SUMMARY

• ISTQB and Six Sigma Yellow Belt certified QA/Tester with 8+ years of industry experience in Software Quality Testing of Enterprise Application, Client/Server and Web Services applications. Drive system architecture decisions and lead projects from concept through the release process.
• 5+ years of experience in writing and executing Automation Scripts with Selenium Web - driver using JAVA and TestNG.
• 5+ years of experience in Integration testing and perform Web Services API client testing using SOAP UI, REST Assured Client, POSTMAN.
• 5 years of experience using scripting languages - JavaScript (3 years), VB Scripting (5 years), Python (less than a year)
• 8+ years of experience using SQL to build database queries.
• More than 7 years of expertise in Problem Solving and Defect Tracking Tools like HP ALM Quality Center, JIRA, TDP, AOTS Remedy and USH. Experience in back-end testing to query and access Oracle database using SQL 2000, SQL 2005, Oracle 9.7.2, SQL Loader.
• Possesses exceptional communication skills to be able to collaborate with other IT/team members as well as other business teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/NT, UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris

Databases: Oracle11g/10g/9i, SQL Server 2000, DB2, MySQL, MS-Access

Languages: C, C++, Java, JDK 1.6/1.5/1.4, J2EE/JEE, XML, HTML,CSS, SQL,VB Script, Eclipse JavaScript, Python, Web Services (SOAP UI, Rest Assured, Postman),SQL

Defect Tracking & Management Tools: HP ALM Quality Center 11/10.0/9.x, Rally, JIRA, SharePoint, Tspace, TDP, AOTS Remedy, USH

Testing Tools: Selenium Web driver and RC, OSS/BSS Systems, UFT/QTP 11.0 and 10.0, SoapUI, Rally, TestNG, ConformiQ(modelling tool), Chrome Dev, TDD-BDD,Cucumber, Firefox Dev, Xpath/X Query, Appium, TOAD,SQL developer, eCRM, Clarify, Splunk, Jenkins, Apache Maven, GitHub

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead/Senior Software QA Engineer and Test coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 10 resources in different locations for multiple releases
• Assist business users in defining design and work closely with them for defining a UAT (in Test env) and PVT(in Production env) test strategy.
• Maintain requirement traceability matrix (RTM) for test cases and test data.
• Estimate the requirements of projects costing $250,000-$500,000 using estimation techniques like Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Function Point, Fixed-Bid etc. Provide demo of the business product to client sponsors and support live end users/orders. Provide sign-off after successful test completion in every release.
• Developed Test scripts and performed automated testing with Selenium Webdriver using JAVA, Cucumber, IntelliJ, TestNG, Jenkins, GitHub.
• Tested Web Services and perform Integration testing using Web Services client using SOAP UI and REST.
• Conduct a complete assessment of teams, processes and environment; defined issues and risks; and oversee the design and introduction of tools, processes and best practices across testing life cycle to improve throughput, communication and on-time delivery of projects in an Agile development environment.
• Expertise in working on OSS/BSS Telecommunication - Ordering, Provisioning, Billing systems.
• Represent the team in all planning and review calls, various cross functional status meetings
• Work on complex project deliverables within desired timeline, report issues and communicate risks to the Client Project Management and other business stakeholders.
• Perform Mobile and Tablet testing using physical devices and Appium test tool.
• Leading and guiding offshore, onsite testers to ensure proper test coverage, resolving bottlenecks, provide an effective solution.
• Use HP ALM Quality Center, AOTS Remedy, TDP, USH Tool for defect tracking, test script execution and reporting.

Confidential

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 6 resources in different locations for multiple releases
• Introduced IAF (Tech Mahindra’s Proprietary Automation Framework), a cost-effective, secure and user-friendly solution known for scalability and durability, in the project resulting in approximately $50,000 cost saving in every quarterly release.
• Created Flow Charts using Data Structure in Conformiq tool, which generates test case steps, and used as an input to IAF.
• Automated sales flows for all products (AVPN, MIS, ADE, Cloud, Ipflex etc.) with Selenium Webdriver using JAVA and TestNG. Used IntelliJ for scripting and continuous integration tools like Jenkins, GitHub and Maven.
• Perform Mobile and Tablet testing using physical devices and Appium test tool.
• Assisted project managers in customizing and implementing the software development lifecycle (SDLC) process as per project needs.
• Expertise in working on OSS/BSS Telecommunication systems, Sales Force and executing, analyzing the data migration scripts in Oracle version
• Involved actively in analysis and design meetings to ensure that assigned functionality meets the user requirements.
• Prepared presentations and demos, which were used by the organization’s AVP to showcase the benefits of using IAF as a test automation framework.
• Prepared End to End High Level Scenarios and Test Cases for multiple Agile releases and presented the same to client
• Mentored and peer reviewed 10 new project members transitioning into the project.
• Expertise in Main Frame testing on complex ordering system like ACMS for Confidential &T products like MIS (Managed Internet Services, AVPN ( Confidential &T Virtual Private Network), ASE & ADE ( Confidential &T Switched and Dedicated Ethernet), Cloud and Mobility. Knowledge of complex Confidential &T product flows (Sales->Ordering->Designing->Provisioning- >Billing).

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved actively with end users, business analysts and architecture team to understand the system requirements and work flow of critical business processes.
• Created test plans which included testing objectives, user profiles, configurations, environments, risks, test scenarios, schedules, analysis and presentation of results.
• Used SOAP UI to test Web Services running on WebLogic Server.
• Achieved 100% automation of regression test cases with UFT/QTP using VBScript and Selenium RC using JAVA for multiple Waterfall releases .
• Expertise in using HP ALM QC, RALLY,JIRA,AOTS Remedy, BMC Remedy for defect management.
• Expertise in using HP ALM QC for Test case and report management.
• Performed design reviews for continuous improvement in meeting client goals and needs.
• Designed and Developed Task Tracker tool (using my SQL, JavaScript and HTML) to provide a consolidated report of total efforts (Planned vs Actual) required in a release and for each project in that release.