SUMMARY:

• 7 years of diverse experience in Software Quality Assurance with a thorough knowledge of System, Functional, Regression, and Automation testing methodologies Capacity to identify problems, analyze test results, and investigating their cause and suggesting remedies. Developed Strength in testing of Web based applications. Expertise in analyzing and designing automated as well as manual procedures for the verification, validation and implementation of accurate testing strategies for the successful deployment of real - time solutions
• Extensive experience in reviewing and understanding of Business & Testing requirements and writing detailed Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts.
• Involved in entire QA Life Cycle (SDLC), which includes Design, Development and Implementation of the entire QA process for Web and Client/Server
• Excellent working knowledge of designing and implementation of all QA test strategy plans and automated test solutions for client/server and Web applications
• Diverse experience in Retail, Finance and Communication industries.
• Expertise in planning/executing Black Box Testing using automation tools QTP/UFT 12.0
• Excellent knowledge of VB Script and Descriptive Programming for developing test script and Functional libraries.
• Collaborate with project team to understand requirements in order to effectively plan and execute tests.
• Experience in use of Mercury Quality Center and creating and using Test scripts using Descriptive Programming
• Experience of using HP ALM QC 11 and JIRA for defect tracking tools
• Experience of using Selenium IDE and Web Driver
• Knowledge of developing basic JAVA and Groovy script using Eclipse and SOAP UI
• Experience of using defect tracking tools Rally, JIRA and HP ALM
• Working knowledge of TFS and MS Visual Studio
• Experience working with different automation frameworks such as Cucumber, Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Page Object, REST API, and Hybrid
• Working knowledge of CI tools such as Jenkins
• Knowledge of writing SQL Queries to test backend using Oracle Database
• Participate in determining test environment needs.
• Involved in testing Java web based application.
• Extensive working Experience in using testing methods like Functional, Regression, Integration, System, Security, Initialization, Usability, Database, Smoke/Sanity, End to End and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Experienced in back-end testing using SQL queries, generating reports to ensure Data Integrity and validate business rules.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team, having strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in Agile Methodology
• A good team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

QA Testing / Modeling Defect Tracking Tools: Load Runner, QTP, UFT, Quality Center, TFS, Visual Studio, Test Manager, Selenium 2.0, Eclipse

Operating Systems: Windows 97, 98, 2007 and UNIX, Linux

Servers: IIS 5.0, Web sphere6.0, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, MSSQL Server 2012

Scripting Languages: VBScript, XML, JAVA, HTML

Networking: SOAP

Version Control: Visual Source Safe, PVCS Version Manager, SVN, GIT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Sr. Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Automated testing of core REST API services utilizing Serenity Framework as a major test tool
• Enhancing existing Serenity/Cucumber framework by developing custom classes and methods on Java
• Supporting build deployment testing process by creating and managing procedures/workflows/build jobs in Jenkins
• Developed automated testing suite for testing web applications in legal domain using Selenium WebDriver and Page Object Pattern approach
• Performed automated and manual testing of REST and JSON endpoints using API along with Selenium
• Developed new and updated existing Automation test cases using Selenium WebDriver using GitHub as VCS for a Java based Web application, using Gradle as build tool and Jenkins to create and run deployment jobs
• Responsible for write automation feature files using BDD approach
• Participated in all phases if agile process including Iteration Planning, Stand-Ups, Team retrospectives
• Analyzed system requirement and developed and executed test plans (manual and automated)
• Responsible for verifying and validating XML messages using Soap UI
• Documented test results including evaluation and status reports
• Supporting backend testing and verify data integrity using Oracle Database
• Used Firebug Tool to identify the Object's id, Name, XPath, link in the application
• Defined and create Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test acceptance criteria and Develop Test Cases

Environment: Linux, Oracle, Loadrunner, White box, Selenium, Java, Junit, JSON, Soap UI, REST, HTML, GitHub, Gradle, Jenkins and Agile

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business requirement Analysis, Functional Requirement Analysis, Overall Design, Use-Case analysis, Initial Summary, and documentation
• Conducted Automation / manual testing using the Standards, guidelines and structured methodology in testing the application.
• Developed Web Services automation for manual and Automation SoapUI
• Java Automation using Selenium WebDriver, Eclipse along with TestNg and Maven
• Responsible for maintaining code in SVN and run nightly test suites in Jenkins
• Documented and executed Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts based on business requirement document.
• End to end execution of automated scripts, Test Result analysis.
• Prepared test cases for the system covering SRS document, design document, reviewing them with the developers and finalized the test cases
• Developed automation test scripts using Cucumber and Gherkins
• Maintained and enhanced existing automation test scripts in Groovy, JAVA
• Responsible for maintain daily schedule job on Jenkins and debug failure build on Jenkins
• Involved in developing Test plan and Test scripts using the business documents in Rally
• Validated web services manually and through automation using SOAP UI
• Responsible for maintaining defects using JIRA
• Experience in Data Driving and Keyword Driven testing
• Tested extensive backend testing using SQL Queries to retrieve the data from the database and checked data integrity
• Submitted testing reports for discovering software bugs reporting bugs and verifying bug fixes
• Attended review meetings with Business Analysts, Developers and end users to understand and test according to their requirements.
• Closely interacted with the developers in fixing the bugs
• Involved in defect log, defect tracking and resolution
• Involved in writing test summary reports, defect summary report, and final report

Environment: Oracle, Selenium WebDriver, Test Complete, Soap UI 5.2, Rally, Java, Maven, Java Script, Groovy Script, and XML

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Sr. Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Identified the test cases to be automated and performed data driven testing and GUI Check Points using UFT and enhanced the overall functionality of the application
• Involved in the project team, which focused on testing and dealing with process, tools and best practices. This team also leveraged testing knowledge, technology, methodology and resources across similar projects used VBScripts and Descriptive Programming in QTP to access webpage script variables
• Involved in querying using SQL and updating records and validate database records as expected.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix to show the test coverage requirement vs. Test scripts
• Developed manual test scripts to evaluate Corporate Information Security Web based user authentication applications
• Developed the Test Cases Client based on Business Rules and for Web Client Test Cases based on Use Cases, Wire Frames, Annotated Documents and Business Rules
• Performed Input Validations, User Interface Validations, Browser Compatibility testing and Navigation testing
• Prepared test script using Java and annotation such as TestNg and JUnit
• Responsible for writing automation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Eclipse
• Developed scripts using xPath, CSS, HTML and inspect objects on application using Firebug and Developer tool
• Responsible for maintaining code using SVN and performed build verification using Maven
• Performed Backend testing to verify the data integrity by passing SQL Queries
• Performed Smoke and Functional testing on every build of the application
• Defect Reporting, Analyzing, Tracking and Report Generation HP ALM
• Work in the agile development environment with frequently changing requirements and features set
• Attended the daily Bug review meetings, weekly status meetings and walkthroughs and interacted with Business Analysts and Developers for resolving Defects
• Participated and Initiated Team meetings on a regular basis and involved in active discussion in order to improve the testing quality by better strategies and testing approach.

Environment: MS SQL, WebLogic, Java, Oracle SQL Developer, XML, HTML, Selenium 2.0, QTP 11.0, HP QC 11.0, Eclipse, SVN, Testng, Agile

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Sr. SQA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with Project Team, SME and Internal Business Partners (IPs) to clarify business requirements and translate the requirements into technical specifications.
• Involved from beginning of the project such as of Statement of Work (SOW) to post implementation of SDLC process.
• Assisted Project Manager in scope estimation and work breakdown structure (WBS) to meet Project Milestone.
• Defined target load order plan and constraint based loading for loading data correctly into different target tables.
• Designed and created Data Quality baseline flow diagram, which includes error handing and test plan flow data.
• Responsible for testing different Salesforce modules such as Account, Leads, Opportunities, and Contacts
• Responsible for admin and maintain team projects in TFS
• Responsible for writing SQL queries in MS SQL to retrieve data and compare with Mainframe
• Created Test Plans , Test Cases , and Test Scripts for all testing events such as System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Unit Integration Testing.
• Involved in automation test plan for existing applications
• Prepared automation test scripts using Selenium IDE, WedDriver and Eclipse
• Developed Data Driven and Keyword Driven automation framework for existing applications
• Worked with Firebug to inspect the application’s object and their properties and values
• Developed automation test scripts using JAVA, JUnit , XPath , HTML and CSS
• Prepared test summary report according to testing plan
• Maintained automation framework in external source
• Participated in business planning meeting to review backlog

Environment: Windows 2007, IBM Mainframe, DB2, MS SQL 2012, JBoss, MS CRM, TFS, Visual Studio 2013, Selenium 2.0, MS SharePoint, Agile, Informatica, XML, JAVA, Salesforce

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Defined the test criteria, project schedules and base lined the Test Plan with the help of project meetings and walkthroughs. developing new manual test case for AWD workflow, updating existing one, identify automated scripts steps from the manual test cases, and finally execute and report defects using JIRA
• Involved in decision making of converting manual test cases into automated test scripts and analyzing their life time and time required to update the scripts.
• Written smoke test cases in HP ALM QC 11 and modified them when they are automated.
• Involved in environment requirement gathering meetings and giving inputs to the environment teams.
• Manually tested the whole application before going for the automated testing.
• Involved in testing the conversion
• Responsible for writing automation script using Selenium IDE, WebDriver and Eclipse
• Developing automation script using Java, JUnit, CSS, and HTML
• Participating building automation frameworks such as Data Driven Framework and Keyword driven framework
• Developing Java Inheritance scripts
• Defined object using Element Inspect with Firebug and developed automation scripts without recording
• UAT testing performed along with end users to make sure that application meets their requirements.
• Extensive use of XML to test the server components using SOAP UI
• Participated in database testing writing SQL queries
• Coordinate with business expert to understand business requirement
• Responsible for testing integrated components with AWD
• Research in design methods to create scenarios for adequate test coverage
• Attend daily defect to discuss priority of defects to meet develop deadline
• Working with vendor to understand complex AWD workflow

Environment: IBM Mainframe, DB2, SOAP UI, Rational Functional Tool, AGILE, JIRA, JAVA, Web Logic, Window XP, Selenium 2.0, HP ALM QC 11

Confidential, Omaha, NE

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed Requirement Analysis by gathering both functional and non functional requirements based on interactions with the process owners & stake holders and document analysis, represented them in Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Facilitated four-hour long round table discussion with most HR directors, managers and analysts along with QA manager to get their input ad-hoc UAT in the project
• Worked with end users to design business requirements of a Business CRM System and manage B2B processes of distribution across the region.
• Reviewed Technical Specs together with the team of two developers
• Wrote Test Plans in MS Word for Manual Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Regression Testing & reviewed their consistency with the business requirements
• Involved in development phase meetings for business analysis and requirements gather
• Performed White Box, Black Box, and Usability Testing
• Wrote Test Cases in MS Excel for user registration, access to training material, and activity log-in, reviewed the test cases and finalized
• Reviewed colleagues’ test cases for testing the development of online resume, uploading users’ documents such as application and resume, browsing through jobs, selecting and applying for the jobs
• Documented the outcomes of all the testing in MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Involved in creation and execution of manual test cases in Mercury Quality Center and automated Test Cases in QTP and analyzed the Test Results.

Environment: Windows XP/2000, Oracle, PL/SQL, Rational Requisite Pro, Clear Case, Clear Quest, MS Visual Source Safe, HP Quality Center (ALM) 11.0, Quick Test Pro (QTP) 11

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning and execution, as well as deployment of effective test suites for product development process, software application development environments
• Utilizing my analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate, verify, communicate, and resolve systems/software application as well as issues uncovered during informal and formal testing processes.
• Identified areas of potential impact as well as associated risks in order to maximize the quality of final products and initiatives
• Utilized corporation developed Agile SDLC methodology
• Responsible for planning process evaluation, design, development and maintenance of test scripts, and test cases using a framework for new applications and enhancements, existing applications throughout SDLC
• Actively ensuring that testing activities will allow applications to meet business requirements and systems goals, fulfilling end-user requirements, and working closely with members of project team on identification and resolution of systems issues and uncovered defects
• Work with the infrastructure team in implementing the new TRIRIGA Infrastructure
• Perform communication and produce reports for testing efforts, results, activities, data, status and tracking
• Participate in walkthroughs and inspections for project-based documentation such as Functional Requirements that are based on integrated business and use cases as well as user guides
• Performed generation and maintenance of test plans, test cases as well as development of framework for QTP test automation as a part of integrated solution of Quality Center
• Developed QTP Scripts from scratch using Descriptive Programming and Create and manage the Recovery Scenarios
• Hands-on participation in administration and maintenance of Quality Center test process management as well as optimization of existing manual and automated regression test-bed
• Extensive involvement in informal, black box, data and functionality driven testing activities that include but are not limited to integration, regression subsystem and system testing, as well as formal UA & UI testing
• Lead the team in defect reporting and resolution process, work closely with members of engineering and business team in root cause analyses and resolution / fix implementation
• Responsible for execution of extensive data and functionality driven regression tests, development of test-data in accordance with predetermined standards as well as automation of stable components of the system
• Perform enhancements for data, documentation and functional validation in accordance to industry standards as well as technical specifications
• Work closely with various internal groups as well external clients and beta testers on optimization of UI and custom GUI’s, widely utilizing target specific test automation
• Provide all necessary statistical reporting for the members of the management as well as engineering teams
• Developed Traceability matrix, mapping Test cases to the Requirements.

Environment: Load Runner 11.0, QTP 11, VB .Net, ASP.Net 2.,Quality Center 11.0, VBScript, MS Excel, TOAD, Web Logic, XML, Windows XP

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test Plans for each release, written Test Cases and executed them as part of conducted various testing strategies such as functional, Regression testing.
• Coordinate with developers for Product improvement with timely suggestions.
• Performed Manual Testing.
• Responsible for weekly status updates showing the progress of manual testing.
• Preparation of Test Summary Reports for every Test Cycle.
• Tracking the defects by using bug-tracking tool JIRA
• Executed Test Cases Manually, once the application is stable and documented the successful or unsuccessful completion of each test case in HP Quality Center (QC) for End-to-End Scenario based testing.
• Understanding SDLC and the functionality of different types of applications from the Use Cases. Manual Testing across all Projects.
• Worked with the Business, Operations, and Engineering stakeholders to define the functional integration and end-2-end test cases for the CRM project.
• Written and executed Test Scripts manually.
• Used Test Director and Mercury Quality Center for updating the status of all the Test Cases & Test Scripts that are executed during testing process.
• Create and maintain requirements, test cases and defects in Mercury Quality Center
• Used extensively Test director to plan, design, implement, and execute test and to create the test reports.
• Conducted GUI testing to check for appearance of the website both manually and using win runner
• Involved in mentoring specific projects in application of the new SDLC based on the Agile Unified Process, especially from the project management, requirements and architecture perspectives
• Performed Manual Testing to test the usability of the application.
• Gathered requirements for UAT
• Executed Test Procedure / Test Cases and report defects to management and development team for manual and automated testing.
• Manually executed the Test Cases for Functionality to achieve initial stability of the application. Automation by using QTP for Regression Testing.
• Participate in daily review meetings to counter daily problems.
• Following up with the developers for fixing the bugs.
• Performed Integration, System and Regression Tests.

Environment: Web Logic, Java, Quick Test Pro 10, Mercury Quality Center 10, Salesforce, Load Runner 10, Sun Java, MSJVM, Oracle 8i/9i/10g, MS-Project 2000/2003.

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Defined the test criteria, project schedules and base lined the Test Plan with the help of project meetings and walkthroughs.
• Involved in decision making of converting manual test cases into automated test scripts and analyzing their life time and time required to update the scripts.
• Written smoke test cases in Quality Center and modified them when they are automated.
• Involved in environment requirement gathering meetings and giving inputs to the environment teams.
• Experience in use of Mercury Quality Center and creating and using Test scripts using Descriptive Programming in QTP
• Experienced of VB Script and Descriptive Programming for developing test script and Functional libraries
• Developed QA Test Plan from technical specifications and requirements for this project which deals mainly with three areas i.e. presentation tool, integrated genesis selling tool and catalog API
• Executed Test Cases Manually, once the application is stable and documented the successful or unsuccessful completion of each test case in HP Quality Center (QC) for End-to-End Scenario based testing.
• Manually tested the whole application before going for the automated testing.
• Involved in testing the conversion of the application into web application using XML web services.
• UAT testing performed along with call center managers to make sure that application meets their requirements.
• Extensive use of XML to test the server components.
• Regular interaction with developers, business analyst and Logic Unit Workgroup.
• Prepared documentation for all stages according to company standards.
• Extensively involved in the automation of Regression Test Cases by scripting.
• Involved in development and reporting of quality assurance project metrics.
• Created Data Driven Testing for positive and negative scenarios, by creating and storing data sets in MS Access.
• Backend testing of the DB by writing SQL queries to test the integrity of the application and Oracle databases using TOAD.
• Involved in functional and regression testing of the web-application using the VO extension and tested the software using different browsers to study the browser compatibility.

Environment: VB .Net, ASP.Net 2.0, VB Script, IBM Mainframe, Java, Weblogicv9.x, Java Script, C+, Agile, Oracle, TOAD, SOAP, HTML, XML, Quality Center 8.x, QTP 8.X, Load Runner 8.1, Windows XP