SUMMARY

• 8+ Years of experience in IT Quality Assurance and Testing in different areas like Functional, Automation, ADA and ETL.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle from project definition to post - deployment phases
• Attained good knowledge on different domains - Auto Finance, Retail Banking-Online and Supply Chain Management
• Experience in several testing methodologies like Waterfall, Agile, Test Driven Development and Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)
• Has good working experience with Onsite-Offshore, Distributed Agile and Co-located Agile models
• Experience in designing/implementing Automation approach and Automation Framework with QTP & Selenium
• Hands-on experience in creating & executing Automation scripts using Quick Test Professional & Selenium
• Very good experience in Data Mining & Conditioning for executing complex scenarios
• Proficient in designing SQL queries for Back End testing using SQL Developer, DB2 to test the data integrity of the application and databases using SQL
• Expertise in identification of and Design/Logic Issues by reviewing code written in Java, CSS, Stored Procedures etc.
• Expertise in preparing Test approaches, Test strategies, Effort Estimations, Test plans, Checklists for Test design, Execution, Defect process and Test metrics and involved in each phase of testing life cycle until Production Validation
• Good hands-on experience in Desktop and Mobile web testing
• Providing inputs to Business partners for better Customer Experience and Requirement Gaps
• Proficiency in reducing the effort with automating tasks using Macros etc.
• Preparation of Requirements mapping using Quality Center/ALM & Rational Team Concert which enabled the complete test coverage in all the projects handled as a part of Release planning
• Preparing Metrics for Release Level Analysis to be presented for Client/Higher Management
• Having execution experience in various types of testing like ETL Testing using Unix & DataStage jobs
• Very good hands-on expertise of using SOAP UI for Web Services Testing with SOAP/REST APIs
• Conducted Functional, Integration, End-to-End, Web services Testing, Regression testing, Roll-Back and Forward Testing, UAT, Supporting BAT and Production Validation
• Good expertise using ALM/QC for Project Management/Defect Tracking
• Experience in using the Rally and Version One tools for maintaining, estimating and Tracking the status of the User Stories in Agile Environment
• Worked on Multiple projects with multiple stake holders and was able to deliver the deliverables on time and met aggressive deadlines
• Maintaining the work balance among the team members by equally allocating the work

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Tools: Selenium web driver, QTP, Rational Functional Tester

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, AIX

Scripting Languages: VB Script, Java

Database: Oracle, DB2, Teradata & Cassandra

ETL Tools: DataStage

Test Management Tools: ALM, QC, Rational Team Concert

Other Tools: SOAP UI, IBM Web Sphere MQ

Agile Tools: Version One, Rally

ADA Tools: JAWS, Windows Eyes, Color Contrast Analyzer

Testing Methodologies: Waterfall, Distributed & Onsite - Agile Methodologies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Charlotte, NC

Technical Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Participating in Grooming Sessions where all the Business Analysts, Developers are involved and work as a single team to split the requirements into user stories after further analysis
• Test Effort estimation for upcoming projects based on a high level understanding
• Participating in Code reviews to prevent any logical/technical issues
• Performing automation analysis for the projects
• Writing automation scripts using Selenium framework
• Handing over automated/manual scripts to regression team after every release
• Allocating work to offshore automation teams and discuss the business requirements and automation requirements and mentor the team to further work on the pending automation work by providing 24X7 testing services to the client in global delivery model and resume the work at onsite
• Creating/mining test data for complex scenarios
• Is part of Test Data Management team and servicing requests for downstream applications by providing required data
• Involving in Defect prevention process by reviewing and tracking defects in ALM and Rally
• Supporting User/Business Acceptance testing and analyzing issues reported
• Supporting Production release
• Preparing Excel Macros for preparing project status report by pulling data from ALM
• Preparing Release Metrics for presenting to client management
• Performing ADA & Browser testing
• Testing of online application in both Desktop and Mobile browsers

Environment: HP ALM, Rally, Quick Test Pro, Selenium, SOAP UI, XMAN Testing, Cassandra, Teradata

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gained knowledge in Auto Finance domain - Auto Loan Originations and Servicing
• Maintained QTP automation framework and made improvements to avoid manual effort for updating environment details etc.
• Implemented recovery scenarios in Automation framework to improve efficiency and batch run failures
• Created QTP scripts by identifying regression test cases after each release and added them to Regression Suite
• Executed Regression Automation suite for every release and troubleshoot any script failures to identify functionality defects and fixed any script issues
• Performed in-cycle automation in sprints and used the same scripts at time of hardening
• Performed POC for conversion of QTP Scripts to Selenium
• Participated in requirement grooming sessions along with stake holders and agile team members
• Contributed expertize/knowledge to write clear/understandable stories for agile team
• Participated in Sprint Planning sessions for accepting/pushing back on stories taken in to upcoming sprint based on the testing efforts and provided story point estimates
• Participated in Daily Stand up calls for providing/gathering updates
• Taken part in Retrospective meetings for each sprint with entire team and provided inputs
• Closely worked with Product Owners to understand the requirements and provide inputs for missed requirements to improve user experience
• Performed code reviews to avoid any requirement/logical issues at early stages
• Created testing tasks for each story and tracking them to closure in Version One with burn-downs everyday
• Created test scenarios and test cases for each story and executed the same
• Reviewed test scenarios written by other team members and provided comments to improve the quality of testing
• Uploaded the test cases to QC/ALM using Excel add-in in Hardening phase
• Performed Database Testing by writing SQL queries for validation of actions performed in UI application
• Created own test data by manipulating xml files
• Logged defects in Version One in Sprints and in QC/ALM in Hardening phase and worked with corresponding teams to track the defects to closure
• Supported UAT Testing by creating and providing data to UAT Testing Team on the fly
• Guided and worked with offshore to get the work running round the clock
• Provided KT’s to new members joining the team
• Coordinated with onsite offshore teams on knowledge management activities and documentation to improve the skill set of the resources in the team

Environment: HP ALM, Version One, Oracle, SQL Developer, Quick Test Pro, UNIX, Selenium Web driver

Confidential

Test Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Handled 14 applications and analyzed the impact of changes in one application on others and reported any requirement gaps
• Developed Test Cases in Lotus Notes Database
• Prepared Test Plans and presented the same to stake holders
• Automated Test cases using Rational Robot and Rational Functional Tester
• Performed functional, integration, smoke, regression and Production Validation tests
• Ran SQL queries and stored procedures in DB2 for database testing for the verification of results
• Setting up the data in upstream applications and validating the downstream applications and the impacts
• Reported daily testing status to onsite managers
• Identification of regression test cases and adding them to regression suite
• Reported defects and tracked them to closure
• Parameterized test scripts for data driven testing in Rational Functional Tester (RFT)
• Worked with the development team very closely and made sure dat all the defects were fixed and closed in a timely manner
• Executed DataStage jobs by inputting different parameters and with different kinds of test data
• Validated DataStage jobs by running them using Ascential DataStage tool
• Validated migration of Unix jobs which were re-designed in DataStage

Environment: Ascential & IBM DataStage, Flat Files, DB2, UNIX, AIX, Rational Robot, Rational Functional Tester (RFT), Lotus Notes

Confidential

Test Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Created Test plan for every release
• Reviewed & base line test cases drafted by team members
• Performed application setup in test environment
• Enhanced the documentation required for knowledge transfers
• Gave Effort Estimation based on requirements provided
• Performed different types of testing like Sanity, Unit, Functional, Integration testing’s
• Executed DataStage Jobs and validated the results for data migration from old to new system/platform
• Worked on setting up IBM Web Sphere for unit testing by placing messages in Queues
• Ran SQL queries and stored procedures for database testing and verified the results retrieved
• Reported bugs in Rational Team Concert (RTC) & participated in triage meetings
• Prioritizing bugs and Bug tracking using RTC

Environment: IBM DataStage, RTC, IBM Web Sphere, DB2