EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• 14 years of experience in Software Testing and Test Automation.
• Proficient in automation using UFT automation tool, which includes creation of automation plan and strategy document, automation framework creation, scripts development using VBScript, script debugging, scripts maintenance.
• Extensive experience in Automation using Ruby & Cucumber automation tool, which includes automation framework creation, scripts development using Ruby programming, script debugging, scripts maintenance and training.
• Experience in ETL testing using ETL Ab Initio.
• Strong experience in SOAPUI, building automation frameworks using Selenium with Java and in Continuous integration with Jenkins
• Experience in database testing using SQL, DB2 and Teradata.
• Good work experience on UNIX using Putty and on Team Foundation server.
• Full life cycle STLC product testing experience.
• Extensive experience in Manual (Black box), Regression, User Acceptance, Functional & Sanity Testing.
• Excellent experience in writing Test Plan, Defining Metrics/SLAs, Test management, Effort estimation, Status reporting, Reviewing Test Plans, client interactions.
• Strong experience in test case design, test execution, test data preparation, defect reporting & tracking.
• Expertise in using test management tools QC/ALM.
• Good Project management and team leading skills.
• Experience in working with offshore teams and onsite - offshore coordination.
• Experience in working on Waterfall and Agile Methodologies and in various domains like Banking, Insurance, Confidential domains.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software Testing: Manual and Automation

Programming Language: Ruby, Java

Automated Tools: SOAP UI, Selenium, Ruby, Cucumber, UFT

Database Concepts: SQL, PL/SQL, ETL Ab Initio

Database & GUI: DB2, MS Access, SQL Server and Teradata 13.0

Tracking Tools: QC/ALM, TFS, Confidential Product Studio

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Unix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead/Specialist-Testing

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the progress of all Stories and update the status of Tasks on daily basis in RTC as part of Agile process
• Actively participating in Iteration planning meetings and providing estimates for all testing related tasks
• Creating User Stories and Tasks in RTC
• Frequently communicate project status to all stakeholders and track the Stories to closure in RTC
• Proactively alert management for any impediments and involved in preparation of process related documents and user manuals
• Involved in Requirements Analysis
• Creating automation framework for DOL Morgan Stanley project
• Proactively alert management for any impediments and involved in planning and preparation of process related documents
• Creating and reviewing Test plans, Test scenarios, and Test results with the Team
• Involved in System, Integration and Regression testing
• Preparing Test Scripts using Unified Functional testing tool for IPS IADT application
• Preparing automation test scripts for Regression testing and deployed in CI environment
• Creating test scripts on Ruby and Cucumber for PALLM Annuity system
• Demo Automation framework to product owners and Internal product services teams
• Support teams in all Automation Testing related aspects
• Participating in Retrospective and Agile meetings

Environment: Windows 7, Main Frames, Ruby 2.2, Ruby Mine 6.3.3, Cucumber, Selenium, JAVA, HP UFT, Jenkins and Tortoise SVN

Confidential, RICHMOND, VA

Test Lead/Test Automation

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the progress of all Stories and update the status of Tasks on daily basis in Version1 as part of Agile process
• Actively participating in PSI planning meetings and providing estimates for each sprint deliverables
• Representation of Stand up, Sprint Planning and Grooming meetings
• Creating Stories and Tasks in Version One.
• Frequently communicate project statuses to all stakeholders and track the Stories to closure
• Proactively alert management for any impediments and involved in preparation of process related documents and user manuals for ATDD Framework
• Requirements understanding from Enterprise correspondence teams
• Preparing Gherkin stories for Test scenarios and creation of Test Scripts
• Reviewing Test scenarios, and Test results with the Agile teams1
• Involved in System, Integration and Regression testing
• Coordinating Dependent teams and developers and making sure that dependencies are not impacting our deliverables
• Tracking defects and following up with Enterprise Teams
• Worked on Ruby and Cucumber
• Demo Automation framework to product owners and Enterprise correspondence teams
• Support Enterprise teams in all ATDD Automation Testing related aspects
• Participating in all Agile ceremonies
• Ensure latest code is checked in to Sub Version repository on daily basis

Environment: Windows 7, Unix, Ruby 2.0, Ruby Mine 7.1.4, Cucumber, SQL, Selenium, JAVA, MVS, MAINFRAMES, Team Foundation Server, Putty and Tortoise SVN

Confidential, RICHMOND, VA

Sr Quality Analyst/Test Automation developer

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the progress of all Stories and update the status of Tasks on daily basis in Version1 as part of Agile process
• Preparing high level scenarios, Test cases and Test Data
• Representation of Stand up, Sprint Planning and Grooming meetings
• Frequently communicate project statuses to all stakeholders and track the project to closure
• Proactively alert management for any impediments and involved in planning and preparation of process related documents
• Reviewing Test scenarios, and Test results with the Agile teams
• Involved in System, Integration and Regression testing
• Coordinating Dependent teams and developers and making sure that dependencies are not impacting our deliverables
• Tracking defects and following up with developers
• Demo to the Product Owners
• Ownership of Integration Testing
• Used Ab Initio and Mainframes Jobs for extracting, cleaning, transforming and loading data into Card Data Warehouse(CDW) and Offer Management Environment(OME) databases
• Worked on DB Visualizer and Teradata to validate the results/data using SQL queries
• Worked on SOAPUI, Ruby, Cucumber, Selenium, Java, ATDD, Service Virtualization for Offer treatment services API Testing
• Created test automation scripts for regression suite and deployed in CI environment
• Ensure that delivered solutions match the clients’ original intent.

Environment: Ab Initio ETL, Main Frames, MVS, DB2, SOAP UI, Ruby, Cucumber, SQL, Selenium, JAVA, Team Foundation Server, Teradata 13.0, ALM, HP UFT

Confidential, CHICAGO, IL

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing Project requirements Creating Test Strategy Plan Reviewing Test plan and Test data creation.
• Reviewing Test execution progress, Result Analysis, validation and recommendations, Defect management.
• Ensure that delivered solutions match the client’s original intent. Monitor time line and raise risk if there is any deviation.
• Frequently communicate project statuses to all stakeholders and representing PQS team in project status meetings.
• Proactively alert management to any pending project short falls. Project sync up meetings with stake holders.
• Provide test effort estimation and schedule milestone definition. Review project risk and mitigation plans and provide Project metrics dashboard to key stakeholders.
• Handle Production defects

Environment: Windows XP, AS400, Java/JSP, DB2, Mainframes, Clear Case, Quality Center 9.0

Confidential

Senior Software Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Scheduling, Assigning and coordinating the team Members.
• Actively involved in estimation and project planning
• Attending Requirement Walk through meeting
• Coordinating with Business, to resolve the Questions rose by offshore team.
• Daily status reporting
• Provide Estimation technical inputs, guide and mentor team members, Defining Metrics/SLAs, Test management effort
• Co-ordination defect triage meeting
• Involved in RCA for rejected, warranty defects and Shake out issues
• Actively involved in creating Test design specifications, Test plan and reviewed Test cases and results before client review meetings
• Taken Complete ownership for Office web apps SkyDrive releases
• Reviewed Test Case Categorization based on Priority (Sanity, Acceptance and Comprehensive)
• Modification and maintenance of Test kit as the Product evolves

Environment: Confidential Office 2010, MS Office 2007, Windows Vista, Visual Studio 2005, Team foundation server, Product Studio, MS SQL and Office Web applications 2010

Confidential

Senior Software Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• POC for Office web apps 2010 application from Offshore
• Requirement Gathering and Analysis
• Coordinating with Business, to resolve the Questions rose by offshore team.
• Scheduling, Assigning and coordinating the team Members.
• Co-ordination defect triage meeting
• Attending status meetings and representing testing team for Office web apps
• Actively involved in estimation and project planning
• Attending Requirement Walk through meeting
• Actively involved in creating Test Plan, Test design specification documents
• Designed Test Cases
• Involved in executing the functional testing.
• Responsible for tracing the test cases to the requirements

Environment: Confidential Office 2010, MS Office 2007, Windows Vista, Visual Studio 2005 SP1, Team foundation server, Product Studio, MS SQL and Office Web applications 2010

Confidential, Redmond, WA

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirement Analysis
• Designed test cases
• Actively involved in testing the functionality of File System Kernel service components like LFS (Local File Systems - ntfs.sys, fastfat.sys) for various Windows operating system flavors like NT4 Client and Server family Windows 2000 Server family, Windows XP Client, Windows Server 2003 on different architecture like x86, x64 and Itanium 64.
• I was involved in testing of the Service packs, which includes bug fixes, and security updates, Builds testing, and closing of bug activity by performing the regression testing.
• Involved in triage meeting, bug tracking and bug closure activities in Product Studio

Environment: OS: Windows XP, NT4 and Server 2003

Confidential, Redmond, WA

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in all Testing activities like functional testing, Regression and System Testing Methodologies, bug reporting including some of the major ones, which are the backbones to the application.
• Actively involved in creating Test Plan.
• Designed Test Cases.
• Involved in triage meeting, bug tracking and bug closure activities in Product Studio
• Responsible for tracing the test cases to the requirements

Environment: Windows XP, MSN TV, Confidential Office 2003 and Product Studio