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Reshma Vijayakumar

Reshma Vijayakumar

Kochi

Summary

Seasoned senior test engineer having more than 10 years of experience in software testing industry with a proven track record of ensuring product quality and reliability. Experienced in designing and implementing comprehensive testing strategies, analyzing test results, and providing valuable insights for product improvement.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Test Engineer

Testing Mavens Software Ltd
Kochi
10.2023 - Current

❖ Handling Multiple projects for an Auditing client as Team lead with 2 web application projects and 1 DB testing project by using Power BI Data Visualization tool.

❖ Responsible for preparing Test Strategy, Test Estimate, DSR, WSR , RCA Reports , Defect Metrics, Test cycles in Test Management tool(Jira) .

❖ Responsible for attending all calls with business (daily scrum, Defect Triage call, Test estimation, Sprint planning, Retrospective call , Weekly status calls etc).

❖ Actively working on Agile and waterfall projects .

❖ Using Jira for Test and Bug tracking, Confluence for team collaboration and knowledge updating , Sharepoint for keeping test artifacts repository etc

❖ Responsible for leading,managing, and contributing individually to the test activities within the team.

❖ Actively participating in company's onboarding processes, interviewing and selecting new quality assurance personnel.

❖ Mentoring the junior engineers within the project and in the internship program

❖ Used GitHub for Automation script run for regression tests

❖ Participated in Test Execution( Smoke, Regression,Defect Retest, Ad hoc testing etc)

❖ Requirement Analysis, Test Scenario and Test case derivations

❖ Requirement/User story clarification derivation and followup with Business

Test Engineer

Digital 14
Abu Dhabi
08.2020 - 02.2022

❖Requirement Analysis to identify Test Scenarios, Test cases and to identify proper test coverage.

❖ Checking the Development Release Notes and build validation

❖Worked for Cyber security Domain

❖Expertise in Mac ,Windows , IOS and Android OS's.

❖Used Jira for Test Management and Bug Tracking, Jenkins for Build generation, Confluence for Documentation and collaboration.

❖Perform End to End Testing and providing all testing artifacts.

❖Worked with Hybrid application testing which is compatible for Mac OS, Windows OS, iOS and Android OS's .

❖Used the real devices for testing

❖Defect retest and defect closure.

❖Generating Build from Jenkins for all the OS platforms

❖Installation of builds using specific tools supported for each platforms

❖Capacity Testing - maximum users test for analyzing the maximum capacity of the app manually.

❖Used Google clouds as test environments

❖Creation of Test Cases and Test scenarios

❖Execute test cases using the test management tool Jira and log defects

❖Attending Weekly calls with external team members.

❖Regression Testing.

❖Sending Daily status Report.

❖Exploratory testing/Ad hoc testing

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Kochi
05.2014 - 07.2020

❖Worked in multiple projects from different domains (Healthcare, Insurance etc)

❖Worked as an individual contributor , Handled single member team and led a single team contains 3 members

❖Worked in Web ,DB and Mobile Projects

❖Used real devices for mobile projects(Android and iOS)and used emulators/simulators( Sauce labs & Browser stack etc) for the projects follows Responsive web design approach

❖Used Guidewire for testing an Insurance project and Trizetto- Facets for healthcare project

❖Used Google Analytics to check the participant usage test

❖Used HP ALM, Qtest , Rally, Squids etc for Test Management and Bug tracking.

❖Underwent 3 months software testing training program

❖Acquired multiple internal certifications from the company (ISTQB , Agile Practitioner, General Insurance, Advanced Healthcare Management etc)

Education

Master of Science - Computer Applications(MCA)

Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi
01-2018

PGDCA (Post Graduation Diploma in Computer Applications) - Computer Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi,India
01-2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (BCA)

Amrita School of Arts And Sciences
Kochi,India
05-2013

Skills

  • Manual Testing
  • Mobile, Web and DB Testing
  • Agile and Waterfall Methodologies
  • Functional , Black box testing
  • Team Management
  • Good communication & Presentation skills
  • Experience working both Onshore and Offshore teams
  • SIT and UAT testing experience
  • experience (Auditing, Insurance, Cybersecurity and Healthcare)
  • International and multinational client experience

Certification

  • Cognizant Internal Certification(ISTQB)
  • Introduction to Power BI - LinkedIn
  • Intro to Performance testing - Jmeter - Blazemeter
  • Learning with Postman - API Testing Basics
  • Cognizant Internal Certification - Agile Practitioner
  • Cognizant Internal Certification - Advanced healthcare
  • Cognizant Internal Certification - General Insurance

Languages

Malayalam
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Tamil
Advanced (C1)
C1

Accomplishments

  • Pillar of the Month Award from Cognizant Technology Solutions

Timeline

Senior Test Engineer

Testing Mavens Software Ltd
10.2023 - Current

Test Engineer

Digital 14
08.2020 - 02.2022

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2014 - 07.2020

Master of Science - Computer Applications(MCA)

Indira Gandhi National Open University

PGDCA (Post Graduation Diploma in Computer Applications) - Computer Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (BCA)

Amrita School of Arts And Sciences
Reshma Vijayakumar