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• University degree (Bachelors & Masters) in computer science and Over 9+ years work experience in a QA Analyst and 3+ years experience as Test Lead. Encompassing analysis and comprehensive testing in SIT and UAT in complex IT projects for global clients in Telecommunications, Banking, Finance and Retail domains.• Hands on Experience in developing test strategy, test cases and plans, ensuring meticulous documentation. Conducted unit, functional, smoke, integration, and regression testing to guarantee software quality. Provided support to a team of QA Analysts, ensuring daily status activities were on track and work was allocated effectively.• Actively participated in meetings with team members and customers, fostering collaboration with developers and management teams. Performed risk analysis, work estimations, and prepared test-related documentation to plan the working process, identifying tools and technologies for testing purposes.• Analyzed requirements, prepared lists of questions for incomplete, ambiguous, and contradictory requirements, ensuring effective testing. Created checklists, test cases, and executed manual and automated test cases, tracked defects and reported results.• Supported the setup of the test environment and test data before executing test cases. Ensured business requirements were mapped to functional specifications with sufficient test coverage.• Experience in handling small team of testers, providing guidance on best practices for QA, and tracking progress for both automated and manual testing.• Worked both independently in small works and collaboratively as part of large works team.