SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of progressive experience in the domain of Insurance, Credit Cards, Banking, Mobile, Healthcare, ERP, Supply Chain, Central Media Enterprise.
• Areas of expertise include automating testing towards expediting automation, regression testing and Functional Testing of Web services and APIs.
• Analyze requirements, develop Test plan and Test scripts, Performed system, integration, functional, regression, sanitary and UAT testing. Actively participated in Test Strategy preparation.
• Experienced leading QA team in diversified platforms which includes the responsibilities like acquiring projects/tasks, providing estimates, creating Test plan and time lines, scheduling the tasks, assisting the team in creating the test scripts and test data, performing testing, Configuration and Defects management, creating metrics and status reports to communicate project status, outages and project impacts.
• Extensive experience leading cross - functional teams in a high-pressure, dynamic and global environment
• Expertise on Backend testing and writing SQL queries using Oracle, SQL Server and executing the queries using TOAD and SQL Developer 1.1.3 for verification, inserting, updating of data populated in each tables. Also, tested and modified Stored Procedures written using PL/SQL for Web testing.
• Expertise in Putty client and server for Backend testing using UNIX commands for running the respective jobs and Shell scripting for fetching right output.
• Exposure to Scheduling batch jobs for historic and incremental load in test environments
• Good experience in MS Visual Studio 20013 used for Test automation in C#.
• Good experience in Automating Web services and API with SOAP, XML and RESTful protocol. Validating web based applications.
• Use Version One and MS Team Foundation Server (TFS) tool to manage story and related activities required in Sprint as part of Agile methodology.
• Expertise in using Test Management tools such as Quick Test Professional (QTP), IBM Clear Case, and HP Quality Center, TFS, MTM.
• Experience in Mainframe testing using TSYS tool.
• Complete understanding of Testing Methodology, Strategy and Testing Process
• Extensive experience working in Agile Methodology, participating in Sprint Planning, Sprint End demos & Sprint Retrospectives meetings.
• Well-versed with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and strong working knowledge of Software testing
• Experience UAT Support, Go-Live Support & End User Training.
• Good experience in the Onsite/Offshore working model

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows 7,DOS.

Databases: Oracle 10g/9i/8i, Ms-Access, MySQL Server 8.0

Languages: SQL, C#, UNIX, Shell.

Tools: TOAD, Putty, TSYS,SQL Developer, Abinito ETL tool

Automated Tools: QTP,MS Visual Studio

S/w Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall

Documentation Tools: Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, Access, Power Point & Visio

QA & Testing Tools: QTP, HP Quality Centre, H P ALM, Version One, MS TFS, MS MTM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chevy Chase, MD

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Automating the web services using MS Visual studio 2013 using C#.net,
• Running the Automated scripts through MS Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) and TFS.
• Actively participating in Test Build configuration.
• Creating mock services using CA Lisa.
• Working on Agile methodology enables us to do planning, estimation and capacity planning.
• Handling multiple modules like Pay Plans, Scheduling, Payments, Billing fees and Tax, fees and Surcharges.
• Received Client appreciation for presenting and implementing new automation framework.
• Received Client appreciation for Automating test data setup and conditioning.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of 4 people
• Responsible for understanding and analysis of test requirements
• Test Scenario and test case development/modifications
• Responsible for identifying reusable test cases
• Involved in manual testing like functional testing, System testing, Adhoc Testing
• Data Conditioning using TSYS - TS2 Mainframe
• Creation of Test Scenarios from Requirements document
• Creation of Business Assurance Strategy and test cases
• Attended Daily Stand ups and provided updates to the team
• Attended Defect Review Board Meetings
• Co-ordinate with offshore team and delivered quality of work well ahead of time
• Attended Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospective Meetings
• Responsible for performing Story Level Testing, Regression Testing
• Supported other platforms during System Integration Testing
• Using putty client and server for Backend testing using UNIX commands for running the respective jobs and also shell scripting.
• Using SQL Developer 1.1.3 and TOAD as Sql and Oracle tool as for the application database access and verification of the data populated in each tables.
• Using Teradata Query tool.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in manual testing like functional testing, Regression Testing, System testing, Adhoc Testing
• Data Conditioning using TSYS - TS2 Mainframe
• Creation of Test Scenarios from Requirements document
• Creation of Business Assurance Strategy and test cases
• Attended Defect Review Board Meetings
• Offshore Co-coordinator for all test activities.
• Responsible for creation of test metrics

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creation of test scenarios/test cases from Requirements document
• Coordination during System Integration Testing
• Performed Smoke Test and Sanity Test
• Responsible for identifying reusable test cases
• Identified Regression suite and updated the test cases after every release
• Analysis of Change Requests and minor enhancements
• Attending Defect Review Meetings

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of test scenarios/test cases from Requirements document
• Execution of test cases and involved in test case modification
• Attending Defect Review Meetings
• Responsible for identifying test data
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix document to map the requirements to test cases
• Identified Regression suite and updated the test cases after every release
• Involved in System testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing
• Tracked Defects to closure in Quality Center
• Handled more than 10 Regression Test Cycles

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creation of test scenarios/test cases from Requirements document
• Played Instrumental role in implementing TESTLINK in success factors Applications
• Attending Defect Review Meetings
• Based on the User Stories developed UAT Test Scripts and was involved in UAT Support
• Implemented Business Components Approach using HP Quality Center for creating test cases
• Involved in System Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix document to map the requirements to test cases
• Responsible for identifying test data

Confidential

Associate Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of test scenarios from Requirements document
• Reviewing test cases and get sign off from the business
• Execution of test cases and involved in test case modification
• Anchored Defect Review Board
• Involved in System testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing
• Tracked Defects to closure
• Co-ordinate with the end users for User Acceptance Testing
• Prepared Status Reports on a daily basis