SUMMARY:

• As an analytical and dynamic individual who has a proven history of exceeding expectations through performance, I can combine my effective communication skills with functional knowledge to identify opportunities and deliver a satisfactory outcome while working alone or as a part of a larger team.
• I position myself as a top - performing QA Test Lead and Developer with a verifiable track record of leading and managing complex IT Test projects and programs for geographically distributed teams.
• Lead QA and Development teams for products in Insurance, Retail, Logistics & Transportation industry.
• Established QA standards and incorporated quality into Software Development Cycles by mentoring large project teams. Result Oriented working strategy with digital teams through a journey of 14+ years of professional experience in IT and an extensive background in Development, testing Management (Manual & Automation), Business Analysis and testing quality while reaching the timeline.
• Very proactive, results-oriented, fast learning are some of the core strengths.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Test Plans, Cases & Processes
• Establish QA Standards
• SME/BA Confidential EO Case Management
• Cross browser Testing
• Impact Analysis
• Selenium & API Automation
• Coding the Mainframe Modules
• Cross-Functional Team
• Agile Scrum
• Business Analysis
• Actuaries, Underwriting and Claims
• Validation CRS 21 CFR part11
• Prepare TDD
• Perform Unit Testing

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Languages: VS COBOL-II, JCL, SQL, Easytrieve, CICS, IMS-DC, Python, Java

Testing Management tools: ALM, Version 1, AGM, JIRA, and Confluence

Automation Tool: QTP, Lean FT, Selenium, Gherkin, Cucumber, TestNG, Eclipse 6.0.

DevOps: Jenkins GitHub, Maven, Nexus

Web Technology: CSS, Java, HTML, XML, VB Script, Java Script, ASP, JSP, .Net

Operating Systems: WIN XP/2000/2003, OS/390, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA

Web servers: HTTP, HTTPS, SOAP, RestAPI, WSDL

Tools: ISPF, Spufi, QMF, Infoman, IBM Rational Clear quest, Clearcase

Data base: SQL Server, IMS-DB, DB2, MS Access, VSAM.

Version Control Tools: Endevor, Panvalet, Changeman, Visual Studio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• An accomplished testing QA Test Lead with extensive experience in Testing management, requirements definition, software testing, automation and quality assurance.
• Experienced working with Agile scrum and waterfall methodology.
• Experienced in testing pertaining to different domain: Insurance, Banking & Capital Markets, Logistic.
• Experienced with Selenium-java, Cucumber automation in Behavior Driven Development (BDD) frame work.
• Experience in Selenium, UFT and Automation tools and SOAP Web service testing - SOAP UI, Rest API Testing
• Log, track, and verify resolution of software and specification defects along with documenting all phases of testing process.
• Reengineer testing methodologies and processes that resulted in establishment of complete traceability of requirements and enhanced test quality.
• Successfully managed complex projects with global implementation, and rapidly evolving requirements
• Well versed in Sanity Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing, Interface Testing, Database Testing, Risk based testing, Integration testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Web Service Testing, Mainframe Testing, Mobile Testing and End to End Testing
• Experience in AGILE environment project and actively participated in User stories, Sprint, Release Planning discussions and Scrum, Retrospective meetings
• Project delivery under stringent timelines and high pressure.
• Experienced in estimation of Project Timelines, test scenarios, test strategy, test Plan and performance testing.
• Worked as primary liaison with Business, Testing team, Development teams and Vendors for major releases.
• Managed various testing phases, Train and Mentor team members on process/test methods
• Managing the testing team. Reviewing the Test Cases and approving the same. Managing and tracking the bugs in Quality Center/JIRA, AGM, ALM, Preparing status report, test metrics and reporting to the Client.
• Coordinate defect review meeting between various stake holders.
• Preparation of Quality or Test Plan and ensure all factors have been considered - test approach / strategy, schedules, deliverables, acceptance criteria, metrics, risks, dependencies, assumptions, infrastructure, tools required
• Good interpersonal skills, committed, result oriented, hard working with a quest and zeal to learn new technologies

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business SMEs, Delivery teams in gathering the requirements . It includes identification high level business needs; Worked on Detail Requirement docs (DRS), Screen field Design Doc, Preparation of Application Work Flow
• Worked in business Analysis, interacting with client for requirement gathering / understanding processes
• Demonstrated a high level of subject matter expertise in functional area to bridge business requirements and IT solutions; provide technical direction and ensure compliance with best practice solutions

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Test execution System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Test (UAT), Operational Readiness
• In sprint automation script using selenium and java on Pega 7.4 and 8.1.
• Execute and report on the full testing suite of both manual and automated tests
• Managed build and deployment process using Jenkins integrated with GIT (SCM), Nexus. Implemented a continuous Delivery Pipeline with GitHub
• Support cross-functional teams in integration test efforts.
• Develop and enhance automated test frameworks and test cases for the different test type.
• Create manual test plans, test cases, and test scripts
• Used Jenkins as a continuous integration tool for automation of daily process.
• Designed & documented REST/HTTP, SOAP APIs, including JSON data formats & API versioning strategy.
• Testing REST APIs, Web & Database testing
• Test execution
• Test Automation (Selenium & API)
• E2E and Cross Browser testing by using selenium web driver

Confidential

UAT Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Requirement Analysis, Change analysis, Modelling Product and cost negotiations, stakeholder management and documentation.
• Responsible for technical & functional analysis of the business requirements
• Preparation of Test Estimations
• Preparing Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Plan
• Responsible for management of all Quality Assurance functions include planning, strategy, testing execution and tools.
• Ensured traceability of test cases to requirements, working with the project Business Analyst to ensure all requirements are tested.
• Facilitates weekly Quality Assurance meetings and maintained agenda
• Review of Test Plans, Effective Test Scenarios and Test Cases
• Onsite - Offshore co-ordination
• Prepared BDD scripts and executed BDD scripts
• Preparing Test Data’s for the test cases
• Setting up Test Environment and preliminary check.
• Execute the Test Cases
• Regression Testing
• UAT Planning and Support

Confidential

Test Automation

Responsibilities:

• Written and Review the Gherkin Test Cases documents.
• Written the Java definition using selenium with java
• Demonstrate a high level of subject matter expertise in functional area to bridge business requirements and IT solutions; provide technical direction and ensure compliance with best practice solutions
• Facilitates weekly Quality Assurance meetings and maintained agenda
• Review of Test Plans, Effective Test Scenarios and Test Cases
• Onsite - Offshore co-ordination
• Preparing Test Data’s for the test cases
• Setting up Test Environment and preliminary check.
• Execute the Test Cases
• Prepared BDD scripts and executed BDD scripts
• Regression Testing, GUI Testing, DDT, BDD & Functionality Testing using Automation tool.
• UAT Support

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test Estimations
• Preparing Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Plan
• Responsible for management of all Quality Assurance functions include planning, strategy, testing execution and tools.
• Ensured traceability of test cases to requirements, working with the project Business Analyst to ensure all requirements are tested.
• Facilitates weekly Quality Assurance meetings and maintained agenda
• Review of Test Plans, Effective Test Scenarios and Test Cases
• Offshore - onsite co-ordination
• Need basis supported for
• Preparing Test Data’s for the test cases
• Execute the Test Cases
• Extensively planned Regression strategy, coverage.
• Responsible for sending daily execution reports and other test artifacts including test summary reports
• Worked on Scripting Languages & Enhancement of Automation Framework Designs for Application
• Closely interacting with stack holder while performing UAT.

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for KT and transition for Confidential
• Responsible for management of all Quality Assurance functions include planning, strategy, testing execution and tools.
• Worked with the Project Manager and other technical leaders to establish time tables and agree on a Quality Assurance plan for the Production implementation. Ensured traceability of test cases to requirements, working with the project Business Analyst to ensure all requirements are tested.
• Facilitates weekly Quality Assurance meetings and maintains agenda
• Involved in cross trainings across other applications
• Team handling. Allocate work to the team
• Preparing Test Data’s for the test cases
• Setting up Test Environment and preliminary check.
• Executing the Test Cases
• Responsible for sending daily execution reports and other test artifacts including test summary reports
• Signing off the project.

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and Design using the EDD documents.
• Prepare IDD documents.
• Coordination and allocation of work to the team.
• Coding the modules from the scratch
• Prepare Unit Test Plan and test data.
• Perform Unit Testing and create Unit Test Results.
• Review the code, Unit Test Plan and Test Results.
• Coordination and communication with the Onsite team.
• Collect all the defects in the Defect Tracker.
• Send the Delivery Note to the Client team.