SUMMARY

• Highly qualified and accomplished senior management professional in the information technology domain offering over 15 years of experience directing Quality Assurance & Testing life cycle from product conceptualization through release and sustaining engineering. Expertise spans across web, mobile and server technologies.
• 15 years of experience in the field of Information Technology in Quality Assurance/Testing, in Web, Mobile, client server, internet/intranet environments and Open source products.
• Strong testing background that included reviewing system requirements, writing and executing Test cases.
• Hands on experience in iOS and Android Mobile Apps testing
• Hands on experience in quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses; identifying critical control points and preventive measures; establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; monitoring inventories.
• Experience in an excellent test driven development cycle that incorporates QA and testing as an integral part of the planning and development process.
• Hands on experience in AWS cloud Services including S3 and AWS device Farm
• Years of experience with overseeing all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Responsible for continually evaluating effectiveness of test methodologies and regression scripts.
• Experience working in Cybersecurity, HealthCare, Retail(ecommerce), Open Source, Banking and Financial Domains
• Experience working in AGILE and Waterfall Methodologies.
• Experience in Manual and Automated testing using tools Selenium, Appium, Quick Test Pro (QTP), Win runner, Load Runner, and Quality Center.
• Experience in Web services testing
• Expertise in project management skills by handling meetings, data analysis, documentation and business reports.
• Strong experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and also has Exposure to Agile process and methodologies.
• Experience analyzing the requirements and Proficient in establishing QA Procedures, Standard Methods, and Software Requirement Specifications (SRS).
• Well conversant with software testing methodologies including developing Test plans, Test scenarios, Test cases, Test procedures, Test reports and documenting manual and automation tests.
• Strong Experience in TESTRAIL tool for documentation.
• Experience in Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Unit Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Involved in developing and maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix, and performing Gap Analysis.
• Effectively involved in bug tracking, reporting reviewing and analyzing test result using Quality Center
• Creation and execution of Synchronization statements and Checkpoints in Automation testing using Silk Test, Mercury and Win Runner
• Strong experience in Defect Tracking and Reporting using tools JIRA,Bugzilla, TFS, Test Director, Quality Center, Bug Central and Project Tracker .
• Working experience of Relational Databases like DB2, SQL Server, Oracle and MS - Access. Experience in Back-end testing using SQL queries on the above databases
• Documenting Test Documents using MS Office Tools- Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with problem solving abilities, effective in working independently and an exceptional team player.
• Excellent Trouble shooting, Problem solving and Technical skills.

AREAS OF EXPETISE

• Software Testing Process
• Project Management
• Hiring and Mentoring
• Quality Engineering Management & Strategy
• Team building & Leadership
• Test Automation tool Architecture
• Off - shore Team Management
• Agile Product Development
• Timely project Turnarounds
• People Management
• Project Scheduling
• Defect Management
• Test Automation Strategy & Execution
• Risk Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test Reporting Tools: JIRA, TFS, Bugzilla, Bug Central, Project Tracker, Test Director, Rational Clear Quest, Quality Center.

Operating Systems: Windows 98/2000/XP/Windows7/Windows8/Windows10, UNIX, LINUX,MS-DOS

Databases: Oracle9i, DB2, SQL Server, MS Access

Programming Languages: TSL, HTML, XML, VB Scripting, SQL, PL/SQL

Testing Tools: Selenium, Appium, Win Runner, Load Runner, Quick Test Pro (QTP), Quality Center

Version Control: CVS and Subversion

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, ASP, JSP

Web Services: XML, SOAP, REST

Network Protocols: HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP

Others: SCRUM, MS Office’2000, 2003, MS Front Page, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA - Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Review the business requirement documents and raised issues that require clarification from the client.
• Tested iOS Mobiles app on n the following devices and OS versions: iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6plus, iPad 2.0,Air 1, Air 2 with OS versions 7, 8 9 and 9.2 and higher
• Tested the Android Mobile apps on the and major Android devices with OS versions 2.3,4.2, 5.0, 5.1.1, 6.0 and Higher.
• Cross Browser Testing for web applications.
• Involved in A/B testing and Optimization in various features for the Mobile apps.
• Used Charles Proxy and Bloodhound to test Events tracking.
• Involved in Omniture Testing for various Mobile App releases.
• Analyze user and business requirements for the new build and compared of those with the old build to modify test plans for positive and negative scenarios for functional and performance testing.
• Create test schedules and strategies in accordance with project scopes or delivery dates.
• Wrote test cases based on the Business Requirement documents - Functional, Regression, End to End test cases
• Created Test Plans based on requirement documents.
• Used AGILE methodology for testing.
• Interacted with Business Users, Project Managers to discuss Project deadlines, Test Cycle create and execution duration.
• Perform the Positive and Negative Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, User Interface Testing on the application.
• Perform Regression testing after every build Installation.
• Involved in testing web services for testing Registration, User Sync, Photo Sync services using SOAP and REST
• Verified SSO (Single sign On) for the 8 different servers
• Automated Regression test suit for Website and Mobile applications using Selenium and Appium
• Lead and Coordinated weekly defect calls and Status Meetings.
• Manage a team of 5 to coordinate testing efforts to meeting testing Cycle deadlines
• Wrote documents like QA Test Plan, Status Reports and Sign off Reports.
• Follow project milestones; analyze and accurately report test results in a defect tracking system and sending test status reports to the wider team for each cycle.
• Actively participate in weekly review meetings with Business analysts, Project manager, developers and testing teams.
• Coordinating with offshore team members and Collecting test reports and publishing the Test Status results every day during the Standup meeting

Environment: Web Services, JIRA, MS SQL Server, iPhone, iPad, Android, Selenium, Appium

Confidential

QA -Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Tested iOS Mobiles app on n the following devices and OS versions: iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6plus, iPad 2.0,Air 1, Air 2 with OS versions 7, 8 9 and 9.2
• Tested the Android Mobile apps on the and major Android devices with OS versions 2.3,4.2, 5.0, 5.1.1
• Test applications on various supported devices by variouscarriers, such as Confidential, Confidential, Confidential and Confidential with various Network connections 4G and 3G
• Involved in A/B testing and Optimization in various features for the Mobile apps.
• Used Charles Proxy and Bloodhound to test Events tracking.
• Involved in Omniture Testing for various Mobile App releases.
• Review the business requirement documents and raised issues that require clarification from the client.
• Analyze user and business requirements for the new build and compared of those with the old build to modify test plans for positive and negative scenarios for functional and performance testing.
• Create test schedules and strategies in accordance with project scopes or delivery dates.
• Wrote test cases based on the Business Requirement documents - Functional, Regression, End to End test cases
• Created Test Plans based on requirement documents.
• Used AGILE methodology for testing.
• Interacted with Business Users, Project Managers to discuss Project deadlines, Test Cycle create and execution duration.
• Perform the Positive and Negative Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, User Interface Testing on the application.
• Perform Regression testing after every build Installation.
• Involved in testing web services for testing Registration, UserSync, PhotoSync services using SOAP and REST
• Verified SSO (Single sign On) for the 8 different servers
• Partially Automated web Scenarios using Selenium and Appium
• Inserted Checkpoints for validation in the scripts generated using QTP.
• Lead and Coordinated weekly defect calls and Status Meetings.
• Lead a team of 3 testers to coordinate testing efforts to meeting testing Cycle deadlines
• Wrote documents like QA Test Plan, Status Reports and Sign off Reports.
• Follow project milestones; analyze and accurately report test results in a defect tracking system and sending test status reports to the wider team for each cycle.
• Actively participate in weekly review meetings with Business analysts, Project manager, developers and testing teams.
• Coordinating with offshore team members and Collecting test reports and publishing the Test Status results everyday during the Standup meeting

Environment: Web Services, JIRA, MS SQL Server, iPhone, iPad, Android.

Confidential

Team Lead -QA

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed the Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and the Functional Specifications.
• Involved in writing Test Plans by going through the design and functional specifications.
• Reviewed the Designs and specifications and created Test cases based on the content.
• Participated and coordinated in Test Case Walkthroughs.
• Performed both Manual and Automated Testing of the application.
• Involved in preparing the Test data for interpreting the Positive/Negative/Regression results based on the design requirements.
• The Test sets that covered all aspects of the application functionality were scheduled and executed using Quality Center.
• Generated automated test scripts using Winrunner TSL, based on system requirements for the web-based application and added check points on the new builds.
• Successfully designed, developed and implemented a complete regression test for the entire system.
• Used Quality Center as a Test management and defect tracking tool.
• Interacted with Business users for UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and tested the possibilities of system failure with UAT.
• Involved in attending meetings with the business users and reviewing the developed scripts to ensure that they were in accordance to the business user’s expectations.
• Managed design, development, and execution of the entire test process; track and report progress of test execution; document and coordinate the detailed execution plan for all cycles to support testing.
• Developing test estimates, strategies, plans and scenarios for each QA releases of the project.
• Communicated business requirements, goals, and directives to the technical team and served as client interface for managing user expectations and achieved client satisfaction.
• Formulated Quality assurance plan. Measured and monitored actual test results.
• Coordinated with different user groups to get the requirements and train them before the patch release.
• Preparing the Test Status Report for each build and test cycle.
• Participating in release status meetings and QA document review meetings.
• Reviewing Functional Specification, Requirement Documents and UEX documents
• Performing Functionality Testing, Migration Testing, UEX testing, Exploratory testing / Adhoc testing Security testing, Incremental-Integration Testing, Link Testing, Documentation Testing, Usability Testing, Compatibility Testing, Regression Testing, Negative Testing, Unit testing and Upgrade Testing.
• Issue triage for each release with project management team.
• Releasing QA signoff documents along with release metrics for each release.