Nicole Barajas

About Nicole Barajas

Proven success leading projects through the UAT lifecycle in agile testing environments…

Experience

1. Quality Analyst (Contractor), Compensation Services

   Apple

   Feb 2016 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Work directly with Apple\'s Payroll system: SAP/ADP, Kronos, Merlin Time Away (Apple, Financial Accruals, and Verifying Pay slips), bug tracking (Radar), wiki/communication (ConnectMe); sole owner of startup testing for reporting (Incorta). Involved in the transformation from old payroll system to new Merlin (Q1) and the full cycle of UAT which includes postmortem reviews and hand-off to production teams; currently working with Time Away Leaves section (Q2).• Verify E2E of all new system changes producing info type files based on transactions entered (New Hire, Transfers, Allowance, Bonus, Terminations).• Verify G2 files are created correctly and loaded into SAP/ADP; verifying in Kronos; verifying in Incorta reports.Assist in UAT planning for testing scope: creating test case scenarios, data analysis, reporting, and troubleshooting

Education

• Bemidji State University

  B.A., Sport's Management

  1992 — 1998

Skills

• Telecommunications
• Test Cases
• Analysis
• Leadership
• Pl/Sql
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Process Improvement
• Xml
• Business Intelligence
• Sql
• Visio
• Linux
• Hp Quality Center
• Unix
• Start-Ups
• Web Applications
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Java
• Integration
• .net
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Regression Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Quality Assurance
• Databases
• Software Implementation
• Sharepoint
• Testing
• Test Planning
• Requirements Gathering
• User Acceptance Testing
• Software Quality Assurance
• Jira
• Test Automation
• Software Development