SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of experience in IT industry as a Software Test Engineer with major emphasis in manual and API automation testing
• 5+ years of experience in Web Service and API testing using Parasoft SOATest, Postman, SOAP UI
• Good knowledge of PEGA applications
• Expertise in GUI, API, Web service, HOST and DB testing
• Reviewed Business Requirements and Functional Specifications of the application and Interacting with Business for application related queries
• Excel in creating Test plans, Test cases and QA Traceability Matrix as per business requirements and system design documents
• Experience in all phases of Software Development and Software Testing Life Cycle, Defect Life Cycle with a strong understanding of analysis, development and testing of applications in the project
• Experienced in SSL and Keystore configuration for API’s and webservices
• Used OAuth authentication for RESTful API’s
• Proficient in Defect Reporting with Severity and Priority
• Experience in Functional, Usability, Compatibility, Retesting, Regression testing
• Experienced testing and maintaining virtualized services (Stub testing) when real backend is not available
• Involved in regular weekly project status meetings with all business stake holders
• Experience in writing SQL Queries to perform Database testing and creating test data as per the requirement
• Extensive experience in testing SOAP based and Restful API
• Experienced in Back - End testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries
• Experience in Version Control Tool GIT, SVN, Bitbucket
• Experience in the preparation of project status reports, meeting minutes and tracking logs
• Skilled in knowledge transfer, mentoring and cross training of team members
• Worked with applications like Apple pay, ATM and OLB applications
• Good knowledge on HOST applications and understanding of IMS DB
• Basic understanding of Salesforce application

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall

Defect Reporting: Jira, Confluence, HP ALM(QC)

Version Control: GIT, SVN, Bitbucket

IDE: Eclipse

Database: SQL server, MYSQL

Tools: Parasoft SOATest, SOAP UI, POSTMAN, PEGA, Salesforce, HOST, Jenkins, XMLSPY, PUTTY, db visualizer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analysed functional, API specification requirements in order to understand the functionality of the application
• Designed and documented testcases for Functional, API’s and webservices, including JSON data formats
• Validated SOAP and RESTful API’s using Parasoft SOATest
• Created test scripts for API’s from scratch and integrated end to end flow with CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and Bitbucket
• Involved in GUI, HOST, Webservice and API testing
• Coordinated with developers and record defects in JIRA to track until they are resolved
• Involved in writing and making enhancements to the test plan, test cases and test scripts for functional and automated testing
• Reported daily/weekly status of test cases executed and status of the defects
• Used SQL queries to create test data as per the business requirement
• Created one click automation execution to reduce the time for regression testing using Jenkins
• Supported the team by creating the test data using API’s and web services
• Maintained documentation such as Test plan, Test closure report, Test results, signoff’s for Audit Purposes
• Validated and verified the pdf forms generated for different application
• Worked on HOST applications to validate the API response, create test data
• Used assertions and parameterized the assertion value to validate the actual response with expected response for both positive and negative scenarios
• Configured the test scripts that can be executed in multiple environments( Dev, SIT) based on the requirement/release
• Built set-up tests- using writable data sources, ran the set-up tests and checked the results in traffic viewer using SOA tool
• Provided trainings, guided the team members and created API user guide to for better understanding of the API test execution process
• Tracked all the requirements specified in the confluence by linking it with JIRA
• Verified API logs in the salesforce staging sandbox for data
• Provided testing estimates based on the high level requirements

Environment: SOATest (Parasoft), Altova XMLSPY, SOAP, REST(API), Jenkins, Bitbucket, JIRA, HOST, Salesforce

QA Consultant - Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead and Co-Ordinate day to day activities with all business stake holders to perform Web Services and API testing
• Developed and executed automated test scripts using Parasoft SOAtest
• Good knowledge of Confidential Data Power (Orchestration Layer)
• Worked with reusable business services (WSDL, WADL and XML schemas)
• Create test plans and test cases that include coverage and testing approach
• Performed intense testing on web services (SOAP and REST services) using SOATest
• Experience performing smoke testing, regression testing and shake down testing
• Defect management including, logging defects, tracking defect status and working in high collaboration with software development staff to assist in the reproduction & resolution of defects through closure
• Responsible for development and articulation of combined daily/ weekly status report for all the scrum teams of the project
• Performed Test Co-ordinator role for a critical module which involved inputs from multiple project teams for testing closure
• Good understanding of PEGA applications, worked on simulating PEGA connector REST/SOAP services
• Extensively used clipboard, Tracer, Rule inspector for testing and debugging of PEGA application
• Used XML SPY for schema validation
• Organized and lead defect triage meetings with multiple stake holders
• Actively involved in troubleshooting with developers in SIT/UAT
• Involved in daily stand up and scrum meetings with project manager, development team.
• Signed off the projects and involved in the software deployment in UAT and production release process, then supported production support teams
• Comfortable working in on-shore offshore model, estimations and resource metrics.
• Performed testing on ATM’s in the test lab
• Worked with applications like Apple pay , ATM and OLB applications

Environment: Parasoft SOATest, Postman, SOAP UI, Altova XMLSPY, PEGA, SOAP, REST(API), SQL, SVN,PUTTY

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Proficient in Functional testing, User Interface testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing(UAT), Database testing and Browser Compatibility testing
• Excellent knowledge and working experience with Test Planning, Test Case Design, Test Execution & Test Reporting
• Developed and Maintained API Test Scripts and added JSON assertions to validate response
• Experience in Parasoft SOAT est, ensured the Test cases, Flows are capturing and covering all the Functional/Non Functional requirements
• Effectively created Test suite organization using Parasoft SOATest tool for positive and negative scenarios and WSDL Services
• Involved in integrating HP ALM with Parasoft SOATest
• Validate and Update SQL Test Scripts according to Test Sample Database.
• Co-ordination with off-shore Team on Defect Tracking & Triaging and Re-Testing
• Involved in daily stand up meetings and scrum meetings with project manager, development team.
• Involved in iteration Kick-off and Design meetings, and participated in QA Test Case Reviews
• Involved in mentoring junior developers and testers
• Performed LOAD testing using parasoft SOATest

Environment : Parasoft SOATest, Postman, SQL, Java, Html, CSS, JavaScript, Xpath, Web Driver, Excel, Apache Maven, JIRA, Confluence, Eclipse

Quality Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Requirements and Functional Specifications of the application
• Performed manual testing (unit/integration/functional) using test cases based on User Stories (Agile)
• Involved in all phases of testing life cycle (analysis, design and execution)
• Created manual and automated test scenarios and test scripts for webservices and RESTful API’s
• Integrated the new Test Cases along with the existing ones to check the functionality of the newly added features in accordance with the changed functionality
• Performed web services testing using Parasoft SOATest
• Experienced in querying and validating data from SQL database while testing
• Defect Reporting and Tracking using HP ALM(HP QC) and JIRA
• Completely involved in identifying errors and verifying end-user compatibility
• Documented defects effectively and interacted with developers to follow up on defects
• Involved in browser compatibility testing using browsers like IE, Firefox and Chrome
• Uploaded test cases into HP QC and mapping them with requirements
• Test Case Execution for different Releases in the Project
• Supported UAT sessions in relation to application integration

Environment: Parasoft SOATest, HP QC (ALM), Agile, SQL, Windows XP, MS Office