SUMMARY:

• Experience in the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) life cycle from requirements gathering to releasing to production.
• Experienced in testing applications with automated testing tools like SoapUI, Quick Test Pro, QC and Selenium.
• Exposure on testing GUI, Web Based, Mobile and Client / Server applications.
• Experience in all phases of Software Testing Lifecycle with expertise in the in Functional Testing, Regression testing, System testing, User Acceptance testing, Integration testing
• Experience in analyzing business specification documents, developing test plans, defining test cases, developing and automating test scripts.
• Experience in developing and enforcing QA test procedures and QA metrics
• Good understanding of RDBMS - Relational Database Management Systems and worked on different databases like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Mongo DB.
• Tested web applications in Waterfall and Agile - Scrum development processes.
• Expertise in Defect Tracking Rally, JIRA, Mercury Quality Center, Toad, Team track and Test track.
• Experience in all flavors of UNIX, Linux, Windows operating systems and VMWare.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong problem solving skills and a result oriented attitude.
• Experience as Business analyst and onsite/offshore coordination

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro, Selenium, SoapUI

Bug Tracking Tools: : Rally, JIRA,, Mercury Quality Center, Toad, Team track and Test track

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari

Languages: Java, HTML,VB Script, Groovy Scripting

RDBMS: Mongo DB, Oracle 9i with developer2K, MS SQL server

Mobile: iOS (iPhone, iPad), Android, and Windows devices

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NY

QA Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead QA initiatives including managing QA teams of 2-3 people and contributing to the testing effort in a hands-on role for Identity Member projects
• Assist in creating the SQA project toolkit (e.g. templates for requirements traceability, test plans, cycles, cases, scripts and standardized reports, such as a root-cause bug report and a test execution progress report), and training project leadership on toolkit practices and deliverables.
• Validate account registration and social linking of NBC brands to Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and Twitter using REST APIs.
• Perform extensive manual and automated JSON API testing on a continuous basis for enhancement releases and patches. Created Rest API test scripts using SoapUI using grooving scripting
• Perform detailed testing of Omniture events and cookies across all browsers.
• Lead the web and mobile (iOS and Android supported phones/tablets/devices) testing effort across various NBC brands.
• Work with Agile methodology such as SCRUM, Sprints, Iterations and User Stories. Responsible for sizing the User Stories executed as part of each iteration and managed and assigned QA resources. Actively involved in Retrospective meetings and project kickoff meetings
• Identify ambiguities within the business and functional requirements during sizing/planning meetings. Work with product and program manager to clarify and resolve ambiguities.
• Provide formal sign-off on all testing deliverables and testing events.
• Prepare/Maintain test Cases in Quality Center for Happy Path, Regression, Smoke, End to End and functional testing
• Ensure traceability of test cases to requirements, working with the project Business Analyst to ensure all requirements are tested using QC.
• Execute test cases, test scripts and logged all defects/enhancements into RALLY, the defect tracking system
• Work extensively with Mongo DB using Rock Mongo as the interface.
• Experience with version tracking, specifically Git / GitHub
• Initiate recurring GitHub repository knowledge sharing sessions within QA which helped the team get a broader picture of the overall work.
• Create detailed documentation including QA reports and represented QA in project status meetings.
• Participate in training and mentoring other members of the QA staff;
• Act as a strong advocate for quality in the product development process for software engineering.
• Assist in defining the SQA methodology, to include test phases and associated terminology. Assisted in continuously improving the internal QA process

Environment: Quality Center, Rally, Linux (Putty), WinSCP, Rest APIs, Base Camp, PHP, Python, Mongo DB, MongoVUE, SoapUI, Firebug

Confidential, NY

Lead QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led the testing effort of Ecommerce (Kids Club, Membership updates, Egifting, Rest APIs) and Digital (PubIt and Nook Apps) projects.
• Communicated and worked with representatives from other cross-functional teams including SAP, EAI, A-certify and Product and ensured on-time PubIt testing with successful results.
• Worked with Agile methodologies such as SCRUM, Sprints and User Stories on these projects.
• Review product requirement documents and involved in developing test strategy and test plan and involved in developing functional requirement matrix to determine test script coverage.
• Defined entrance and exit criteria and provided continual risk assessments to senior management
• Extensively involved in hands-on testing of applications for forthcoming releases, during regression and end to end test phases.
• Extensive knowledge in writing and executing SQL queries for verification and validation of data for backend testing using SQL Server.
• Led the integration testing between front end and the order backend developed using SAP.
• Prepare/Maintain test Cases in Quality Center for Happy Path, Regression, Smoke, End to End and functional testing and Conducted external reviews of Test Scenarios with Business Analysts, Developers and Program manager.
• Discussed with the business about upcoming releases and enhancements. Interacted with business analysts and developers for bug/defect reviews and participated in project meetings for bug prioritization.
• Proactively came up with innovative methods to improve quality, test coverage, efficiency and regression coverage.
• Achieved better coordination between the development team and the QA team resulting in more organized scheduling of the build cycle.
• Demonstrated ability to work on challenging projects with a challenging business unit and still achieve outstanding results. As a Lead responsible for making sure that the projects were delivered within the time allocated.
• Created detailed QA documentation including QA reports, actively participated in SQA and project status meetings.
• Administered JIRA to track software defects and administer software change request.

Environment: Oracle 9i, JIRA, Coremetrics, Quality Center, Windows, VMware, MS SQL, .net, Selenium, fiddler, SAP

Confidential, NY

Senior QA/ Lead QA

Responsibilities:

• Senior QA for e-Commerce applications for International sites including France, UK and Spain. Responsible for managing the Quality Assurance team, defining tasks, benchmarks and standards to meet our aggressive release schedule.
• Interfaced with Brand (Redcats Business Managers) during UAT, Premiere and Launch. Provided brand with necessary Test Track reports, status and guidance regarding test processes during UAT, Premiere and Launch of UK sites.
• Worked on Checkout redesign for all European sites in Functional builds. Proactively discussed the requirements with the business to iron out any discrepancies and regularly updated the test cases based on change requests. All builds were successfully delivered with 100% of agreed-to features (as per final agreed-to spec), fully functioning, and on-time.
• Led a team of QA Engineers in off shore and on-site consulting resources through the entire Project Life Cycle. Verified the Project Goals met current and long term corporate objectives.
• Developed Test plans, Use Cases and Test cases for UK and US business applications.
• Prepared the traceability matrices to fill the gap between the requirements and the test cases covered.
• Minimized defects identified in post QA phase by setting guidelines and processes.
• Achieved better coordination between Development and QA resulting in more organized scheduling of the build cycle.
• Administered Test Tracker Pro to track software defects and administer software change request.
• Reported on status of testing, communication issues, enforced QA standards and policies, and set QA schedules.
• Developed SQL scripts and test data for testers to help out in Back End testing of the web application.
• Worked on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for the FR ecommerce websites.
• Developed, implemented and executed Regression testing scripts using Quality Test Pro.
• Used Fiddler, Web Developer, Yslow, and Firebug for testing purposes.
• Worked on testing Search and Guided Navigation which was developed using Endeca Search Technology.

Environment: QTP 9.5, Quality Center, Test Track pro, Lotus Notes, MS Visio, SQL server2008, VMware, Maxamine,TSL

Confidential,NJ

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Documented, implemented, monitored and enforced all processes and procedures for testing as per standards defined by Toys “R” Us.
• Was responsible for escalating the issues about project requirements (Software, Hardware, Resources) to Project Manager / Test Manager.
• Attended the regular client call and discussed the weekly status with the client.
• Checked for timely delivery of different milestones.
• Reviewed Business Requirement and Software Specification Requirements to achieve better understanding of the AUT
• Participated in conference calls with all partners to identify the critical business transactions in the E-Commerce application
• Created test scripts using QTP and performed interface, functionality, and regression testing on new builds of the application.
• Performed Integration testing between PKMS (EXEL’s WMS), the front ends at GSI and Toys “R” Us.
• GSI transmits a Point-Of-Sale feed every four hours to Toys “R” Us containing all the sales, returns, adjustments and inventory snapshots. Tested all these POS feeds coming in from GSI.
• Tested and uploaded the Inbound Receipt, adjustments and inventory snapshot EDI files coming in from EXEL.
• Tested the order files created and sent by GSI and the corresponding Ship-Confirm files sent by EXEL.
• Used UNIX vi editor to open and view the files on the FTP server.
• Tested Search for Baby registry based on SOAP.
• Developed SQL Queries using Toad for checking the Data Transaction and Database Integrity.

Environment: Oracle 9i, QTP, Test Director 7.0, Toad 7.4.0.1, Reflection 5.0, PKMS (WMS), SOAP services

Confidential, Woodbridge, NJ

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed functional, regression and system testing of Retek Merchandising System and InSite (RSW) and all other InSite applications.
• Generated Automation Scripts and TSL Test Scripts using Win Runner for Regression Testing and the additional scripts are generated for each version.
• Automated test cases for GUI, Functionality, and Regression testing using WinRunner
• Developed and configured the GUI map files for AUT
• Created Data Driven Tests to validate the same scenario with different test data
• Created Store Order files using RSW and transmitted them to vendor using EDI files.
• Wrote and Executed Win runner scripts for WAC testing.
• Run application batches using Appworx .
• Performed reports testing using reporting tool Oracle Discoverer.
• Administered PVCS Tracker databases to track software defects and administer software change control.
• Performed intensive Regression Testing using Toad for data validation.
• Recorded, maintained & tracked defects, assigned type & severity levels, regressed scripts to assign status to defects configure test.

Environment: Retek Application 10.0, Oracle 9i, P VCS Tracker, Oracle 8i, 9i, Toad 7.4.0.1, Winrunner8.0