PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Overall 11+ years of industry experience as a Quality Analyst.
• Analyzing requirements, Planning test events and creating Test Strategy, Test plans, Test Scenarios,Test cases, Test Data, Estimations, Assign and check in work, Participating and conducting requirements, design, test cases and test results walkthroughs/reviews, Writing and executing test scripts (Manual & Automation), Analyzing results and pinpointing problems, Reporting bugs, Defect management, Documenting test results, Issues and Risk management, Purely onsite and distributed onshore - offshore work co-ordination, daily defects & execution status tracking and reporting test metrics to PM, steering committee and stakeholders, and mentor test team.
• Working hands-on across multiple platforms from client-server based systems to web applications using both Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.
• Performed all types of testing including Functional, Integration, System, Regression, Accessbility, User Acceptance, Sanity, Database, GUI testing, browser and operating system compatibility.
• Proficient in creating, maintaining and executing automation test scripts for all types of testing using Java concepts(OOPS)
• Strong experience in database testing for data verification and data validation of business data per business requirements and rules. Good understanding and working noledge of testing Relational Databases (Oracle, DB2, WinSQL) and proficient in writing SQL queries.
• Work with Business Owners and Business SME's (Subject Matter Experts) to understand business objectives or problems, perform business analysis, recommend solutions based on customer/user needs and creating user stories in teh JIRA backlog for teh development teams.
• Having good experience in creating POM (page object model) design pattern using Python, created Data driven framework and generated TESTNG, HTML and Extent Reports.
• Experience with web services testing using SOAP UI/WSDL/XPATH/JSON and REST API using Swagger and good in analyzing teh Log files( both HTML, XML) for multiple records.
• Strong experience in analyzing business rules, systems in identifying or creating test data for system and integration testing. Identifying teh current systems’ and data dependencies in creating TEMPeffective test data. Creation and maintenance of test data needed for testing using automation and manual scripts.
• Working experience in Healthcare, Property & Casualty (Auto/Home) Insurance, Unemployment Insurance and Jail System.
• Defects tracking and management using tools like Test Director, Quality Center, Bug Tracker, Pivotal Tracker, TFS and Jira.
• Working in continuous integration (CI) and Continuous deployment (CD) processes(CI/CD) using Jenkins.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Eclipse, TFS(Team Foundation Server), HP Quality Center, HP ALM, Jira, Zephyr, SOUPUI PRO, Swagger UI, SmartBear Test Complete, Sharepoint, MS Office,Jenkins(continues integration/continuous delivery ), GITHUB, Eclipse, etc.

Software Languages: OOPS concepts, JSON,HTML and XML, Java 8, Python, Java, TestNG, Maven, Selenium Web-drivers, JSON.

DB Servers: WinSQL server mgmt. Studio, SQL developer, Green Plum, Oracle DB, Control-M.

Environment: s: Windows XP/Vista/Win7, Mainframes, Linux,Mac.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr.QA Analyst/Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyze business and functional requirements and prepare project estimations, also developed automation test plan document and create high level test scenarios for both positive and negative tests.
• Attend daily scrum meetings, Sprint planning meetings and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Expertise in selenium test automation using Selenium WebDriver, Eclipse, TestNG, Maven, GitHub, Jenkins and Listeners.
• Involved in building automation framework from scratch and created automation test scripts using Selenium Web Driver (TestNG) for UI, regression, Smoke and Functional test suits and participated in designing different frameworks like Hybrid and Data Driven Frameworks using Page Object Model (POM) design for better code reusability & maintenance.
• Good experience in creating custom Xpaths, TestNG annotations and Assertions.
• Performed parallel browser testing and cross browser testing for different applications and generated good reports using like Extent reports, HTML and TestNG reports with teh halp of Listeners class.
• Experience in validating SOAP and REST based web services with teh halp of Swagger, POSTMAN and verify teh data at teh back end by writing SQL queries and Log files.
• Used Maven for build management and Jenkins for continuous integration of teh builds.
• Attend sprint plan meetings, daily scrum meetings and retrospective meetings for teh new sprint.
• Conduct defect triage meeting with teh team to prioritize teh defects and assign teh release number for each defect with teh fix version using teh defect tracking tool JIRA and TFS.
• Performed testing using different tools like: SpiraPla, Jira Zephyr, toad, SQL developer, WINSQL, MTM, TFS(team foundation server) soap UI tool, xml and SharePoint.
• Analyzed and estimated testing needs, define scope, and prioritize teh testing within teh context of each project or release. Analyze business rules and documentation to clearly identify and prepare test scenarios and cases.
• Analyze business rules and documentation to clearly identify and prepare test scenarios and cases, and to define and specify test data.
• Very proficient in testing backend using: SOAP UI tool, REST API, POSTMAN, Swagger, XML files, HTML files and verify in data bases.
• Manage business application system testing and post production verification and Design, develop and maintain comprehensive testing documentation including but not limited to test plan, test strategy, test cases and scenarios, and traceability matrix.
• Setup test data and execute defined test cases and scenarios and Log test results and, as needed, defects.
• Provide detailed defect reporting through formal defect tracking including defect analysis, replication and verification and root cause analysis.
• Working in continuous integration (CI) and Continuous deployment (CD) processes (CI/CD) using Jenkins.

Environment: and tools: Java 8, XML,SQL server, MS Office,HTML, Windows XP/Vista/Win7, JIRA, Share Point, Oracle DB, IDQ,APEX, Selenium Webdrivers, Eclipse, Control-M, Cloud JIRA, SpiraPlan, Zephyr,Swagger, POSTMAN,SOAPUI, REST API,Rabbit-MQ, Jail Tracker,Git-Hub, Jenkins, Maven, TFS, MTM SOAP UI, REST API, Swagger,XML and HTML.

Confidential, MO

Sr.QA Analyst/Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Web-based application projects delivered using Agile management methodologies.
• Work with Business Owners and Business SME's (Subject Matter Experts) to understand business objectives or problems, perform business analysis, recommend solutions based on customer/user needs and gather requirements to develop functional requirements for development teams.
• Involved in end-to-end testing which includes - prepare project estimations for both me/S and business testing teams, prepare RTM (requirement tractability matrix), provide Sign off to me/S team on me/S test plan, test strategy, high level scenarios, smoke test cases, regression test cases, integration test cases and functional test cases.
• Analyze and validate teh business rules to develop test plans, test procedures, test strategy document and high-level use case scenarios and test cases for UAT (User Accepting Testing). Participate in different kinds of testing phases which includes system testing, usability testing, Integration testing, functional, smoke, regression testing, system testing, UAT testing, end-to-end, automation and web-services API testing and Microservices testing using different tools like SOAPUI, REST API, Swagger, POSTMAN and managed different systems and involved in production support.
• Involved in creating a data driven framework using selenium webdrivers with java concepts and followed page object model (POM) design pattern for TESTNG framework.
• Using different TestNG annotations, webdriver methods and Java OOPS concepts for creating classes. Using GIT for code reviews and Jenkins for build releases.
• Attend sprint plan meetings, daily scrum meetings and Sprint Planning meetings for teh new sprint.
• Conduct defect triage meeting with teh team to prioritize teh defects and assign teh release number for each defect with teh fix version using teh defect tracking tools like JIRA, TFS.
• Prepare weekly status reports and send them to my reporting mangers along with teh team status.
• Have good exposure to DevOps principals.
• Have good communication skills, excellent Analytical skills and problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Proficient in creating user documentation to facilitate teh transfer of noledge
• Working in continuous integration (CI) and Continuous deployment (CD) processes (CI/CD) using Jenkins.

Environment: and tools: Java, XML,SQL server, MS Office, HTML, Windows XP/Vista/Win7, JIRA, Share Point, Oracle DB, IDQ,APEX, Selenium Webdrivers, Eclipse, SOAP UI,REST API,POSTMAN,Swagger, Cloud JIRA, TFS, MTM, Git-Hub, Jenkins, Maven, system Hub Console, LISA, TOAD, TFS, XML and HTML.

Confidential -Houston, TX

QA test

Responsibilities:

• Understand and analyze teh business requirements to identify teh testable requirements.
• Prioritize requirements based on teh timeline expectations and create traceability matrix.
• Managing onshore and offshore QA tasks and acting as a liaison between offshore and client.
• Create test plan, strategy documents, do project estimations, review test execution results and gain signoff from business.
• Monitor teh defects and conduct defect triage meeting with teh team and prepare status reports.
• Conduct root-cause analysis of teh defects.
• Work with manager and coordinate with stakeholders to make go or no-go decision based on test results

Environment: Java, XML,SQL server, HTML, Windows XP/Vista/Win7, JIRA, TFS, Share Point, Oracle DB, QC, Word, Excel.

Confidential -Newark, DE

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Work with Business Owners and Business SME's (Subject Matter Experts) to understand business objectives or problems, perform business analysis, recommend solutions based on customer/user needs and creating user stories in teh JIRA backlog for teh development teams.
• Involved in requirements gathering and created business processes documents and functional requirement documents
• Responsible for strategically planning and estimation of testing events, creation and execution of test cases, documentation of test results, and review of test cases and results. Responsible for teh creation of test plan/test strategy documents and conducting review meeting/walkthroughs with teh stakeholders.
• Responsible for testing readiness that includes test environment readiness, test data availability, signed-off artifacts availability and coordinating with other teams (Development, Business) for readiness.
• Proficient in Water fall /Agile methodology.
• Participated in all kinds of testing phases which includes: functional testing, regression testing, security testing, System testing, UAT(User Accepting Testing) testing, end to end testing, Integration testing, IVR testing, Smoke testing, Web Services and Automation testing using Selenium WebDrivers.
• Mentoring teh testing team with requirements/stories walkthrough/understanding and providing guidance for functional testing scenarios.
• Performed testing via SOAP UI, REST API, XML files and verify in different data bases (ADL and ODI Databases).
• Involved in creating processes document, test plan, test strategy, high level test scenarios, test cases and test data for UAT.
• Participated in requirements walkthroughs, design walkthroughs for proper planning and testing. Extensively interacted with developers, Business Analysts & management teams to understand teh project business requirements and design document specifications.
• Analyzing teh business requirements/rules in creating or identifying test data needed for testing. Run various SQL queries to identify teh test data from teh current systems based on testing needs.
• Developed complex SQL queries for querying data against different data bases for data verification process and also performed backend database testing.

Environment: and tools: Java, XML, SQL server, HTML,XML,SOAPUI,REST API, MS Office,Windows XP/Vista/Win7, JIRA, Share Point, Oracle, DB2, Greenplum, IDQ, JIRA, Toad, SQL Developer, WinSQL, SQL Plus,Hive.

Confidential -Edison, NJ

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Defined a strategy for implementing new automation tool Smartbear TestComplete. Performed planning and estimation of teh effort required.
• Installation and configuration of TestComplete automation tool.
• Participated in Requirements and Design walkthroughs for thorough test planning, estimation and execution.
• Conducted Test plan and test case walkthrough meetings with teh development and business teams.
• Assign and managed on-shore, off-shore tasks. Track daily/weekly testing progress, manage defects and report test metrics.
• Analyzed business requirements, functional designs, created test cases & RTM, executed test cases, analyzed results, reported bugs and documented test results.
• Designed and developed TestComplete automation test scripts from scratch for web and Client-server based applications using different methods, Object Mapping and within Keyword Driven Automation framework and Data Driven Testing. Also converted keyword tests to scripts.
• Executed test automation scripts for functional testing of their applications and critical modules. Also reviewed teh test scripts developed by teh team.
• Performed Database Testing using SQL in order to check teh data validation and data Integrity
• Performed Functional testing that included both positive and negative test scenarios.
• Extensively used JIRA for scheduling test and defect tracking
• Reported defects using JIRA and interacted with teh development & Business teams to resolve any defects/issues
• Assisted with user-acceptance testing and defect tracking for release.
• After completion of Final Regression cycles, concentrated on User Accepting testing (UAT) to correct feedback in two types of approaches such as Alpha Testing and Beta Testing.
• Worked closely with teh QA Manager and to discuss/decide major activities, scopes and milestones in teh QA life cycle

Environment: Java, XML, SOAP UI, SQL server, HTML, Windows XP/Vista/Win7, JIRA, Share Point, TOAD, Smart Bear - Test Complete 10.0, Oracle, SQL Server.