SUMMARY

• Well versed in Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Automation experience using Selenium web driver
• Experience in validating regular and Ajax controls using Selenium locators
• Triggered the automation jobs using Jenkins to get the JSON reports
• Expertise in Database using SQL Queries. Knowledge of using different databases like Oracle, SQL Server.
• Experience in verifying and validating the transformations & mappings applied for the tables using Informatica Power center
• Well versed in testing of the web services using the SOAPUI and REST API tool
• Performed extensive Manual Testing on Client Server and Web based Applications
• Hands on experience using HP Quality center for requirement analysis, test case creation/execution and defect management
• Proficient in using defect tracking tools like JIRA, Rally, HP - ALM
• Actively involved in Preparation and Execution of complex Test Cases
• Extensive Knowledge in Agile Process
• Lead\Participated in developing security QA roadmap, adopt security best practices, and Implement new ideas and innovations as per the industry trends
• Leading an offshore team with 6 testers & coordinating the testing efforts
• Adroit in handling quality processes for defect prevention, metrics collection.
• Experience in creating and developing strategic Test Cases, Test Scripts and generating Test Reports for Manual tests.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills. Able to quickly adapt to new environments and learn new technologies.
• Diagnostic Ability - Ability to go to the core of the problem and perform root cause analysis.
• Experience in Tracking and reporting issues in conjunction with Development team and preparing the Bug Report.
• Well acquainted with Software Testing Life Cycle.
• Worked in Germany for UAT support/Test data preparation activities.
• Have learnt the Basics of German language.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Tools: Selenium

ETL Tools: Informatica PC, TIBCO - UC4 scheduler

Revision Control Tools: Star Team Server, Sharepoint Server

Mainframe Tools: IBM TPF, Mochasoft

Languages: Java, Unix Shell scripting, VB Scripting, SQL

DB Tools: Toad 12.12, SQL Developer for Oracle and PL SQL

Testing Management Tool/Defect Tracking Tools: HP ALM 12, CA Rally, JIRA

File Transfer Tool: WinSCP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead Validation Engineer

Tools: Used: Selenium IDE, HP- ALM 11, SQL Developer, Winscp,Putty, Alice (image Viewer), Rally

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Analysis of Business requirements, Use cases, Design flowcharts and Software requirements specifications.
• Understood the high-level features and User stories by participating in Big Room Planning meetings.
• Prepare Test strategy, mind maps and comprehensive test cases for the User Stories.
• Identified the test cases to automate.
• Involved in building the automation framework using Selenium web driver, JAVA, Jenkins
• Setup the automation framework using Selenium WebDriver to run the test cases in multiple browsers and platforms.
• Performed data driven testing using Selenium web driver and Junit functions which reads data from property and XML files.
• Used the HP ALM tool to design and execute the functional test cases.
• Integrated with Continuous integration tool, Jenkins for running the tests on nightly basis automatically
• Involved in creating the automation test suites for regression testing using Selenium IDE.
• Used SOAP UI tool to test the SOA based architecture application to test SOAP services and REST API.
• Performed compatibility testing of applications for dynamic and static content of browsers using HTML ids and Xpath in Selenium.
• Performed smoke testing on new builds using Selenium web driver.
• Analyzed the log files to verify the processes for debugging and test data verification purposes.
• Performed defect reporting and bug tracking using Rally and followed up with the development team to verify the bug fixes, and update bug status.
• Conduct peer Test Case Reviews and requirement review.
• Perform formal and informal Test Execution for User Stories.
• Retest defects and prepare End to End Test Scenarios.
• Interact with development team and Product Owners for requirement and implementation clarifications.
• Participate in Daily Scrum meeting and other agile ceremonies.
• Execute Database tests to check for the validity of all transactions and audit trail.
• Co-ordinate/Delegate the tasks to the team members
• Interacting with the offshore team members and resolving the offshore issues.
• Attend weekly status meetings, prepare and provide detailed status reports to the managers.
• Manage validation documents in PMED for the approval process.
• Prepare Test strategy, Validation summary and traceability matrix report for the controlled testing.
• Prepared user documentation with screenshots for CT (Controlled testing) and UAT (User acceptance Testing)
• Mentor and guide new team members.
• Responsible for validation of Target data in Data Warehouse and Data Marts which are Transformed and Loaded using Informatica Power Center.
• Tracking the defects in RALLY and HP ALM
• Preparation of traceability matrix document, Status Reports and reporting to the Client

Confidential

Senior Validation Engineer\ Automation Test Engineer

Tools: Used: HP- ALM 11, SQL Developer, Informatica Power center, TIBCO-UC4, Selenium.

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing the Business Requirement Document to understand the process and write Test Cases.
• Involved in Developing, Reviewing, Implementing and Prioritizing Test cases and Test scenarios.
• Perform testing on the modules like web, Database
• Involved in validating the transformations & business rules applied to the required data and ensuring that the ETL process has been successfully implemented for the data warehouse.
• Involved in automating the manual test scripts using Selenium IDE.
• Identified the test cases to automate.
• Setup the automation framework using Selenium WebDriver to run the test cases in multiple browsers and platforms.
• Written and executed selenium tests for automation testing of the web application using Selenium IDE and Web driver.
• Created user defined functions in Java and implemented the functionality with Selenium.
• Involved in validating the data integrity and data population for all the tables which are subjected to change as per the requirement.
• Involved in validating all the workflows and related jobs, debug for failures and notify the development for any deviation
• Validating the jobs scheduled for batch processing
• Leading an offshore team with 6 testers & coordinating the testing efforts
• Attending daily scrum call biweekly sprint planning meeting
• Regular Coordination with On-site manager along with developer to evaluate scenarios
• Conducted Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Data validation testing.
• Testing of ETL jobs that are scheduled for file transfers from Operational Data Stores to designated file systems/directories.
• Tested various Reusable ETL Transformations which facilitate Daily, Weekly & Monthly Loading of Data.
• Responsible for validation of Target data in Data Warehouse and Data Marts which are Transformed and Loaded using Informatica Power Center.
• Used SQL Plus for testing execution of ETL Processes
• Created Test plan, High level scenarios, test case construction, test estimates, resource estimates and weekly status reports.
• Identified high level defects that led to business process change and tracking defect to the Developer until closure.
• Handling Adhoc Requests sent by onsite co-coordinator and have done multitasking.
• Provide KT session to peer members
• Tracking the defects in JIRA and QC

Confidential

Senior Validation Engineer

Tools: Used: HP- ALM 11, Star team, Plan Arena, Toad 9.1

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test plan, which detailed the testing scope, strategy, test requirements and necessary resources.
• Fully involved in analyzing Business Requirement Documents and writing Test scenarios.
• Developed Test Cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Interacted with the project team to assign priority to Projects based on dependency and criticality.
• Written SQL queries using TOAD to test the developed code base.
• Constructed test data in excel for system testing.
• Reviewed the cases prepared by other team mates and suggested improvements if required
• Tracked the Defects, reporting the Defects in QC and monitoring the status till the defect is closed.
• Performed functional, system and, Web testing on various builds of the application.
• Co-ordinated/Delegated the tasks to the team members
• Interacted with the onsite people and resolving the offshore issues.
• Attended weekly status meetings and provide detailed status report to the managers.

Confidential

Validation Engineer

Tools: Used: HP- ALM 11, Star team, Plan Arena, Toad 9.1

Responsibilities:

• Involved in identifying the test cases that are affecting the basic and major functionality of the application to Smoke Test the application.
• Wrote test plans with detailed testing scope, strategy, test requirements, and necessary resources.
• Participated in requirement and design walkthroughs.
• Collaborated with developers to discuss enhancements and modifications
• Extensively used Quality center to manage and execute test scripts.
• Executed test cases and test data to validate requirements.
• Performed Manual Testing on different modules of the application.
• Created and executed SQL scripts/queries for data verification at the backend.
• Performed Integrated System Testing and Regression Testing on different operating systems and browsers.
• Interacted with the offshore people and resolved any issues.
• Attended weekly status meetings and provided the detailed status report to the managers.

Confidential

Validation Engineer

Tools: Used: HP- ALM 11, Star team, Plan Arena, Toad 9.1

Responsibilities:

• Managing the test requirement, test cases, running and analyzing using the Quality Center to follow up the business and software requirements.
• Created Test Cases as per the business requirements.
• Executed test cases and test data to validate requirements.
• Developing SQL Queries to perform Database testing.
• Performing SOAP UI Testing to verify the request and response of the application.
• Performing Backend Tests Manually with SQL.
• Review of test cases and scenarios prepared by the team.
• Tracking the Defects, reporting the Defects in QC and monitoring the status till the defect is closed.
• Regression testing and functional testing are implemented at various phases.
• Interaction with the Development and onsite QA Teams to ensure the overall quality of the software.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Tools: Used: ACSP Tool, Borland Star Team 2009, Infoweb Tool, IBM TPF, Mochasoft, Bugzilla

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the preparation of test cases.
• Executed test cases and test data to validate requirements.
• Regression testing and functional testing are implemented at various phases.
• Logged the defects and monitored the status till the defect was closed.
• Involved in Accessibility and browser compatibility Testing
• Involved in Test Case Review and Test report preparation

Confidential

Test Engineer

Tools: Used: ACSP Tool, Borland Star Team 2009, Infoweb Tool, IBM TPF, Mochasoft, Bugzilla

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the client requirements by studying functional document
• Involved in the preparation of test scenarios and test cases based on the requirement document
• Execution of test cases of change requests and regression test suites
• Involved in Data Base testing
• Performing functional, system and, Web testing on various builds of the application
• Prepared the Trouble report document & reported the issue through Defect Tracking tool
• Involved in review activities such as test case review and test results review
• Involved in the preparation of test data
• Actively involved in the Production testing of every release
• Involved in updating Regression test suites
• Reporting and tracking of issues and test activities constantly with the Test Lead
• Reporting to the onsite coordinator about the status of the test activities on daily basis
• Sharing of Daily Status Reports, Weekly Status Reports to the Test Lead
• Prepare and publish daily and weekly status reports during execution highlighting the actions.
• Participate in review meetings with various stakeholders
• Participated in Walkthrough and defect report meetings periodically.
• Version control and configuration management was done using star team
• Involved in the preparation of minutes document for daily status meetings
• Involved in Quality related activities such as Work Product Inspection and Independent Testing Review Board
• Assigning and Tracking of tasks and issues in Plan Arena
• Took up additional responsibilities by working on various modules like RES and DCS regression test Suites
• Knowledge transfer sessions were given to the team members on key functional areas.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Tools: Used: Team Foundation Server (Defect Tracking), Sharepoint server, Cognos reporting tool

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the preparation of test cases.
• Executed test cases and test data to validate requirements.
• Regression testing and functional testing are implemented at various phases.
• Logged the defects and monitored the status till the defect was closed.
• Participated in regular status meetings and prepared weekly reports on the status of the application.
• Involved in Accessibility and browser compatibility Testing
• Involved in Test Case Review and Test report preparation