SUMMARY

• 10 years of experience in IT with emphasis on Software Test Automation, Software Testing/Quality Assurance
• Certified ISTQB Foundation level tester
• Having work experience with a range of high profile client Celgene
• Extensive experience in ERP, Finance, Health Care, Pharmacy domains
• Nominated as a high flyer for outstanding performance and received the Best Performer awards.
• Proficient in using Test Automation tools such as QTP/UFT, Parasoft SOA, Selenium WebDriver and TestNG
• Hands on experience in designing, developing and implementing Keyword driven, Data driven and Hybrid Frameworks
• Conducted automated web and windows applications testing
• Tested applications on ipad and other Mobile devices and performed mobile native application testing.
• Have experience in developing POC’s.
• Having experience on Cucumber to support test automation using potential features likeBehavior Driven Development BDD
• Extensive experience in developing Feature files, Scenario files and Runner class files based upon User stories
• Expertise in Manual, Automation testing, Product testing and defect driving
• Extensive experience in Functionality Testing, User Interface Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and Ad - hoc Testing of various applications
• Adept at preparing Test Plan, Test Summary Reports, developing test cases using requirement documents and functional documents.
• Expertise in defect tracking system such as bugs reporting, bug tracking and management tool.
• Testing software programs to compare to specifications and documentation.
• Support- replicating Customer issues, finding root causes, risk analysis follow ups with client on the defects
• Strong understanding of QA process, use cases, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Good experience in Agile-Scrum process, Waterfall model and V-model
• Have good exposure on version control tools like SVN and CI tools like Jenkins
• Hands on experience in Database testing (DB testing)
• Good at writing SQL queries to perform backend validations using Requirement and functional documents
• Experience with Visual Source Safe and Microsoft office tools (MS-Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access)
• Experience in testing Web services using Restful API and validating the responses
• Have knowledge on SOAPUI tool to validate the SOAP and REST APIs
• Good exposure in using JIRA for various phases of test life cycle
• Extensively used HP Quality Center/ALM and Parasoft Concerto to manage requirements, test cases, defects and generating progress Reports using Dash board module
• Experience in analyzing changes and identifying areas of the application for regression test.
• Expertise in working knowledge of Core Java and Object Oriented Concepts (Inheritance, Polymorphism, Exception Handling, Multi-Threading and Collections).
• Experience in estimation of testing efforts in coordination of test schedules
• Experience in preparing and reporting Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reports as per standards and processes.
• Delegating the work to the team members on a priority basis and also based on the skill set.
• Ramping up the team’s knowledge base if the team member is new to the product or process by providing appropriate trainings.
• Working with business analysts to ensure QA testing requirements are appropriately identified and included in the requirements
• Interacting with clients for system study, requirements gathering and analysis.
• Good communication, collaboration & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new technical concepts quickly and utilize the same in a productive manner.
• Lead a group of team members. Mentored and Provided KT to new and existing members of the SQM team
• Providing scope, resource and time estimates for projects presented to QA for testing and analysis.
• Developed metrics to track testing progress, test coverage, product quality and prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Scheduled Triage meetings with the Onshore and Offshore teams

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Technologies: UFT/QTP, HP Load Runner, Parasoft SOA and Selenium (Web Driver, TestNG,Cucumber)

Test Management Tools: ALM/QC, Parasoft Concerto, JIRA

Database: Oracle 11g, SQL server

Computer Languages: C, Core java

Operating Systems: Windows

Scripting Languages: VB Script, Java Script

Utilities: Eclipse, SVN, Firebug, Fire path

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Celgene, NJ

SSE-QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing the requirements by interacting with Business users, and Core dev teams
• Actively worked on document, develop and executing Test Plans, test scenarios, test cases and test scripts
• Followed the Agile-Scrum process and actively participated in Daily scrum meetings, Grooming and Retrospective sessions
• Responsible for reviewing the user stories and prepared MOMs for sprint planning meetings
• Involved in implementing Automation Framework with Selenium Webdriver
• Identified automation scope and developed Library functions using Selenium WebDriver- Java
• Responsible for developing the Automation Scripts, Debugging and Executing Automation Scripts
• Developed test scripts by identifying the web element locators using Firefox plugins like Fire path and Firebug
• Developed the dynamic xpaths for major functionality of the modules
• Involved in test approach & test case walkthrough, review with peers and test leads. The workgroup consists of business system analysts, developers and architects
• Used Apache POIfor accessing the External Excel files and loaded the data into the variables in the scripted code.
• Developed synchronization using implicit, explicit and fluent wait conditions
• Prepared Test Scenarios/Cases in Feature files in Cucumber using Behavior Data Driven Framework(BDD)
• Developed Step definitions based on Test Scenarios in Cucumber using BDD
• Developed the runner class files and executed the multiple test scenarios using tag names.
• Analyzed the automation test results and updated the defect status to onshore and offshore teams
• Used JIRA to track and maintain test cases, defects and testing status
• Tested applications on ipad and other Mobile devices and performed mobile native application testing.
• Responsible for Identifying and Performing Regression testing on base product for every release
• Worked onSQLqueries to verify data integrity and validate updated data for the Test cases in different modules of theapplication.
• Performed Web Services testing. Validated request and response in JSON, XML formats for RESTFUL Web service calls.
• Involved in the debugging of code and identified the root cause of failures and coding errors.
• Conducting Daily, weekly Defect triage meeting with offshore and onsite teams to discuss the issues and concerns of the modules.
• Tested applications in different types of browsers (cross-browser testing) and versions, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome to simulate production environment
• Actively Interacted with cross functional teams and involved in end to end testing Coverage scenarios
• Responsible in preparation of Traceability matrix for every release

Confidential, Celgene, NJ

SSE-QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Refactoring and Identifying manual test cases for automation
• Identifying and scripting Generic scenarios across the application and documenting the same that are reused across applications.
• Modifying the scripts as per change requests and publishing the same
• Participated in Feasibility analysis of Applications using UFT
• Used Data Driven and Keyword driven framework for developing and executing the scripts
• Execution and coding of automation scripts using UFT
• Performing code reviewsfor reusables & scripts developed by team members
• Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Defects tracking using ALM
• Tested application on Ipad and other Mobile devices.
• Interacting with development and Client team for bugs closure
• Provided Training to the Team Members on the Application and Process
• Sending the daily status to the client & involving the status calls with the client.
• Involved in the calls with the Dev team and Requirements team to get the clarifications.
• Prepared the Traceability Matrix (RTM) and Defect Summary sheet.
• Involved in preparing the Test Summary Report.
• Suggested and implemented corrective actions wherever required.
• Lead a group of team members

Confidential, Celgene, NJ

SSE-QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Identifying manual test cases for automation
• Set up the required reusable actions, test data and functions required for the automation scripts functionality.
• Prepared automation test scripts to validate different functionalities using Parasoft SOA.
• Involved in executing the automation scripts and storing the results in Concerto
• Analyzed test results and reported defects in Concerto
• Involved in Client calls and review meetings.
• Involved in project related document preparation release wise.
• Involved in preparation traceability matrix to track the project status
• Responsible for preparation of MOM and shared with the team with meeting updates

Confidential

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed the business requirements & use cases documentation and developed the test plan.
• Prepared test cases as per functional specifications and business requirements document.
• Created Automation test framework in Selenium with Java.
• Prepared and executed automated test cases in Selenium.
• Involved in Automaton Testing, System Integration Testing, Functional testing, and Regression testing.
• Used Firebug Tool to identify the Object's id, Name, XPath, link text in the application.
• Automated functionality to read data from external source.
• Added annotations to the test script code.
• Analyzed the logs for errors and exceptions during test execution.
• Prepared Test Scenarios/Cases in Feature files in Cucumber using Behavior Data Driven Framework(BDD)
• Developed Step definitions based on Test Scenarios in Cucumber using BDD
• Developed the runner class files and executed the multiple test scenarios using tag names.
• Experienced running automation scripts using Maven/TestNG and generated customized test reports
• Conducted defect review and triage meetings to resolve the defects.
• Interacted with Project Managers, developers, QA Analysts, and business management in reviews and solving the problems encountered in the applications.
• Validate and verify backend data by executing SQL queries
• Clearly communicated the testing status and issues to the management by preparing status reports, attending daily meetings, and interacting with team members.

Confidential

Sr.QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparation of test cases based on business requirements and functional specifications
• Performed Functional and Regression testing using QTP
• Validating regression functionality and report the defects to respected team
• Performed Regression testing on base product for every release
• Identifying automation test cases and Created scripts for automated test cases using VB script
• Run the scripts using quick test Pro., and tracked defects
• Managed defect life cycle and defect reporting through QC
• Involved in Client calls and review meetings.
• Involved in project related document preparation release wise.

Confidential

S/W Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Functional Testing, Re-Testing, Regression Testing and End-to-End testing
• Analyzing the manual test cases for the feasibility of automation in regression phase
• Involved in identifying automation test scenarios
• Set up the required reusable actions, repository, environment variables, test data and functions required for the automation scripts functionality.
• Created business functions and generic functions
• Prepared automation test scripts to validate different functionalities using QTP.
• Prepared the review reports (code reviews, execution reviews) and delivery reports for the automation scripts.
• Involved in preparing driver scripts, data driven tests and test suits.
• Involved in executing the automation scripts and storing the results in QC
• Analyzed test results and reported defects in QC.
• Prepared and reviewed Traceability Matrix to ensure complete coverage of test requirements.
• Prepared Issues and Clarification document to track all deviations and clarifications of requirements.

Confidential, New York

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparation of test cases based on business requirements and functional specifications
• Involved In functional and regression testing.
• Validating regression functionality and report the defects to respected team
• Performed Regression testing on base product for every release
• Identifying automation test cases and Created scripts for automated test cases using VB script in QTP
• Run the scripts using quick test Pro., and tracked defects
• Managed defect life cycle and defect reporting through QC
• Involved in GUI Testing and DB Testing
• Involved in Client calls and review meetings.