SUMMARY

• Around 6+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation Process in IT industry that include Client/Server, Web - based Applications with proficiency in both manual and automated testing.
• Confident in Front-end (GUI), Back-end (Database) and API (Web Service) Testing.
• Professional Experience in Health Care, Finance and Insurance applications.
• In-depth understanding of Waterfall and Agile Methodology, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle(STLC) and Defect Life Cycle process.
• Expertise in using Testing Tools such as UFT(Unified Functional Testing), QTP (Quick Test Professional ) and Project Management tools such as HP ALM / Quality Center / JIRA.
• Proficient in building and implementing Test Automation Framework. Designed, developed and maintained Various Test Automation Framework like Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid Driven Framework in UFT and QTP.
• Well experienced in developing, executing and maintaining test automation scripts using Quick Test Professional(QTP) and Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
• Experienced in developing VB Script Generic and Application Specific Functions, developing Descriptive programming with VB Script, maintain Function Libraries and experienced in working with Record&Play Back and Object repositories in UFT/QTP.
• Designed custom HTML Report and Experienced in Error Handling using VB Script in QTP and UFT.
• Well experienced in Test Cases Preparation and Execution, RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix), Bug analysis and reporting using HP ALM Quality Center/ JIRA.
• Strong skills in database back-end testing using Oracle SQL Developer and API (Web Service) Testing using UFT and Postman.
• Strong written & verbal skills to communicate with all levels of the organization. Good communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and also perform as part of a team.
• Excellent team player, detail-oriented and problem solving skill.
• Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines, often with competing priorities and complexities.
• Ability to mentor manual tester team members in Test Automation Development.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

TOOLS: QTP, UFT, ALM, JIRA, Postman, Oracle SQL Developer, Jenkins LANGUAGES VB SCRIPT, SQL, HTML, XML FRAMEWORKS KEYWORD DRIVEN, DATA DRIVEN and HYBRID DRIVEN

ENVIRONMENT: WATERFALL, AGILE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Chicago, IL

QA Automation Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in an Agile Scrum development environment for building the application.
• Involved in Manual - automated test executions and test result analysis.
• Involved in Hybrid Driven Automation Framework design, including setting up Coding, Functions, Test Cases and Folder Structures in QTP/UFT automation environment.
• Developed Test Cases and Automation test scripts. Other activities included test execution and report g eneration.
• Participated in Test result evaluation, documentation, and relevant reporting.
• Analyzed and executed Regression Suite, Identified and prioritized test cases for test automation development in QTP/UFT using VB Script.
• Developed reusable and application specific functions with Descriptive Programming and maintained in the function libraries using VB Script in UFT.
• Created Environment Variables for URLs, Usernames and Passwords in XML files for UFT test data.
• Extensively used File System Object(FSO) in VB Script to dynamically handle files and folders for test automation framework in UFT.
• Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, Integration, User Acceptance, Database and API Testing.
• Developed automation scripts for daily shakeout and monitored the test results in a daily basis and automated Outlook to send Smoke Test Results and email in excel format to all team members.
• Involved in Script Execution in UFT using ALM.
• Defect/bug tracking and reporting using Quality Center/HP ALM
• Performed back-end testing using SQL queries in UFT and Oracle SQL Developer to validate data for the database.
• Performed Web-Service (API) Testing using Postman and UFT.
• Attended All Team meetings to give the project status updates and discuss any technical issues in the project that are faced by team members.
• Attended Daily Stand-up, Grooming, Sprint Meeting and Retrospective Meeting in dynamic Agile Scrum Environment.
• Analyzed and communicated test results with management. Made recommendations for product improvements whenever needed.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

UFT Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed and designed Test Automation scripts using an existing framework.
• Converted manual test cases to automation test scripts .
• Responsible for creating automated test scripts in UFT and updated the scripts as per requirement change.
• Analyzed test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other test documentation . Collaborate with other QA and Development team in order to automate test procedures.
• Performed back-end testing using SQL queries in UFT and Oracle SQL Developer to validate the database.
• Created Generic and Application functions and used Descriptive programming by using UFT.
• Developed, designed and maintained Keyword Driven Framework .
• Worked effectively under pressure and within deadlines and quickly learned new systems. Analyzed and defined requirements for testability.
• Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, User Acceptance, Database and API Testing .
• Interacted with team members and managers to dealing with defects and functional issues of the application.
• Extensively used Jira for test planning, bug tracking and reporting as a project management tool.
• Automation of Database (Back-end) testing with using Oracle SQL Developer.
• Performed API (Web Service) Testing with Postman and UFT .
• Attended All Team meetings to give the project status updates and discuss any technical issues.
• Attended Daily Stand-up, Grooming, Sprint Meeting and Retrospective Meeting in dynamic Agile Scrum Environment.

Confidential, MI

Quality Assurance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Manual and Automation Tester in Agile Scrum Environment.
• Performed manual testing using ALM and Automation Testing using QTP/UFT.
• Performed Back-end Testing using SQL queries via Oracle SQL Developer, generating reports to ensure data integrity and validate the inserted and updated data.
• Automation scripts execution through ALM, updating test results and uploading relevant files and take screenshots in ALM .
• Created Detailed Test Plan, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Test Case documents based on the information gathered through business requirements and design/application walkthrough.
• Wrote/Mapped test cases using Quality Center/ALM and logged/tracked bugs/defects
• Involved in automation testing using QTP/UFT and wrote automation scripts using VB Script.
• Supported by the testing team when there are production issues by doing Emergency Bug fix testing. Tracked defects in Quality Centre based on Defect Life Cycle .
• Categorized bugs based on the severity and interacted with developers to resolve them.
• Performed/Involved Manual Testing, Regression testing, User Acceptance testing (UAT), Database Testing
• Performed Manual Testing to identify various critical points in the application.
• Created, executed positive and negative Manual and Automation Test Cases and scenarios .
• Attended the walkthrough and kickoff meetings with project managers to discuss defects along with testers and Developers.
• Attended Daily Stand-up, Grooming, Sprint Meeting and Retrospective Meeting in dynamic Agile Scrum Environment.
• Dynamically worked with other team members on specific scenarios.
• Excellent team player, detail-oriented and problem-solving skill.