SUMMARY:

• Accessibility specialist seeking a position within Web Accessibility based on WCAG 2.0 and section 508. Performing and/or coordinating accessibility audits of prototypes, websites, and mobile apps. Very knowledgeable in all aspects of accessibility compliance policies. Conducts walk - throughs, works with developers and testers daily.
• Performing and/or coordinating accessibility audits of prototypes, websites, and mobile Establish guidelines, best practices and standards related to designing and maintaining accessible websites, mobile apps, and online materials.
• I am seeking a position within Web Accessibility based on WCAG 2.0, Talkback, CVAA , ADA and section 508.
• Performing and/or coordinating accessibility audits of prototypes, websites, and mobile apps.
• Vast experience in Section 508 Compliance Testing for people with hearing, physical, speech, cognitive, and vision disabilities.
• Experienced using different Manual and Automated testing tools for Accessibility Testing: JAWS, NVDA, Voice over, Acrobat Pro XI, WAT, WAVE, A Checker, Juicy Studio Accessibility Toolbar.
• Experience in using GUI Tools, Client/Server and UNIX. Writing Test Scripts for Client/Server, Web applications using Java, VB, SQL, .Net etc.
• Well versed in all stages of SDLC implemented using Waterfall, Iterative and Agile Methodologies etc.
• Experience in reviewing of business requirements and design documentation for completeness and testability.
• Basic understanding of n-tier web application architecture.
• Experience with DB management/connectivity tools such as Oracle Administrator, SQL Server Admin, and TOAD.
• Experience writing SQL scripts to verify data in the database.
• Strong skills with test plans, test cases writing and defect management.
• Strong analytical, effective troubleshooting and risk analysis skills and ability to work on multiple projects, self-starter and team player.
• Working knowledge of CMMI.
• Flexible and able to work with multiple priorities and collaboratively with development and QA team.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with peers and non-technical personnel.
• Flexible and willing to adjust to operational pressures, often at short-notice.
• Strong time management, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrate ownership of all assigned tasks and projects, delivering status updates to management and stakeholders regularly. Includes escalating issues and risks as appropriate.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to identify and raise issues and resolve them in a constructive manner.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Accessibility: WCAG 2.0, W3C WAI Compliance, Aria, Section 508 Compliance, Insights, Axe, Acrobat

Screen Read: NVDA, JAWS

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, MS-Dos, Solaris

Language: C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, VB, SQL, PL/SQL, TSL, JavaScript.

Databases: Oracle, MS-SQL Server, MS-Access.

Test Automation Tools: QuickTest Pro, WinRunner, Quality Center and LoadRunner

Test Management Tools: Quality Center, Quality Center, Doors, Jira, Shear Point

Web servers: IIS, Tomcat

Version Control Tools: Visual Safe Source, StarTeam

Application Servers: Weblogic

Software: MS Office, Photoshop

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. Associate-Project /Senior Digital Web Accessibility Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Establish accessibility guidelines, best practices and standards related to designing and maintaining accessible websites, mobile apps, and online materials.
• Shift left accessibility Testing, by following 5 step Backlog, Design, Coding, testing & Release
• Using FASTPASS to run two test to find the most common accessibility issues within short time
• Using ASSESSMENT to Walk through a guided process for assessing accessibility compliance
• Using AD HOC Tools to get quick access to visualizations that help to identify accessibility issue, like how to test Landmarks, how to test tab stop, how to test heading, list of view and filtering, & how to test color.
• Reviewing PFD file color by using Acrobat.
• Work with Developers and Testers to ensure various Confidential web page compliant based on ADA (Americans with Disabilities ACT of 1990), WCAG 2.0 and section 508.
• Performing and/or coordinating accessibility audits of prototypes, websites, and mobile apps. Creating accessibility reports and presentations as needed. Working in collaboration with internal and external teams to identify strategies and implement accessibility solutions
• Participated in Walk Through, Requirement review meetings and Defect report meetings periodically.
• Establish guidelines, best practices and standards related to designing and maintaining accessible websites, mobile apps, and online materials. knowledge of HTML4 & 5, CSS, ARIA and JavaScript.
• Manage trade-off between Accessibility Compliance and Usability.
• Recommend process changes to integrate accessibility at organizational level.
• Apply accessible design principles to the web development process.
• Reviewing & adding new user stories in JIRA for different Sprints
• Verify and validate the Video/audio announcement from Confidential Web Application/mobile application by using accessibility tools such as text2speech, chromevox, NVDA, JAWS, talkback.

Confidential, New York

Accessibility Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Establish accessibility guidelines, best practices and standards related to designing and maintaining accessible websites, mobile apps, and online materials.
• Work with Developers and Testers to ensure various Confidential POS devices are compliant based on ADA (Americans with Disabilities ACT of 1990), WCAG 2.0 and section 508.
• Performing and/or coordinating accessibility audits of prototypes, websites, and mobile apps. Creating accessibility reports and presentations as needed. Working in collaboration with internal and external teams to identify strategies and implement accessibility solutions
• Participated in Walk Through, Requirement review meetings and Defect report meetings periodically.
• Establish guidelines, best practices and standards related to designing and maintaining accessible websites, mobile apps, and online materials.
• I am Extensively involved in testing web content accessibility, MWEB, Mobile Apps and Hands on experience with assistive technologies such as JAWS, NVDA, Voiceover and TalkBack knowledge of HTML4 & 5, CSS, ARIA and JavaScript.
• Manage trade-off between Accessibility Compliance and Usability.
• Collaborating with Development Team to resolve most common accessibility issues.
• Writing test plan and VPAT/GPAT for Section 508 Compliance test.
• Experience to analyze and employ problem-solving skills to recommend the best solution.
• Recommend process changes to integrate accessibility at organizational level.
• Apply accessible design principles to the web development process.
• Reviewing user stories in JIRA for different Sprints
• Verify and validate the audio announcement from POS devices/Web Application/mobile application by using accessibility tools such as text2speech, chromevox, NVDA, JAWS, talkback.

Environment: Shear Point, Jira, office 365, Salesforce, Accessibility, JAWS, NVDA, Voiceover, Talkback, WCAG 2.0, W3C WAI Compliance, Aria, Section 508 Compliance.

Confidential, New York

Accessibility Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed Web Accessibility Testing and as well as Remediation PDF, WORD, PPT, Excel and all other E&IT using JAWS/Window-Eyes as disable people expecting information.
• Involved in Accessibility testing independently following WCAG 2.0 Guideline.
• Hands on experience using different manual & automated tools- JAWS/Window-Eyes, WAT, Voice-Over and A Checker, Accverify.
• Extensive knowledge of HTML4 & 5, ARIA, JavaScript and AJAX as well as US ADA, Section 508.
• Extensive experience in QA for testing websites as well as remediated PDF's completed by other team members.
• Develop materials and implement on accessibility standards to a wide variety of audiences
• Wrote test plan and Accessibility Evaluation Report and Trained Development and QA team on using various tools and standards.
• Ensuring that web contents are Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust.
• Experienced performing gap analysis and recommendations for accessibility design and testing life cycle.
• Generated test data for execution purpose and validate fixes and ensures regression testing.
• Performed Functional, Negative, Smoke, Regression, Full suites of Regression, end to end, data validation and Web accessibility Testing.
• Participated Smoke testing after new build comes in QA environment and regression testing for issue fixes, closed, withdrawn, Failed, Deferred, and duplicate in defect section.
• Reviewing user stories in JIRA for different Sprints.
• Manually executed test cases and test scenarios to verify the expected results versus actual results using JIRA
• Tracking, reviewing, and analyzing defects using JIRA.
• Analyze the Business Requirements Document (BRD), developed Test cases and Test scripts for the application under test.
• Participated Smoke testing after new build comes in QA environment and regression testing for issue fixes, closed, withdrawn, Failed, Deferred, and duplicate in defect section.
• Involved in preparing the Test conditions, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and Test Data.
• Execute the test cases manually and test scrip508ts using UFT and reported the defects through Test Director.
• Work with the business and the technology leads to identify the appropriate data for testing and preparing that data for the test cases.
• Analyze test results to ensure existing functionality and recommend corrective action.
• Involved in Functional, System, Positive and Negative testing of the application.
• Performed manual testing for user interface of the application under test (AUT).
• Performed database testing using SQL queries.
• Report, tracked, assignee & update statues to Jira.
• Participating in monthly JIRA .
• Managing trade-off between Accessibility Compliance and Usability.
• Performing test on different test scenarios related credit card (swipe, rfid, emv pin/without pin), debit card. ATM card, private gift cards.
• Applying accessible design principles to the web development process.
• Verified Fleet cash & Credit Card Transaction to data completeness and transformation trip log to data center
• Improved the flexibility of the test scripts by Parameterization and conducted data driven test to handle the scenarios requiring multiple sets of data.
• Performed Installation, integration, functionality, and regression tests with 3rd party app working with Confidential app.
• Wrote test documentation, participated in the renewal of release notes.
• Mobile application testing by using HP Performance Center
• Reported, tracked and verified of bugs and bugs fixes using ALM.
• Add new application to Shear Point & archived old version.
• Analyzed received data in the database using MSSQL.
• Cooperated with developers and support in solving general QA environment problems.

Environment: Shear Point, Jira, office 365, Salesforce, ADA, JAWS, NVDA, VOICEOVER, TALKBACK.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Business Users and Developers to create complete test plan accordingly to the high-level project schedule.
• Attended Functional spec, Test strategy, Test plan and Test cases reviews ensuring they meet business requirements.
• Involved in estimating the effort required to build the automation scripts.
• Conducted Test plan reviews with cross-functional teams.
• Involved in analyzing and reviewing the business requirements documents.
• Assisted team documenting functional and regression test plans, test cases with expected results based on the business functional requirements.
• Involved in black box testing and identified, prioritized, and implemented test cases for GUI testing.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability matrix, Test data, Test Coverage Matrix and Test reports using HP ALM.
• Monitored ALM activities to make sure the defects are logged in ALM and are linked to appropriate Test cases.
• Involved in Back-end testing by developing various complex SQL queries.
• Automated entire ETL process, DB based rule testing, cookie testing & event log validation using VB Scripts.
• Performed GUI testing, Integration testing, System testing and Regression testing using QTP.
• Use QuickTest Pro (QTP) for debugging & executing scripts, hold the resource files, to perform error recovery and integrate some part of the automation scripts with the shared object repository.
• Created VB scripts by recording user actions and writing re-usable functions.
• Developed various Frameworks for automating the testing process by using QTP.
• Involved in risk based testing approach with technology and business partners in order to detail out risks related with the project requirements and the risk mitigation approach.
• Fixed all issues \ Defects in scripts for new versions of application on time.
• Helped to QA groups to copy data from one project to other.
• Attended weekly meetings on project status. Responsible for designing and developing mockups for User Interface and prototype testing.

Environment: Linux, SQL, PL/SQL, ALM, UFT, JSP, Java Script, HTML.

Confidential, Washington, DC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed business requirements and technical specification documents.
• Participated in entire project life cycle from inception to implementation in production.
• Analyzed use cases, functional requirements to writing detailed Test plans and Test cases.
• Performed specification analysis, created test cases, test plans, tested software applications, and logged defects, worked with development team in resolving defects and assisted in production issues resolution & re-testing.
• Collaborated with business analysts to understand and help clarify requirements and assess testability.
• Reviewed and Walked-through High Level requirements, Detailed Requirements and design documents.
• Designed High Level Test Cases or Scenarios that map back to High Level Requirements and Use Cases.
• Designed Detailed Functional, Integration, and System Test Cases that map back to detailed requirements.
• Searched for, collected, and organized test data d from test cases.
• Conducted Test Case Walkthroughs to achieve consensus on Test Case correctness & completeness.
• Executed and managed functional, integration, and system test cases.
• Recorded and managed defects.
• Assisted BA by providing test cases for use at the User Acceptance Test Level.
• Assisted in estimating task work efforts and time lines.
• Escalated potential issues to Test Lead.
• Provided input to go/no-go decision.
• Developed Automation Scripts using HP QTP.
• Was responsible for performing software testing for quality assurance in all phases of development prior to launching of the application and continued up to deployment in production stage.
• Maintained all test scripts in HP Quality Center.
• Developed test scripts for performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Maintained test plans and proactively identify problems and make recommendations regarding solutions.
• Produced test documents with detailed requirements, test cases, test coverage, graphical and analytical test reports using Quality Center and communicated the testing status to senior management.
• Performed back-end testing of the Oracle Database and used SQL queries to validate the same.
• Worked closely with Business Analysts and development team to understand business processes, functional architect and UI designing including the required deliverables in each release and coordinated mitigation of the identified defects.
• Maintained Data Driven Test suites for subsequent Regression testing.
• Participated in periodical progress review meetings with the stakeholders, business line managers, developers and QA team members.
• Participated in the creation of a testing environment.
• Cooperated with developers in solving QA environment problems.
• Reported, tracked and verified of bugs and bugs fixes.
• Created of test reports.

Environment: Windows XP, .NET, HP Quality Center, QTP, LoadRunner, TOAD, DOORS, Oracle, Web Services, MQ Series, StarTeam, VBScript, HTML, DHTML, XML, MS Office.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included planning, coordination, and execution of system, user acceptance and model office testing.
• Interacted with customer in gathering the requirements and getting the Proto Type approval.
• Wrote System Test Plan, Test cases, Test scenarios, Test Analysis Report.
• Responsible for Functional, User Acceptance and System Testing.
• Prepared, specified, and executed test case scenarios.
• Wrote and evaluated SQL.
• Interacted fully with GUI based applications.
• Accurately recorded and provided in-depth documentation of each problem found, track status of defect and verify the resolution, reporting information to management.
• Verified product documentation is technically correct, error free and user friendly, and provided standard test metrics to management.
• Created and maintained automated test cases based on new features or enhancements required by the project.
• Reviewed functional and technical specifications to develop test plans and test cases.
• Performed manual testing of ecommerce web sites and applications, including system testing & regression testing and documentation of results.
• Contributed and adhered to the overall Quality Assurance best practices, strategy and methodology.
• Prepared test plans and test cases for both positive and negative scenarios and mapped to the testing requirements in Test Director.
• Used defect-tracking tool, Test Director, for raising issues and interacting with developers.
• Designed and architected modular and reusable automated testing solutions that satisfy testing requirements using QTP.
• Developed functional and regression automated testing solutions using QTP and data driven techniques.

Environment: C++, Visual Studio, FTP, Windows XP, Quality Center, QTP, Linux RedHat.