PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 13 years of experience in Quality Assurance in which around 7 years as QA Lead/Test Coordinator.
• ISTQB Certified Test Professional and Certified in HP ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) ATP.
• Extensively Proficient in Black Box, White Box, Functional, Integration, GUI, UAT, SystemUsability, Regression, Backend, Web Services, ETL, Database, Security, Stress, Load, reliability, Stability, Backend, Nonfunctional, manual and automation testing.
• Played different roles as QA Lead/ Test Coordinator/Sr.QA Engineer and QA Tools Admin.
• Experience with resource planning, scope assessment, communication plan, reporting metrics templates, defect reports and change management.
• Expertise on Retail, Healthcare, Utilities, Financial, Banking, Insurance, SCM and Media& entertainment Domains.
• Expertise in designing and developing Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases and generating Test, Defect Reports.
• Experience in implementing SDLC Methodology including Waterfall, Agile methodology and Rational Unified Process.
• Proficient as Quality Assurance Lead/Manager in both manual and automated testing process with open source tools like Selenium WebDriver, Telerik, HP Tools like QTP/UFT, Load Runner, Performance, HP QC/ALM and JIRA.
• Expertise in SOAP, REST testing using SOAP - UI, Postman and Rest Assured JAVA based HTTP(REST) API testing
• Experience in implementing Selenium WebDriver, Appium for Web and Mobile (iOS, Android) automation.
• Experience in developing automation framework implementing Modular (Page Object Model), Data Driver and Behavior Driven Frameworks.
• Experience in testing mobile applications on iOS and Android.
• Good understanding of RDBMS Systems and worked on different databases like Oracle, SQL Server, NoSQL, and DB2.
• Experienced in HP QC/ALM Installation, Configuration, Site Administration, Customization and Upgrades.
• Expertise in Defect Tracking and Bug Reporting Tools like HP ALM, JIRA, QC/Test Director/Rational Clear Quest.
• Managing, improving and driving Quality Center/ALM usage, best practices and enhancements for IT QA organization.
• Strong knowledge in Six Sigma, SEI-CMM, ISO standards, Automated Software Testing Maturity Model
• Excellent in structuring and leading Quality Assurance teams towards building Quality Software Products.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS:

• Experience in creating Test Strategy with focus on Resources, Schedules and Risk Analysis
• Experienced in developing and executing plans, meeting deadlines and operating under time constraints
• Proven experience in Client Relationship Management, Business Process Improvement, Complex Situations.
• Proven experience in building QA teams, knowledge transfer and trainings.
• Experienced in representing QA Team in User Group meetings involving stake holders of the projects.
• Experience in Acceptance Test conductance for release decisions
• Experience in coordinating work with onsite, offshore teams

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Automation Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Appium, UFT/QTP, Loadrunner, Junit/TestNG, SOAP-UI, Postman, Telerik, JMeter

Test Management Tools: HP ALM 12.20, 11.5, QC10, Microsoft TFS, SAP Sol Manager, Jira, Bugzilla, Buganizer.

Programming Languages: Java, VB, JavaScript, Perl, SQL, PL/SQL, C#.Net

ALM Tools: HP ALM Synchronizer, PC 11.5, ALM Ali, HP ART, ALI Dev, JMeter, MSVS, Loadrunner and PC.

Mobile Testing: ADB, LogCat, Charles Proxy, Fabric(Beta), Android Studio, Xcode

Platforms: Linux, UNIX, Windows

Database Systems: Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL, TOAD

Other Software: Subversion, Perforce, TFS, Maven, Jenkins.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Fremont, CA

Lead QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and functional design & specification, technical design, database design documents and developed test strategy for LAM test delivery.
• Created test plans for each release (Release 0,1,2,3 and 4)
• Prepared a regression and functional test scripts using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Telerik
• Developed and tested web service test cases for REST services using Postman.
• Developed and performed performance testing using Telerik and JMeter
• Performed Unit testing code reviews on MSVS Solution Explorer
• Integrate Telerik with third party ALM, IDE tools such as JIRA and TFS
• Performed different phases of testing including GUI, Sanity, Functional, System, security and integration testing
• Install, maintain Test Automation tools like Telerik, test management tolls, patch installation, maintenance and upgrades
• Develop status reports to include Test Status & Test Metrics like Test Completion, Defect metrics, Test Effectiveness etc.
• UAT coordination with various regions and crated How To videos and UAT survey questionaries’
• Monitor the test execution progress for various mile stones in the release and communicate it with management.
• Involved in MInT mobile app testing (iOS, Android platforms) and track the execution, report the defects.
• Experience in using Mobile Platform tools and other debugging tools like ADB, Monitor, Logcat, Android Studio
• XCode, Charles proxy.
• Responsible for conducting A/B Testing as part of multiple new feature/design implementations
• Reported defects using ALM/JIRA and interacted with the development team to resolve any defects.
• Development, implemented complex defect process and customization
• Upload functional, UAT test cases and organize the test execution cycles
• Conduct Triage meetings and publish Dashboards and Daily Status Reports

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, Jenkins, Maven, Appium, C# .Net, SSMS 17.3, XML, SQL, LINUX/Windows, JIRA, Telerik Test Studio, Android Studio, Charles Proxy, Fabric(Beta, Postman, TFS, HTML, AngularJS.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Lead QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and developed a uniform baseline strategy for test Delivery
• Create Test Plans for each release and or/deployment
• Review and provide comments for Test Plans and Test Scenarios
• Verified traceability of Test Conditions to Test Cases
• Monitor the test execution progress for various mile stones in the release and communicate it with management.
• UAT coordination with Business Analyst and Project Management teams
• Performed different phases of testing like GUI, sanity, Functional, integration, Interruption, security and regression testing in Mobile and web based apps and produced various metrics to PMO team.
• Developed the UAT test plans, UAT test case creation and execution for PFiT UAT cycles.
• Prepared a regression and functional test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG.
• Developed web service test cases for REST services testing using Postman tool.
• Developed and executed performance test scripts using HP Loadruner/Performance Center.
• Monitor the test execution progress for various mile stones in the release and communicate it with management.
• Involved in Confidential Business mobile app testing (iOS, Android platforms) and track the execution, report the defects.
• Experience in using Mobile Platform tools and other debugging tools like ADB, Monitor, Logcat, Android Studio XCode, Charles proxy.
• Responsible for conducting A/B Testing as part of multiple new feature/design implementations
• Reported defects using ALM and interacted with the development team to resolve any defects.
• Development, implemented complex defect process and customization on PFiT Program
• Upload functional, UAT test cases and organize the test execution cycles in test lab in ALM
• Conduct Triage meetings and publish Dashboards and Daily Status Reports
• Create custom fields in ALM, setup test releases, cycles and support Business users
• Create and publish daily Defect dashboard, test execution dashboard and requirement coverage metrics

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Java, TestNG, Jenkins, Maven, SAP HANA, Bank Analyzer, ECC, SAP, Informatics, XML, SQL, LINUX/Windows, TOAD, ALM, Certify Worksoft, UFT, Android Studio, Charles Proxy, Fabric(Beta) and Postman.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Sr.QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyses the Functional Requirements and develop the test strategy, Test Plan and test scenarios
• Provided Test Estimates for various phases of the project
• Create UAT Test strategy and track the UAT progress in ALM
• Review and provide comments for Test Plans and Test Scenarios
• Meets quality assurance financial objectives and provide metrics
• UAT coordination, monitor the test execution progress for various mile stones in the release and communicate it with management
• Performed mobile testing of Confidential &E app on iOS and Android platforms.
• Developed webservice testing scenarios and executed scripts using SOAP-UI
• Responsible for build and maintain the automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver
• Developed Data Driven Tests for multiple features
• Executed tests using Maven, Jenkins.
• Perform HP QC & ALM Site, Template, Library and Project Administration tasks
• Develop the uniform Defect workflow process and build in Template project
• Analyze existing QA Tools, Backup& Restore mechanism, conduct Disaster Recovery Test and user management

Environment: Java, J2EE, SAP, XML, SQL, Oracle, PERL, LINUX/Windows, TOAD, HP QC/ALM, Loadrunner, SOAP-UI, iOS, Android, Google Analytics.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Lead Test Engineer & Tools Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and developed a uniform baseline strategy for test Delivery
• Identified gaps with current Test Plan and Test Strategy Templates and made recommendations on how those templates could be improved
• Create Test Plans for each release and or/deployment for web and mobile apps
• Involved in Mobile App testing - Native Apps (iOS, Android platforms) in Real devices and Virtual devices.
• Review and provide comments for Test Plans and Test Scenarios
• Performed API web services testing using the SOAP UI
• Verified traceability of Test Conditions to Test Cases
• Monitor the test execution progress for various mile stones in the release and communicate it with management.
• UAT coordination with Business Analyst and IT teams
• Responsible for build and maintain the automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG
• Executed tests using Maven, Jenkins.
• Perform QC 10 to ALM 11.5 upgrade and ALM Site Administration tasks
• Analyze existing QC/ALM Backup& Restore mechanism and conduct Disaster Recovery Test
• Analyze & troubleshoot user access and technical issues
• Identified the gaps in Defect Workflow and proposed Role Based workflow

Environment: Java, Eclipses, Web Services, JSP, XML, SQL, Oracle, PERL, LINUX/Windows, TOAD, iOS, Android, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, ALM, JIRA, SOAPUI

Confidential, East Hanover, NJ

Lead QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the System Specification Requirements (SSR) to understand the Test Requirements in each release
• Involved in System, Functional & Regression Testing Phases
• Analyze the Business Requirements, Define the Test Strategy and Test Plan
• Preparation of Test Scenarios, test case and Test Data Requirements
• Involved in Mobile/iPad testing on iOS devices and tracked the test progress
• Performed Test Execution and Track the Defects for Scheduling and Clinical Trail apps
• Performed HP Quality Centre Projects customizations
• Developed new fields in Defect module, test plan, test lab and requirement modules
• Manage a group of 8 testing Resources from different teams
• Preparing the status reports and circulated to varies stakeholders

Environment: Java, J2EE, Web logic, Oracle, HP QC9.2,iOS

Confidential

Senior QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed current OM QA Methodology / Process by interacting with BAs, Project Managers, Test Managers, Testers, members of the QA Governance and Proposed a Testing Center of Excellence QA Life Cycle that the Testing Center of Excellence recommends should be the standard for all QA departments throughout the organization.
• Lead a group of 8 testing Resources from different Lines of Business within the OM
• Created Tools Strategy and Test Plan documents
• Created QA Project Plans for all phases of the Project Life Cycle for Test Resources
• Defined Entry / Exit criteria and Customized Defect Process
• Provided Test Estimates for various phases of the project
• Verified traceability of Test Conditions to Test Cases
• Coordinated Off-shore Test Resources
• Facilitated Project Defect Triage Meetings. Provided Senior Management with Defect Management Metrics
• Involved in coordinate activities with various technical teams i.e. network, database, architecture to design solutions and resolve incidents, requests and support
• Recommended various metrics be gathered and edits to the existing QC 10.0 Test Lab and Defect Templates to help capture Ambiguity Defects, Test Execution Prioritization and various stages of a Defect’s Life Cycle
• Developed SQL queries to test the accuracy in report generation
• Defined Test Data requirement strategy and Performed data validation
• Performed UI and Functional Testing through Web interfaces
• Hands on experience in implementing QTP/VB Script based automation
• Conduct Demos and Trainings to various client teams on QC/ALM New Features
• Reporting and triaging the bugs through Quality Center

Environment: Java, JSP, XML, SQL, Oracle, PERL, LINUX/Windows, TOAD, QTP, Quality Center/ALM, TFS

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer/ Lead QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement collection and analysis at client’s site with all key stake holders.
• Participated in Test reviews to ensure the requirements coverage
• Provide the Test Estimations
• Reviewing Test Plans with onsite team and client
• Defect reporting using the Quality Centre and Status Reports
• Managed the communication with onsite team and client
• Extensively involved in Regression testing using QTP, VB Script
• Performed Functional and Data Driven Testing using QTP
• Responsible for hiring/training QA resources at offshore for manual and automated testing.
• Lead the QA for multiple feature releases and worked with team of 3-15 people.
• Responsible for performance management of QA team.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Web logic, Oracle, QTP, HP QC