SUMMARY

• 9 years of experience in QA & BA with Banking, Finance, Insurance, E - Commerce, Tele Communications, Healthcare focusing on Business & Data Analysis, Design, Development and Testing.
• Knowledge on banking products & Financial Markets: Treasury, Loans, Deposits, Credit Control, Foreign Exchange, Derivatives, stocks, bonds and money markets.
• Well-versed in Manual, Automation, Database testing for Web, Desktop & client server applications.
• Profound knowledge on Software quality processes and life cycles.
• Strong experience inQA Methodologies, Agile SCRUM, Waterfall and RUP.
• Expertise in analyzing the requirements to develop the Test plan, Test strategy and Test cases.
• Proficient testing skills include performing Smoke, Sanity, Regression, Integration, Functional, System, Security, System Integration, End to End and User Acceptance Testing.
• Good experience in Creation & Execution of Test Scripts, Defect Tracking and Reporting using HP ALM, Quality Center, IBM Rational Quality Management, Clear Quest and Cucumber.
• Expertise inSeleniumWeb Driver, Cucumber,SeleniumGrid, JAVA, API testing, Maven, Jenkins.
• Proficient in Test Automation using UFT, QTP, Load Runner and Rational Functional Tester.
• Expertise in building strong Automation test suit, frameworks and architecture based on project needs.
• Expertise in Test Modular, Data driven, Keyword and Hybrid test automation frameworks.
• Strong in concepts of exception handling and error handling mechanism.
• Solid experience in writing VB Script, Java Script and Reusable Functions using QTP / UFT, Selenium.
• Hands on testing experience in mobile testing - iPhone, Android, Blackberry, iPad.
• Excellent experience of build tools like Maven and managing JAVA automation projects using them.
• Good programming knowledge in Java, .NET, Web Forms and Web Controls.
• Very good experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and testing the web services.
• Extensive knowledge in writing SQL & PL SQL Queries, Dynamic-queries, and complex joins.
• Experience in SQL queries to validate database schemas, data validations using Oracle and SQL server.
• Excellent knowledge on Dimensional models, Data warehouse, Data marts and ETL concepts.
• Expertise in DWH - ETL Testing and business objects - batch and ADHOC reporting aspects.
• Expertise with web services testing by using XML validation and SOAP UI.
• Exposure in different functional and performance validation automation tools SAHI, XUnit and JUnit.
• Proven ability to rapidly learn new technologies, implement process improvements, and effectively lead geographically dispersed teams (Onsite - Nearshore - Offshore models).
• Possesses a positive driven work ethic, strong leadership and communication skills as well a strategic mind-set that delivers consistent decisive and profitable results.
• Possesses Innovating mindset and thinking of different workable solutions with maximum reusability.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows95/98/NT/2000/XP, UNIX, Linux

Methodologies: SDLC, Waterfall, Agile SCRUM, RUP

Languages: C, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, .NET, VB script, Java script, Shell Script

Database: Oracle, MS-SQL Server, MS Access, DB2, Sybase, Toad

Automation Testing Tools: UFT, QTP, Selenium RC, Web Driver, Selenium Grid, Maven, Jenkins, IBM RFT, Load Runner

Automation Management Tools: ALM 11, QC, RQM, Clear Quest, RequisitePro, JIRA, Bugzilla, TFS

Reporting Tools: SAP Business objects, Informatica

Internet Tools: HTML, XML, CSS, ASP, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project

Application & Web Server: Web logic 6.1/7.0, Web Sphere 4.0/5.0, IIS 4.0/5.0, NES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. QA Automation analyst

Confidential - Parsippany, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Understand business challenges, requirements and existing environments for various applications.
• Walkthrough the applications with the help of Subject Matter Experts to know third party components, custom build components, dependencies and technologies.
• Follow project implementation methodology and responsible for all project related documentation.
• Mentor the team to use the framework, quality standards, implement the change management system in the automation suites and prepare the user friendly documentation for the scripts.
• Mastery in preparation of Test Plan, Test Summary, Test Scenarios, Traceability Matrix and Test Data.
• Work with different frameworks for automation like Page Object, Page Factory, Data Driven and Agile.
• Build automation regression test suite for the application which can be executed during each sprint release.
• Develop and execute functional, regression, system, integration and end to end test cases.
• Implement Page Objects, Page Factory, Data Driven, Keyword Driven, Hybrid automation frameworks.
• Implement automation using Selenium Web Driver, JAVA, Selenium Grid, Cucumber, and Maven.
• Execute Selenium scripts on different platforms and browser versions to test the application compatibility.
• Implement TestNG Test Automation framework and developing automation infrastructure.
• Create and enhance Test Scripts using Element locators, WebDriver methods, Java programming concepts.
• Manage dynamic elements effectively using different element locators using selenium WebDriver.
• Maintain the Selenium automation code and resources in source controls over the time for improvements.
• Interact with business managers, Developers, and Technical development teams to review outstanding defects, design gaps and for missing data mapping information.
• Performed Defect Tracking & Management in JIRA. Generated automated daily reports using JIRA API.
• Publish execution and produced Test Completion certificate upon successful Test Execution.
• Co-coordinating Test team members and Development team in order to resolve the issues.
• Attend daily meetings for test allocation, execution review and defect triage and query clarifications.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Jenkins, Oracle 11g, TOAD 11.2,MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project.

Sr. QA Analyst

Confidential - Parsippany, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated and Lead the testing efforts with which involves testing of various multiple projects in Parallel.
• Participated in walkthrough of requirements, specifications, database design, Test Plan & Test Strategy.
• Participated in business meetings with users to prepare the business requirement document preparation.
• Acting as SME during implementation for functional clarification, documentation etc.
• Prepared SIT\UAT Test Strategy & Test Activity Plan and conducted review session with stakeholders.
• Implemented web applications automation usingSeleniumWeb driver with Java.
• Designed automation framework using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Page Object Model, and Page Factory.
• Developed automation framework Confidential different levels- Framework, application and test case level.
• ConfiguredSeleniumWebDriver, TestNG, Maven tool and createdseleniumautomation scripts in java.
• Converted Regression, functional manual test cases to automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver.
• Executed multiple tests across different browsers, OSs, and machines in parallel using Selenium Grid.
• Creating and Executing automated tests for functional, and regression for different applications.
• Managed test cases, defects and testing releases for Smoke and Regression using MTM and TFS.
• Interacted with business managers, Developers, and Technical development teams to review outstanding defects, design gaps and for missing data mapping information.
• Automated different applications to test the compatibility of cross browser and cross platform testing.
• Participating in meetings with developers to discuss enhancements and modifications.
• Attending weekly project meetings to discuss project related status and task assignments.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, TestNG, Cucumber, Maven, Jenkins, Appium, Confidential .NET framework, MTM, TFS, coded UI, PeopleSoft, HTML, XML, SQL server, SQL, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project.

Sr. Test Analyst

Confidential - Jersey City, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business and system requirements, developed Test Strategy, Test plan, Test Cases, Test Data for testing of the functionality, GUI, Compatibility and User Acceptance of the application using QA standards.
• Worked closely with Development team, BA and QA teams as well as Stakeholders and members of Management to understand and analyze the requirements.
• Participated in daily standup meetings, project status meetings as well as retrospective meetings and iteration reviews as a member of the Scrum team.
• Assisted test manager with day to day testing tasks and users for any business clarifications as needed.
• Identified the test scenarios for the OVS BAS & Bridge and develop the test automation scripts.
• Designed data-driven testing framework and capture data dynamically from web controls.
• Developed and performed regression and functional testing using Selenium automation test scripts.
• Identified various critical points in the application and automate them using Web-Driver with TestNG.
• Involved in setting up configuring the testing environment with Eclipse, Junit, and Selenium WebDriver.
• DevelopedSeleniumscripts in TestNG for parameterization using DataProvider annotation.
• Tested compatibility of application for various browsers using HTML IDs and XPath in Selenium.
• Created user defined functions, libraries in Java and implement the functionality with Selenium.
• Setup the Automation Framework using Selenium Web Driver, Eclipse, and TestNG.
• Developed Selenium Web Driver test scripts for identified test cases by using Data Driven framework.
• Implemented Selenium Grid to run automation scripts on multiple platforms and browsers.
• Performed data validation and ETL testing for migrated data for downstream applications.
• Involved in writing SQL scripts/queries complex queries involving aggregates, Joins and Functions.
• Attended defect triage meetings to discuss outstanding defects are fixed and closed before the target.
• Involved in defect retest along with impact analysis and update the head office on test execution status.
• Participated in project meetings to update the status and to get the information on project process.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, TestNG, Soap UI, JIRA, SQL, Windows, Unix/Linux, Toad for Data Analyst 2.1, DB2, MS Office

Sr. QA Automation analyst

Confidential - Roseland, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Project Management & Requirement review meetings to provide the test estimates.
• Developed test schedules based on project needs & produce Test Strategy for System Integration phase.
• Attended daily meetings for test allocation, execution review and defect triage and query clarifications.
• Mapped requirements in requirement tractability matrix (RTM) and supported SIT documentation.
• Followed project implementation methodology and responsible for all project related documentation.
• Developed and executed functional, regression, system, integration and end to end test cases.
• Conducted smoke & sanity test during code deployment in various environments.
• Tested applications compatibility on different platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS), browser versions(IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome) and Mobile Devices (iOS, Android, Windows Phone)
• Extensively used Selenium WebDriver to convert functional manual test cases to automated test scripts.
• Developed automation scripts using Selenium Web driver with Java using Eclipse IDE.
• Created Automation Framework using TestNG framework and utilized XSLT Reports for status reporting.
• Utilized various methods like XPath, CSS Locators to identify object/elements in the application.
• Used Maven build tool to organize and automate build process.
• Utilized Jenkins tool to execute automation scripts on a regular basis by scheduling Jenkins jobs in different test environments with different test configurations.
• Interacted with business managers, Developers, and Technical development teams to review outstanding defects, design gaps and for missing data mapping information.
• Involved in writing SQL scripts/queries complex queries involving aggregates, Joins and Functions.
• Tested iOS & Android Mobiles apps on the major IOS and Android devices with different versions.
• Performed database testing by writing different SQLs using Oracle Toad.
• Published execution progress by daily/weekly status reports and produced Test Completion certificate upon successful Test Execution.
• Attended daily meetings and coordinated with UAT Testers for Test Allocation, execution review, defect management, query clarifications, access provisioning, functional clarification etc.
• Provided a weekly project report that includes Test Metrics and status reports.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, GitHub, Jenkins, Oracle 11g, TOAD 11.2, MS Office

BA/QA Automation Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated, Managed and led the QA efforts with onsite and offshore teams across multiples releases.
• Involved in all phases of the testing lifecycle, Design Development, Validation, QA and UAT.
• Managed project status reports and coordinated with external teams to manage dependencies and test data setup for the projects, and to estimate overall testing effort for the defined Project.
• Involved in Business requirements analysis through discussions with domain experts, process experts to prepare the test plan, test scenarios and test cases.
• Worked with development team, Business Analysts, SMEs to understand the application architecture.
• Analyzed, developed, documented and validatedQAwork product against the BRD, Use Cases.
• Developed and executed complex test cases for validation of requirements in line with E2E scenarios.
• Maintained Test Cases, Test Data, Test results, Defects, Reports & Graphs for project management.
• Executed end to end scenarios includes Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Regression, System and system integration testing as per defined schedules.
• Built different automation frameworks data driven, functional/modular, key word driven and hybrid.
• Developed Automation Test Scripts for various applications based on requirement requests.
• Extensively used SQL scripts/queries for data verification and validation for the back end testing.
• Involved in complex SQL queries using basic, case logic, union, joins and sub queries to perform data analysis, data verification, and data load testing, data integrity, consistencyand generated reports.
• Participated in both internal and external process improvement projects likeQA, SIT, UAT Testing with business & Marketing and External Vendors team.
• Extensively involved in GUI Testing, Black box & Grey box testing, Regression Testing.
• Identified, tracked defects and actively participated in Defect Review meetings with various teams.
• Participated in Walkthrough and Inspection meetings to know the status of the testing efforts.
• Worked with offshore/onsiteteam for knowledge transfer and daily deliverables of various process.
• Facilitated team with the work guidance, helped them in decision making to achieve the deadlines.
• Involved in collaborating with all members of the project team to ensure quality of deliverables.
• Attended daily/weekly project meetings and prepared project reports and test status reports.

Environment: Windows, Unix, Linux, HP QTP, UFT, HP QC, ALM, RQM, Rational Requisite Pro, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#.NET, Java, J2EE, JSP, VMware, CSS, HTML, XML, VB Script, Java Script, Web Services, SOAP UI, Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, TOAD, Rally, Bugzilla, JIRA, MS Office Suite, MS Visio, MS Project.