EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Confidential has 17+ years of consulting and IT experience. He has a proven track record and has demonstrated many successes within the areas of Testing (SAP, Web, Enterprise systems, custom built systems and Legacy systems), Solution design, Test automation framework, and implementation of IT solutions.
• Confidential is an Architect associated with Confidential, US.
• Confidential ’s has been playing key role as an Automation Architect and he is hands - on with all his assignment/engagement in his career.
• Confidential is an accomplished and results oriented in Test Automation and Manual Testing space with a track record of building and leading synergistic teams in Retail, Telecom, Life sciences, Manufacturer and Energy utility business lines.
• He has a good technical, consulting, project management and leadership skills.
• His strong technical background with hands-on experience and good understanding of business processes have directly contributed to the success of the system integration and consolidation projects he has been involved in.
• He combines technical proficiency with focus on efficient delivery methodology to offer a unique and broad-based in the following areas:
• Testing (ALL)
• Test Automation
• Automation Frameworks
• Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
• SAP Testing
• Proof of Concept (POC)
• Business Intelligence Testing
• Web Service Testing
• MF/HP ALM Tool Administrator
• Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE)
• Maximo
• Project Management

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

Automation Tools: Micro Focus / HP - Unified Functional Test (UFT) / Quick Test Professional (QTP) 8.2 - 14.03, Tricentis Tosca Test suite - 12.00

Work Soft Certify - 8.7 - 9.0.1, Oracle - Open script - 12.4,: Selenium WebDriver - 3.0

Test Automation Frameworks/ Methodologies: TestNG, Robot, Business Process Testing (BPT), Test Data / Table Driven, Hybrid, Functional Decomposition & Modular Level Programming Frameworks.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Automation Anywhere 11.3

Testing / Quality Assurance: Compatibility testing, Smoke/Sanity/Checkout/Lights-out Testing, Functional Unit Test (FUT), Technical Unit Test (TUT), Functional/System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Regression testing, Package testing, Security testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Content Management Testing.

Test Management Tools: Micro Focus / HP - ALM / Quality Center 9.0 - 12.55, Oracle Test Manager, Microsoft Test Manager (MTM). Team Foundation Server (TFS), JIRA

Performance Automation Tools: HP - Load runner 11.0 / Performance Center 11.5.

Webservice Testing: SoapUI, Postman.

Methodologies: CI/CD, DevOps - Agile (SAFe), SDLC - Waterfall

Programming Languages: Python, .Net Technology, Visual Basic, VB script, JavaScript, Java

RDBMS/Databases: Oracle9i - 10g, SQL Server 2014 & Teradata 11.00

Web, Other Tools & IDE: HTML, CSS, XML, SQL Developer, DBeaver, Toad 9.0.1, IntelliJ, Eclipse, Jenkins, GitHub, Confluence, Servicenow

CURRENT WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Test Automation Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to drive Automation Test Strategy, Test Plans for every PI releases/sprints, System Integration Testing (SIT), Regression, Sanity Testing, Package Testing, Exploratory Testing for the Custom built and legacy applications developed using Java, .Net technologies and mainframe / AS-400.
• Automation toolsets used for Testscripts / components developments are UFT 14.0.3, Worksoft Certify, Tricentis Tosca Test suite 12.00, C#, Selenium WebDriver.
• Hands-on in redefining Test Automation framework and Automation lifecycle process for better ROI.
• Hands-on developing automation test scripts /scenarios using Hybrid test automation framework.
• Provide Automation Technical leadership to Onshore/Offshore automation team on the Automation framework and complex test scenarios.
• Led the implementation of Automation methodologies and tools to support excellent quality in functional Automation standards.
• Accomplished integrating Automation to the CI/CD in sprint level enabling the pallet level testing in Agile SAFe Methodology.
• Published numerous metrics to ensure automation coverage for the Application Under Test (AUT) mapping of Product level and the Key functional levels.
• Actively involved in Digital workforce initiatives with the client R&D team for various tools and technology.
• Responsible for RPA implementations that include process definition followed by design, build, test and deployment of the RPA solution using Automation Anywhere RPA.
• Review and configure new RPA processes and objects using core workflow principles that are efficient, well structured, maintainable and easy to understand.
• Responsible to Design solutions utilizing RPA best practices and maintain technical responsibility for project delivery.
• Lead the team of 12 highly skilled automation team members in both shores.

Confidential

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead overall project management of the technology upgrades for the major and minor releases of the solution, including business analysis, solution architecture, development, and testing.
• Manage the team size growth and the revenue cash flow for $2m.
• Developed a solution for implementing for the overall testing approach and support service for Confidential ’s SAP platform and lead the implementation of testing methodologies and tools to support excellent quality in functional testing standards.
• Developed an overall organization change management approach for implementing the testing supportacross the organization.
• Created Testing Roadmap for Automation and Manual for the Confidential ’s Test management office.
• Defined the Test Automation Framework for Confidential Ecosystem and played Test Automation Architect role.
• Hands-on in building automation test scripts /scenarios using the Hybrid test automation framework.
• Hands-on creating manual regression suite (estimated 900 test cases) and Build automation solution using UFT and Selenium automation.
• Provide Automation Technical leadership to the Onshore/Offshore automation team.
• Lead the team of 18 highly skilled automation team members in both shores.
• Responsible the tools usage and training for the ongoing transformation program ensuring right standards and adoption: Solution manager, ALM to test managers to Business and Testing teams.
• Implemented Testing and Tool management best practices for the Confidential Test management office.
• Led/manage test cycle for the service pack upgrades, divestiture and monthly regression test cycle execution.
• Create Weekly Testing Dashboard and provide statuses, metrics, and reports to the client senior leadership.

Confidential

TCoE Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to drive Test Strategy and Test Plans for unit testing Functional Unit Testing (FUT), String, System Integration Testing (SIT), Regression and Smoke Testing for Custom built Applications using Java or .Net technologies.
• Develop Test Execution plan (Plan vs. Actual) with Business Leads for Unit Testing Cycles and SIT Cycles.
• Responsible to Identify String test cases identification workshops, Test Scenario reviews for complex and integrated scenarios across the portfolios.
• Responsible to Identify, train and enforce TCoE Testing Standards and guidelines to Business and Test teams.
• Coordinate, manage, track, and oversee the Defect activities for Unit Testing and SIT cycles.
• Responsible the tools usage and training for the ongoing transformation program ensuring right standards and adoption: Solution manager, ALM to test managers to Business and Testing teams.
• Create a Weekly Testing Dashboard and provide statuses, metrics, and reports to the Leadership.
• Lead the team of 25 team members in both shores.

Confidential

Worksoft Certify Automation Manager

Responsibilities:

• Actively worked with the Confidential Testing Service line Lead for this automation pursuit and successfully won the business for the Test Automation space.
• Establish consistent automation testing practices and defined automation test approach using Work Soft Certify 9.0.1 tool for SAP ECC and CRM portals applications.
• Defined Test Automation approach and Framework customization for Patterson and played Test Automation Architect Key role.
• Responsible to develop the Automate test scripts using Worksoft Certify 9.0.1 and write reusable functions or libraries and Technical leadership to the offshore automation team.
• Create Test data management and Automation design document for the identified scenarios in OTC, FTM, STC, FTM and EWM modules of SAP ECC and CRM portals applications.
• Review key project deliverables (business requirements, test strategy/plan, data sharing agreements, and provide feedback and direction to the project teams.
• Lead onsite, offshore and integrating partners, direct, coach and support project resources as needed to meet the project deliverables with the headcount of 14 highly skilled Automation team members in both shores.
• User training to the business experts to execute the automated regression scripts.
• Successfully automated & delivered of 250 Regression mega and mini scenarios that helped the client to reduce the test effort in every test cycles.

Confidential

Test Automation Assessor and Automation Technical lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to conduct Test assessment interviews with all the project stakeholders for the automation goals.
• Assessment findings and detail out the pain areas and combine out of place information into an integral picture.
• Generate report with summary of findings/analysis/opportunity to extend the best practices
• Responsible to publish integral roadmap for continual improvement in Test Automation.
• The test automation assessment helped us win follow on business in the form of a Test Management Office created to provide governance for their data conversion project, and also gained the automation team of 20 head count for the conversion project.
• Create automation master test plans, environment configurations, application installations and testing schedules and provide automation estimation to the project delivery milestones to the client leadership.
• Design Hybrid (Data Driven and Modular programming) Test automation framework using HP-UFT/QTP.
• Develop automate test script and reusable function libraries using HP-UFT/QTP automation tool, VB script, C# and Windows Script Hosting and maintain datasets and database environments for Automation test scripts.
• Provide HP-UFT/QTP and C# Technical leadership to the Onshore/Offshore automation team.
• Define End to End Automation Test Process/Automation Testing Lifecycle.
• Responsible to lead and manage 25 automation team members in both shores.

Confidential

Test Assessment Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the analysis of the testing organization, methods, processes, and templates for the technology department.
• Performed review/analyze SOP’s and the test artifacts and validate gaps with project stakeholders.
• Findings and detail out the pain areas and combine out of place information into an integral picture.
• Generate report with summary of findings/analysis/Opportunity to extend the best practices
• Responsible to publish integral roadmap for continual improvement.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed all aspects of system testing - Testing cycles like System Integrated Testing (SIT), Regression cycles, End to End Testing (E2E), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for AR credit management, invoicing, cash application, and reporting.
• Responsible to create test work products, such as a Project planning, Test Strategy, Test Plans, Requirement Traceability matrix, Test Summary Reports, Risk management and other key testing deliverables for Manual and Automation.
• Defect Triage, Daily project review, Automation scrum & delivery meetings with the teams including development and Business Analysts.
• Define Automation approach using Work Soft Certify 9.0.1 for SAP ECC and CRM portal that helped the client for utilizing the time against deliverable pointers.
• Develop or Automate test scripts using Worksoft Certify 9.0.1 and write reusable functions or libraries and Technical leadership to the offshore automation team.
• Lead and manage to allocate task to the team and review the script deliverables; handled resource planning, escalations and aligned the resource to the project goal for both manual and Automation.
• Lead the team of 7 team members in both shores.
• Lead the Performance Test automation pursuit from North Americas testing service line and successfully won the business for Performance Automation.
• Handled Performance Testing for various load testing, played an Onshore PoC for Performance or Load testing using HP-Performance Center / Load runner 11.50.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Hands on in all aspects of system testing - Various testing cycles like System Integrated Testing (SIT), Regression cycles, End to End Testing (E2E), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and daily status reporting to the client leadership.
• Hands on to create test cases and maintain Test Data using HP ALM / Quality Center 11.00 and review sign off with Business team for the Test coverage.
• Played an HP- ALM / Quality Center 11.00 Tool administrator for the organization.
• Responsible for the Defect Triage in review meeting, and to publish Test Results, Test Summary, Test metrics and Test Exit Report artifacts and get approval from project stakeholders and sponsors.
• Responsible to create automation master test plans, effort estimates, environment configurations, application installations and monitoring, tracking and delivery as per testing schedules.
• Design Hybrid Framework (Data Driven and Modular programming) Test automation framework using HP-QTP automation tool.
• Responsible to convert existing Selenium test cases to HP-UFT/QTP 11.00 and C#.
• Successfully automated & delivered of 650 Regression manual test scripts.
• Responsible for Performance Testing for various load testing, played an Onshore PoC for Performance or Load testing using HP-Load runner 9.5.
• Lead the team of 27 team members in both shores.
• Responsible to Test, monitor, SharePoint 2010 by following standard guidelines
• Testing data entry sites and SharePoint architectural design for the Confidential and Confidential SharePoint portals.
• Responsible for interviewing & selecting individuals required for the projects that I manage, getting them trained on Automation framework and Techniques.(It includes making recommendations for their role fitment, compensation and recommend personnel department to counsel the staff if the staff is not aligned to the project goals.)

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Detailed Data Validations, Schema Reconciliation/Validations of the data moving across the Source to Landing to Integration to IDS layers.
• Reporting Usage - Security & Access Control - Authentication & Authorization, Portal Layout, Report Layout, Pagination & Navigation.
• Reporting Data - Data Reconciliation, Drill Down / Across, Totals / Subtotals, Formula Calculation, Data level Security & Access Controls
• Overall System Flow to ensure all ETLs and jobs run properly, jobs run as scheduled per functional specifications and dependencies, exception handling will also be addressed.
• Responsible for leading & managing the commission testing team with hands on responsibilities within technology of the Client, Testing team consists of 8 Onshore and 7 offshore cross vendor team members as direct reportees.
• Lead and managed the overall testing program across six stages of testing for the initial phase, including System, Integration, End-to-End, User Acceptance, Performance, and System Comparison Testing. Managed portions of System & Integration Testing leveraging Confidential Rightshore™ methodology.
• Lead the deployment of leading practices on test tool usage, applying processes on test case development, execution, and defect management through the HP tool suite - Quality Center, QTP, LoadRunner, and Advanced Reporting.
• Participate to understand the system requirements and Functional Design specifications (FSD) with Development and Business teams to understand functional and business implementations releases.
• Create Test Cases and Test Data using HP ALM / Quality Center 11.00 and reviewed with Business team for Test coverage.
• Develop extract methodologies for various database technologies and applied these patterns to each candidate system, solving for exceptions as needed.
• Lead the Defect Triage meeting with the project stakeholders.
• Lead and managed cross vendors onshore and offshore teams on Day to Day testing and delivery activities.

Confidential

Test Automation Manager

Responsibilities:

• Hands-on Test script development for the UI tests / scripts using HP-QTP 9.5 - HP-QTP 10.00, C# and Selenium automation tools, review of Test plans, Matrixes, Scenarios, and Test Cases for the Confidential Apps.
• Responsible to design end-to-end testing framework that supports both manual and automated testing for backend, GUI and Confidential Portals.
• Review Automation test scripts to ensure adherence to company’s standards.
• Defect logging & tracking, bug scrub “triage” meetings between test & development teams.
• Responsible to design automated data generation using FSO written in VBScript and XML for generating large amounts of test data in lieu of using production data. Deployed an Agile like methodology to guide the development of this technology.
• Setup the automation test lab of forty dedicated VM ware images that ran thousands of automation test scripts for regional and national automation teams.
• Manage the growth of the automation team from 10 to 24 highly technical software automation engineers. This included managing automation resources.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Played Project Leader & Onsite Coordinator for the Test automation deliverables.
• Develop & Execution of automated test scripts using HP - QTP 9.2 - 9.5 for various projects.
• Managed the QA & Automation Testing consists of 29 team members and 4 Team Leads.

Confidential

Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to develop manual test cases as per the scope of the requirement.
• Convert the manual test cases to automate for the regression cycles to the future Test cycles.
• Develop and executed automated smoke test scripts using HP - QTP 8.2 automation tool.