SUMMARY

• An accomplished result oriented QA Test Lead wif more TEMPthan ten years of professional experience in IT wif an extensive background in quality assurance, test planning, test automation and testing methodologies.
• Ability to train, lead and motivate team members.
• Excellent self - starter and ability to do multi-tasking, prioritize difficult project to maintain highest quality while reaching the timeline.
• Very proactive, results-oriented, fast learning are some of the core strengths. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• An accomplished QA Test Lead wif extensive experience in software test project management, requirements definition, software testing and quality assurance in IT, Health Care, Pharma, Financials, Securities and Insurance domain
• Experienced in developing and implementing comprehensive STLC on small to enterprise level eCommerce, SAP, Client Server, Java-J2EE, Web based applications for end-to-end testing
• Over ten years of experience in effective & efficient software Manual Testing best practices
• Experienced asQuality Center Administrator (ALM 11.0 enterprise edition). Involved in installation, Customization, Domain creation, project creation, User role management, Access Management & Project management
• Excellent noledge and working experience inTest plan Preparation, Test strategy preparation, Test scenario preparation, Test case creation, Test Execution and Test Result Analysis, Test Reviews, Defect Management (Quality Center), Test summary Report, and Dashboard
• Expertise in working on Onsite - Offshore project delivery team model
• Experience working on open source and commercial software test tools, frameworks, methodologies
• Experience in functional, regression, integration, regression, load, stress, performance, security testing, user acceptance, end-to-end testing
• Conduct and Attend Triage meetings twice a week wif on-site project team and daily wif offshore test team
• Experience in testing using TestNG, JUnit, Web Services, Selenium, Web Driver, Multi browser
• Experience in design, development and maintenance of Test Automation frameworks utilizing HP QTP/UFT
• Expertise in Database verification/validation testing using simple to complex SQL queries through TOAD and SQLDeveloper on Oracle, SQL Server
• Expertise in Test Technologies using HP QTP, Application Life Cycle Management/Quality Center, LoadRunner, JIRA, Selenium, JMeter
• Work experience in SCRUM, Agile way of software development/test project management.
• Rich experiences in working on governance, regulations, compliance projects wif internal and external agencies such as FDA - 21 CFR, GxPs, Sarbanes - Oxley
• Rich experiences on creating SOPs and relevant Documentation on variety of Software Validation projects
• Expertise in entire JIRA process for software project management including test management
• Experience in log, track, and verify resolution of software and specification defects along wif documenting all phases of QA process.
• Conducted various user conferences, training and demos showcasing new functionality and enhancements. Evaluating and gathering specific client expectations on QA
• Reengineer QA methodologies and processes dat resulted in establishment of complete traceability of requirements and enhanced test quality.
• Managed various QA phases, Train and Mentor team members on process/test methods, trained new hires on processes, tools and application
• Experienced in comparing, evaluating, recommending, negotiating and procuring QA tools for the company. Single handedly owning, operating and upgrading test environments for project.
• Meet daily, weekly wif team members to assign goals, responsibility, and understanding of assigned projects; help clarify their projects and roles by reviewing their test cases and documentation.
• Coordinate defect review meeting between various stake holders.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• HP/Mercury Quick Test Professional
• HP LoadRunner
• HP Quality Center
• HP Application Life Cycle Management
• Test Director
• VBScript
• SQL
• Oracle
• SQLDeveloper
• Toad
• Microsoft Office
• Windows
• SAP
• Cognos
• HTML
• QTP Test Automation Framework
• JIRA
• BMC BladeLogic
• UC4
• PuTTY
• Unix
• FileZilla
• Beyond Compare
• Cucumber
• Selenium IDE and Web Driver
• JUnit
• JMeter
• Eclipse

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading onsite-offshore test team in Agile - SCRUM projects
• Work on continuous improvement of software QA processes
• Act as a single point of contact from QA Team for variety of stakeholders
• Participate in project planning, sprint planning, sprint review, daily scrum, retrospective scrum meetings
• Conduct daily scrum of scrum meeting wif onsite-offshore QA Team members
• Lead QA activities in FEC (Front End Clearing) & FECPlus project in Manual & Test Automation
• Perform Database testing using TOAD writing SQL queries
• Work extensively on HP Quality Center/Application Life Cycle Management to define test requirements, create test cases, test execution in test lab, defect tracking and complete traceability between requirements, tests and defects
• Working on Selenium, Eclipse, Web Driver, Scripting wif JUnit, TestNG Framework for building automated test scripts for multi browser testing
• Work closely wif on-site Test Automation experts to help them build suite of regression automation tests for monthly releases
• Work closely wif off-shore team in delegating testing tasks & review progress
• Participate in daily SCRUM/stand up meetings and update on project progress
• Work on JIRA to open defects & blockers assign, re-assign the same until closure

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

QA Test Lead/Sr. Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead QA activities in Technology areas of Web and SAP in a functional areas of E-Commerce, Marketing, Distribution and Finance
• Worked on expanding formal QA processes in other functional areas of the company
• Participated in product readiness and release decisions
• Established fact based measures of test efficiency, effectiveness andproduct readiness
• Responsible for estimating, coordinating, directing testing for multiple projects
• Managed design, development, and execution of the entire test process; track and report progress of test execution; document and coordinate the detailed execution plan for all cycles to support testing.
• Involved in full STLC process, lead the SIT team across NA, EMEA and APAC regions.
• Communicated business requirements, goals, and directives to the technical team and served as client interface for managing user expectations and achieved client satisfaction.
• Formulated Quality assurance plan. Measured and monitored actual test results.
• Reviewed the UAT test strategy and scripts.
• Coordinated wif different user groups to get the requirements and train them before the patch release.
• Coordinated wif vendors, AD team and SIT team.
• Lead QA Testing activities for number of software applications in Technology areas of Web, JAVA-J2EE, SAP, Cognos in a functional areas of eCommerce, marketing, customer service, finance, distribution for end-to-end testing
• Worked on building extensive Manual Test Cases for SAP - SD (Sales & Distribution module) and converted manual test cases into automation scripts using HP QTP
• Worked on expanding formal QA processes in other functional areas of the company
• Implemented Functional, Regression, Load, Stress, Performance & Security testing activities for multiple projects
• Designed, developed and implemented Hybrid Test Automation Framework for multiple projects using HP QTP - Built Framework from Scratch using Descriptive Programming, Utility & Function Library, Environment files, Custom Test Result reporting using excel, Batch Files, Configuration files
• Extensively worked on reviewing and analyzing Business Requirements documents built in Use Case and other formats
• Converted Business Requirements documents into Manual Test Plans and Test cases
• Developed detailed System Test Plan for the application using Functional Design, Business Specifications, Use Cases and Raw Requirements.
• Extensively used HP/Mercury Automated Test Suite - Quick Test Professional, Load Runner and Quality Center for end-to-end testing
• Developed suite of Automated Test Scripts for Functional Testing in HP Quick Test Professional.
• Enhanced the script by programming in VBScript
• Executed comprehensive suite of QTP scripts once a month before go live to perform Regression Testing
• Reported issues manually as well as using Quality Center Defect Tracking module
• Performed Oracle database back-end testing using QTP, Toad, SQL Developer and SQL
• Wrote a program in VBScript to automate nightly batch execution of QTP Automated Test scripts
• Worked on Internationalization and developed a suite of QTP Test scripts for a Web-site dat is live in more TEMPthan 30 countries and 20 different languages
• Mentored/Trained other members in the team on Writing Test Cases, Manual Testing processes
• Performed Regression testing for any modification, enhancement and change in the application
• Performed compatibility testing on various versions of operating systems and Internet browsers
• Extensively used Parameterization, Regular Expressions, Output values, Checkpoints in QTP to enhance automation and maintainability of test scripts
• Proposed and deployed SAP Add-in for QTP for functional/regression testing of SAP
• Developed and executed QTP scripts for SAP GUI
• Deployed HP Quality Center/Application Lifecycle Management software and performed upgrades wif newer versions
• HP ALM User roles management
• Customization of Quality Center for different projects
• Integration of Quality Center wif HP QTP
• Bulk upload of requirements, Test cases and defects
• Reporting Project Metrics Dashboard & Analysis
• Worked as a Quality Center Administrator
• Customized HP ALM as per project and team needs
• Used HP LoadRunner for Stress, Performance and Load Testing of the Web sites in HTTPprotocol & SAP GUI protocol
• Created Vuser scripts using LoadRunner Virtual User Generator
• Created Load Scenario using LoadRunner Controller and executed Vuser script for upto 500 simultaneous users.

Confidential, Armonk, NY

QA Tester/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building System Test Plan, Test Cases for the application
• Extensively used QTP for Automation of Functional and Regression testing
• Prepared Test Incident Reports for all the manual tests
• Worked on Testing Change Requests and bug fixes
• Regularly executed Regression Tests on each new build of the system.
• Created and Maintained Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).