CAREER SUMMARY:

• Having 12+ years of exp. in software testing using Functional & Automation (UFT, ALM and Selenium).
• Currently working as a Test Architecture Specialist for leading Financial Company in USA. I have worked on different banking LOBs - Warehouse Lending, Counter Party Credit Risk. Expert in GUI automation and have good exposure of automated tools like QTP/UFT/Selenium.
• Good understanding of performance testing and HP Load Runner.
• I have executed different type of black-box testing at different levels like functional, regression, web application testing, Automation testing using QTP/UFT/Selenium tools.
• 8 years of experience in banking domain and 4 years in e-commerce.
• Worked extensively in Waterfall and Agile (Scrum) methodology.
• Proficient in JIRA, HP ALM, HP-UFT and Selenium (WebDriver).
• Involved in designing and implementing the Architecture of Hybrid automation framework using QTP/JAVA/.NET.
• Designed and implemented complete automation framework using QTP/UFT/Selenium using JAVA and C# .NET.
• Good exposure in testing the Web Services, SOAP, REST Frame Work using SOAP UI tools.
• Experienced in back-end testing using SQL queries, generating reports to ensure DIDQ and business rules.
• Proven track record in Test planning, Design, execution, Test estimations, planning and delivery for multiple and large projects.
• Versed with innovative testing processes like Risk Based Testing, Pair-Wise and Combinatorial Testing.
• Worked on Shift-Left Testing, CI/CD, Dev-Ops, BDD and TDD environment.
• Learning Cucumber, Gherkins, Jenkins, WebDriverIO, Docker, Maven, REST-assured, Selendroid and Appium.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• QTP/UFT
• Framework Design
• Selenium
• Requirement Analysis
• TestNG
• Test Planning
• HP-ALM
• Defect Management
• JIRA
• Agile Methodology
• Load Runner
• SDLC
• JAVA
• ETL Testing
• VBScript
• AutoSys
• SQLt
• Unix
• C#
• VB .NET
• Excel Macro

• Good analytical and problem solving skills, Good communication, presentation skills, decision-making skills and a good team player.
• Able to take preventative action when any risks become unacceptable.
• A keen analyst and team player with thorough understanding of all aspects of the SDLC from understanding client requirements through direct client interaction, translating them into technical specifications and driving their execution.
• Ensure constructive working relationships within team and across teams/functional groups.
• Capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Positive in attitude and keep learning spark lighten by reading and spreading the same in team.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential (Owings Mills, MD)

Sr. Automation QA Architect

Responsibilities:

• Analyze RPA business process, design test scenarios and testing Blue Prism process report the business defects and issues.
• Performed functional/regression/configuration/deployment/pre-prod testing for RPA (Blue Prism) code.
• Implemented automation framework with Selenium/JAVA/Maven/TestNG from scratch for synergy regression.
• Enhanced and maintained WROR BOT UFT framework for new enhancements and changes.
• Performed baseline testing with HP Load Runner and HP Performance Center.
• Created Excel macro to get Defect Report for business unit to pull information from all ALM projects associated.
• Trained and helped QA Team within group to setup Selenium/JAVA/Maven/TestNG development environment.
• Involved in laying down organization wide selenium automation framework to gel with CI/CD environment in organization.
• Setup HP-ALM projects for many new projects started within organization.
• Learning about DevOps, CI/CD tools.

Confidential (Charlotte)

QA Automation Architect

• Designed and implemented the Hybrid driven automation framework using HP-UFT and VB .NET to implement End-2-End automated regression testing.
• Implemented automation database to manage test data, scenarios and execution results and report.
• Developed component to fetch the test data at run time, to eliminate performing tests on static data.
• Developed multiple Excel macro to support many time taking & repetitive tasks.
• Worked on automation strategy, estimation, planning and resourcing.
• Extensively worked on ETL testing using SQL queries and performed DIDQ validations.
• Performed Selenium/JAVA/TestNG automation POC for UI automation.
• Defect management, define and capture metrics, Conduct Defect Review meeting and presented to stakeholders.
• Lead manual and automation offshore QA team.
• Involved in setting up overall QA process for Manual/Automation/Performance and advised best practices to client.
• Established performance testing team and infrastructure and track progress on testing every Sprint.

Confidential (Charlotte)

QA Coordinator / Automation Architect

• Design and implement Selenium WebDriver based automation framework.
• Used Selenium/JAVA/TestNG with eclipse as IDE.
• Supported IE, Chrome and Firefox web browser.
• Prepare Test plan, Strategy, test cases, execute log defects and track the progress using HP-ALM and JIRA.
• Communicate to business users and understanding their business needs.
• Work with Development team and Technical Analysts to help them write design document.
• Lead and mentor offshore QA team to deliver with best possible quality.
• Update stakeholders about the progress and status of project on daily basis and prepare risk based test plan.

Confidential

QA Lead (Offshore)

• Design and implement keyword driven automation framework using HP-UFT and Selenium in all applications in group.
• Built a common reporting platform around all applications for better and standard format regression reports.
• Built utility in VB .NET as accelerator, which was used to trigger automation suite for any of application at need on basis.
• Built an Excel macro which was used by manual QA team to write automated test cases using keywords.
• Guide team to design a robust and easy to use Test Automation Framework with target of 100% Automation coverage.
• Manage resources allocated to different Application under RELM umbrella.
• Ensure the smooth execution of QA activities and quality deliverable and build a positive environment in team.
• Co-ordinate with the business and Development team and keep QA Activities in sync and on track.
• Review the manual Test Cases and Automation Framework build by the team and provide Review Comments.
• Releasing the weekly status report to stakeholder the progress of QA team (manual/automation).
• Schedule the regular meeting with the business and test team for updates on functional changes and modification, so we can update the Automation Framework and test cases.

Confidential (Finland)

Automation Specialist

• Design a robust and easy to use automation framework using UFT and ALM.
• Script functional and regression test cases with the target to make 100% testing automated every time.
• Co-ordinate with the functional test team and keep the automation framework updated.
• Maintain the test scripts for the functional and test flow changes.
• Running the automated test cases and reporting the results to the functional test team.
• Releasing the weekly status report to management and functional test team updating the progress of the automation.

Confidential

Sr. Associate

• Represent VV&T team in front of all stake holders including customer as Single Point of Contact.
• Discuss with the team members and come to the decision of the targets to achieve in coming iteration.
• Plan the activities to carry on and execute them as planned to make the iteration successful.
• Co-ordination with the external teams for any dependencies and test data.
• Tracking the testing progress, defects and user story coverage.
• Help automation team acquire knowledge of the application to ease the automation initiative.
• Identify the risks which can affect the automation suit like usability, maintainability, reusability and adaptability.
• Design the automation framework for the application.
• Prepare the coding standard document and the automation framework document and ensure the team understand the same and can implement.

Confidential

QA Automation

• Design and implement robust and easy to implement hybrid automation framework using UFT.
• Identify the risks which can affect the automation suit like usability, maintainability, reusability and adaptability.
• Keep maintaining automation suite and building new regression test cases provided by manual QA team.
• Identify the test cases which could and could not be automated with our framework.
• Prepare the coding standard document and the automation framework document and ensure the team understand the same and can implement.
• Integrate the functional blocks to work together.

Confidential

Associate QA

• Preparing Test specifications for Work package and execution of test cases within the time frame as per the plan.
• Raising the defects, get them fixed and retest them again at the earliest.
• Getting into the root cause of the fault and try to get the best solution sitting with the developers.
• Keeping and maintaining the test environment always up and running by coordinating with Build team, ISG, and support teams.
• Meet the company standards and processes.
• Building test data using EXTRA Personal client on mainframes database using CSS.
• Building test data required for all the work packages and make the testers ensure the test data is working fine.
• Building test data using EXTRA Personal client on mainframes database using CSS.
• Successfully automated the process of test data building, using the scripts supported by EXTRA Personal client. This saves my 80% of manual work.
• Handled both the responsibility as test data coordinator and Test planning successfully even after downsizing the team.