OBJECTIVE

• To enhance my professional career with a well established organization that provides with the opportunity to utilize all my skills, knowledge, abilities and experience with a balance on hands - on and management responsibilities.

SUMMARY

• 7 years of experience in Information Technology with specialization in Software Quality Assurance and Automation Testing.
• Experience in automating, developing and executing Test suites, Test Plans, Test Scripts, Traceability Matrices, Test Strategies, Test Estimations, Test Efforts, Scheduling, Defect Tracking and Execution of Test Cases.
• Proficient in Software Testing processes like White Box, Black Box, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, Compatibility testing and System testing including Functional, Integration, Performance, Regression testing of Web based applications.
• Strong experience in SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
• Expertise in STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle).
• Strong experience with JAVA and Object Oriented Programming.
• Experience in Web based application automation testing using Selenium WebDriver, ECLIPSE and Java. Automation testing and Test script development using Selenium for UI, Functional, Data Driven and Regression testing.
• Experience in Agile (Scrum) Methodology. Extensive knowledge of every in and out of the agile methodology.
• Proficient in using and creating SQL queries in RAZOR and MySQL.
• Experience in Developing and executing the test cases using J Unit framework.
• Experience in Developing and executing the test cases using TestNg framework.
• Strong experience in manual and automation testing for various application to meet proper business conformity.
• Performed Gray Box testing in the front end testing phase.
• Have been actively involved in the preparation of Traceability Matrix (RTM), Standup meetings, Weekly status reports.
• Extensive experience in QA Planning for the 2 weeks Sprint cycle, prioritizing and distributing the work among the team members.
• Experience in Performance Testing and Load Testing of Device and Web Applications.
• Ability to accurately Log defects, Escalate Issues, Risks using defect logging tools like JIRA and BUGZILLA.
• Attended walkthrough and standup meetings with Project managers, Developers and QA leads.
• Ability to think from end user's point of view.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Enjoy experimenting and adapting to new applications and technologies.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of working through tight deadlines in a complex testing environment.
• Ambitious, hardworking and a good team player. Strong analytical, quantitative, reasoning and problem solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: JAVA, C++, C, HTML, CSS

Bug/Defect Tracking Tools: JIRA, BUGZILLA, Test Rail

SDLC Methods: AGILE (Scrum), Waterfall Methodologies

Testing Tools: Selenium Web Driver, QTP, SoapUI, ALM

Operating Systems: Windows Variants, LINUX, MAC variants, Android, iOS

Build Tools: Maven, Ant

Integration Tools: Jenkins, Hudson, Cruise Control

Testing Frameworks: TestNG, JUnit

Databases: MySQL, RAZOR

Office suites: Microsoft Office, iWork

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Sr. Software Quality Engineer

• Performed Regression tests to verify whether modifications made in the application have not caused unintended adverse side effects.
• Responsible for fixing and maintaining regression and smoke automation test scripts for end to end testing using Selenium WebDriver (using Java).
• Participate in Regression, as well as User Acceptance Testing at different stages of sprint cycle.
• Wrote SQL queries to validate that actual test results and match expected results.
• Worked on locating elements on the web page using various locators like ID, Name, XPath and CSS etc.
• Used the integration tool Hudson.
• Performed Functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it using Selenium WebDriver.
• Defined, developed, & maintained test automation tools and framework using Java
• Developed JUnit reporter using Java, XML, and XSLT, which shows automation status after each run.
• Created automation framework using POM- Page Object Model and Data Driven framework to test web application.
• Tested SOAP API Web Services using SoapUI.
• Wrote Selenium script for taking screen shot and also used action class to perform mouse movement.
• Change the status of JIRA during the testing and also update the story based on functional requirement.
• Actively participating in Agile meetings for Sprint planning, implementation and execution..
• Performed QA processes collaborating with the development team for ensuring high quality software releases using Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Actively participated in writing MySQL queries for manipulating databases.

Environment: s: JAVA, HTML, Selenium WebDriver, SQL Server, JIRA, GIT, Maven, Jenkins, Agile SCRUM, etc.

Confidential, Pasadena, CA

Sr. Software Quality Engineer

• Preformed Functionality, GUI, User Acceptance (UAT), Integration, System and Regression testing.
• Participated in functional requirements gathering sessions.
• Validated the data in the database through SQL queries.
• Wrote and used SQL to validate expected data conditions and/or test results.
• Wrote positive and negative test cases for entire systems.
• Automated web applications by using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG.
• Created Selenium Automation scripts in Java.
• Developed the Test plan, Test cases and Automation scripts for all the features of the payment application.
• Involved in Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Load testing, End to end testing & browser compatibility testing.
• Identified the Test Cases and documented them in JIRA.
• Actively participating in Agile meetings for Sprint planning, implementation and execution..
• Participated in Software requirements, Implementations, Design, Automation code reviews and attending Sprint planning meetings, Product backlog in Agile Software development.

Environment: Java, HTML, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium RC, JIRA, SQL Server, Agile (SCRUM) Methodology, Git.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Quality Engineer

• Joined as a QE and responsible for testing web based applications using Selenium tools.
• Involved in Software requirements analysis, Design, and Testing of the application.
• Created Test plans, Test Scenarios and Test strategies to facilitate the process of testing.
• Created Selenium Automation scripts in Java.
• Automated Web application using Selenium WebDriver, TestNg, Java.
• Performed manual testing, maintaining documentation on different types of testing i.e., Regression, Integration, System, Performance, User-acceptance and Black box.
• Interacted with Business Analysts for requirement gathering.
• Involved in Design and Implementation of Business Logic functions and Technical requirements.
• Responsible for defining Testing Scope, Approach, Strategy, Test Entrance and Exit Criteria.
• Performed Functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium WebDriver on different module of corporate web site.
• A very good understanding of programing language Java and its Object Oriented Concepts.
• Used Oracle RDBMS for managing different databases and wrote queries for editing and updating it as well.

Environment: s: JAVA, HTML, Selenium WebDriver, SQL Server, JIRA, GIT, Agile SCRUM, etc.

Confidential

QA Tester

• Involved in Software requirements analysis, Design, and Testing of the application.
• Implemented AGILE Methodology for project management.
• Created Test plans, Test Scenarios and Test strategies to facilitate the process of testing.
• Performed manual testing, maintaining documentation on different types of testing i.e., Regression, Integration, System, Performance, User-acceptance and Black box.
• Developed automated test scripts for functional unit, Integration testing as well as Regression testing.
• Worked as a team member and helped to generate Test plans, Test cases and Test Scenarios based on the client requirements and functional requirements.
• Developed test cases, test scenarios and procedures based on the test requirements.
• Wrote SQL, MySQL queries and stored procedures to validate data and manipulate them.
• Managed all the bugs and conducted weekly meeting to discuss bug reports.
• Set and manage customer expectations.

Environment: Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, SQL Server, Agile (SCRUM) Methodology, Log4j.