SUMMARY:

• 7+ Years of strong experience in Software Testing (Manual and Automation) with solid understanding of Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect Reporting & Tracking
• 5+ Years of Mainframe development/maintenance experience in EDI Ansi X12 Transactions - Online/Batch
• Experience in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle & Defect management life cycle, with specific focus on development and manual/automation testing
• Strong expertise in Manual testing in Web-Browser and client/server applications, Mainframe Testing, ETL Testing, Agile Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Automation Testing and Cloud Testing(Web Services Testing).
• Experience in automation testing using CA Lisa - DevTest for Web Services
• Experience in running performance tests using CA Lisa DevTest
• Experience in testing JSON/XML messages with REST API services
• Strong experience in automating Web Application Testing using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG framework and JAVA as scripting language
• Expertise in implementation of Automation framework using Selenium
• Well Versed with Handling Elements in Selenium WebDriver
• Experience in scheduling/running the test scripts from Jenkins
• Experience in testing Cloud hosted web applications and Web Services
• Experience in maintaining the automation scripts in GIT source
• Experience in creating automation scripts using Selenium with Homer Framework
• Experience in creating scripts in Postman and running JSON collection using Newman
• Experience in End to End Testing making sure the flow of data is accurate across the different systems.
• Experience in Store Application KIOSK - Point of Sale (POS) for verifying the discounts in Cash Register
• Experience in creating Daily, weekly and monthly metrics and publishing the reports for Clients
• Experienced in SQA (Software Quality Assurance) including Manual testing with tools such as Quality Center and HP Application Life Cycle Management (ALM).
• Work experience in using the Quality Center/HP ALM to manage the software testing process by creating Defects and tracking them till they are getting closed
• Worked directly with Business Analysts/Product Owners to gather and understand the requirements.
• Specialized in user requirement analysis, Requirement traceability matrix, documenting test plans, execution of test cases to verify application functionality against business requirements.
• Strong Experience in creating Test estimations, Test strategies and Test Plans, writing and executing Test Cases, Test scripts and Automation Testing
• Skills to implement the development experience during the QA Phase to understand the procedure, source code, check points and process flow easily.
• Extensive experience in GUI, Regression, Functional, Integration, System, User Acceptance (UAT), Cross Browser, Security and Database Testing.
• Comfortable working with MVS/ZOS Mainframe Platform, COBOL, JCL, HTML, DB2, Informix DB, Oracle, SQL.
• 5+ years of hands on experience on ZOS/Mainframe Batch Jobs and Online CICS screens development and testing.
• Excellent team leading capabilities with excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in handling multiple Projects across different portfolios and strong experience in Multi-Vendor environment
• Certified in the Agile Methodology.
• Strong experience in Agile Tools like JIRA, Pivotal Tracker
• Good in handling offshore-onshore (Global Delivery Model) projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Skills: Web & Client/server, Manual Testing, Mainframe Testing, Analytical, Database Testing, ETL Testing, Quantitative analysis testing, User Acceptance Testing, Pivotal Cloud Foundry(PCF), Google Cloud Testing, Web Services Testing, Automation Testing, Rest Assured

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, ALM, CA Lisa DevTest, Postman

Message Transactions: EDI ANSI Transactions, XML, JSON

Defect Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center, ALM, JIRA, Pivotal Tracker

Mainframe Skills: JCL, Cobol, VSAM, CICS, Batch Jobs, DB2

Operating System: Windows, Z/OS, Unix

Languages: VB,COBOL, Easytrieve, CICS, JCL, QTP-Basic, Java Script, Basic Selenium-Java, RestAssured-Java

Web technologies: HTML, VB script, Dev Test, Postman, Restful Service, Selenium IDE

Middleware: Message Queue - MQ

Database: DB2, Oracle, MS Access, VSAM, Informix DB, Cassandra DB

Other Tools: Ansi Generator tool, Mercator Tool, De-Identification Tool, Quality Control, File Manager, File Aid, Fault Analyzer, Gentran, ChangeMan, Xpeditor, SPUFI, CA7- Job Tool, GIT Hub

Domain: HCLS - 7 Years of Experience, Retail (Merchandising/Supply Chain) - 5 Years

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Lead/Team Management

Responsibilities:

• Leading the project with 10 members and mentoring newly joined engineers to optimum level of efficiency.
• Thorough analysis of user stories for their completeness
• Creating Test estimations, Test strategies and Test Plans, writing and executing Test Cases.
• Conducting User Acceptance Testing on PromoAdmin UI to verify the developed application satisfies the business needs as mentioned in the feature story
• Involved in automating the Test Scenarios created based on User Stories for PromoAdmin UI using Selenium with Java using Homer Framework for In Sprint execution
• Involved in automating the JSON request/response cart service using CA LISA DevTest tool
• Testing the Discount Engine application based on the stories for each sprint created in Pivotal tracker
• Involved in automating the Restful API services using RestAssured with Java using UltraBDD Framework
• Involved in E2E testing for the discounts created at Point of Sales (POS) system and making sure the created discounts are applying successfully
• Involved in Functional Testing for the different promotions created and store in Google Cloud GPAS
• Involved in automating the Cart Request/Response services using Postman and Newman
• Performed the Functional, End-to-End, Regression, UAT and Production Support Testing for Cloud applications in Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Google cloud
• Executing simple and complex queries in IBM DB2 and Oracle for data analytics and testing
• Involved in creating single SKU bulk request through REBA application and Mainframe jobs
• Automate and execute Web Service Testing using Rest Assured and Java
• Executing Performance Testing in CA Lisa DevTest for the different Web Services available in the application
• Creating Traceability matrix and executing test cases in HP ALM and validating the results
• Running the unit tests, Functional Tests, Implementation tests in Concourse and publishing the results in SQHUB for Audit
• Creating and publishing the daily, weekly and monthly project and defect reports to higher management
• Involved in preparing the necessary documents required for Implementation Review Board (IRB) to deploy the changes

Tools Used: Pivotal Tracker, Discount Admin UI, Selenium-Java, RestAssured-Java, Homer Framework, UltraBDD Framework, Postman, HP Quality Center 10, DB2 Query Tools, MSWord, MS Excel, DB Visualizer, Redis in Cloud, Selenium, Jenkins, CA LISA DevTest, Git, Rest Assured, TestNG, Mainframe - IBM DB2, SPUFI, FILEAID, JCL, COBOL, CICS

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Lead/Team Management

Responsibilities:

• Creating Test estimations, Test strategies and Test Plans, writing and executing Test Cases.
• Testing the PACMAN/REBA application based on the JIRA stories for each sprint
• Involved in automating the Test Scenarios created based on User Stories for PromoAdmin UI using Selenium with Java using Homer Framework for In Sprint execution
• Creating the SQL queries and setting up the test data in DB2 using SQL developer
• Running necessary mainframe jobs for creating Store level price changes, Promotional Price Changes, Clearance Price Changes and Market Level Price Changes
• Tested and Implemented the Store Level Price using Agile Testing Methodology for monthly Production Release
• Performed the Functional, End-to-End, Regression, Performance, UAT and Production Support Testing
• Involved in automating the Pacman web services using CA LISA DevTest tool
• QA Lead for the members of offshore and review their deliverables before sharing the results with client
• Creating Traceability matrix and executing test cases in Quality Center and validating the results
• Creating and publishing the daily, weekly and monthly project and defect reports to higher management

Tools Used: PACMAN, REBA Application, HP Quality Center 10, DB2 Query Tools, MS Project, MSWord, MS Excel, DB Visualizer, SQL Developer, CA Lisa DevTest, JIRA, JENKINS, Selenium -Java, Git Mainframe - IBM DB2, SPUFI, FILEAID, JCL, COBOL, CICS, HOMER Framework

Confidential

ETL Testing

Responsibilities:

• Leading the Project with 6 team members
• Involved IDM - Data Mapping and prepared the necessary queries to understand the mapping rules between the different tables in DB2 and Oracle tables.
• Involved in understanding the Mapping between DB2 CCD tables and the corresponding entries in Oracle Target tables
• Involved in IDM - Pricing project for Test data set up in IDM STEP server and making sure the correct data are being delivered to Project team for their testing.
• Involved in analysis, test case preparation using Table Mapping rules, test case review and Quality activities in HP ALM
• Prioritizing, tracking and reviewing the deliverables received from offshore and ensuring the quality delivery on time.
• Creating triggers through application which will be used by ETL jobs for updating the tables
• Coordinating with customer to make sure all changes are going through fine.
• Responsible for Onsite-offshore co-ordination activities and necessary weekly reports for customers

Tools Used: IDM Vendor Portal, IDM STEP Application, HP ALM, DB2 Query Tools, MS Project, MSWord, MS Excel, SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle , DB Visualizer

Test Data Management (TDM) and WMS

Responsibilities:

• Leading the Project with 4 team members
• Involved in TDM tool design for analyzing the different types of requests that will be raised by the Project teams
• Prepared the necessary adhoc mainframe jobs required for creating the test data in Mainframe DB2 and Informix DB2 tables
• Involved in creating POWMS, PO2DC, TOSTR, OMPHO, EDIBYO files through mainframe jobs and FTP the respective files to the required WMS Server
• Prioritizing, tracking and reviewing the various requests raised by the Project teams and processing the requests based on priority level.
• Involved in Analysis, Code review, Test Review and Quality activities
• Coordinating with customer to make sure all changes are going through fine.
• Responsible for Onsite-offshore co-ordination activities and necessary weekly reports to higher management with the list of requests raised by different teams

Tools Used: TDM Request Tool, Mainframe - COBOL, JCL, DB2 Query Tools, MS Project, MSWord, MS Excel, EDI Ansi Message

Confidential, GA

IT Project Lead/Team Management

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Confidential Confidential Finance process which involves in generating the Provider Monthly payment through Electronic Fund Transfer and Check Printing method.
• Developed the COBOL source code for the new and existing application
• Monitoring the Production jobs and fixing the abend making sure all the Finance jobs are going through fine without any issue within the workaround time
• Debugging the COBOL and CICS (Online Screen) codes for fixing the issues.
• Performed Unit Testing for COBOL Codes and for CICS Online Screens.
• Excellent logical and analytical skills
• Extensive knowledge on EDI ANSI transactions – x12 (830)
• Hands on expertise in XPEDITOR for debugging the online CICS programs
• Involved in Analysis, Code review, Test Review and Quality activities
• Involved in creating new JCL and updating existing JCL as per the requirement
• Hands on expertise on CONTROL-M job scheduling and Changeman Tool
• Responsible for Onsite-offshore co-ordination activities

Tools Used: COBOL, JCL, Easytrieve, CICS, DB2,File Aid, File Manager, ChangeMan, CICS, Control M

Confidential

Finance Test Region

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and guided in preparing the list of files, Programs, Transaction Entries, table details, table entries needs to be updated for the new Test region.
• List of Changes to be made to the Files, Programs, Tables, jobs, control cards with respect to the new Test region.
• Run the batch job using JCL in mainframe for uploading the Test data as per the specific requirement.
• Responsible for Onsite-offshore co-ordination activities.

Tools Used: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2,File Aid, File Manager

Confidential, Mason, OH

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing the ANSI requests for Confidential system
• EDI ANSI request involves – 270/271 , 276/277 and 278 Provider Referal request
• Involved in preparing test strategies for client side verifications and validations.
• Involved in functional testing, negative testing, regression testing, and End-to-End Testing
• Participated in Daily Stand-up Meetings and provided status on work progress.
• QA Lead for the members at offshores and review their deliverables before sharing the results with the client.
• Excellent logical and analytical skills
• Hands on expertise in Ansi Generator Tool, Mercator Tool for converting the XML to ANSI
• Responsible for Onsite-offshore co-ordination activities

Tools Used: VSAM, File Aid, File Manager, Mercator Tool, EDI Ansi Generator Tool, ChangeMan

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in monitoring the different types of ANSI real time requests and making sure the responses are going within the specified time frame
• ANSI request involves – 270/271 , 276/277 and 278 Provider Referal request
• Involved in monitoring the Requests queues in Message Queue and making sure the request are picked up by the CICS process and responses are sent within the time frame.
• Involved in fixing the production issue by removing the request containing invalid data and processing them separately.
• Monitoring the daily production mainframe jobs and making sure all jobs are going through fine without any issues.
• Creating new COBOL programs and fixing the existing COBOL programs as per the requirements
• Excellent logical and analytical skills
• Debugging the COBOL and CICS (Online Screen) codes for fixing the issues.
• Performed Unit Testing for COBOL Codes and for CICS Online Screens.
• Hands on expertise in XPEDITOR for debugging the online CICS programs
• Involved in Analysis, Code review, Test Review and Quality activities
• Involved in creating new JCL and updating existing JCL as per the requirement
• Hands on expertise on CONTROL-M job scheduling and Changeman Tool
• Responsible for Onsite-offshore co-ordination activities

Tools Used: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, File Aid, File Manager, MQ, Xpeditor, Control M