Qa Lead Resume
CA
SUMMARY
- Experienced Senior IT QA testing professional with more than 15 years of expertise in advancing project objectives through analysis, design development, testing, documentation, implementation maintenance of application software.
- Has exceptional ability to maintain and build client relationships, able to comfortably converse with all facets in the client’s organization.
- Develop Test Strategy, prepare test estimates & WBS, create Test plans for Functional, Integration, Regression, End to End.
- Continuously review deliveries against changing business needs with stakeholders and realign Testing Strategies appropriately; Traced and resolved critical issues related to man power and the project to minimize risk factors
- Possess hands - on experience in test strategy, test planning, test estimation, RTM, designing of test cases, automating script, execution and preparation of test metrics; analysis of test results and preparation of status reports and defect management.
- Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and the Role of QA in different methodologies like Agile, V-model and Waterfall etc.
- Well-versed in project management tool (MS Project) for status reporting, planning and resource allocation.
- Conducting meetings with onsite team and off shore team for issues and test progress reporting.
- Experience in sanity, backend, front-end, functional, integration, regression, smoke, cross browser, cross platform testing.
- Extensive experience in Client/Server and Web Application testing using Functionality Testing (Black Box), Integration Testing, Regression Testing, UI Testing.
- Experience in End-to-End Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Mainframe testing, Legacy System and ERP & CRM Application Testing.
- Extensive Experience in Functional Testing, Usability Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, System Integrating Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of Client Server, Windows & Web Applications.
- Hands on Experience on testing web services (SOAP, REST) using SOAP UI Tool
- Experience in working with Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server and MS-Access Databases.
- Experience in all phases of the NetSuite implementation lifecycle
- Experience with UAT testing along with data setup, Environment setup and coordination between users, Development, Business Analyst and Product Management teams.
- Expert in preparing Traceability Matrix to map requirement coverage with test cases.
- Exposure in programming languages and script like Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
- Quick learner of new software tools, self-starter, can work independently and in a team.
- Worked on different dynamic UI Screens using HTML, JSP and JavaScript.
- Good Communication, interpersonal, and Teamwork skills.
- Excellent Organization, Analytical and Problem-Solving skills and ability to quickly learn new technologies.
- Demonstrated initiative, innovation, flexibility, and ability to manage workload, achieving desired results with minimal supervision.
- Proactive and analytical problem solver with strong leadership and excellent interpersonal skills; also has good client interaction and team skills; very outstandingly good in multitasking and can efficiently plan and prioritize projects.
- Possess extensive experience in test coordination and test management.
- Possess hands-on experience in creating communication plan and escalation process; effective communication & escalation skills and record for coordination between globally located teams.
- 15 years’ experience working as a member of large development teams working with custom and COTS solution integrations.
- 8+ Years of lead experience in mentoring and training junior QA staff. Managed a 30+member testing team working in two shifts, 19 hours a day, five days a week to successfully complete a large testing project for an international client.
- 3 + years of automation experience in Selenium, OpenSTA & WinRunner
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Internet Browsers: MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera
Language/ Script: Java, JavaScript, .Net, PHP, VBScript, C, C++, C#.
Databases & Tools: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, Access, Toad, DB Visualizer, SPUFI
Testing Tools: Selenium Web Driver, WinRunner, OpenSTA, Load Runner 7, SOAPUI, Maven.
Web development: HTML, Joomla, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery VB Scripts, XML, Flash.
SOA Technologies: SOAP, REST, WSDL, Web Services
Tools: NetSuite, SugarCRM, Visio, MS Project, MS office, Selenium, TFS, BugZilla, Rational clear quest, JIRA, Slack, Rally, HP ALM/Quality Center
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, CA
QA Lead
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for analysis of User Stories, testing and documentation; active participation in client calls.
- Test planning and preparation of testing schedules based on project timelines.
- Also responsible for preparation of daily and weekly status reports; design and development of test cases; execution of test cases and defect management followed by documentation and tracking of defects in Jira.
- Automated regression test cases using Selenium WebDriver; Implemented Page Objects, Data Driven automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver.
Environment: Selenium Web Driver, Jira, TestNG, Maven, MS Office, Agile, Bitrix24, WooCommerce
Confidential, Lakewood, CA
QA Lead
Responsibilities:
- Analyzing, estimating and sizing the User Stories which will help Product Owners to prioritize the Story Cards.
- Participated in 3-Amigo Process where Business Analysts, Developers, and Testers discuss analyze existing Acceptance Scenarios and writing new Acceptance Scenarios if required.
- Lead and Participated Iteration Retrospective meetings to discuss the problems during the iteration, defining and prioritizing Actions Items.
- Participate in estimation of test effort based on business requirement documents
- Developed Test Strategy, Prepared test estimates & WBS, Test plans & for Functional, Integration, Regression, End to End. Designing of test cases, execution and preparation of test metrics; analysis of test results and preparation of reports; Defect management and performing Root Cause Analysis of defects
- Perform testing activities including Functional, SIT, Regression, End to End and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support
- Automated highly transactional NetSuite ERP web application using Selenium WebDriver.
- Perform web services testing using Soap UI / Soap SONAR
- Konnex Mainframe Backend Testing
- Used Jira to log issues and check the progress of the project
- Work collaboratively with offshore team and multiple teams onsite
- Participate in team meeting with Project managers, technical leads and team members to discuss issues and the progress of ongoing projects
Environment: NetSuite ERP, Selenium WebDriver, CRAFT, Maven, TestNG, Spufi, Mainframe, Jira, Slack, MS Office, SOAP UI, Agile, SharePoint
Confidential
QA Lead
Responsibilities:
- Analyzing, estimating and sizing the User stories.
- Lead and Participated Iteration Retrospective meetings to discuss the problems during the iteration, defining and prioritizing Actions Items.
- Participate in estimation of test effort based on business requirement documents
- Developed Test Strategy, Prepared test estimates & WBS, Test plans & for Functional, Integration, Regression, End to End.
- Designing of test cases, execution and preparation of test metrics; analysis of test results and preparation of reports; Defect management and performing Root Cause Analysis of defects
- Perform testing activities including Functional, SIT, Regression, End to End and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support
- Perform web services testing using Soap UI
- Managed automated regression testing using Selenium
- Use ALM to log issues and check the progress of the project
- Work collaboratively with offshore team and multiple teams onsite
- Participate in team meeting with Project managers, technical leads and team members to discuss issues and the progress of ongoing projects
Environment: SAS, SQL Server, SharePoint, HP ALM, Java Eclipse, MS Office, SOAP UI, MPP, Agile
Confidential
QA Manager
Responsibilities:
- Manage Testing Deliveries for the SR3/5/7 Integration and Wealth Management platform at offshore by Estimation, Planning, Coordination, Task Allocation, Reviews, Reporting and Escalation Management.
- Manage customer expectations on deliverables
- Managed between 15 and 30 associates depending on the test season for multiple projects
- Engage with client in understanding and gathering the testing requirements for projects
- Participate in functional discussions with Client and the internal delivery execution teams
- Co-ordinate with Onsite delivery managers and attend/present customer calls
- Raising risks, issues and escalation to senior management and customer
- Identified and deployed process improvements and standards for key practices in Test Design, Test Execution
- Providing daily execution status and involved with teams in different offshore locations
- Communicating with client to understand/clarify requirements and suggest enhancements
Environment: Mainframe, HP ALM (QC), Java Eclipse, SharePoint, Mainframe, MS Office, Oracle 10G, JDK 1.5, LDAP, MPP, Waterfall
Confidential, Portland
Sr. QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Attended requirements, design and demo meetings to review, scope and analysis of requirements
- Created and designed test plans and RTM
- ETL Testing, Sugar CRM Testing, Windows Mobile App Testing
- Developed test scenarios from business requirement document andfunctional specification document
- Developed Test Strategy, prepare test estimates & WBS, Test plans & for Functional, Integration, Regression, End to End.
- Designing of test cases, execution and preparation of test metrics; analysis of test results and preparation of reports; Defect management and performing Root Cause Analysis of defects
- Perform testing activities including Functional, SIT, Regression, End to End and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support
- Created test data for various Functional and regression test cases
- Created positive and negative test cases to verify application features by checking the task that each feature performs against functional specifications, requirements and design documents
- Validated test repositories and data loading
- Used TFS/QC/Bugzilla to log issues and check the progress of projects
- Worked collaboratively with offshore team and multiple teams onsite; Participated in daily sprint meeting with managers/project lead and team members to discuss issues and the progress of ongoing projects
Environment: QC, BugZilla, MS Office, C#, Asp.Net 2.0, SQL Server 2005, TFS 2008, Oracle 10G, JDK 1.5, LDAP, Agile, SharePoint, BPM, Waterfall
