Smitha Jyothiprakash

Current role: Software Engineer, Quality - PayPal Inc

Location: San Jose, CA

email: ab95l7@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 408-***-****

• Extensive experience in Quality Engineering for client-server and web-services based business applications.

• Domain expertise in Compliance, Financial, Advertising, Health Care, Document management, CRM, Investment, ERP and inventory management.

• Proficient in using tools for Test Automation such as Selenium 2.0 - Web driver, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid, firebug, Eclipse, Maven, TestNG, JUnit, VB, VBA and Shell scripts, HP Quick Test Pro (QTP) and Microfocus TestPartner.

• Developed an internal utility/web application for the team using Shell script, Java, Java Servlet and JSP, Apache Tomcat server to automate the manual process of query execution on any Unix box

• Experience in automating tests involving Web navigations using selenium web driver page object model, service level testing, UNIX operations after connecting to a h ost machine and performing sql queries using JDBC and mapping result set.

• Hands on experience in Requirement Analysis, Design, Execution, and Bug Reporting using JIRA and Mantis tools

• Proficient in testing tools such as QTP and TestPartner for testing Web and Client Server Applications.

• Hands-on experience in Descriptive Programming and Data Driven Testing using QTP

• Good hands-on experience in designing Automation Test framework using Selenium IDE & RC, WebDriver, TestNG, Selenium Grid, JUnit framework, Jaws and Apache log4j.

• Experience in multiple software project methodologies like Agile and Waterfall.

• Experience in testing business logics and functional requirements for web navigations, web content, web service calls, back end batch jobs and Data base calls for applications developed using JAVA, C++, Oracle, HTML, JavaScript, XML and DB.

• Experienced in Black box, Functional, Agile, Integration, Smoke, System and Regression testing techniques.

• Expertise in designing and developing strategic Test scenarios, Test Cases, Test Scripts, generating Traceability Matrix, Test Reports for manual and automated testing in Windows/Unix environment.

• Well versed in Software Development Life Cycle and Test Methodologies from project definition to post-deployment.

• High degree of initiative and ability to learn and adapt to new tools and technologies very quickly.

• Experience working in Onshore-Offshore model for Compliance - USIRS and OFAC RTS, ProTrak, Context Organizer & MVPDNS projects

• Successfully completed eBay/PayPal's 'Bluefin Certification' for test automation in first attempt (Among top 10 percentile scores in certification batch)

Work Experience

Software Engineer, Quality

PayPal Inc - San Jose, CA

April 2012 to Present

Projects worked: USIRS, BSA Fincen, development of internal utility- using UNIX shell script and JAVA, OFAC RTS

Responsibilities:

• Created exhaustive test scenarios & test cases from project requirement document(PRD) & TDD

• Designated as single point of contact for OFAC-RTS phase 2 project

• Executed Functional tests, BVT, back-end service level tests, batch tests on UNIX environment and performed regression tests.

• Configured and setup Bluefin automation environment, eclipse IDE, TestNG, Maven, Cygwin and password-less login setup for UNIX stage environment.

• Single-handedly developed utility/web application for the team to automate stage setup - connecting to any stage machine using Bash script, cloning latest SQL files from GIT repository to Unix hyper machine, execute SQL queries on any stage machine provided by user input, capturing the results of execution and emailing execution results to the recipient, integrating the utility with Jenkins continuous integration tool - Fusion using Shell script, Java, JSP and Java Servlets.

• Developed internal utility for the team to validate user permissions using Shell script, Java, JSP and Java Servlets.

• Developed functional, batch and service level automated test scripts using Bluefin, Selenium web driver, Java, TestNG, Selenium Grid to perform Regression tests

• Created Page Object Declaration Files (Java), GUI Map files (Excel), YAML Files and ExcelDataProvider using PayPal's Bluefin Framework, Java and Selenium

• Executed and qualified the test scripts using TestNG - both on Selenium Grid and on local machine.

• Documented & logged defects using JIRA defect tracking tool.

• Worked in models - Waterfall and Agile (2 weeks sprint cycle)

• Attended daily stand up meetings to discuss status of project, blockers, improvements etc

• Participated in walkthrough meetings with the project team to review requirements and design discussions

• Prepared Unix stage environment for testing by cloning latest DB snapshot and deploying required project components using Jenkins - CI tool - Fusion

• Actively involved in synchronizing with off-shore team members to understand the issues and reproducing the issues to the Detica (PayPal's vendor) & PayPal developers in SJC

• Communicated with various cross functional teams and performed End-to-End testing.

• Involved in Live/Isolated push support after component/feature is pushed to Live

• Provided constant support / updates to the UAT team during UAT testing cycle

Environment: Windows, JAVA, Selenium web driver, UNIX, C++, JIRA, Fusion CI tool, SQL developer, Xml, Shell, GIT, Oracle, Compliance domain, Norkom, Bluefin automation framework, Requirement traceability matrix, TestNG, Maven, Java Servlets, JSP.

Sr. Software QA Analyst

QSG Technologies Pvt. Ltd - Bangalore, Karnataka

May 2007 to May 2010

Projects worked: Beezag, ClearSense, Omtool, Emsystems, Context Organizer and ProTrak

Responsibilities:

• Developed test scenarios & test cases from business requirement documents, TDD and solution design documents

• Generated traceability matrix by mapping requirements and test cases

• Led weekly status meetings with Client and team, to provide status, discuss project's status, weekly review and updates, and deliver the meeting minutes to the Client and Team

• Configured Selenium IDE and Selenium RC 1.0.1 environment to develop Test automation framework using JAVA and JUnit framework

• Actively involved in developing an internal automation framework using Selenium IDE, Selenium RC 1.0.1, JAVA, JUnit and develop robust test script for various modules of the application

• Created a code library for all the reusable functions

• Responsible for Debugging and analyzing script issues/errors, coordinating with the team in fixing the errors and enhancing test scripts

• Responsible for integrating test scripts written by all team members and review/update the integrated scripts

• Run automated test scripts on 3 browsers - IE, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and capture results of execution in MS excel document / Apache log4j

• Developed scripts to update Test execution results in Automation Test Result document (.xls file)

• Coordinated with developers, clients and cross functional teams

• Prepared the test environment and performed functional and adhoc, smoke and regression testing

• Developed test scripts to automate the manual process using MicrofocusTestPartner tool for Omtool and Context Organizer projects.

• Responsible for Executing the integrated scripts and validating the Test scripts in Windows XP and Windows Vista Operating systems

• Received appreciation multiple times from the clients for excellent performance and domain knowledge

• Participated in walkthrough meetings with the project team to review requirements and design discussions

• Responsible for reporting and tracking Daily status reports.

Environment: Advertising domain, Health care domain, Enterprise domain, CRM domain, Windows XP, Vista, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC 1.0.1, Browsers - IE 8.0, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, JAVA, JUnit, Eclipse IDE, Apache Log4j 1.2, Java Script, MS Office, VMware Workstation, Jira, Microfocus TestPartner 6.2, Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2005, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Word Perfect, Source Control - Visual Source Safe (VSS)

Software Test Engineer

Zeta Cyber Solutions Pvt. Ltd

January 2006 to November 2006

Projects worked: MVPDNS, Old Courtyard

Responsibilities:

• Extensively worked on all phases of Software Test Life Cycle - requirement analysis, Estimation, Estimation approval from client, Design, Walkthroughs and approval of test artifacts from client team

• Created Test scenarios and Test cases based on Project Requirements Document (PRD)

• Performed adhoc, functional, black box, GUI and regression testing

• Tracked defects and prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed, failed test cases

• Automated manual flows using QTP and VBScript - used various features of QTP such as Standard, Text, Bitmap, Table Checkpoints, Synchronization points, Recovery scenario, re-usable Actions, Shared Object Repositories and conditional statements

• Developed traceability matrix by mapping requirements and test Cases to exhaustively map requirements to test cases

• Worked closely with QA and Developers for Defect Analysis and issue resolution

• Developed Test automation Framework using QTP 8.0 and VBScript

• Documented and logged defects in a defect tracking system using Mantis Bug Tracker

• Developed data driven parameterized test scripts using QTP's DataTable and external MS Excel document

• Used Visual Source Safe as the version control software for all the Testing artifacts like Requirements document, Test cases and Test scripts.

Environment: Enterprise domain, CRM domain, Windows, SQL Server 2005, IE 7.0, Mozilla Firefox, MS Visio, QTP 8.0, MS Office, Defect management - MS Excel, Source control - Visual SourceSafe

Education

BE (Bachelor of Engineering) in Information Science, Computer Science

Canara Engineering College, Vishveshwaraiah Technological University - Mangalore, Karnataka

2001 to 2005

Skills

JAVA, JAVA Script, C++, Selenium Web driver, Selenium RC and IDE, TestNG, UNIX, QTP, Testpartner, Bluefin, Compliance, Shell scripts, VB, Finance,

Links

http://www.linkedin.com/in/smithakrao/

Additional Information

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Automation: Selenium web driver 2.0, Selenium IDE and RC, Grid, QTP, TestPartner

Programming Languages: Java, C++

Scripting languages: Shell script, Java script, Visual Basic and VBA

Build & deployment: Maven, Ant

Reporting: TestNG, JUnit

Editors: Eclipse, VI

Bug Management: JIRA and Mantis

Version Control Systems: GIT, Visual Safe Source (VSS)

Databases: MY SQL, Oracle

Methodologies/SDLC: Agile-Scrum, Waterfall

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, Windows Server 2003, UNIX / Linux - 6.2

Third Party Tools/Technologies: SQL Developer, Norkom, Eclipse, Sqlplus, Putty, WinScp, Bluefin automation framework, Service test framework, Jenkins CI tool - Fusion

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