PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7+ years of IT experience in Software Testing of Web based and Client - Server applications.
• Strong Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA Life Cycle which includes Designing, Developing and Execution of the entire QA Process and Documentation of Test plans, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Scripts.
• Extensive experience in Quality Assurance using Manual and Automation tools which includes Selenium RC/IDE/Web Driver/ Grid, QTP, Cucumber, Quality Center, SOAP UI and JMeter.
• Experience in Black Box, Gray Box and Automation testing using Selenium-TestNG, JUnit on web and client applications.
• Expert in developing automation testing framework using Selenium WebDriver by following JAVA.
• Experience in developing framework for Functional Test Automation using Selenium, Java and TestNG.
• Work experience in integrating Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) on Continuous Integration tools Hudson/Jenkins for nightly batch run of the Script.
• Experience in testing Web Services-SOA architecture, RPCs, XML transactions, SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, and REST using various industry standard tools like SOAP UI.
• Sound knowledge on JUnit, TestNG framework for Unit testing, MAVEN and ANT for Project building tool, Jenkins/Hudson for Continuous Integration.
• Expert level experience in using test management tools like HP QC, Spiratest and bug tracking tool JIRA and Microsoft Office tools (Ms-Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access).
• Experience in creating the Test Scripts using QTP 11.0
• Experience in preparing Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Cases, and Test Scenarios, Test Data and Test Execution.
• Proficient in Black Box testing, Performance testing, Graphical User Interface testing (GUI), User Acceptance testing (UAT), Regression testing, Integration testing and White Box testing.
• Experience working with Eclipse IDE and Force.com Plug-in environment.
• Experience in QA & Testing tasks like bug reporting and tracking, Unit testing, GUI testing, and Integration testing.
• Expertise in documenting defects with high level of detail, accuracy, and informative recreation steps using Quality Center, JIRA, IBM Clear Quest, BugZilla etc.
• Experience with J2EE components such as Servlets, Java Sever Pages (JSP) AJAX, Web Sphere, Web Sphere Customer Centre, and Web-Client programming such as XML, XSLT, HTML, DHTML and JavaScript.
• Experience in creating and executing stored procedures using PL/SQL to compare the results with expected results.
• Experience on Automation framework of QTP 11, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Selenium IDE/Web Driver, JavaScript, HTML, and Beyond Compare Tool.
• Experience in database query manipulation, SQL, PL/SQL statements, stored procedures, and triggers.
• Strong expertise in lifecycle methodologies like Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall, Spiral, Agile Models and TDD (Test Driven Development) methodology.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Selenium IDE/RC/Grid/WebDriver, HP QC 10, 12.x, JIRA, JUnit, Cucumber, JBehave, SPIRATEST & Soap UI

Scripting Languages: Java Script, Unix, Shell Scripting, Ant, PERL, Python

Languages: C. C++, Java, C#, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, XML

Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, XSD, XSL, XSLT, XPATH

Testing Methodologies: Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression, GUI, Load/Performance, System and User Acceptance Testing.

Servers: Web Logic, Web Sphere, JBoss 4/5, Apache, Tomcat

Build Tools: ANT, MAVEN

SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, TDD.

C I Tools: Hudson, Jenkins, Cruise Control

Database: MS SQL Server 2005/2008, MS Access, Oracle 10g/11g

Defect Tracking Tools: Test Director 8.0, Quality Center 9.0, BugZilla, Rational Clear quest.

Operating System: Windows XP, 7, 8 & server 2003, UNIX and Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Automation/QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed agile testing, review the stories and participated in Daily Scrum, Iteration Planning and Release Planning meeting and used Rally Tool
• Participated in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle(STLC)
• Involved in the design and development of test plan from business and Functional requirements which includes test objectives, test strategies, test environments etc.
• Participated in peer review with team and developers to review test cases/test scripts.
• Performed System, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.
• Regression testing was performed after each build release of the application and updated the Scripts by executing the Regression suites built using Selenium and approve for regression suit.
• Created Selenium Test cases for automation using Selenium Web Driver and Java
• Used Hybrid Framework of Selenium to get data from Excel.
• Build a detailed, reusable, Script - free Keyword + Data - Driven framework for over 45% Test cases using Selenium WebDriver + TestNG.
• Parallel, Cross - Browser Testing using Selenium Grid and TestNG.
• Performed back end testing by writing and executing SQL queries to validate that data is being populated in appropriate tables and manually verify the correctness of the data with front-end values.
• Interacted and worked with the development team to analyze the defects and reported them in Quality Center and tracked them for closure.
• Interacted with users by conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure that the total functionality of the application was met by complying with all the business requirements.
• Participated in weekly QA status and project status meetings to report any defects and issues encountered in application.
• Discussed with team lead and PM regarding testing deadlines and post deployment validation.
• Actively communicated with the end users and business users to create realistic test cases.
• Provide test summary documentation and analyze test results, identifying trends and/or root causes of problems.
• Developed training materials, system maintenance and operating manuals for the QA environment and used the same to train the users
• Establish business continuity through Knowledge Transfer and mentoring of new resources.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Selenium IDE/WebDriver/ GRID, Web Services, SOAP, SOAP UI, REST, TEST NG, HTML, Java Script, CSS, AJAX, HP Quality Center, JXL, Agile Methodology, Rally, SQL, Oracle.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed agile testing, review the stories and participated in Daily Scrum, Iteration Planning and Release Planning meeting and used Rally Tool
• Participated in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle(STLC)
• Involved in the design and development of test plan from business and Functional requirements which includes test objectives, test strategies, test environments etc.
• Participated in peer review with team and developers to review test cases/test scripts.
• Performed System, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.
• Regression testing was performed after each build release of the application and updated the Scripts by executing the Regression suites built using Selenium and approve for regression suit.
• Created Selenium Test cases for automation using Selenium Web Driver and Java
• Used Hybrid Framework of Selenium to get data from Excel.
• Build a detailed, reusable, Script - free Keyword + Data - Driven framework for over 45% Test cases using Selenium WebDriver + TestNG.
• Parallel, Cross - Browser Testing using Selenium Grid and TestNG.
• Performed back end testing by writing and executing SQL queries to validate that data is being populated in appropriate tables and manually verify the correctness of the data with front-end values.
• Interacted and worked with the development team to analyze the defects and reported them in Quality Center and tracked them for closure.
• Interacted with users by conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure that the total functionality of the application was met by complying with all the business requirements.
• Participated in weekly QA status and project status meetings to report any defects and issues encountered in application.
• Discussed with team lead and PM regarding testing deadlines and post deployment validation.
• Actively communicated with the end users and business users to create realistic test cases.
• Provide test summary documentation and analyze test results, identifying trends and/or root causes of problems.
• Developed training materials, system maintenance and operating manuals for the QA environment and used the same to train the users
• Establish business continuity through Knowledge Transfer and mentoring of new resources.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Selenium IDE/WebDriver/ GRID, Web Services, SOAP, SOAP UI, REST, TEST NG, HTML, Java Script, CSS, AJAX, HP Quality Center, JXL, Agile Methodology, Rally, SQL, Oracle.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities

• Prepared Requirement Traceability matrix (RTM) from requirement document, wrote test cases, and performed Manual and Automation testing of the application.
• Worked on Infrastructure, Setup, Monitor modules.
• Installation and de installation of Vistara agent software on Linux and windows systems.
• Monitoring the device performance, device software details, patches required.
• Used Google Chrome & Firefox browsers.
• Wrote Test automation scripts for Device Management module using Selenium web driver software.
• Wrote test automation scripts in Java using Firebug, HTML, Xpath web elements.
• Reported defects using the bug tracking tool JIRA to developers and business team.
• Attended various meetings with the developers, clients, and the management team to discuss major defects found during testing, enhancement issues.

Confidential, Stamford, CT

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Test Matrix for latest test results information.
• Enhanced and implemented prolific architecture for QC, Test processes.
• Coordinated manual and automation test processes among the team and providing daily, weekly status to the QA manager.
• Managed test scripts in Quality Center and troubleshooting issues.
• Maintained effective Processes and Standards for Manual and Automation testing.
• Executed Functionality, Regression, Integration, performance, GUI and Back-End testing and Testing of Client/Server and Web based applications.
• Conducted defect calls, review meetings, status meetings of development documentation.
• Usability testing under 508 compliance regulation.
• Reviewed and also created efficient Test plans, Test cases, Test status Matrix.
• Performed test automation using, UI, field validation, database testing, QTP for functionality using VBScript.
• Verified the input XML and the output XML for Data Transmission from DMV.
• Enhanced Bug life Cycle with enhancements in bug reporting. 
• Involved in assisting help desk functioning.
• Involved in testing disable accessibility and necessary compliances.
• Presented weekly demos to clients and team on progress of product testing. Also Presented QTP scripts efficiency and scalability along with the training usability of scripts for the client team.
• Created test script with error handling and implemented breakpoints, exceptions & checkpoint.

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Java, JUnit, VB Script, Oracle, Windows.