SUMMARY:

• 15 years of experience in the field of IT and software quality assurance, test automation, API testing.
• 8+ years of lead/manager level experience managing teams in USA and offshore.
• HCM / HRMS domain functionality - including backend testing using SQL, web services (SOAP/REST), JSON/MQ messaging
• Experience in Analytics testing area as Data Analyst, Data Warehouse / ETL tester
• Experience in various test automation tools - HP UFT v12.52, Selenium, SmearBear’s SOAPUI PRO (Ready API) v1.7. Also, have been involved in creating in-house test automation framework.
• Scrum/Agile using Rally - participated in all ceremonies (grooming, planning, daily standup, demo, retrospective) & activities and be accountable for the sprint deliverables.
• Mentor others on best practices in software testing strategies
• Help teams and individuals design a sound software testing strategy

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test management: ALM, Rally

Automation Tool: UFT, Selenium, SOAPUI PRO, Ready API

Languages: SQL, VB Script, JavaScript, Groovy

Other Tools: TOAD/SQL Plus, Clear Quest, Firebug, HttpWatch, SVN, BitBucket, SourceTree

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Principal QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the quality, integrity, performance and design of the testing and automation framework
• Acting as a leader in the constant improvement of API test automation
• Keeping up with the latest QA and/or Agile methodologies as one of my hobbies
• Working in an agile software development environment and ensure the quality deliverables
• Gain a technical and functional understanding of suite of applications
• Participate in the constant improvement for team’s Continuous Integration practices
• Heavy use of Ready API tool - SOAPUI PRO composite project and checking in/out code.
• Writing custom groovy code in SOAPUI to handle unique situations.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Principal QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Testing, maintenance, and support of ETL and integration solutions using the Informatica platform
• Help identify data quality issues and work with source systems to address
• Test multi-dimensional data models using star and snowflake schemas, deformalized data structures, slowly changing dimensions, etc.
• Coordinate and work with other technical staff to develop coding standards and quality assurance policies and procedures
• Maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to ETL processes
• Rolled out production support process and acted as a subject matter expert in the BI/ Confidential Analytics Application
• Understand data architectural techniques such as enterprise data warehouse, data federation, hub & spoke architectures, independent data marts, etc.
• Worked on and managed broader and multiple projects at a time.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Lead QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for automation frameworks or tools such as Selenium, QTP with QC using BPT Business Process Testing framework
• Supported custom and packaged applications and development of test plans, test cases, test coverage principles, requirements traceability, negative path testing concepts and test automation
• Assumed role of a program manager for Sales Demo / Training Department.
• Raised and discussed functional requirements and issues with Management team and outlining the impact on the business
• Acted as system and functional expert on complex internet business application
• Communicated project/s progress on a regular basis to the senior management

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Lead QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led the team for automation task using QuickTest Pro 9.0 (Business Process Testing)
• Work with the technology product team to guide the design and development of new test automation scripts
• Experience in designing and implementing regression tests for enterprise software across multiple platforms
• Supported quality principles and processes in place for IT products, applications, and systems
• Managed automation utility to support production activities like migrating clients from one version to another, running client setup wizard on client base (1000+ clients)
• Performed testing activity on portlets at functional level as well as at database level

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Sr. Product Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed automation task for HR-Benefits project using QuickTest Pro (Business Process Testing) in connection with Quality Center. Also, providing automation development estimates and resource planning
• Handled complex testing of Business Object Document (BOD) that HR-Benefit receives as a part of SOA design. Tool used to monitor messages: MQ VisualEdit
• Benefits R5.4: Build automation test key-word driven framework from ground zero and maintained using SilkTest
• Implemented automated smoke test on QA, Staging and production environment on a nightly basis
• R5.4 Benefits: Handled testing of Connector for PCPW independently. Connector for PCPW is a standalone JAVA application that synch employee’s indicative data and transfer benefits deduction cost

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Software Automation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Test Automation Tool used was SilkTest. Written reusable scripts using 4Test object-oriented techniques. Extended classes, override built-in methods, mapping class with built-in to handle custom objects
• Handled various verification points on GUI Objects like Windows, Text Field, Popup List, Push-Button, and Radio List
• Developed and executed BVT (Build Verification Testing), Smoke and Regression testing

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Attended business meetings and handled assignments independently from development to unit testing/integration testing
• Developed batch-processing feature for LoopCare using JSP, JavaScript and performed functional and regression testing using automation tool - SilkTest
• Performed white box testing

Confidential, Roseland, NJ

Intern PTTC (Automation)

Responsibilities:

• Execution of test script for end-to-end, user acceptance and regression testing
• Initial low level programming in SilkTest v5.0