SUMMARY

• CCNA and ISTQB - BCS certified with 8.5+ years of professional hands on experience in Software Testing.
• Extensive knowledge in test automation methodologies and frameworks specializing in test design, development, and quality assurance of enterprise level applications in web/desktop/Mobile
• Strong expertise in all phases of SDLC and software test management: planning testing process, data and functionality driven test, analyzing and reporting results.
• Expertise in designing and developing strategic Test plans, Test Cases, and Test Reports for manual test and Automation test Scripting using Selenium.
• Preparing test cases for the system covering SRS document/User Stories, design document, reviewing them with the peers, developers and finalizing the test cases.
• Extensive work experience on Functional Testing, GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Black Box Testing, Cross browser Testing, Exploratory Testing, Performance Testing, Stress Testing, Power Outage Testing and Logs Monitoring and End to End testing.
• Experience in project time and resource estimation, work allocation, Status Reporting, Internal project Reviews and other management activities in multiple projects
• Experience in mentoring resources and leading team in every stage of the software test life cycle requirements analysis, internal reviews, test preparation & execution.
• Hands on experience in Manual and Automation testing of Web applications on Windows and Linux Environment.
• Hands on experience in Mobile Testing of applications in Android and iOS.
• Involved in Security testing of Web applications on Windows Environment and Currently Lead the Vulnerability Tools Team.
• Worked on Security Vulnerability tools like IBM Appscan, HP Webinspect, NMAP and OWASP ZAP.
• Participated in Boot camp sessions and provided training on the Security Tools.
• Active member of Web Application Security Team in the organization.
• Experienced in preparing and executing Test cases based on Business requirements and Technical Specifications.
• Knowledge of the onshore - offshore business process model involving regular interactions with the onsite team, weekly build delivery and TC execution & Defect management.
• Experience in HealthCare, Banking, Procurement,Infrastructure, Ecommerce and Unified Communications(CUCM, CUC,CUCC etc.) domain.
• Involved in IVR testing of CUCC.
• Hands on experience in Automation tool Selenium (Core Java and Javascript).
• Hands on experience on agile project management tool Rally and Jira.
• Experience in using Mercury Quality Center / ALM for writing the test cases, executing the test cases and defect reporting.
• Good knowledge on automated tools QTP/UFT.
• Played a multiple role as QA, BA, PMO and SME for my projects in my career.
• Involved in REST API and SOAP Web Services Testing.
• Worked in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Hands on Experience on Databases like Oracle, MS SQL SERVER (2008, 2010), Postgres and My SQL.
• Hands on Experience on Database management toolTOAD and SQL developer.
• Hands on Experience in writing complex SQL queries.
• Participated and provided feedback during FRD design review meetings.
• Well versed with Bug Life cycle.
• Worked on VM creation and deployment using VMware.
• Strong experience in Manual Test Scenario Design, Test data Identification, Test Execution, Test Status and Defect Reporting.
• Always keen to learn and use knowledge of applications to guide resources/team members in identifying, evaluating, and resolving test issues/problems.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently.
• Ability to manage projects and lead the team in meeting deadlines, and to work under pressure.
• Good Interpersonal skills, result oriented, hard working with Zeal to update my skills to the new technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: QTP, Selenium, Empirix,Task Manager,CSAT,CDETS

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, XP, Vista,7, CISCO IOS,Unix

Test Management Tools: JIRA, Rally and Quality Center(QC)

Programming and Scripting Language: CORE JAVA and JavaScript

Web Services: REST API, SOAP

Security Tools: HP WEBINSPECT,IBM APPSCAN, OWASP ZAP

Database: Oracle 11g,SQL Server(2008, 2010),Postgres and MySQL

DataBase Management tools: TOAD, SQL Developer,Aqua Data Studio

Networking Technologies Protocol suite: TCP/IP, IP addressing, Subnetting, CIDR, NAT, Ipv4 and Ipv6,ICMP,DHCP,DNS, ARP.

Routing Protocols: RIP V1, RIP V2, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP,BGP.

Layer 2 technologies: Spanning Tree protocol, RSTP,VLAN, Inter Vlan routing, Ethernet, port security, VTP, dot1q, ISL.

WAN Technologies: Frame Relay, PPP,HDLC.

Security: IPSEC,ACL,VPN.

Network Security: IPSEC, ACL.

Hardware: Windows, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Primary QA/UAT contact person for Project, Technology, and Business teams for major/minor and hot fix release coordination.
• Responsible for implementing best policies/processes and best practices Confidential for SIT and UAT testing
• Involved in the preparation of Proof of Concept (POC) for the project
• Involved in user story analysis, defining the Acceptance Criteria and defect tracking.
• Created the Test Setup for Testing in the labs and configured the setups according to Testing.
• Worked on Linux environment and monitored the logs.
• Documented the Memory utilized and the CPU capacity Confidential No load and Maximum load.
• Developed automated scripts using Selenium Web Driver and Implemented Framework using Java.
• Provide mentoring, guidance and training to new joiners/team members
• Responsible for QA activities & deliverables, On/Offshore and Vendor team coordination for quality deliverables to partners.
• Core key member for coordinating and providing support during user and Pre-prod testing phase
• Participate in story design review meetings to understand requirements and change requirements.
• Attend Daily Stand-up calls to understand the changes being implemented in the current sprint.
• Prepare and involve in reviews of Test Plan.
• Responsible for Test scenarios/scripts preparation, Peer review and Sign Offs.
• Responsible for Data-load validation & reporting tool, System integration testing, Defect reporting and Closure
• Writing SQL queries and validating the test cases.
• Schedule and attend calls with business partners to triage the SIT and UAT observations to prioritize and discuss the status.
• Responsible for regular Status reporting on testing progress to Business Partners and Stakeholders.
• Review and estimate change requests and modify the functional test plan and test scripts if needed.
• Resolve assigned project issues & risks and escalate outstanding issues to the Manager and QA Team Manager.
• Provide tasks status and defect report communication to the manager on daily and weekly basis.
• Initiated to provide RCA for CFD's to stakeholders on Monthly basis.
• Interact with End user of the tool and asking for improvements of the tool.
• Involved in security testing and analyzed vulnerability scan reports generated by IBM Appscan and HP Fortify Webinspect.
• Initiated a shadow program to interact with the End-users of the tool and documented the feedback and
• Analyzed the defects and categorized them based on severity and Ensure testing commitments are met within the QA teams.
• Communicate potential impacts to target dates and identify risks and communicate to manager in meetings
• Paired up with developers in debugging the issues and have very good knowledge.
• Ensured consensus and accurate communication of requirements and between Line of Business and IT teams
• Involved in Testing of REST API Web Services using REST plug-in and SOAP UI.
• Log monitored using Putty and WinScp utility tools.
• Participated and helped the partners by participating in the priority support calls and resolved the issues.
• Taken steps to document the Test cases and document the root cause analysis for the patches released if there is a miss in Functional Testing.
• Designed test cases for the UAT testing.
• Worked with different databases such as SQL SERVER and Postgres.
• Worked on the E-Commerce(Cisco e-store and Unified communications such as CUCM,CUC, CUCC etc
• Involved in IVR testing and call routing of CUCC
• Created Screen prototypes and suggested the changes in designing the screens.
• Worked on CI/CD implementation Using Jenkins and SVN as Version control tool.
• Develop training materials for testing knowledge transfer
• Interact with documentation team for preparing User guides and release notes.
• Taken care the CSDL processes for the releases.
• Acted as a SME for the project in providing TOI to the Team members on the UC domain.
• Overall Handled 5 Major,3 Minor and 2 patch releases for this project.

Environment: Java, Spring, Angularjs, Postgres, Jenkins, SVN,Maven,ANT, Oracle 11g, Postgres, Rally, CDETS, CSAT, Selenium WebDriver, Linux, Unix, XML,REST API Webservices,VMWare,E-Commerce, IVR testing and Unified communications such as CUCM,CUC, CUCC etc

Confidential

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Writing and Excecuted Test Cases for the screens for Mobile (iPhone(ios,iPad,Android) and Web Application.
• Performed Negative testing for the core functionality.
• Identified reusable scenarios for automation.
• Done manual execution on Dev/Stage Environments.
• Uploaded test cases in Rally and mapped with Requirements.
• Debug and Execution of automation scripts for Regression
• Participated in design discussions.
• Created Test Plan
• Test Execution and Defect Reporting.
• Database testing using Microsoft Sql Server2010.
• Involved in User Interface Testing.
• Involved in Production environment testing.
• Performed Black Box Testing, Functional Testing and Regression Testing.
• Created the Setup for CUCM, CUC,CUCC and Endpoints.
• Involved in IVR testing of CUCC for reporting of the flow.
• Developed automated scripts using Selenium Web Driver and Implemented Framework using Java.
• Participate in story design review meetings to understand requirements and change requirements.
• Attend Daily Stand-up calls to understand the changes being implemented in the current sprint.
• Prepare and involved in reviews of Test Plan.
• Resolve assigned project issues and risks and escalate outstanding issues to the Project Manager and QA Team Manager.
• Provide tasks status and defect report communication to the manager on daily and weekly basis.
• Communicate potential impacts to target dates and identify risk to testing and communicate to manager in meetings
• Interact with documentation team for preparing User guides and release notes.
• Modify the XQuery to test the reports.

Environment: iOS(6.x,7.x),Android(Ice cream Sandwich and KitKat), Java,Spring, Postgres, SQL Server, Rally, CDETS, CSAT,JIRA Selenium WebDriver,Jenkins,Maven,SVN,ANT,Postgres,Xquery,IVR Testing, Unified Communications like CUCM,CUC, CUCC etc

Confidential

Manual Tester/Automation Tester/QA

Responsibilities:

• Worked on different Domains such as Banking,Healthcare and Procurement applications
• Attended FRD review meetings.
• Preparing and Executing the manual Test cases for the screens.
• Involved in testing of .NET and Java Web applications.
• Test Execution and Defect Reporting.
• Involved in User Interface Testing.
• Involved in Production environment testing.
• Performed Black Box Testing, Functional Testing and Regression Testing.
• Writing and Executing the manual Test cases
• Actively involving in authoring the test cases in QTP/UFT
• Test Case writing and Defect Reporting in Quality Center/ALM.
• Database testing using Microsoft SQL Server2008.
• Handling Production Tasks.
• Involved in Test case preparation based on the business requirements
• Onsite/Off shore team co-ordination
• Test case mapping with requirements.
• Peer review and review comments in corporation and Cross - Browser testing
• Test case execution and defects tracking in QC.
• Participated in daily meetings with dev team and SME
• Involved in preparing DSR, WSR and status report calls.

Environment: Quality Center(ALM),QTP /UFT, C# .Net, VB.Net Empirix, JIRA, Task Manager,Bugzilla,Excel,Sharepoint,Hybrid Framework.