SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of IT experience in testing Software of product based application in Cable and Broadcast Domain.
• Highly motivated professional with excellent experience in manual testing, Automation Testing and Quality Assurance.
• Excellent analytical skills for understanding the business requirements, business rules processes and detailed design of the application.
• Experience in coordinating and engaging team for different phases.
• Expert in conducting various testing types like Functional, Integration, Regression, UAT and end - to-end Testing.
• Experience in writing Business process user stories using Sprint or Trello.
• Experience in preparing Test plan, Test Scripts & Status Reports.
• Write and execute test plan and test cases using JIRA/ALM, Altisian products.
• Strong experience in developing data driven and hybrid frame work in selenium using Java.
• Efficient in writing test scripts using TestNG, Junit and data provider.
• Expert in defect reporting and Tracking using Test HP Quality Center/ALM and JIRA.
• Strong knowledge in testing practice, testing strategies and Methodologies.
• Strong experience in Agile methodology, waterfall and scrum methodologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in testing the applications compatibility on Windows XP, 2007, Linux Ubuntu.
• Quick learner and good understanding of business rules and ability to work individually, as a part of team and experience as QA Lead.
• Very good understanding of MPEG, H.264, ABR, HLS, HDS, SS (smooth streaming)video formats.
• Good understanding of SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineer) standards such as SCTE 130, SCTE 35, SCTE -18 (EAS) etc.
• Participated and host SCTE chapters for MPEG training in the year 2008-2009.
• Good knowledge of Wifi standards such as 802.11 a, b, n etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: C, C++, Java (1.6), Python

Environment: MS-Dos, Windows-XP/NT/2000, Linux Fedora, RedHat

Databases: Confidential SQL 2000, MS SQL 2005, Mango DB

Web Servers: IP Web Server, Apache server

Testing Tools: Load Runner, HP ALM, JIRA

Version Control: CVS, Source Depot, GIT hub

Build Tool: Maven Tera term, Wireshark, Ethereal to capture packets

Automation Tool: Actional Diagnostic, SOAP UI -TestNg tool, selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, VA

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, write and execute Automation and manual Test-scenarios and Test cases.
• Understand EBIF standards and verify if data fetch from ste top boxes matches the test data.
• Evaluated Witbe and STB Tester solution to meet the automation need for FWM STB test set up.
• Semi-automated the process by writing Python scripts for STB Tester.
• Evaluate Selenium Web driver solution to verify posted data on Velox server.
• Installed, upgrade and set up software builds on set top boxes via DOC-SIS.
• End to end testing on AdWidget, Visible World and different EBIF apps to meet testing needs.
• Develop, design and integrate page object method (POM) in selenium for UI testing.
• Integrate Selenium, maven and Jenkins to execute the UI automation test scripts.
• Set up and execute SOAP UI tool to run web service wsdl.
• Understand and apply SCTE 35 requirements for Ad insertion process.
• Write Mango DB query to retrieve and verify test data from the database.

Environment: Velox Server, Arris SAM, Arris VOD system, Schange VOD system, STBTester, IR blaster, Motorola STB (different guide type), Cisco Pace / SARA guide system.

Confidential, PA

Sr. Software Test Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Integrate and set up Invidi ADS with Arris Cherry Picker, Arris stream manager on Motorola plants.
• Evaluate STBTester to automate testing needs.
• Fully understand and integrate Invidi ADS system.
• Write test cases, evaluate field issues and verify bug fixes.
• Write Automation script to test front end application in Renorex.
• Write/update python scripts to meet the automation test needs. Used Git version control to check in the code.
• Design and implemented selenium test suite to run regression and functional testing of RDBK active portal.
• Integrated selenium scripts in Quali system to further run end to end testing of RDKB activation.
• Execute test suite in Jenkins.
• Perform end to end testing to verify RDKB wifi range and cross functional testing based on different 802.11 a,b,n,g spectrum.

Confidential, VA

Sr. Quality Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Functioned in a team of 40+ members to deliver an E2E Functional Testing solution for the Confidential Digital Media Services project.
• Lead component based system testing of SOA based architecture to ensure a highly efficient approach meeting traceability, time and budget constraints.
• Coordinated and performed Testing under a 24/7, On-Shore and Off-shore testing model facilitating Hand offs, knowledge transfers, trainings and Intra-team daily status reports.
• Worked closely with different vendors such as Opentext, IBM, Motorola to and internal engineering team to ensure accuracy of requirements to drive a Test-Based Development project.
• Engaged cross functional teams for environment readiness activities to ensure timely delivery of code throughout various stages of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Participation and Representation in Defect Management and Daily Status reporting to 10+ functions of Confidential (including Management) representing a team of 40+ members.
• Delivered testing of enhancements and various fixes under the Agile methodology employing Sprints.
• Participation and representation in Scrum calls engaging PMOs, Development, SI and SIT testing.
• Delivered High Availability testing solutions by conducting Positive and Negative testing.
• Engaged Operations, Solutions Consultants and Product management to develop highly specific customer based Test scenarios to identify design gaps, potential fallout and usability issues.

Confidential, VA

Sr. Quality Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Functionality Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Performance Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End-to-End testing, Load testing & Stress testing.
• Created test Plans, Test Tree, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases using TD 8.00.
• Coordinated & conducted meetings closely with Business Analysts, product managers, Development team & QA members for better business outcomes.
• Participated with clients to increase the productivity of the products especially with COX.
• Involved in Code Review with Developer and performed detailed oriented White Box Testing.
• Handle field issues from customer and tried to reproduce them to achieve successful solution to meet customer needs.
• Support end user to install, upgrade and understand new features supported by Stream Scope.
• Analyzed, reviewed & made changes based on end user input in system requirements to develop test plans, test cases for functional, GUI, security and performance testing.
• Responsible for Creating Build Scripts, Defect Tracking for SNMP MIB browser & Agent configuration to support version 2.
• Evaluated and coordinated with different vendors of SNMP managers to improve SNMP (V2) support in Confidential Product lines.
• Coordinated meetings for SNMP (V2) issues and helped Development team for integration, unit and functional testing.
• Responsible for writing detailed test reports at the end of testing,
• Provide Metrics/Data analysis for justifying Acceptance/Rejection of the Application at the beta launch.
• Prepared test data for the positive and negative test cases by creating NON ATSC/MPEG compliant streams. Used third party tools in conjunction with Guidbuilder, Tandburge Mux, and Harmonic Encoders to generate non-standard complaint stream.
• Understand, operate and maintain equipment such as Cherry Picker, Cisco Switch, VSB/QAM modulators (KTech, Harmonic est.), and combiners to generate enough resources for testing purpose.
• Worked with RGB Network, Scopus, and Vcom & Motorola SEM to coordinate support of Stream Bridge EAS. Provide suggestions from customer point of view to improve Quality of the products line at Confidential .
• Qualifying different NVIDEA cards on Windows Operating system Good understanding of PCI-PCI express bus on hardware level.
• Actively involved in providing customer support for most of the Confidential product line. GuideBuilder provides EPG guide data for broadcasting industry. Guide builder covers 95% market share in providing EPG guide data for broadcast industry in USA.
• Set up ASI routers, Modulators, encoders & test equipment to meet testing needs.
• Actively involved in end-to-end set up for LAB where set up listed below equipment.

Environment: XP, Linux (Fedora core 6.0), Win2k, C++, Java (JDK 1.5), CORBA, TD 8.00, MS Project 2000. Use Set Top Box (Sony, RCS, Samsung), HDTV (Sony, Hitachi), MPEG-2, TFT911 & Sage, Triveni PSIP generator, Diff SNMP manager from (SONY, Advent Net, MIB Browser), KTECH Box, Leitch DTP.

Confidential CA

Software Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed white box, black box, Functional, Integration, Load and Regression Testing.
• Teraterm is used to get the serial logging
• Performed Basic acceptance tests on builds to make sure that the product is working and also did integration testing
• Performed Regression Testing to verify various sections of the system to ensure that changes or fixes in the system not only work, but also do not adversely affect the reminder of the system.
• Responsible for creating weekly, daily status reports, bug reports and send to managers
• Involved in writing SQL queries to find out EPG data is updated properly to Guide data
• Participated in Brown bags
• Involved in cross functional team testing
• Extensive experience in A/V related feature (RFC2250, ATSC standards, MPEG standards, EAS standards, DIFFERENT TYPES OF Audio and Video formats such as AAC, HE AAC, MPEG-2, AC-3 est.), Video On Demand design using different server environments, Digital Video Recording (DVR), EPG guide data and update.
• Used DTT channels to perform EPG Guide related testing.
• Qualify HDMI, SCART, S-video, Component, and composite video interface with different HD/SD TV sets.
• Set up personal server (Windows 2003) to set up VOD, DVR, EPG backend to meet testing needs.

Environment: Windows Vista, 2003, XP MCE, DOS Commands, Source Depot, MS Product Studio, Teraterm, X-RAY, XML, HTML, MSSQL 2005, MS Windows CE 5.0, .Net frame work 2.0.