SUMMARY:

• Over 13 plus years of experience in Software Test Consulting, Automation Architecture and Technical Project Management
• Experienced in functional automation tools like HP Quick Test Professional QTP (E)/Unified Functional Test UFT (E), HP Lean FT .NET (I) & JAVA (I), Selenium .NET (I) & JAVA (E), Test Complete (I), VSTS (I), WATIR (E) & WATIN (E)
• Experienced in UI Automation Testing using coded UI C# (E)
• Experienced in Selenium using Selenium RC (I), Selenium Grid (I) and WebDriver (E) using JUnit (E) and TestNG (E) frameworks.
• Experienced in Service Oriented Architecture automation tools like Parasoft SOA Test Version 9.x (I), SmartBear SOAP UI PRO (E) and SOAP UI (E) using Java (E), Groovy (E) and Java Scripting (E)
• Experienced using VB Script (E), Java Script (E), Ruby (E), Python (E), Perl (E), Unix Shell Script (E) scripting languages.
• Experienced on writing complex SQL queries (I) and PL/SQL procedures (I) to extract data from various source tables to perform database testing.
• Experienced in HTTP (E) and REST API (I) protocols along with JSON (I)
• Experienced in determining automation code coverage for Java using JACOCO (I), .NET JET BRAINS dotCover (I) and Groovy Clover - for-Grails (I) codes.
• Proficient in overall process and defect management including requirements, traceability metrics, tracking bugs and reporting using ALM/Quality Center (E), JIRA (I) and Microsoft Test Manager MTM (I). Expertise in using JIRA as a project management tools (E).
• Experienced in continuous delivery tools such as Maven (I), Jenkins (I), Eclipse (I), Cucumber (I), Git/SVN (I)
• Experienced in mobile automation using tool like Device Anywhere (I), Appium (I) and Perfecto Mobile (I)
• Worked for 20+ engagements across Travel & Hospitality, Insurance, Ecommerce, Banking, Healthcare and Telecom domains and expert in executing complex engagements.
• Work closely with engineers, business owners, and customer service professionals throughout the development and testing lifecycle, including the requirements gathering and design.
• Consult with and advise project management and development teams on technical issues related to planning, developing, implementing, and modifying testing procedures.
• Collaborate with technical managers to secure resources, scope technical efforts, set project priorities, milestones, and drive delivery to meet a deadline.
• Keep the scope of engineering efforts under control and accelerate progress by driving crisp and timely decisions, identifying and clearing blockers, and escalating appropriately.
• Improve team processes that accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and/or improve quality.
• Own the communication of project status. Regularly impart clear and concise summaries for the projects you own to your leadership/management team and are effective in answering questions in detail.
• Involved in automation tools evaluation for enterprise level automation engagements.
• Conducted automation assessment/consulting to identify automation opportunities and defined automation strategy and processes.
• Performed feasibility studies and proof of concepts as part of automation planning and estimation process.
• Expert in designing automation frameworks that enhances reusability, distributed execution, easy maintenance and faster script development which overall increases automation productivity.
• Self-driven to participate in discussions and implementing solutions that involves product analysis, design, development and product validation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Functional Automation Tools: Quick Test Professional (Version 8.x/9.x/10.x), Unified Functional Testing (Version 11.x/12.x), Lean FT, Selenium RC, Grid and WebDriver, Test Complete, WATIR, WATIN, VSTS and Coded UI

Test Management Tools: Quality Center QC (Version 8.2/9.0, 9.2/10.0), Application Life Cycle Management ALM (Version 11.x/12.x), Microsoft Test Manager MTM

SOA Automation: SoapUI, SoapUI PRO, SoapUI NG, SoapUI NG PRO, Parasoft SOA Test

Unit Test Frameworks: JUnit, Test NG, NUnit

Database: Oracle, MS-SQL Server, MS-Access, DB2

Programming Languages: Ajax, ASP .NET, C, C++, C#, HTML, JAVA, SQL, XML, XSLT

Scripting Languages: VB Script, Java Script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Unix Shell script

IDE s: Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, LINUX and Macintosh

Microsoft Tools: MS Project, MS Visio, MS FrontPage and MS Office

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Automation Architect/Senior Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developing/Enhancing automation frameworks for various technologies and maintaining them along with integration with the test management tool as planned.
• Prepare reusable functions, which improve the robustness, re-usability, and maintainability of their test scripts within the developed framework(s).
• Service Virtualization, creating simulators and prepare mock samples for development in-progress services that enables automation early in the cycle and testing process par with development.
• Developing tools and accelerators that will be used to reduce manual/repeated effort that will help to reduce the testing cycle time and enable faster time to market.
• Identifying real time customer usage pattern and improve regression coverage through production data analytics. Increase test data combination by creating synthetic data analyzing real-time customer data/pattern.
• Conducting periodic code reviews and ensure adherence to framework, standards and best practices within projects.
• Helping resolving technical issues encountered by team members and providing recommendations during automation process.
• Work closely with various development team members to understand testing objectives and ensure that problems are resolved in a timely and efficient manner
• Deliver continuous value that is measurable and quantitative, through continuous improvement initiatives, risk management and strategic advisory.
• Develop, maintain and communicate delivery status, KPI and metric scorecards, quality checks and knowledge management solutions.
• Managing client relationship and update the client stakeholders on project progress and updates.
• Providing daily, weekly and monthly status reports highlighting any risk and issues associated with each project. Identifying risks and issues associated with project and providing mitigation/contagious plans for overcome these risks and issues on time.
• Managing project estimates, plan, milestone and process definition for each project.
• Managing onsite and offshore teams and client delivery.
• Managing proof of concepts and assess findings for new products/technology trends.
• Prepare automation consulting plan & identify interview stake holders.
• Consolidate findings & assessment of the key BPM process areas.
• Identify improvement areas & best practices in BPM automation.
• Prepare gap analysis report in BPM modules.
• Evaluation of suitable automation tool for BPM landscape from a specified tool set.
• Construction of implementation roadmap & effort estimation for implementation.
• Influencing the direction of the automation effort, and its schedule and prioritization.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Technical Project Manager/Senior Automation Architect

Responsibilities:

• End to End (UI, Web Services/API, DB) Test automation Approach, Framework Design & Development, Maintenance using Java, Selenium (WebDriver), Java scripting, Jbehvave, Maven/Test NG for HTML5/4 applications, UFT/QTP Below UI Automation Framework Development for WPF/.NET applications, Batch Automation Solutions Integration, Web Services HTTP /REST API Automation using SOAP UI/SOAP UI Professional (Ready API 1.8.5)/Groovy Scripting
• Implemented micro services Rest API automation using Open Test Architecture OTA Framework integrating with Junit and Maven in Eclipse.
• Test Automation metrics design, ROI & Governance, Efforts Estimation & Planning, Realized Cost savings.
• Maintenance and enhancements of custom built Service, UFT and Selenium Frameworks
• Critical Experience of defining automation QA Services Plan/vision, DevOps/Shift Left Implementation, Managed Services Transitions, End to End Testing Opportunities for Customer
• Test plan, Matrix preparation, review, Test closure Sign off design
• Efforts Estimation, performance testing using HP Load Runner.
• Facilitate Customer Governance Meetings and Quarterly Business Reviews
• Mentoring and assisting team members in framework development, enhancements and tools development that reduces time and effort which enables faster time to market.

Tools: Set: HP UFT, HP Leant FT, Selenium, Parasoft SOA Test, SOAP UI Free and Pro versions, Eclipse, SVN, Application Life Cycle Management ALM, JIRA, Selenium/Maven, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, C#, TFS and Microsoft Test Manager MTM

Methodology: Waterfall, Iterative & Incremental and Extreme Programming Agile

Confidential, Denver CO

Technical Project Manager/Automation Architect

Responsibilities:

• End to End (UI, Web Services/API, DB) Test automation Approach, Framework Design & UFT/QTP Below UI Automation Framework Development for WPF/.NET applications, Web Services HTTP /REST API Automation using SOAP UI/SOAP UI Professional /Groovy Scripting/Java.
• Test Automation metrics design, ROI & Governance, Efforts Estimation & Planning, Realized Cost savings.
• Maintenance and enhancements of custom built Service, UFT and Selenium Frameworks
• Critical Experience of defining automation QA Services Plan/vision, DevOps/Shift Left Implementation, Managed Services Transitions, End to End Testing Opportunities for Customer
• Test plan, Matrix preparation, review, Test closure Sign off design
• Facilitate Customer Governance Meetings and Quarterly Business Reviews
• Mentoring and assisting team members in framework development, enhancements and tools development that reduces time and effort which enables faster time to market.

Tools: Set: HP UFT/QTP, Parasoft SOA Test, SOAP UI Free and Pro versions, Eclipse, SVN, Application Life Cycle Management ALM, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Methodology: Waterfall, Iterative & Incremental and Extreme Programming Agile

Confidential, Denver CO

Senior Associate

Responsibilities:

• E2E functional interface and data-flow validation testing for automation tools for travel application across multiple platforms. Worked with 35-member team. Coordinated automation development of Web Service automation and functional automation for desktop application.
• Web Services Automation using SOAP UI & Groovy scripting
• Conducted file-based DB testing for SQL Query design and DAT.
• Managing client relationship and update the client stakeholders on project progress and updates.
• Managing Project Estimates, plan, milestone and process definition for each project.
• Led daily stand up Agile meetings, Matrix reviews and Story Grooming, automation test plan, scenarios design & code review sessions.
• Onsite - Offshore coordination, Business Logic Coordination for Excel Based Macro Automation Framework

Tools: Set: HP QTP, Parasoft SOA Test, SOAP UI Free and Pro versions, Application Life Cycle Management ALM, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Methodology: Waterfall

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Associate

Responsibilities:

• E2E functional interface and data-flow validation testing for automation tools for travel application across multiple platforms. Worked with 25-member team. Coordinated automation development of Web Service automation and functional automation for desktop application.
• Web Services Automation using SOAP UI & Groovy scripting
• Conducted file-based DB testing for SQL Query design and DAT.
• Managing client relationship and update the client stakeholders on project progress and updates.
• Managing Project Estimates, plan, milestone and process definition for each project.
• Led daily stand up Agile meetings, Matrix reviews and Story Grooming, automation test plan, scenarios design & code review sessions.
• Onsite - Offshore coordination, Business Logic Coordination for Excel Based Macro Automation Framework
• Driving a team of eleven members for automation and manual testing processes for the client.
• Preparing master test strategy for automation testing.
• Strategizing approaches towards manual and automation testing for the application.
• Involved in helping the client to choose a functional automation testing tools in open source and commercial automation tools that are available in the current market by creating mini POC and demonstration.
• Planning the strategy for base framework development, revamp earlier functional scripts that were been created for previous versions of the product and updating the core code standards of the automation code to meet industry and tool standards.
• Creating various metrics for test process, defect management and delivery tracking.
• Preparing high level test plan for automation testing.
• Preparing project estimation (Project Milestones, Resource Allocation, Strategy plan & Approach)
• Preparing Risk Management Plan (Manageable mitigation and contagious plan)

Tools: Set: HP QTP, Parasoft SOA Test, SOAP UI Free and Pro versions, Application Life Cycle Management ALM, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Methodology: Waterfall

Confidential, New York, NY

Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the Test Plans, created and maintained a Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for the application under test.
• Interacted with business Analyst and developers in requirement analysis, design reviews, testing and documentation for applications developed in Agile Environment.
• Implementing Automation framework and developing automation infrastructure.
• Designing and implementing Test Automation strategy.
• Contributed to high-reliability technology releases as a result of extensive testing that helped maintain Confidential sales ranking and customer satisfaction.
• Wrote Test cases using HP Quality Center. Used Rational Clear Quest for Defect tracking.
• Populated the database using third party data generation tool, some amount of white box testing to verify the complex business logic.
• Prepared the release documents with known bugs list that is planned in the next release.
• Involved in preparing the Test Plan based on the Business Requirements.
• Created and maintained a Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for the application under test.
• Contributed to high-reliability technology releases as a result of extensive testing that helped maintain Confidential sales ranking and customer satisfaction.
• Interacted with business Analyst and developers in requirement analysis, design reviews, testing and documentation for applications developed in Agile Environment.
• Activity participated in Scrum meetings.
• Involved in preparing the Test Plan based on the Business Requirements.
• Created and maintained a Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for the application under test.
• Interacted with business Analyst and developers in requirement analysis, design reviews, testing and documentation for applications developed in Agile Environment.
• Populated the database using third party data generation tool, some amount of white box testing to verify the complex business logic.
• Prepare the release doc with known bugs list that are planned in the next release.

Confidential, Round Rock, TX

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparing master test strategy for automation testing.
• Strategizing approaches towards manual and automation testing for the application.
• Involved in helping the client to choose a functional automation testing tools in open source and commercial automation tools that are available in the current market by creating mini POC and demonstration.
• Planning the strategy for base framework development, revamp earlier functional scripts that were been created for previous versions of the product and updating the core code standards of the automation code to meet industry and tool standards.
• Creating various metrics for test process, defect management and delivery tracking.
• Preparing high level test plan for automation testing.
• Preparing project estimation (Project Milestones, Resource Allocation, Strategy plan & Approach)
• Preparing Risk Management Plan (Manageable mitigation and contagious plan)
• Daily, weekly and monthly Status Reporting
• Communication with the client (weekly and monthly)
• Helping the client in stabilizing the automation code for frequent build(s).
• Production launch support as well service launch support.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing user requirements for application.
• Participated in design reviews, walkthroughs and prepared Traceability matrices.
• Prepared documentation for all the Use Cases and Test Cases, Conducted the Functional, System, Integration, Regression, performance, UAT Tests.
• Developed different scenarios to test performance.
• Involved in unit, system, volume and end to end Testing Process.
• Preparing the test reports, generating the clean log files and expected files for future reference.
• Populated the database using third party data generation tool, some amount of white box testing to verify the complex business logic.
• Prepare the release doc with known bugs list that are planned in the next release.
• Prepared Documentation for Production Support

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the functionality testing and system testing.
• Prepared Test Cases and executing the same.
• Reporting and Maintaining bugs in Bugzilla.
• Preparing Bug Summary Report.
• Involved in testing the application using multiple browsers (Cross Browser Test).
• Involved in checking hyperlinks of the application.
• Developed SQL Queries to check the database Integrity.
• Tracked the defects found and send them to the Developer.
• To interface with development configuration and operation’s team to ensure the quality of software to user expectation.
• Documented errors and implemented their resolutions.
• Submitted status reports weekly.
• Performed Data Driven Test and Navigation Test.
• Performed Data Integrity test by executing SQL statements.
• Maintained all the Requirements, Test Plans, Test cases and Defects in the Test Director.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the software requirements and specifications.
• Developing test plan and test strategy, test cases and test specifications.
• Execution of the test cases and generating Reports
• Involved in HTML validations.
• Executed SQL queries to test the database
• Interacting with developers for assisting them in the identification, resolving and tracking of problem events.
• Executing test cases and sending issue logs to bug tracker.
• Coordinated with the development team to have quick turn-around bug fixes in the tight schedule of Releases.
• Detecting bugs and classifying them based on the severity