PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of professional experience in Information Technology with Four years of experience in testing with extensive knowledge of Automation Framework Design & Implementation using Selenium Tool.
• Experience in Manual & Automated Testing of GUI and functional aspects of Web based Applications on multiple levels of SDLC and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Good Knowledge of Object Oriented programming Concepts (OOP) and Java Skills.
• Good experience in creating test scripts using Selenium WebDriver, Selenium RC, Selenium - IDE, and Selenium Grid in Java.
• Proficient with testing REST APIs, Web & Database testing .
• Extensive experience of Web Services, SOAP and REST API Testing using UFT API, Restful API, RestSharp, Parasoft SOA, Apache JMeter, Postman and SoapUI.
• Experience in Functional, Regression and System testing using Manual and Automated testing tools.
• Experience in writing and automating Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Scripts using TestNG, Junit and Cucumber QUnit, NUnit, and TFS Coded UI scripting and execution.
• Experience in Data-Driven test using Jenkins and Excel.
• Good Experience in using FireBug.
• Expert using bug tracking tool JIRA, HP ALM/Quality Center, BugZilla.
• Good Experience in writing XPath to locate web elements.
• Worked on Cross browser testing, browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and IE using WebDriver.
• Well versed with Agile process.
• Familiar with C++, C#, HTML, XML, and CSS.
• Expertise in performing different types of Testing: White Box (Unit Testing, Integration testing), Black Box, Smoke, Functionality, Integration, Stress, Volume, System, Performance, Regression Testing and Full Life Cycle Testing.
• Developed Java based library to read test data from XML & Properties files using TestNG and Selenium.
• Experience in Software Verification and Validation based on Testing Methodology.
• Extensive working knowledge in SQL Queries for backend data validation and Windows platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and meet individual deadlines, while effectively focusing on priority issues and UAT coordination.
• Sound Technical knowledge, excellent exposure and ability to learn any tool quickly.

CORE COMPETENCIES & TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Selenium IDE · Selenium WebDriver · Cucumber · Postman

Testing Framework: TestNG · Junit

Defect Reporting Tools: HP Quality Center · Clear Quest · Rally · Jira · Bugzilla

Web Debugging Tools: XPath · Firepath · Firebug · Chropath

Version Control Tools: PVCS Tracker · SVN · GIT

Programming Languages: Java · SQL · C++ · C#

Scripting Languages: JavaScript · VB Script

App-Servers/Web Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server · WampServer · Tomcat · JBoss · IIS · Apache Tomcat 7 · JBoss

Databases: Oracle 10G · MS SQL Server 2008 · DB2 · MySQL · MS Access · Data Mining

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/2003 Server/NT/XP/7/8/10 · Linux · Unix

Browsers: Firefox · Internet Explorer · Google Chrome

Java EE/Web Technologies: Servlet · JSP · JSF · JDBC · XML · HTML · XHTML · DHTML · DOM · CSS3 · Ajax · JQuery

IDE Frameworks / Tools: NetBeans · Eclipse · MS Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 · Weka · MS Visio · JDK6 · MS Office Suite

SDLC Methodologies: Agile Scrum · Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Mateo CA

Quality Assurance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Designed, executed and maintained Selenium Web Driver (TestNG) automated test cases for regression test cases.
• Worked in an Agile Software development methodology.
• Selected the Test Cases to be automated and performed functional testing of the front end using Selenium (IDE and Web Driver) & created Data Driven framework using TestNG.
• Developed automation framework using Selenium, Cucumber, Maven and TestNG with Java; Parasoft SOA, Restful API and Postman in QA Automation tools Discovery.
• Involved in designing of automation framework to be used in UI testing with Selenium.
• Executed parallel browser testing on various machines using Selenium Grid and performed cross browser testing.
• Performed web based performance testing and analysis using JMeter.
• Execute the Test cases and review the results to get the Business approval for UAT.
• Test automation for web application (SWAP module) using Cucumber.
• Execute browser compatibility and regression tests using Selenium WebDriver for testing UI for every new build release.
• Created scripting to test REST API functionality for regression setup
• Performing API testing ( SOAP and REST ) using Parasoft SOA and Postman and SoupUI .
• Used the Firebug/Chropath to inspect the XPath/CSS of the web elements and Eclipse IDE for Java development.
• Wrote and perform tests using Java web applications. Web controls testing - wrote automation to test the controls from end to end starting to invoke in Internet browser.
• Experienced in testing applications manually as well as using the automated testing tools like Quality Center/ALM.
• Co-ordination between Technology and Business to ensure all the outstanding issues are being addressed, fixed and retested.
• Performed functional testing of SOAP and RESTFUL Web Services using SOAP UI Tool
• Logged the defects in JIRA for the issues encountered during execution.
• Worked with SOA architecture which includes Soap Web Service and RestFul Web Service Testing Conducted backend testing using SQL queries to validate data for database.
• Assisted QA lead in documenting User Acceptance Test report and reporting defect resolution.
• Performed Database Testing and thorough knowledge in SQL.
• Planning for Test Execution activities to accomplish tasks on daily and weekly basis.
• Interacted with developers to report and track bugs using Jira.
• Involved in the regression test planning for the project and identified the critical regression tests.
• Executed the automated regression test cases during every release and executed the daily regression test suites.

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Quality Assurance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Pioneered the use of test driven development practices by implementing unit test libraries for back end systems.
• Analyzing business, functional requirements and used and developed test plans, test cases and test scripts for both positive and negative tests.
• Implemented Agile methodology and attended Scrum meetings.
• Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium Web-Driver with TestNG.
• Developed and Implemented automation using Selenium WebDriver and Java. Used Eclipse IDE to develop & debug the code.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Data and Traceability Matrix.
• Utilize CSS selectors, IDs, and XPaths to locate elements on Web pages.
• Following the standard test process guide for the QA Methodology.
• Performed automated acceptance test written in TDD (Test Driven Development) using Cucumber.
• Performing functional, regression and integration testing using Automation tools to make sure the application conforms to the requirement specifications.
• Involved in writing codes Using Java.
• Used XML report technology in reporting the automation results.
• Experience in Database Testing using SQL Queries with multiple Databases Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL and also Used SQL queries for performing the Back-End Test execution.
• Preparing reports and test results after each release cycle for management and further test planning.
• Identified the queries which were taking too long and optimized those queries to improve performance.
• Maintained and executed test cases using Quality Center.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Software QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and Executed Test Cases for Functional and Integration testing.
• Created Traceability matrix to keep track of changes in requirement to that of the testing efforts.
• Identified high-level requirements for documenting detailed business requirements.
• Maintained the Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
• Tested applications and documented results and bugs including documentation of information useful in the debugging process.
• Involved in preparing Test Plan and Test Cases based on business requirements.
• Created, Reviewed and updated Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Data.
• Running queries against databases to verify the correctness of XML response.
• Document request/response XML's test procedures and functional/technical findings from the test run.
• Generated test cases in spread sheet and upload them into Quality Center.
• Performed end-to-end testing, Integration Testing, UAT Testing and Regression testing.
• Assisted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the UAT group to ensure the correct business logic.
• Performed Manual Testing and Automation Testing of the application.
• Extensively used Selenium IDE to record, playback and debug individual test cases, using Selenium WebDriver provided more flexibility in automating test cases.
• Used automated scripts and performed functionality testing during the various phases of the application development using Selenium IDE.
• Worked on distributed test automation execution on different environment as part of Continuous Integration Process using Selenium Grid and Jenkins.
• Performed Integration and Regression testing to check compatibility of new functionality with the existing functionalities of the application using Selenium.
• Extensive use of SQL queries to perform data integrity testing.
• Participated in the sprints to create test cases, perform test execution.
• Manually perform backend testing using TOAD to validate the data migration efforts with Oracle.
• Followed up with developers on defects status on a daily basis.

Confidential

Java Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered user requirements.
• Created UML sequence diagrams and class diagrams.
• Participated in database design/analysis and designed ER diagrams.
• Developed Business requirements by using use case and sequence diagram for the application.
• System Installation and configuration.
• Experience in developing front-end applications user interface using HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, JSP, JSP Tag libraries JSTL, JSF, and Ajax.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, Stored Procedures, Forms, and Reports.
• Created deliverable Installation and Configuration documents.
• Participated in daily stand up meetings, regarding tasks status and impediments.
• Responsible for tracking the issues to get them resolved.
• Knowledge of J2EE Design Patterns such as MVC, Factory Method, Singleton, and Data Access Objects.
• Development of business logic backend (Server side) using Java, and Java EE.
• Developed database objects using Oracle 10g.
• Responsible for development of DAO’s (Data Access Objects) to interact with the database using JDBC.
• Using OOP Principles (SOLID) to satisfy the different application needs.
• Used Validation and Custom tags in JSF as MVC frame work to develop the web application.
• Good knowledge in Java programming language, UML Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Expert in new System Installation, tools, plug-in and configuration.
• Extensive experience in writing stored procedures, functions and views.
• Prepared and created full Installation and Configuration documents.