SUMMARY

• 10 years of Experience in Business Application Software Testing
• Worked in scrum for 4 years using JIRA and Version1
• Expertise in composing and execution of Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts.
• Extensive hands - on experience in Black Box, Smoke, Integration, Functional, Mobile testing, End-to-End, Regression, UAT, Interface and Back-end testing.
• Performed automated Restful API testing using UFT
• Good experience in bug reporting and bug-tracking using test management tools, Test Director and Quality Center/ALM.
• Generated automation scripts using QTP, UFT, Automation Samurai, Perfecto Mobile, Selenium and Work Soft to ensure business compliance.
• Expertise in QTP scripting using VB Script.
• Extensively involved in System Development Life cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall, Agile methodologies.
• Excellent coordination in working closely with End Users, Business analysts, Project Managers, Developers to understand requirements, business processes for Quality Assurance and led regular walkthroughs.
• A good team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to grasp new ideas and technologies quickly, to balance multiple short-term and long-term programming projects, and to effectively communicate with the staff members.
• Thorough understanding of database and web technologies
• Good experience in liaising with business stakeholders & development teams to facilitate the delivery of requirements
• Good experience in analysing and understanding functional and business requirements documentation, and technical specifications
• Good reputation in building high performance testing teams by transferring the application knowledge and helping the team with testing approach
• Performed reviews of Deliverables to evaluate content and completeness
• Strict adherence at managing project schedules to meet commitments with significant cost containment

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: MS-DOS, UNIX, Linux, Windows 98/XP/2000, Windows NT.

Languages: C, C++, SQL, and PL/SQL.

RDBMS: SQL Server 2005, Oracle 9i, Sybase, MS-Access.

Testing Tools: QTP, QC, Work Soft certify, Win runner

Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, XML, JSP, ASP, and Java Applets.

GUI Tools: Visual Basic 5.0/6.0

Querying Tools: TOAD, SQL

Documentation Tools: Ms Word, Ms Excel, and Text Editor.

Web Severs: Java Apache, Web logic 7.0, Web Sphere and IIS

EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Specialist QA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the User stories given by the product owner, Communicate any gaps if any after discussion with the Developers,Also track them as requirements in ALM.
• Responsible for Documenting the manual test cases and maintaining them in ALM.
• Executing the manual tests and report defects if any as tasks in the Scrum management tool.(Version1 )
• Performed API testing for restful API manually using POSTMAN, Automated API testing using UFT12
• Built QTP automation tests for the stories completed in the previous sprint.
• Built reusable functions(Common functions) and reusable actions(For business workflow) in QTP.
• Developed Automated smoke test, that we ran for every release in production.
• Developed regression test suite, that we ran in UAT before the release.
• Demonstrated the stories for Product owner after the Sprint.
• Prepared reports in ALM to track requirement coverage,execution summary for each sprint.
• Participated in all scrum ceremonies Daily scrum, Sprint planning,Retrospection,Sprint review,Backlog grooming.

Confidential, Chandler, Arizona

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the SME’s in understanding the manual test cases and expanding them as per the automation work flow model
• Developed the common and application specific reusable functions
• Created and maintained shared repository
• Designed test scripts that are write once and run across multiple browsers and OS’s Windows 7 IE8, IE9, IE10, Chrome, FireFox, Windows 8.1 Chrome, FireFox, Mac Safari, UFT with Automation samurai.
• Designed test scripts that are write once multiple mobile devices that include iOS and Android using perfecto mobile add in for UFT.
• Built automation developer and automation remote execution workstations that were implemented as virtual machine templates for rapid deployment as automation engineer work stations
• Created through documentation capturing and then transferring knowledge on work station configuration standards, expanding manual test cases to provision them for rapid automation and other automation related activities.
• Explored new tools Awetest using watir web driver and cucucmber frame work for cross browser automation.

Confidential

QA Member

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the enhancement requirement specifications taken from the customer.
• Attended meetings with stake holders to understand the requirements from customer perspective.
• Understanding the schema changes for the enhancements.
• Responsible for identifying scenarios, preparing test conditions and write and maintain test cases In HP Quality Center 10.
• Preparing test data for the new enhancements.
• Set up QA environments using VMware and Lab manager.
• Worked with developers in QA audits to verify the fixes in Development environment before they are checked in to QA environment.
• Maintained the shared object repository, developed reusable actions and reusable functions.
• Created automation scripts for sanity tests and regression tests using keyword driven frame work
• Executed Sanity Automation test plans in QTP 11 on the daily builds.
• Verify the CR’s for any minor releases.
• Did Functional, Integration and regression testing before any minor release (Hardening sprint.)
• Did Functional, Integration, Negative testing for enhancements in major releases and report issues using JIRA.
• Did compatibility testing for the major releases across different OS and browsers and mobile devices.
• Back end Testing, using CAD Query tool.
• Attend daily scrum
• Attend sprint planning’s.
• Attend and demonstrate the product enhancements in the sprint review.
• Explored new test automation tools Coded UI and Selenium.
• Did a proof of concept, i.e. built regression test cases for newly coded enhancements using selenium webdriver using java.
• Upgraded QTP scripts of one minor release version to UFT 11.52.

Confidential

QA Lead/NTP Support

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business requirements by Analyzing functional documents.
• Identification of Scenarios based on the functional documents.
• Creating Maps in Work Soft Certify (Object Repository) and importing them within the tool.
• Preparing test data with Record sets.
• Prepared and executed the test cases based on Functional specs and business requirement documents.
• Performed Functional testing, Negative testing, System testing and Regression testing for Various phases/Cycles
• Analysed Test Results verified and reported the bugs through JIRA.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing.
• Interacting with the onsite people and resolving the offshore issues.
• Publishing daily status reports during execution phase.
• Supervise the activities of quality assurance testers and coordinate their activities
• Work with development team to understand assigned modules/new product features for the purpose of authoring test cases
• Conduct frequent team meetings to understand priorities and also take their inputs
• Provide frequent feedback to team members about their performance. Guide them in their weak areas and help them improve.
• Being test lead I am responsible for managing the entire testing process

Environment: Java1.6, JSF, Seam, ICE Faces, Oracle 10g, Work Soft Certify, JIRA, Windows XP & Linux.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirements.
• Authored test cases and executed the test cases, in Worksoft Certify
• Creating Maps in Work Soft Certify (Object Repository) and importing them within the tool.
• Preparing test data with Record sets.
• Developed Automation scripts in Worksoft Certify
• Performing Functional, Negative and regression testing.
• Performed Integration Testing
• Involved in team meetings and coordinating with both offshore and onsite teams.
• Provided training on certify for new joiners in the project
• Documented the KT from BA regarding the application.
• Managing test cases using Worksoft Certify.
• Logging and tracking defects using JIRA.

Environment: Java1.6, JSF, Seam, ICE Faces, Oracle 10g, Work Soft Certify, JIRA, Windows XP & Linux.

Confidential, New York, USA

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirements.
• Authored test cases and executed the test cases.
• Responsible for doing feasibility analysis for starting automation.
• Developed shared object repository and reusable functions.
• Developed automation scripts in QTP 9.5
• Performing Functional and regression testing.
• Involved in team meetings and coordinating with both offshore teams.
• Managing test cases using Test manager.
• Logging and tracking defects using CQ.

Environment: Test manager, .NET, SQL, Clear Quest, Word, Excel, Windows.

Confidential, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirements.
• Authored test cases and executed the test cases.
• Updating automated business components in QC to support different locales on the requirement basis using QTP 9.0 and QTP 9.2.
• Executed BPT’s using QTP.
• Performing regional language testing for EMEA regions
• Involved in system and integration testing.
• Involved in team meetings and coordinating with both offshore and onsite teams.
• Managing test cases, Logging and tracking defects using QC.

Environment: Oracle 9i/10g, Windows XP, UNIX, SQL Server, QTP , Quality Center, Crystal Reports 5.0

Confidential, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the business requirements.
• Authored test cases and executed the test cases.
• Updating automated business components in QC to support different locales on the requirement basis using QTP 9.0 and QTP 9.2.
• Performing regional language testing for EMEA regions
• Involved in system and integration testing.
• Involved in team meetings and coordinating with both offshore and onsite teams.
• Managing test cases, Logging and tracking defects using Mercury Quality Center.

Environment: Oracle 9i/10g, Windows XP, UNIX, SQL Server, QTP , Quality Center, Crystal Reports 5.0

Confidential, Tampa, FL, USA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the Functional requirements.
• Writing Test cases and Functions wherever necessary for various modules.
• Used MS Excel, for Review & Execution of Test Case.
• Conducted Peer Reviews on the test cases.
• Defect Tracking using Fogbugz.
• Played key role in doing Regression Testing.
• Performed compatibility testing.

Environment: Windows XP, UNIX, SQL Server, Quality Center, Fogbugz

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the Functional requirements.
• Writing Test cases wherever necessary for various modules.
• Used MS Excel, for Review & Execution of Test Case.
• Conducted Peer Reviews on the test cases.
• Defect Tracking using VSS.
• Played key role in doing Regression Testing.

Environment: Windows XP, UNIX, SQL Server, Fogbugz