SUMMARY

• Have 12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and implementing QA methodologies. Experienced in all stages of Software Testing Life Cycle.
• 12+ years of widespread experience in Manual & Automated testing.
• 6 years of experience as Test Lead, leading and managing geographically distributed and multi - vendor teams.
• Successfully built QA teams from scratch by implementing QA best practices & standards and making timely and TEMPeffective QA deliverables.
• Extensive experience with Test Strategy development, Defect Triage and Root Cause Analysis for major programs utilizing Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Proficient in performing Front-end, Back-end and API testing.
• Expertise in System/Integration/End-to-end/Regression/Compatibility/Responsive Design/Data Integration & Warehouse Testing of Web and windows based applications.
• Developed automation frameworks & scripts using a variety of tools like QTP/UFT/SoapUI/Selenium WebDriver.
• TEMPEffectively created automation suites that involve validation of databases and content management system (Adobe Experience Manager).
• Helped teams in establishing/increasing test coverage by introducing automation in challenging areas like PDF comparison and Sitemap validation.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, presentation and communication skills along with dynamic troubleshooting skills.
• Strong leadership qualities with an ability to work as part of a team.
• Flexible to learn and work on any technology.
• Ability to perform Manual, Automation & Performance Testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools: QTP/UFT, Load Runner, SoapUI, Ready API, Selenium WebDriver, HP ALM, Jira, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Postman, Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Toad, Test Link, Clear Quest, Silk Test

Languages/Technologies: C, JAVA, VBScript, SQL, PL/SQL, 4Test, Groovy, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Database: Oracle

Operating System: Windows -2000/2003/XP/7/8/10

Data Warehousing: IBM Data Sage (ETL), MicroStrategy & Business Objects (Reporting)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Test Lead

Environment: Java, HTML5, CSS 3, JavaScript, AJAX, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead for GIS (Global Investment Services) team
• Built a fully functional QA team from scratch and established a standard QA process
• Mentored team members to adopt QA Best Practices and Standards
• Introduced regular testing cycles for releases, theirby lowering teh number of defects identified in production
• Created a complete suite of regression & system tests (manual)
• Defined priority for test cases/scripts to easily adapt to teh release cycles
• Initiated and developed regression automation suites (UFT/SoapUI/Selenium WebDriver/TestNG), to achieve maximum coverage
• Developed automation scripts to validate RESTful services (JSON) running in AWS cloud, with AEM JCR (content management system); first of its kind for teh team
• Provide Estimates & Timelines
• Work with Managers on (QA) resource plan
• Provide Test Plan (Includes Performance/Cross browser/Responsive Design testing)
• Perform test execution, defect logging and reporting
• Build custom test reports as requested by project managers/leads
• Assist UAT team with test planning and test case creation
• Work closely with Product Owners, Business Users, Analysts & Developers
• Project #2

Confidential

Senior Automation Engineer

Environment: Java, Flex, Reporting (Business Objects) & Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Senior Automation Engineer for Report Rationalization project
• Built automation suites for configuration UI (Flex) using UFT
• Built a PDF comparison script (UFT), which aligns teh PDF files based on keywords and compares them; dis custom script helped to compare 1000 plus reports for each regression cycle (monthly) and other emergency pushes
• Assist business users to validate teh reports
• Provide Estimates & Timelines for automation effort
• Develop/Update/Execute Regression scripts for RAP, WIP and PDF Comparison
• Perform Test Execution and Defect Logging
• Work closely with Business Users, Analysts & Developers

Project #3

Confidential

Test Functional Lead

Environment: COTS, Java, .Net, ETL, Reporting & Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Test Functional Lead for PPBU (Power Procurement Business Unit)
• Report to Test Manager and Development Manager for PPBU
• Provide resource plan (onsite & offshore) for all ongoing projects
• Provide testing estimates and work with project managers on work allocation
• Plan and provide testing timelines for ongoing projects
• Review release notes from (COTS) product vendor to plan and estimate effort
• Work with teh project team & vendor to review release schedule
• Work closely with vendor to coordinate testing in their sandbox environment
• Conduct defect triages with vendor
• Prepare Master Test Plan for each program
• Conduct internal/external reviews of testing artifacts such as Test Case Design and Test Scripts
• Coordinate with Project Analysts & Developers to set up test environment/data
• Develop/Maintain Automation scripts in QTP for each product release
• Develop Performance scripts in Load Runner
• Have internal checkpoints for testing team to monitor progress
• Monitor testing progress closely and mitigate risks /road blocks if any
• Responsible for reporting testing status to key stakeholders & management
• Provide system testing approvals for release deployments
• Conduct internal defect triage meetings
• Assist with UAT by setting up test environment/data
• Conduct UAT check point discussions
• Coordinate closely with business users to document and use day in life scenarios for testing
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis upon project closure and publish metrics to PMO

Project #4

Confidential

Test Analyst

Environment: Java, ETL, Reporting & Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Test Analyst for Green House Gas Tracking System project
• Provide Estimates, Timelines & Resource plan (includes offshore)
• Develop Test Plan & Test Strategy
• Coordinate with Project Analysts & Developers to set up test environment/data
• Conduct internal/external reviews of testing artifacts such as Test Case Design and Test Scripts
• Conduct defect triage meetings
• Conduct UAT check point discussions
• Create status reports
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis upon project closure and publish metrics to PMO

Project #5

Confidential

Test Analyst

Environment: Java, ETL, Reporting & Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Test Analyst for Data Management project
• Develop Test Plan & Test Strategy
• Attend daily scrum meetings to report progress
• Coordinate with Project Analysts & Developers to set up test environment/data
• Conduct internal/external reviews of artifacts such as Test Case Design and Test Scripts
• Perform back-end data validation for CDS & PDR (DI & DW) systems
• Validate Adhoc and Canned reports built in MicroStrategy & Business Objects; Validation is done for prompts, layout and content
• Conduct defect triage meetings with project team
• Create and publish status reports
• Create and publish requirement traceability matrix
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis upon project closure and publish metrics to PMO

Project #6

Confidential

Test Automation Engineer

Environment: Java

Responsibilities:

• Test Automation Engineer for Rosetta project
• Generate test plan and test case design
• Automate regression suite using Silk Test
• Automate teh process of updating test results in Test Link using Silk Test
• Develop and maintain test scripts
• Execute test cases
• Create and track defects to closure
• Publish status reports