SUMMARY

• Around 7 years of experience in Test Automation, skilled in all stages of test automation life cycle, different automation tools and automation types. Experienced working at client location and working with geographically distributed teams.
• 7+ years of experience in software testing, have worked extensively in automation, also on performance and manual testing projects.
• Well acquainted with the SDLC and STLC of applications.
• Expertise in automated testing and have involved in all stages of Automation Test Life Cycle.
• Good experience in Web, client server, standalone, mainframe terminal emulator, database and web service automation.
• Designed, developed and enhanced enterprise test automation framework encapsulated with different automation types in one.
• Developed automation library functions, test scripts using QTP, Rational Robot and WatiN.
• Support team in diagnosing and fixing automation technical problems and framework enhancements.
• Have good knowledge and experience in VB scripting, VB 6.0, C# and VB .Net languages.
• Experienced on analyzing automation feasibility and carrying out POC for different applications.
• Good experience on cross browser, cross platform testing.
• Proficient with software quality assurance standards, best practices and methodologies.
• Strategized and created test automation plan.
• Worked together with teams to identify automation requirements in early stages.
• Have developed hardware simulators to perform retail end to end functional test.
• Developed custom test automation report for the ease of traceability, defect logging and managerial.
• Have developed utilities to automate mail, excel, notepad operations and many other windows utilities.
• Experience in developing manual test scripts, execution on AUT and defect reporting.
• Hands - on experience in performance test for gathering requirements, developing, executing scripts and analyzing results.
• One of the members for automation practice for efficient development, maintainability and reusability in organization and active contributor on QA automation forums.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test tools: QTP 9.2/10.0, Rational Robot, WatiN, WatiR, AutoIT, SoapUI

Automation type: Web, Mainframe, API, Database, Web service

Methodologies: Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, Risk based testing

Scripting languages: VB Scripting, WMI, SQABasic, SHELL scripting, RUBY

Languages: VB, C#, ASP, Excel Macros

Database & RDBMS: SQL server, Oracle 9i/11g

Web Technology: Web services, HTML, XSLT & XML

Configuration: Clear Case, SVN, SharePoint

Bug tracking tool: Clear Quest, Quality Centre

Virtual Environment: VMware

Operating System: Windows 7/XP/NT/2003 server, UNIX, Mainframe

Other tools & packages: XStudio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TOAD

Domain: Retail and Finance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Automated web application using QTP 10.0, mainframe using terminal emulator Attachmate extra API and for another project using terminal emulator QTP add-in, database and web services using VB Scripting.
• Developed automation test scripts for a web application suite regression test cases also maintained and executed the suite from QC.
• Enhanced automation framework with new features with backward compatibility for earlier script versions.
• Developed reusable components of framework and also application specific functions.
• Reduced the automation execution time by reducing the data dependency for automation scripts which in turn helped in executing scripts overnight.
• Helped team in solving automation technical challenges.
• Provide key input to the management during decision to automate and feasibility study.
• Recommend and implement improvements to our automation tools and processes.
• Coordinate with offshore team for efficient project completion in terms of quality and timeline.
• Analyze manual test cases to evaluate the feasibility of automation.
• Interacting with BA team to understand requirements.
• Developed automation framework for mainframe automation using terminal emulator Attachmate extra API in VBA.
• Executed automation scripts for different releases and regression cycles of applications analyzed results logged defects and shared the report to stake holders.
• Enhanced the organization framework with new test automation type’s web service, database and mainframe automation.
• Coordinated and managed tasks with geographically distributed peers.
• Designed and developed a generic automation framework in WatiN reusable for any similar testing within the organization.
• Helped management for new project proposals by conduct automation feasibility of application.
• Carried out cross browser and cross platform feasibility testing using WatiN and WatiR on environments windows and Linux respectively.
• Conduct training to juniors on automation tools, life cycle, methodologies and standards.
• Developed HTML reporting to share with the clients compatible with QTP and other automation tools and involved performance testing.
• Reviewed and improved existing automated software testing methods and process.
• Helped resolving automation technical challenges in other projects in the organization.

Environment: QTP, VB scripting, XML, XPath, HP Quality Center, Windows, Oracle 10g, Mainframe, TOAD, web service, Attachmate EXTRA, Excel macros, RUBY, SoapUI, WatiN, C# .Net, WatiR, Linux, Firefox, IE, HTML.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Automated web application using QTP, Rational robot.
• Automated VC++ application on Windows NT using OCR in rational robot.
• Carried out Proof of concept POC on simulating hardware devices that communicates to the application through serial ports.
• Developed console executable for hardware device like Magnetic Swipe Reader MSR, Chip and Pin card reader, Customer display, Receipt printer, Hand Scanner and weighing scale.
• Developed, maintained and enhanced automation framework for QTP, Rational robot.
• Developed automation library functions and scripts in AutoIT, QTP and rational robot.
• Developed a GUI in VB.Net for the ease of manual testers to execute the required scenarios and simpler result analysis.
• Peer review of scripts and library functions.
• Involved in Proof of concept on virtualization of Tills - Point of Sale POS system.
• Replicate the virtual image of the system and configure them.
• Collected performance scenarios for different application i.e., from different team . Several applications like Back office, simple checkout management, storeline, PCscales, HRAM and scheduler were housed on the same server called ISS.
• Developed performance scripts for performance scenarios across all applications using WAPT tool.
• Setup environment and data required for different application under performance test.
• Developed automated scripts to generate huge data to carry out load test
• Executed the scripts for different combination of business scenarios and captured the system performance by setting up performance counters.
• Analyzed the report & identified potential performance bottlenecks, prepared and shared performance report with the stake holders.
• Part of the test management tool evaluation team for the organization.
• Conduct training on rational robot and other automation tool for new joiners.
• Developed manual and automation scripts for web application for system testing and System Integration testing.
• Setup data for manual script execution.
• Involved in testing the functionality of the application against the requirement specifications.
• Logged and maintained defects in Clear Quest
• Developed re-useable automation library functions and involved performance testing.
• Enhanced the automation framework to reduce the maintenance of automation script so as to run across different builds.
• Executed automation scripts for six regressions test cycles.
• Developed utilities in VB script, batch file to help reduce manual test mundane activity in regression and integration testing also reduced maintenance effort of retail test lab team by developing utility to find if the test environment is fine after daily jobs.

Environment: QTP, Rational Robot, QC, Rational suite, AutoIT, WMI, SQABasic, SHELL scripting, Excel macros, VB. C# ASP Net, windows NT, 2003 server, UNIX, SQL server, VMware and XStudio, IIS web server, VB 6.0 serial port programming, Perfmon.

Confidential

Associate Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business Requirement Specifications.
• Designing Test Cases, developing Test Scripts, and Execution of Test Scripts and Reporting bugs.
• Analyzing Test Result, Interacting with developers and supporting developments.
• Conducted Functional testing with Valid/Invalid inputs under different scenarios.
• Communicate with Functional Analyst on any issue clarifications.
• Preparing Defect report as per severity and priority.
• Helping new team members to ramp-up on the functionality of the Applications.
• Performed System Testing and Regression Testing.
• Communication with Clients as per requirements.
• Active participation in Bug Triage meetings.
• Involving in Project meetings.
• Effective communicating to the developers about the Bugs and getting them fixed.
• Creating automation scripts in Rational Robot for the same application to reduce the regression test cycle time
• Developing reusable automation functions for different modules of the application.
• Developing utilities to test the middle layer flat data files to reduce manual errors and involved performance testing.
• Executing automation scripts for different regression cycle.
• Analyzing automation results and raised defects in clear quest after the triage meeting.

Environment: VB .net, MySQL, windows, Rational Robot, IE, VB scripting, Excel macros, clear case, clear quest, rational test manager, IIS.