OBJECTIVE:

Quality Analyst with nearly 8+ years exceptional skills in different phases of testing and industries along with management and communication skills. I am an enthusiastic QA Test Engineer with demonstrated experience in the areas of Web based Client - Server applications using Manual and Automation testing techniques . Additionally, with a critical and analytical mind well suited for the fields of Data Analysis and Quality Assurance.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experienced in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Defect life cycle management and different methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.
• Proficient in performing Systems Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, End-to-End Testing, User Acceptance or Business Acceptance Testing, Black box Testing, Error Handling and defect reporting.
• Developed Smoke and Regression Test Suites with both Keyword and Data Driven (Hybrid) frameworks using Selenium Webdriver.
• Implemented automated execution of tests using Jenkins.
• Experience in the application of tools like HP ALM, Jira, and Rally for Test Management and Defect Reporting.
• Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (OOPS) Concepts including the use of Polymorphism, Abstraction, Inheritance, and Encapsulation.
• Identified and created automation test cases and test scripts using data driven framework and page object model (POM) to test the web application.
• Validated Soap UI responses by editing the XML or JSON to get the expected result and also automating the test cases using Ready API / SOAP UI
• Worked on Mobile testing of iOS, Android Devices and edited the response APIs using Charles proxy.
• Performed responsiveness and cross browser testing on Web and Mobile.
• Experienced in writing SQL queries for back-end testing, validation of data.
• Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios as per the user stories.
• Excellent understanding of User Stories in AGILE development with ability to convert story documents into functional test plans and test cases for Acceptance Testing and Functional Testing.
• Highly motivated, result-oriented self-starter, committed and hard working with a quest to learn new technologies and undertake challenging tasks, capable of working independently and as a team.

SKILL:

Programming Languages: SQL, Java, .net, C++, Groovy

Software Tools: ReadyAPI, SoapUI, Quality Center / HP ALM, Selenium WebDriver, Eclipse Splunk, WinSCP

Microsoft Office: Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Outlook, Project

Project Management Tools: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Rally

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Selenium Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Sprint Planning and lead daily scrum calls
• Designing and executing regression and smoke API automation scripts using SOAP UI PRO/ READY API
• Analyzed Business Requirements, Functional Requirement & High-level Design documents.
• Designed & developed test cases and participated in project document walkthrough and Review Test Cases in PM meetings.
• Performed Integration, System testing, Sanity/Smoke testing, End-to-End testing & Regression testing to ensure the application is working as expected.
• Used Java language and TestNG framework for scripting. Used Maven for building the WebDriver project. Integrated with Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for running test on nightly basis automatically.
• Handled Selenium Synchronization problems using Explicit & Implicit waits during functional testing.
• Handled various operations like pop-ups, Web-Alerts, Java-Alerts, windows-handling and utilized Select class and Action class for required operations.
• Used TestNG annotations like @parameters, @Data provider, @Groups to group the test cases.
• Utilized Maven to manage dependencies for test execution, plug-ins and created profiles of grouped test cases to run smoke or regression testing.
• Performed Parallel and Cross Browser testing on different browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Firefox where multiple tests were run at the same time using TestNG, Selenium.
• Regression test cases were written and automated using Selenium WebDriver.
• Utilized Apache POI jar file to read data from the excel spread sheets and load them into required test cases.
• Created test data based on the project requirements.
• Extensively involved in both Positive and Negative Testing and written Test Cases.
• Interacted with the Development team and the Environment team in prioritizing the defect list and validating known bug fixes.
• Reported defects to development team using defect management tools like JIRA.
• Retested defects once developer resolves the issue in application and closed the defect in JIRA.
• Involved in validating the Web Services related to Customer, Account and Transaction Management using the READYAPI.
• Validated API response using various Assertions such as Script, Contains, HTTP Status code, JSON path match, JSON path count, Schema Compliance etc.
• Used Data Source loop and data Source for Data Driven Testing from Excel or from Grid itself, used Data Sink for Automated Report generations.
• Used GIT as a code repository and Version control to check out project, make modifications, submit and commit changes to the local repository and then later to the central repository.
• Performed extensive SQL queries for validating data against Source and Target systems
• Extensively worked on build verification and validations make sure it works fine.
• Attended daily status meetings with QA team, weekly meetings with the Business Analyst, defect review meeting with development team & users.

Tools: Ready API, SoapUI, SQL, Eclipse IDE, Selenium Web driver, TestNG, Maven, GIT, Jenkins, POM, AGILE, MS Word, MS Excel

Confidential, Dunwoody GA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile testing methodology, participated in daily SCRUM meetings and testing each SPRINT deliverables.
• Involved in Creating automated frameworks by using Selenium Webdriver with Java and TestNG.
• Extensively used Selenium locators like (Xpath, CSS Selectors, Fire Bug, Fire path locator) and WebDriver to test the web application.
• Performed Web Services Testing and XML validation by creating test case suite using SOAP UI.
• Involved in validating the request and response XML in SOAP UI Editor
• Experience with Assertions like Schema Compliance and Status code
• Performed Backend testing using JDBC Connection by writing SQL Queries for different set of Input parameters to ensure the data integrity.
• Using Jenkins achieved Continues Integration and continues Delivery, performed Background jobs and analyzed the pass or failed criteria in QA Environment.
• Used GitHub for version controlling.
• Responsible for writing automation scripts, executing the test cases of the application using Selenium Web driver.
• Maintained cooperative relationships with developers and communicate with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Updated Test Plans and Test Cases periodically to manage changes in requirements.
• Recognized for developing excellent test plans/scripts and rapidly discovering defects.
• Wrote test scripts and test cases in HP Quality Center to meet assigned requirements.
• Executed regression automation scripts in QTP.
• Reported software defects in JIRA and interacted with the developers to resolve technical issues.
• Tracked the status of defects and provided a status report during daily meetings
• Prepared and executed functional and regression testing
• Communicated with the project management team and QA Lead to resolve defects

Tools: Selenium Web driver, Eclipse, HTML, CSS, JIRA, GitHub, QTP,SQL, MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Well versed with running test scripts and tracking defects and sending reports to the developers and clients through automated email response system.
• Manually Tested each and every functionality of the application and written Test cases
• Understanding client requirements, design, functionality, change request and enhancements of the system.
• Generated SQL statements and procedures to fetch data from database
• Used Agile/SCRUM as the project management methodology.
• Created and executed SQL Queries involving multiple tables using join statements and validated against Web-UI
• Participate in daily status or standup calls
• Involved in validating the request and response XML in SOAP UI Editor
• Validated the response using assertions.
• Working closely as a team with offshore and coordinating on resolving issues
• Identified and prepared test scenarios, test cases and requirement traceability matrix based on client requirements.
• Executed in system, integration & regression test cases.
• Preparing test data for the identified test objective in planning stage.
• Attended meetings regarding the Change Request/Problem Tickets with development team, business analyst, vendors and other release stakeholders.
• Effective defect tracking and closure.
• Involved in production deployment process from offshore and verified all changes/fixes on production servers.

Tools: SQL, MS Project, SOAP UI, AGILE, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained cooperative relationships with developers and communicate with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders (e.g. doctors, healthcare admin staff).
• Recognized for developing excellent test plans/scripts and rapidly discovering defects.
• Contributed to high-reliability technology releases as a result of thorough testing that helped maintain system highly secure and confidential
• Employed a “test-to-break” approach on testing initiatives and clarified ambiguous requirements to ensure the effectiveness of all test plans.
• Improved the documentation of QA testing practices to enhance their repeatability, saving time and money and encouraging testing standardization and best practices
• Wrote test scripts and test cases in HP Quality Center to meet assigned requirements
• Tracked the status of defects and provided a status report during daily meetings
• Prepared and executed functional and regression testing
• Created and executed test cases, logged and assigned defects, and kept track of the defect status
• Communicated with the project management team and QA Lead to resolve defects

Tools: SQL, MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access