SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of experience in Lead Quality Assurance/Testing and Analysis with emphasis on Functional Testing, System Testing, Black Box Testing and Regression testing of Web based, Customer facing and Mobile using Waterfall and Agile Frameworks
• 4+ Years of experience as QA Lead by leading the multiple projects, driving technical decisions throughout the project and primary point of contact for Business team, IT Development group and Onsite/Offshore coordination
• Extensive experience in Manual Testing that includes Design Test Plan, Test Strategy and Test cases based on Business Requirement Document, System Requirement Specifications and Functional Specifications
• 2+ years of experience in Mobile apps (Native / Hybrid version) testing using Perfecto Cloud Mobile Technology with extensive device testing( Tablets, ipad, Mobile etc) across iOS and Android platforms.
• Professional experience in working E - Commerce, Insurance, Healthcare and Retail domains
• Experienced in Application, Integration, System, Compatibility, Regression, Roll-out Testing, Smoke and User Acceptance testing
• Experience in Unix/Linux platforms
• Excellent troubleshooting, Test management and Communication (Verbal and Technical), Presentation and Reporting skills
• Experience in the following areas:
• Analysing Requirements during the requirements analysis phase of projects
• Review Test Cases document, System Integration and User Acceptance prepared by test engineers
• Single point of contact between Development and Testers for iterations, Testing and deployment activities
• Tracking Project Plan, Schedule, Efforts, Resources, Testing Activities, Test Results, Test Coverage, defects discovered and their Status for the successful deliveries
• Coordinating with Offshore team members on regular basis to track the status
• Ensuring content and structure of all Testing documents/Artifacts are documented and maintained in HP ALM (Test Management Tool)
• Document, implement, monitor, and enforce all processes and procedures for testing is established as per standards defined by the organization
• Collecting data for Senior Management Review and Monthly Business Review deck by sending Project Health status to Senior Management and Client
• Proficient in the tasks of Bug tracking and Reporting using HP ALM and JIRA
• Expert in team handling of 6-8 people in testing
• Providing the domain Knowledge Transfer/Trainings to newly joined Team members

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows NT/95/98/2000/XP/7, UNIX/LINUX, Mac

Defect Tracking: HP ALM, JIRA, Firebug, Clear Cache, Rally

Databases: Oracle 10 & 11g

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center 9.0/11.0 (ALM), JIRA

Mobile Technology: Hybrid, Kony Native applications (Kony IDE and Sync server)

Web services: SOAPUI, web (Http/Html) and SAP (GUI & Web)

Version Controller: Confluence

CRM’s: JDA (Merchandise Management systems - MMS)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, King of Prussia- PA

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirement (User Stories), User Cases and Software Specification Requirements to achieve better understanding of the Application
• Prepared the Test Plan and Testing Strategies for Data Warehousing Application
• Reviewed and validated test scripts prepared by team
• Thorough out the project in various iterations/Sprints - conducted system testing, integration testing, functional testing and Integration testing
• Generation of test data using Oracle 11g database, Catman and Clear Cache.
• Test Bed setup setting up Promotions, Product Management, Inventory setup etc
• Oversee and manage assignments, working closely with offshore resources. Report status and escalate issues as needed.
• Defect Triage Meeting - Work effectively with Dev teams to get the issues/defects resolved
• Run automation job through Jenkins as per schedules across Test Environments as a part of Regression testing.
• Perform UAT for DSP client in UAT environment.
• Extensively worked with flat files and excel sheet data sources. Wrote scripts to test the flat files data in the databases,
• Maintaining status reports and communicating with the Management regarding progress of work

Environment: Rally, JIRA Confluence, Catman Tools, SQL Database, Clear Cache, SOAP UI, JDA (Order Management Systems), Jenkins and Web Services.

Confidential, King of Prussia- PA

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Test Plan, Test cases management, Bug Tracking done through HP ALM
• Integration, functional, Usability, System and regression testing, Sanity/Smoke testing, Integration testing, Porting Testing, Localization Testing (Repository Testing), Regression Testing
• Automating the test cases using Selenium Web Driver using Java
• Validate the JDA system for Order Management, Inventory Management, and Vendor Profiles etc
• Bug reporting directly to the client as this is majorly a testing project
• Participated in daily SCRUM meetings and gave the daily status of testing
• Oversee and manage assignments, working closely with offshore resources. Report status and escalate issues as needed.
• Defect Triage Meeting - Work effectively with Dev teams to get the issues/defects resolved
• Maintaining status reports and communicating with the Management regarding progress of work
• Tracking the team activities and helping them as and when required

Environment: HP Quality Center, JIRA Confluence, JDA (Order Management Systems), SQL Database, Clear Cache

Confidential, Rosemont - IL

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved with Business functional and technical teams to gather the requirements.
• Prepared detail test plan and strategies for E-Commerce and Kony One Mobile application based on the User stories for Manual, Automation testing.
• Analyse all business systems and specifications for multiple projects and participate in various meetings with various teams and assist to analyse all defects.
• Involved in Complete Agile Scrum Life cycle of the project from the initial design phase to the post production
• Provide the Manual, Automation status reports for the QA manager.
• Perform End to End, functional, System, Integration and Regression Testing in the Working Sprints or Phases and Hardening Sprints of the Project.
• Maintained the defects and tracked them in JIRA, HPQC-ALM
• Perform analysis on all E-Commerce activities on weekly basis and identify all impediments for business users and recommend improvements to the same.
• Responsible as a SME (Subject Matter Expertise) on E-Commerce Sites and Mobile application acted as technical lead within the team.
• Validated the data in database provided by API.
• Working knowledge of XML and experience using XML testing tools, such as SOAPUI
• Published the Manual, Automation test results metrics on weekly basis as per QA standards for the team and the business.
• Develop complex SQL queries using querying tools and SQL/PL-SQL and relational database manipulation to validate the data from source to target.
• Involved with Business in UAT Phase.

Environment: Oracle ADF, SOAP UI, Digital asset management (DAM), XML, MS Office, HP ALM, UFT, Java, J2EE, Oracle 11g/10g, Windows 7/XP iPad 3, iPhone 5, 5s and Samsung Tab 3,4, Kony IDE, Kony Middle Server and Sync Server and Oracle Identity management

Confidential, Rosemont - IL

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Confidential Software Life Cycle, Quality and Testing Processes
• Interact with Confidential business team to understand the business criteria’s and functionality
• Working Mode - SCRUM and AGILE Process. Projects deliverables as per each sprint schedule
• Actively participate in Scrum meetings, Sprint Planning and Retrospection meetings
• Creation of Master Test plan document as per target standards and process
• Coordination with offshore Team addressing all queries during requirements phase and also project management perspective
• Preparing /Reviewing functional test scripts in HPQC for all the user stories specified in the project backlog on sprint basis
• Preparation of test data using Oracle 11g database.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams like Tandem, PIM (Product information management) for backend data preparations.
• Task assignments / review to the Onsite QA Resources and customer team throughout testing phase to facilitate iterative cycle
• Execute the test cases across IOS and Android Mobile devices/tablets in QA environment for each working sprint and hardening sprint from HPQC.
• Involved in various testing activities like Smoke testing, Integration, Regression, Browser Compatibility, usability and End to End testing
• Report the defects in HP ALM tool and organize Defects review meeting with the Project team and track the defects to closure
• Provide Business Demo Presentation to Project Stakeholders for signed off user stories and provide customer usability solutions as appropriately.

Environment: SOAP UI, XML, MS Office, HPQC-ALM, Java, J2EE, Oracle 10g, TOAD, Windows 7/XP, ipad 2,3, iphone 4s and Samsung Tab 2 and Oracle Identity management

Confidential, Rosemont - IL

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interact with Confidential business team to understand the business criteria’s and functionality
• Coordinate among the multiple vendor teams and across offshore for various activities like Requirement Analysis through clarification calls, Test cases preparations, Test data requisites, Test Execution and Defect Management etc.
• Working Mode - SCRUM and AGILE Process. Projects deliverables as per each sprint schedule
• Actively participate in Scrum meetings, Sprint Planning and Retrospection meetings
• Creation of Master Test plan document as per target standards and process
• Preparation of test data using Oracle 11g database.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams like Tandem, PIM (Product information management) for backend data preparations.
• Preparing /Reviewing functional test scripts in HPQC for all the user stories specified in the project backlog on sprint basis
• Preparation of Automation scripts from manual test scripts for regression suites and execution of the same through QTP tool along with the automation team/experts
• Script debugging and analyzing the results and share with the client
• Involved in various testing activities like Smoke testing, Integration, Automation Regression, Browser Compatibility, usability and End to End testing Review the Defects in HP ALM and track it to closure through Defect Management process and Defect review meetings.
• Provide Business Demo Presentation to Project Stakeholders for signed off user stories and provide customer usability solutions as appropriately.

Environment: HP QC 10.0, HP QTP 10.0, SharePoint, Oracle Identity management, Active directory, Oracle 11g, Java, Endeca, PIM

Confidential, Rosemont - IL

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the requirements and interact with Confidential business team for any ambiguities
• Estimation - Deriving the estimations for overall testing efforts and follow-up for approvals on the same.
• Working Mode - SCRUM and AGILE Process. Projects deliverables as per each sprint schedule
• Review the functional test scripts of the team and also preparation of functional test scripts in HP QC for all the user stories specified in the project backlog on sprint basis.
• Execute the test cases in QA environment for each working sprint and hardening sprint from HPQC
• Preparation of automation test scripts for regression suites from the manual test cases and execution of the same through the QTP tool.
• Involved in various testing activities like Smoke testing, Integration, Regression, Automation, Browser Compatibility and End to End testing
• Report the defects in HP QC (Quality Centre), JIRA and track the defects to closure

Environment: HP QC 10.0, HP QTP10.0, SharePoint, Active directory, Oracle 10g, Java, Endeca, PIM

Confidential, Novato, CA

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for tracking and delivering the test strategies, test plans, test scenarios and test results for discrete Patches
• Test cases\Conditions prepared and shares them for client approval
• Client interactions on project milestones, Project status, planning activities and providing value add suggestions to customers at possible cases
• Preparation of automation test scripts for regression suites from the manual test cases and execution of the same through the QTP tool.
• Risk Management and Defect Management process
• Validate all the Open defects of all team members and assign to the relevant developer
• Ensures all planned deliverables are shared with client on time from complete off shore front, driving the complete offshore team
• Preparation of Weekly Status Report, Daily Status Report and Test Closure Reports to Onsite counterparts and customer
• Contributions on Project repositories, Best Practices, Preparing project specific presentations, QA process customizations, to customers & appropriate stakeholders.
• Involved in Conducting Knowledge Transitions session and Trainings

Environment: HP QC 10.0, HP QTP10.0, SharePoint, Java, XML

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Hold multiple Role and responsibilities of a Test lead, BA and Quality analyst
• Direct Customer interactions for all activities, approvals, Project planning, Metrics and Status.
• Requirements gathering from customer BA at onsite and subsequent preparations of high level requirements document, sharing the same with customer, for approval.
• Involved completely throughout the testing lifecycle like Test Planning, Estimations, Analysis, Test Design, Execution and Closure activities.
• Involved in Involved in Risk Management and Defect Management process.
• Involved in QA audit preparation activities
• Report preparation for Weekly Reports, Monthly Reports & Test Closure Reports

Environment: HP QC 9.0, SharePoint, JAVA, XML, Flex, Content management, Microsoft Share Point portal 2.0, Serena

Confidential, Richmond

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirement study and understanding the business functions and the functional requirements.
• Designing test cases, executing the test cases and analyzing the test results.
• Identifying the automation test scenarios
• Preparation of automation test scripts for regression suites from the manual test cases.
• Test data’s preparation using the Oracle DB.
• Performed Internal and External Peer Reviews of the test cases.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability matrix and updating changes as required.
• Planning for Test Execution activities by assigning tasks on daily/weekly basis.
• Executing the Automation test scripts in QTP tool.
• Debugging of the failed scripts and analyzing the Results.
• Preparing the Deliverables such as Daily status Reports, Weekly Status Reports and Test Summary Reports

Environment: HP QC 9.0, XML, Flex, Content management, Microsoft Share Point portal 2.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the project requirements.
• Test scenario preparation identifying approach for Test cases.
• Test case preparations and executing the test cases through HPQC
• Preparation of automation test scripts for regression suites from the manual test cases and execution of the same through the QTP tool.
• Involved in SIT testing, Automation and Regression testing activities.
• Defect Tracking and Management
• Involved completely throughout the testing lifecycle from requirement analysis to test closure.
• QA Process adherence.
• Reporting Daily Status to Offshore and Onsite counter parts

Environment: HP QC 9.0, ASP.NET, JAVA, Oracle 9i, Visual source safe 6.0