SUMMARY

• ISTQB certified Senior QA Analyst with 9 years of experience with full SDLC experience including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes, functional, integration, end to end, regression and UAT
• Expert in Test Automation utilizing Worksoft Certify, UFT (QTP) and Performance Testing utilizing Webload, Loadrunner and Certify Performance Manager
• Expert in utilizing Quality Center, Mantis, Star Team, Caliber and JIRA for requirement analysis and defect tracking
• Strong SQL skills and expert in MSSQL and Oracle
• More than 4 years of experience in leading/coordinating the Test team, and implementing the End to End test strategy
• Experience working with a cross - functional team including product owner, development managers, scrum masters to execute testing within an extremely fast-paced agile environment
• Strong Functional knowledge on Biotech (Agriculture), Tax & Revenue, Telecom, Banking & Finance, ERP domains
• Expert in utilizing Microsoft office tools
• Strong Knowledge of Selenium Web driver
• Ability to code in Java using IDE’s like IntelliJ and Eclipse
• Good understanding of BDD and ATDD frameworks like Jbehave
• Experience in web service testing using SOAP UI
• Good understanding of XML and web services
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Quick learner, Positive attitude, believes in team work and decision making by consensus, effective team player
• Ability to adapt to new skills and technologies and dedicated to maintaining high quality standards

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test Automation: UFT(QTP), Certify, Loadrunner, Webload, Winrunner, Selenium Webdriver

Defect Tracking: Quality Center, JIRA, SBM, Mantis, StarTeam

Programming Languages: JAVA, XML

Development Tools: Eclipse, IntelliJ, Junit, testNG

Database/Client: MSSQL, Oracle, TOAD, SQL Developer

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, RUP

Framework: Jbehave, testNG

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Senior QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and execute test plans/test cases for Functional, System Integration, End to End, Regression and User Acceptance Test
• Analyze the sprint requirements and define the scope of Test automation
• Setup the domain handoff sessions
• Involved in setting up the Automation Framework for Functional Automation
• Developed and maintain automated regression test cases
• Automated the System Integration workflows using Worksoft Certify
• Involved in the evaluation of UFT (QTP) for various applications
• Created various custom object methods for handling the automation challenges
• Created the driver scripts, Test scripts, Layouts, Record sets for Data driven testing
• Implemented performance points within the Automated Test scripts to identify the behavior of the application across various screens
• Identified and created the reusable automated scripts
• Created automated test scripts for Data creation which save time for manual testers
• Created, executed and automated the smoke test scripts
• Setting up the workflow automation on the Automation On Demand(AOD) tool for the users
• Develop and execute Load and Performance test scripts using Web Load for PPQ
• Developed SQL Queries to query the database to test the back end process of the application
• Executed Automated test scripts for each sprint
• Update the sprint status and report the defects to developers using JIRA
• Coordinated with the offshore team for domain and automation handoff
• Performed Content Merge for test execution across various environments
• Testing web services using SOAP UI
• Active contribution in Sprint planning, sprint review, Sprint retrospective and daily scrum meetings
• Review and update the product and sprint backlog using JIRA
• Recovered more than 130 manual hours every release by executing the Automation scripts

Environment: Windows 7, Java1.6.0 31, JRE 6, jdk1.6.0 38, IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.1, testNG, Apollo 13.4, Oracle 10g, Subversion, Selenium Webdriver, Chrome driver, Firefox driver, UFT 11.5, Webload 10.1.082, JIRA Agile 6.3,SQL Developer, Worksoft Certify 8.7,SOAP UI 4

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Test Lead/Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Develop test strategies, test plans, test cases, test data, test coverage matrix for manual, automated test execution
• Interact and adapt to the Client requirements
• Identify, analyze, and respond to project risks
• Leading test team in the efforts of verifying and validating product deliverables
• Participate in Requirements Review Walkthrough and provide sign off to baseline requirements
• Maintain requirements traceability matrix and conduct necessary reviews to ensure test cases appropriately translate and map to requirements
• Conduct reviews of test plan, test cases, and prepare test results
• Work closely with Product Development and Product Management to define, research, correct, and retest defects
• Develop and execute test cases and test scripts for GUI testing of SCITS application
• Performed Functional, Regression Testing of WH, Sales, EFT and Misc tax processing on SCITS application
• Designed and Implemented Integration test plan to validate the functional flow between Mainframe (legacy) and the new application (.Net)
• Verification of Integration Test Results on Mainframe application
• Created Automation scripts using QTP
• Created and maintained Requirements using Quality center
• Created modify and update functional and regression tests in Quality Center
• Defined new test plan attributes as per the AUT
• Maintained and enhanced the automated Test scripts for each release
• Design the Test scripts/cases for the UAT scenarios
• Identify the test data for the UAT execution and perform Test execution of the UAT scenarios, Identify and report defects
• Communicate the risks and issues in test execution and analysis to the management
• Provide the application training to the users

Environment: .NET, HTML, IE6.0, Oracle Enterprise 9i, Toad 8.3, MSSQL, Sybase, Windows, QTP, Quality Center, UNIX, Mainframe, Caliber, Silk Central, Blaze Advisor, Star team, Automize

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Designed Master Test Plan/Test Strategy for End to End Testing
• Perform risk and control self assessments using the tool
• Leading the test team
• Performed Tool Evaluation and suggested the necessity for Automation to decrease the manual regression testing efforts and cost
• Involved in designing Automation Framework
• Test Automation using QTP for the online banking application
• Enhanced the Quick Test Scripts using parameterization, checkpoints, regular expressions and output values.
• Recorded and designed the test steps needed in Quality centre to recreate the symptoms so that developers may reproduce and isolate the cause of defects.
• Defect Tracking, reporting and maintenance using Quality center
• Creation and Maintenance of Automated test scripts
• Load and Performance testing using Load runner
• Analyzed the Non Functional Requirements for load testing
• Defining the measurable goals for the load test
• Documented all relevant test information before building load tests
• Planned for Transactional concurrency
• Troubleshooting generator connectivity issues
• Configuring Run-time settings based on load testing goals
• Creating scenarios for the identified quantitative goals
• Selecting performance monitors to achieve load test goals
• Identified bottlenecks and suggested necessary performance improvements
• Design and create the Test Cases/ Scenarios for UAT
• Test execution of UAT scenarios
• Maintain requirements traceability matrix
• Identify and log Test Case defects in Quality center
• Provide test execution status on daily basis to the UAT Manager

Environment: Java, J2EE, Struts, JavaScript, JSP, Java Beans, EJB, Servlets, JDBC, HTML, XML, JAXP, UNIX, MSSQL,QTP, Quality center

Confidential

Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Test team in implementing End - End testing of the application
• Designed Master Test Plan/Test Strategy for End to End Testing
• Design Release Test strategy and plan
• Create Test Closure reports post release
• Perform risk and control self assessments using the tool
• Performed Tool Evaluation and suggested the necessity for Automation to decrease the manual regression testing efforts and cost
• Designed Automation Framework
• Involved in reviews with business, development and user teams and reported bugs
• Participated in review meetings and walkthroughs with development and Business Analysts and received sign off for every release.
• Organizing sanity Checks on the confirmed test environment
• Reporting Daily Updates to On site Release Managers & Test Manager
• Provide test execution status on daily basis to the UAT Manager
• Preparation of GO Advice Reports, Progress report, test closure report
• Acquired knowledge of the application and created Test Design documents
• Transferred Knowledge to team by scheduling C-Portal Sessions
• Created Test Cases and Test Procedures and ensured that they met the Test Specifications
• Involved in functional and system testing and reported results clearly and accurately using Quality Center.
• Created Test Cases from the requirements and design documents
• Test Automation using QTP
• Enhanced the Quick Test Scripts using parameterization, checkpoints, regular expressions and output values.
• Defect Tracking, reporting and maintenance using Quality center
• Creation and Maintenance of Automated test scripts
• Identified bottlenecks and suggested necessary performance improvements
• Design, create and execute the Test Cases/ Scenarios for UAT
• Maintain requirements traceability matrix

Environment: NET, HTML, IE6.0, Oracle Enterprise 9i, Toad 8.3, MSSQL, Sybase, Windows, QTP, Quality Center, Load runner, UNIX, XIB, Clarify CRM, Amtrix, Arbor

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided quality assurance expertise in all development projects from initiation through implementation
• Plan testing efforts, review project deliverables, develop and coordinated test cases and associated test scripts
• Provide training to the team members on Automation tools
• Performed system, integration testing, performance and user acceptance testing.
• Performed Backend testing by writing SQL queries
• Design and enhance Automated scripts using Winrunner
• Escalation of project issues and risks to the management
• Defect tracking and management using Test Director
• Analyzed the Non Functional Requirements for load testing
• Gather and study the system usage information
• Defining the measurable goals for the load test
• Documented all relevant test information before building load tests
• Planned for Transactional concurrency
• Troubleshooting generator connectivity issues
• Configuring Run-time settings based on load testing goals
• Generating V-user scripts
• Creating scenarios for the identified quantitative goals
• Selecting performance monitors to achieve load test goals
• View and collected statistics during scenario execution
• Isolating Top Time transactions
• Involved in Root Cause Analysis
• Generating Performance Reports

Environment: eNcompass (ERP), Java, J2EE, Struts, JavaScript, JSP, Java Beans, EJB, JDBC, HTML, XML, JAXP, UNIX, MSSQL, Test Director, Winrunner, Loadrunner 7.5, PIV Xeon, Windows 2000 Server, ASP.NET, IIS and SQL Server 2000