SUMMARY:

• Over 13 years of IT experience in Quality Assurance - Test Automation & Manual Testing, Business Analyst and Software Test Analysis including but not limited to Client/Server and Web based applications.
• Over 6 years of Hands-on manager with proven ability to direct and improve quality programs, reducing defects and improving overall efficiency and productivity.
• Experience at working in close association with Release management teams, Business, Development Teams, Third-party clients, Managing and interfacing between them.
• Strong Management and leadership in building a high performance QA team by hiring, training, coaching and mentoring QA engineers.
• Involved in entire QA Life Cycle, which includes Design, Development, Execution and Implementation of the entire QA process including Documentation of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Scripts for the Relational Database like SQL, Oracle, MS Access and Web and Client/Server Applications.
• Extensive experience of Manual and Automated testing of applications using HP tools - QTP, Load Runner, QC, Visual Studio Ultimate - Coded UI for Functional including Cross browser, Web performance and Load testing, Mobile testing using SeeTest.
• Effective leader and active participant in managing various aspects of full Project Test Life cycle including project scope and milestones, resource allocation, risk management, requirements gathering, requirements analysis and management, GAP analysis, quality assurance and testing and implementation.
• Extensive experience in Functional, Integration, Regression, Unit, Performance, Load, Back-end, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Experience in writing SQL scripts, stored procedures for both .NET and Java applications on MS SQL and on Oracle.
• A highly organized and goal-oriented individual with excellent communication and Interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Coded UI, Web Performance and Load Testing, Mobile Testing using SeeTest, MS Test Manager. Cross Browser Testing using Selenium, Jasmine, Wallaby

HP tools: Quick Test Pro 10, Quality center 10, Load Runner

IBM Tools: Rational Robot, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Test Manager SOAP.

ERP: SAP

Data Modeling: SAP HANA Studio

RDBMS: SQL Server 2008, Oracle 9i/10g, MYSQL,MS Access.

Scripting Languages: VS Coded UI, VB Scripting, SQA Basic, 4Test.

Languages: C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, XML, J2EE(Java, JDBC, JSP,Servlets, EJB), VB Script, Java Script, Visual Basic 6.0, CSS, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, AS/400 (I-Series Mainframe), UNIX, Linux.

IDE: Net beans, Visual Studio.

Operating Systems: Windows7-64 bit, Windows 2003 Server, XP/2000, MS-DOS, UNIX, Sun Solaris.

Tools: Fiddler, VNC viewer, Visual Studio.NET, Clear Case, Tidal, SharePoint, MS Project, Cognos.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

QA Automation Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead Automation activities within the automation framework using VS Ultimate 2015 - CodedUI.
• Created Automation Framework for smoke and regression testing to cover functionality, performance and load test for RCM and PIMs web applications, created Data Driven Test using CSV, Excel and SQL server as data source.
• Manage Setup and Maintenance of Test environments thru Lab Center in Microsoft Test Manager.
• Created, executed Automation scripts for Web Performance and Load tests using Load test Rig.
• Analyzed Load and Performance test results using Load Test Analyzer, reported the bottlenecks for various scenarios. Created various Graphs - Key Indicators, Page Response Time for performance counters and Tables for Tests, Pages, Transactions and Requests, SQL Trace, Thresholds for Load tests.
• Architected, created and executed automated scripts for PIMs web application of functional testing on Mobile device on iPad, using SeeTest and Visual Studio 2013.
• Analyzed test results of PIMs application on Mobile device thru SetReporter in PDF format along with screenshots.
• Designed, created and successfully executed automation scripts using Selenium for Cross browser(Firefox, Chrome) testing of web applications, analyzed results of testing cycles and presented results.
• Logged, Tracked and Generated Bug status reports using Team Foundation Server.
• Worked closely with business analysts and the business to ensure the products meet the expected level of quality defined by the business.
• Worked collaboratively with the Software Development Team others to design and develop effective Automation Test solutions troubleshoot issues and resolve bugs.

Confidential

QA Manager

Responsibilities:

• Strong Management and leadership in building a high performance QA team by hiring, training, coaching and mentoring QA engineers.
• QA point of contact for the company Leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Participated in Design and Review of Business requirements meetings and used Domain Excellence and knowledge skills to contribute to the Requirement analysis.
• Works collaboratively and proactively with QA Team, Development SCRUM teams and others to design and develop effective automation Test solutions, troubleshoot issues and resolve bugs.
• Scope & Sizing of New project Test requirements, interpret business needs, translate technical issues, identify and model data requirements, identifying business rules requirements, and test requirements.
• Own Test plans and documentation that communicates the standards and procedures of QA teams.
• Chair scrum/defect review meetings with project team stakeholders to discuss issues found during testing and their current statuses.
• Analyze software defects; conduct weekly bug triage meetings with development and product management.
• Lead Automation activities within the automation framework using VS Ultimate 2012 (coded UI).
• Implement, Gather, and report Team and project metrics which demonstrate business value and showing continuous improvement in an agile environment.
• Manage Setup and Maintenance of Test environments.
• Maintained relations across all respective Teams so as to co-ordinate and communicate Defects resolution on time & until Closure.
• Manage and oversight all QA/UAT environments, coordinate Release schedule with release team.
• Plan, develop, and implement the research of new or improved testing methods, processes, tools, and systems.

Confidential

QA Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage test activities throughout the SDLC, Define and implement QA standards.
• Identify resource allocations and constraints.
• Participated in project meetings and used leadership, analytical and problem solving skills to contribute to the quality of the product.
• Effectively communicated, documented, and validated software defects across departments.
• Maintained relations across all respective Teams so as to co-ordinate and communicate Defects resolution on time & until Closure.
• Submitted the Test case results, Defects Metrics and Status Execution Charts regularly to the Management
• Scope new projects, interpret business needs, translate technical issues, identify and model data requirements, identifying business rules requirements, and test requirements.
• Facilitate interaction between different Business and IT Managers to process data
• Evaluate and approve use of Automated Test tools.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
• Mentor Junior level testers in attaining Test Standards and executing using Testing Tools.
• Coordinate QA oversight of vendor developed solutions.
• Manage System Test activities conducted by offshore resources.

Confidential, TX

QA Automation Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Acquired the Domain Knowledge in short time so as to attain the Standards & Quality of the Deliverables.
• Acted as Point of contact for Business Product Owner (Business Analyst) for Sprint Testing for Loan Services release.
• Deeply involved in the Project Release Planning, Sprint planning, Tasking and grooming the stories for each Sprint.
• Designed, developed and executed test cases for all applications for infrastructure upgrades - Oracle 11g client and database, Windows 7 with 32 / 64 bit OS, Adobe professional, IE 8, MS Office 2010 and QTP upgrade to 11.
• Prepared SQL Test Scripts for validating various Application processes like Interest Calculations, Plan terms, on line Transaction Process and Report generation.
• Used automation framework (Action Driven, Data Driven and Keyword driven approach) to convert manual test case to automation scenarios thru QTP for Windows 7 and Web applications.
• Created Automation scripts for GUI Testing using GUI TESTING tool for standard controls, custom controls and image controls includes handles keyboard and mouse events, how different GUI components reacts to user input and whether or not it performs in the desired manner.
• Created Automation scripts for load testing using Load Runner, well versed in creating vusers automatic correlation, extended logs, Overlay graph and Correlate graph, Goal-Oriented and Analysis Scenario and threshold.
• Created automated scripts for infrastructure (OS Patches, hardware upgrades - MSOffice) testing. Guided infrastructure analyst to run and maintain scripts.