SUMMARY:

• A highly capable QA Manager/Architect/DEVOPS QA/SDET professional who provides solutions to any type of software applications. Offering creative problem solving skills with experience in custom tools analysis, framework development, Optimization, Continuous Integration/Testing and mentoring the team.
• Currently looking for new career opportunity to work in a progressive and challenging environment with an innovative company.
• Result oriented professional offering over 13+ years of Information Technology (IT) experience in QA Automation.
• Ability to design, build, optimize and maintain Automation Framework using Industry leading automation tools.
• Extensive experience in designing, developing and maintaining test scripts in Selenium, and Tricentis Tosca for Web, client/server applications and various Databases.
• Automated highly transactional e - commerce web application using Selenium WebDriver.
• Implemented Page Objects, Data Driven, and Keyword Driven, Hybrid automation frameworks and Robot Framework using Selenium WebDriver, JAVA, and Tosca.
• Solid experience in integrating Automation Scripts into DevOps(CI/CD), Build Management tools like Git, Continuous Integration and deployment using Jenkins Cloudbees.
• Automated CI/CD pipeline using Selenium framework and generate quality metrics.
• Quickly learn, Evaluate and Develop proof-of-concept with new software automation tools and provide creative solution based on project needs.
• Responsible for all Test Management activities starting from Analyzing User Stories, Test Strategy/Plan, Test Design, Test Execution, UAT Release Management.
• Extensive experience in setting up tools like ALM, Rational, JIRA, QA Dashboard for Test Cases, Defects, Traceability Matrix for both manual and automation testing.
• Proper Guidance and direction to QA Automation Engineers and mentor them in Agile Principles and Automation practices.
• Experienced with all types of testing efforts ranging from Ad-hoc to structured testing including Build Acceptance, Functional, System, Regression, Integration, Performance, Load/Stress, and Compatibility efforts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in any challenging environment with both offshore and onsite model and ability to work independently/collaborative environment.
• Domain Knowledge - Pension, Health Care, Insurance, Banking & Finance, E-Commerce, Work Management and CMS

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Management: HP ALM 11.52, HP QTP 11, IBM Rational testing tool(CCM, QM, RM), Tricentis Tosca, Selenium

Defect Management Tool: Zira, HP ALM, Quality Center

Performance and Load Testing: JMeter, Load Complete

Incident Reporting: HP ITSM, Service Now, Clarity

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server 2008, MySQL, DB2

Project Management: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Exchange/Outlook, Microsoft Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

QA Automation Architect/SDET Consultant

• Successfully implemented automation framework using Tosca Tricentis, from scratch lead writing, debugging and maintain test scripts, test cases and utilize automation frameworks.
• Responsible to drive standards, architecture and mentor other off-shore staff.
• Responsible to drive Frontend GUI testing, End to End testing and Regression testing
• Responsible in building a development / test automation team.
• Responsible for code push from Dev to QA, UAT and Pre-prod.
• Automating application using TOSCA.
• Develop and Maintain test modules in TOSCA
• Handling dynamic values in test cases in TOSCA
• Using of existing Tricentis Modules wherever applicable
• Creating Test Template for test instances using template conditions.
• Developed Data Driven Tests using TOSCA and automated functional testing.
• Used Exploratory Testing Process to test the product apart from the test repository (requirement and regression), based on our experience and project knowledge.
• Took initiatives to setup new processes that changed focus on testing functionality over user interface, brought in user priority-based feature testing for final builds, and real-time error induced testing.
• Objectively evaluating processes, work products and services against applicable process descriptions, standards and procedures
• Proactively manage test readiness, environments, test data quality, resource alignment to meet business objectives.
• Effectively communicate at senior manager / director / executive levels about the program / project level risks / issues / escalations.
• Become “go-to” - escalation point person for any project related test management activities.

Confidential

Test Architect/ Automation Lead

• Set up QA Department from scratch - test procedures, quality program, bug tracking system, manual and automation processes. Emphasizing on automation area. Lead and mentor the automation activity of QA engineers through using and maintenance generic Selenium WebDriver to automate acceptance, regression and functional testing.
• Expertise in working with Selenium IDE and Selenium Web Driver using TestNG java
• Prepared XML and Excel files for collection of data and Element Locators using object repository.
• Used GitHub, source code management tool for code re-usage, high portability extending scope of Automation Testing
• Developed SQL queries and Joins for validating data in Data Base and used Excel and XML files for Data Driven Automation testing Created and executed automated acceptance and regression test scripts of the weekly builds.
• Involvement in Automation Environment Setup Using Eclipse, Java, Selenium WebDriver Java language bindings and TestNG jars. using Jenkins for nightly build execution and sending psoition mail and service if build fails to QA team
• Coordinated, maintained, and operated the nightly product integration, Administered an acceptance and regression runs
• Coordinated Integration Testing, End to End and User Acceptance testing.
• Created detailed Test Plans from Business Requirements/Specifications for QA and User groups.
• Reviewed testing execution and ensured project testing deadlines and milestones were met utilizing various reporting on HP ALM
• Responsible for application test planning, test case development, requirements mapping to test cases using the SDLC Traceability Matrix, test status / results reporting and measurements to director level throughout the life of a project.
• Part of Scrum planning, coordinate Scrum stands up, analysis of burndown charts and perform Scrum retrospective analysis.
• Define and implement their test automation strategy
• Define, build and document the test automation framework. Prepare both manual and automated test scripts, as appropriate with an excellent understanding of what tests can and can't be automated
• Successfully executed Multi Browser execution in Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari (Mac) and also in Mobile Simulators and real devices using Appium driver
• Selenium grid is used for Parallel execution of scripts and Reduced around 50% of Execution time
• Automated program to remove the errors in the data feed and execute the Automation suite

Confidential

Test Lead

• Supervised a team of test engineers, to provide product verification services for different programs, on time with improved product release quality.
• Manage, direct and develop strategic action plans for direct reports. Develop short and long-range resource plans to ensure resource utilization is levelized and optimized.
• Developed product test strategies, schedules, status reports, and test metrics that reduced customer defect ratio from 30% to 0%.
• Took initiatives to setup new processes that changed focus on testing functionality over user interface, brought in user priority-based feature testing for final builds, and real-time error induced testing.
• Developed/updated Product Test and Change/Defect Management processes
• Analysis of the Specifications and creation of Test Designs according to the functional requirements.
• Categorized Severity Incidents Reports based on severity and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Interacted with Team lead and developers while testing the application.
• Performed different types of testing, Functional, Integration, System, and Regression Testing using QTP.
• Documented the test cases for Functional and Regression Testing.
• Performed test management and bug reporting using Quality Center.
• Performed Data Driven Testing using extensive data in the test scripts
• Preparing Defect report as per severity and priority Active participation in Bug triage meetings.
• Participation in Test Closure activities.

Confidential

Testing Analyst

• Responsible for Integration and System Test case design.
• Responsible for Integration and System Test case execution.
• Reviewed the test cases according to business requirement.
• Involved in Defect Management and Defect Coordination.