Sonal Sharma

Mobile: +91 8806698652 E-Mail:sonasha03 @gmail.com

Solutions-focused manual tester with 5.5 years of manual, functional, content and mobile application testing, AEM Testing experience; high-level proficiency with HP ALM and JIRA. Experienced in BFSI domain; Knowledge of Software Testing Life Cycle process.

Extensive hands on creating writing/running test scripts to pinpoint software defects, track bugs, close open defects and validate functionality.

ISTQB Foundation Level Certified

Experienced on the Agile and Water Fall Based Projects.

TECHNOLOGY & TESTING PROFICIENCIES Testing Tools: HP ALM, SQL, SOAP UI, Advanced Query Tool, Freemind, JIRA 6.4.10

Testing Methodologies:Web Testing, Web content testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, Functional Testing, Sanity Testing, Mobile App Testing, Mainframe Testing

PROJECT DETAILS

Domain: Banking Duration: August 2014 till Feb 2016Project IV : Corporate CommunicationEmployer: Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd Client: Barclays Bank(Offshore)Role: Test Analyst Team size: 20Scope: Barclays provides the internal communication in the form of various portals and websites. This project is about testing the content, templates and images provided on the sites to the user to ensure the correctness of the communication being dispatched to the users.

Skills Web Testing, AEM Testing, Adobe CQ5 Template, Content and Component Testing , Regression Testing, GUI Testing in mobile and tablets, Functional Testing.

Responsibilities

Technical Responsibilities: 

Worked on the testing of Web Content created using Adobe CQ5 ECM tool.

Mobile Testing: Tested the GUI and other relevant functionalities of the website under test; on Android and i-OS platforms which included Mobile and Tablets such as iPhone 6+, Galaxy S5, iPad

Mini, iPad Air, Samsung Tab 7” and Samsung Tab 10”.

Have analyzed the functional requirements for the projects in the initial phases in coordination with the Business Analyst.

Directly coordinated and worked with the client in order to understand the requirements for the testing to be performed.

Prepared the test plans for the scope definition.

Created Mind Maps using FreeMind in order to list down the requirements from the Functional Specification more precisely.

Developed test cases, as per the requirements and according to the application functionality.

Prepared and acquired the test data.

Executed the functional test cases.

Executed the test cases for testing the content and images which are part of the websites.

Worked on the Authoring of templates (pages) and publishing the same in order to test the code.

Have worked on the Agile Model.

Have been part of all the Sprint planning calls as a representative from the test team.

Have been the representative from the test team in the Sprint retrospectives.

Tracked and managed defects throughout each release using HP ALM and JIRA 6.4.10.

Management Responsibilities:

Extensive Client Interaction. Have signed off and delivered projects single handedly.

Officiated as the team lead in the absence of the lead.

Mentored the new team members for the project.

Have created Daily Progress Reports and shared with the Development Team and the Business Analysts involved with the team.

PROJECT DETAILS

Domain: Insurance Duration: December 2013 to August 2014Project III : IIP

Employer: Capgemini India Private Ltd Client: HSBC Bank (Onshore)Role: Test Engineer Team size: 22Scope: HSBC provides Insurance to the customers in many forms of products such as Term Assurances, Mortgage Assurances, Life Choice products, Income Protection Plans, Flexi Life Plans etc. The project is concentrated on the testing of these products. The application is a web application.

Skills Application Testing using Test Harness, Regression Testing, Sanity Testing.

Responsibilities

Worked on Agile model based projects. Worked at the Client Location in close vicinity with the product

owner. Synched with the Client and the Stakeholders in order to

understand the requirements and test the same. Coordinating with Functional Team to Understand & Test New

Functionality. Developed test cases, as per the requirements and according to

the application functionality. Prepared and acquired the test data. Have updated QC with the test cases and execution status. Have performed defect tracking in QC. Have participated in the Demos for every Sprint Release to the

Stake Holders. Mentored the new team members for the project.

PROJECT DETAILS

Domain: Insurance Duration October 2012 To December

2013Project II : LIC eFEAP

Employer: Wipro Technologies Private Ltd Client: LIC(Onshore)

Role: Manual Test Engineer Team size: 5

Scope: LIC eFEAP project is a front end application designed to replace the existing command mode application. The purpose of this project was to create User friendly GUI that enhances the work experience of the end user. The scope of the project was to reengineer the FEAP application. Earlier FEAP application was developed in MicroFocusCobol. Now new Efeap has front end in JAVA and backend as Microfocus COBOL.Skills Web Testing using SOAP UI and SQL, Regression Testing.

Responsibilities Thoroughly studied documents to understand domain and upcoming areas of Testing.

Worked as main tester of Policy Servicing module of eFeap-LIC application.

Written test cases. Test Case / Script Review, End to End support for Complex

mainframe Applications. Executed basic SQL queries to fetch data from the database. Regular and on time updates to test repository/status reporting

tools visible to customer. A rich experience in client interaction. Created and improved the documentation of QA testing practices

to enhance repeatability, saving time and money and encouraging testing standardization and best practices.

Mentored the new team members for guiding through the project.

Officiated as the Team Lead for a couple of months.

PROJECT DETAILS

Domain: BFSI Duration: Sept 2010 till Sept 2012

Project I : RAFT QA

Employer: Wipro Technologies Private Ltd Client: Fifth Third Bank(Offshore)

Role: Manual Test Engineer Team size: 7

Scope: Fifth Third Bank, Fortune 500 company, provides finance and banking services to its customers. It is headquartered at Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.RAFT QA project offers the entire spectrum of testing of mainframes applications. Services include system/integration testing and regression testing.

Skills Online Testing for screens developed using CICS screens, Batch Testing, Regression Testing

Responsibilities Testing of the online 3270 and leprechaun functions. Have handled many projects which involved test job

preparation(JCL). Test Plan preparation, manipulating the input files to test various

scenarios, test-case write-up and so on. Defect logging and retesting. Contributions to the knowledge repositories in the form of work

around documents. Involved in knowledge transitions conducted for the team. Client interaction & Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a

fast paced, high volume, deadline driven environment. Ability to understand customer needs and manage expectations. Understanding requirements from the Functional Requirement

and proposing designs as per requirements and Preparing Effort Estimation as per the requirement.

Mentored the new team members for guiding through the project.

Academics

Degree Year Discipline Institution Marks (%)

Graduation 2010 Information Technology

Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology

77.8

Intermediate 2006 PCM CBSE 70.8High School 2004 All Subjects CBSE 85.8

Achievements Youth Merit Award by Rotary Club Of Kanpur South for participation in 19th Rotary Jet

science models contest. Secured first position, twice, in the AirForce Zonal Level Declamation Contest.

Awarded with certificate of appreciation by the Academic Director of college for securing highest marks in the academic session 2008-09.

Awarded with certificate by the Student Activity Council for coordinating the event ‘Code Spore’ in the National Inter Institutional festival ‘Jagriti 09’.

Leisure Activities Listening to music. Watching SitComs, other television series and Dance shows.

Personal Dossier Date of Birth October 3, 1988Father's Name G K SharmaPassport YesLanguages Known English and HindiCurrent Address J-502, Jarvari Society, Pimple Saudagar, Pune- 411027