SUMMARY:

• 13 years of experience driving global software to consistently deliver strategic, multi - million dollar projects on time and within scope and budget.
• Demonstrated success in Leading Project teams across business units to deliver Large Complex Projects leveraging state-of-the-art Automation technologies.
• Experience in both Manual and Automation Software Testing and a strong background in developing Automation Scripts, building Automation framework and performing Functional and Regression Testing.
• Expertise in Automation using Selenium Webdriver to create and maintain frameworks.
• Worked majorly on TestNG Framework aligned assisted with tools like Maven, Jenkins, GITHUB etc.
• Also have my hands on working with Cucumber BDD framework.
• Managing the Projects end to end, from Planning to Closure using project management and Test Management best practices.
• Understands data models, excels at data transformations and developed an automated solution and ensured to boost the efficiency of an ETL project.
• Extensively involved in various testing methodologies like Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System/end-to-end, UAT and GUI Testing.
• Experience in interacting with business users identifying information needs initiating process changes and mentoring team members with project knowledge
• Heavily involved in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and of end users. Defined and documented business requirements for new product releases.
• Plan, Design, Build and Maintain Complex Test Automation Frameworks.
• Experience in Automated testing using Selenium IDE, Selenium Grid, Selenium RC, WebDriver and TestNG.
• Good Knowledge of Web Technologies like HTML, HTTP, CSS, XML, XPath.
• Experience in using TestNG library, Apache POI jars, Maven jars and pom.xml to design framework
• Hands on Experience in generating TestNG, TestNG XSLT reports using TestNG framework.
• Worked on User requirements gathering, gap analysis, impact analysis, risk management procedures and development of Business Designs.
• Strong exposure to Web Services testing with SOAP and REST protocols
• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills adept at creating, editing, and coordinating extensive communication networks (facilitation of JAD sessions and interviews, written correspondence, reports, implementation requirements, project status reports, oral presentation e-mails, etc.) to keep executive staff and team members apprised of goals, project status, and resolving issues and conflicts
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new challenges/technologies
• Undergone the on Python, ETL tool-Informatica 8.0 and Data warehousing concepts
• Onsite experiences and had been to

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Functional areas: Imaging, document management, Media entertainment, Banking, Investment Domain, Equities and Derivatives, Fixed Income, Mutual Funds, Travel Domain

Development Knowledge: VB Script, HTML, XML, JSON, Core JAVA, Javascript, Python, Gerkin

Defect Management Tools: Bugzilla, Test Director, Trac, Quality Centre 9.2, 10, Mingle, JIRA, Test Link, Team Track

Testing Tools: QTP, Selenium, Web service Tool, Rest Client, TIBCO Testing tool (TIBCO BW), Jenkins, SoapUI, Rest Client, MQ Explorer

Configuration Management/ Test Framework: Visual Source Safe, Quality Center 9.2, 10.0, Team City, SVN, Webdriver, Cucumber, Maven,,, Eclipse, Intellij Idea, TestNg, Test link, GITHUB

Others: Lotus SmartSuite, MS - Office, MS-Project, CISCO VPN, SVN, Clear case, TIBCO BWCitrix, Share Point, Data warehousing - ETL ( Informatica 8.0, IBM Data Stage 8.2), OLTP systems.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

QA (Project Lead / Project Manager)

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Hosting and following up on the daily scrums and assigning the corresponding tasks to the accountable resource for completion of task/Functionality.
• Coaches and mentors agile team members and provides constructive performance feedback
• Working on Customized framework either as an in-house framework specifically for Travel booking Engines (IBETAF)
• Aligning individual testing teams to ensure QA deliverables and timelines are met, using standard QA tools and processes. Accountable for using standard tools and best practices for the project and vertical level
• Involved in few POC’s to the customer and guiding team of 3 members TCoE team to research on market trends.
• Partnering with business & technology to product quality across the program. Driving the essentials as strategized during the creation of Test strategy.
• Involved in creation and presentations for RFP’s, invited and evaluated them by decision matrix.
• Estimate and obtain management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing.
• Define project documentation of Test plan, Test Strategy, Test Schedule and RACI Matrix
• Develop the test plan for the tasks, dependencies and participants required to mitigate the risks to system quality and obtain stakeholder support for this plan.
• Document, implement, monitor, and enforce all processes for testing as per standards defined by the organization.
• Provided at organizational level on Test Data Management, Accessibility Testing and Shift Left Testing.
• Jenkins integration to Test framework and scheduling the test cases.
• Complete a Customized framework solution required for Dynamic site of the British airways with a combination of (Selenium+TestNG+Maven+Jenkins). Integration of Jenkins and Framework with the Help of Ant build tool.
• Enhanced the existing automation framework for reporting and to full fill the new requirement.
• Involved in Release support - Release to QA, testing the release process.

Onsite Test Lead - Sr. Associate QA

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Lead the test team through the full project life cycle, contributing towards or driving process improvements, exceeding quality standards. Identify quantify and resolve testing processes for Automation to increase efficiency for the team and increase customer satisfaction
• Involved in the Designing process and workflow for few modules of application wherein conducting brain storming sessions among the cross functional teams in an onshore-offshore delivery model.
• Preparing Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Data and executing them manually
• Involved in Manual, Database and Creation of the Test Scripts, SQL scripts, Test Execution and defects management
• Bug reporting, involved in the bug triages (defect review meetings), ensuring the completion of the resolutions for testers specified in the bug triages
• Web service testing via SOAP UI ad rest client.
• Translating the business requirement and solution design into comprehensive test plan and test cases assuring adequate test coverage (UI and data validation - positive, negative, boundary, exploratory, end-to-end.
• Execute test cases and Reduce defect backlog by leading triage meetings and driving dependencies/issues to closure in accordance with standard QA processes
• Conduct Functional, regression, and Acceptance testing gearing towards a QA sign-off.
• Oversee QA activities within an entire Software application program involving a team of 8 or more.
• Provide project management expertise for QA activities in other Business Units, requiring medium complex coordination across teams.
• Developed Automation Scripts using Selenium WebDriver using Java.
• Configured Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Ant tool and created selenium automation scripts in java using TestNG prior to agile release.
• Used TestNG.xml file to run test cases in a batch.
• Feasibility study for the automation testing, Cross Browser Testing using Selenium.

Skill/Domain: Java, mbeans, Oracle 10g, JIRA, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Jenkins, Quality Center, SOAP UI, Web Services, TestNG, White Box Testing, Rest Client,Web Service Testing, Jconsole, Putty, Microsoft Office and Agile methodology, Json Messages, Test Harness.(web service)

Confidential, North Carolina

Responsibilities:

• Creation of Test Scripts initially for functional or regression testing in Manual run and then further analyzing the feasibility for automation.
• Creating automated scripts and further test data for the test suite to be created.
• Creating and Maintenance of Object repository, functional library and the driver script.
• Involved in design and strategy for Framework designing.
• Creation of Automation reports and publishing them on the CI tool for client’s .
• Reviewing Requirement Documents and Use cases, Installation documents
• Executing System Integration Tests, Regression and UAT.
• Bug reporting, involved in the bug triages (defect review meetings), ensuring the completion of the resolutions for testers specified in the bug triages
• Send the daily testing reports to project manager, track and report upon testing activities including test results, test case coverage, Effort Estimation, required resources etc.

Skill/Domain: Java, Sybase, Quality Centre, Web Service Testing, SOAP UI, SOA architecture, Microsoft Office and Agile methodology

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Manual, Database and Automation testing, Creation of the Test Scripts, SQL scripts, Test Data, Test Execution and defects management.
• Working on Financial applications FIDESSA(Equity Trading Application for UK), FAST(Equity Trading Application for APAC), CALYPSO(Instrument trading application)
• Participated in discussion for the template creation and Implementation for SIT phase.
• Understanding the system requirements, Business Flow, Technical Aspect and architecture to participate in design modifications.
• Writing and updating the test Scripts from the very first day of project.
• Bug reporting, involved in the bug triages (defect review meetings), ensuring the completion of the resolutions for testers specified in the bug triages.
• Coordinating and managing cross-cultural teams across different time zones.

Skill/Domain: Java (Spring, Swing), Oracle 10g, JIRA, JIRA, Test Director 8, VB Scripting, Microsoft Office and Agile methodology, Rest Client, Web Service Testing, Jconsole, Putty, Microsoft Office and Agile methodology, Json Messages.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Participated in discussion for the template creation and Implementation.
• Executed script on regular basis to find out status of the implementation.
• Coordinated with various teams to get the template implemented.
• Understanding the system requirements and participate in design
• Involved in manual testing and maintaining the regression bed and reporting the defects in Mingle.
• Coordinating and managing cross-cultural teams across different time zones.
• Managing multiple projects along with ongoing production support team that supports production batches running 24*7 on UNIX and Windows platforms.
• Automation of Desktop and Web Version of Exact Application.
• Cross Browser Testing using Selenium.
• Implementation of Test Automation Keyword Driven Framework in coded ui(2012).
• Automation of manual test cases and workflow using Coded UI

Skill/Domain: Java (Spring, Struts), Ibatis, Mingle, Team City, Oracle 10g, Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, SQL, Microsoft Office and Agile methodology

Confidential, New York

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Testing the Pre-QA Builds, performing BVT (Build Verification Test), Functional, Smoke and Regression testing.
• Writing and updating the test Scripts from the very first day of project.
• Involved in interaction with Client for requirement analysis.
• Involved actively in creation of various project related documents, such as SRS, Traceability matrix, Deal Creation Specifications.
• Executing automated scripts in the project written in Confidential (Earlier Known as QTP).
• Acting as a single point of contact between development and testers for testing and deployment activities.
• Send the daily testing reports to project manager, track and report upon testing activities including test results, test case coverage, Effort Estimation, required resources etc.
• Having domain understanding, I was responsible to interact with the Business Analysts on regular basis to generate new requirements and features in the existing product and getting them incorporated by holding JAD(Joint Application Development) sessions with the client/ user

Skill/Domain: .NET, Bugzilla, Oracle, Quick Test Professional, Trac, Microsoft Office and Agile methodology