SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of hands - on experience in diversified fields of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), specializing in Quality Assurance Process and Methodologies.
• Experience in Agile Scrum development process
• Expertise in ETL/Informatica Data warehouse testing and SAP Business Objects reports testing
• Knowledge of database systems - Oracle, Netezza and IBMDB2 databases
• Involved in Automated Testing of applications on Windows and MAC
• Thorough knowledge in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle, which includes Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Support.
• Expertise in automated testing of Client-Server, Internet/Intranet Web Applications.
• Good experience in end-to-end testing including understanding the business requirements and functional specification documents.
• Experience in designing, creation and execution of Test Plans, Test Cases based on defined testing standards.
• Experience in planning, coordinating and performing Functional Testing, Front End and Backend testing, Validation Testing, GUI testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, (UAT) User Acceptance Testing, System testing and End to End testing.
• Proficient in using testing tools such as Rubymine for web and client server applications
• Hands on experience on SQL Queries, Stored procedures and Tables.
• Experience in Problem solving and Bug tracking using Bug tracking Tools like JIRA. Extensive knowledge in analysis of Bug Severity and Bug Reporting.
• Ability to interact with developers and product owners regarding testing status and maintain detail QA documentation.
• Participated in Peer Reviews and Walkthroughs for Requirements, Design, Test Planning, Test case Specification artifacts and Defect Management.
• Able to work under tight deadlines and capable to effectively handle multiple ongoing projects.
• Strong Analytical skills with good communication skills and a good team player.
• Strong mentoring and leadership skills in training new hires with the procedures of automated testing
• Proficient in Rubymine, Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Win Runner.
• Certified HP professional.
• Scored 98% and 95% in HP Quality Center 10 and HP Quick Test Professional 10 certifications respectively.
• Knowledge of Agile environment.
• Familiar with Automated and Manual Testing procedures.
• Knowledge of Software QA tasks such as writing test plans, test cases and test scripts.
• Familiar with QC/QTP, Win Runner, Rubymine.
• Sound knowledge of tracking defects using Quality Center.
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), methodologies and test processes and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Skills: VBScript, Java, Javascript, C, C++, COBOL, SQL, Ruby, Watir, And ASP.NET

Testing Tools: Rubymine, Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, Win Runner, Load Runner, Eclipse

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, Query Management Facility, Oracle 10g, Netezza

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus Ohio

Sr QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Develop test automation using the Test Driven Development (TTD) approach
• Performed end to end testing of ETL/Informatica from File to Data Mart
• Provided automated testing support for SAP Business Objects reports which were extracted from the Data Mart tables
• Train new hires and helped them to understand the Extract, Transform and Load process and the Business Objects extracts
• Interacted with Developers and Business for a thorough understanding of the Business Requirements in order to perform thorough testing
• Data extraction for sources like flat files, Oracle and Netezza
• Thoroughly tested dimension and fact tables after understanding the business requirements
• Created ruby test cases to extract data from flat files in txt and csv formats and tested the insertion of data into the Data Mart tables
• Cross trained on ETL/Informatica and Business Objects in order to understand the requirements and provide an error free product to the business
• Developed ruby test cases for ILDR (Interagency Loan Data Request) extracts which were sent to the Federal Reserve and performed thorough testing of the extract while satisfying the OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) formatting rules
• Performed code reviews of peers and provided feedback on how they can improve their code
• Participated in iteration estimation meetings
• Actively part of the interviewing process of new hires for Ruby, Business Objects and ETL/Informatica

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Applications Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided automation testing support for four different web-based projects where each project had applications with different functionality.
• Setting up new projects from automation perspective to run regression tests for different clients on different test machines.
• Setting up environment for SIT and UAT to test the clients in both the developmental stages.
• Setting up smoke and regression for newly acquired clients.
• Responsible for new development of Ruby and Watir code for the new functionalities for different modules within the application.
• Trained a team of Manual Testers to run regression tests for clients and setup the environment for regression testing.
• Ran regression and smoke testing after each SIT, UAT and PROD builds.
• Maintained a 100% pass percentage in the automated regression tests by monitoring the results and fixing the errors every day.
• Created new GIT repositories for different projects and maintained different ruby code for each project.
• Introduced Hudson Continuous Integration as a source to the team to run regression tests on a daily basis without supervision.
• Implemented strategies to decrease automated regression testing by 70% while introducing automated cross devices/cross browser testing for a mobile web application.
• Developed a thorough knowledge of SQL queries to request test accounts needed to run a regression test on a client using DB2 Query Management Facility (QMF).
• Familiar with Software Change Manager (Harvest) used to store the code.
• Received training in Java Server Faces (JSF) in order to provide support within the company for a future project for an application developed by a third party vendor.
• Worked closely with Developers, Business Analysts, and Database Administrators.
• Participated in client conversion, sprint planning and production meetings by representing the automated testing team.
• Provided automated regression testing support for all the clients and startup clients through Hudson Continuous Integration
• Maximized the automated testing to cover 95% of the application with 5% being manual testing to check system generated emails to customers
• Participated in requirements and design meetings for almost 20 projects which enhanced the functionalities of this application
• Modified code to accommodate testing different browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox
• Worked closely with developers and paired with developers by writing features as the functionality was developed in order to meet tight deadlines
• Validated database using the IBM DB gem to connect to the database and validate a row was created after making a payment
• Minimized the efforts of creating user yml files by automating the whole process by decreasing the time from 2 days to 2 hours
• Introduced cross browser/cross device automated testing by setting up the regression test on a MAC by using IOS simulator and Android simulators to test IOS devices and Android devices
• Used Hudson Continuous Integration to kick off regression tests on a MAC without supervision
• Introduced screenshot capability within the testing suite to take screenshots wherever necessary for the Business Analysts to validate the screenshots according to the requirements
• Minimized the efforts of content Validator by introducing the screenshot capability
• Maintained the same set of cucumber features to run desktop and mobile regression tests by creating a flag in the rake file to run the appropriate set of cucumber features
• Implemented performance metrics within the ruby code to capture total number of resources used by the web application
• Responsible for completely automating cucumber features for this new capability in order to run automated regression against the application
• Worked closely with Business Analysts and Developers to get a clear understanding of the requirements and design of the application
• Setup nightly automated regression and opened JIRA defects if necessary
• Trained the rest of the team to setup automated regression for this application which was setup in a different GIT repository
• Trained the team on GIT branching, stashing, merging and committing changes
• Delivered 100% pass results on the nightly regression which tested each and every functionality of the application
• Responsible for completely automating cucumber features for this new capability in order to run automated regression against the application
• Built the testing architecture to use Selenium Webdriver which is compatible with Internet Explorer since the customer service associates strictly used Internet Explorer
• Currently working on tier 3 validation to include database validation and end to end testing
• Training manual testers to review cucumber reports
• Collaborating with manual testers in order to train them to write the gherkin scenarios so the automation team can write the step definitions and have the manual testers review nightly regression reports in order to minimize their time for testing the whole application
• Implemented strategy to read directly from an excel sheet to be used while regression testing the new application process

Environment: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Windows XP, IBM DB2, DB2 Query Management Facility(QMF), Rubymine, GIT Extensions, Rails Installer, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project Professional Plus 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Appium, Genymotion, Hudson Continuous Integration, Xcode, Ruby Version Manager, IOS simulator.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Application Support Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Retrieve customer information from the database using IBM DB2 and custom queries.
• Setup smoke and regression tests for clients installed per each wave.
• Write features/test scenarios using Cucumber language.
• Participated in bi-weekly release of each client.
• Working in an agile environment.
• Setting up test environment on multiple PC’s to run smoke and regression testing.
• Developing and coding scripts to run automation tests using the scenarios collected by the Business Analysts.
• Work closely with Developers and Business Analysts for each wave to ensure all the bugs are fixed for each release.

Environment: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Windows XP, IBM DB2, DB2 Query Management Facility(QMF), Rubymine, GIT Extensions, Rails Installer, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project Professional Plus 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Ruby Developer

• Collaborated and worked closely with the offshore team
• Worked with SQL in order to test database tables and validate the tables
• Developed numerous cucumber features in an Agile Environment
• Worked closely with Product Management team in order to finish testing production issues
• Recommended new technologies to support application development goals
• Assisted with implementation of web applications by providing automated testing support
• Participated in code reviews to make improvements and make regression runs more effective
• Setup regression runs through Windows Batch files

Environment: Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP/NT/Vista, JavaScript, SQL, HTML/CSS, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, Power point), Internet Browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox), Ruby, Ruby on Rails

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Associate Developer/QA Intern

Responsibilities:

• Developed and Maintained Ruby on Rails web applications
• Supported testing efforts through various build environments till production
• Performed post install validation and content validation
• Worked closely with manual testing team to cover all the functionalities of the application under test
• Participated in design walkthroughs with Business Analysts

Environment: Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP/NT/Vista, JavaScript, SQL, HTML/CSS, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, Power point), Internet Browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox), Ruby, Ruby on Rails