SUMMARY

• Result oriented professional with 8 Years of hands - on experience in diversified fields of the Software Development Life Cycle with experience in managing testing lifecycle process end to end using Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
• 6 years of experience as a Test Lead in multiple projects managing and delivering enterprise scale software on-time and quality with their scope intact.
• Strong domain knowledge in Insurance (P&C), Banking & Financial Services and Retail applications and Education Systems.
• Extensive experience in Water Fall model, Agile, Scrum and other Industry standard models.
• Extensive experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from Requirements phase through Implementation phase.
• Extensive experience in web-apps Manual Testing (using HP QC/ALM), Automation Testing (using QTP/UFT, Selenium, Confidential Mobile Automation).
• Extensive experience on working in Mobile lab environment where Tech lead, Developer and Test Lead co located and working together closely in a same location to validate the rapid mobile apps (Native/Web Apps/Hybrid) functionality by installing the .ipa and .apk build for IOS, Android devices and BB, HTC, Motorola, Samsung Galaxy and Windows smart phone on several project release.
• Extensive experience on Mobile App Testing on different mobile devices like iPhone, Android, Tablets, iPads, Google Nexus and Mobile Automation Testing using Confidential Mobile and mobile functionality validation by simulator.
• Extensive experience on Speech Testing on web portal.
• Extensive experience on Issuing Homeowners Policy, Fire Policy, Renters Policy, Creating Members, Adding Cap, Processing Div/Sep transactions in IBM IMSTEST session.
• Verifying Policy details for different transactions in IBM TSOA region in integration, System and Release Test environment.
• Creating database for every release and designing a table with the test data requirement for the members with different attributes and values for each project in MySQL RDBMS.
• Generating and sharing the reports on various parameters on the test data request from the client in MySQL RDBMS using SQL Query for every month.
• Extensive experience in User Acceptance Testing, System Testing, Black-box Testing, End-to-End Testing, Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Verification & Validation.
• Expertise to implement testing strategy and process based on production release schedule.
• Experience in coordination for QA activities in testing team in support of systems and projects.
• Possess excellent analytical, problem solving and learning skills as well as a keen interest in the emerging technologies Resource allocation based on project releases, development and project plan.
• Strong analysis, demonstrate, production support and problem solving skills.
• Proven leadership, mentoring, training and project management skills.
• Ability to learn and implement new tools and methodology.
• Ability to work both as a team and individual.
• Excellent client relationship management, communication and presentation skills.
• Extensive experience working on onshore/offshore/near-shore Model.
• Test Project Management and delivery Management, test planning (release, iteration) estimation, resource allocation, identification of roles and responsibilities and communicating test program status to management.
• Test Process management entailing process definition, documentation and constantly review and improve process to make it integrated, repeatable and reliable.
• Test Organization management including staffing, training, team building, supervising, assessing teams and individual’s performance.
• Develop and manage test project schedules, risk assessment, manage scope and resource changes and monitor progress against plan.
• Proficient in analyzing existing systems and designing Test Guidelines, Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Specification for the proposed business and system requirements.
• Reviewing test documents and bugs prepared by test team.
• Expertise in preparing Traceability Matrix and Release Notes.
• Extensive working experience on QA Functional Testing, GUI Testing, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Prod QA Testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Extensive working Experience in developing Automation Test Script in Automation Testing Using HP UFT
• Expertise in scripting languages using VB Script and QTP Descriptive Programming.
• Extensive working Experience in developing Manual Test Cases in Manual Testing Using HP ALM, Rally and Version One Control for Agile projects.
• Extensive working Experience in retrieving back end data from MySQL RDBMS using SQL Query and Mongo DB using Mongo Query.
• Extensive working Experience in IBM Mainframe IMSTEST and TSOA Sessions to verify backend data.
• Extensive working Experience in Testing Web based Applications and Windows based Applications
• Extensive working Experience on Insurance domain and Education Systems back round.
• Proficient in defect management using HP Quality Center, Borland Star Team, Rally.
• Extensive experience in building applications with Excel Macros and VBA.
• Exposure in developing Automation Test Script using Selenium Web driver.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• HP Load Runner
• Defect Tracking Tools
• Proficient in using HP Quality Center or ALM
• Proficient in using Borland Star Team
• Proficient in using Rally
• Operating Systems
• Microsoft Windows
• MAC
• Android
• Linux
• Unix
• Database
• IBM Mainframe - IMSTEST, TSOA
• MySQL - RDBMS
• Mongo DB
• Programming Language
• VB Scripting, C, Java, HTML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Test Planning & Estimations.
• Coordinated as a single point of resource across the project team: both onshore and offshore.
• Review and Analyze the Business Requirements in a testing and automation perspective view.
• Work with Business Users and analyzed the objective of business scenario to understand business requirements and application functionality for script development.
• Coordinated with the project team regarding the testing of complex software applications and modifications, providing testing strategies from project start through implementation.
• Plan the tests including selecting test approaches, estimating the time, effort and cost of testing, acquiring resources, defining test levels, cycles, and planning incident management.
• Design and document the Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts in HP ALM 11 in each release.
• Develop and execute the Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test case execution based on Agile SDLC methodology.
• Develop and execute Automation Test Scripts using VB Scripts in HP UFT 11.52
• Develop Functional Libraries, Shared Object Repository, MySQL Queries for Database Validation and maintained in ALM Test Resources.
• Execute UNIX Command in Linux OS to load Student Responses to MySQL Server DB
• Coordinate the test plan with project managers and others.
• Generating and sharing the reports on various parameters on the test data passed from different scoring reportlets of epen2 application in MySQL Toad using SQL Query
• Review the system, integration and user acceptance tests prepared by test engineers.
• Collaborate with Technical Lead for unit and integration testing; review unit and integration test plans/results.
• Conducted GUI, Functional, Integration, User Acceptance and Regression Testing and logged the defects in the defect tracking tool: Rally.
• Documented the Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from every project release and shared with the end client for the Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Identified the Root Cause for the withdrawn defect from Developer team and shared with the Team for the QA Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Initiate the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results and check the exit criteria.
• Adapt planning based on test results and progress and take any action necessary to compensate for problems.
• Generate reports for tracking defects, test project metrics, test process improvement and management review.
• Provide Sign Off at each phase of testing as per the entry/exit criteria in each phase.
• Leading a Team at Onsite and Offshore Co-ordinations

Environment: MySQL Toad, Rally, HP ALM 11, HP UFT - 11.53, Mongo DB, Perforce, VBScript, UNIX, Linux, Windows, Putty, WinSCP, Vagrant.

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

QA Mobile Test Lead, IT Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Test Planning & Estimations.
• Coordinated as a single point of resource across the project team: both onshore and offshore and Nearshore.
• Review and Analyze the Business Requirements in a testing and automation perspective view.
• Work with Business Users and analyzed the objective of business scenario to understand business requirements and application functionality for script development.
• Coordinated with the project team regarding the testing of complex software applications and modifications, providing testing strategies from project start through implementation.
• Plan the tests including selecting test approaches, estimating the time, effort and cost of testing, acquiring resources, defining test levels, cycles, and planning incident management.
• Develop and execute the Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test case execution based on Agile SDLC methodology.
• Design and document the Manual Test Plan, Test Cases in HP Quality Center for each release.
• Develop and Execute Automation Test Script using Confidential Mobile on different Mobile devices.
• Working with Tech lead on getting the .IPA IOS build and .APK android builds to validate the Mobile Apps functionality in the local build, enterprise release build on Iphone4, 4s,5 and Ipad 3 and Android devices like Samsung Galaxy. Motorola, spring and HTC devices.
• Checking compatibility on different IOS and Android OS versions whenever a new functionality is implemented.
• Downloading the .ipa and .apk builds from Macintosh machine for unit testing, integration testing, system testing, User Acceptance testing on IOS, /android and tablet devices.
• Conducted GUI, Functional, Integration, User Acceptance and Regression Testing and logged the defects in the defect tracking tool: Borland StarTeam.
• Tested the application on various mobile devices including: iPhone, Nexus, iPad, Tablet, Android and compared the results against the front end user interface.
• Also tested the application using Confidential Mobile simulator.
• Generate reports for tracking defects, test project metrics, test process improvement and management review.
• Coordinate the test plan with project managers and others.
• Creating database for every release and designing a table with the test data requirement for the members with different attributes and values for each project in MySQL RDBMS.
• Review the system, integration and user acceptance tests prepared by test engineers.
• Collaborate with Technical Lead for unit and integration testing; review unit and integration test plans/results.
• Coordinated with external teams and True Car vendors for data validation.
• Maintained the project in HP Quality Center based on release calendar.
• Initiate the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results and check the exit criteria.
• Adapt planning based on test results and progress and take any action necessary to compensate for problems.
• Documented the Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from every project release and shared with the end client for the Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Identified the Root Cause for the withdrawn defect from Developer team and shared with the Team for the QA Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Generating and sharing the reports on various parameters on the test data request from the client in MySQL RDBMS using SQL Query for every month
• Provide Sign Off at each phase of testing as per the entry/exit criteria in each phase.
• Leading a Team at Onsite and Offshore Co-ordinations

Environment: IMSTEST, TSOA, MySQL RDBMS, SQL, Macintosh, IOS and Android Devices, Borland Star Team, Quality Center v 9x, Perfecto, Excel,B2B Server, OTA

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

QA Test Lead, IT Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review and Analyze the Business Stories in the daily stand up meeting.
• Written acceptance criteria for each stories in the version one tool.
• Proposed ideas to improve member experience when business writing stories.
• Develop and execute the Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test case execution based on Agile methodology.
• Develop and execute Automation Test Scripts using VB Scripts in HP QTP
• Documented the Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from every project release and shared with the end client for the Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Identified the Root Cause for the withdrawn defect from Developer team and shared with the Team for the QA Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Develop Functional Libraries, Shared Object Repository, MySQL Queries for Database Validation and maintained in ALM Test Resources.
• Coordinate the test plan with project managers and others.
• Issuing Homeowners Policy, Fire Policy, Renters Policy, Creating Members, Adding Cap, Processing Div/Sep transactions in IBM IMSTEST
• Verifying Policy details for different transactions in IBM TSOA region in integration, System and Release Test environment.
• Creating database for every release and designing a table with the test data requirement for the members with different attributes and values for each project in MySQL RDBMS.
• Generating and sharing the reports on various parameters on the test data request from the client in MySQL RDBMS using SQL Query for every month
• Review the system, integration and user acceptance tests prepared by test engineers.
• Performed End-to-End testing Functional, Integration, User Acceptance and Regression Testing and logged the defects in the defect tracking tool: Version one and Borland StarTeam.
• Coordinated with the developers to fix the defects logged in the defect tracking tool.
• Conducted review meetings within the team.
• Tested in different environment LAB CIT, LAB System test, Lab Prod and then Enterprise System and Enterprise PROD.
• Generate reports for tracking defects, test project metrics, test process improvement and management review.
• Leading a Team at Onsite and Offshore Co-ordinations

Environment: IMSTEST, TSOA, MySQL RDBMS, SQL, Borland Star Team, Quality Center v 9x, Version One, Excel VBA, Excel Macros

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

QA Test Lead, IT Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and reviewing the User/Business requirements and functional specs documents.
• Analyzing the Test Scenarios and Conditions for each cycle.
• Participated in Writing HLS (High Level Scenarios) Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scenarios and Test Cases from Business and functional requirement Documents.
• Involved in writing test plans, written test cases manually, for functional testing purposes. Written detailed test plans and performed functional tests manually.
• Identified Automation Scope a Project and created Automation scripts using QTP.
• Develop and execute Automation Test Scripts using VB Scripts in HP QTP
• Documented the Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from every project release and shared with the end client for the Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Identified the Root Cause for the withdrawn defect from Developer team and shared with the Team for the QA Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Issuing Homeowners Policy, Fire Policy, Renters Policy, Creating Members, Adding Cap, Processing Div/Sep transactions in IBM IMSTEST
• Verifying Policy details for different transactions in IBM TSOA region in integration, System and Release Test environment.
• Develop Functional Libraries, Shared Object Repository, MySQL Queries for Database Validation and maintained in ALM Test Resources.
• Perform Channel Testing on Dotcom, Portal and Mobile testing on IOS and Android devices .
• Prepared the Test data (Input files) for interpreting the Positive/Negative/Regression results based on the design requirements.
• Performed Black-Box Testing and Functional Testing.
• Used the IMS database for the purpose of data verification.
• Creating database for every release and designing a table with the test data requirement for the members with different attributes and values for each project in MySQL RDBMS.
• Generating and sharing the reports on various parameters on the test data request from the client in MySQL RDBMS using SQL Query for every month.
• Release Management Activities.
• Update status of the defects and supports in Star Team
• Taking care of Defect status meeting with the clients.
• Responsible for coordinating User Acceptance and Regression Testing Plans.
• Responsible for Timely and Accurate Entry of Status, Defect Information and Metrics to
• Facilitate accurate/timely reporting
• Communicate Test processes as described in Test Plan to Project Team
• Responsible for Ensuring each reported problem/question is resolved by the group in a timely manner and track according to the process standards
• Responsible for review of scope and vision document and identify dependencies of the project/s responsible
• Excellent Exposure to UI & Feed Testing (files,feeds,Batches, etc)
• Hands on Experience in internet/web transaction,
• Strong Experience in Successfully driving and implementing change
• Document all the Approvals and Sign Off at each phase of testing as per the entry/exit criteria in each phase.
• Developed a project specific tool using Excel Macros to prepare a Test Analysis & Execution Report to document the test results when executed through both: manual (QC) & automation (QTP)
• Leading a Team at Onsite and Offshore Co-ordinations

Environment: IMSTEST, TSOA, MySQL RDBMS, SQL, Borland Star Team, HP Quality Center v 9x,HP QTP v 9x, MS Excel, Macintosh, IOS and Android Devices

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Review and Analyze the Business Requirements in a testing and automation perspective view.
• Conduct Walk-throughs with Business Users and analyze the objective of business scenario to understand business requirements and application functionality for script development.
• Participate in documenting the Test Plan, developing Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Data in Quality Center in each release.
• Develop and execute Automation Test Scripts using VB Scripts in HP QTP
• Documented the Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from every project release and shared with the end client for the Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Identified the Root Cause for the withdrawn defect from Developer team and shared with the Team for the QA Process Improvement and implemented them in the future effort.
• Issuing Homeowners Policy, Fire Policy, Renters Policy, Creating Members, Adding Cap, Processing Div/Sep transactions in IBM IMSTEST
• Verifying Policy details for different transactions in IBM TSOA region in integration, System and Release Test environment.
• Creating database for every release and designing a table with the test data requirement for the members with different attributes and values for each project in MySQL RDBMS.
• Generating and sharing the reports on various parameters on the test data request from the client in MySQL RDBMS using SQL Query for every month.
• Perform Channel Testing on Dotcom, Portal and Mobile testing on IOS and Android devices.
• Develop and execute the Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test case execution based on Waterfall SDLC methodology.
• Use testing tools to build and record automated test scenarios, execute test scripts, prepare the test data and document defects.
• Establishing requirements traceability to test cases.
• Performed backend testing to test the validity of the data in the reports using complex SQL queries on the database.
• Performed End-to-End testing through Automation and was associated with Functional, Integration, User Acceptance and Regression Testing and logged the defects in the defect tracking tool: Borland StarTeam.
• Coordinated with the developers to fix the defects logged in the defect tracking tool.
• Conducted review meetings within the team.
• Generate reports for tracking defects, test project metrics, test process improvement and management review.
• Developed a project specific tool using Excel Macros to prepare a Test Analysis & Execution Report to document the test results when executed through both: manual (QC) & automation (QTP)

Environment: IMSTEST, TSOA, MySQL RDBMS, SQL, Borland Star Team, HP Quality Center v 9x, HP QTP v 9x, MS Excel, Macintosh, IOS and Android Devices