SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of diverse experience in Information Technology with an emphasis on Software Quality Assurance, performing Manual and Automated Testing of standalone, client/server and web applications.
• Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) this includes multiple platforms like system study, analysis, design, development, unit integration, acceptance testing and implementation, Agile and Waterfall Software test methodologies.
• Excellent knowledge and experienced in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix, developing and executing Test scripts & Test cases, Engineering Test data and analyzing Test results.
• Extensive knowledge of different kinds of testing like Back - End Testing, Positive/Negative Testing, Data Driven Testing, Black-box/White-Box Testing, End to End Testing, Unit Testing, Functional, Integration Testing, System Testing, UAT Testing and Regression Testing
• Expertise in problem solving and bug tracking using HP Quality Center, Rally, Jira, Bugzilla and Rational Clear Quest.
• Expertise in querying and testing using RDBMS tools like Oracle, MS SQL server, PL/SQL, DB2, QMF, TOAD, and MS Access for Data integrity
• Responsible for executing test plans to ensure delivery of quality information systems and/or software programs that conform to organization standards and user requirements.
• Excellent knowledge in Functional and Regression tools like HP QTP/UFT
• Experience in writing and executing automated test scripts using Selenium Web Driver/RC, Selenium IDE, TestNG/JUnit, Jenkins, Maven and Java.
• Maintained the Selenium & JAVA automation code and resources in source controls like CVS, SVN over the time for improvements and new features.
• Good experience in testing both SOAP and REST services using SOAP UI, Postman, Rest Assured and Tested both XML and JSON formats
• Extensively used HP QC/ALM and MS TFS for writing and executing Test Cases, Test plan, defect tracking, prioritizing defects and disposition in defect scrum meetings.
• Experience in Data warehousing integration services: SSIS, Reporting Services: SSRS and SSAS and also involved in the report generation of BI systems using Crystal Reports.
• Experience in Data Analysis, Data Cleansing (Scrubbing), Data Validation and Verification of data conversion rules.
• Good knowledge in using DWH Tools like SSIS and Informatica to execute the batch jobs.
• Having experience in SMOKE test case preparation for phase wise.
• Highly experienced with Advanced SQL Queries and UNIX scripts to retrieve Data from the Databases for Backend Testing and Validating Database using SQL Developer and TOAD.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office products and able to handle multiple assignments.
• Possess strong analytical, verbal, organizational and inter-personal skills that help in communicating with Developers, team members, writing reports and test documentation.
• Excellent analytical/trouble-shooting skills and strong technical background and able to cope with fast paced working environments.
• Liaison with Stakeholders, BAs, and delivery teams to ensure highest standards of quality is delivered to the business.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating system: UNIX, Windows 98/2000/NT/XP.

Mainframes: MVS, CICS, COBOL, JCL, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, FILE-AID

Quality Assurance tools: HP QC/ALM, Microsoft-TFS, Load Runner

Automation Tools: HP QTP/UFT, Selenium IDE/Web driver/Grid, JUNIT, Jenkins, TestNG, ANT

Reporting Tools: Rational clear quest, JIRA, BugZilla, Rally

Programming Languages: SQL, VB script, C, C++, Java

Scripting Languages: HTML, XML, VBScript, JavaScript, WSDL

Database: MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, MS Access, Teradata

GUI Tools: Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, Power Builder

DWH Tools: SSIS, SSRS, Informatica Power Center 8.6/9.0.

Browser: IE, Firefox, Mozilla and Google Chrome.

Other tools: SoapUI, REST, Mobile testing, Ultraedit,Putty,Cognos, Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel and Power point)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Extensively worked on all stages of testing life cycle, Test Driven Development methodologies, Software Test Life cycle (STLC) using Waterfall, Agile methodologies.
• Created Test Scripts to implement Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and features for BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber.
• Developed and implemented robust Model View Controller pattern based testing with Selenium WebDriver which cut down the script development time in half.
• Automated test cases using Java, Maven, Selenium WebDriver, Junit and Cucumber.
• Actively took part in Daily standups, meetings, Sprint Planning, Sprint retrospective and reviews.
• 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.
• Worked on distributed test automation execution on different environment as part of continuous integration process using Selenium Grid and Jenkins.
• Worked on Selenium GUI Object / element verification is done through XPath, CSS Selectors.
• Extensively used Page Objects design and page navigation framework for readable test script and easy maintenance from developer perspectives.
• Created XML based test suite 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.
• Created defects in Jira along with required logs, screenshots and test steps to reproduce the problem.
• Created Page Object repository using Firebug and Firepath to write Xpath and css locators for element identification.
• Created Java scripts to automate the test cases.
• Played a key role in a development wide transition from ClearCase to Subversion which resulted in an increase in efficiency for the development community.
• Conducted backend testing using SQL queries to validate data for database.
• Executed User Acceptance Test Plan on completion of system testing before installation of the application in production environment.
• Participated in validating Sanity, functional, Integration and Regression test suites using Selenium and the request and response of the Web Services.

Environment: . Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Maven, Jenkins, SOAPUI, Jira, Eclipse, Agile, HTML, XML, XPath, JavaScript, SQL, Oracle, UNIX, Windows.

Confidential, Plano, TX

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Test scenarios, scripts and traceability matrix.
• Involve in analyzing Business Level Requirements, and Manual testing methods.
• Performed smoke, functional, integration, system, User Acceptance Testing, regression and GUI testing.
• Developed test cases and performed integration testing of the combined software modules and tested as a group.
• Followed up with the developers on defects status on a daily basis and generated reports for managements.
• Identified correct GUI elements using various Selenium Locators like ID, Name, Link Text, Partial Link Text XPath and CSS to find the Web Elements using selenium and creating automation scripts.
• 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
• Developed and executed Selenium test cases using Maven (Page Object Module) and Jenkins.
• Experience in using Selenium Web driver, Eclipse, Java and TestNG frameworks in creating test scripts, Annotation, Parameterization, Data providers, Test suites and HTML reports.
• Exported Test Case Scripts (Java-Selenium RC) in Eclipse IDE and modified the selenium scripts and executed.
• Run tests by using Selenium remote control in different browsers.
• Parallel running test scripts using Selenium Grid & get report in Local Machine
• Use Jenkins as Continuous Integration Tool to integrate Selenium test results, and run Selenium Grid.
• Performed cross-browser testing for the web interface and mobile application using Selenium WebDriver
• Applied robust Page object pattern (POM) on new builds and every modification in the application for Selenium WebDriver to do Smoke and Regression testing.
• Involved in testing Web services with tool called SOAP UI and using this tool to locate WSDL file on internet, created Test cases and executed them.
• Used Firebug to capture and validate XPath Locators to identify elements.
• Developed and executed complex SQL queries to validate test data and activities in SQL Like select, Index, insert, joining tables, aggregate functions, sub-queries, set functions, triggers, errors and views.
• Generated status reports and Defect reports and presented them in weekly status meeting.
• Communicated with different team such as development, requirement, and configuration management

Environment: HP QC/ALM 10 .0, Agile,Rally, Selenium IDE/Web Driver/Grid, Jmeter, JUnit,TestNG, Maven, Page object pattern (POM), Jenkins, Fire Path, Firebug, HTML, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, UNIX, SOAP UI, Linux, Windows XP, Java, JavaScript, XML, EXCEL, SQL, Windows.

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for multiple projects accountable for requirements analysis, and tracking; test planning, test execution and reporting of testing results, defect reporting and resolution for the application development of Hilton Hotels Corporation Web sites across all branded sites.
• Identified, proposed, and implemented changes to software development lifecycles (SDLC) by moving test case development into the HP Quality Center software tool, from MS Excel, Word, and other manual methods.
• As a QA Tester, involved in Testing, Debugging, and Bug Reporting & Documentation.
• Involved in Core testing, basic testing and Delivery testing on projects - Special Offers, Brand.com and Global Web.
• Developed both Manual and Automation Test scripts based on Use cases.
• Involved in generating test scripting by using HP Quick test professional/UFT.
• Coordinating and arranging UAT testing after completing the basic, core and delivery testing.
• Involved in preparing the Status Reports every week which includes Revision History, Test cases status, metrics, QA Issues.
• Automation changes that have been implemented include mapping tests to requirements by documenting tests and testing results in a central repository.
• Created filters, dashboards, reported issues/bugs using JIRA and worked closely with Application Developers to fix defects.
• Providing for improved application testing practices through a reusable component based structure, mapping test runs to insure software requirements meet or exceed the needs of the organization.
• Developed improved issue management processes by implementing work-flow rules in the Quality Center tool using VB Script.
• Introduced an automated functional and regression approach to reuse scripts across all Hilton Hotel Corporation branded sites to enable manual resources to focus on new functionality, rather than repeating efforts to regress core business processes.
• Performed load testing against internal application services using Load Runner to emulate users and monitor systems performance.

Environment: HP QuickTest Pro 9.1/9.2/UFT, VB Script, HP Quality Center 9.0, Load Runner 9.5, JIRA, VB Script, MS-Office, SQL, RUP, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, XML/XSL, IIS and Windows XP.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requirement study and analysis and assisted in Master Test Plan, Detailed Test Plan and wrote Test Cases
• Performed Manual testing on various system components
• Performed Smoke testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration testing and End to End testing.
• Detected defects and tracked them till they are resolved in RCQ.
• Conducted Daily Defect Meetings and sent Daily Execution Status Report.
• Verified the Funds transfer service (FTS) engine on mobile applications
• Tested FTS on the iOS/Android platforms using windows based emulators and hand held devices
• Validating the MainFrame CICS systems to ensure accurate Authorization, Memo posting and the settlement/clearing of different banking transactions.
• Verified daily mainframe reports to include pre/post cut off settlement, withdrawal, deposits, transfers, failed transactions, and General ledger reports
• Submitted Mainframe batch jobs using FTP and verified the Funds transfer service (FTS) engine
• Validating the Web Services that constitute the Common Banking Services using the Integrated Framework (IF) Tester tool and SOAPUI tool
• Creating and maintaining a SharePoint repository to provide the current expression of the testing effort

Environment: HTML, .NET, Mobile, IOS,RCQ, Android, DB2 Mainframe, Clear Quest, Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional 8.0, SQL, MS Excel.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed requirements in Quality Center.
• Evaluated, modified and enhanced the existing quality methods and processes according to QA methodology
• Maintained QA lab standards, documentation review assisted in establishing and maintaining best practices for QA
• Implemented the whole life cycle of QA methodology starting from planning, capturing, creating, executing reporting and tracking the defects
• Wrote and enhanced test cases and test scripts to meet new functional requirements as per the new business requirements for ETL process verifications as well
• Performed ETL data validation using MS Excel and Informatica.
• Used Teradata SQL queries on database tables
• Used UNIX shell scripts for monitoring the servers during testing sessions
• Created and maintained Teradata SQL functions and UNIX Shell scripts to perform Back-End Testing on the Teradata RDBMS database
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business users
• Analyzed test results using reports and graphs generated in Quality Center
• Participated in various meetings meant for enhancement and modifications of applications, following client request

Environment: MS Excel, Teradata, SQL, UNIX Shell scripts, ETL process, Infomatica, HP Quality Center.