SUMMARY

• IT Professional with 10+Years of experience in SW Testing & QA Management
• Experience in using QA Automation Tools for HP QTP/UFT, Selenium Web Driver, Selenium Grid, Cucumber and Appium.
• Experience in developing and enhancing automated test scripts using Java, VB Script and Gherkin.
• Experience in defining overall Test Strategy/Methodologies, Test Plans, setting up Test Environments, Test Data for various test Phases/Environments.
• Expertise in Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing Mobile Testing, Backend Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Extensively experienced in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) including Manual & Automation testing in various domains (i.e. Telecom, GAS, Electrical, Property Management, Financial, Cargo and various Managerial Portals/Applications).
• Areas of Effectiveness: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), SW Quality Assurance Techniques & Methodologies, Risk & Change Management, Defect Management, Release Management, Strategic Planning, Cost & Resource Planning, Gap Analysis, Client Management, Impact Analysis, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CMMi, TCOE, TMMi/TPI, Process Improvement, Strong Analytical Skills, Vendor Management and Quality Management.
• Strong leadership qualities with proven record of accomplishment of inspiring teams (onsite / offsite) to deliver high quality software and achieve strategic business goals and customer delight.
• Played key role for understanding of business & IT requirements to streamline administration and internal processes, resulting in enhanced automation and operational efficiency.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Selenium IDE, Appium, Test NG, Maven, Jenkins, HP QTP/UFT & SOAP UI

Languages: Java, Gherkin & VB Script

Test Frameworks: Data Driven, Page Object Model (POM)

Project Methodologies: Agile - Scrum, Waterfall & V-Model

Defect Tracking Tools: Jira, HP Quality Center & Team Foundation Server (TFS)

Packages: MS-Office Suite(Word, Excel, Access), MS-Project & MS-Visual Studio

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, My SQL & MS Access

Operating Systems: Windows variants, UNIX & Linux

Dashboards/Portals: GIT, Jenkins, Share Point Portal, STASH (Bitbucket), Confluence, Test Automation Portal, Release Management System, Resource Management System, Quality Management System, Project Information Management System, Inspa & Control Checker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr.Consultant-QA Automation

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Application functionality demo & Product specifications document review sessions with Business and Project teams.
• Analyzed business requirements and functional documents, created the Test Strategy, Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Experience work with Data Driven and Page Object Model frameworks for Selenium.
• Developed and Implemented Web Application Test Automation Scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Java. Used Eclipse IDE to develop & debug the code.
• Creation of Feature Files and Automation Step Definitions using BDD (Behavior driven development) in Cucumber.
• Experienced in providing the efficient locators strategy to run WebDriver Scripts in stable condition for all Phases / Environments.
• Experience to implement synchronization using implicit and explicit wait conditions in test scripts.
• Experience with Parameterization using Test NG XML and Data Providers to work differently with a different set of data with Test NG, Selenium.
• Performed the build and maven dependencies using Maven build tool.
• Parallel, Cross - Browser Testing usingSeleniumGrid and TestNG.
• Maintained Java and selenium source code and Project resources in GIT as source control repository tool.
• Used SQL to generate the test metrics after executing the respective test cases of the Module/Functionality.
• Responsible for executing the Mobile (both iOS & Android) Test scripts during the Regression Phase.
• Excellent skills in Bug Tracking and Reporting using HP QC/ALM and JIRA.
• Experience in test execution reports review and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Experience in managing/delivering projects working in an Onsite/Offsite delivery model.
• Supported for Enterprise Releases (ERs) & Maintenance Releases (MRs), Manage defects during execution and ensure that the defects addressed in Priority order per Severity.
• Extensively worked in Regression testing usingSeleniumWeb driver in Test NG.
• Responsible for creating daily QA Activity documents (QA Dashboards for Management, Status Reports, Metrics, Traceability Matrixes, Release Notes, Check Lists, Validated Test Results, Defect Tracking Report and required supporting documents and maintained in Confluence.
• Participated weekly status meetings with management to provide work status for assigned work and if any issues/risks.
• Interacted with other external teams for environment/license issues, external services availability and work towards resolution.

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Selenium IDE, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, Cucumber, Eclipse, IntelliJ, XPATH, Firebug, Firepath, HTML, JavaScript, XML, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Office suite, Windows 2007, HP Quality Center/ALM, Jira, Windows, Share Point Portal, STASH (Bitbucket), OneConfluence, Test Automation Portal (In-house Developed), Dash Board-User Logs (In-house Developed), Service XML Test (In-house Developed).

Confidential

Quality Analyst III/QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirements and Product Specifications with SMEs/BAs to create Test Plan, Test Strategy and Test Scenarios.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining Web Application automation test script using HP QTP/UFT with VB Script.
• Performed Regression testing and end to end testing.
• Supported for Daily Releases, Monthly Releases, manage defects during execution, and ensure that the defects addressed in Priority order per Severity.
• Performed XML testing by Send/Receive using SOAP UI.
• Responsible for setting up Test Environments, Test Data for various test Phases/Environments.
• Communicated inconsistencies between System specifications and Test results to development and Analyst team.
• Created Regression Test document to track and report testing activities during each release of testing, including testing results, test case coverage, logged defects and maintain the respective reports in Share Point Portal.
• Involved in Defect Triage Meetings with BA and Development Teams to resolve the defects per Priority and Severity.
• Participated in Daily/Weekly Status review meetings and provided status updates.
• Responsible for Release Management System (RMS) for every release as per the release calendar/time lines.
• Responsible for review Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure all requirements covered in testing.
• Responsible for schedule the code review meetings and ensure to close the action points.
• Prepared Lessons Learnt document and reviewed with the team for every release.
• Good experience to review the test execution reports and do the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Impact Analysis.
• Manage and Lead Offshore/Onshore test teams for concurrent multiple projects and responsible for assigning tasks to team members. Prepared Resources Vs Efforts Report for every quarter.
• Streamlined the existing QA Process in the Department by discussing with Sr.Management and Team.
• Expertise in GAP Analysis & Impact Analysis.
• Responsible for Product/Domain Knowledge Transfer to new joiners and cross trainings to existing team members.
• Implemented and developed various automated systems in the Company and its improved efficiency and accuracy and allowing me to downsize the operation by 10 employees and reduce the yearly budget $300,000.

Environment: .Net, HTML, JavaScript, XML, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Office suite, Quality Center, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Release Management System (RMS), Batch Process tools (in house developed), Share Point Portal.

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Web Application Functional Spec/Business Requirement review meetings with BA and Development Team to better understanding of the application functionality and business rules.
• Responsible for System, Integration and Regression testing of the applications.
• Experience in performing XML file testing by Sending/Receiving XML request using SOAP UI.
• Reviewed Test Scenarios & Test Cases and provided feedback to the Team.
• Worked with other testers and key stakeholders to ensure the testing coverage for each software release.
• Reviewed and updated Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that satisfy all required project’s test conditions.
• Participated in Weekly status meetings and Defect Triage Meeting with Developers & BAs/SMEs.
• Created Regression Document to track and report testing activities during each phase of testing, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, logged defects and their status, performance baselines.
• Responsible for updating the Project Status details in Project Management Information System (PMIS) for every week.
• Worked as Application Administrator for IKC & IT GSD Services Portal Applications.
• Participated Monthly Corporate Quality Review Meetings (CQRMs) and Sr.Management Review Meetings (MRMs).
• Responsible for updating the Quality review meeting notes in Quality Management System (QMS) for every month.
• Understand the challenges in the existing process and recommend changes aligned to the business objectives.
• Involved in Department Quality Audits & Corporate Quality Audits in the Organization.
• Provided training/orientation on the chosen process model to Customers.
• Expertise in performing Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), GAP Analysis, Impact Analysis & Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Coach and advise the team on process improvements.
• Worked on various managerial applications / portals and stream lined the existing business work flow processes which is very helpful to the organization and reduced staff by 20 positions and saved revenue approx. $250,000.

Environment: .Net, JavaScript, XML, SQL, Oracle, Inspa Tool, Control Checker Tool, Microsoft Office suite, Quality Center, Windows, Quality Management System (QMS), Project Management Information System (PMIS)

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business & Functional Requirements.
• Created of Test Scenarios & Test Cases for all the requirements.
• Responsible for test case execution as per the test plan.
• Prepared Test Execution Schedules & Reports.
• Participated in Weekly defect triage & Status Meetings.
• Reviewed and updated Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Created understanding document for the module and provided knowledge transfer to team members.
• Performed System, Functional, Regression and Navigational Testing of the application.
• Prepared Test data for interpreting the Positive/Negative/Regression results.
• Co-ordinated with Developers to fix application defects.

Environment: .Net, JavaScript, Window XP, SQL, MS Office.