CICD

Protocols - ISO 8583 Message Protocol, EMV

Defect Tracking Tools – JIRA, Redmine

Test Management Tools – JAMA, X-Ray, Zeypher, and Confluence

Terminal Management Tools – VHQ, Astrex

Experience Summary

  • Industrial Expertise in Manual testing & Test methodologies.
  • Proficient in understanding the requirements
  • Strong experience on designing the Test Plan & Test Strategy documents to monitor the test execution throughout project development cycle
  • Good knowledge in ISO8583, ISO 7613 message protocol & EMV Transaction flow.
  • Proficient on interaction with product owners, development teams and QA team to develop and understanding of the project expectations
  • Expertise on all phases of Software Test Life Cycle, Software Development Life Cycle and Defect Life Cycle.
  • Industrial experience with Agile Methodology of software development framework
  • Exposure on Automation testing using Selenium Web-driver and Python Lab 360 framework.
  • Proficient in designing the test scenario, test case, Test Execution, analyzing the results, bug reporting and Bug tracking.
  • Experience in mapping the test scenarios/test cases against the requirements using RTM to measure the test coverage
  • Expertise in Sanity, Smoke, Integration, Functional and Regression Testing.
  • Involved in review meetings, Scrum call and preparation of daily, weekly and monthly review reports.
  • Proficient in Certification testing of different Payment Schemes like VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, JCB, UPI & Discover.
  • Proficient on Defect root cause analysis and presenting different project stakeholders
  • Proficient in logging and tracking defects using defect-tracking tools (JIRA & Redmine)
  • Knowledge on MySQL and Database Testing Fundamentals.
  • Proficient in non-functional testing activities like stress, performance/load using JMeter and Security testing using BurpSuite
  • Expertise on windows applications connected with hardware devices via COM, USB cables to perform the transactions.
  • Proficient on reviewing the documents and provide the feedback and tracking the review feedback until closure
  • Exposure on designing the test cases using Gherkin keyword approach
  • Experience on managing and monitoring the teams and review teams work to ensure quality delivery
  • Attending the sprint refine and spring planning meetings with different project stakeholders
  • Excellent problem solving, interpersonal, decision making and communication skills.
  • Have quality conscious and followed quality guidelines of an organization strictly.
  • Analyzing and review of use cases and Test cases.
  • Understanding of QA metrics, Risk Analysis.
  • Natural curiosity, Eager to learn and a “test to break” attitude.
  • Good at communicating and consulting skills and a good team player with strong interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Cricket, Table Tennis and Reading

I like to Play Cricket on Weekends mostly with season ball

Timeline

SQA Engineer

Girmiti Software Private Limited
11.2019 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

SRM University
04.2001 -
Manish KumarSoftware Quality Assurance