SUMMARY

• 12+ years of experience in IT industry, which includes Testing, development and application maintenance
• Have high experience in Automation/Manual testing in Core Java, VB Script, Mainframe, UNIX and AS400 technologies
• Expertise with an extensive experience in Cards & Payments, Banking & Financial and Insurance domain and feasible towards any new domain
• Currently, performing as a Senior QA Lead, taking responsibility right from Project Start Up until its sign off with accurate test planning, resource utilization, Management review
• Proficient in UAT, Smoke, Functional, CIT, E2E, Regression and System Testing.
• Implemented varied Automation POCs of ATDD/BDD Cucumber Framework for Windows UI, Rest API, Unix, Oracle & Web Applications
• Highly skillful with Scrum meetings & KANBAN Board to prioritize the user stories of release/sprint in AGILE Methodology
• Have been highly responsive in analyzing and reporting different defects/issues in any systems and doing RCA to prevent its future occurrences
• Have contributed towards Release Planning of deployment for different environments
• Well versed in on - shore off-shore model and building up the team at on-shore/off-shore
• Project delivery under stringent timelines and high pressure
• With high domain knowledge, as SME have provided value addition to the clients and acted as a liaison between management and development team for Requirements and QA
• Conducted a Test planning of the project over walkthroughs and meetings involving various leads from Development, QA and Technical Support teams
• Exceptional ability to maintain and build client relationships, frequent travel meeting one on one with clients, able to comfortably converse with all facets in the client’s organization
• Excellent verbal and written skills, especially with regards to presenting both technical and non­technical audiences
• Thorough Understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) & AGILE Methodology involved in various phases like Test Plan & Framing Scenarios, Test Cases Creation, Executing Test Cases, Test Results, Defect Tracking/ Closing and Test closure
• Define Business Process, identify the risk, doing risk analysis and providing baseline acceptance criteria and deliverables
• Rich experience in translating Business requirements to understandable IT systems requirements

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Hardware / Operating System: Windows9X/NT/XP/Vista/7, LINUX 6.6, AS/400, OS/390
• Programming Languages: Core JAVA, Ruby, COBOL, JCL, REXX
• Scripting Languages: VB Script, UNIX Shell script, Gherkin
• Databases Tools: IBM DB2, Teradata, VSAM, MS SQL Server, Oracle SQL Developer
• Testing & Automation Tools: HP ALM 11, UFT, Cucumber, Eclipse, RubyMine, SOAP UI, Excel Macro
• Version Control Tools: Tortoise SVN, Git
• Devops Build Tools: Jenkins, Maven, Gradle
• Schedulers: Control - M, CA 7
• Other Utilities: Gradle, Maven, Attachmate TE, Putty, Sonarcube, Notepad ++, WinSCP, Version One(Agile), Rally(Agile)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Environment: Core JAVA, UNIX Shell Script, Excel Macros VBA, Ruby, UFT, Cucumber, SOAP UI, Jenkins, MS SQL Server, Teradata

Responsibilities:

• Majorly performing Mobile Wallets Functional & Regression Testing, BDD Automation and maintenance of various platforms within DDX (Digital Data Exchange) Portfolio
• Being a Senior QA lead for a team of eight resources and involved in management activities such as Metrics Capture, Weekly Status, Performance Monitoring and Mentoring Domain
• Have developed multiple Automation features using UFT Tool for UI applications and BDD Cucumber Tool implementing Core Java with Selenium for UI applications along with APIs
• Carrying out various project activities such as Writing Features/Test using Gherkin, Executing ATDD Framework, and Monitor Jenkins for Test Results and Defect Tracking/Closing
• Actively interacting with the Business Clients, Product Owners, Developers and QA Manager to trickle down the technical/functional User Requirements to Test Scenarios
• Engaged in Safe Agile ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, PSI/PI Release Planning, Daily standups, Grooming, Retrospective and Release/Sprint Review meeting

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

• Performing Testing, Automation and Maintenance of all the applications within Payments Systems and Home Loans Servicing Applications
• Contributed towards various core testing activities like Write Test Plan & Scenarios, Test Cases Creation, Executing Test Cases, Test Results, Defect Tracking/Closing, Test closure
• Expertise with sound knowledge in tools such as UFT, Cucumber, Maven and Jenkins and applying them in work has earned accolades from the team as well as client management
• Actively engaged in Agile ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, PSI/PI Release Planning, Daily standups, Grooming, Retrospective and Release/Sprint Review meeting

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Mainly involved in Testing and Maintenance of AS400 applications within Settlement backend systems
• Majorly Focusing on different Business and functional requirements from in-stream projects of front end systems as well as backend settlement with general ledger
• Diligently maintaining and executing the test cases along with generating defect reports from QC
• As an Onsite Coordinator, has provided Functional "Knowledge Sharing" with the offshore resources who were actively participating in the projects
• Have showcased the presentations to the entire offshore team and client resources on the existing settlement areas and card & payments in detail

Confidential, NY

Mainframe Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of mainframe analyst, certification tester for cards & payments applications and an onsite coordinator
• Involved in Requirement analysis, Estimation, Test strategy preparation, Test Execution and production support
• Mainly carried out Testing and maintenance of Mainframe applications and POS terminals
• Have contributed towards Test Planning/Technical discussion with First data
• Precisely developed the test scripts to verify the functionality of each POS software products and to assure adherence to VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX, DISCOVER, DINERS specifications
• Shared Technical/functional "Knowledge Transition" on the areas such as PTS North/South, Interchange, HDC, Debit gateway, Omaha class-B and North Nashville as well as on project specific tools such as CMS, POS 2000+, ETC, Clarity, Putty, IC Verify, First deploy and TDS