Nadia Parkar

Nadia Parkar

Senior QA Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Test Manager /Business Analyst

  • Education

    • University of Mumbai

      2002 - 2005
      BE Information Technology
  • Experience

    • Ness Technology

      Nov 2005 - May 2010
      Senior QA Engineer

      Working as a functional tester and SME (Subject Matter Expert).

    • Accenture

      May 2010 - Sept 2013
      QA Lead

       Leading an independent test team of 10 members Managing functional, regression, staging and retrofit test execution Creating project estimates and Project Kick-off meeting and documentation, analyzing the project scope, preparing Test Plan, Test Strategy Resource planning and coordination with multiple vendors Participate in M-review meeting and reporting the status to stakeholders  Creating and Reviewing Test Conditions, test scripts designed by the team, Managing Defect Logging & Defect tracking in the Quality Centre. For Agile project, Rally was used as a Project Management tool. Did extensive work with ETL testing including Data Completeness, Data Transformation & Data Quality for various data feeds coming from source. Show less

    • IBM

      Oct 2013 - Dec 2013
      Test Manager

       Creating project estimates and Project Kick-off meeting and documentation, analyzing the project scope, preparing Test Plan, Test Strategy Reviewed database business and functional requirements, reviewed mapping transformations Worked with Program Managers, Requirement Analysts, Mappers, Developers, and other testers to resolve issues with requirements/mapping transformations Managing functional, regression, staging and retrofit test execution

    • Capgemini

      Dec 2013 - Apr 2015
      Project Manager/ Business Analyst

       As a Project Manager,• I was responsible for Project Planning, Resource Allocation • People management, Scheduling / Tracking and Reporting. As a BA, • I was involved in understanding the business needs and data requirements of external and internal clients.• Involve in problem-solving phase, including defining the project scope and objectives, modeling business processes, identifying minimum performance expectations and participating in prototyping solutions to create preliminary user interface scenarios.• System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Webservice Testing using SOAP UI. Show less

    • Ambient Clinical Analytics

      Nov 2017 - Jul 2018
      Automation Test Analyst

       Requirement analysis, identifying the system flow to be tested for requirement, creating andreviewing Test Conditions, test scripts, managing Defect Logging & Defect tracking. Data Traceability Matrix (DTM) and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for the project.  Create VBA macro programs to automatically update Excel workbooks, encompassing class and program modules and external data queries. Maintaining Testing Control Cycle Sheet (TCCS) for the timely execution of the project. Preparing System and Regression test scripts for automation (Test Complete) Data Extraction, gap analysis, metrics validation and report creation using Excel Power Pivot Show less

    • Mayo Clinic

      May 2018 - Apr 2023
      Senior Business Analyst

       Validate data gaps shared by team of Enterprise wide ServiceNow application and Federated database systems - Novolu (Clinical devices), MDM (Mobile devices), CMDB, ISDB and Cisco’s ISE Identify business workflows to segment and enforce without impeding Research operations within ServiceNow. Co-ordinate teams findings, to ensure every device on Mayo’s network is registered in ServiceNow, both as ITSM best practice, and in support of Network segmentation Developed automated scripts using Excel Macros for device update and registration process in ServiceNow CMDB  Creating reports of different class group owners within ServiceNow using Excel Power Pivot & Table  Administration of ServiceNow instances including delegation of class groups, modification of CMS, workflows, business rules, UI actions. Participate in Story Grooming, Sprint Planning, Demo, Standups, Retrospective sessions Coordinate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile Team members; use Azure DevOps for status update and tracking Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ISTQB – CTFL Foundation Level -International Software Testing Qualifications Board

    • Professional Scrum Master

      Scrum.org
      Jan 2017
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Nadia Parkar
      Awarded 'Most Valued Team' in First & Second Quater of 2012 Amex (Accenture - Client) Jun 2012
    • Awarded to Nadia Parkar
      Annual team award (HR Test CoE) ‘Strategic Industrialization Program Accenture Pvt Ltd Dec 2011
    • Awarded to Nadia Parkar
      Accenture Celebrates Excellence (ACE) - Quaterly Award Accenture Services Dec 2010
    • Awarded to Nadia Parkar
      Awarded “Employee Of the Quarter” for second Quarter of 2009 by the Ness Technologies. Ness Technologies Apr 2009
    • Awarded to Nadia Parkar
      Awarded “Employee Of the Quarter” for First Quarter of 2008 Ness Technology Jan 2008