SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of experience in requirements analysis, test planning and creation of test cases for the full spectrum of test types and phases, test data & environment preparation, test execution and test status reports.
• Experience in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle and QA Life Cycle and in all dimensions of Functionality, Usability & Reliability.
• Proven track record of successful implementation using ATDD (Acceptance Test Driven Development) for the last 4+ Years.
• Over 2+ years of experience in testing Web services using REST services, SOAP UI, Ready API.
• In - depth Rest API testing experience using Advanced Rest Client/Postman and Soap UI Pro.
• Expert in Automation using Soap UI Pro (Ready API).
• Proficient on Automation tools like Ruby/Cucumber for Web based Applications.
• Working knowledge on Selenium automation.
• Known for integrating Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) on Continuous Integration tool Hudson for nightly batch run of the Script.
• Experience in testing Marketing Could Mobile connect API’s.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Selenium Web Driver/IDE
• HP Quality Center
• Ruby
• Cucumber & Soap UI
• REST services
• ESP Job scheduler
• CA Lisa Tool
• Change man
• FileZilla
• Unix
• Ready API
• Putty
• Soap UI Pro
• Splunk
• Rational Team Concert and Rational Requirements Composer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Automation Test Lead

Confidential, Columbus, OH

• Prepared efficient and effective Master Test Strategy for all the new projects and get it signed off by all the stake holders of the project.
• Responsible for estimating, planning and delivering the testing scope of the work requests on these applications.
• Coordinated with other team across Nationwide for end to end testing.
• Responsible for getting the sign off from different business stake holders before the project goes to production.
• Participating and conducting all the agile cadence meetings like Iteration Planning meeting, Stand up, Retrospective and release planning meetings.
• Mentoring and guiding the new team members.
• Responsible for all the phases of testing pre and post implementations.
• To maintain and track all defects including pre and post production. To send different metrics to the leadership on the defect trending, follow up with the dev team and bring them to closure.
• To guide and encourage the team towards continuous improvement techniques and best practices and implement them in other teams as well.
• Handle delivery of interfaces on-time for testing team.
• Identify the process gaps and provide alternatives to the project team.
• Review of test cases written by the team.
• Delivery plan of all the features.
• Conduct status meetings with all the test leads across multiple teams.
• Work with Technical Core Team to perform the functional testing and Support the regression testing & User Acceptance testing (UAT) during the testing phase.
• Keep the testing team informed about the progress of the identified fixes and its progress.
• Involved in SOAP & REST based web services testing using Ready API web services testing tool.
• Responsible for Configuring ESP batch Jobs.

QA Automation Engineer

Confidential, Columbus, OH

• Interacted with the Business Clients, Product Owners, Developers and QA Manager for clear exposure to trickle down the technical/functional User Requirements & Change Requests to Test Plans and Test Scenarios.
• Identified test cases to automate. Automate those test cases using Selenium Web Driver, Ruby ( Ruby mine IDE). Contributed in framework creation.
• Perform Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration testing, (UAT ) User Acceptance Testing, and End to End Testing
• Responsible in executing test scripts on different browsers and checked for compatibility.
• Tested the application in highly dynamic environment with sprint team using agile methodology.
• Involved in creation of automation framework in Selenium WebDriver using behavior driven approach like Cucumber. Extensively used Page Objects design and page navigation framework for readable test script and easy maintenance from developer perspectives.
• Involved in SOAP & REST based web services testing using Ready API web services testing tool.
• Identified the Test Scenarios based on Functional Specifications and Business Requirements.
• Conducted workflow, process diagram and gap analysis to derive requirements for existing systems enhancements.
• Used firebug to identify object’s ids, Name, XPaths, links in the application.
• Used HP Mercury Quality Center for Defect Management Tool.
• Provide all data validation through SQL queries, UNIX commands to perform Back-end testing
• Participated in Walkthrough and defect report meetings periodically.
• Responsible for keeping up with the test schedule and interacting with software engineers to ensure clear communications on requirements and defect reports.

QA Automation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Analysis for new story cards and enhancements
• Entry Amigo for the story card with the analyst
• Analyzing coverage and scope of requirements and gaps in requirements or functionality
• Impact analysis of requirements documented and testing scope review
• Checking on similarity of states from which testing scripts can be re-used
• Involving in Test case design and Test Execution
• Writing Test Scenarios and Outline for each story card
• Elaborating Test Scripts using automation testing tool - Ruby & Cucumber
• Mapping of Test data to the test scripts based on state specific requirements
• Re-using and Retagging of scripts based on re-usability
• Executing the test scripts and committing the results to SVN
• Presenting the cards with the passed test scripts to Business in Show & Tell
• Defect Reporting and Tracking
• Onsite & Offshore Co-ordination

QA Engineer

Confidential

• Execution of Test cases and end to end script design.
• Regression testing.
• Test data validation, Sending Status Reports on daily basis.
• Logged defects and defect tracking of various severity in Quality Center.
• Preparing daily defect Status report and sending Status mail to onsite.
• Onsite & Offshore Co-ordination

QA Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Analysis for new story cards and enhancements
• Entry Amigo for the story card with the analyst
• Analyzing coverage and scope of requirements and gaps in requirements or functionality
• Impact analysis of requirements documented and testing scope review
• Checking on similarity of states from which testing scripts can be re-used
• Involving in Test case design and Test Execution
• Writing Test Scenarios and Outline for each story card
• Elaborating Test Scripts using automation testing tool - Ruby & Cucumber
• Mapping of Test data to the test scripts based on state specific requirements
• Re-using and Retagging of scripts based on re-usability
• Executing the test scripts and committing the results to SVN
• Presenting the cards with the passed test scripts to Business in Show & Tell
• Reviewing the test cases
• Peer review of test cases for story cards assigned to other testers
• Reviewing the test scripts with analyst and getting the same approved before the test execution for the card is started
• Defect Reporting and Tracking
• Logging of defects for the cards based on deviation on the requirement and what has been developed
• Tracking of defects till closure. Getting clarification from Analyst and Business wherever required
• Re-testing of defects post defect fixes
• Onsite & Offshore Co-ordination