PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• About 8 years of extensive hands - on experience in Quality Assurance Process and Methodologies.
• Strong Expertise in SDLC, Test Management and Testing Lifecycle Methodologies like Agile Models, Waterfall Model.
• Good understanding in designing and creating automation frameworks for J2EE based applications using Java, Selenium, Quality Center, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins and Cucumber.
• Experience in automation testing using Python, Selenium-TestNG, RiaTest on web and client applications.
• Proficient in creating automation scripts .
• Experience in designing Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts and Test reports of manual and automated tests.
• Experience include Unit testing, Functional testing, User Acceptance Testing, Integration testing, System testing, Performance testing, Sanity testing, Exception testing, Compatibility testing & Security testing of client/server and Web base Applications.
• Experienced using Web-debugging tool like Fire Path and Firebug.
• Extensive experience in Black-Box & White-Box Testing for Web, Data Base and Client server Applications.
• Experience programming in Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML and SQL on Windows Operating Systems and UNIX environments.
• Log and track defects by using a bug tracking systems like JIRA, Quality Center.
• Highly motivated team player with analytical, organizational and technical skills, unique ability to adapt quickly to challenges and changing environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Selenium, RiaTest, Charles Proxy, JIRA, Zephyr, Splunk, Load Runner, Mercury-Quality Center, Junit, Test Director, Rational Clear Quest, Wireshark, WinHex, IO Meter, Test Track, RanoRex

Scripting Languages: Python, JavaScript, UNIX Shell Scripting.

Languages: C, C++, Java, SQL, PL/SQL

Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, XML, XSD, XPATH, JSP.

Packages: MS-Office Suite(Word, Excel, Access), MS-Project, MS-Visual Studio, Eclipse

Servers: WebLogic, WebSphere, Apache Tomcat

Build Tools: Ant, Maven

Continuous integration Tools: Jenkins, GitHUB

Database: MS Access, Oracle 11g/10g

Operating system: CentOS, Windows XP/Vista/7 and UNIX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Boston

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked primarily with Private Equity web-based Portal Software solution, Front View - which records management of Funds, Investors, Contacts, Partnerships, Deals, Companies and their intricate interconnectivity and actives.
• Responsible for test analysis and test design for complex private equity investment structures, calculations, work-flows and regulatory requirements.
• Engage in business requirement information gathering and business requirement gap analysis identification during test case creation.
• Interact daily with Business team to understand and address the gaps in the business requirements.
• Streamlining and improving the current QA processes by utilizing features of Test track tool to track and record all QA related tasks.
• Improve test case creation process to achieve companywide road-map initiative for constructing functional automation suite establishment, not limited to non-functional automation efforts.
• Developed and executed test plans, test cases from the business requirements utilizing QA best practices and standards.
• Defining automation strategy and applying appropriate automation technologies to meet the short and long term quality goals
• Work with other QA Specialists to define and improve testing methods and approaches through test plan reviews and process enhancements.
• Documented all new QA process and simple quick user guide for the Front view application.

Environment: Ranorex, MS-SQL, Perforce TestTrack, Micro-Strategy Report testing, EMC Documentum Integration testing, eFront.

Confidential, Boston

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with technology group which builds media rich educational applications for students in Schools.
• Worked mainly with MMAs (Managed Media Accelerators), which is a independent Intel NUC device carrying the local copy of the HMH Content Delivery Network. (Akamai CDN)
• Developed and executed test plans, test cases utilizing QA best practices and standards.
• Followed Agile Methodologies and actively involved in quarterly and bi-weekly planning meetings to plan for QA stories.
• Wrote test cases and prepared Test plans and Regression tests in JIRA, based on the Functional and release requirements.
• Created test scripts using Python to automate end to end media(data) testing on the MMAs .
• Built a Java standalone tool to automate end to end testing of HMHcentral Media .
• Extensively used UNIX shell commands to access MMA and perform various tasks on the MMA.
• Performed manual testing on MMAs which involved mapping the MMA and using Charles Proxy.
• Performed API testing for our MMA APIs. Captured API response and verified it.
• Stepped up to learn, debug and fix existing Riatest automation for 2 products S44NG and iRead.
• Worked with SAM automation team to integrate Selenium automation with Riatest automation.
• Documented the MMA team QA process and QA environment setup in Confluence.
• Responsible for end to end regression testing for each MMA device shipped out to the clients, which involved both automation and manual testing.
• Maintained a UNIX server which was solely used for running automation.
• Interacted with the Developers as a team on daily basis, keeping myself upraised of the issues encountered during development and understanding what to expect for QA.
• Hands on experience with troubleshooting and reproducing the field issues encountered by the customers. Helping the team in resolving the issues.
• Responsible for testing and validating the hotfixes/code changes before they are released to our devices in the field.
• Used Virtual Box to create VM MMAs on my local to test automation scripts, tools and hotfixes.
• Documented the MMA team QA process and QA environment setup in Confluence.

Environment: CentOS, Unix, Java, Agile, Maven, Python, Charles Proxy, iOS, RiaTest, Selenium, GITHUB, Eclipse, Quality Center, Maven, JIRA, Zephyr, Splunk, VirtualBox and Vagrant.

Confidential, Oaks, PA

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test Plan, test Cases, Test scripts and Test Metrics for the application as well as for the database verification based on the functional requirements, portal redesigned and test specs.
• Worked in Agile environment, with an ability to accommodate and test the newly proposed changes Confidential any point of time during the release.
• Evaluate and analyze Business Requirements, Functional Specification documents.
• Developed and executed test plans, test cases and test matrices utilizing QA best practices and standards.
• Designed, developed and implemented MVC Pattern based Keyword Driven automation testing framework utilizing Java, TestNG and Selenium WebDriver.
• Performed Data driven testing Selenium WebDriver using TestNG functions and JDBC Connections which reads data from scripts using property and XML files.
• Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG.
• Created Test plan, High level scenarios, test case construction and test estimates, resource estimates and weekly status reports.
• Used Maven for building the WebDriver project, Integrated with Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for running test on nightly basis automatically.
• Used Selenium WebDriver for automating of Cross Browser Testing on IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.
• Created XML based test suit and integrated with Jenkins Server to execute automation scripts on a regular basis by scheduling Jenkins jobs in different test environments with different test configurations.
• Used Selenium tool (selenium IDE is a plug-in to Firefox) to record and playback tests and then export the recorded test in other language e.g. html, Java.
• Used XPath and DOM to work with dynamic and static objects in Selenium.
• Worked on Cucumber Testing applications and Responsible for preparing weekly status reports and validated the back-end data using SQL queries for data integrity.
• Performed Automation for regression using Selenium WebDriver and Selenium GRID.
• Used Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Jenkins, Jira, Cucumber, Agile, Maven, XPATH, Firebug, XML, HTML, Eclipse, Quality Center, SQL, Oracle, Windows.

Confidential, Middletown, NJ

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing User requirements, functional specifications and created Test Plans, Test cases for functional testing.
• Identifying high priority as well as risk based areas as per the sensitivity of transactions and testing them.
• Actively found flaws in Business Requirements and was responsible for revisions and iterations.
• Involved in different types of testing: Functionality testing, Regression testing, Database Testing,, User Acceptance Testing.
• Identifying software problems, logging them into bug tracking tool, monitoring their progress and verifying their fix.
• Responsible for conducting database testing by writing SQL queries using TOAD. Executing and troubleshooting the stored procedures and Packages.
• Execution of regression tests for various builds.
• Verifying the changes in the code using the version Manager tool.
• Participated in meetings to discuss various issues and possible solutions for various enhancements change requests with different teams associated with this project.
• Analyzed requirements, attended Change Request meetings to document changes and implemented procedures to test changes.
• Interacting with Analysts and Developers for the Bug Fixes and Problem resolution.
• Performed Mobile testing On Blackberry and Android Simulator.

Environment: Java, Eclipse IDE, Excel, PL/SQL, RQM, UNIX, WINSCP, MySQL 5.0, JavaScript.

Confidential, Middletown, CT

QA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Creating and maintaining test plans and test cases for the application
• Developed test scripts/cases to perform manual and automated testing of the Application.
• Reviewing the SRS with the Business team & the Developers
• Developed and performed the Test scenarios, Test Cases
• Conducted Functional & Regression testing
• Wrote test cases applying positive and negative scenarios
• Log necessary, timely, critical problem reports into the defect tracking system
• Provided regular status to the Manager
• Defect Tracking using Quality Center
• Actively participated in weekly meetings, conferences and walkthroughs to understand the testing requirements and to plan the testing process on a regular basis
• Performed other related duties as assigned
• Attended project review meetings and discussed issues including the progress of the project with development, project teams and business groups

Environment: Windows NT/2000, Quality Center, QTP, Java, J2EE, HTML, SQL Server, Quality Center.

Confidential

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Hands-on experience on SAN environment.
• Experience with Storage Arrays, Agents installation and Host configuration.
• Experience in working with customer related Hotfix releases and customer environment troubleshooting management.
• Involved in system testing of ProSphere using Agile Methodology.
• Discover the EMC static lab - hosts, arrays, switches, on ProSphere and ECC, to have a fully working customer like environment for end-to-end testing
• Worked with IO meter to monitor performance data and test the data flow between ECC Performance Manager and ProSphere.
• Involved in user acceptance, integration and system testing.
• Experience with SQL Queries and DB tools to retrieve data and validate file.
• Mentoring of new team members and responsible for successful release of product upgrade builds.

Environment: EMC Control Center, ProSphere, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, Java, Oracle, Quality Center, Clear Quest, IOMeter, Aqua Studio, Test Director, Toad, SAN.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Java Consultant.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the design, development and testing phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Involved in the Development of Presentation layer by using JSP, CSS and java Scripts validations.
• Used Struts 1.2/2.1 based MVC Framework in the application
• Used struts tiles for JSP page layouts. Utilized struts validates for client side Validations
• Involved in the development of Data access layer using Hibernate, Spring DAO technologies.
• Used Web services for sending and getting data from different applications using SOAP messages
• Designed various tables required for the project in Oracle 9i database and used the Stored Procedures in the application.
• Used JUnit framework for unit testing of application and Maven to build the application and deployed on WebSphere Application Server.
• Used Log4J to capture the log that includes runtime exceptions
• Used SVN for the version control.

Confidential, Hopkinton, Massachusetts

Software Quality Assurance Engineer (Intern)

Responsibilities:

• Created test plans for new features of Storage Scope.
• Responsible for Configurable ciphers security feature testing for ECC 6.0 release.
• Executed test cases for ECC, using manual methods and scripts, specifically on features like performance data verification, discovery of the data center on the console, security and secure communication between the components of ECC.
• Used Aqua Studio and Toad to access the database for truth data verification
• Performed functional, negative, regression, and security testing.
• Involved with innovation team which brainstorms ideas.
• Managed the Citrix server, create accounts and install release kits on the server, trouble shoot issues.

Environment: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, Java, Oracle, Quality Center, Clear Quest, Wireshark, WinHex, Symmetrix, Clariion, NAS, FC-Switches, Aqua Studio, Toad.