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SOUMYA S NAIR

Software Quality Assurance Tester
Bengaluru

Summary

Over 9 years of experience specializing in Quality Assurance and Test Management with a strong foundation in Functional, GUI, Regression, Integration, and Web API testing. Expertise in Requirement Gathering, Test Effort Estimation, Test Strategy development, and comprehensive Test Summary Reports. Proficient in various Testing Methodologies, Test Case Design, Execution, Defect reporting, SDLC, STLC, and test management tools like QC ALM, TFS, JIRA, Azure DevOps. Successfully led projects with high customer satisfaction by conducting thorough testing of Desktop, Client/Server, and web-based applications. Skilled in Agile methodologies (Scrum) and proficient in QTP, UFT, Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG. Collaborative team player with a knack for leading, mentoring, and motivating team members to achieve project success.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
4
4
Languages

Work History

Lead I - Software Testing

UST Global
Cochin
07.2018 - 12.2021
  • Equifax Workforce Solutions (EWS) has been using legacy billing system ‘Solomon’ for invoicing Clients towards usage of Equifax's business critical ES applications like TCI, TFM, PPay, I9, Onboarding and UC. As Solomon is getting phased out, it is a mandate to integrate these applications with the Equifax global financial tracking and reporting system – 'Atlas'.
  • The project has 4 ES streams aligned loosely with EWS' application teams -TCI (Tax Credit Incentives - WOTC) TFM (Tax Forms Management - W2, ACA / 1095C) and PPay (Paperless Pay / EPayroll) CC (Compliance Center, comprising I-9 and Onboarding) UC (Unemployment Claims)
  • The streams follow 2-week Agile Scrum process while also conducting all Scrum ceremonies such as Story Grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review / Demo, Sprint Retrospective and Daily Scrum. Though some of the roles in the Team are aligned more with traditional IT delivery (SDLC) Project roles, it is a team committed goal to be a successful Agile team and leverage / share benefits of the same.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.

Implementation Lead

UST Global
Cochin
07.2018 - 12.2021
  • Xmpie uStore allows print service providers (PSP), creative agencies, and corporate marketing departments to quickly build e-commerce–enabled stores for ordering everything from personalized documents to email programs and customized point-of-purchase materials. uStore makes it simple to set up branded, Web-to-Print applications without involving programmers. It allows users to tailor the pricing, preferences, permissions, design customization, and print parameters to fit each customer.
  • Worked as an implementation lead and performed all the leading activities including project estimation, conducting daily team meetings, training team members.
  • Configured uStore application for 3 clients in both staging and production environment.
  • Estimating, prioritizing, planning and coordinating all the team activities.
  • Creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases.
  • Ensure team is progressing for timely delivery of product; facilitate feedback to Product Owner for risks, found work, and requirement gaps.

Senior Test Engineer

SFO Technologies
Cochin
12.2015 - 02.2017
  • Nexus-Phase1 systems are designed as surgical C-ARM X-Ray modality. Siemens Healthcare X-ray Product business line of Diagnostic Imaging business area has initiated a new surgery product as a successor of current products MULTIMOBIL 5C and MULTIMOBIL 5E to fill up the surgery M3/4 market gap and to achieve the product cost targets. The current Nexus-Phase1 project is to develop a multipurpose surgical mobile C- ARM system for today’s basic clinical requirements with a focus on Ortho/ Trauma/ Cardio/ Urology applications. The product is targeted at emerging markets.
  • Preparation of checklists and test cases for new enhancements.
  • Effectively made use of QC (Quality Center) for Creating and executing test cases, defect logging.

Senior Tester

UST Global
Trivandrum
09.2013 - 02.2015
  • Tickets.com is a leading business-to-business ticketing solutions provider for live events. The company, with its corporate office in Costa Mesa, CA. and other offices around the United States and the world, facilitates the sale of tickets by enabling venues and entertainment organizations with proprietary and cutting-edge software, retail outlets, kiosks, call centers and an interactive voice response (IVR) system.
  • The main objectives of the QA engagement are to provide quality assurance services on the ticketing products of Tickets.com, such as PVOnline, ProVenue, ProVenue Elite along with functional testing of the related applications such as ProVenue Reporting, ProVenue Access Control, TP Services etc.
  • Collaborated with development teams to resolve defects, resulting in increased application stability and performance.
  • Evaluated competitor products to identify potential areas of improvement or differentiation within our own offerings.

QA Analyst

Orion India Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Cochin
06.2010 - 09.2013
  • Project eAudIT, which is fully customizable electronic workflows offer industry-leading audit design flexibility for KPMG’s auditing engagements. eAudIT brings the power of KPMG’s collective wisdom, industry knowledge, and technical skills to its clients on every audit engagement using advanced and secure technology tools which mainly happen through eAudIT desktop and eAudIT on-line.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features and bug fixes.
  • Improved software quality by executing thorough test plans and identifying defects before release.
  • Contributed to the establishment of performance benchmarks, tracking QA metrics over multiple development cycles.
  • Mitigated risk in software releases by consistently detecting critical defects during the testing phase.
  • Maintained robust documentation of test results, providing valuable insights for future development efforts.
  • Identified opportunities for automation, implementing script-based tests to minimize manual effort and increase accuracy.
  • Enhanced product performance by conducting comprehensive regression testing on new updates.
  • Facilitated effective communication between developers and testers, fostering collaboration in resolving issues quickly.

Education

MCA - Computer Applications Development

CUSAT
Alleppey
05.2007 - 04.2010

Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Application

Theivanai Ammal College For Women (Thiruvalluvar University)
Villupuram, Tamil Nadu
05.2004 - 04.2007

Skills

  • UFT automation testing

  • Selenium Java

  • cucumber

  • TestNG

  • QC/ALM

  • VS TFS

  • JIRA project management

  • Azure DevOps management

  • Agile methodology expertise

  • Agile project management

  • Kanban

  • Proficient in Spotify

  • Waterfall project management

Selenium

Certification

ISTQB CTFL - Certified tester, foundation level

Experience Highlights

  • UST Global, Lead I - Software Testing, 07/31/18, 12/08/21, Equifax, 1.5 years, Atlas Integration, Senior Test Specialist, 2 Weeks, Jira, Equifax Workforce Solutions (EWS) has been using legacy billing system ‘Solomon’ for invoicing Clients towards usage of Equifax's business critical ES applications like TCI, TFM, PPay, I9, Onboarding and UC. As Solomon is getting phased out, it is a mandate to integrate these applications with the Equifax global financial tracking and reporting system – 'Atlas'., Xerox, 1 year, UStore Implementation, Implementation Lead, Xmpie uStore allows print service providers (PSP), creative agencies, and corporate marketing departments to quickly build e-commerce–enabled stores for ordering everything from personalized documents to email programs and customized point-of-purchase materials.
  • SFO Technologies, Senior Test Engineer, 12/01/15, 02/28/17, SIEMENS, 8 months, Nexus-Phase1, Nexus-Phase1 systems are designed as surgical C-ARM X-Ray modality., ELGI, 6 months, CMS, ELGI equipment Limited is a leading air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems.
  • UST Global, Senior Tester, 09/01/13, 02/28/15, Tickets.com, 1 year, Tickets.com, Tickets.com is a leading business-to-business ticketing solutions provider for live events.
  • Orion India Systems Pvt. Ltd., QA Analyst, 06/01/10, 09/30/13, KPMG, 3.3 years, eAudIT, Project eAudIT, which is fully customizable electronic workflows offer industry-leading audit design flexibility for KPMG’s auditing engagements.

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 4 staff members.
  • Collaborated with team of 7 in the development of Xmpie uStore.
  • Ensure team is progressing for timely delivery of product; facilitate feedback to Product Owner for risks, found work, and requirement gaps.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.

Software

UFT, Selenium Java, cucumber, TestNG

QC/ALM, VS TFS, JIRA, Azure Devops

MS SQL Server, Oracle (PL/SQL Developer)

Banking and finance, Auditing, Healthcare, Retail

Interests

Dancing

Acting

Timeline

Lead I - Software Testing

UST Global
07.2018 - 12.2021

Implementation Lead

UST Global
07.2018 - 12.2021

Senior Test Engineer

SFO Technologies
12.2015 - 02.2017

Senior Tester

UST Global
09.2013 - 02.2015

QA Analyst

Orion India Systems Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 09.2013

MCA - Computer Applications Development

CUSAT
05.2007 - 04.2010

Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Application

Theivanai Ammal College For Women (Thiruvalluvar University)
05.2004 - 04.2007

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