OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a suitable position in a Software Testing field (QA Automation Engineer\QA Functional Tester) that should be both innovative and challenging with ample scope to apply and improve my technical skills.

SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of experience in the field of Information Technology with experience of Software Testing on web based and Windows client/server applications.
• Good knowledge of SDLC processes and the role of Quality Assurance in development of high quality software.
• Experience in Software Quality Assurance using manual and automated test tools.
• Experience in Test Planning, Test Cases Design, Test Environment Setup, Test Data Setup, Defect Management, Test results, Test Traceability Matrix and Test Metrics .
• Extensive experience in automated testing tools like QTP (UFT), Selenium (RC & Web Driver), and Test Director/Quality Center.
• Experience in Regression Testing, Functional testing, GUI Testing, System Integration Testing, smoke testing and User Acceptance Testing for repetitive releases in multiple iterations.
• Experience in Automating Client Server and Web based Applications.
• Experience with Internationalization testing. like Kanji, German on VMware images.
• Experience in Installation testing on different platforms (Win7, Win XP, Vista)
• Experience with Bug Tracking Testing tools (JIRA, Test Director/Quality Center, ITS).
• Experience in writing complex SQL queries and have knowledge in RDBMS Systems (Oracle) and also using Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience in writing SQL queries to validate by using join statement.
• Experienced with Waterfall and Agile methodology software development process. Participated in daily Scrum meetings to discuss the status of work done.
• Experience on Test Automation using Selenium Web Driver with Core Java, JUnit and TestNG.
• Designed, Implemented and Maintained complex Test Automation Frameworks such as Data Driven, Keyword Driven.
• Involved and interacted with customer related issues.
• Good Oral and Written Communication and Documentation Skills.
• Team - oriented, self-motivated, quick learner and capable of working independently.
• Active team player, with excellent analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Actively communicated with offshore and onsite teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: QTP 10/11(UFT), Selenium IDE, RC & Webdriver, Test Director/Quality Center(9 & 10), Soap UI

Languages: JAVA, SQL, HTML

Operating Systems: Windows XP,windows 7/Vista, Unix

Scripting Languages: VB script, Descriptive Programming

Frameworks: Keyword driven framework,JUnit, TestNGDatabases: Oracle, MS SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server 2008,DB2,Squirrel

Defect Tracking Tools: Clear quest, ITS, JIRA

Browsers: IE 7 and 8, Firefox

Other Tools: MS Office (Word, Excel), Vmware, Clearcase, RTS,Eclipse

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Applications: Vantage Membership System O65, Vantage Membership System U65,Vantage Application System U65,Vantage User Interface U65,Vantage Fulfillment System U65.

Technology: Windows XP, SQL Server 2008, MS Excel, .NET C#,Java,DB2,Squirrel

Tools: Quick Test Professional 10, 11 and UFT, Quality Center 9 and 10,VB script, Descriptive Programming, Soap UI

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As Quality Assurance Automation Engineer involved in modifying the Framework for automation of Web applications and handled various projects by prioritizing to meet the deadlines.
• Involved in maintaining and updating existing keyword driven and hybrid driven automation framework which includes existing scripts and functions.
• Developed new scripts and functions in VB script using Descriptive Programming and Handled dynamic objects.
• Updated the Script in QTP based on the application enhancement .Involved in updating the keyword driven framework.
• Created and executed SQL queries to fetch data from the database to validate and compare expected results with those actually obtained.
• Worked on creating functions which reads and writes to XML.
• Actively created scripts on data base testing, web service testing thru QTP.
• Executed automation scripts for regression,smoke testing and functional testing.
• Involved in Identifying test cases in scope and out of scope for automation.
• Created and executed the smoke tests in the pre-production and "go live" environment.
• Involved in executed around 300 scenarios at the same time in several remote machines.
• Created the results summary report from QC and shared with the onsite, off shore team, Automation lead and business Participated agile management meetings and monthly QA meetings.
• Attended scrum every day to discuss the impediments and daily tasks.
• Attended Weekly meeting to update status and worked closely with QA manager, developers.
• Created Defects and tracked the defects using Quality Center.
• Supported on call for smoke test executions over the weekend and evenings and also attended tech bridge call to analyze the smoke test results.

Confidential

Manual tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Design documents.
• Performed Functional, System Integration, Regression, End to End and Smoke testing.
• Extensively involved in writing and designing templates for the Test Plans and Test cases
• Identified and developed Test Cases and documented them in Quality Center.
• Executed the test cases and reported the defects and verified them.
• Attended design review and test review meetings.
• Used Quality Center to store all testing results, metrics, implemented Test plan Document, created Test Cases, Defect Tracking & Reporting.
• Participated in status meetings to report issues. Communicated with developers through all phases of testing to prioritize bug resolution using Quality Center
• Smoke test and Regression tests were scheduled and performed on every Release and build
• Regularly followed up with the development team to discuss the defects identified during Testing.
• Worked with batch jobs, monitoring and scheduling jobs to identify interface files.
• Creation of Test Data for Member data’s according to the scenarios.
• Attended Scrum to discuss about daily activities
• Performed web service testing using Soap UI.
• Created test cases, test suits and added assertions to verify the response.
• Created and executed SQL queries to fetch data from the database to validate and compare expected results with those actually obtained.

Confidential, San Ramon, CA

Technology: Windows XP/Vista, SQL Server 2005, MS Excel, .NET C#

Tools: Selenium Webdriver,Jenkins continuous integration,JIRA

Software test engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project was developed using agile methodology.
• Performed manual testing (black box testing) and Involved in understanding of functionality and design the module.
• Actively participated in smoke, functional and ad-hoc testing during SIT phase.
• Created and executed test cases for compatibility and regression testing.
• Reviewed business and functional requirements as well as design specifications in order to eliminate ambiguity and inconsistency prior to test cases creation.
• Responsible for development of test strategy, test plans, creation and execution of test scripts, reporting test results and working closely with project team members on issue resolution and process optimization.
• Worked closely with Developers, Business Analysts, and Business User Representatives and participated in the product design process including specification reviews and documentation inspections.
• Developed Test cases and also involved in reviewing Test Cases prepared by offshore team.
• Attending Status and regular Project issue meetings, communicating with offshore team for QA related activities.
• Designed and Developed automation scripts using Selenium web driver.
• Worked on continuous Integration.
• Designed and implemented reusable methods for Selenium Web Driver, and implemented in Keyword Driven, Data Driven using Selenium Web Driver 2.0 and TestNG.
• Implemented methods/functions using Core JAVA and POI API's (HSSF and XSSF) to read and write the data into excel workbook
• Captured Screenshots on test case failure and saved to specified directory.
• Tested all automation test cases on multiple browsers namely IE, Chrome, Firefox.Involved in updating the automation framework using selenium webdriver.
• Executed the regression suite and smoke test and analysed the results.

Confidential, San Ramon, CA

Technology / Environment: SeleniumIDE, seleniumRC, Java, Junit, SQL, MS Office, HTML, Windows XP/Vista, Internet Explorer 7.0,FireFox,Eclipse,JIRA

QA Automation engineer

Responsibilities:

• Recorded and plays back test in Fire fox using Selenium IDE.
• Used Firebug Tool to identify the Object’s id, Name, XPath, link in the application.
• Exported Test case Scripts (Java-Selenium RC) in Eclipse IDE and modified the selenium scripts and executed.
• Involved in updating the automation framework using selenium and Junit .Created automated scripts in java and selenium
• Tests developed in Eclipse to start and to stop the selenium server and to execute the tests in browser.
• Executed the regression suite and smoke test, analyzed the results.
• Examine the results of test to pinpoint defects in the application.
• Performed Regression testing to ensure that changes made to software did not introduce any new bugs.
• As part of compatibility testing, executed the workflow manager web application related test cases on different browsers like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire Fox on different Operating Systems.
• Experience building and maintaining a Selenium Regression test suite.
• Reviewed the Selenium Scripts developed by the team members
• Created reusable scripts and functions in selenium.

Confidential, San Leandro, CA

Technology/Env.: QTP, VB Script, Java, Oracle, MS Office, HTML, Windows XP/Vista, I.E 7.0.

Software test engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and reviewed System Requirements Document and Use Cases to gain overall understanding of the functionality of the application.
• Performed manual testing (SIT, black box testing) and developed Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts for testing the Web based administration functionality from User Stories.
• Found bugs in the software, documented and reported to the Development team.
• Performed Black Box, Integration and Regression Testing.
• Partially involved in creating automated scripts using QTP.
• Used Built in functions of VBScript extensively.
• Project was developed under agile methodology. Participated in daily Scrum meetings to discuss the status of work done.
• Reported and suggested new improvements for the testing efforts at the end of each sprint.

Confidential, San Leandro, CA

Technology: Windows XP, IE 6, clear case, clear quest

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in manual testing and executed the queries and verified the data in Data Browser.
• Installation testing in Automation studio
• Found bugs in the software, documented and reported to the Development team.
• Performed Black Box, Integration and Regression Testing.
• Used clear case and clear quest.
• Attended weekly status meetings to discuss the progress of the tasks.