PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of significant experience in the software industry with expertise in Software Quality Assurance.
• Experience with comprehensive understanding of all phases of Test Life Cycle, including requirements gathering, test planning, scheduling, testing, defect tracking and reporting.
• Experienced in Analyzing, Designing and Implementation of QA Testing strategy for Web based and Client/Server applications using Automation testing and manual testing.
• Experience in Understanding the code written in different programming languages Java, Ruby, HTML, JavaScript and and Oracle.
• Experience in developing end to end automation using Selenium WebDriver/RC/IDE/Grid, Junit/TestNG, ANT, Maven, Jenkins, and Web Services (REST).
• Key expertise includes testing & debugging GUI & Multi - Applications environment & automated testing using Selenium WebDriver.
• Experience in automation and manual testing of websites and web-based clients using Selenium, Junit, TestNG and Selenium Web Driver.
• Experience in using Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server to configure with Ant/Maven.
• Experience in creating Test Strategy, Test Plans and Test Cases, Test Estimation, Requirement Traceability Matrix.
• Experience in Smoke Testing, Backed end Testing, Black-Box Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional Testing, Positive/ Negative Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Software Testing, Ad-hoc Testing, Boundary Value Testing.
• Proficient in Web service testing using REST XML
• Expert using open source bug tracking tool JIRA, Bugzilla and HP Quality center.
• Experienced in Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Agile methodologies, Test Driven Development (TDD) and design patterns
• Excellent experience with source version control tools such as Subversion (SVN) & Git.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Selenium IDE/RC/Web Driver/GRID, Webdriver Backed Selenium, QTP, Test Link, Test Manager.

Languages: JAVA, Ruby, Java Script, HTML, XML, JSON

Test Framework: JUnit, TestNG, Data Driven Framework

Web Debugging Tool: Xpath, Firepath, Firebug, Webdebugger

Build Tools: Ant, Maven

CI tools: Jenkins

Web services: Restful

Processes: Agile-Scrum, Waterfall

Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA, Quality Center (QC), Bugzilla & Spira.

Source Version Control Tool: SVN, GIT.

Databases: SQL Server, MySQL

Operating Systems: Windows (XP, Vista & 7, 8), Mac

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Functional Requirement Specifications and created test cases based on test scenarios drawn from functional requirements
• Worked closely with Developers, &Product Managers(BA) to get updates and resolve defects
• Tested software in bothWaterfall and Agile Development environments
• In the Agile development model (Scrum/Sprint), organized regression test suite and optimized the workflow testing from 14 complex test cases to 6 test cases when keeping all business scenarios covered. Jointly with other team members, reduced regression testing cycle from 3 days to 1 day
• PerformedPositive testingandNegative testing
• Extensively used Functional testing, Performance testing, and Regression testing
• Performedfunctional, Cross Browser,andGUI testingusingJava, SeleniumWebDriver
• Maintained end - end test automation including Maven, Jenkins based Build & CI systems.
• TestedWeb ServicesusingSOAP UI
• Performed Integration,Regression, UAT,and Functional testing
• Reported defects usingQuality Centerand interacted with developers to resolve defects/issues
• Performed data validation usingSQL
• Prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases
• Responsible for updating and maintaining Quality center for all the defects found during functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle
• Worked with Offshore QA Teamusing test management tools such asQuality Center, Microsoft Office LiveMeeting, andSharePoint

Environment: SeleniumWebDriver, TestNG, Quality Center, HTML, XML, Java, SQL,Agile, UNIX, Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, SOAP UI.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created the test automation framework with latest automation technologies to create and execute the automation test cases.
• Responsible for managing test cases written for every release by constant interaction with QA lead and developer lead.
• Performed Functional Testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it using Selenium WebDriver.
• Modification and execution of Test case Scripts (Java-Selenium RC) in Eclipse IDE, design of automation test framework (TestNg).
• Performed Back End testing on certain modules like Setting up accounts.
• Involved in writing SQL queries for retrieving and manipulating databases.
• Performed automated web services testing for both REST and SOAP based API.
• Used JIRA as a mode to log bugs and communicate with managers and developers with issues regarding closure of bugs.
• Worked in the Agile Development Environment with frequently changing requirements and features.
• Actively participating in Agile meetings for Sprint planning, implementation and execution.
• Participated in Software requirements, Implementations, Design, Automation code reviews
• Attended Sprint Planning Meetings, Product backlog in Agile Software development.

Environment: Java, HTML, JavaScript, Selenium Web Driver/ JIRA, SQL Server, Agile (SCRUM) Methodology.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed Smoke Testing on each build
• Performed User Interface Testing, Functionality Testing, Interface Testing, Compatibility Testing, Security Testing, Regression, Integration, System and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Worked on Omniture site catalyst for measuring the site traffic.
• Involved in execution of the test cases. Detected and documented bugs precisely and thoroughly and classified them based on the severity in Quality Center
• Involved in running and testing Batch jobs.
• Assist Application Developers, Business Analysts and Technical support staff in identifying and resolving problems
• Written and executed QA/UAT test cases and ensured that they are aligned to the business requirements
• Escalated issues and risks to Test Manager.
• Actively participated in process improvement meetings, weekly project meetings and status meetings.

Environment: Manual Testing, JAVA, HTML, SQL SERVER 2008, MS Office 2007, Quality Center 9.5

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing etc.
• Created Test plans, Test cases, Test Conditions for all the new releases using the functional requirement document.
• Participated in requirement reviews, team meetings.
• Worked closely with programmers and business analysts to resolve technical and functional issues.
• Prepared and presented weekly reports on the status of the project
• Execute the Test cases. Detected and documented bugs in QC
• Used Mercury Quality Centre 9.2 extensively to maintain Test cases, Test executions, Defect tracking.
• Participated in QA Team meetings for test case reviews, daily defect calls etc.
• Generated Daily Defect Status Reports for Individual projects
• Organized Daily Defect Calls
• Interacted with developers in discussing the defects in the application and retesting the defects.
• Used SQL queries to test back-end functionality.

Environment: Quality Center 9.5, Windows XP, MS Office, Manual Testing, SQL server 2005, C#, Mainframe, MS Access, MS Excel.