OBJECTIVE:

Appian Developer & QA Analyst with 11+ years proven/track record of Automation testing and demonstrated ability to inspire/mentor/lead QA teams. Seeking a position of Appian Developer or SDET in progressive organization where I can utilize my experience in Software Development Engineering in Appian, Quality Assurance processes and Automated Testing.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Sound Knowledge of Appian Architecture (Software and System Requirements, Appian Labs ) and strong problem solving, design skills on Appian - specific BPM development (SAIL & Process Models)
• Lead responsibilities with 11+ years of experience on testing Web & mobile based, Client-server Applications which were built with Java/.Net/Appain (BPM)
• Good experience in testing software for Insurance and Logistic domains
• Hands on experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and Methodologies used including WATERFALL, AGILE -SCRUM
• Excellent debugging and trouble shoot skills
• Expertise in Manual and Automated Testing of applications developed on Windows for web and mobile devices
• Experience in selenium automation using Selenium/Appium WebDriver, Python (Behave), Ruby (Cucumber) and JAVA.
• Experience with configuration, deployment, and testing of enterprise software applications
• Good Knowledge in Python, Ruby, Java & VB scripting.
• Experience in Page Object Model/Cucumber/Behave (BDD), Keyword, Data & hybrid frameworks
• Experience in using build tools like Mobile Labs, Perfecto, Saucelabs, Browserstack and managing UFT/Python automation projects using them
• Proficient in different phases of testing like Integration, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Proficient in performing different testings Black Box Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity testing, UI testing, Mobile device, Browser Compatibility Testing
• Expertise in developing Test Plans, Strategy, Test Design, Test Scripts, Test Reports and Defect Reports for testing
• Extensively experienced in Creating and Tracking Defects using Quality Center, ALM and JIRA tools
• Writing and executing Oracle SQL queries to ensure data integrity to meet user requirements exposure in database testing
• Participated in the Design, Business/Functional requirements and test cases review meetings
• Interacting with the client and to keep a track of project status, and inspection reviews

CORE COMPETENCE:

• Appian Developer (Designer)
• Quality Assurance and Software Development in Testing
• Test Automation and Framework Development Skills
• Test Tools Utilization
• Software Requirements Analysis
• Defect Management/Reporting
• Test Documentations Proficiency
• QA Lead Experience

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Appian (BPM), HP ALM, UFT, JIRA, BPT frame work, Selenium, Cucumber, Appium, Mobile Labs, Perfecto, Soap UI, MS Test Manager

Test Scripting Languages: Python, Ruby, VB Script, SAIL, JAVA

Windows: 98, 2000, Vista, Windows 7, IOS

Languages: Python, Ruby, SAIL

Databases: MS Access, Oracle 11i

SCM Tools: SVN, Team Forge, TFS

Office Softwares: MS Office 2003, 2010 and 2013, Adobe Acrobat

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, DC

Appian Developer

Responsibilities:

• Attentive on Daily Standup/Story Grooming/Bug Scrum/Retrospective meetings & Review Meetings
• Manage availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of Appian by engineering reliability into software and systems.
• Experienced in Appian 18.x version design, implementation and ability to translate software requirements specifications into Appian application and prototype on Tempo.
• Interface designing, SAIL, Other Objects and Process Model coding, Respond and resolve emergent problems; write software and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.
• Experienced with relational databases and SQL scripting.
• Experienced with Appian CDT, Data Store & Expression Rules.
• Experienced in configuring, debugging, and systems integration including configuring forms, reports, underlying logic, and interface components as a developer.
• Automated test cases using UFT/Selenium (Ruby Cucumber) with Page Object Model and FitNesse on Appian Application (BPM Tool)

Confidential

Automation Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Creating and updating automation mobile framework nGRAF (New Generation Robust Automation Framework) on mobile labs/perfecto device connect using UFT
• Migrating existing UFT test cases to Selenium\Appium (web and mobile), Python with behave(BDD/Cucumber)
• Used Ruby to execute Selenium automation suites on different browser combinations.
• Developed BDD tests using Cucumber by writing behaviors and step definitions. Developed required Selenium support code in RUBY for Cucumber
• Provided solutions to the application challenges and DevOps (Jenkins/Azure)
• Coordinate with functional team to gather application requirements and functionalities.
• Automation Test Data preparation for regression test cases
• Review the Plan and Test Strategy
• Requirement analysis, walk through, clarification and document defects
• Coordinate with Analyst, Development and back-end teams to collect test data for test design
• Test Design Preparation - Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Data and Tractability Matrix
• Involved in preparing Metrics Plan, Effort Estimation as per the number of Requirements and Test Cases for the requirements and for Test Scenarios
• Test Bed/Suite Management using Visual Studio Test Manager
• Test Execution, Defect identification, defect validation and Defect Management
• Defect Management - Isolating Defects and reporting it in JIRA or TFS Bug
• Agile Scrum Testing, Documentation and Daily status update to Scrum Master
• Daily Calls with Offshore Team and Clients
• Microsoft Project Plan preparation and Task allocation for team
• Daily/Weekly/Monthly Status Reporting for the product to Managers\Leads

Confidential, Memphis TN

Test Lead Onshore

Responsibilities:

• Automating test cases of UI, SQL and REST API using various automation tools like QTP/UFT, Python/Java-Selenium WebDriver, Oracle SQL and C#/Coded UI
• Creating and updating automation on SauceLabs, BrowserStack & TOSCA tools with Selenium & UFT
• Involved in writing manual test cases from end-end and maintained in HP ALM (Quality Center), TFS and JIRA
• Update test cases as per change requests and executed them from HP ALM (Quality Center) tool
• Reported and tracked the Bugs in Defect Tracking tool using HP ALM (Quality Center) tool
• Followed Traditional Waterfall Development methodology for whole SDLC
• As a Functional Tester performed end to end testing of the application
• Involved in Smoke, Functional, Regression Testing of the Application
• Involved in daily/weekly status meetings and review meetings
• Tested the stories (requirements) assigned in Caliber/JIRA tool for functional testing
• Attended Customer meetings and worked closely with Business Analysts
• Defined and Performed smoke tests in HP ALM (Quality Center) - HP Sprint /JIRA/TFS
• Performed Test Execution procedures as per Test Plan
• Identify test cases that needs to be automated from existed manual test cases
• Handling Onsite-Offshore coordination for status gathering, clarifications and trouble shooting.

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer offshore

Responsibilities:

• Automating test cases of UI, SQL and REST API using various automation tools like QTP/UFT, Python/Java-Selenium WebDriver, Oracle SQL and C#/Coded UI
• Conducted GUI, Functional, System and Regression Testing
• Test Design Preparation - Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Data and Tractability Matrix
• Involved in preparing Metrics Plan, Effort Estimation as per the number of Requirements and Test Cases for the requirements and for Test Scenarios
• Test cases are executed and Bugs are reported through HP QC/ALM, TFS and JIRA
• Research and analysis of issues and finding the root cause for the issue on various systems apart from test software, such as webservices soap request response, XML logs, Comm logs, Tunnel Logs, Install Logs and Sybase database schema validation, etc
• Initiating & Leading the weekly defect call with client
• Identify test cases that needs to be automated from existed manual test cases
• Managing the automation team (Plan preparation, Task assignment, Review & Report)
• Defect Management - Isolating Defects and reporting it in Quality Center or HP ALM or TFS Bug or JIRA