SUMMARY:

• 15+ years of IT experience with the emphasis on Quality Assurance and Software Testing.
• 10+ years of experience working in federal regulated environments.
• Expertise in analyzing user requirements, functional and technical specifications, preparing test plans and writing test cases.
• Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM and Waterfall environments.
• Daily Stand up Meetings, Pre - Planning Meetings for the backlog grooming, prioritization and sizing, Sprint Planning, Sprint Backlog refinement, Product backlog refinement, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings, Status Meetings.
• Experienced in Automation using Selenium WebDriver with Java, SOAP UI, TestNG, JUnit for automated tests.
• Experienced in Automating Scripts using Page-Object Model, Keyword Driver, Data Driven, Object repositories, XML Utilities.
• Experience in reporting tools for Automation such as TestNG, JUnit and Extent Reports.
• Sound knowledge on Object Oriented Programming concepts and Java concepts.
• Experience in integrating Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) on Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for nightly batch run of the Script.
• Expertise in Cross-Platform, End-to-End of UI Applications on various operating systems.
• Strong expertise in conducting various types of tests, which include GUI, Functionality, acceptance, data driven, back-end, load, performance, stress, regression and configuration tests.
• Expertise in test management tools like HP ALM for Requirements, Planning, and Design & Execution of automated scripts, Defect management, Generating reports and traceability.
• Strong SQL skills, proficient in complex SQL queries; functions, triggers and stored procedures for Backend testing and End-to-End testing.
• Extensive experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Involved in writing, maintaining and updating Test Documentation for various stages of testing for reference and Auditing purposes.
• Possesses solid understanding of IT best practices and excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven ability to deliver projects on time and under tight deadlines with aggressive schedules.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Selenium IDE & RC, Selenium WebDriver and QTP/UFT

Defect Management Tools: HP ALM, Rational Clear Quest and JIRA

Languages: JAVA, VB Script, SQL and Unix-Shell Scripting

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Win 7.0, UNIX

Databases: Oracle 12c/11g/10g/9i/8i, DB2, SQL Server 2000\2005\2008, MS - Access 2000.

Web Technologies: ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, XML, Cold Fusion and Java Script.

Web Servers: IIS 5.0/6.0/7.5, Apache Tomcat 5.5/6.0/7.0

Office Tools: MS Office 97/2000/XP/ 2003/2007/2010/2013

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Rockville-MD

Lead Automation Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensured testing standards, guidelines, and testing methodology were applied as specified in testing approach. Possessed a clear understanding of the requirements documentation and the test architecture.
• Participated in daily SCRUM meetings and testing each SPRINT deliverables.
• Design and develop the BDD automation frameworks using cucumber with java.
• Automated Data Driven testing in cucumber with various formats for files.
• Design and develop Page Objects using Page Object Design Pattern and Selenium WebDriver.
• Developed Selenium Automation framework - Created a hybrid framework (Keyword and Data driven) on Selenium using TestNG.
• Utilized HP ALM to keep track of any defect, report to developer team and perform Regression Testing
• Created automation test scripts in Rest Assured framework for REST API.
• Generated weekly reports on Test-Runs, Execution-Flows, and pass/fail test cases and present them to management weekly-review meetings using customized ATU Reports.
• Created Jenkins jobs by categorizing into smoke, functional and module based to start executing the tests from centralized location.
• Co-ordinated UAT activities.
• Scheduling Meetings with the UAT Testers, following up with the module leads for exporting all the test cases from the HP ALM and supply them to the individual testers as per User Stories
• Interact with Developers and Managers to co-ordinate on tasks, deliverables to meet committed project deadlines.

Confidential, DC

Lead QA Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attending Functional Specification Reviews and providing inputs.
• Involved in Developing Test Plans.
• Coordinate with data seeding teams to build the data sets required for the testing efforts.
• Develop Test Cases/Procedures in HP ALM based on the requirements specification document.
• Conducted testing to ensure the new security requirements for the application have been met.
• Managed business requirements by creating Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) in Requisite Pro.
• Expertise in creating the Manual suite for Functional and Regression tests
• Regression testing for various builds of the application using Quick Test Pro.
• Extensively used SQL queries to check storage and accuracy of data in database table
• Experience writing and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Test scripts.
• Responsible for preparing data sets for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Co-ordinated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Activities.
• Involved in peer reviews and Team Walkthroughs for the project as per Test methodology.
• Responsible for providing weekly metrics to the project teams.

Confidential, Washington D.C

Lead Test Engineer

ENVIRONMENT: QTP/UFT, Quality Center 10.0, Siebel 8.1.1, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Quest, J2EE, Oracle 11g/12g, Windows 2008, and UNIX.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developed Test Plans and Test Summary Reports.
• Coordinate with data seeding teams to build the data sets required for the testing efforts.
• Develop Test Cases/Procedures in Quality Center based on the business rules.
• Managed business requirements by creating Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) in Requisite Pro.
• Performed Interface/Integration testing between ePROGESA and DRMS (Donor Recruitment Management System) which is a Siebel based COTS application.
• Conducted Regression testing for various builds of the application.
• Back End testing to validate user inputs by using SQL queries and verified the proper flow of data among different modules.
• Generated and enhanced automated scripts using QTP 9.2
• Parameterized the data for the data driven testing using QTP 9.2.
• Conduct Multiple Systems Integration Testing involving 13 applications residing on various platforms.
• Involved in peer reviews and Team Walkthroughs for the project as per Test methodology.
• Conducted Test Readiness Review (TRR) and Acceptance Readiness Review (ARR) meetings.
• Responsible for providing weekly metrics to the project teams.

Confidential, Indianapolis-IN

Sr. Test Engineer

ENVIRONMENT: Quick Test Pro 9.2/10.0, Test Director for Quality Center 9.2, Rational Requisite, SQL Server 2005/2008,PHP,ASP.NET, IIS 6.0 and Windows 2003.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participated in business, client and status meetings.
• Used Rational Requisite Pro for managing the requirements and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Prepared and executed manual test cases in Quality Center 9.0 based on the business rules.
• Involved with the Datasets team to build that Data Sets for the Test Environment.
• Performed Data validation and Database integrity testing using TOAD.
• Conducted various testing including GUI testing, Security Testing, System Testing and Cross Browser Testing.
• Generated and enhanced automated scripts using QTP 9.2
• Parameterized the data for the data driven testing using QTP 9.2.
• Performed Regression testing to daily builds both manually and running automated scripts using QTP 9.2
• Mentored team members in Testing and Documentation Standards.
• Performed back end testing to validate user inputs by running SQL queries and verified the proper flow of data among different modules.
• Defects were tracked and reported using Quality Center 9.2.
• Responsible for timely delivery of different milestones.

Confidential, Falls Church-VA

Sr. Test Engineer

ENVIROMENT: Win Runner 8.0, Test Director for Quality Center 9.0, Rational Requisite Pro, J2EE, Oracle 9i, IIS, Windows2000, and UNIX.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deploying and managing the appropriate testing framework to meet the testing mandate.
• Parameterized the data for the data driven testing using Win Runner.
• Conducted Data Driven Testing, Regression testing using Win Runner.
• Performed back end testing to validate user inputs by using SQL queries and verified the proper flow of data among different modules.
• Performed data driven testing using Win Runner.
• Updated and executed Win Runner scripts for regression testing of various builds.
• Reporting defects on assigned bugs using Mercury’s Quality Center and resolution of defects while retesting from the resolved build.
• Coordinating with the developers for resolution of defects.
• Consolidating the status reports on weekly basis.
• Mentoring and coordination team for the successful test deliverables on time.

Confidential, Falls Church-VA

Test Engineer

ENVIROMENT: Test Director 8.0, Rational Requisite Pro, J2EE, Oracle 9i, Windows2000, and UNIX.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Worked with Business analyst’s team to prepare a detailed Business Requirement document.
• Developed and Maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Performed Manual Testing to test the usability of the application.
• Conducted GUI testing to test the appearance and properties using Win Runner.
• Generated and enhanced automated scripts using Win Runner.
• Conducted Configuration testing, Functionality testing and Security testing using Win Runner.
• Parameterized the data for the data driven testing using Win Runner.
• Conducted Regression testing for subsequent versions of the same application using Win Runner.
• Conducted database testing by passing SQL queries to retrieve data records
• Developed UNIX scripts and SQL validation scripts to validate the outputs.
• Defects were tracked and reported using Test Director 8.0.
• Actively co-coordinated with the Team lead in conducting internal walkthroughs on a weekly basis.
• Actively interacted with Developers to discuss the technical issues.