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