EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• Around 9 years of IT industry experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Software testing /quality assurance and well versed with testing methodologies.
• Design, develop and implemented different Test automation frameworks Like: Keyword driven, Data driven and Hybrid frameworks using Java.
• Expertise in Manual and Automation testing (QTP, Selenium - WebDriver and Selenium Grid).
• Exposure on SDET role and participated in Code reviews and fixing the UI design related issues.
• Strong knowledge in implementing Waterfall, V-model and Agile (Sprint/Scrum) Methodology by analysing Requirement specifications and responsible for developing Test Objective, strategies, Scope, Test procedures and Test Matrices.
• Having experience in product testing and defect driving with complete Bug Life cycle.
• Experienced in defining testing methodologies, designing test plans and test cases, verifying and validating web based applications and documentation based on standards for software development.
• Experienced in using Maven build tools to manage framework dependency jar files.
• Strong experience in cross browser, cross platform web testing with Selenium RC and Web Driver.
• Experience in using Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server to configure with Ant/Maven.
• Expertise in Smoke Testing, Backend end Testing, Black-Box/White Box Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional Testing, Positive/Negative Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Software Testing, Ad-hoc Testing, and Boundary Value Testing.
• Experience in the development of Data driven, Keyword driven and Hybrid Automation frameworks in Selenium.
• Experience in applying Testing Methodologies, creating Test Plans, Test Automation Planning, Developing and Execution of Test Scripts, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Defect Tracking and Custom Report Generation.
• Excellent knowledge in writing unique XPath using firebug and firepath to identify web elements.
• Expert using open source bug tracking tool JIRA, Quality Center and Rally.
• Incorporated the test data in Test scripts from Excel using Apache POI API.
• Testing of Web Services using web services client generated using SOAP UI and track request and response REST FUI API Messages.
• Provided process leadership and projects management within the Quality Assurance Team, including researching, recommending, and implementing quality process improvements and automation tools, and mentoring other Quality Assurance staff.
• Excellent experience with source version control tools such as Subversion (SVN) & Git.
• Exposure to all aspects of Testing, Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Production Support.
• Proven strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills and great attention to details.
• Excellent experience in troubleshooting software applications for business functions in major areas of the business and enterprise-wide.
• Ability to perform at a high level, meet deadlines, adaptable to ever changing priorities.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent Communication and Presentation skills, and always willing to work in challenging and cross-platform Environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test Approaches: Waterfall, V-model, Agile/Scrum, SDLC, STLC

Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid, TestNG, Auto It, Cucumber, SoapUI, HP QC, QTP, ALM

Test Build & Integration Tools: Maven, Jenkins

Frameworks: Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Hybrid, Page Object Model (POM)

Defect Tools: JIRA, HP Quality Canter, Team Tracker, Bugzilla

Utilities: Eclipse, SVN, Firebug, fire Path.

Languages: Java, PL/SQL, VB script, C

OS: Unix, Windows XP, Windows7, Windows Server 2007

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Confidential, New York, NY

QAAnalyst

Environment:Java, Web Service,Selenium IDE, Selenium Webdriver, Jenkins InternetExplorer, Firefox, Chrome, SOAP UI, JIRA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead the meeting with the business users to elicit requirements and analyse them.
• Followed Agile-Scrum process and Involved in Sprint Plans, Daily Scrum meeting, Grooming sessions, Retrospective and Responsible for working within a team to create, document and execute testing strategy, test plans, test cases and test scripts in support of a set of global tools, systems and Database.
• Responsible for tracking the sprint progress and closing the tickets in agile methodology.
• Developed test scripts for Web elements by identifying the locators using Firebug and Fire Path Firefox plugins.
• Responsible for managing Automation testing scope and planning.
• Developed custom libraries for automation using Core JAVA & Selenium WebDriver.
• Implemented parametrization and data driven logics using looping conditions in Core java.
• Analysed automated test results and reported defects to the team with the proper screenshots.
• Used JIRA board to track and maintain test cases, defects and testing status.
• Involved in test approach & test case walkthrough, review with peers and test leads. The workgroup consists of business system analysts, developers and architects.
• Executed automated test cases in different browsers and reported the results.
• Developed synchronization using implicit and explicit wait conditions.
• Incorporated the test data in Test scripts from Excel using Apache POI API.
• Executed test scripts and defect tracking through JIRA.
• Communicate with end users on daily basis and updating the status.
• Responsible for coordinating defect triage meetings with various stake holders.
• Testing of Web Services using web services client generated using SOAP UI and track request and response REST FUI API Messages.
• Closely work with business analysts and development teams to resolve the issues.
• Performed Regression testing on base product for every release.
• Tested applications in different types of browsers (cross-browser testing) and versions, such as InternetExplorer, Firefox, Google Chrome to simulate production environment.
• Responsible for developing and executing of manual test plan and test cases for Web Services SOAP and REST API testing.
• Interact with the team and involved in unit testing coverage and end to end testing Coverage scenarios.
• Lead the team and actively participated in the problem solving and guiding the team in right way.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Test Engineer

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Eclipse, Java, TestNG, Rally, Cucumber, Oracle, Jenkins

Responsibilities:

• ReviewedtheProduct Backlog, Functional Specifications Document and Technical Documentation.
• Interacted with the Project Manager, Business Analysts and Developers to understand the application design and functional specifications.
• Preparing Functional/regression Test Cases/Scripts in Rally under Test Plan, And Review Test Requirements, and Creating Test Plans and involved in Test Strategy documents.
• Implemented Data Driven automation test framework with Selenium WebDriver, Java and TestNG.
• Wrote test cases to handle Alerts on the web page.
• Performed Cross browser compatibility testing on Chrome, Firefox, IE browsers using TestNG.
• Performed Selenium Synchronization using Explicit & Implicit waits.
• Worked on Selenium GUI Object / element verification is done through XPath, CSS Locators.
• Used Firebug and Fire path for element identification while creating Page Object Repository.
• Worked in creation, preparation, and conduct of quality assurance reviews and contributed to the development and execution of test plans and test scripts.
• Implemented Page Object Model Automation framework with Java, Selenium and Web Driver.
• Involved in writing and executing the Test Cases and Test Suites using Java and Selenium WebDriver.
• Executed test cases and participated actively in System Integration Testing, and Regression Testing.
• Created and executed automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Database as source of Test Data.
• Created test reports generated out of TestNG and captured the error screenshots.
• Found Defects, prepared Defect Reports and Status Reports, Defect tracking using Rally.
• Shared Daily Status Reports with all the team members, Team Leads, Managers and Clients.
• Used Jenkins tool for continuous integration of the builds.
• Conducted backend testing using SQL queries to validate data for database and Used SQL queries for retrieving data from database for executing user specific test cases.
• Provided daily status report, defect matrices, daily updates to lead; provided daily status report on task assigned to the Project Manager/Client.

Confidential

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Environment:Java, Web Service, WSDL, XML, SoapUI, Selenium IDE, SeleniumWebdriver, Jenkins, Git, UAT, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Linux, SQL, Rally

Responsibilities:

• Developed the Automation Test Scripts in Selenium WebDriver using Java based on the design pattern Page Object Model for reusability.
• Prepared Test Cases using Data Driven, Hybrid, Modular, and Keyword Driven Framework in WebDriver.
• Prepared XML and Excel files for collection of data and Element Locators using object repository, used this in test suite with the help of APACHE POI library files.
• Created Maven Project using Maven build automation tool to create dependencies like wars, jars. Usage of plugins for invoking XML files.
• Triggered POM.XML files using Jenkins, Continuous Integration Tool to generate reports and to trigger periodically.
• Used GitHub, source code management tool for code re-usage, high portability extending scope of Automation Testing.
• Reviewing the Test Reports using TestNG framework.
• Responsible for developing and executing of manual test plan and test cases for Web Services SOAP and REST API testing.
• Worked with programmers to test the daily builds and reported bugs.
• Collaborated with development on test automation efforts to ensure that development supports the testing solutions.
• Performed functional, compatibility testing on different browsers like IE, Firefox & Chrome.
• Performed automation testing using Maven, GIT and Jenkins.
• Worked with Developers and Quality Assurance associates to identify and implement test suites/test cases for diverse projects.
• Prepared and executed Test Cases as per System Requirements and User Stories.
• Worked with Team members to develop TEST Plan document.
• Prepared and execution of test suite using Selenium.
• Participated in identifying the Test scenarios and designing the Test cases.
• Performed manual testing on some required modules.
• Performed various black box testing Methodologies like functional testing and Regression Testing.
• Defect Tracking and Reporting, logged defects using JIRA tool and reported it to the developer.
• Developed and executed Test cases, Tracked the status of project using HP Quality Center Test management tool.

Confidential

System Engineer

Environment: Mainframes - MVS, ESP, TSO/ISPF, CHANGEMAN, SPUFI, IBMUTILITIES, JCL.

Responsibilities:

• Actively monitor the nightly batch for deviation from normality.
• Provide support for the nightly batch cycle.
• Ensure minimum down time for batch window.
• Provide Break-Fix Support, Problem root cause analysis and identify the permanent fix.
• Involved in providing support for the nightly Test Batch.
• Timely Performance monitoring, forecasting and tuning.
• Developing tools for automation of ITE refresh and setting up process.