SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of working in leading QA projects both manual and automation thorough all phases in Finance, Content Management, Insurance, Telecom and Networking domains
• Excellent experience in financial Institution Confidential working on Web Services/API Testing, cloud technologies Parasoft SOA Tool, REST, SOAP, JSON, Mainframe and QTP
• Certified ISTQB Advanced level Test Manager CSTM
• Excellent experience in Cost Estimations and budgets, setting timelines, identifying Risks, change management/PCRs, Designing/reviewing test artifacts such as Test strategy, Test Cases, Test Plans, Automation framework, Test Scripts, HP dashboards, Test Summary Reports
• Excellent hands on Experience in Automation tools such as Parasoft SOA, Selenium, Quick Test Professional (QTP/UFT), HP Quality Center (QC)/ALM, JIRA
• Hands on experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC), various development models like waterfall, Incremental model, Agile - Scrum Methodology, continuous Integration
• Expert in Agile-Scrum testing methodologies, working on Iterations, Sprint Review, Backlog (User Stories), Acceptance Criteria, Done Definition, Story Check-ins, Velocity etc.
• Strong knowledge in web technologies, cloud and analytics architectures, big data, database architecture
• Expertise in defining project testing scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Excellent in managing, implementing project test plan, mentoring team members and vendor management
• Strong reporting skills and risk mitigation strategy, good understanding of business Case Analysis
• Test management experience working with clients, business partners, end users & sub-ordinates (on site-offshore model)
• Strong background in business analysis, change management, quality management and risk assessment
• Possess good analytical, communication, interpersonal & presentation skill. Also, good team player and capable of handling large and complex assignments

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: REST, JSON, LINUX, COBOL, JCL, TSOD, HOST Mainframe, Java, SQL, C/C++, HTML, Java Scripting, VB scripting

Testing Tools: ParaSoft SOA, Quick Test Professional/UFT, HP Quality Center / ALM, Selenium, Junit

Bug Tracking Tools: QC/ALM, JIRA, Bug Tracking system

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Confidential

Technical Test Lead

Automation Tools used: QTP, ALM (HP Quality Center), ParaSoft SOA

Key Deliverables:

• Manage testing activities starting from Initiation phase till testing closure as a Test Lead
• Prepare/revise Testing Estimates based on Testing Timelines, Cost, Resources, Scope, Risks and PCRs
• Design and Review documents like Budget, Test Strategy, Test Plan, complex Test Scenarios, Traceability Matrix, Test closure reports and leading their walk-through sessions with business vendors
• Participate in Requirements gathering meetings, Agile-daily scrum meetings, status review meetings etc.
• Analyze system requirements and translate into manageable and measurable tasks, identify automatable tasks
• Participate in daily scrum meetings, sprint review meetings, sprint retrospective meetings
• Work on user stories, sprint planning and burndown chart
• Design and Maintain testing artifacts like requirements, test cases, defects, execution results, progress reports, traceability matrix in HP ALM
• Design automation frameworks for web service testing modules in ParaSoft SOA tool and for functional testing modules in QTP
• Design and execute complex level tst.xml automation scripts for web services modules / functional API cloud testing, set up test environments, define data-sources and properties, build assertors for test logic, analyze run-report etc.
• Version control scripts using GIT
• Implement auto execution of scripts from builds using Jenkins
• Generate run report and analyzing results for correctness or debug test scripts if required
• Perform security testing using tokens to test valid access / permission requirements
• Create test data, test logic and VB scripts for QTP test suites on Data Driven framework
• Execute QTP test scripts direct from tool or from HP ALM, define datasheets for parameterization, build run-report, debug scripts after failure detection etc.
• Create and execute JCLs/batch jobs for Mainframe- HOST testing functionalities
• Analyze the job execution and results to identify success or failure, fix jcls in case of job error
• Identify and manage project dependencies, assumptions, critical path items, and project risks
• Participate in technical design sessions and writing/reviewing technical design documents
• Conduct defect triage meetings and preparing defect reports using HP ALM/QC
• Report defects in a timely fashion and work with the Development team to manage defects until issues are resolved
• Strong experience with TDD - Test Driven Development
• Coordinate with various teams like automation team, performance team, development team, program level team, offshore resources to plan the 'testing scope and test environments' for different phases/releases of the projects
• Conduct post-project reviews and make recommendations for continuous excellence in Testing processes and delivery
• Adhere to Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes and maintain satisfactory audit results

Automation Quality Analyst Lead

Automation Tools used: Selenium, QTP, ALM, JIRA, Junit/testNG

Key Deliverables:

• Developed full-scale test plans, test strategies and associated communications documents
• Designed scalable Test NG automation framework with actions classes, data classes, test suite files, configuration files etc. on Eclipse IDE
• Executed TestNG tests from Ant Build.xml
• Extracted automation report, debug automation scripts and analyze them to identify issues out of regression testing on day to day builds
• Involved in Parallel testing on multiple browsers with Selenium Grid
• Maintained and designed Selenium test scripts for new / changed functionalities
• Inspected web elements / x-paths using Firebug and Firepath
• Involved in managing test environments to stay clean without too much test data
• Responsible for maintaining all project documents on SharePoint as well as on shared drive
• Monitored project testing progress, identified the highly impacted areas upon change requests and prepared mitigation plan to mitigate risks involved
• Developed and delivered progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations
• Determined the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas
• Delegated tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Liaised with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis

Sr. Software Quality Analyst

Automation Tools used: Selenium, QTP, QC, Junit

Key Deliverables:

• Involved in Preparing Test Estimation, Test Plan, Test Strategy documents to plan testing activities
• Developed and prioritized automation test scenarios for writing selenium scripts for Junit, Selenium RC
• Extracted and analyzed the test reports and logged issues if identified
• Prepared test coverage, Bug status reports, User Guidelines/Manual and Sign-off documents
• Developed test cases and prepared traceability matrix to map requirements with test cases
• Prepared Incident reports and performed root cause analysis for the failures
• Involved in smoke testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing, Pre UAT testing
• Facilitated client meetings and conducted application walk through for client
• Written SQL queries to test backend functionalities in the application
• Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing on QA and staging environments
• Executed test cases manually to check the behavior of the functionality, reported bugs and tracked them until closed or deferred