SUMMARY:

• Resourceful and dynamic technical professional with 9+ years of software quality/ functionality testing expertise, coupled with extensive SQL statement knowledge.
• Skilled team leader; consistently identified by clients as the critical player in projects.
• Proficient in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and in Agile Methodology. Self - driven and self-motivated person with great communication and presentation skills- who enjoys learning new tools and technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Outstanding “Hands-On” root-cause analysis skills. Root causes analysis includes troubleshooting, debugging, and problem analysis.
• Experience in performance of build validation and verification.
• Extensive experience in system testing (functional & integration) black box testing functional, GUI testing, regression, integration, performance testing
• Worked on Water fall methodology but currently working only on Agile Methodology with release every 3 to 4 weeks.
• User Acceptance Testing Manager (UAT) - bridge between Development, Quality Assurance and Business.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Experience using HP ALM and JIRA for Test plan, Test case and Test execution tracking.
• Working in the backend testing involving UNIX boxes using Win SCP and Putty
• Identify potential areas for automation and automate using Selenium IDE
• Lead testing efforts with Business analysis, Product office, developers and offshore QA testers.
• Extensive experience in testing Web services testing - SOAP and RESTful using JSON and XML formats also using the ALTOVA XML spy tool to validate the Schema and construct request.
• Deployment of the build to the QA environments - using BUILD FORGE and ADMIN ASSIST and JENKINS with MAVEN.
• Backend Data base testing the table values and content using Squirrel and SQL Developer.
• Logging the issues using JIRA and IBM Clear quest for bug tracking.
• Multiple browser and mobile testing using the tool Sauce Labs.
• Working in different time zone - coordinate between offshore and onshore team.
• Proven ability to work under tight deadlines and produce quality deliverables
• Integration Testing and Acceptance testing.
• Build Requirement traceability Matrix to fill the gap between requirements and the test cases covered
• Ability to work in multiple projects in parallel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,California

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in the web service testing using SOAP UI.
• Working on Agile methodology with release every 3 to 4 weeks tight time frame.
• Using SOAP UI construct SOAP and REST- validate XML and schemas.
• Identify and working on the automation using Groovy scripting.
• Played a key role in the Integration Test cycle which involves external team.
• Testing the back end UNIX boxes the using WIN SCP and Putty
• Database testing using SQL Developer and SQL Squirrel.
• Utilized HP functional test suite (HP Quality Center).
• Accept and deploy build using BUILD FORGE, JENKINS with MAVEN and in house tool ADMIN ASSIST.
• Review and track team’s test progress towards on time completion.
• Perform Black box testing including functional, negative, boundary, GUI Validation, Integration, System testing and Regression.
• Proactively came up with innovative methods to improve software quality, test coverage, efficiency and regression coverage.
• Work with the on shore and offshore model.
• Using Selenium performed automation - using Data Driven framework and Key word driven framework also Hybrid frameworks. Script using JAVA. Identify the objects using Fire box - Fire bug.
• Used Sauce Labs for cross browser testing and mobile testing like iOS, Android, etc.

Technologies:HP ALM (Quality Center), Rational Clear Quest, SOAP UI, XML Spy, Win SCP, SQL Squirrel, Eclipse, Build Forge, UNIX, JIRA, Putty, SQL developer, Sauce labs.

Confidential, California

QA Engineer (SME - Subject Matter Expert)

Responsibilities:

• Create test plan, test strategy, test suite, test cases.
• Review and analysis feature summaries documents for new features & clarify product requirements to Engineering/ Product office.
• Review high level and low level design documents & user documentation.
• Facilitate walkthroughs, review meetings and training sessions.
• Analysis and identity the gaps in requirement
• Analyze defects which need business clarification.
• Alert to potential scenarios that could cause an application to fail or yield defects and/or errors
• Perform automation using Selenium using RUBY script.
• Report and verify incidents/bugs and review, analyze and track incidents of team.
• Review and track team’s test progress towards on time completion.
• Provide demos to the product office at an early stage in the cycle to verify that the implementation meets the expected results of the Product office.
• IES (Interface Element Spreadsheet)schema document mapping and analysis (XML Schema validation and System Interface (SI) – Real-time SI and Bulk SI)
• Provide – product support during the key period of the release (pre and post)
• Conduct Internal and external review of the test cases create with development and business
• Perform Black box testing including functional, negative, boundary, GUI Validation, Integration, System testing and Regression.
• Sizing hours for QA and change controls.
• Maintained in-house tool for testing XML elements (WStester)
• Coordinate and support during post production ( Onsite/On call)
• Proactively came up with innovative methods to improve software quality, test coverage, efficiency and regression coverage.

Technologies:HP ALM (Quality Center), Rational Clear Quest, Rational Requisite Pro, XML Spy, Actuate, SQL Squirrel, Eclipse, Java, UNIX, SOAP UI