PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7+ years of extensive hands - on experience in diversified fields of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) specialized in Quality Assurance Process and Methodologies.
• Strong Expertise in SDLC, Test Management and Testing Lifecycle Methodologies like Agile Models, Waterfall Model, Rational Unified Process (RUP).
• Proven ability in designing and creating automation frameworks for J2EE based applications using Java, Selenium WebDriver/IDE/RC, QTP, Quality Center, Junit, TestNG, Maven, ANT, Jenkins, Hudson, Jbehave, Cucumber and SOAP UI.
• Experience in black box, gray box and automation testing using Selenium-TestNG, Junit on web and client applications.
• Work experience in integrating Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) on Continuous Integration tools Hudson/Jenkins for nightly batch run of the Script.
• Proficient in creating automation script from scratch. Sound knowledge of developing different type of framework like Module driven, Data driven and Hybrid framework.
• Extensive experience in using Selenium WebDriver APIs for writing Junit test suites and test cases for testing functionality with the Selenium Server.
• Experience in designing Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts and Test reports of manual and automated tests.
• Experience include Unit testing, Functional testing, User Acceptance Testing, Integration testing, System testing, Performance testing, Sanity testing, Exception testing, Compatibility testing & Security testing of client/server and Web base Applications.
• Experienced using Web-debugging tool like Fire Path and Firebug for finding elements locator.
• Extensive experience in Black-Box & White-Box Testing for Web, Data Base and Client server Applications.
• Experience in testing Web Services-SOA architecture, RPCs, XML transactions, SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, and REST using various industry standard tools like SOAP UI.
• Experience programming in Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML and SQL on Windows Operating Systems and UNIX environments.
• Track defects by using a bug tracking system Quality Center and do tests for issues. Report defects to software developers in order to ensure compliance with standards.
• Experienced in writing SQL verification scripts to test the result of deployment for correct business logic for Back-end testing.
• Working experience in Waterfall (Software Development Life Cycle -SDLC), TDD, BDD and Agile Project Environment.
• Good analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and also perform as part of a team.
• Highly motivated team player with analytical, organizational and technical skills, unique ability to adapt quickly to challenges and changing environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, proven team player with an analytical bent to problem solving and delivering under high stress environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Selenium IDE/RC/Grid/WebDriver, QTP, JMeter, Load Runner, Mercury-Quality Center, Junit, Cucumber, Jbehave, SOAP UI

Scripting Languages: JavaScript, UNIX Shell Scripting, ANT, PERL, Python

Languages: C, C++, Java, C#, SQL, PL/SQL

Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, XSD, XSL, XSLT, XPATH, AJAX,, JSP.

Packages: MS-Office Suite(Word, Excel, Access), MS-Project, MS-Visual Studio, Eclipse

Servers: WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss 4/5, Apache, Tomcat

Build Tools: Ant, Maven

Continuous integration Tools: Hudson, Jenkins, Cruise Control

Database: MS Access, Oracle 11g/10g

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7 and UNIX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the Business Clients, Product Owners, Developers and QA Manager for clear exposure to trickle down the technical/functional User Requirements & Change Requests to Test Plans and Test Scenarios.
• Identified test cases to automate. Automate those test cases using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Java technologies (Eclipse IDE). Contributed in framework creation.
• Perform Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration testing, (UAT ) User Acceptance Testing, and End to End Testing
• Tested the application in highly dynamic environment with sprint team using agile methodology.
• Responsible creating the functional testing framework using TestNGand using Selenium WebDriver to automate the UI components.
• Automated the Test cases using Selenium for Regression testing and TestNG for grouping the tests
• Created and enhanced numerous test scripts to handle changes in the objects, in the tested application’s GUI and in the testing environment using Selenium WebDriver.
• Used SeleniumWebDriverAPI to automate tests on cross browser and cross platform environment. Sound knowledge on Object Oriented Programming concept and Java Language.
• Integrated Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) on Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for nightly batch run of the Script. Created Project plan on Jenkins, configured scheduled using Cron job.
• Involved in Functional Testing as Unit test, Method test, Test Suite, Integration Testing using different TestNG methods.
• Performed Unit testing with TestNG test frame work and use Bromine for easy running the test and store the result for analysis the test.
• Used Build tool like Maven to generate test report.
• Performed data driven testing by using JDBC as a data source in SOAP UI and configured SQL queries to fetch data from the Oracle database.
• Involved in Web Services Testing using SOAP UI.
• Executed Test Cases recorded in HP Quality Center manually to test the application for its functionality, system integration and verify the Exit Criteria.
• Performed various types of testing, such as Functionality, Regression, GUI Interface, Integration System, User acceptance and, end-to-end testing.
• Involved with SDLC models waterfall, RUB and AGILE Methodology projects (Scrum and XP).
• Actively participated in walk-through, inspection, review and user group meetings for quality assurance with BAs, SMEs and Developers.
• Maintained Metrics and participated in the Weekly Status Updates showing the progress of the testing effort and open issues to be resolved.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Jenkins, TestNG,Maven, SOAP UI, Eclipse IDE,JavaScript,HP Quality Center 11.0, agile, Oracle 11g and Windows.

Confidential, PA

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test Plan, test Cases, Test scripts and TestMetrics for the application as well as for the database verification based on the functional requirements, portal redesigned and test specs.
• Worked in Agile environment, with an ability to accommodate and test the newly proposed changes at any point of time during the release.
• Evaluate and analyze Business Requirements, Functional Specification documents.
• Developed and executed test plans, test cases and test matrices utilizing QA best practices and standards.
• Designed, developed and implemented MVC Pattern based Keyword Driven automation testing framework utilizing Java, TestNG and Selenium WebDriver.
• Involved in designing and implementing of hybrid automation framework to be used with Selenium WebDriver.
• Performed Data driven testing Selenium WebDriver using TestNG functions and JDBC Connections which reads data from scripts using property and XML files.
• Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG.
• Developed Test cases manually and generated Automation Scripts usingopen source tools like SeleniumWeb Driver, TestNG, SOAPUI, Maven and Jenkins.
• Created Test plan, High level scenarios, test case construction and test estimates, resource estimates and weekly status reports.
• Wrote Maven build scripts to automate the compilation and execution of TestNG test cases/suites.
• Used Maven for building the WebDriver project. Integrated with Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for running test on nightly basis automatically.
• Used Selenium WebDriver for automating of Cross Browser Testing on IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.
• Created XML based test suit and integrated with Jenkins Server to execute automation scripts on a regular basis by scheduling Jenkins jobs in different test environments with different test configurations.
• Used automated scripts and performed functionality testing during the various phases of the application development using Selenium.
• Used Selenium tool (selenium IDE is a plug-in to Firefox) to record and playback tests and then export the recorded test in other language e.g. html, Java.
• Involved in Functional Testing as Unit test, Method test, Test Suite, Integration Testing using different Junit methods.
• Used XPath and DOM to work with dynamic and static objects in Selenium.
• Involved in SOAP & REST based web servicestesting using SOAP UIPRO web services testing tool.
• Created automation scripts in SOAP UI using Groovy Script for web services testing.
• Worked onCucumber Testing applications and Responsible for preparing weekly status reports and validated the back-end data using SQL queries for data integrity.
• Involved in designing scenarios in JMeterto perform Load and Stress tests and to analyze results.
• Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces using SoapUI.
• Performed Automation for regression using Selenium WebDriver and Selenium GRID.
• Used Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.
• Developed and executed SQL queries to verify the proper insertion, deletion and updates into the Oracle supporting tables and cubes.
• Prepared user documentation with screenshots for UAT (User Acceptance testing).

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Jenkins, Cucumber, JMeter, SOAP UI, Agile, Maven, XPATH, DOM, Firebug, XML, HTML, CSS, Eclipse, Quality Center, SQL, Oracle, Windows.

Confidential, NY

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved with SCRUM and sprint meetings, managing product backlog, removing obstacles to progress, re-allocating resources where necessary, prioritizing and review milestones and accomplishments.
• Extensively used Selenium WebDriver to test the web application.
• Developed and implemented robust MVC pattern base testing with Selenium WebDriver which cut down the script development time in half.
• Configured Selenium WebDriver, Junit, Ant tool and created selenium automation scripts in java prior to agile release.
• Responsible for implementation of Hybrid Test Automation Framework build using Selenium WebDriver, Junit and Ant technologies under Java platform utilizing industry leading harness design patterns and approaches.
• Involved in creation of automation framework in SeleniumWebDriver using behavior driven approach like Cucumber.
• Created and executed the test scripts with Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Junit.
• Worked on distributed test automation execution on different environment as part of Continuous Integration Process using Selenium Grid and Jenkins.
• Used automated scripts and performed functionality testing during the various phases of the application development using Selenium.
• Extensively used Selenium IDE to record, playback and debug individual test cases, using Selenium WebDriver provided more flexibility in automating test cases.
• Extensively worked on Selenium web Driver with the preferred Languages Java, C Sharp, Python, Ruby and Perl.
• Implemented Regression and Smoke tests execution as separate step of deployment process by using WebDriver.
• Performed Data-Driven testing by developing Java based library to read test data from Excel & Properties files.
• Extensively used Selenium (XPath and CSS locators) to test the web application.
• Used SOAP UI tool to test SOA based architecture application to test SOAP services and REST API.
• Used Page Object Model, UI Mapping, Selenium Manager, Data Driven using CSV, CSS Selectors as a part of Framework.
• Performed SOA / web services testing using SoapUI; wrote adaptors to test / invoke web services.
• Reviewed database test cases according to assigned Requirements to validate reports by retrieving data with complex SQL queries from oracle database.
• Functional and Cross Browser testing of Defined Browser Stack of the site experience
• Defect Triaging and Release sign off for Continuous Delivery cycles.
• Writing complex SQL queries and update transaction and properties for accounts on stages for UI testing, Integration testing with different data points etc.
• Used ClearCase, Subversion for code repositories and Ant for the dependencies.
• Participated in daily, weekly meetings and technical reviews. Prepared reports showing the testing efforts.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Junit, Ant, Jenkins, Soap UI, Rest, Cucumber, HTML, XML, XPath, CSS, Firebug, ClearCase, SQL, Oracle, Windows.

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Testing of new features by creating test specifications, test cases, and working closely with development and business teams.
• Performed Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Integration Testing using Black Box Testing methodologies.
• Reviewed and updated Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM) that satisfy all required project’s test conditions.
• Define, develop, and execute automation test scripts using Java that leverage black and white box testing across functional, non-functional and performance testing.
• Automated the Functional, Regression, Integration test cases using tools from Selenium Suite of products like, Selenium Grid and Selenium RC.
• Tested compatibility of application for dynamic and static content under various cross browsers using HTML IDs and XPath in Selenium.
• Developed automated scripts using Selenium RC, Java, Junit in Eclipse IDE to perform functional and regression testing for web based applications.
• Written automated scripts with XPath to identify web elements such that most of the browsers can be used.
• Responsible for preparation of Test cycle/progress reports, analysis of defect metrics& implement improvement actions for next iterations.
• Involved in Defect Management, Defect Review and Defect Status Reporting.
• Executed scripts on multiple browsers simultaneously using Selenium Grid.
• Ran regression scripts to ensure that the existing features are working fine.
• Identifying, logging, tracking and escalating bugs using JIRA/Rally.
• Performed backend testing using SQL queries to retrieve and verify information in the database.
• Developed SQL queries to simulate data validation reports and to stage test data for ongoing testing.
• Used SQL to test Data Warehousing and Data Cleansing for the arrangement of customer data.
• Maintained QA/Test environments and assisted in build and deploy activities.
• Communicate testing status to QA lead, project managers, and teams who are involved in User Acceptance Testing.
• Interacted with the development team to validate the scope of fixing the bugs.

Environment: Java, Selenium RC/IDE, Junit, Eclipse, Jira, XPATH, ClearCase, PL/SQL, HTML, SQL, Windows XP, UNIX.

Confidential, Addison, TX

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in test case requirement review and functional testing of the application.
• Developed and participated in building test automation using Selenium RC and executed test cases and implementation test suites using Junit framework.
• Developed and Executed Automation and Manual test cases for Functional testing of various modules of the application.
• Responsible in executing Selenium test scripts on different browsers and checked for compatibility.
• Effectively participated in every day agile scrum stand-up meetings and participated in Iteration planning and retrospective meetings.
• Executed positive and negative scenarios.
• Automated functional scenarios using Selenium IDE and RC.
• Executed browser compatibility and regression tests using Selenium-RC for testing UI for every new build release.
• Worked on developing the automation scripts for backend testing using Selenium RC.
• Created automated scenarios using Selenium for regression and Data-Driven testing.
• Used SQL queries to perform the back-end testing on Oracle.
• Conducted regression testing after every new build.
• Worked with users on User Acceptance Testing.
• Involved in tracking and reporting defects using QC and was also responsible for communicating the status to the development team.
• Used HP Quality Center to report defects and test results.

Environment: Java, Selenium RC, Selenium IDE, Junit, Firebug, SQL, HP Quality Center, agile, Oracle10g and Windows.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Identified the test requirements based on application business requirements and blueprints.
• Performed manual testing and maintain documentation on different types of Testing viz., Positive, Negative, Regression, Integration, System, User-acceptance, Performance and Black Box
• Involved in analyzing the applications and development of test cases
• Involved in doing System testing of the entire applications along with team members Applications are tested manually.
• Analyzed and reviewed the software requirements, functional specifications and design documents.
• Proficient in QA processes, test strategies and experience in creating documents like Test plan, Test procedures.
• Developed test scenarios and test procedures based on the test requirements.
• Participated in Preparing Test Plans.
• Wrote SQL queries and stored procedures to validate data.
• Documented errors and implemented their resolutions.
• Created test scripts, executed test scripts.
• Developed Test Objectives and test Procedures.

Environment: Manual testing, HTML, XML, Quality Center, Oracle, SQL, Windows.

Confidential

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user requirements, scenarios, and business rules and attended periodic meeting for changes in the application.
• Involved in Manual Testing to check the basic functionality of the modules under test.
• Prepared test plans and test cases to test application functionality.
• Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing as documented in the test plan.
• Prepared Requirement traceability matrix (RTM) for the application.
• Performed browser compatibility testing on different versions and data validations for all reports.
• Created manual test cases for Functional, GUI and Database testing of the application using Quality Center.
• Performed integration, function, system, usability, compatibility, load, stress and performance testing.
• Involved in database testing by writing and executing SQL queries to ensure that data entered has been uploaded correctly into the database.

Environment: Java, Quality Center, HTML, Java Script, Oracle, SQL, Windows XP.