SUMMARY:

• ISTQB Certified with around 12 Years of IT experience in QA Domain - Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Requirement analysis, Test planning, Test execution and Test Automation of standalone, Multi-tier, web-based enterprise applications
• Experience in Team management in Onsite / Offshore model
• Expertise in SQA (Software Quality Assurance) with Manual and automated Tools - HP QTP / UFT, Silk Test and Test Partner
• Test Automation Framework development - Modular, Keyword driven and Hybrid
• Expertise in creating & maintaining the Object Repository
• Experience in handling the exceptions using Recovery Scenarios Manager
• Proficient performing different kinds of testing like Sanity, Functional, Parallel, GUI, API, Interoperability, Installer, Integration, System, Retesting and Regression Testing
• Proficient in Requirements traceability matrix, Test Planning, Test Strategy, Test Cases designing, Test Execution, Test Scripts development and Status Reporting
• Hands of experience in using Mercury Quality Center / ALM as a defect reporting and tracking tool, reviewed and analyzed test results using the result logs and reported defects using the defects module of Mercury Quality Center.
• Extensive experience Clear Quest, Silk Radar, Merant Tracker, Bugzilla and e-Track
• Ability to deliver the status reports like Testing status, defect-tracking status, Release dashboard and weekly status reports to the Test Manager
• Proficient in writing scripts in VB script and 4Test
• Knowledge of Web Service Automation and Virtualization
• Well versed with the QA standard methodologies like Waterfall, V Model, and W Model
• Familiarity with Bugzilla, JIRA, Test Link and similar bug tracking tools
• Closely working with Dev team to reproduce and debug the issues
• Excellent team player, self-motivated, quick learner with good trouble-shooting capabilities
• Possess strong oral and written communication with strong interpersonal skills and extremely reliable, quick learner and able to work independently as well as a team member

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Automation Tools: Quick Test Professional 11.0 / Unified Functional Test 12.01, Silk Test 7.5, Test Partner, SOAP UI

Test Mgmt / Bug Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center, Silk Radar, Clear Quest, e-Track

Virtualization: CA LISA

Software Testing: Sanity, Functional, Parallel, GUI, API, Interoperability, Installer, Integration, System, Retesting and Regression Testing

Management Tools: MS Project

Database: SQL Developer, Oracle, Toad, MS Access

Languages: C, C++, VB Script, HTML, 4Test

Packages: MS Word/Excel/Power Point/Outlook

Project Methodologies: SDLC, Waterfall, V & W - Model

Version Control Tools: CVS, VSS6.0

Network Tools / Utilities: Ethereal, SIP-Ness, Party Sip, Interaction Sip Proxy, Win-Diff

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Requirement Analysis & Responsible for analysing the requirements from the mobile carriers and client applications.
• Participating in Use Case Review meeting to understand the scope of iteration
• To act as subject matter expert for the overall automation testing
• Designing and implementing the Test Automation Framework
• Functional & Regression test scenarios Automation using Quick Test Professional / Unified Functional Test
• Maintaining Object Repository, Function Libraries
• Using Descriptive Programming and performing script reviews
• Optimizing the scripts for better performance
• Automation Impact Analysis for each scope item in the iteration and maintaining the automation script
• Coordination with Development team and Business Analysts on a daily basis for deliverables
• Mobile Carrier Integration - closely work with all carrier partners to perform the integration analysis and testing with carrier systems
• Coordinating with other teams on the environment issues and interacting with external team to setup test data
• Service Virtualization using CA LISA - as required
• Liaison with development team for defects troubleshooting and reproducing
• Defect logging and tracking using Bugzilla
• Execution and Status reporting for each build in the iteration using Automation scripts

Environment: Java, Oracle, SOAP Web Services, Version1, QTP11.0 / UFT, LISA

Confidential, CA

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Software Requirements documents and Business Requirements documents to get a better understanding of the system on both Technical and Business perspectives
• Participated in scope discussion meetings for Manual and Automation testing
• Driving design specification review followed by Tests design
• Designing of Automation Hybrid framework using HP Quick Test Pro
• Test Automation using QTP scripts
• Creation of a generic QTP script for different test conditions and implementing exception handling within the scripts. Also worked for modularization and parameterization of the scripts to make them scalable and reusable
• Developed automated test scripts, dividing each module into different Actions and also worked with Shared Object Repository, Used Data Table Methods to import or export test data with Excel.
• Performed effort estimation of Test Release and Test Automation Script development timeframe using HS estimation methodology
• Reviewing the Test Cases and QTP Automation Scripts
• Test management using Quality Center - Requirement, Test Cases, RTM, Test Lab, Logging and Tracking the defects, Reporting using QC Dashboard
• Task delegation to team members and monitoring
• Execution and status reporting of Manual and Automated test suites
• Interaction with Business users
• Responsible for preparing Daily (during Release) and Weekly Test Summary Reports
• Liaison with development team for defects troubleshooting and reproducing
• Reporting detailed software defects and defect trending
• Developed and executed RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix)

Environment: Calypso v11 & v12, Java, Oracle, Unified Functional Test, Quality Center, SOAP UI

Confidential, NY

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Review requirements and specifications and provide review comments during requirements and specification walkthroughs.
• Participated in various phases of Project Planning
• Effort Estimation of Test Release and Automation Script development timeframe using HS estimation methodology
• Designing Automation framework using QTP
• Reviewing the Test Cases and Automation Scripts
• Analyzing the test requirement and creation of test cases
• Performed Sanity, Functional, Integration, System, Retesting & Regression Testing
• Logging and Tracking the defects
• Allocating the tasks among the team members
• Prepare Daily (during Release) and Weekly Test Summary Report and sharing it with the client
• Handling the client calls and updating with the status on daily basis
• Involved in Project Monitoring and Tracking based on the Phase plan
• Participated in management meetings like PPR and Steering-Co

Environment: Applications developed in Java, Dot Net & Power Builder environments, Quality Center10.0, Quick Test Professional 10.0, Win-diff

Confidential, NY

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided an Estimation of Manual Testing timeframe on the basis of requirements
• Understanding requirements to grasp the understanding of system
• Preparing and executing the Requirement Traceability Matrix in Quality Center
• Performed Functional, Integration, System and Regression Testing
• Logging and Tracking the defects
• Allocating the tasks among the team members
• Prepare Daily/Weekly Test Summary Report and sharing it with the client
• Handling the client calls and updating with the status on daily basis
• Involved in Project Monitoring and Tracking based on the test plan
• Handling the Defect discussion calls and Interacting with the Development team

Environment: .Net Frame work, IMS (Mainframe), Big-Mac, Quality Center 9.2

Confidential

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designing and development of a scalable Automation framework with following highlights: Usable with higher versions of the product with minimum modifications, Extensible - By changing the base data it can be customized for any Client/Server Application
• Managing team activities
• Test Automation using Test Partner for Builder Components and Web Application
• Requirement discussions with client, Reporting daily/weekly progress status to client
• Writing/Reviewing test cases for automation and test automation scripts corresponding to Business Requirements
• Followed Quality process Causal Analysis and Resolution, Project Tracker, Sr. Management Review, Quality Audits
• Resolving technical issues, Test Partner and Framework training to onsite team, Setting Test Automation environment
• Identifying and reporting the project related risks along with the mitigation plans

Environment: Windows XP Professional, Test Partner 6.1, SQL Server 2005, JBoss3.2.7

Confidential, NY

Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Automation feasibility analysis using Silk Test7.5
• Developed Keyword driven framework
• Performed manual functionality and GUI testing
• Logging and tracking the defects using E-Track
• Debugging of code with Dev team to resolve the issues
• Attending the weekly status calls

Environment: Win 2k and various UNIX flavors (Linux, HP, AIX, Solaris), Silk Test7.5, E-Track, Dot Net

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Accepted the challenge to automate the working of IP phones and developed automation script for 70% test cases with lot of appreciation from the senior management and client
• Performed the responsibility of managing team activities
• Visited onsite at Canada for UAT, Test Planning discussion and Automation package validation
• Performed Interoperability with a third party server by SYLANTRO
• Performed Functional, API and Regression testing
• Handled the Quality related responsibilities
• Participated in weekly meetings for project status updates and clarifying the issues
• Provided Silk Test training
• Performed various audits like CM audit, Hardware material audit, WP audit

Environment: Win 2k, Silk Test7.0, Party Sip, SIP Ness, Interaction Sip proxy, Ethereal, PVCS, API’s in C

Confidential, NY

Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of test cases
• Resolved critical issues related to installation of the product
• Performed manual installer (client/server), GUI, functionality and stress testing
• Product demo installation, testing of sales kit
• Tracking and reporting the bugs found during testing, resolved customer issues.

Environment: Mac, Solaris, Windows 2k/XP, C#.NET, Java