PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 8 years of diverse IT experience with strong emphasis on Quality Assurance and end - end Testing.
• Excellent understanding of the SDLC, its constituent Activities & steps, Models & the supporting Disciplines.
• Worked on various QTP Automation tools QTP/UFT using VB Scripting and descriptive programming approach on various projects.
• Expertise in Implementing Configuration management and Versioning tools like quality center/HP ALM, JIRA and Rally.
• Used need base SQL queries like select, insert, update, delete and joining multiple tables based on business requirement to conduct backend testing.
• Exposure towards views, triggers, and stored procedures.
• Expertise in automated testing using QTP/UFT, Selenium IDE and Selenium Web Driver/Java.
• Expertise in UFT scripts including HTML Document Object Model (DOM), dynamic parameterization using Data Tables and Database Tables, Excel and File System Objects (FSO) to handle excel and text files, Windows Script Host (WSH), Descriptive programming and Dictionary Objects
• Experience in creating automation framework using Selenium Web driver using Java language and continuous integration using Jenkins.
• Experience in creating structured automated test scripts using TestNG framework.
• Experience in writing user stories using Gherkin business readable language and created automated cucumber test scripts for acceptance test.
• Experience in using web content management system like Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and source control like SVN/Git.
• Experience in using SOAPUI tool and Advance REST client for testing web services.
• Proficient in cross browser testing and using browsers’ plug-in to break software applications like Firebug, Developer tools, Google analytics debugger, Omniture debugger to track tags behind application under test.
• Working knowledge of UNIX commands, Java, JavaScript, XML, VBScript, HTML, and Web Services.
• Experience in preparing QA deliverables reports.
• Ability to work alongside developers, business analysts, project managers, and architects under strict deadlines with high level of motivation to perform well in a group as well as independently.
• Leadership skills to motivate others and drive the team towards a common goal and thus achieve the overall organizational goals and objectives and leading the team onsite / offshore model.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Selenium IDE, Selenium Web Driver, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid, Maven, SVN, SoapUI, Cucumber, TestNg, JUnit, QTP/UFT, QC, ALM

Bug Tracking Tools: Jira, Bugzilla, Rally, Quality Center

Integration tools: Jenkins

Databases: MY SQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2

Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, XML, XPATH

Testing Framework: Data Driven, Keyword Driven, Hybrid, Page Object Model(Pom)

IDE: Eclipse, Selenium IDE

Web services: SoapUI, RESTFUL Services

Languages: SQL, VB Script, XML, JSP, Java, HTML, .Net

Repository System: GitHub, SVN

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Solaris 5.8

Browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, HTML Unit Driver

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

QA/ QTP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business, Functional Requirements and Design Review Documents to develop Test Plan for projects involved and wrote Test Scripts for positive, negative, edge cases.
• Performed manual testing of the application to test the system for both functional and business requirements for positive and negative scenarios using ALM/Quality Center 12.0.
• Designs and develops test automation artifacts (scripts, functions, scenarios, processes) for simple to complex automated testing situations using QTP.
• Developed QTP/UFT scripts with object model and description programming, and handled dynamic objects using VB-script and regular expression in QTP/UFT.
• Enhanced the QTP scripts by inserting VBScript functions and Checkpoints to check for Broken Links, Text, Table, XML and Images, and Synchronization Point to capture upload time.
• Used Object repository, Object Spy and Checkpoints in recording the QTP scripts.
• Enhancements and debugging the automated test VB scripts in QTP in efficient/semi-automated testing. 
• Testing web services API and validating the responses using SOAP (WSDL Doc's).
• Documented, updated and assigned test scripts for manual testing using customized Quality Center. 
• Designed test plans and defined cases for functional, integration system, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Responsible for complete manual testing of application under test (AUT). 
• Used reporter object in QTP for reporting test results in function of code.
• Developed and executed SQL queries to verify the proper insertion, deletion and updates into the data Warehouse supporting tables and cubes. 
• Designed and executed automated regression tests using a Quick Test Pro (QTP) 
• Used Quick Test Pro (QTP) to expand test scenarios to catch more bugs and improve quality. 
• Utilized Load Runner for performance testing to analyze the response times of the business transactions under load. 
• Conducted Smoke Testing, Functionality testing, Integration (Interface) testing and Regression testing during the various phases of the development using QTP.
• Involved in data mapping of the project requirements, queried the database using SQL queries for data mining, data analysis and data modeling.
• Tested the web pages manually as well as using automated tools like Selenium for image positioning and display quality.  
• Used Equivalence partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis strategy for writing White box Test cases as per requirements. 
• Actively involved in keeping track of defects using Clear Quest.
• Agile practices: Continuous integration, Stand-up meetings, Sprints (i.e. every two weeks), Collective ownership, Sprint Reviews/demos, test case reviews. 

Environment: Quality center, QTP/UFT 12.5, BEA Weblogic, Oracle10g, Perl, HTML, Clear Quest, Load Runner 12.0, SQL plus, XMLSpy, Clear Case, TFS

Confidential, MD

QA/ QTP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering the requirements (called as stories in agile methodology) and creating the test strategy, test cases, and test scripts for the corresponding stories in each sprint.
• Involved in performing both manual and automated testing.
• Developed Test Strategy, Test plan, Test cases, and Test scripts and project documentation in HP ALM.
• Followed project milestones and created test data and executed test scripts and defined test plans from functional, regression and performance testing through acceptance for Web Services/APIs through (HP UFT).
• Automated all System integrated test scripts using Quick test Professional (QTP) creating reusable actions and shared object repositories (.tsr).
• Involved in creating test cases for the Portfolios/Business Features (in the Agile World) for both Services/API’s and UI’s.
• Involved in using ALM VAPI-XP libraries for integrating and running the test cases that are built in SOAPUI.
• Built Data-driven test framework from scratch using groovy scripting in SOAPUI and log the results of the run in Excel.
• Involved in building data-driven framework with reusable components using the parameterized controllers, module controllers and other samples in JMeter 2.11 and results can be viewed in the Test Results viewer.
• Developing and maintaining custom libraries, error handling, recovery scenarios, reporting methods and descriptive programming, Repository management, using QTP/UFT.
• Customized UFT Scripts with Parameterization, Check Points, Library Files, and Regular Expression to automate functional Test Cases.
• Involved in writing SQL and PL/SQL to validate the data in the backend databases against what displayed in tableau.
• Involved in creating pl/sql script templates for UAT/PROD in an “on demand” fashion so that they are used for cleaning up the data in the respective database instances.
• Created Recovery Files using Recovery Scenario Manager, associated the recovery scenarios to tests to instruct QTP with specified trigger action on unexpected event/popup.
• Involved in creating the defects in JIRA and assigning it to the corresponding developers and also used for creating the tasks for each story in Agile.
• Involved in having timely test case reviews after every sprint (i.e. every two weeks) with the Manager, developers, Business to make sure the test cases are not overlapping with the Developer Junit test cases and also making sure as a testing team covered all the possible scenarios.

Environment: HP-ALM 11.0, SOAP, REST, HP QTP 11.52, VB Script, Excel, XML, JIRA, Oracle, SQL

Confidential

QA Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Functional Requirement and Business Requirement documents and developed test cases and test scripts.
• Responsible for the daily activities of the QA staff assigned to various and multiple Client projects.
• Used Selenium IDE for Open source web testing and Created Automated Test Script using Selenium WebDriver.
• Used Selenium WebDriver for Multi-browser testing including improved functionality for browsers.
• Performed GUI Testing, Functional & System Testing, UAT and Usability Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing, End-to-End Testing. ISO etc.
• Used “Maven” build tool to generate source code, compiling code, and packaging code to a jar and provides a common platform to perform these activities.
• Used Selenium “Cucumber” with Java to write acceptance tests for web applications.
• Used Selenium Cucumber for functional validation and Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Development (ATDD) framework.
• Worked on Waterfall/Agile methodology to maximize project speed and accuracy through a wide range of integrated productivity tools
• Used “TestNG” with “ANT” for generating report by executing Automated Test scripts.
• Used “Jenkins” as a primary tool for implementing the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery of their code releases.
• Used Selenium “Grid” to perform testing against different browsers, operating systems, and machines.
• Execution of Manual and Automated test cases and responsible to track and log the defects using JIRA.
• Performed Back End testing of the database by using SQL queries & wrote select statements in SQL for testing and verification of functionality.
• Performed Regression testing by executing JavaScript on the new build using Selenium WebDriver.
• Used rendezvous concept of Load Runner to generate peak load onto the server thereby stressing it, and measuring its performance.
• Database and Back-End Testing to evaluate & validate the test data into database by writing SQL Queries.
• Used JIRA for Defect Reporting, Analyzing, Tracking and Report Generation.
• Performed Load & Stress testing to check the system behavior and resolved the performance issues using HP LoadRunner (11.0), JMeter & Performance Monitor.
• Perform Testing on UNIX system and executed Unix Basic Commands.
• Attended the Review meetings, conduct requirements walkthroughs with the Users, Development and Project Management Teams and Testing Teams to sort out the issues and the defects solving.

Environment: SoapUI Pro, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, JAVA, ANT, Cucumber, GitHub, Eclips, Jenkins, Grid, HP (UFT-11.0, ALM-11.0 & LoadRunner-11.0), JavaScript, VBScript, INTERSHOP, Servlets, JIRA, JMeter, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2008, Windows 7/XP/Unix, Firefox, Chrome, IIS Web Server.

Confidential

QA/ QTP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and reviewed the Software Requirements, Functional Specifications and Design Documents.
• Created Test Plan, Test Cases, and Test Script.
• Extensively involved in Manual Testing using agile techniques.
• Executed Test Cases using Functional Requirement Specification and Use Cases.
• Created and performed all Functional and BVT (Build verification Test) test cases for the TAIS Solution.
• Performed FQT (Formal qualification Test) and UAT (User acceptance Test).
• Performed Data - driven test on the database and script creation using QTP.
• Helped to manage, and maintain multiple test environments for the TAIS test environments.
• Used ClearCase for checking out and checking in configuration items, Compared two baseline of a UCM component & monitored project status.
• Managed requirements, test cases and test scripts using Quality Center (QC 9.0).
• Created Automated Test Script using QuickTest Professional (9.5).
• Developed Manual Test Cases, verified Actual results with expected results for the application.
• Manually conducted User Interface testing, System & Integration, Functional, Load & Performance, GUI, UAT, BVT, Ad hoc & Smoke and Regression testing and interacted with developers to resolve the technical issues.
• Documented the bugs found out during the process of testing, reports bugs through ClearQuest and verify fixes on new build.
• Performed Load & Performance Testing Using HP LoadRunner, Performance Monitor.
• Experience connecting UNIX system from Window, tested & executed basic Unix Commands.
• Managed the discrepancies and issue, product defects, verified fixed defects and prioritized outstanding defects, and performed database testing for data integrity and validation.
• Created baselines & established configuration managements (CM) policies using ClearCase.
• Rigorously performed Manual Testing, Regression Testing, and Automated Testing, Component testing, Back-End testing, setup testing in Windows XP/Vista system.
• Worked on Agile methodology to maximize project speed and accuracy through a wide range of integrated productivity tools.
• Prepared timely test reports, status and updated documents.
• Assisted various members of the project team including development, technical and business team.
• Attended design review, conference meetings with on - site team.
• Involved in Bug tracking and reporting Defect Management using JIRA & QC.
• Was responsible for full Automation Process, Project presentation to senior management and mentoring & leading other personal in a team.

Environment: Windows Vista/XP/2003, Unix, SQL Server 2008, QuickTest Pro (QTP 9.2 & 9.5), Quality Center (QC 9.0 & 9.2), HP LoadRunner, Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, .Net 2005/2008, Microsoft Office, HTML, XML, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Java, Apache, VB Script, JIRA.

Confidential

QA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Preparation, Reviewing and Execution of test cases.
• Worked closely with Developers, Business Analysts, and User Representatives and participated in the product design process including specification and other document reviews.
• End-to-End Manual Testing of the application.
• Extensively worked on QTP Scripts and created automation scripts.
• Identified tests to be automated and converted to Test Scripts using QTP for Functional and Regression testing.
• Given certain checkpoints and Synchronization points using QTP to see how the application is reacting.
• Performed Data driven testing, designed Input /Output check points to validate the data and develop effective Automated Scripts.
• Extensively used SQL Queries for database testing.
• Configured test environment for specific test cases, created test data, and executed automated and manual tests, documented results, and updated defect tracking systems.
• Used Test Director to invoke the scripts and initially performed the baseline testing and organized all the scripts systematically and generated reports.
• Extensively used Test Director, for test planning, bug tracking and reporting.
• Extensively worked with Load Runner Controller for preparing Goal-based Scenarios and manual Scenarios.
• Used Performance monitor and Load Runner graphs to analyze the results.

Environment: Xml, Sql Server, Java, Oracle 8.0, Win 2000, Win NT 4.0, UNIX, Oracle, SQL, PL SQL, Load Runner 7.8, QTP 8.0, Test Director 8.0