SUMMARY

• Over 13 years of expertise in QA, verification and validation, test management, test automation and test reporting activities.
• Excellent understanding of Agile methodology and actively participated in scrum meetings. Having good experience in working with Sprint cycles and releases in Agile methodology.
• Experience in developing tests using Selenium and other open source tools like JUnit.
• Experience in backend testing. Writing and executing complex database queries using SQL.
• Experience in designing and developing Behavior Driven Development (BDD) in Cucumber.
• Sound knowledge on Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in working with Test Management tools like Quality Center.
• Experience in working with Defect Management tools like Bugzilla and Quality Center.
• Experience in analyzing business requirements, use case documents and develop test strategy, test plan and test case documents accordingly.
• Experience in preparing Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Experience in functional domains like Service Lifecycle Management (Warranty), Storage domain.
• Experience in setting up cluster environments in Windows and UNIX systems.
• Experience in working on - site and offshore projects. Co-ordinated the projects from onsite.
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills, very strong in learning new technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Java, SQL

Scripting Languages: JavaScript

Data Interchange Format: XML, JSON, HTML

Testing Tools: Selenium, JUnit, SOAP UI, HP Win Runner, HP Load Runner, QTP and HP Test Director

Unit Testing Frameworks: JUnit

Browser Plug-ins: Firebug, Cookie Manager, REST client

Databases: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, MS-Access, DB2

Version Manager: Subversion, Mercurial, Star Team, Clear Case

Operating Systems: Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, IBM AIX

Other Tools & Libraries: TOAD, SQL Developer, Eclipse, Putty, WinSCP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Moline, IL

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading a team at offshore.
• Designing the test plan, test strategy and test approach for the project.
• Responsible for creating the test data.
• Taking care of Process compliance for the project at the organizational perspective.
• Responsible for training the team, ramping the resources for all assignments carried out at offshore.
• System testing, Integration testing, Functional testing, and Regression testing.
• Web Services testing using SOAP UI.
• RESTful Web Services testing using RESTClient plug-in in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
• Testing web interface using Selenium WebDriver and JUnit.
• Writing and executing SQL queries for backend testing.
• Preparing the metrics and observing the details of the test execution style.
• Establishing a weekly status call with the offshore team.
• Defect review and walkthrough for all the defects logged into the defect tracking system.
• Involved in defect triage meetings to resolve issues.
• Prioritizing the defects to ensure that the most critical issues are addressed first.
• Testing BI reports using Cognos Query Studio.

Environment: J2EE, XML, Java Scripts, IBM Web sphere Application Server 7.0, CLM Custom Framework, RAD 7, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 as backend databases.

Confidential, Moline, IL

Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Attending daily scrum meetings and participating in requirements gathering and analysis
• Preparing the test plan for different software components in the Host Infra project
• Preparing the test design specification documents for the user stories
• Performing test execution once the development is complete for the user stories
• Preparing the testing status document with the verification steps and screenshots
• Writing and executing SQL queries for backend testing.
• Updating the details and status for the user stories in Rally
• Testing web interface using Selenium WebDriver and Junit.
• Performing smoke testing activities after the deployment of components in different environments
• Attending sprint and release planning meetings to better understand the release plan and the goals to be achieved

Environment: Windows, DB2, MQ Series, WebSphere.

Confidential

Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test Plan and Test Cases
• Verification of Test Cases.
• Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Sanity testing, Installation testing, UI testing, System testing, Compatibility testing, Performance testing and Acceptance testing.
• Writing and executing SQL queries for backend testing.
• Defect report and Defect tracking using Quix PCT.
• Automating test cases using QTP.
• Cluster aware installation in different OS flavors of Windows, UNIX and Solaris systems.
• Handled a team of test associates.
• Co-ordinate with the team for QA activities.
• Replicate customer issues and provide reports.

Environment: Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista/Longhorn, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MaxDB, Informix, Sybase, SAP BR*tools, Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, EVA.

Confidential

Test Engineer/QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test plan and Test cases.
• Verification of Test Data.
• Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Sanity testing, Installation testing, System testing, Web testing, UI testing, Compatibility testing, Performance testing.
• Writing and executing SQL queries for backend testing.
• Testing the product with tools such as IBExpert and Macro Scheduler.
• Defect reporting and defect tracking user StarTeam.
• Installation of HP Open View on Solaris and Windows. Configuring for data collection.
• Co-ordinate with team for QA activities as Test Engineer and later as Test Lead.
• Replicate customer issues and provide reports.

Environment: JSP, JAVA, VC++, InterBase/FireBird, Oracle, SQL Server, HP Open View NNM, NetIQ, OVO, iWatch, Remedy HelpDesk, HP Service Desk, Oracle iSupport

Confidential

Test Engineer/QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible in managing a team of test associates.
• Preparation of Test Plan.
• Reviewing and validating Test Cases.
• System testing, Installation testing, and Regression testing.
• Defect reporting and Defect tracking using Findings Tracking System.
• Automate the testing using WinRunner.
• Preparing Test Data for creating Test Bed.
• Preparing of Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Replicating customer issues and coordinating with developers for the release of the product.

Environment: VC++, WinRunner, QuickBooks

Confidential

Test Engineer/QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Functional testing, Integration testing, Performance testing
• Defect reporting and Defect tracking using Bugzilla.
• Coordinating with other QA members.

Environment: VBA, MS Excel.

Confidential

Test Engineer/QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Functional testing, Integration testing, System testing, and Installation testing.
• Defect reporting and Defect tracking using Bugzilla.
• Coordinating with other QA members.

Environment: JAVA, BMC Patrol Application