SUMMARY:

• IT Professional with 12+ Years of experience in Software Testing (Manual & Automation), QA Management & Stakeholder Management.
• Expertise in Smoke Testing, Backend Testing, Black - Box Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional Testing, Positive/ Negative Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Software Testing, Ad-hoc Testing & Boundary Value Testing.
• Experienced in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) including Manual & Automation testing in various domains (i.e. Telecom, GAS, Electrical, Property Management, Financial, Cargo and various Managerial Portals/Applications with tools such as Cucumber, Selenium Web driver, TestNG, HP QTP/UFT, SOAP UI, JIRA & Quality Center/ALM.
• Good understanding of Software Quality Assurance (SQA) techniques and complete knowledge on SDLC & STLC.
• Strong leadership qualities with proven record of accomplishment of inspiring teams (onsite / offsite) to deliver high quality software and achieve strategic business goals and customer delight.
• Experience in defining overall Test Strategy/Methodologies, Test Plans, Execution Test Scripts, Automation of Test Cases, Defect Tracking, Entry and Exit criteria, setting up Test Environments, Test Data for various test Phases/Environments.
• Experience in applying Testing Methodologies, creating Test Plans, Executing Test Scripts, Automation of Test Cases, Defect Tracking and Report Generation.
• Played key role for understanding of business & IT requirements to streamline administration and internal processes, resulting in enhanced automation and operational efficiency.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, HP UFT/QTP & SOAP UI

Languages: JavaScript & VB Script

Test Framework: TestNG

Project Methodologies: Agile-Scrum, Waterfall, V-Model

Defect Tracking Tools: Jira, HP Quality Center, Team Foundation Server (TFS)

Packages: MS-Office Suite(Word, Excel, Access), MS-Project and MS-Visual Studio

Databases: Oracle, DB, SQL Server, MS Access

Operating Systems: Windows variants, UNIX, Linux

Dashboards/Portals: Share Point Portal, STASH (Bitbucket), OneConfluence, Test Automation Portal, Release Management System, Resource Management System, Quality Management System, Project Information Management System, Inspa & Control Checker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

QA Analyst/Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated Functionality demo sessions, reviewed Product Specifications document and worked closely with BA/QA execution Team for creating Automation Test Scenarios / Test Cases before start the Test Development of each Module.
• Developed and Implemented Web Application Test Automation using Selenium WebDriver and Java. Used Eclipse IDE to develop & debug the code.
• Creation of Feature Files and Automation Step Definitions using Cucumber and Java. Used IntelliJ IDEA to develop & debug the code.
• Experienced in providing the efficient locators strategy like “XPath” and “CSS” to run WebDriver Scripts in stable condition for all Phases / Environments.
• Experience in managing / delivering projects working in an onsite / offsite delivery model.
• Automated Data Driven testing using Automation Portal Data Source and XML utilities.
• Performed Web Application Functional, GUI testing, Navigational testing of the application and set up required test data for all test cases for all modules.
• Manage and drive continuous improvement, releases and test automation efforts.
• Used SQL to generate the test metrics after executing the respective test cases of the Module/Functionality.
• Responsible to review Manual Test Cases in QC, Identify automation test cases and updated respected flags in QC for each module.
• Reported software defects in Quality Center and interacted with the developers to resolve the defects.
• Supported for Enterprise Releases (ERs) & Maintenance Releases (MRs) and Manage defects during execution to help ensure that the defects are addressed in Priority order.
• Updated/Created for existing test Scripts /New test scripts per new enhancements for each release.
• Schedule Kick of Meetings, FRD and BRD Walk through sessions with Business and project team.
• Identify and adopt new testing methodologies, tools, technologies and best practices from appropriate sources, to improve the test coverage and test strategies to strive for process improvements.
• Re-tested and Closed defects in QC after resolved/fixed the defects by developers.
• Good with creating daily QA Activity documents (QA Dashboards for Management, Status Reports, Metrics, Traceability Matrixes, Release Notes, Check Lists, Validated Test Results, Defect Tracking Report and required supporting documents.
• Participated weekly status meetings with management to provide work status for assigned work and if any issues/risks.
• Created Regression Test document to track and report testing activities during each release of testing, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources & logged defects.
• Interacted with other external teams for environment/license issues, external services availability and work towards resolution.

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Cucumber, Eclipse, IntelliJ, XPATH, Firebug, Firepath, HTML, JavaScript, XML, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Office suite, Windows 2007, HP Quality Center/ALM, Jira, Windows, Share Point Portal, STASH (Bitbucket), OneConfluence, Test Automation Portal (In-house Developed), Dash Board-User Logs (In-house Developed), Service XML Test (In-house Developed)

Confidential

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Product Specifications and Interacted with SME/BA and Development Team for understanding the requirements and functionality to create Test Scenarios/ Test Cases.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining Web Application automation test script using HP QTP / UFT with VB Script.
• Good Experience in all Phases of Software Testing & Software Development Life Cycle.
• Conducted analysis and validation the test results with the help of post-test reports and updated to Management.
• Updated Test Scenarios / Test Cases per new enhancements for each release.
• Created Regression Test document to track and report testing activities during each release of testing, including testing results, test case coverage, logged defects.
• Involved in Defect Triage Meetings with BA and Development Teams to resolve the defects.
• Participated in Daily/Weekly Status review meetings and provided status updates.
• Streamlined the existing QA Process in the Department by discussing with Sr.Management and Team.
• Responsible for Release Management System (RMS) for every release as per the release calendar/time lines.
• Prepared Lessons Learnt document and reviewed with the team for every release.
• Responsible for Product/Domain Knowledge Transfer to new joiners and cross trainings to existing team members.
• Responsible for assigning tasks to team members. Prepared Resources Vs Efforts Report for every quarter.
• Implemented and developed various automated systems in the Company and its improved efficiency and accuracy and allowing me to downsize the operation by 20 employees and reduce the yearly budget $300,000.
• Updated Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure all requirements are covered in testing.
• Interacted with other departments as needed, for external services and work towards resolution.

Environment: .Net, HTML, JavaScript, XML, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Office suite, Quality Center, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Release Management System (RMS), Batch Process tools (in house developed), Share Point Portal

Confidential

Senior Executive-MIS

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Web Application Functional Spec/Business Requirement review meetings with BA and Development Team to better understanding of the application functionality and business rules.
• Responsible for Web Application-Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Boundary Value Testing of the Application.
• Test for XML files by Sending/Receiving XML requests using SOAP UI.
• Worked as Application Administrator for IKC & IT GSD Services Portal.
• Developed Test Schedules for Functional Test Modules.
• Reviewed and updated Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that satisfy all required project’s test conditions.
• Reported application defects in Quality Center and interacted with the developers to resolve the defects/technical issues.
• Participated in Weekly status meetings and Defect Triage Meeting with Developers & BAs.
• Created Regression Document to track and report testing activities during each phase of testing, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, logged defects and their status, performance baselines.
• Prepared of Lessons Learnt doc during Testing Release for what worked and what did not work.
• Reviewed Test Scenarios & Test Cases and provided feedback to the Team.
• Responsible for updating the Project Status details on Project Management Information System (PMIS) for every week.
• Interacted with other teams/departments as needed, for external services and work towards resolution.
• Participated Monthly Corporate Quality Review Meetings (CQRMs) and Sr.Management Review Meetings (MRMs).
• Responsible for updating the review meeting notes in Quality Management System (QMS) for every month.
• Involved in Department Quality Audits & Corporate Quality Audits in the Organization.
• Coach and advise the team on process improvements.
• Worked on various managerial applications / portals and stream lined the existing QA / Work flow processes which is very helpful to the organization and reduced staff by 10 positions and saved revenue approx. $250,000.
• Worked as Interview Panel Member for new resource recruitment in the Organization.

Environment: .Net, JavaScript, XML, SQL, Oracle, Inspa Tool, Control Checker Tool, Microsoft Office suite, Quality Center, Windows, Quality Management System (QMS), Project Management Information System (PMIS)

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business & Functional Requirements.
• Created of Test Scenarios & Test Cases for all the requirements.
• Responsible for test case execution as per the test plan.
• Prepared Test Execution Schedules & Reports.
• Participated in Weekly defect triage & Status Meetings.
• Reviewed and updated Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Created understanding document for the module and provided knowledge transfer to team members.
• Performed System, Functional, Regression and Navigational Testing of the application.
• Prepared Test data for interpreting the Positive/Negative/Regression results.
• Co-ordinated with Developers to fix application defects.

Environment: .Net, JavaScript, Window XP, SQL, MS Office.