Niharika Singhal has over 7 years of experience in quality assurance, testing web, cloud, and storage applications. She has extensive experience developing test plans, cases, and scripts using tools like HP Quality Center and Bugzilla. She is proficient in both manual and automated testing methods and has worked on projects involving NAS servers, cloud portals, hybrid hard drives, and storage arrays.

1. Niharika Singhal
Mail Id- niharika.singhal26@gmail.com
Contact No. - +1-510-320-9669
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
· 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Design, implementation of Client/Server, Cloud Computing and Web Based
applications
· Extensive experience in Web applications, Web services, Web methods,
· Extensive experience in Cloud Iaas Portal, Storage Area Network (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS)
· Diverse experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Quality Assurance, Manual Testing and Automated
Testing using Test Director/ Quality Center, Bugzilla, Niagra, Fogbugz, SVN, Iometer, SOLIDFIRE.
· Complete understanding of QA Methodology and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) such as Waterfall and Agile,
(Scrum).
· Experience in setting up the test environment, installations and configuration.
· Expertise in Manual and Automated testing of various Web based and Cloud based applications.
· Expertise in developing test documents like Test Plans, Creating and Executing Test Cases & Test Scripts
· Strong expertise in establishing QA policies, procedures, strategies and developing appropriate process to ensure the
quality of product.
· Experienced in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements.
· Knowledge of Defect/Bug tracking system with the use of tools like HP QC, Bugzilla, Fogbugz
· Experience in importing/ exporting the Test case /data into QC and Bugzilla by using MS Word and Excel Add-ins.
· Vast experience in different testing methods such as Functional, System, Regression, Integration, Performance, Security,
Positive, Negative, End to End, UAT.
· Domains of Knowledge- Web, Storage, Energy and Cloud Computing.
· Experience in creating Test deliverables- Test Plan, Use Case, Test Report, Test Graph Report, Bug Report, User
Manual, Application Build, Performance Report using Quality Center and Ms Office
· Worked closely with Developers, Business Analyst and Project manager to test and document new product and new
product enhancements.
· Excellent Analytical, Decision-Making and Organizational Skills to trouble shoot the problems.
· Excellent in co-ordination and communication with different type of team.
· Committed Team Player with an ability to handle/organize multiple projects simultaneously.
TECHNICAL SKILL
Languages: C, Tcl, Shell
Databases: My SQL, Oracle
Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Ubuntu
Software Package: MS OFFICE, OPEN OFFICE
Reporting Tools: HP QC, Bugzilla, Fogbugz
Testing Tools: Quality Center, Test Director, Bugzilla, Fogbugz
Bug Tracking Tools: Quality center10, 9.2, Test Director 8.0, JIRA, Bugzilla
VMware Tools: VMware Cloud Director, vShield Manager
Virtualization: VMware Server and Oracle Virtual Box
Storage Domain: Storage Array, RAID, Snapshot, Storage Management, Hybrid Drives
CERTIFICATIONS
· Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP)
· Certified HP QC 10.0 Software Test Professional
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2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Duration Designation Organization
Sept 2014 to Present QA Analyst Redstack Computing, USA
Nov 2013 to May 2014 Sr. Software Engineer HGST, Japan
Dec 2011 to Oct 2013 Sr. Software Test Engineer Calsoft India Pvt. Ltd, Pune
June 2011 to Dec 2011 Software Test Engineer Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd, Pune
Feb 2010 to June 2011 Software Test Engineer Sphoorti Enterprises, Nagpur
July 2007 to April 2008 Software Engineer NexGEN Consultancy Pvt. Ltd, Noida
HGST ー A Western Digital Company – ( Sr. Software Engineer)
I was responsible to coordinate with development team to understand a new hybrid hard disk was being designed to leverage the high
storage capacity of Hard disk and high performance capacity of SSD’s. Flash memory was being incorporated within the Hard disk
and firmware was modified to cache the HOT data for getting high IO.
Hard disk firmware implementation then writing test plan, test cases and explore methods & technologies to improve test coverage
and automate the test cases using Tcl test script.
Project: Hybrid Drives Performance Testing
Responsibilities:
· Design and developing test plans based on high-level documents.
· Performing requirements gathering and Hybrid Drives Performance Testing
· Attending meeting for project teams with business users, programmers and other analysts.
· Experienced in working with internal and external trading partners
· I was assigned to understand the firmware of conventional hard disk and SSD
· Carried out the performance testing of SSD and HDD using IOMeter.
· Carried out the performance testing of competitors Hybrid HDD and compare with the test and comparison report.
· Analyzing client business process functional requirements to develop high level test plans and detailed test cases for Drives.
· Active involvement in Identifying resource needs to prepare test data and execute test cases.
· Performed in executing manual and automated test cases for functional, performance and regression testing and
production validation.
· Analyzing software problems, providing clear and concise defect reports, and measuring risk of defects and reports to the
project team.
· Communicating with different development team to assure defect are addressed and validated after the fixes.
· Experienced in business and technical functionality of applications supported by work stream.
· Providing technical guidance/support to key customer groups who are users of the applications.
· Responsible to assist other tester to create user case and other testing document and able to test all the codes.
· Experienced in working with Initiate Inspector, Enterprise Viewer, and Web Report.
· Experienced working with all subject area/entity such as Consumer/Customer, Provider, Practitioner.
Environment: Hybrid Drives, IOmeter, Niagara, Fogbugz Windows 7, IE, Firefox, Mozilla,
Project: ColdStorage
Responsibilities:
· Understand functional requirements and write the test plan, test cases and execution.
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3. · Sequential/random read/write and check data integrity.
· Write on Track boundaries and check data integrity.
· Write/Read to different zones/region
Environment: ColdStorage Drives Niagara, Fogbugz Windows 7, IE, Firefox, Mozilla,
Cal soft India Pvt. Ltd – ( Sr. Software Test Engineer )
I was responsible for interacting with customer to understand the functional requirement, writing test plan, test cases, explore methods
& technologies to improve the test coverage and develop automated software testing capabilities to reduce manual testing efforts.
Project: NAS Server System Testing
BlueArc is a leading provider for high performance unified network storage systems to enterprise markets, as well as data intensive
market, such as electronic discovery, entertainment, federal government, higher education, Internet services, oil & gas and life
sciences. It support both network attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) services on a converged network storage
platform.
Responsibilities:
· Extensively involved in all phases of SDLC (Software development Life cycle) and follows Agile methodology.
· Involved in Preliminary discussions of the Project with the Core Team according to Business Requirement Document.
· Prepared test plan and developed test cases
· Managed and executed test cases and logged defects in defect reporting tool using Hp QC.
· Provided status reports to Project Manager.
· Interacted with developers for resolving the defects and setting the priorities.
· Prepared Test deliverables- Test Plan, Use Case, Test Report, Test Graph Report, Bug Report, User Manual,
Application Build, Performance Report using Quality Center and Ms Office
Environment: Quality Center 10, NAS, NFS, DFS, Windows XP, IE, Firefox, Mozilla.
Project: DataBarracks Secure Iaas Portal
A new Iaas portal was being designed to leverage the high storage capacity and high performance of virtual machine on cloud. This
portal was developed for computers and mobiles as an application.
Responsibilities:
· Designed and documenting Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and Test Strategies based on business requirements.
· Identified the Test Cases and documented them in Bugzilla and HP QC.
· Worked with the Developers and the test lead to verify the Test Cases.
· Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan.
· Performed Development Integration, System Integration, End to End and User Acceptance testing for the data services.
· Performed Functional testing, Performance testing and Regression testing to see the entire functionality using VMware
tools such as VMware Cloud Director, vShield Manager and SOLIDFIRE.
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
· Generated enhanced graphs and reports with Quality center.
· Provided weekly management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to
review defects.
· Handling four tester team
· Shared current topic related to Cloud Computing in the Test and Development team.
· Locked Show Stopper Bugs
Environment: Quality Center 10, Windows XP and 7, VMware tools, SOLIDFIRE VB scripting, MS-Office, Cloud Iaas Portal
Project: HUS VM CLI (Hitachi Data Systems)
HUS VM CLI is utility being developed for Business leaders of HDS. All CLI are compatible with the AMS/HUS SNM2/HM700
storage array.
Responsibilities:
· Studied Storage Array and RAID
· Designed and documenting Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and Test Strategies based on business requirements.
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4. · Prepared Test cases for both Windows and Linux Operating Systems.
· Identified the Test Cases and documented them in Bugzilla and HP QC.
· Worked with the Developers and the test lead to verify the Test Cases.
· Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan.
· Performed Development Integration, System Integration, End to End and User Acceptance testing for the data services.
· Performed Functional testing, Performance testing and Regression testing on Windows and Linux.
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
· Generated enhanced graphs and reports with Quality center.
· Provided weekly management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to
review defects.
· Handling four tester team
· Created User Manual and Build for client.
· Locked Show Stopper Bugs
Environment: Quality Center 9.0, UNIX, Windows XP and 7, MS OFFICE.
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd – ( Software Test Engineer )
I was responsible for writing test plan, test cases, review execution and bug reporting.
Project: RMS (Right Management Services)
RMS was a utility software tool being developed for Business leaders of Halliburton through Microsoft Rights Management Services
(RMS). The purpose of this service was to describe a means to protect email and Microsoft (MS) Office files from being viewed or
copied by unauthorized users and to recommend to the Executive Committee a level of protection that should be enabled by default on
email and any attached MS Office files.
Responsibilities:
· Analyzed business requirement documents, functional requirement documents, Use cases, and Use case diagrams.
· Developed Test Plans and Test Cases from the functional requirement document and scheduled the test case execution.
· Involved in Smoke, Functional, Regression, System, Integration and Security testing during all phases.
· Performed Compatibility testing using different browser like IE, Firefox.
· Validated various Hyperlinks on web pages also performed GUI testing manually.
· Participated in the team to performed User Acceptance Testing.
· Communicated testing progress to Business and Project Management team; setup meetings with project managers and other
senior members on the project to prioritize testing strategies and Exit Criteria for various testing cycles.
· Prepared Test cases MS Office on Windows Operating Systems.
· Identified the Test Cases and documented them in Bugzilla and HP QC.
· Worked with the Developers and the test lead to verify the Test Cases.
· Locked Show Stopper Bugs
· Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan.
· Performed Development Integration, System Integration, End to End and User Acceptance testing for the data services.
· Performed Functional testing, Performance testing and Regression testing on Windows and Linux.
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
· Generated enhanced graphs and reports with Quality center.
· Provided weekly management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to
review defects.
· Handling three Jr. tester team
Environment: Windows XP, 7 and Vista, MS OFFICE GUI, HP Quality Center 9.2.
Project: MODEM
MODEM was a utility software tool being developed for Business leaders of Halliburton. It was a web base application to facilitate
analysis, and need to understand the Order of flow of process like Mobilization and Demobilization.
Responsibilities:
· Attended Scrum meeting every day.
· Documented details of test plans, test cases and expected results in Test Director.
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5. · Extensively documented Test Requirements and Test Plan using Test Director to track the stakeholders requested
enhancements and changes.
· Analyzed the end-to-end functionality by testing the application manually.
· Carried out security tests to check that only valid users could access certain sections of the site.
· Writing and reviewing Manual test cases and customizing Test Director as needed.
· Participated in the team to performed User Acceptance Testing.
· Communicated testing progress to Business and Project Management team; setup meetings with project managers and other
senior members on the project to prioritize testing strategies and Exit Criteria for various testing cycles.
· Identified the Test Cases and documented them in Bugzilla and HP QC.
· Worked with the Developers and the test lead to verify the Test Cases.
· Locked Show Stopper Bugs
· Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan.
· Performed Development Integration, System Integration, End to End and User Acceptance testing for the data services.
· Performed Functional testing, Performance testing and Regression testing on Windows and Linux.
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
· Generated enhanced graphs and reports with Quality center.
· Provided weekly management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to
review defects.
· Handling three Jr. tester team
Environment: Windows XP and 7, Test Director 8.0, HP QC, MS-OFFICE.
Project: gRFS
gRFS was a utility software tool being developed for Business leaders of Halliburton.
· New shopping cart and checkout functions
· Region specific product listings
· New options for reassigning assets and returning items to surplus
· Multiple levels of financial approvals where needed
· Auto-populated entries based on your logon information
· Quick views into your current order status
Responsibilities:
· Documented details of test plans, test cases and expected results in Test Director.
· Extensively documented Test Requirements and Test Plan using Test Director to track the stakeholders requested
enhancements and changes.
· Analyzed the end-to-end functionality by testing the application manually.
· Carried out security tests to check that only valid users could access certain sections of the site.
· Writing and reviewing Manual test cases and customizing Test Director as needed.
· Participated in the team to performed User Acceptance Testing.
· Communicated testing progress to Business and Project Management team; setup meetings with project managers and other
senior members on the project to prioritize testing strategies and Exit Criteria for various testing cycles.
· Identified the Test Cases and documented them in Bugzilla and HP QC.
· Worked with the Developers and the test lead to verify the Test Cases.
· Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan.
· Performed Development Integration, System Integration, End to End and User Acceptance testing for the data services.
· Performed Functional testing, Performance testing and Regression testing on Windows and Linux.
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
· Generated enhanced graphs and reports with Quality center.
· Provided weekly management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to
review defects.
Environment: Windows XP and 7, Test Director 8.0, HP QC, MS-OFFICE
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6. Sphoorti Enterprises - ( Software Test Engineer )
I was responsible for writing test cases, review execution and bug reporting.
Project: PPM (Project and Portfolio Management System)
PPM was a HP utility software tool being developed for Business leaders. They must be able to easily visualize, explore, prioritize,
and resource their portfolios of innovation investments. It was enable the companies to more effectively prioritize product ideas, focus
resources on the most promising opportunities and bring the right products to market on time. The solution pulls information from
Project as they go through the development process, enabling cross-functional users from marketing, engineering, manufacturing, and
other key functions involved in product lifecycle management to establish a single source of truth to drive successful product portfolio
planning.
Responsibilities:
· Analyzed business requirement documents, functional requirement documents, Use cases, and Use case diagrams.
· Developed Test Plans and Test Cases from the functional requirement document and scheduled the test case execution.
· Involved in Smoke, Functional, Regression, System, Integration and Security testing during all phases.
· Interacting with customer to understand the requirements and reporting the Project status.
· Coordinate with development team for the correct implementation.
· Prepare test plan, test cases and review to test the effectiveness of this software.
· Manual Execution of test cases and bug reporting.
· Prepare the build for customer and Prepare User manual
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
· Generated enhanced graphs and reports with Quality center.
· Provided weekly management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to
review defects.
Environment: Windows XP, 7 and Vista, MS OFFICE GUI, HP Quality Center 9.2.
NexGEN Consultancy Pvt Ltd - ( Software Engineer )
I was responsible for writing test cases, review execution and bug reporting.
Project: LA_WDS (Latin America_ Well Data System
LA_WDS was a utility software tool being developed for Business leaders of Halliburton. It was a web base application to facilitate
analysis, and comparison of cementing jobs including design, scorecard, execution and post-completion production information,
information will be crucial to be used on bidding process.
Responsibilities:
· Interacting with customer to understand the requirements and reporting the Project status.
· Coordinate with development team for the correct implementation.
· Prepared test cases and review to test the effectiveness of this software.
· Manual Execution of test cases and bug reporting.
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
Environment: Windows XP, 7 and Vista, MS OFFICE GUI, HP Quality Center 9.2.
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7. Sphoorti Enterprises - ( Software Test Engineer )
I was responsible for writing test cases, review execution and bug reporting.
Project: PPM (Project and Portfolio Management System)
PPM was a HP utility software tool being developed for Business leaders. They must be able to easily visualize, explore, prioritize,
and resource their portfolios of innovation investments. It was enable the companies to more effectively prioritize product ideas, focus
resources on the most promising opportunities and bring the right products to market on time. The solution pulls information from
Project as they go through the development process, enabling cross-functional users from marketing, engineering, manufacturing, and
other key functions involved in product lifecycle management to establish a single source of truth to drive successful product portfolio
planning.
Responsibilities:
· Analyzed business requirement documents, functional requirement documents, Use cases, and Use case diagrams.
· Developed Test Plans and Test Cases from the functional requirement document and scheduled the test case execution.
· Involved in Smoke, Functional, Regression, System, Integration and Security testing during all phases.
· Interacting with customer to understand the requirements and reporting the Project status.
· Coordinate with development team for the correct implementation.
· Prepare test plan, test cases and review to test the effectiveness of this software.
· Manual Execution of test cases and bug reporting.
· Prepare the build for customer and Prepare User manual
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
· Generated enhanced graphs and reports with Quality center.
· Provided weekly management status reports and coordinated meetings between test team and development team to
review defects.
Environment: Windows XP, 7 and Vista, MS OFFICE GUI, HP Quality Center 9.2.
NexGEN Consultancy Pvt Ltd - ( Software Engineer )
I was responsible for writing test cases, review execution and bug reporting.
Project: LA_WDS (Latin America_ Well Data System
LA_WDS was a utility software tool being developed for Business leaders of Halliburton. It was a web base application to facilitate
analysis, and comparison of cementing jobs including design, scorecard, execution and post-completion production information,
information will be crucial to be used on bidding process.
Responsibilities:
· Interacting with customer to understand the requirements and reporting the Project status.
· Coordinate with development team for the correct implementation.
· Prepared test cases and review to test the effectiveness of this software.
· Manual Execution of test cases and bug reporting.
· Used Quality Center to store all testing result and for defect Tracking and Reporting.
Environment: Windows XP, 7 and Vista, MS OFFICE GUI, HP Quality Center 9.2.
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