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Hafsa Shaik

Senior Test Analyst
Ottoway,SA

Summary

With a diverse background spanning banking, federal government, consulting services, and highly regulated sectors, I have consistently made a significant impact throughout my career. At Accenture, the world's largest consulting firm, I excelled in application testing analytics. My focus has always been on driving value by generating meaningful ideas and engineering solutions for complex challenges. I have a proven track record of delivering nationwide operational improvements for iconic businesses. Dedicated to making a difference and achieving results.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Functional Tester

Department of Health
Adelaide, South Australia
09.2023 - Current

As a result of unforeseen changes within the company, hundreds of roles, including my own were made redundant from our site and across the business

  • Created and managed functional test cases using Azure DevOps and Salesforce for testing processes
  • Collaborated with development teams to identify, document, and resolve functional issues and software bugs
  • Executed end-to-end, regression, and integration testing to ensure software system reliability
  • Presented project highlights and achievements to stakeholders, ensuring alignment throughout the development cycle
  • Implemented approaches to test data management, enhancing efficiency in testing procedures
  • Played a role in enhancing collaboration and communication within the project team
  • Contributed to continuous improvement initiatives in software quality assurance processes.

Test Engineer

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
Adelaide, South Australia
01.2022 - 06.2023
  • Reviewed the business requirements and developed test plans in Confluence, executed test cases, and documented defects in JIRA and generated test summary reports ensuring testing integrity
  • Facilitated communication with the development team, providing explanations for prompt bug resolution
  • Leveraged Postman for API testing, monitoring response times for optimal performance
  • Fostered collaboration with third-party teams for issue resolution and integration
  • Contributed to process improvement initiatives, enhancing testing methodologies
  • Identified and troubleshooted complex technical issues, enhancing software reliability
  • Recognized for delivering high-quality testing outcomes and resolving challenges within teams
  • Scope of role: Responsible for creating test plans, executing tests, and diligently reporting defects in JIRA, ensuring thoroughness and accuracy in testing procedures
  • Maintained close communication with the development team to clarify bug issues efficiently
  • Utilized Postman to rigorously test APIs, meticulously monitoring response times
  • Collaborated effectively with third-party teams to address and resolve raised issues promptly, contributing to the overall quality and reliability of software systems.

Business Analyst

Zions Bank
Utah
07.2010 - 04.2011

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather and analyse business requirements, contributing to the successful delivery of new initiatives and strategic projects.
• Conducted thorough process analysis and documentation to ensure alignment with business objectives and goals.
• Developed Project Briefs, Business Cases, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test plans to support project execution.
• Facilitated change management activities to minimize disruption and ensure seamless implementation of solutions.
• Developed and maintained system documentation, including user guides and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Collaborated with vendors and internal IT teams to resolve system issues and optimize system performance.
• Maintained open communication channels with key stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency throughout project lifecycles.

QA Tester

Pitney Bowes
Stamford, CT
06.2009 - 06.2010

• Involved with Highly Dynamic Environment with Sprint Teams with Agile Methodology.
• Actively participated in all phases of testing life cycle including document reviews, inspections, and project status meetings.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases based on the Functional Specifications.
• Actively participated in creating requirements traceability matrix in Excel
• Helped in implementing testing objectives by studying and understanding the functionality of the application being tested
• Responsible for Functional, Regression, Integration, Smoke testing and User Interface Testing.
• Performed Integration testing on internal and external interfaces to validate all system components with each other and other systems accurately
• Created Scenarios by defining Virtual users of different simulation groups
• Performed cross browser functionality testing on multiple versions of IE/NS.
• Review and Approve Requirements and Business Design
• Create User Acceptance Test Cases (UAT)
• Responsible for detailed product documentation which includes user guides and training materials
• Quick Setup, Execution and report of Findings for Smoke Test for each Build.
• Performed manual testing of the functionality of the application by inserting data on different test runs.
• Update and circulate change requests, prioritize issues, identify open issues, weekly status reports and set deadlines for inclusion in the build.
• Responsible for entering, Tracking bugs in Quality Center and reporting the defects to the developers for Modification Request
• Use Quality Center as defect tracking system, including submitting and assigning defects to the application developers along with the release of defect aging reports.

QA Analyst

Barber Foods
Portland
01.2008 - 05.2009

• Performed Requirement Analysis based on the functional specifications provided.
• Created test cases and performed test execution in Quality Center.
• Bug reporting and verification.
• Performed functional testing.
• Test the User Interface to make sure there are no errors while browsing.
• Test and verify the Login workflow process.
• Validate the Requirements traceability matrix.
• Also did the Production support to support the batch jobs as well as operational/maintenance tasks
• Involved in database testing to write and execute SQL queries by using SQL.

Software Tester

Way2Wealth
Bangalore
03.2006 - 11.2007

• Involved in writing and implementation of the various Test cases and Test scripts.
• Developed and executed test cases by understanding the requirements documents to evaluate the functionalities
• Actively participated in creating requirements traceability matrix in Excel
• Helped in implementing testing objectives by studying and understanding the functionality of the application being tested
• Responsible for Functional, Regression, Integration, Smoke testing and User Interface Testing.
• Responsible for detailed product documentation which includes user guides and training materials.

Tester

JK Seeds
India, New South Wales
03.2005 - 02.2006
  • Responsible for creating a detailed documented test plans/scripts and test cases.
    • Involved in creating the test data in test environment.
    • Manually performed, end-to end testing, System testing, and Regression Testing, Functional testing, Performance testing, and User Acceptance testing.
    • Defined, presented and documented Test Plans and Test strategies for each release of the CRP (Conference Room Pilot) process.
    • Involved in testing the Customers, Vendors, Item master conversions in oracle from the data extracted in Legacy system.
    • Communicating the issues to the developers and retesting upon receiving new builds.
    • Involved in writing and executing the SQL Scripts to match the records count in conversions.
    • Involved in creating, testing and documenting the procedures for processing orders, invoices using the converted customer, item master data in CRP2.
    • Involved in testing and documenting the order to invoice flow by using the converted open orders and tested the closed orders also.
    • Involved in writing and maintaining the changes in Test Plans based on Business Specifications in each CRP process.
    • Responsible for reporting the defective test results on daily basis to the team.
    • Involved in doing End-to-End testing, Positive, Negative, Regression, Integration for Order Management form customization i.e. Freight and Handling.
    • Done testing and documenting the results of custom reports comparing with standard reports.
    • Tested and documented the results of a custom form.

Education

Bachelor of Technology -

KLCE
India
03.1996 - 06.2000

Skills

Functional Testing

Regression Testing

API Testing

SQL Server

HTML

Postman

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Testing DevOps

Jira

Confluence

PowerBI

DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Postman

Certification

ISTQB Foundation Level Test Analyst

Accomplishments

  • Developed, documented, and maintained functional test cases and test data for multiple projects.
  • Collaborated closely with developers to clarify and document functional issues and bug fixes, ensuring smooth project progression.
  • Conducted end-to-end, regression, and integration testing, ensuring high-quality software deliverables.
  • Presented project highlights and functional aspects to key stakeholders, showcasing project progress and achievements.
  • Conducted detailed process analysis and documentation, aligning project activities with business objectives and goals.
  • Produced comprehensive test plans, executed tests, and reported defects, contributing to the enhancement of software quality.

Databases

SQL Server

Testingskills

  • API Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Regression Testing

Methodologies

Agile Methodologies

Domainexposure

  • Health
  • Banking
  • Private Sector
  • Public Sector

Previousroles

  • Cloud Migration & Imp Analyst | Accenture
  • Business Analyst | Zions Bank
  • Production Support/QA Tester | Pitney Bowes
  • Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst | Barber Foods
  • Quality Assurance/Tester | Way2Wealth

Profile Snapshot

  • 2023-24, Functional Tester, Department of Health, Created and managed functional test cases using Azure DevOps and Salesforce for testing processes., Collaborated with development teams to identify, document, and resolve functional issues and software bugs., Executed end-to-end, regression, and integration testing to ensure software system reliability., Presented project highlights and achievements to stakeholders, ensuring alignment throughout the development cycle., Implemented approaches to test data management, enhancing efficiency in testing procedures., Played a role in enhancing collaboration and communication within the project team., Contributed to continuous improvement initiatives in software quality assurance processes.
  • 2022-23, Test Engineer, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Reviewed the business requirements and developed test plans in Confluence, executed test cases, and documented defects in JIRA and generated test summary reports ensuring testing integrity., Facilitated communication with the development team, providing explanations for prompt bug resolution., Leveraged Postman for API testing, monitoring response times for optimal performance., Fostered collaboration with third-party teams for issue resolution and integration., Contributed to process improvement initiatives, enhancing testing methodologies., Identified and troubleshooted complex technical issues, enhancing software reliability., Recognized for delivering high-quality testing outcomes and resolving challenges within teams.

Professionalreferees

  • Swati Soni, Test Manager/People Lead (Accenture), Available upon request
  • Prerna Pallavi, Test Lead (Accenture), Available upon request

Languages

HTML

Timeline

Functional Tester

Department of Health
09.2023 - Current

Test Engineer

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
01.2022 - 06.2023

Business Analyst

Zions Bank
07.2010 - 04.2011

QA Tester

Pitney Bowes
06.2009 - 06.2010

QA Analyst

Barber Foods
01.2008 - 05.2009

Software Tester

Way2Wealth
03.2006 - 11.2007

Tester

JK Seeds
03.2005 - 02.2006

Bachelor of Technology -

KLCE
03.1996 - 06.2000
Hafsa ShaikSenior Test Analyst