OBJECTIVE:

• To lead and manage a high performance test team in a professional organization and with my IT testing expertise and decisiveness, decision making and commitment to quality.

SUMMARY:

• 9 years’ experience in managing & delivering manual and automation projects (Selenium Web Driver/SOA Automation). ISTQB Foundation Level Certified.
• Led test teams for web based e - commerce applications, Self-service portals, Supply chain Mgmt. applications, payment platforms across various payment processors (Paymentech, JPAY, and Vesta & First Data), IVR implementations and BMC remedy based trouble ticketing system, Telecom OSS-BSS systems.
• Worked at client facing roles in USA, Australia and Hong Kong.
• Leading & Managing test teams for eCommerce and B2B web based projects.
• Project estimations, resource forecasting, in the RPF process for new client .Conducted automation PoCs & feasibility analysis and provide demo to client.
• Proficient in all stages testing life cycle - Requirement Analysis, Test Planning, Test Scripting (Design), Test Execution and Reporting.
• Risk identification, planning risk mitigation & risk response planning.
• Preparing and presenting the testing slide deck for the weekly project sponsor’s meeting. Daily Execution Reporting and Test closure reporting (Test Summary Report).
• Experienced in testing projects based on Agile (Scrum) and water fall implementations.
• Environment planning and Test Data creation. Risks identification and mitigation for testing.
• Testing Phases - System Testing, Integration/System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, and Production Validation testing.
• Browser compatibility testing and mobile browser testing for web based applications.
• Scheduling/ Facilitating Sprint Retrospective/Lessons Learned sessions. Working on test process improvements with the Test Management team.
• Leading the testing activities for TaaS (testing as a service) & of large scale enterprise applications consolidated due to mergers, Multivendor testing projects.
• Requirement Traceability Matrix creation and review.
• Participating in the Solution Design/Joint Application development sessions. Providing Demo of the test application to the Business Users.
• SOA/web services testing using SOAP UI by preparing the request XML and validating the response as per the specifications, SQL queries for DB validations, accessibility testing e508 standards.
• Hands on Experience with Selenium Automation using Web driver and Test NG. Page Obj. Model & Hybrid Framework development.
• Testing Amdocs Billing implementations for Telecom clients.
• Preparation of Test Strategy/Test plan and providing a walkthrough to the business stakeholders.
• Test Management Tools - 4 years’ experience in HP-ALM and over 7 years’ experience in HP QC. Also worked on Neo Bug tracker, Rally, Jira.
• Creating Re-useable project assets and Knowledge Transfer (K.T) documents, conducting K.T sessions.
• Coordinating Defect triage calls and requirement clarification sessions with BA’s/Business.
• Good time management skills, exceptional team-handling skills, ability to deliver under pressure situations.
• Successfully delivered a defect free project for e508 -Accessibility compliance testing by identifying areas of focus, developing a robust test strategy, planning the resource training, and managing the project to completion for ATT EBiz portal.
• Led the Web, Interactive Voice Response (IVR) &Supply Chain Management (SCM) UAT test team for Metro PCS project and successfully delivered a zero defect (Critical/High) application into production for multiple releases
• Led the E2E testing activities for Reach-IPSA, Hong Kong in a multivendor green field implementation of ITIL based HP - SAPS applications
• Designed, implemented a hybrid automation framework (Page object Model) using Selenium Web driver and TestNG for TMo eService transformation project. It helped to achieve significant effort saving by automating the regression
• Successfully delivered a large scale transformation project based on BMC remedy for Telstra, Aus. as part of SIT/UAT team. Played a key role in business user demo activities

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Automation: Selenium IDE, Selenium Web Driver with Test NG

Testing Management Tools: HP Quality Center, HP - ALM, Neo Bug tracker, Rally,RQM

Testing tools: SOAP-UI, Fiddler(Geo Location testing), Win SCP

Programming Languages/Tools: JAVA,C, SQL, Eclipse

O.S: Windows, Unix, LinuxWeb technologies: HTML, XML, Java script, Web Services - SOAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Acting Test Manager for Eordering Module

Responsibilities:

• Delivered e508 accessibility compliance by leading a team of 10 testers.
• Prepared the Knowledge transition plan to schedule the K.T sessions from the incumbent team and tracked the progress to completion
• Managed the eordering teams for each services by determining the resource allocations, preparing the progress reports and tracking the project to closure
• Effort estimation for various new releases and providing the inputs to the PMO for upcoming projects
• Communicating the project status to various stakeholders.
• Mentoring team and guiding in resolving the various project level issues.
• Preparing Risk based testing plan due to delays in project implementations or late changes in requirements from the client.
• Preparing the Selenium Automation framework and provide a Proof of Concept demo to the client.
• Developing a guideline document for the team to conduct the user story demos and training the team in presentation skill to improve team’s interaction with the client.

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

UAT Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Successfully led the UAT testing for Metropcs.com GSM enablement & CDMA decommissioning as part of merger consolidation between MPCS and TMO.
• Implemented a distributed approach for testing browser compatibility testing while major functional coverage across all the browsers in scope. Conduct testing of mobile website using emulators and devices.
• Implemented the Confidential Proprietary Test automation framework with Selenium web driver and TestNg for automating the regression scenarios. Delivered 40% effort saving in regression testing.
• Planned and Participated in Deployment validations all the releases (from R6.1 to R8.3) performing validations on behalf of the business in production environment.
• Led the UAT team and prepared the Test strategy & plan for various releases involving testing of Payment processor (JPay/ First data/ Vesta etc.), for IVR releases and SCM enhancements.
• Conducted UAT for handset activation scenarios in the test environment.
• Handled the various scope changes across the release by re-planning the test suite and execution approach times during releases (Risk based testing).
• Participated in the Release Retrospective meetings and identified the learnings and improvements for subsequent releases.

Confidential

Automation Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading the automation testing team and implementing Selenium web driver based framework to automate the regression suite .Delivered 30% effort saving
• Delivering K.T sessions to the team members to ramp up on Selenium automation concepts
• Attending the Daily Scrum and distributing the tasks amongst the team members and tracking them to closure. Published the Daily execution status report.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading the System testing team and overseeing the Requirement analysis, Test Scripting, Test Data setup Execution and Defect reporting and other day to day testing activities.
• Preparing the System - Test Strategy, Detailed Test plan Preparation
• Guiding the Team in RTM preparation and performing initial review before business review.
• Testing customized SOA web services (RPA layer) for IP Address allocations/Modifications putty tool
• Daily status reporting during Planning & execution. Test closure reports - TSRs

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Onsite Coordinator & Functional Test Lead - liaising with Business and knowledge transfer to offshore team.
• Requirement analysis by gaining End to End knowledge/understanding of IPSA.
• System Integration Test/E2E Planning, Test Scripting, Test Execution.
• Reviewing the test cases with Business for each release.
• RTM - Create, review & Sign off with Business Analysts.

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requirement analysis by gaining End to End knowledge/understanding of Confidential .
• System and Integration Test scripting & Test Execution.
• RTM preparation and review with the Test lead and business stakeholders.

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performing Requirement Analysis from the solution documents and conducting knowledge transfer sessions for the offshore team
• System Test and CAT Scenario Identification and test case writing (with emphasis on optimization of scenarios)
• Test Execution and Defect Logging in HP QC.
• Attending Defect tracking and execution meeting every morning.
• Pro-actively providing inputs to the development team and also take active participation in defect triages.
• Scripting and executing the TVT/PVT test cases during deployment.
• Assisting the Business users in executing UAT Test case by resolving functional queries.
• Responsible for providing the demo of change management solution to the business after ST completion.