YAMISHYA POLUNATI

Sunnyvale, CA-94086 Phone: 408-701-7273 / 408-708-9451

E-mail:

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a position as a Quality Assurance Engineer, where I can effectively utilize my strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

  • 5 years of strong professional experience as a Quality Test Engineer in testing client & Server based software applications, mobile connectivity and security software for both Windows and Mac Operating Systems.
  • Experience in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)(V-Model, Agile) with specific focus on testing.
  • Expertise in using Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), which includes Risk Analysis, Planning Process, Test Design, Performing Test, Defect Tracking and Test Reporting.
  • Extensive experience in Manual Testing like Database, GUI testing, Functional, Regression, Performance and User Acceptance Testing.
  • Strong experience with Test Plan formulation, Test Conditions, Developing and Maintaining Test scripts, analyzing the results of scripts and coordinating test case review (Functional and requirement specifications).
  • Experience with QA Methodology and QA Validations to ensure the Quality Assurance Control.
  • Contributed to the creating and running the automatic test scripts of regression testing and functional testing using QuickTestPro(QTP),QA Wizard pro andQuality Center, Selenium.
  • Good experience in test strategy, planning, test repository & defect/issue management, Test status Review (TSR) and management reporting/metrics.
  • Hands on experience with System Testing (Stress), Functionality Testing (White & Black Box), End to End Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing, Web application Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Unit testing.
  • Ability to successfully handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team environment.
  • Communicate regularly with other teammates and development teams to provide support.
  • Ability to take on high-risk testing tasks and deliver high-quality software on time.
  • Maintaining internal Wiki page for Quality group.
  • Have excellent analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills with good work ethics and ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization.
  • Quick learner and self-motivated, excellent interpersonal skills and a team player with leadership abilities. Facilitate group in task accomplishments.

EDUCATION:

Masters in Information Technology and Management, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages / C, C++, Java, Assembly Languages (8085/8086), Visual Basic 6, Perl, .Net
Databases and Web Servers / Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, Tomcat, Glassfish
Development Environments / Visual Studio, Visual Basic, NetBeans, Eclipse
Web Technologies / XML, HTML, Adobe Flash, PHP, CSS, Struts
Operating Systems / Mac 10.5, Mac 10.6, Windows 2000, Windows 2003,Windows XP, Windows Vista
Project Management Tools /
  • Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop CS2, EDraw, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio.

Testing Tools /
  • HP Quality Center, Clear Quest,Test Director, Quick Test Professional, QA Wizard Pro, Load Runner, Selenium, Firebug

Signal Processing Tools / DSP Processors, MATLAB, SIMULINK, ADIsimPLL.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Client: Kare LLC, Washington D.C Jan, 2011 – Till Date

Role: SoftwareQA Engineer

Environment:Selenium, Java, Junit, NetBeans, Eclipse, SQL, Jira, SVN, CSS, Spring, Hibernate

Responsibilities:

  • Assisted in development of a web based application employing Java, Spring, Hibernate,CSS.
  • Performed Unit testing on the module assigned.
  • Participated in scrum meetings and code reviews.
  • Reviewed product requirement documents, functional specification, and involved in developing test strategy, test plan and test case documents.
  • Performed smoke, regression, functional, integration, system and user interface testing.
  • Reviewed software requirements, developed automated test plans and created automated tests scripts via Quick Test Professional and JUNIT scripts via Selenium Remote Control.
  • Responsible for database testing using SQL queries in SQL Server.
  • Performed UI testing of CSS using Firebug.
  • Tracked defects using Jira and generated defect summary reports.
  • Interacted with business analysts and other software developers for bug review and attended QA meetings with the client.
  • Performed manual UI testing on Ipad App.

Client: Smith Micro Software,Inc. Chicago,IL Apr, 2010 – Dec, 2010

Role: Quality Engineer, Wireless & Mobility

Environment: Jira, Manual Testing, Gobi modules, Embedded devices, Visual Studio, VC++ &MFC, QA Wizard Pro, Clear quest, HTML, SQL, Macintosh-Unix , VB.net

Responsibilities:

  • Test plan development - worked closely with software engineers to develop test plans and test strategies based on functional specifications for Windows and Mac OS.
  • Test automation - Worked with developers to create automated test cases using QA Wizard pro, VC++ and executing and modifying them based on the customer requirements.
  • Mobile Testing - Tested all major OEM branded devices with Windows, Android and Black berry Operating systems. Tested software performance against some of the applications like Bluetooth, Gps, Gsm, Cdma, WI-Max, Wi-Fi, Dial up and flight mode.
  • Customer support - Provided support for customer by regularly attending meetings and resolving issues regarding software.
  • Client Training - Performed testing and provided training in different Lab environments by visiting customer locations at Clearwire.
  • Field and Lab Testing - Testing GPS functionality against customer requirements by collecting data at different geographic locations by going through vehicle level test.
  • GUI and Graphics Testing– Performed Manual Testing for the GUI functionality of the application also executed test cases for both standalone and web-based applications using Selenium.
  • Mac Projects - Managed iOS-based projects for Comcast, Clearwire projects successfully and leading team assignments including assigning tasks to team members, monitoring their test executions, reviewing submitted bugs, and assigning bugs to development. Mentored and trained teammates, new hires on Mac OS based projects, testing techniques, testing environments, and testing tools.

Client: Motorola, Libertyville, IL Jan, 2010 –Mar,2010

Role: Home and Settings Test Engineer

Environment: Test Central, Bugzilla, RSD lite, Radiocomm, ADB, QPST, QXDM, Jira

Responsibilities:

  • Execution of test procedures and user workflows as a process of system level testing using Test Central.
  • Defect analysis and tracking using Jira.
  • Test automation using Bird scripts.
  • Analyze hardware performance and network log data, network and non-network testing with Qualcomm tools
  • Performed mobile User Interface testing with various android applications.
  • UI/Monkey – Stress and stability testing
  • Memory Leak, KPI, Moto DAQ, Logcat - capture and analyses on Android phones
  • Automated the build picking for a device, flashing and also the extraction of logs.
  • Extraction of CPU utilization logs.

Client: Siemens Medical Solutions, Hoffman Estates, IL Jan,2009 –Dec, 2009

Role: Software Test Engineer

Environment: Quick Test Professional, VBScript, Perl, HP Quality center, Load Runner, WinRunner.

Responsibilities:

  • Installation of production equivalent software on production systems.
  • Execution of test procedures and user workflows as a process of system level testing using HP Quality Center.
  • Defect analysis and tracking using HP quality center.
  • Test automation using QTPto run endurance tests over medical systems.
  • Created performance test scripts (LoadRunner) to check the response time during development phase.
  • Monitoring of test labs running automated tests and making sure the requirements are met.
  • Application development using Visual Basic 6and Perlto acquire and analyze endurance test logs.
  • Developed batch processes to perform prerequisites and update the endurance test labs with the latest build.
  • Developed tools using VBScript to automate the test result log collection and distribution through email.
  • Attended QA meeting for issue tracking and analysis.
  • Worked with the development team to perform additional negative testing to make sure the medical product would meet the FDA standards.

Client: Tekmark Global Inc, Chicago, IL Jan, 2008 – Dec, 2008

Role: Software QA Engineer

Environment:J2EE, HTML, XML, SQL Server /Oracle, Windows XP, HP Quality Center, QTP, Visual Basic.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in analyzing system design specifications and developedTest Plans,Test ScenariosandTest Cases.
  • Performed bothmanualandautomationtesting and created various test tools to track the testing results.
  • Exported requirements, test cases into theQuality Center,ran manual and automation test cases from test lab and log defects from defects module.
  • Followed up with standard software testing life cycle (STLC) to perform various testing procedures.
  • Participated in review meeting for creating test plan, test cases and analyzing testing documents.
  • Participated to create test analysis reports (TAR) and maintain them in Quality center.
  • Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in the UAT environment.
  • PerformedFunctional TestingusingQuality Center.
  • Developed automation scripts inQTPto automatesmokeandregressiontesting.
  • Improved the QTP scripts by applying parameters, checkpoints, synchronizations points.
  • DevelopedSQLQueries to create test data from different Oracle Test databases.
  • Performed database testing by writing queries inOracle.
  • Worked closely with the development team to resolve technical issues to ensure the overall quality of the software.
  • Worked in co-ordination with offshore development and testing teams.

Client: IIT, Chicago,IL Sep, 2007 – Dec, 2007

Role: Testing Assistant

Environment: Manual testing, QTP, MySQL, .Net

Responsibilities:

  • Reviewed functional requirement documents and recognized test scenarios.
  • Involved in implementing test-plans and test-cases built on high-leveled and detailed design.
  • Performed manual testing, constraints verification testing, and the functional testing.
  • Participated in the Test Case walkthroughs and assessment meetings.
  • Worked with development team to resolve the difficulties came across in a test execution.
  • Contributed in regular status meetings to discuss any bugs, problems and risks.
  • Developed applications on .Net platform to monitor the logs.
  • Automated testcases using QTP.

Client: ICOMM Tele Limited, Hyderabad, India Aug, 2006 – July, 2007

Role: QAEngineer

Environment: Visual DSP++, Matlab, ADIsimPLL, ADIsimDDS, Windows XP,C, Test Director

Responsibilities:

  • Participated in the design and implementation of a frequency synthesizer and controller.
  • Reviewed functional requirement documents and recognized test scenarios.
  • Designed test strategy, testplan and testcases based on the functional requirements and project goals.
  • Performed manual testing at component level.
  • Involved in bug reporting and tracking using test director.