SUMMARY

• Comprehensive knowledge of all phases of Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile Scrum methodology.
• Experience with manual and automation testing of Desktop, Mobile, Web and Cloud (AWS and Azure) applications.
• Have worked for Walmart, Confidential, The Home Depot, Payless, and Ace Hardware clients.
• Worked in different levels of testing (Sanity Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing).
• Well versed in creation of Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Scenario, Test Case, Defect Report, and Test Summary Report.
• Skilled in understanding, analyzing and streamlining test requirements.
• Have experience in mobile testing Android and iOS devices. Well versed in debugging using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) commands.
• Have experience in testing Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
• Automation testing with Selenium IDE and Web driver (TestNG Framework) and HP UFT tools.
• Have experience in creating automation frameworks (Keyword Driven + Data Driven).
• Well versed in version control using GIT and BitBucket.
• Experience with scheduling jobs using Crons.
• Web Services and API testing of SOAP and RESTful services using Postman and SoapUI tools.
• Experience with Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers.
• ETL and Data Warehouse testing of batch jobs using Putty in validating the data extraction, transformation logic, mapping and loading the data into the database.
• Experience in creating VB Macros and Shell Scripts to minimize repeated manual tasks.
• Working experience with Virtual Machines like VMWare and Citrix.
• Experience in defect tracking and management tools - JIRA, HP ALM, BMC Remedy, BugZilla and ServiceNow.
• Implemented test metrics to communicate the status of testing for various types of Projects - Automation Coverage, Test Execution Coverage, Schedule Variance, Estimation Variance, Production Defect leakage.
• Work Experience with mobile testing - Android and iOS applications.
• Hands-on experience in Java, JavaScript, VB Script, WebSphere, Eclipse, Putty, WinSCP, Toad, SQL Developer.
• Experience in writing SQL queries to conduct database testing in Oracle 11g and 12c, Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience in hosting working sessions between multiple teams/vendors for troubleshooting the issues.
• As a QA test lead, experience in leading the QA team and completing the testing of complex projects with stringent timelines without any production leakages.
• Ability to think out of the box and possess strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Good communication skills and ability to work independently and proven ability to quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains, and technical applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Knowledge: Manual and Automation testing, Web services testing, ETL testing, Mobile testing, Database testing, UI and compatibilitytesting.

Operating System: Windows, UNIX, Linux, iOS and Chrome OS.

Programming Languages: Java

Scripting Languages: VB Script, JavaScript and Shell Script

Automation Tools: Selenium and HP UFT

Testing Frameworks: TestNG and CRAFT

Databases: Oracle 11g and 12c, Microsoft SQL Server

Other Utilities: Soap UI, Postman, Eclipse, WebSphere, WinSCP, Putty, Toad, SQL Developer

Defect Tracking Tools: JIRA, HP ALM/Quality Center, BMC Remedy, BugZilla and ServiceNow.

Domain Knowledge: Retail, Healthcare and Finance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Senior Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As an onshore test lead, created test strategy, test plan documents, effort estimation and walkthrough with business stake holders.
• Hosted daily defect triage call with business, dev and product owners for tracking the issues and took it to closure.
• Partnered with development, product management and the business to understand system requirements and translated the same to the offshore team to ensure accurate coverage of test cases.
• Identified, analyzed and reported product defects and assisted with resolution of regression testing.
• Prepared daily, weekly and monthly metrics reports which provides visibility to clients regarding the progression and deliverables status.
• Reviewed and walkthrough the test cases with business team.
• Managed offshore QA resources for ensuring timely project completion.
• Worked on release planning. Also involved in product backlog meetings, product reviews and deciding upon further course of action.
• Implemented test metrics to communicate the status of testing for various types of Projects - Automation Coverage, Test Execution Coverage, Schedule Variance, Estimation Variance, Production Defect leakage.
• Coordinated with scrum master, product owner, dev analysts and business owners for project activities.
• Implemented best practices and helped in enhancing the performance of the team.
• Created test summary/closure reports at the end of the testing phase for approval from all stakeholders.
• Performed testing integrating various third party applications like Address Standardization (Satori and USPS), Malvern (Shipping System), and McKesson (Automated Fulfilment System).
• Manual and automation testing of both Desktop and Cloud applications.
• Mobile testing of Android and iOS devices. Debugging using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) commands. Validation of Personally Identifiable Information(PII).
• Tracking defects with JIRA, HP ALM, BMC Remedy and ServiceNow.
• Testing EDI files for loading the data into the DB.
• Performed Cross browser compatibility testing of Cloud application across different browsers.
• Automated smoke test cases with Selenium tool using Javascript with TestNG framework.
• Version control of code using GIT and BitBucket.
• Involved in all the stages of Software Testing Life Cycle with Agile Methodology, Front end (GUI), Middleware/Server side testing and Database testing using SQL queries with Toad and SQL Developer tools.
• Performed Web Services and API testing of SOAP and RESTful services using Postman and SoapUI tools.
• Performed ETL and Data Warehouse testing of batch jobs.
• End to end testing co-ordination with multiple domains/channels.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created test plan and effort estimation and walkthrough with onsite coordinators.
• Lead the offshore QA team by assigning the daily tasks and tracking the EOD status.
• Hosted daily defect triage call with development team.
• Reviewed and walkthrough the test cases with onsite team.
• Created test summary/closure reports and reviewed with onsite counterpart.
• Manual and Automation testing of Web services using Soap UI tool and validated ETL batch jobs using Putty.
• Involved in database testing using SQL queries in Oracle 11g and 12c, Microsoft SQL Server.
• Created VB Macros and Shell Scripts to minimize repeated manual tasks.
• Involved in web services, ETL, functional, smoke and regression testing.
• Involved in automating regression test cases using HP UFT and Selenium.
• Prepared daily, weekly and monthly metrics reports which provides visibility to clients regarding the progression and deliverable status sharing it with onsite counterpart.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business and technical requirements and created test scenarios and test cases for validating the business requirements.
• Created automation scripts using VB script for running the regression test cases using HP UFT tool.
• Used SQL to mine data from the database as well as to manipulate the data.
• Executed the test cases and tracked the defects using HP ALM tool.
• Involved in testing mobile, windows and web applications.
• Involved in mobile testing of Android and iOS applications.
• Participated in daily defect triage call with development team.
• Involved in smoke, functional, automation and regression testing.
• Created test summary reports for the projects.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst Trainee

Responsibilities:

• Created test scenarios and test cases for testing the application.
• Executed test cases and reporting the end of day status to lead.
• Created defects and tracked it to closure using HP ALM tool.
• Automated smoke test cases using HP QTP tool.
• Created shell scripts for generating backend reports for validations.
• Created SQL queries against Database for data verification.