SUMMARY

• Around 9 years of experience as an IT QA Engineer with demonstrated Functional and Automation testing skills in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Insurance Domain
• 4+ years of experience in working for various clients in Canada
• Demonstrated experience in testing a variety of applications including Web based/Client Server/Standalone on various platforms using manual and automated testing
• Experienced in performed different types of testing including Regression, System Integration Testing (SIT), Performance, User Acceptance (UAT), Data Driven, Web Services and Navigation and GUI testing for various applications
• Experienced in developing Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Scenarios from business, technical and functional requirements, use cases and data models
• Well versed with SDLC and Test Life Cycle and experienced in agile and waterfall, TDD, BDD and pair programming
• Extensively used automated test tools including UFT, Quick Test Pro (QTP) 9.2, QTP 10, QTP11, Quality Centre/ALM, IBM Rational ClearQuest, Selenium, JMeter
• Experience working with various tools including RFT, VSTS 2010, OATS (Oracle Application Testing Suite E - Tester, E- Manager) and open source testing tools such as NUnit, Selenium RC, Bugzilla, NUnit, NCover, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Results oriented, with an ability to work with aggressive time lines for any assignment to successful completion within the established project schedule and budgetary constraints.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools: QTP 9.2, QTP 10.0, QTP 11.0, Selenium, OATS, RFT, HP-QC 9.5, HP- QC 11(ALM), IBM Rational ClearQuest, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, SoapUI, Postman

Languages & GUI: Java, JSP, .Net, HTML, XML, Java Script, VB Script

Database: SQL Server 2008, Oracle 8/9i/10g, IBM DB2

Servers: Tomcat, WebSphere application server 7.5, AS/400

Operating Systems: Windows 2007/XP/NT, Linux, Unix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led and managed the Agile Test Team
• Managed testing activities, test deliverables, task allocation and future release planning
• Attended requirement gathering meetings to understand scope of automation and testing
• Participated in user stories grooming sessions, sprint planning meetings, daily standups with scrum masters, product owners, product management and agile team members
• Analyzed, estimated and sized user stories to halp product owners in prioritizing stories
• Prepared Master test plan, test strategy and discussed testing goals for each sprint with the team, assigned user stories to document test cases and test data
• Worked on Test Planning, tracking and control
• Reviewed the test cases and test data for user stories based on acceptance criteria
• Ensured all the test estimates, test cases, test data, defects were documented in Jira by both testing as well as business team
• Coordination with business on test data setup and test environment availability
• Led and participated in retrospective meeting to discuss the problems during sprint, defining and prioritizing action items (project team and testing team)
• Performed hands on testing as required, automation script maintenance and debugging
• Performed performance testing for few Sprints using JMeter
• Performed Host defect triage to discuss severity with business and defect fixes with dev team
• Created and managed Jira Dashboards per Sprint to track overall test progress
• Shared weekly status report with the project team and Confidential management team
• Proposed, validated and implemented automated solution for Dataload. Trained business and development team to use it through Jenkins
• Represented testing team in Scrum of Scrums meeting and coordinated with management team to ensure problem identification, resolution, and tracking.
• Recommended quality improvements or changes to developing processes, procedures, and systems and software work products to correct potential deficiencies
• Ensured all the QA deliverables were reviewed and delivered according to the defined processes
• Coached and mentored testing team members in testing methodologies, documentation, compliance and best practices
• Created and reviewed testing release notes and exit report and distributed it to release management team, project team and stakeholders. Ensured dat all stakeholders signoff before deployment
• Performed daily automation regression suite setup, maintenance and test dashboard generation through Jenkins Jira integration
• Reviewed automated regression report, analyze failures and report bugs accordingly
• Triaged all reported bugs during each Sprint in every environment to ensure consistency across environments
• Determined staffing requirements, allocated staff accordingly, and ensured dat projects are staffed to succeed
• Performed the Sprint end Automation demo for project team and stakeholders
• Conducted regular weekly status meetings with onsite and offshore test team
• Identified Risk and worked on Mitigation planning
• Worked on Jira admin - Setup workflows with permissions, screen notification Jenkins build
• Drove continuous improvement in Test Coverage and Test TEMPeffectiveness

Environment: Selenium, Cucumber, Ant, GIT, Jira, Jenkins, Confluence, MS-Excel, SQL Server 2008

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a part of Test Center of Excellence halping different projects and teams within the bank with their testing needs
• Managed and lead QA team of 11-12 members including both onsite and offshore
• Worked on upgrading, enhancing, and maintaining generic test automation framework
• Worked on process improvement i.e. project estimates, standardizing test artifacts like Test Strategy document, Test planning checklist, Test exit reports
• Responsible for roll out of TDS test framework, halping project teams understand and adapt to the new framework
• Initiated and lead various initiatives within Confidential team like regular noledge sharing sessions and team building activities
• Actively involved in hiring and mentoring staff
• Worked on REST API testing POC using Postman and SoapUI
• Worked with the management team in halping project teams within the bank to setup and use Jira, Confluence, Jenkins
• Demonstrated and promoted Confidential automation framework and standard test artifacts to be used and adopted by different project teams within the bank
• Owned and maintained automation backlog, refinement, tracking and assignment of pending items to the team members and monitor the progress
• Drive retrospective meeting for QA team both onsite and offshore. Document and track progress, lessons learnt
• Attended various management related courses like Coaching fundamentals, Challenging Conversations, Delegation
• Created several testing related and business related noledge sharing documents on Confluence
• Worked on continuous integration between different projects through automation (end to end flow through automation using Jenkins automated jobs/pipeline)
• As part of Confidential worked on different tools and technology like ant, Selenium, Cucumber, Talend, Jira, Confluence
• Coordinated with management team to ensure problem identification, resolution, and tracking. Recommended quality improvements or changes to developing processes, procedures, and systems and software work products to correct potential deficiencies

Confidential

QA Developer

Responsibilities:

• Application understanding and identifying the major products and business flows for automation
• Review and enhance automation framework
• Involved in automation of Front Office and Back Office flows for all major products like - Spot, Swap, VDT, Cash, NDF, Time Options
• Create test cases and test scripts
• Involved in Test Data Creation
• Test Script Execution

Environment: QTP 11, MS- Excel, SQL Server 2008, HP-QC

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in defining and standardization of QA processes and approaches
• Analyzed project and requirement documents to identify test requirements
• Provide QA estimates for various modules
• Develop Master Test Strategy, Test Plan and Test Case Matrix
• Conduct walkthroughs for the designed test artifacts with the stakeholders and all the other teams to avoid scope deviation
• Test Execution and Defect Management
• Co-ordination with the development team for deployments, application and environment issues
• Worked collaboratively with business, development and the BA teams for continuous process improvement activities
• Mentoring the new team members and guide the entire team in their day to day activities
• Co-ordination between onsite and offshore team
• Performed cross browser testing and mobile testing
• Created the System Integration Testing (SIT) plan, and performed System Integration Testing (SIT) for various releases
• Continuous enhancement of the test suite to optimize test coverage
• Plan for defect review meetings on need basis
• Conduct retrospection meeting within the QA team after each release to identify strengths and areas of improvement
• Day to day status reporting to higher management on the various tasks, issues and risks
• Ensure successful completion within the established project schedule with good quality of deliverables
• Prepare Test Completion and Sign-Off reports
• Support the business team with UAT testing

Environment: IBM Rational ClearQuest, MS Excel, SQL Server 2008, .Net

Confidential

QA Lead, Technical Expert

Responsibilities:

• Provide estimates to the automation activities dat are performed
• Create and maintain Automation test cases using TRAVtest
• Regression execution using TRAVtest
• Test Solution Architect, solving technical queries and script issues
• Test script debugging
• Status reporting to the management
• Review the tasks dat are delivered from offshore
• Conduct peer review
• Involved in defect analysis
• Provide training to new team members
• Guided client UAT managers in designing of Test Plan and Test Schedules
• Assisted UAT testing team on issue clarification and resolution

Environment: TRAVtest 2.2, HP Quality Center 11.0, QTP 11.0, VBA

ERM Automation

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Test Automation Requirement gathering
• Business requirement review
• Provide estimates to the automation activities dat are performed
• Generate and publish Automation Plan
• Generating technical documents as per standard (feasibility document, approach document, scope document) and obtain sign-off
• Create and maintain Automation test cases from system specifications documents
• Design and Implementation of Test Automation Framework
• Test Solution Architect, solving technical queries and script issues
• Test script debugging
• Status reporting to the management
• Review the tasks dat are delivered from offshore before implementation
• Conduct peer review
• Provide training to new team members

Environment: QC 11.0, SQL Developer, MS Access, MS Excel, JIRA

QC Standardization

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Standardization Requirement Gathering
• Creating Standard template, with new fields and values
• Creating workflows
• Creating queries for report generation
• Implementing standardization process across all projects by adding fields, workflows, making them mandatory, testing, generation reports
• Technical support for QC related issues

Environment: QC 11.0, MS Excel

Tool Automation

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Test Automation Requirement gathering
• Test pack analysis and refinement
• Generate Automation Mapping document (application and test pack)
• Implementation of Test Automation Framework for automation of Window based application using QTP
• Generation scripts (using VB Scripting) for Application under Test
• Strong VB Scripting skills
• Efficient in test script debugging
• Business requirement review
• Involved in creation of Test plan, Test Script and Test Data for SIT and UAT testing
• Automation report preparation

Environment: QTP11.0, QC, VB Scripting, MS Excel

Confidential

FINANCIAL

Responsibilities:

• Test Automation Requirement gathering
• Involved in creation of test automation strategy and test plan
• Test Solution Architect, solving technical queries and script issues
• Hands-on experience in testing of (Wealth Management/Capital Markets products): Segregated Funds, Mutual Funds,Non-Registered (TFSA, LIF)/Registered (RRSP, RESP) Investments
• Create and maintain Automation test cases from system specifications documents
• Implementation of Test Automation Framework - automation of web-based application using QTP
• Generation scripts (using VB Scripting) for Application under Test and halping business users in Test Execution
• Strong VB Scripting skills
• Efficient in test script debugging
• Provide estimates and release plan for automation activities dat are performed
• Test Script maintenance and Test Data maintenance
• Test Management using QC and halping client with test management
• Prepare and maintain Defect Analysis Report and Defect Verification
• Conducted functional and regression testing during various phases of the project
• Prepare periodic defect analysis report
• Co-ordination with offshore team to get the task completed
• Business requirement review
• Involved in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of defects along with development, BA and other teams
• Performed System Integration Testing (SIT) for various modules and releases, identifying and raising defects via. HP Quality Center
• Report to the management and stakeholders on test development/execution, risk identification/assessment and escalations
• Review the tasks dat are delivered from offshore before implementation
• Assisted with UAT preparation and test support for UAT execution
• Complete understanding of the software system associated applications.
• Conduct peer review and provide sign-off on QA activities
• Gave training of product to new team members
• Generating technical documents as per standard
• Recommend software solution to client to re-engineer legacy system to new system
• Set up new and broader areas wherein Test Automation can be implemented
• Plan, coordinate and direct crucial Automation Testing projects, as per the specific requirements of our clients

Environment: QTP 10.0, QTP 11.0, QC, VB Scripting, MS Excel, XML

Automation of Sterling Plans Website

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application study and understanding
• Choosing appropriate automation framework (tSpike)
• Create and execute automation scripts using Selenium IDE
• Test data generation
• Integration and Regression testing of developed scripts
• Test Script and Test data maintenance
• Test Script Execution using NUnit
• Test Report generation using NCover and Emma

Environment: Test Automation Framework - tSpike, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Nunit, Ncover, Emma, Java, .Net

Automation of i-POP Application

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application functionality understanding
• Automation feasibility study
• Test Step document generation
• Test Script generation using VBScript
• Test Script execution
• Test Report generation
• Application functionality understanding
• Automation feasibility study
• Test Step document generation
• Test Script generation using VBScript
• Test Script execution
• Test Report generation

Environment: QTP 9.5, Internet Explorer 7.0, VB Script, SQL Server 2005, HP-QC.

Party Provider Application

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application study and understanding
• Choosing appropriate automation tool (QTP 9.2) and framework (FAST)
• Create and execute automation scripts in VB Scripting
• Test data generation
• Integration and Regression testing of developed scripts using QTP 9.2
• Comparative study between manual test cases creation and execution and automation scripts creation and execution in terms of effort.
• ROI generation
• Involved in design of keywords using RFT, and test script development and execution using RFT
• Test Script and Test data maintenance.

Environment: QTP 9.2, FAST (Framework for Automated Software Testing) SQL Server 2005, RFT, MS Excel, Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 1.0, HP-QC

Test Center Of Excellence

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a part of Test Center of Excellence ( Confidential ), halping different projects and teams within the organization with their testing needs
• Evaluated and performed POC on various automation testing tools like RFT and OATS
• Setup automation suite using E-Tester(OATS) and maintained regression suite using E-Manager(OATS)
• Worked on a POC for Web Service testing using SoapUI
• Worked on performance testing POC using Jmeter
• Worked on different RFS proposals and whitepaper

Environment: OATS, Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox, Oracle 10g, SoapUI, Jmeter