OBJECTIVE

• To pursue an honest and zealous career in a challenging role that ensures my analytical skills, commitment and personal attributes can be put to use for the betterment of the organization and self.

SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience in Automation, manual and webservice testing with extensive knowledge in Insurance (Auto, Life Insurance and Claims) domain
• Extensive knowledge of Quality Assurance standards, methodologies and strategies with better understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Excellence in developing Automation test scripts using Selenium Web driver, Java using Junit/TestNg, MAVEN build tools, Jenkins for Continuous Integration
• Used BDD framework with Cucumber, Serenity, web driver IO and created test suites, future files
• Hands on experience in using the version control systems like SVN and GIT
• Automated web based and host - based (mainframe) applications using TOSCA Automation tool
• Well versed in Web Services testing with SOAPUI (SOAP based webservice), Postman (REST based webservice)
• Writing efficient SQL and PL/SQL queries for backend data validation
• Strong knowledge in Software QA standards like Black box testing, Integration testing, System Testing, Functionality testing, Regression testing and extensively involved in UAT
• Experience in Functional and Non-Functional (Availability, Usability, Reliability and Compatibility) Testing
• Hands on experience in preparing Test plans, Test cases, Test Data, Test Summary Report, Evidence of Test and Validation Approval package
• Proficient in using TestLink for Test Planning, Requirement Management, Defect Tracking & Reporting
• Working experience with defect tracking tools like TRAC, HP Service manager and VersionOne
• Hands on experience in managing an onsite/offshore team and in all aspects of project management
• Performed cross browser testing to ensure UI uniformity and end user satisfaction
• A team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to learn new technologies

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management/Business analysis: Agile Development & Methods (Scrum/Safe/Kanban/others), BDD, Change Management, Risk Management, Requirements Analysis, Use Cases and User Stories, Business Analysis, Estimation and Planning, Scope Management, Test Management, Web Analytics, Resource Utilization

Domain Knowledge: Insurance Rating, Property & Casualty Insurance, Underwriting, Banking

Programming Languages: Core Java, C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX, Shell Scripting, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, HTML, XML, XPATH

Testing Tools: Selenium Web driver, SOAP UI, Postman, Test Link, Tosca, SVN, Maven, STS, Eclipse, IBM Data Studio, PG Admin, XML, Spring, MySQL, WINSQL, Splunk, Serenity, Cucumber, NodeJS, GIT, Junit, TestNG, Jenkins

Test Management Tools: Version One, HP Service Manager, Defect Management Tool (TRAC), IBM Lotus notes, Quality Center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Lead (Onsite)

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop test scripts for web/mainframe applications after having discussions with Business Partners
• Experience in writing Gherkin scripts, building and enhancing automation framework
• Identified the changes in the Web elements and created and updated scripts using Selenium inbuild WAT framework to test the mainframe application
• Automated test cases using the Selenium WebDriver for UI web Elements using JAVA, OOPS concepts
• Experience in Cross browser application testing and worked with distributed version control system like GIT
• Performed automated acceptance tests written in Java implementing BDD Framework using cucumber/Serenity
• Created XML based test suite and integrated with Jenkins Server to execute automation scripts
• Have experience in automating web based and mainframe applications using Tosca Test automation tool
• Executed automated regression test cases during release and also executed the daily regression test suites as a part of daily shakedown execution to report the daily status
• Used web-debugging tools like Xpath, Firebug, FirePath to locate web elements
• Involved in execution of On and Off platform entries using Automation, execution of multiple scripts at various checkpoints to validate the data
• Assisted with prioritization and resolution of software defects and environmental defects using Version One
• Supporting dev teams, participated in Program Increment planning sessions, Sprint retrospective, daily Scrum and Scrum of Scrum meetings
• Participate in Fixation, tested critical bug fixes and coordinated with developers in release of bug fix meeting with tight timeline.

Confidential

QA Lead (Onsite)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering and analyzes the requirements from Business Analysts, Architects and Product owners
• Involved in major key decisions, created Test plan and provided inputs to Test strategy
• Preparation of Test scenarios, Traceability matrix and Test Cases based on Functional requirement document
• Created Business Case Proposals on delivery solutions using SAFe methodology integrating with Behavior Driven Development for Rating/Underwriting Insurance Business/ Product Rules
• Contributed towards defining POC (Proof of Concept) for repository upgrades
• Acted as Liaison between the Developers/system team, business analyst(s) and enterprise level architecture team for analyzing and testing the business and functional rules
• Track the new/ updated requirements in the project and modify testing artifacts accordingly and communicate with the client or on site/ offshore team members, as required
• Coordinated with Test Data team for test data mining, prepared Testing Metrics Report and share it with all key stakeholders of a projects, provided testing estimates and input on new and complex functionalities
• Performed Dev/Int testing using SOAP/Rest tools to test the functionalities, rule logics of the Web services.
• Finding defects and reporting of the defects through HP service manager/ Trac/ Version One.

Confidential

Lead Test Analyst (Offshore)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in major key decisions, created Test plan and provided inputs to Test strategy
• Preparation of Test scenarios, Traceability matrix and Test Cases based on Functional requirement document
• Collaborate with product development Scrum teams to translate requirements into technical specifications for the proposed functionality including defining detailed acceptance criteria
• Document all data mapping and transformation processes in the Functional Design documents based on the business requirements
• Streamline requirements categorization, create additional requirements that address bottleneck situations
• Test suite creation and execution using SOAP UI to test the logic and functionalities of the webservices
• Represent offshore during onsite Status call when necessary, ownership/handling weekly status report
• Team management - Assigning and tracking the progress of work from the team members

Confidential

Test Analyst (Offshore)

Responsibilities:

• Created, maintenance and triage for Test ID and Test Data across Development, System, Performance and Implementation teams
• Interacted with different onsite team for knowledge transfer of all LOB’s
• Co-ordinates and collaborate across DC on requirements and provided Test IDs and Data as per the agreed delivery date
• Showcased the metrics, report charts to Onsite Project Manager and Team
• Involved in Coordinating with the onshore team on the daily task and providing support for deliverables
• Conducted stand ups for planning task division and prepare offshore daily status on tasks accomplished by team
• Supporting the project in setting-up the templates, checklists, standards and best practices to keep track of the deliverables
• Data Retrieval from DB, using Query Tool and Command Editor. SME in SQL queries
• Interact with Automation team to identify scenarios which can be automated
• Responsible for resolving Service Tickets in HP Service Manager and trac