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Nayana Pulikkal

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Experienced Software Quality Assurance Tester with 5 years of dealing with testing and support in both desktop and web-based environments. Detail-oriented with proven experience in defect identification, documentation, and reporting. Not shy about raising concerns or advocating for customers' needs. Expert in writing test cases and scripts.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Concentrix Catalyst
Melbourne, VIC
03.2022 - 01.2024
  • Worked on NSW Transport Opal Project.
  • Worked in a Agile and Scaled Agile methodology.
  • Actively participated in PI Planning and Sprint Planning sessions.
  • Executed SQL queries to validate data integrity in the databases.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
  • Analyzed user stories and acceptance criteria to create test plans and test cases.
  • Reviewed project documentation such as requirement specifications, design documents.
  • Provided feedback on product design decisions from a quality assurance perspective.
  • Created and executed test cases for large business initiatives, automating test cases and for regular execution.
  • Learned new testing methods through continued education and research.
  • Assisted in developing test strategies for new projects including risk assessment analysis.
  • Extensively tested mobile apps across multiple devices and platforms.
  • Wrote clear bug reports with detailed reproduction steps for developers.
  • Participated in code reviews and identified areas of improvement.
  • Created test results and tested summary deliverables to enable production implementation readiness.
  • Verified aspects of integration testing, functional testing and regression testing.
  • Performed functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
  • Documented all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
  • Utilized bug tracking systems such as JIRA to report, track and resolve identified issues.
  • Led TDD (Test Driven Development), Functional and Integration, Regression and UAT Testing initiatives.
  • Worked with product development engineers to isolate issues by collecting and analyzing detailed process steps, log files and data input.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices in QA techniques.

Software Tester

Corptec Technology Partners Australia
Melbourne, VIC
07.2021 - 12.2021
  • Performed Manual Software Testing.
  • Learned CPQ Domain.
  • Involved in defect reporting, defect tracking and defect reproducing.
  • Hands on experience with Salesforce and JIRA.
  • Worked in an Agile environment with a sprint duration of 2 weeks.
  • Participated in sprint planning meetings to provide input on testability of user stories.
  • Conducted early debugging procedures in new web and desktop applications through review of event logs and code structures to pinpoint sources of software malfunction and recommend solutions.

Software Test Engineer

Tavant technologies
Bangalore, India
12.2017 - 12.2019
  • Performed Functional/Non-functional testing, Mobile/Tablet Web Application testing, Mobile/Tablet native App Testing Web Application testing, Web service testing, Database testing and Reporting/Analytics Testing.
  • Identified, prioritized and tracked defects using JIRA and supported developers in resolving problems.
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
  • Actively participated in all QA and testing activities during UAT and PROD SDLC.
  • Hands on experience using Postman, JIRA, MongoDB AND Selenium

Education

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Computer Science And Engineering

CUSAT
India
04-2017

Skills

  • Testing Script Development
  • Agile Software Development
  • Risk Management
  • Test Case Management
  • Software Compatibility Testing
  • Defect Tracking and Reporting
  • Scenarios and Use Cases
  • Results and Deadline-Driven
  • Test Plans and Test Methodologies
  • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Continuous-Integration Testing
  • Web and Mobile Application QA
  • Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
  • Performance Testing
  • Defect Resolution
  • Black Box Testing
  • Penetration Testing
  • Programming Languages: Java, C#
  • Database Querying
  • White Box Testing
  • Team Collaboration
  • Test Planning
  • Scrum Methodology
  • Compatibility Testing

Timeline

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Concentrix Catalyst
03.2022 - 01.2024

Software Tester

Corptec Technology Partners Australia
07.2021 - 12.2021

Software Test Engineer

Tavant technologies
12.2017 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Computer Science And Engineering

CUSAT

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