Qa Test Lead Resume
SUMMARY
- Having 12+ years of experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Software quality assurance and testing experience in a wide variety of environments and domains like Telecom, Banking, Mobile, ERP, and Embedded Systems.
- Expertise in Agile Scrum Model and leading the Agile teams as Scrum Master
- Played Leadership roles in creation and execution of QA and testing processes, test strategies and plans, and bug documentation and regression.
- Experienced in SQA(Software Quality Assurance) including Manual and Automated testing with tools such as Selenium Web driver/Grid, and TestNG
- Experience in Page Object Model Framework
- Experience on TestNG framework using Ant/Maven for Project building tool, Jenkins for Continuous Integration
- Excellent knowledge in writing unique XPath using firebug and fire path to identify web elements
- Having knowledge o Data Science with Machine Learning Algorithms using Python Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scipy, Sklearn packages
- Certified HP QTP and Quality Centre Professional, as well as certified Tester from ISTQB.
- Capable of developing, documenting, and enforcing guidelines for application development and testing to ensure high standards for usability and customer experience.
- Hands on Experience in Mobile - Testing using iOS, Android mobile devices and tablets. Expertise in Mobile-Testing using simulators/tools like ‘Perfecto’ tool
- Expertise in ETL Testing and Informatica PowerCenter v9.0.1
- Expertise in Informatica Tools named Workflow Manager, Workflow Designer, Workflow Monitor, Repository Manager
- Expertise in Cross Browser testing (Browser Compatibility Testing) using CBT Tool based on Cloud architecture
- Efficient in Web service/API testing using SOAP Test Tools
- Developing Automation Framework and writing automation scripts using QTP, Selenium, Java Script
- Designed, planned and managed manual and automated functional, system, performance, stress, regression and ad-hoc test activities
- Effective planner and organizer with demonstrated ability to learn and master new concepts quickly adapt and incorporate the latest technology, develop business solutions that increase company’s efficiency, Productivity and profitability.
- Excellent communication skills, systematic approach and ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment. Strong analytical, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
- Expertise in Quality Engineering and Assurance methodologies
- Working knowledge of SDLC/Agile process
- Develop tools, reusable artifacts and automation framework to positively impact the effort involved, ROI and time to market significantly.
- With acclaimed experience and in-depth domain understanding and assure a consistent pleasant user experience to customers across all channels.
- Develop and implement the best practices that are imbibed to ensure applications works seamlessly as a single enterprise through effective integration.
- Lead System, Integration Test activities including creating Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases and project test executions for highly complicated systems/ applications
- Managing the Defects through QC/ALM/Rally and tracking to closure
- Timely reporting of test execution and status to management
- Collecting and Analyzing the QA Metrics for every release
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages : C, C++, Java, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting .
Tools: : Selenium, Informatica PowerCenter v9, QTP (Quick test professional), Win runner, Load Runner (9.10), Quality Centre/ALM- Application Lifecycle Management, Rally, Caliber, Star Team, Visual Studio, XML Canon, SOA Test Tool, PVCS, TOAD, SQL PLUS, PL/SQL Developer, MS Office.
Markup Languages: HTML, XML.
Databases: Oracle and SQL Server.
Operating Systems: Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP, UNIX.
Configuration Tool: Visual SourceSafe (VSS), Share point portal
Quality Assurance: Agile Scrum, Waterfall, Manual/ Automation testing, SDLC process, QA Practices
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
QA Test Lead
Responsibilities:
- Work with product owners to ensure business requirements are adequate & ensure test cases are developed according to standards for both manual and automated.
- Develop quality management plans and test strategy for each sprint/release, review test plans and conduct peer reviews of plans & test cases.
- Involved in the preparation of Proof of Concept (POC) for the project.
- Developed automated scripts using Selenium Web Driver and Implemented Framework using Java.
- Expert in identifying web elements using X path expressions.
- Integrated and worked on build compiling on ANT and Maven in the framework.
- Expert in Test NG annotation.
- Worked with Apache POI Library.
- Executed test scripts on IE, Chrome and Firefox using Selenium Webdriver.
- Providing Project status updates to management and all key stake holders
- As the front door of the application, capturing all the new projects and Change requests which are coming in our way and working with SMEs and architects for providing estimates.
- Maintaining the Supply and cost of resources in the account
- Forecasting the Demand and Projects by working with Project Managers and Architects.
- Planning the budget for each quarter
- Validating the time sheets are entered by team accurately and making sure no defaulters
- Running the Audits and collecting the actuals and finding the deviations from forecast.
Confidential, Chicago, IL
QA Test Lead
Responsibilities:
- Managed the team of up to 8 testers, providing day to day planning, guidance and coaching
- Work with product owners to ensure business requirements are adequate & ensure test cases are developed according to standards for both manual and automated.
- Provide test estimates to scrum masters and development leads.
- Closely interacted with product management, business and development teams to assure most effective project execution
- Develop quality management plans and test strategy for each sprint/release, review test plans and conduct peer reviews of plans & test cases.
- Engage product owners and development leads in defect resolution & lead defect review calls.
- Work across multiple application area and business teams
- Lead the testing meetings and escalate issues
- Coordinate tasks with offshore resources
- Trained team members to implement newest test methodologies and processes based on Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM)
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously with high efficiency in very tight time schedules.
- Prepare the TestPlan with all the Requirements, Test Coverage, Test Dependencies, Test cycles, Environment information
- Test Planning in consideration to the Environment availability, Daily/Nightly Batch run schedules
- Hands-on test creation and execution of user stories (smoke, functional integration, regression testing) and logging defects
- Identifying and managing Test Data and conditioning
- Timely reporting of Test status, Risks/Mitigation Plan to Management
- Ensure the deliverables meet the timely schedule and within the approved budget.
- Performing the Cross Browser Testing using CBT Tool
- Validating the performance of the application/API to meet the required response time under specific distributed load test
- Performing the testing in Mobile devices for iOS and Android types using actual devices and simulators like Perfecto tool
- Collecting the QA metrics Confidential the end of every release and taking corrective actions and enhancements
- Coordinating, communicating, and disseminating testing timelines, deliverables, status and all other information to management
- Documenting the required artifcats and add to the repository in share point portal
- Demonstrating the new functionality to end users, supporting UAT, participating in Go/No Go meetings, preparation of Deployment Validation test cases and post production validation.
Confidential
Scrum Master
Responsibilities:
- Daily Scrum calls with global team to discuss the status updates, issues
- Sprint planning and tasking meeting with Product Owner and Scrum teams and plan the User stories for the current sprint
- Obtain the team velocity based on capacity planning
- Working with Product Owner, Scrum team and Architects and Users to groom the Backlog User stories
- Working with team to focus on targets and stay on track and resolve the issues that team may face
- Working with Product Owner and team to review the changes with Users
- Working with team to develop the Release Plan
- Working with team to provide the Pre-deployment and deployment support w.r.to all required documentation Dev/Design/Test Packages
- Conducting Sprint retrospection meetings with team and identify the needs and improvement areas and keep practicing the good/best practices
- Providing Project status updates to management and all key stake holders
- Working with team to build the Regression Suite
- Working with team to perform the End to End testing, Regression
- Facilitating Users to perform the UAT and certify.
- Participating in the Go/No-Go discussion meetings