SUMMARY:

• Results - driven Lead/Architect with around 14 years of leadership and hands-on technical experience in Software Test Automation Framework, Architecture Design, Project Management, Performance analysis, Effort estimation, Test Planning, implementing test automation for large-scale applications, Automation Solution designing and R&D, Strong analytical skills, etc.
• Over 12 years of strong hands-on technical experience in Function Automation / Mobile Testing using Selenium, Appium, HP tools (QTP, UFT, ALM), Perfecto Mobile (Native, UFT, Selenium, Appium), SOA Test tools (SOAP UI, CA LISA), JSON, Python, TestNG, DevOps tools (Jenkins, JIRA, Zephyr, TestLink), GIT tools etc.
• Highly experienced in JIRA administrator activities for setting up and configuring projects.
• Architect-ed, designed and developed a generic Selenium TestNG framework from scratch that can used for developing automation scripts for any platforms like Desktop, mobile, tablets and for any application types like Web, Native or Hybrid Apps.
• Designed, scripted, and executed a full range of automated tests of regression testing including front-end functionality testing, backend testing, mobile testing and SOA testing for various customers in Insurance, Telecom & Banking domains.
• Led efforts in continuous integration for automated testing using Selenium, UFT, DevOps for projects following AGILE, WATERFALL, TDD etc.
• Architect-ed & led efforts for development of large-scale test automation frameworks & accelerators to provide automation solutions for product testing, mobile apps & applications including Client-Server, Web Based apps, Mobile apps, Peoplesoft, SAP, Oracle, Middleware, etc.
• Specialized in development of mobile automation test strategies, automation road-map from ground zero & automation of specialized applications like Delphi, Oracle, SAP & Web Services testing.
• Helped improve planning and testing processes for Quality Assurance tests, including the creation of a Business Process oriented test methodology.
• Excelled at monitoring and analyzing trends to quantify project test automation metrics and status
• Participated in requirements gathering and software specification design, to ensure testability & conformance to user interface standards.
• Identified and monitored defects in Business software applications, and ensures the completeness and accuracy of the defect tracking system.
• Good Planning, Monitoring, Written & Oral communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tool: Selenium 3.0, QTP 11.0., UFT 12/11.5, TestNG, Selenium GRID

Mobile Automation Tools: PerfectoMobile, Appium 1.5

SOA Automation Tools: SOAP-UI Pro, HP ServiceTest 11.2, CA LISA 7.0

Security Testing Tools: OWASP ZAP

CI tools: Jenkins, Maven, JIRA 6.4.12, ANT, STASH

Test Management Tools: ALM 11.0, TestLink, Zephyr

Languages: VB, VBScripting, Java, Python, groovy

DBMS/RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server

Specialized Testing: Web-Services Testing, SAP Testing, Oracle Testing, Delphi TestingMobile Automation Testing, Guidewire Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Mobile QA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Architect-ing, designing and developing a platform and application independent generic automation framework that can be used for any application platforms.
• Implementation of DevOps continuous integration process throughout SDLC.
• Setting up mobile devices in Perfecto Lab and administrating the lab.
• Developed security automated suites using Selenium, Appium and OWASP ZAP tools.
• Setting up an individual Appium Lab by configuring iOS / Android devices and setting up an execution grid environment for parallel execution.
• Developing security testing scripts using OWASP ZAP and Selenium using Appium for Web and Mobile applications.
• Migration of QC defects to JIRA by configuring and setting up a new JIRA project and maintaining the JIRA project.
• Performing proof-of-concepts for utilizing the existing selenium mobile automation scripts against AWS Device Farm.
• Performing manual testing on the applications on the mobile devices and identifying bugs.
• Development of automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver for usability testing on Mobiles and Tablets using PerfectoMobile add-in by implementing X-Path and Script-Once techniques.
• Implementing the appium frameworks for all the Perfecto solutions to provide the testers the flexibility of choosing the testing tool between PerfectoMobile and Appium.
• Analyzing the technical challenges and finding suitable solutions.
• Development of automation framework for Perfecto and Appium solutions and integrated with continuous integration tools like Jenkins and JIRA to establish an end-end DevOps automation framework.
• Implementation and analysis of Testcase Management tools like Zephyr and TestLink.
• Development of a tool to create automation test flows using a graphical representation to help manual testers to work on automation without expertise programming languages.
• Working with the customer to understand the automation requirements and suggesting the suitable approach.
• Execution of automation test scripts, analyzing the failures and fixing the script.
• Coordinating with Perfecto support team to find suitable solution for the technically challenging areas.

Test Ware: Eclipse, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium GRID, Zephyr, OWASP ZAP, TestLink, Appium, UFT 12.0, Perfecto Mobile, Windows 7, JIRA, Stash, TestNG, Jenkins, AWS, OWASP ZAP, AWS Device Farm.

Confidential

Mobile QA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the existing automation frameworks.
• Development of UFT automation scripts for UAT testing on Mobiles and Tablets using PerfectoMobile add-in by implementing X-Path and Script-Once techniques.
• Analyzing the technical challenges and finding suitable solutions.
• Comparing the script performance between UFT and Selenium for mobile automation using Perfecto add-ins.
• Working with the customer to understand the automation requirements and suggesting the suitable approach.
• Integration of automation scripts with ALM and with the customer Test Management portal.
• Execution of automation test scripts, analyzing the failures and fixing the script.
• Coordinating with Perfecto support team to find suitable solution for the technically challenging areas.

Test Ware: UFT 12.0, Perfecto Mobile - Addin (UFTMobile / Selenium), Windows 7, HP ALM 11.0

Confidential

Test Lead / Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Preparing Test Plan, Traceability matrix, Project Plan, Metrics template, Status Reporting template
• Allocation of work to the offshore team and providing clarifications to their queries
• Analyzing the project requirement and performing the resource management and effort estimation
• Analyzing the Risks involved in each stages of testing activity and planning for mitigation
• Designing of automation scripts using LISA functional test cases, functional test scenarios, SIT test cases
• Developing automation scripts using Selenium and comparing the code performance against the existing metrics.
• Performed tool comparison study between Selenium and LISA for functional automation.
• Participation in Defect Review meeting, Status calls and conducts internal audits and reviews
• Execution of automation test scripts, manual test cases for functional testing, Application Integration testing, System Integration testing etc…
• Calculating Metrics like Effort Variance, Schedule Variance, Automation Coverage, % of Test Design productivity, % of Test Execution productivity etc…

Test Ware: CA LISA 7.0, Guidewire PolicyCenter, Windows 7

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparing Test Plan, Automation Strategy, Traceability matrix, Project Plan, Metrics template, Status Reporting template
• Carrying out appraisal for the team members, allocating work tasks, improving the team’s morality, etc…
• Interacting with the customer and tool vendor to setup the required test environment
• Analyzing the Risks involved in automation testing at each stages of testing activity
• Preparing the effort estimation, timelines & milestone and calculating the ROI
• Developing strategy and finding technical workaround solution to automate Delphi application where direct automation is least possible
• Development of automation scripts for mobile applications using UFT-Mobile based on x-path.
• Execution of automation test suite developed for mobile using UFT-Mobile plug-in.
• Training the resources on the usage of x-path in UFT and on Perfecto.
• Performing Proof of Concepts using Selenium and providing required demoes to the Business and Customer’s
• Calculating Metrics like Effort Variance, Schedule Variance, Automation Coverage, % of Test Script Creation productivity, % of Test Script Execution productivity etc…
• Coordinating with the customer and getting the required sign-off

Test Ware: UFT 11.5, ALM, Selenium, PerfectoMobile, Infragistics for QTP/UFT

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparing Test Plan, Automation Strategy, Traceability matrix, Project Plan, Metrics template, Status Reporting template
• Carrying out appraisal for the team members, allocating work tasks, improving the team’s morality, etc…
• Interacting with the customer and tool vendor to setup the required test environment
• Analyzing the Risks involved in automation testing at each stages of testing activity
• Preparing the effort estimation, timelines & milestone and calculating the ROI
• Developing strategy and finding technical workaround solution to automate Delphi application where direct automation is least possible
• Providing technical solution and support to the team where they find difficult to find solution to automate the provided test cases
• Performing R & D activities to achieve maximum automation coverage as the application is built using the in-house developed customized controls
• Development of mobile automation scripts for iOS and Android using PerfectoMobile and QTP
• Execution of mobile automation scripts using PerfectoMobile.
• Coordinating with the Perfecto PoC to get the required tokens.
• Training the new resources on PerfectoMobile.
• Calculating Metrics like Effort Variance, Schedule Variance, Automation Coverage, % of Test Script Creation productivity, % of Test Script Execution productivity etc…
• Delivering the deliverables and getting the final Sign-off from the customer

Test Ware: QTP 11.0, UFT 11.5, ALM, PerfectoMobile, HP ServiceTest

Confidential

Associate Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Preparing Test Plan, Automation Strategy, Traceability matrix, Project Plan, Metrics template, Status Reporting template
• Carrying out appraisal for the team members, allocating work tasks, improving the team’s morality, etc…
• Interacting with the customer and tool vendor to setup the required test environment
• Procurement of tool evaluation license, tool license etc…
• Analyzing the Risks involved in automation testing at each stages of testing activity
• Participation in Defect Review meeting, Status calls and conducts internal audits and reviews
• Analysis of various automation tools like QTP, Test Partner, Test Complete, Egg-Plant etc… to select the appropriate tool for automating various applications
• Preparing the effort estimation, timelines & milestone and calculating the ROI
• Developing strategy and finding technical workaround solution to automate Delphi application where direct automation is least possible
• Providing technical solution and support to the team where they find difficult to find solution to automate the provided test cases
• Performing R & D activities to achieve maximum automation coverage as the application is built using the in-house developed customized controls
• Calculating Metrics like Effort Variance, Schedule Variance, Automation Coverage, % of Test Script Creation productivity, % of Test Script Execution productivity etc…
• Delivering the deliverables and getting the final Sign-off from the customer

Test Ware: QTP 10.0 / 11.0, QC 10, Test Complete 7, Delphi 10.0 Add-ins, SOAPUI

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading and Managing a team of 14 members and owns the entire testing team
• Involved in R&D analysis to implement automatic background bi-directional synchronization on Oracle 10G Lite Database
• Project management activities like Resource allocation, Estimation planning, Progress monitoring, etc…
• Analyzed the existing automation framework used and proposed a new framework which suites the application to yield maximum test coverage
• Resource training on automation tools
• Preparation of project plan, reviewing the test cases and analyzing the defects
• Conducts regular DRB meeting to analyze the defects logged
• Documenting the execution report, Effort analysis, and daily project progress status etc…

Test Ware: QTP 9.2, Whizible 8.0

Confidential

System Test Lead / Onsite coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Acts as an Onsite Coordinator and coordinates with the client on business requirements, clarifying team members query and issues
• Sets up required environment for testing and responsible for getting required access / permissions
• Understanding the business requirements and design specifications and explaining the details to the offshore team
• Reviewing the System test cases and clarifying technical queries
• Maintaining Status Report and providing the effort estimation
• Defect logging and analyzing the root cause in Defect Review Board Meeting
• Complete management activities related to QA in maintaining the required documents and meeting client requirements and offshore needs
• Prepares complete documentation and ensures the sign-off for the testing related activities from the client

Confidential

Test Analyst, Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Acts as an Onsite Coordinator and coordinates with the client on business requirements, resolving offshore team members queries and issues etc…
• Sets up required environment for testing and responsible for getting required access / permissions
• Understanding the business requirements and analyzing them to convert it to an automated test script
• Involved in developing QTP test scripts at onsite and executes them on a required basis
• Conducts regular review meeting, Defect meeting and Status call with offshore and with Client
• Helps the team technically in identifying effective and robust framework
• Tracking of daily automation status and reviewing the work done
• Executes the test script from QC and reports the status to the client
• Documenting the execution report, Effort analysis, ROI calculation etc…

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Setting up of Test Environment required for automation using Confidential
• Analyzing the manual test pack to identify the list of Business processes required and the custom functions to be developed
• Developed the required functions using QTP
• Tracking of daily automation status and reviewing the work done
• Modeling of test case using Confidential and generating the test scripts
• Created a framework to execute the Test Scripts from Quality Center
• Executing the test scripts and giving the knowledge transition to the client
• Supporting the client in clarifying their technical queries on the automation framework adopted and on the scripts generated
• Documenting the execution report, Effort analysis, ROI calculation etc

Confidential

Test Engineer / Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering for Test Partner version of Confidential 4.0
• Developing the Test Partner version of Confidential 4.0
• Unit testing of the Confidential version developed
• Fixing the bugs reported by the system testing team
• Developing the Keyword Library functions for Confidential 4.0 (TP Version)