OBJECTIVE:

A Senior QA Engineer with over 15 years of experience in Information Technology across several industries having played key roles: Organizational Assessments, Business Analysis, Test Design, Test Automation, Training, and Technical Writing. Developed specific expertise over the past 15 years on implementing Test ware including - test strategies, test planning, test automation, and test management solutions. Experienced in deploying and leading immediate solutions worldwide, that improve software quality, test efficiency, and test effectiveness.

SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years of experience in Development and Testing. Extensive knowledge in Manual Testing.
• Developed QA policies and procedures and performed QA and testing for several major releases.
• Successfully managed the Quality Assurance and Testing department at multiple locations in Confidential . Setup policies & procedures for engineering department to allow increasing quality of the software. Established software release criteria for all company products.
• Coordinated task management & established various communication channels between on-site & offshore teams.
• Provided Test Strategy and Consulting for fast paced Silicon Valley startups
• Successfully completed major QA releases in Confidential IT services owned by Confidential .
• Good analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and perform as part of a team.
• Strong believer in quality of work and friendly team environments. I can work very hard whenever project demands it for.

TECHINCAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: JIRA, Rally, BugZilla, Win Runner, Test Director, Load Runner, Rational, PC Anywhere, Web performance Trainer, SQA Suite, Silk Test, JMeter, JUnit, .Test and TestSharp.

Markup Language: HTML, DHTML, XML (XSL, DTD, DOM)

Languages: C, C++, C#, COBOL, JAVA, PL/SQL, SQL, TSL, Java, C, PERL, VBScript and JavaScript

. NET Technologies: ASP.NET, VB.NET

Middleware: ADO.NET, COM, DCOM, and CORBA

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, WINDOWS 95, 98, 2000 & WINDOWS NT

RDBMS: ORACLE 9i, SQL SERVER 6.5, 7.0, MS SQL Server 2000 and MS Access

Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, SNMP, HTTP, ATM and Winsock

GUI: VISUAL BASIC 6.0, Power builder 6.0

Servers: IIS Server, BEA Web Logic, Apache, Broad Vision and Net Dynamics

Internet Tools: FrontPage98, VISUAL INTERDEV, Win Batch

Bug Tracking Tools: Team Track, MKS, Sofforont (Trackweb), TestDirector, Scarab and Squish

SDLC: Rational Unified Process, UML, RUP, CMM, WEB Access ability Standards

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, SEATTLE

Software Test Engineer

• Developed QA policies and procedures and performed QA and testing for several major web site launches
• Test Lead for a Java based data mapping and synchronization application. Executed SQL and LDAP queries to verify results
• Developed automated test scripts using rational Windows Interface Language
• Involved in design, development and testing Web forms using ASP.NET, XML and XSL.
• Represented Quality Assurance at Component Review Board meetings. Did involve in regression and functional testing of internal web sites.

Environment: Ecommerce web content management, Social media, HTML SEO, Google Analytic.

• Handled web interface testing and their SDK verification, which was developed in Java.
• Designed and implemented the automation of testing by using Win Batch software. These automated scripts were used for the regression testing of API which reduced their testing effort by ten times.
• Utilized TestDirector (Defect Tracking Tool) for communication with the production personnel, developers and team members.
• Designed the Load Runner scenarios with various user-mix incrementing in constant ratios, till the peak load is achieved. Utilized Load Runner Analysis tool to analyze the response times of the business transactions under load.

Environment: C++, Visual Studio, VBScript, SQL, Ecommerce A/B Testing, Web content management

Confidential, Pleasanton

QA lead Consultant

• Guided offshore team setup and best agile practices of project coordination and communication between on-shore and off-shore teams to test cfxPulse, the next generation Hybrid IT Monitoring solution
• Developed test code in Java language using Eclipse, IDE and TestNG framework.
• Configured Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven tool and created selenium automation scripts in java using TestNG prior to agile release.
• Developed Integration Test for RESTful API’s using Mocha and Chai Test Framework using Javascript
• Provided assessments of products and development processes. Performed risk assessments. Participated in process improvements.
• Integrated the test suits frame word with build system (Team city) for complete automation.
• Designed and implemented the Mocha Chai Framework running on Node.js using selenium WebdriverIO
• Responsible for creating and maintaining automation acceptance test suite using Selenium. Also, responsible for converting automation scripts to new framework using Selenium Web Driver, Java and TestNG.

Environment: Java, Javascript, Python 3.0, HTML5, Angular JS, Casandra, MySQL, JIRA/Confluence, TestNG

Confidential, Santa Clara

QA Lead

• Expert in developing Java Selenium WebDriver/RC/IDE/GRID test scripts and Test Frameworks using TestNG/Junit, MAVEN/GRADLE build tools.
• Continuous Integration and scheduling of Tests were performed using Team City
• Extensive experience in using Selenium WebDriver APIs for writing Junit test suites and test cases.
• Performed functional, regression, and installation tests and generated bug reports
• Provided assessments of products and development processes. Performed risk assessments. Participated in process improvements.

Environment: Windows XP, .Net, Oracle 8.1.6, SQL 7.0, Java2.0, weblogic 6.1, HP QTP, Mercury QC 2009

Confidential, PORTLAND

QA Lead

• Led a QA team and coordinated test activities.
• Researched in open source tools and TMM model
• Done coordinating, tasking and monitoring offshore team. Created communication channels and procedures for better coordination among multi-site teams.

Confidential, PORTLAND

QA Specialist

• Led a QA team. Coordinated test activities and defined QA processes for client, development and QA team members.
• Regression testing was performed by an Automated test suite was often used to reduce the time and resources needed to perform the required testing.

Environment: Windows 2000, Oracle 8.1.6, SQL 7.0, Mercury QC 7.6

Confidential, SEATTLE

Software Developer in Test

• Assisted the design and implementation of new quality assurance methods and procedures.
• Used testing tools like Rational visual test. Involved in Setup of web server & database server for monitoring of a closed-loop QA systems. Involved in setup production servers with permanent server performance monitoring systems in-place. Load testing up to 100 simultaneous connections was performed.

Confidential, PORTLAND

QA Specialist

• Tested HL7 Framework/Messages for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information.
• Wrote test cases for each test execution plan, using product design documents, each iteration design document and product management use cases.

Environment: Windows 2000, SQL Server 2000, Mercury Quality Center 7.6

Confidential, PORTLAND

QA Specialist

• Tested multi-server application solutions
• Browser compatibility testing with IE6, IE7, FIREFOX2.0, SAFARI.
• User acceptance testing involves testing the entire system to validate each requirement from Confidential

Environment: Windows 2000, SQL 7.0, .NET, VBScript, Teamtrack, Test Director

Confidential, PORTLAND

Senior QA Analyst

• Consulted with the business team to build a robust environment for implementing the test plans. Analyzed user requirements and document them using TestDirector
• Did write Test scripts for corresponding test cases using Functional and Design specifications

Environment: Windows, XML, Java, SQL 7.0, TestDirector.

Confidential, PORTLAND

QA Lead

• Took responsibility for Quality Assurance of all software, developed QA Lead position and new department
• Did write Test scripts using VBScript for each test case in Test execution plan and did run them on Test harness
• Built regression test harness and test suite modules for testing Player.

Environment: C++, Visual Studio, VBScript, SQL, Winrunner