SUMMARY:

• Test Lead having 15+ years of IT experience (Over 10 yrs. in black box software testing, Quality analysis & Process Analysis, 2 yr. into quality control and 1 yr. into production process).
• Having expertise in carrying out Automation scripting and defining custom frameworks using Visual Studio, C# and selenium Web Driver with C#. Good exposure of API Testing, data validation testing using SQL server.
• Good experience with various development and testing stages.
• Good experience in agile process using JIRA/ TFS. Have Good experience in leading and managing QC team and have Expertise in various testing types of testing Functional, Regression, System, Integration Testing and Post Deployment Testing UAT .
• Very good experience in writing test plan/ defining test strategies, test cases/ scenarios.
• Expert in requirement management and creating traceability matrix out of SRS/ FSD/ HLD documents.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and database concepts. Good experience in working with projects in On - site - Offshore Model. Significant exposure to quality processes like CMMI & ISO. Self-starter, Quick learner and can work as individual/ Team contributor.
• Involved in Requirement gathering and requirement analysis with development team and product/ application owners
• Review of Requirement Analysis document and preparation of RTM
• Project Plan preparation, Participation in scheduling & Test Estimation and Writing Test Plans and defining Test Strategy
• Scripted and Performed Functional Reviews of Automated Scripts in VSTS (CodedUI) using C# and using selenium with C#
• Test Case preparation, Test Case Reviews, Test environment setup and its maintenance
• Test case execution (Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Regression, Integration, System Testing)
• Bug Reporting and tracking till its closure in defect tracking tool (E.g. Quality Center, Bugzilla, ZeroD, TFS etc...)
• Performed execution and maintenance of automated Test scripts using QTP v 9.2 for regression testing of Confidential Online Portal
• Team handling and Tracking of Testing progress
• Involved in normalization process of Manual Test suites for Automation test scripts in Quality Centre
• Identification of Risks & its mitigation and issue management
• Prepared User Acceptance Testing suite and its maintenance
• Participated in Post Deployment (UAT) Testing with Client team on every scrum release and IR release (Quarterly releases to production)
• Regular Interaction with Client and product owners for issues/ clarifications related to requirements
• Performed Causal Analysis and Post Project Analysis with Client for every release
• Reporting test status to client on weekly basis
• Reporting project status to RSI management on weekly basis
• Identification of training need of the team and arranging it
• Provide Mentoring & assistance to new team member

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Language: Microsoft .Net C# (C Sharp), Java, Visual Basic, ASP .NET, Java Server Page (JSP), JavaScript, VBScript and UNIX Shell, IEEE STANDARD C/ATLAS Test Language, Pascal, Fortran, Basic and REXX.

Automation: Microsoft .Net Visual Studio C# and Java with Selenium WebDriver, HP QuickTest Professional (QTP, version 10), Postman (API testing Tool), and Mercury WinRunner.

Database: MS SQL Server 2008 R2.

Testing: API testing (Application programming interface) and black box testing.

Tools: Development tools (Firebug, Firepath), NUnit (Unit-testing framework for all .Net languages), Remote Desktop and VMware, JIRA management software, TFS, Quality Centre, Bugzilla and MKS, ZeroD.

Computer & Operating System: PC (Window 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server and NT)

Web Browser: Internet Explorer (IE developer tool), Firefox (Firebug tool), Google Chrome and Safari.

PROJECTS SUMMARY:

Confidential, Reston, VA

Test Architect/ Lead

Hardware/ Software: C#.Net 4.0, SiteCore, AngularJs, Solr, JIRA, PRACTITest, Selenium with C#

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Requirements for client Applications during daily conference with Onsite-Coordinator involving development (offshore) and testing (offshore) team.
• Defining Automation framework using selenium Web Driver with C#. The Automation scripts involved 3rd party application integration
• Test planning & Effort Estimation
• Identification/ writing of Test scenarios for Functional, Regression and System Testing
• Test Case Execution (Sanity, Functional, Regression and System testing), Performing Ad-Hoc testing and data validation/ backend testing
• Designed and developed test cases for different API (Application Programming Interface) and executed using PostMan tool.
• Peer Review of Test Cases, Performed Functional Reviews of Automated Scripts in Selenium with C#
• Bug Reporting & tracking till its closure
• Risk Identification and Mitigation
• Proficient with the Web and Internet technologies, including QA experience with browser interfaces
• Providing technical support to Test Engineers, acting as First Line Support
• Daily/ Weekly/ Monthly Status Reporting with client
• Participated in SQA Audits
• Project Tracking and Status reporting to Sr. Management

Confidential, Pheonix, AZ

Test Lead

Hardware/ Software: C#.Net 4.0, WPF using MVVM, WCF service, Entity framework 4.0, SQL 2008, ZeroD (Internal Tool), TFS (Client Supplied), MTM (Client Supplied)

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Requirements for client Applications during daily conference with Onsite-Coordinator involving development (offshore) and testing (offshore) team.
• Defining Automation framework using VSTS (CodedUI) and C#. The Automation scripts involved 3rd party application integration
• Test planning & Effort Estimation
• Identification of Test scenarios for Functional, Regression and System Testing and communicating it to QC team
• Test Case Execution (Sanity, Functional, Regression and System testing), Performing Ad-Hoc testing, data validation and backend testing
• Designed and developed test cases for different API (Application Programming Interface) and executed using PostMan tool.
• Tested End to End business flow of the university using University’s legacy applications and new Portal along with applications from 3rd party vendors.
• Peer Review of Test Cases, Performed Functional Reviews of Automated Scripts in VSTS (CodedUI)
• Bug Reporting & tracking till its closure
• Risk Identification and its Mitigation plan is in place, Participated in SQA Audits
• Proficient with the Web and Internet technologies, including QA experience with browser interfaces
• Providing technical support to Test Engineers, acting as First Line Support
• Project Tracking and Daily/ Weekly Status Reporting with client and to Sr. Management

Confidential

Test Lead

Hardware/ Software: ASP.Net, HTML, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 & VS2010, ZeroD

Responsibilities:

• Participation in Requirement analysis meetings with developers and Testing team
• Understanding Requirements for Advair website and Admin module
• Test Case Preparation for Functional, Regression and System Testing
• Test Case Execution (Sanity, Functional, Regression and System testing)
• Peer Review of Test Cases, Providing technical support to Test Engineers
• Bug Reporting & tracking till its closure
• Weekly Status Reporting

Confidential

Test Lead

Hardware/ Software: MS Business Intelligence Development Studio, LogiXml, SQL Server Management Studio, SSIS, ZeroD

Responsibilities:

• Participation in Requirement analysis meetings with developers and Testing team
• Understanding Requirement specific to ETL process and packages
• Test Case Preparation for Functional, Regression, System Testing and Data Validation and backend testing
• Test Case Execution (Sanity, Functional, Regression and System testing)
• Peer Review of Test Cases, Providing technical support to Test Engineers
• Bug Reporting & tracking till its closure
• Weekly Status Reporting

Confidential

Test Engineer

Hardware/ Software: Windows, Action Script 2.0, CS4, ZeroD, Bugzilla

Responsibilities:

• Participation in Requirement analysis meetings with developers and Testing team
• Understanding Requirement specification of Bravo application
• Test Case Preparation for Functional, Regression and System Testing
• Test Case Execution (Sanity, Functional, Regression and System testing)
• Peer Review of Test Cases
• Weekly Status Reporting
• Providing technical support to Test Engineers
• Providing support to developers on Bravo functionality
• Bug Reporting & tracking till its closure

Confidential, Atlanta

Test Lead

Hardware/ Software: Windows, HP Quality Centre, Quick Test Professional 9.2, Oracle, Informix

Responsibilities:

• Participation in Requirement analysis meetings with developers & client
• Review of Requirement Analysis
• Participation in scheduling & Test Estimation
• Participation in Test Plan preparation
• Writing & Execution of test cases for Integrated Release, Non Integrated Release and Sprint releases
• Execution of automated Test scripts for regression test suite
• Bug Reporting & tracking till its closure in Quality Centre
• Preparation of Project Management Plan
• Project Tracking and Monitoring, Team handling and Management
• Identification of Risks & mitigation
• Review of Test Cases developed by Test Engineers
• Providing technical support to Test Engineers
• Weekly Status Reporting
• Participation in Root Cause Analysis meetings with client

Confidential

Technical Lead/ Process Analyst/ Test Engineer

Hardware/ Software: Windows, Delphi, Bugzilla, MKS, Oracle, Informix, MS Access, TIF database

Responsibilities:

• Participation in SPEC Meetings for requirement discussions and categorization
• Preparing Project Management Plan, Test Plan preparation, Scheduling & Effort Estimation
• Review of Requirement Analysis and providing Query resolution as First Line Support on SPEC requirements
• Identification of Risks and its mitigation
• Writing & Execution of test cases
• Providing technical support to Test Engineers
• Review of Test Cases developed by Test Engineers
• Bug Reporting & tracking till its closure
• Release of Test Report
• Technical Training to Test Engineers (on need basis)
• Performing Post Project Analysis & Root Cause Analysis