SUMMARY:

• 10+ years of diverse experience in Information Technology with emphasis on quality assurance, analysis, testing client/server and web based applications in both manual and automation testing using tools like Selenium, HP UFT.
• Responsible for overseeing the automation effort from the ground up and establishing best practices in automation to allow a shorter test cycle and continuous integration into the development (CDCI) build process.
• Created custom workflows and customized them for Quality Center using the Open Test Architecture (OTA).
• Experience with different kinds of software testing methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile and Scrum.
• Expertise in Test Planning and Execution including Functionality, Usability, Reliability and User Acceptance through understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle and Bug Life Cycle.
• Strong experience in testing Mainframe application.
• Expertise on relational databases DB2, Oracle and SQL with certification in OCP.
• Worked in various domains like travel, banking, insurance, manufacturing and healthcare.
• Have diversified experience in strategic areas into Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Business Process Testing, Cross Platform testing.
• Experience in working with relational databases, analyzing schemas and written SQL queries to perform data retrieval validation.
• Mentoring & Coordinating the teams and take ownership of completion of tasks within the schedule for various releases.
• Expertise in creating technical documents like Test case templates, Effort estimation, Traceability, Defect Tracking and reporting.
• SME to the team on Testing & Quality Assurance Methodologies and Processes.
• Good Exposure on analyzing and understanding business requirements.
• Responsible for coordinating with offshore and ensure that deliverables are meeting SLA.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Domain: Travel, Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Manufacturing and Healthcare

Languages: Java script, VBScript, Shell scripting,, Java, Pro*C

Tools: Selenium Web Driver 2.4, FileZilla, Eclipse, TestNG, HP UFT 12.54, QTP, ALM, Quality Center, Tortoise SVN versioning and revision control tool, IBM Attachmate/EXTRA/X - treme, Smartbear SOAPUI, Harvest Migration & Change Control Tool, MS Visio, EQuiP release management tool, Oracle Forms Developer 2000, JIRA Requirement Tracking tool< -- For example, DB2, TSO/ISPF. -->, Informatica 8.6.1, Jenkins, IBM Personal Communication (PComm), IBM Tivoli Scheduler, IBM Sterling

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2

Operating System: All windows OS, UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Denver, Colorado

Automation Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in automating the test scripts through Terminal Emulators for Transaction processing facility system.
• Testing web services API from Point of Sales application to Vendor application using ACH as a middleware.

Tools: used: HP UFT, HP ALM, Smartbear SOAP UI, JIRA, Microsoft VSTS

Confidential, Arizona

Automation Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in automating the test scripts for Quantum Leap Eligibility Portal web application and functionalities like user creation, enrolment, content management
• Created automated test scripts using VBScript to simulate a large number of processing situations in order to ensure that the system is applying the correct logic at the right time, creating the correct results and applying other system requirements correctly
• Represented analysis report using Pivot table, Macros, VLOOKUPS and other excel functionalities
• Evaluated the given problem, situation and crisis; investigate for solutions using data analysis practices and prepare analysis reports
• Determined the methodologies and procedures for carrying out effective data analysis
• Automated test scenarios as well as multiple custom developed applications to aid in test scenario and data creation, and test results validation efforts
• Enhanced the test scripts for Global level execution
• Assisted in identifying and prioritizing the Test cases for Automation

Tools: used: Selenium Web Driver, TestNG HP ALM, Filezilla, Equip, SQL Server

Confidential, Arizona

Automation Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Development of Automation Scripting using Hybrid framework
• Produced detailed graphs and reports and documentation for all automated testing efforts, results, activities, data, logging and tracking.
• Identified the business scenarios and created a Regression Test Framework Suite/Test Bed
• Automated test scenarios as well as multiple custom developed applications to aid in test scenario and data creation, and test results validation efforts
• Involved in performance improvement of automated test scripts

Tools: used: Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, HP QTP, HP ALM, SQL Developer, EQuiP release management tool

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining the automation test scripts for enhancements and upgrades
• Experience in using SOAP UI tool for web services testing and creation of the test data.
• Verifying the submitted data in Database after submitting the SOAP UI request.
• Implementation of application enhancements and conversions which included developing detailed documentation for training and testing of desktop and iPad app.
• Lead QA initiatives including managing offshore QA teams of 2-5 people and contributing to the testing effort in a hands-on role.
• Releasing the User Stories/Bugs into UAT after performing Functional testing, Browser Compatibility testing, GUI Testing, Regression testing and Smoke testing.

Tools: used: HP QTP 9.2, HP ALM, IBM Sterling DW, MS Visio

Confidential, Cleveland, Ohio

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Validated the BRE (Business Rule Engine) values for WCC application
• Created FMEA (Failure Mode Effect Analysis) test cases and strategy for test execution
• Carried out daily status meeting with offshore, followed up with the business owners, prioritized defects
• Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management
• Involved into Volume Run and Simulator Testing

Tools: used: HP QTP, HP ALM, Extra X-treme tool for Mainframe, Oracle Toad, Putty

Confidential, Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Generated test data to test the scenario based on the formal specifications
• Performed analysis of the given data and draw accurate inferences, in accord with the objectives of the analysis
• Gathered data required to conduct analysis from several sources, compile it together in prescribed format
• Identified the issues in Informatica workflow mapping and providing solution for resolving it.
• Customized the Autosys jobs and sending them for deployment to Scheduling team.
• Migrated code from Test to QA Environment through Harvest tool.
• Provided training to the staff members on the new systems implemented

Tools: used: HP QC 9.2, Oracle Toad for 10g, Informatica 8.6.1, Harvest Migration & Change Control Tool

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed, designed and executed test cases
• Carried out daily status meeting with offshore, followed up with the business owners, prioritized defects
• Developed test strategies and use cases for complex business system involving data, rules and images that undergo a very high rate of change.
• Conducted Validation and specific Functional Tests, performed Black box, UAT, Regression, and GUI Test
• SME for major modules

Tools: used: HP Quality Center, WinSCP, Putty, JIRA Requirement Tracking tool< -- For example, DB2, TSO/ISPF. -->

Confidential, North Carolina

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed, designed and executed test cases
• Validation of Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)

Tools: used: HP Quality Center, PostgreSQL

Confidential

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Discussion with Business Analysts on the system Requirements to cover the functionality, dependencies and the scope of work
• Analysis, evaluation of alternatives for a requirement
• Preparing test cases and test plans.
• Involved in Test execution, Defect Tracking and reporting.

Tools: used: HP QC, Oracle 8i Client, Visual Studio 2005, Oracle Forms Developer 2000, Pro*C, Unix shell scripting