OBJECTIVE:

• To work in an environment where I can continuously learn in the pursuit of achieving functional
• Excellence and as well contribute to the growth of the organization.

SUMMARY

• 9 years of extensive experience in Automation QA testing with expertise in QTP - UFT on various platforms including Web, Windows, Siebel, Client Server and WPF applications.
• Expertise in defining Test Scope, Estimation of Test automation effort for the business created user stories.
• Outstanding experience in developing the Test Automation Suite, Designing of Automation Framework including hybrid, Business Process Testing, keyword and data driven frameworks using UFT/QTP.
• 2 years of Experience in Ruby automation framework development and performing Automated Testing using Ruby Cucumber.
• Experience with Acceptance Test Driven Development using Ruby, Ruby gems (Cucumber, Gherkins), Watir.
• 3+ years of experience with Selenium Webdriver (JAVA) and Junit framework.
• Strong understanding of Agile software development life cycle with depth experience in KANBAN methodology and closely worked with business analysts to ensure delivery of refined test automation suites.
• Expertise in using Version One Agile tool to plan, tracks, and scale the project activities.
• Expertise in ALM management tool for tracking stories from Version One, logging defects, executing test scripts and reporting results.
• Extensive domain knowledge in Banking and Securities applications.
• Experience in developing automation POC's using new technologies profitable to the Project & Client.
• Expertise in defining Project Estimation for Test automation, Project resource planning for Automation and Manual Testing projects.
• Experienced working in an offshore-onshore integrated delivery model and handled multiple releases successfully.
• Experienced in facilitating defect meetings, logging the defects in ALM and tracking to closure.
• Strong Experience in providing Automation Test Solution using UFT and analyze root cause problem to drive effective business solutions.
• Actively Involved in Designing and implementing the components Using Business Process Testing.
• Extensively worked on database testing (SQLServer) to validate the application against the database.
• Extensive experience in Mobile Application Testing (2 years)
• Experienced to handle multiple projects and work in a fast-paced, highly integrated and systemic work environment. Independent, flexible, creative and adaptable
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, perceptive and resourceful, with proven problem-solving, analysis, mentoring, and team-leading skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Quick Test Professional
• HP Quality Center ALM
• Agile
• Scrum methodologies
• Waterfall methodology
• Team Foundation Server(TFS)
• MS SQL Server 2008
• VB script
• Selenium Web driver
• JAVA
• JUnit
• CRM domain
• Securities and Capital Market
• Version One Scrum Tool
• Business Process Testing (BPT)
• Ruby/Cucumber

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Automation QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparing Automation effort estimates for the groomed user stories.
• Participating in daily stand ups and updating the tasks, moving the stories on the Version One story board.
• Participating in Release planning, sprint planning, sprint demo meetings, retrospective meetings.
• Extensively automated regression and functional test suite using Selenium WebDriver.
• Developing automation framework using JUnit.
• Developing, executing new automated scripts and maintaining them for every release.
• Coordinating with the offshore QA team on a daily basis, assigning tasks and track it to closure.
• Reviewing test cases, test scripts and uploading into ALM.
• Aggressively involved in preparing Automation execution metrics, Release Exit document and present it to the business stakeholders after each release.
• Developed a comprehensive automated solution to run the business data scenarios as part of the Regression suite. Received excellent feedback from the customer for contributing and being instrumental in automation activities.
• Developed automation suites on Acceptance Test-driven development using Ruby/Cucumber.
• Facilitating Defect triage meetings and tracking the defects to closure.
• Mentoring the team with any technical issues and providing solutions.

Environment: HP UFT, HP ALM Quality Center 11, Version One Scrum tool, Ruby Mine, Selenium Webdriver,Watir, IE 8,VB script, Oracle SQL 3,JUnit

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparing Regression Test Plan for all the applications
• Involved in Analysis of Front Door Request for regression from different teams.
• Interacted with development and business teams to get the impact analysis for regression scenarios.
• Prepare Regression estimation for the scenario identified.
• Involved in performing End to End testing as per the requirement and request from different teams.
• Extensive experience in Regression test execution and defect reporting.
• Sending Daily, Weekly and Monthly regression status report to client and management.
• Attend daily Scrum meeting and update automation and manual execution status and road blocks if any.
• Sending Signoff email to the management and concern team after regression and End to end test completion.
• Application production validation - Run touch test or small set of regression test to verify if the production version is working fine

Environment: HP Quick Test Professional 10, 11, HP ALM Quality Center 11,BPT,Windows 7, Mainframe Extra X-treme 9.1, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010(TFS), Java 7,IE 7,VB script

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Estimates, feasibility study, planning, framework design, testing.
• Interaction with clients for Business clarification/validations.
• Worked on Agile Methodology framework with respect to the change in application requirements so as to achieve the target in stipulated time.
• Involved in Scrum meetings to fully understand customer needs and build the best possible solution.
• Prepared Test Strategy document, detailed test plans and test cases which specify testing overview and testing approach depending on the business and technical requirements.
• Handled a team of 8 from onshore.
• As a QA Lead was responsible to plan and prioritize the daily and weekly deliverables and status update to QA manager and the Client manager and actively participate in team meetings and work progress meetings.
• Took part in the creation of QA metrics and graphs to help the top management be updated with the QA team progress.
• Coordinating with team about technical aspects of work for the successful completion of a project

Environment: HP Quick Test Professional 10, 11, HP ALM Quality Center 11,BPT,Windows 7, Mainframe Extra X-treme 9.1, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010(TFS), Java 7,IE 7,VB script

Confidential

Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing the components Using Business Process Testing.
• Automated the Regression suite using QTP 10
• Created BPT components that connect to database and use those results as output values in the application.
• Script Maintenance and support for the existing scripts.
• Logged defects in CQ.
• Used SQL server for fetching the orders in the database.
• Interacted with the client in terms of fixing the automation issues for developing application.
• At client location for 2 months for co ordination during initial phase of the project.
• After one year moved to client location and continued to drive the project from onsite.
• Played a critical role in DB migration for the SQL scripts used for validating certain scenarios.

Environment: HP Quick Test Professional 10,HP ALM Quality Center 10,BPT,Windows XP/professional, Mainframe Extra X-treme, Rational Clear Quest, Iterative method,.NET,WPF(MDI layouts),SQL Server 2008

Confidential

Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Developing the BPT framework for the project from the scratch with writing reusable functions.
• Designing the components and presenting it to the client to get the final go.
• Used different set of test data using input parameters in BPT making it flexible to use it with QC test lab.
• Proactively took a critical module in the project which needed work around as few of the Siebel objects were not captured in the object rep.
• Developing the vb scripts using QTP-BPT and delivering the project successfully in a less time frame.
• Peer review of components and BPT scripts.
• Unit testing, Regression testing performed for all the releases.

Environment: HP Quick Test Professional 9,HP Quality Center 9,BPT,Windows XP/professional, Siebel, Rational Clear Quest

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• System study and Analysis of the functionality.
• Understanding the framework design in keyword driven using QTP 8.
• Developing scripts in keyword framework for the assigned test cases.
• Unit testing, self code review, peer review.
• Maintaining scripts during the release regression phase.
• Attending periodic meetings and teleconferencing with the client on a weekly basis.
• Regression testing of test scripts for every release
• Developed scripts using data driven framework for new requirement.

Environment: Mercury Quick Test Professional 8, Windows XP, Smalltalk, DB2,VB script, Excel VBA macros