Siva More

E-mail: acr2mt@r.postjobfree.com Mobile: 609-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior QA Analyst with 7 years of experience in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC); Developing Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Plans and Automation Test scripts using Selenium and Java. Diversified experience in Automation and Manual testing serving various domains such as Banking, Finance, Healthcare and Retail.

Certified in Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Proficiency in testing complex software applications including manual testing.

Performed duties as an individual contributor and can manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.

Highly motivated, self-starter able to work independently and collaboratively within a diverse technical team.

A keen communicator with honed interpersonal, problem solving and analytical abilities. Working with the local leads in managing the project deadlines and allocating the workload to the resources

Worked in creation, preparation, and conduct of quality assurance reviews and contributed to the development and execution of test plans and test scripts.

Expertise in Defect Management/Problem Solving including tracking bugs, reporting using Quality Center/ALM, Rally, Version One, Bugzilla and JIRA.

Experience in Black Box Testing Techniques - Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence Portioning.

Reviewed & revised suite of test cases to reflect changes made to the Test Plan documentation for new functionality and performance issues.

Proficient in using Quality Center for Test Planning and Defect Reporting and Tracking; Thorough understanding of the Defect life-cycle process.

Experience in different phases of Software Testing and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile Methodology/SCRUM, Waterfall.

Experienced in Analysis, testing, and certifying application-specific software and performed ambiguity reviews of business requirements and functional specification documents.

Experience in Web based testing including GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Performance Testing, Stress Testing, Functional Testing and Unit Testing.

Expertise in automation of Web-based application testing using Selenium Web driver, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid, Selenium IDE and Worked on multiple browsers like IE, Firefox and Chrome Driver.

Performed BDD -Behavior Driven Development, ATDD- Acceptance Test-Driven Development and testing using Cucumber, Selenium, JAVA, TestNG and JUnit.

Involved in planning and assisted for quality assurance schedules and assignments. Logged and tracked

to verify the resolutions of software and its specification defects.

Hands on experience using Excel (POI API) for Data Driven framework.

Experience in using Selenium Webdriver, Eclips TestNG test frameworks in creating test scripts, test suites and HTML reports.

Generated test logs using Log4j for various log levels.

Worked extensively in testing Soap and Restful web services using SoapUI and validated the response using assertions.

Hands on experience in using build and project management tolls like Ant, MAVEN and Configuration management tools like SVN.

Performed Continuous integration automation using Jenkins.

Experience in using finder mechanisms like CSS, XPath expression, HTML id and name to find the Web Elements.

Performed manual and automated testing using Quality Center and Quick Test Professional.

Participated in requirement review meetings, analyzed requirements, developing test plan and test cases, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Defect Management, Reporting and Tracking.

Experience in preparing test data for positive and negative testing and identified critical bugs in the product early in the test execution cycle.

Expertise in writing SQL Queries and performing Database testing including data integrity and data validation testing.

Proficient in analyzing Business Requirements, Functional and Technical specifications, User Requirements, Performing GAP Analysis and Test estimation.

Worked with cross functional testing teams and developers for closing defects.

Adept in all phases of project development, from concept through realization and Production Support.

Experience in preparing Test data by retrieving data from Relational Databases Oracle.

Documented, implemented, monitored, and enforced all processes and procedures for testing which are the standards defined by the organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Tools/APIs

Selenium IDE, Selenium Web Driver, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid, Quick Test Pro, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, Rally, Auto It and, Log4j, SoapUI.

Artifacts

Test Plan, Test Case, Test Data, RTM, Test Summary Report, Bug report

Bug Management Tools

Quality Center, JIRA, ALM, Version One,Rally

Database/Database tools

Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Toad, SQL

Development methodology

Agile/ Scrum, Waterfall, Jenkins, Hudson, SVN

Framework

Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Hybrid Testing Frame work, Page Object Model.

Mobile testing

Device Anywhere, Perfecto Mobiles

Programming Languages

Java, Ruby, Java Script, VB Script, HTML, XPath, CSS, Soap, WSDL, Restful, PL/SQL, Excel Macros

Operating Systems

Windows 07.XP, UNIX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROJECT-I

Project Title

Credit Card Simplification

Client

Lloyds Banking Group

Location

New York

Duration

June 2014 – Till Now

Role

Sr. QA Engineer

Project Description:

Credit Card Simplification project migrates all the card accounts present in other platforms to a single platform. This project identifies all the accounts having Credit cards in various banks and migrate all those card accounts and their related details and products to the Lloyds bank accounts.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Implemented Data Driven automation test framework with Selenium WebDriver, Java and TestNG.

Executed test cases relating to mouse hover using Actions class and found hidden elements using XPath, CSS and windows classes.

Served as a coordinator for all testing activities on a project.

Wrote test cases to handle Alerts on the web page.

Performed Cross browser compatibility testing on Chrome, Firefox, IE browsers using TestNG.

Performed Selenium Synchronization using Explicit & Implicit waits.

Worked in creation, preparation, and conduct of quality assurance reviews and contributed to the development and execution of test plans and test scripts.

Prepared Test Cases and involved in the Test Data creation.

Designed Test Suite, Test Cases, Test Scenarios for functional modules.

Involved in planning and assisted for quality assurance schedules and assignments. Logged and tracked to verify the resolutions of software and its specification defects.

Executed test cases and participated actively in System Testing, UAT and Regression Testing.

Created and executed Automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Database as source of Test Data.

Created test reports generated out of TestNG and captured the error screenshots.

Interacted with the Development team and the Environment team in prioritizing the defect list and validating known bug fixes.

Performed Sanity testing and Ad-hoc testing when required.

Found Defects, prepared Defect Reports and Status Reports, performed Bug Triage, Defect tracking using Jira.

Shared Daily Status Reports with all the team members, Team Leads, Managers and Clients.

Executed some test cases using TestNG parameters, data providers, suites, parallel suites and groups.

Involved in the use of Cucumber Step Definition, Scenarios and Features.

Involved in the enhancement of Hybrid framework using Eclipse and Java.

Involved in writing and executing the Test Cases and Test Suites using Java and Selenium WebDriver.

Performed testing on Web Services using WSDL and SOAPUI to check the communication between different services.

Used Jenkins tool for continuous integration of the builds.

Configured and executed Jenkins build jobs for continuous integration of code and deploying the build artifacts.

Experience in Analysis, testing, and certifying application-specific software and performed ambiguity reviews of business requirements and functional specification documents

Created test cases and performed Database testing to check whether the data is being migrated properly.

Wrote SQL Queries to connect to the database and retrieve data for a specified set of test requirements.

Conducted and participated Conflict Management meetings with the team, stakeholders for the better quality outcomes.

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Eclipse, Java, TestNG, Jira, XPath, CSS, Cucumber, Oracle, SQL

PROJECT-II

Project Title

Clean Sheet Hp.com

Client

Hewlett Packard

Location

Houston, TX

Duration

Jan 2013 – May 2014

Role

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Project Description:

Clean sheet HP project was intended to revamp the HP website to deliver a new world-class B2C website across the globe in multiple languages with support to Mobile users. The new site is completely dynamic in nature with various levels of customization and efficient for user and the site publishers. The experience is designed to be personalized and engaging, bringing to life HP’s brand and market leading products and services. The new site has capabilities to grow business, improve customer relationships, generate leads and convert visitors to customers.

Responsibilities:

Involved in Preparation of Test Scenarios and Review of Test Cases.

Involved in Regression testing using Selenium and Creation of automation scripts for desktop pages.

Interacted with client, Development team to understand and gather the Functional and Non-Functional requirements for projects/each release.

Involved in testing of application using the Scrum (Agile) methodology.

Performed Cross browser compatibility testing on Chrome, Firefox, IE browsers using TestNG.

Used Black Box Testing Techniques.

Automated regression test cases using Selenium IDE and WebDriver.

Experience in testing the application web services using SoapUI.

Well conversant with the implementation and practical hands on experience in

different types of frameworks like Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Hybrid.

Experience with Cross-Browser and Compatibility Testing to test whether the web applications are

working as desired in different browsers and environments.

Handled the special mouse events and selected the options from the drop down menu using

Selenium Actions builder, mouse hover and synchronization.

Involved in Requirement gathering and Preparation of Test cases based on Product Backlogs.

Designed and Developed test automation Artifacts (scripts, functions, scenarios, processes)

for simple to complex automated testing situations using various tools like Selenium, TestNG and XPath.

Involved in updating and execution of Test Cases according to the requirements.

Performed GUI and functional testing for different modules of application

Logged defects using Quality center and resolved issues with development team.

Updated test data, created and generated reports using Jira.

Reported daily status of data creation and sent weekly status reports.

Worked with Business Customers, Business Analysts, Software Developers, QA team, and Project Leads to ensure successful roll out of high-quality application.

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Eclipse, Java, TestNG, Jira, XPath, CSS, Cucumber, Oracle, SQL, Java script, Html, Ms-Excel

PROJECT-III

Project Title

Mortgage Migration Release F

Client

Halifax

Location

London

Duration

Feb 2011 to Dec 2012

Role

QA Engineer

Project Description:

Mortgage Migration Release F project migrated all the mortgages accounts, details from various other banks and platforms to a single bank. All active, blocked and closed accounts will also be migrated into a single platform to make it cost effective, time saving and easy to use system. This project unites different mortgage accounts present in different platforms associated with different banks into a single platform and then migrate those accounts to the target system. After successful migration of accounts, the accounts present in the respective other platforms will be closed as part of migration.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Created Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, and defect reports.

Attended Weekly Status meetings, Walkthrough meetings, QA meetings, and bug review meetings.

Prepared test data for the test cases.

Executed some test cases manually. Compared and analyzed actual results with expected results and reported the deviations to appropriate individuals for resolution.

Wrote and Executed Automated test scripts using VB Script for QTP.

Wrote MS Excel macros for process simplification of the mortgage application.

Involved in the kick off meeting.

Performed API testing and database testing to confirm that all the data is being migrated to the specified tables.

Prepared deliverables required for completing the project like End of Test Report, updated Test Scripts.

Created defects while doing System Integration Testing, defect tracking and regression testing.

Involved in Unit Testing, Handled issues in System testing and UAT

Ran and Tested various APIs as part of System Integration Testing.

Worked and communicated with programmers, project managers and other groups in order to set and meet

quality standards and deadlines.

Used Quality Center to store all testing results, metrics, implemented test plan document, created test cases, defect tracking and reporting.

Code deployment after the fix to the code has been done and verification of the proper code deployment.

Environment: VBScript, MySQL, QTP, HP Quality Center

PROJECT-IV

Project Title

TAFF

Client

UniverCell

Location

Hyderabad

Duration

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011

Role

Test Engineer

Project Description:

TAFF is online Shop Application for UniverCell. Online store functionalities are selection of phones, plans, packages, Solutions and services. All the content information for online shopping is maintained and retrieved from content management system. The catalog related data is retrieved from the business. All the business rules surrounding devices, plans, services and accessories details are maintained in business control center.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Executed Batch Suites in mainframe for migrating of various into Lloyds accounts.

Prepared deliverables for the project like Functional Test Plan, Test Scripts, and End of Test Reports.

Raised defects while doing System Integration Testing, defect tracking and regression testing.

Involved in Unit Testing, Handled issues in System testing and UAT.

Test and Run various APIs as part of System Integration Testing.

Worked on Table bases and IMS database.

Performed Sanity testing during code deployment after the fix to the code has been done and verification of

proper code deployment.

Raised many Clear Quest request as part of code fix, issues in UAT.

Environment: QTP, Quality Centre, IBM Utilities, XML, MS Excel.

PROJECT-V

Project Title

Medical Record Management System

Client

St. Joseph’s Hospitals

Location

NEWPORT, UK

Duration

June 2008 to Dec 2009

Role

Associate Test Engineer

Project Description:

The project is to develop software for hospital maintenance system. It consists of Administration, Patient Information, Enquiry, Billing, and Blood bank, Pharmacy, ICU and Security, Inventory Modules. Administration Module is to maintain database backup and password security, Patient information module maintains all details about every patient starting from admission to discharge. Enquiry module gives information about availability of beds and rooms of different categories and fixes appointment with doctors. Blood bank and pharmacy module maintain information about blood and drugs respectively. ICU module handles allotment of ICU. This also had an Inventory and billing modules.

Responsibilities:

Understanding the Business requirements, Application and function specifications, Design documents.

Involved in writing and designing templates for the Test Plans and Test cases.

Involved in Preparation of Test Scenarios and review of Test Cases.

Involved in updating and executing test cases according to requirements.

Identified the Test Cases and documented them in Quality Center.

Performed GUI, Functional, Negative, Positive, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.

Prepared various reports based on different stages of Testing.

Involved in Bug reporting and bug tracking using QC.

Updated Reports and dashboards to display the status of test coverage including the number of test cases passing, failing or pending.

Interacted with developers, users and various members of the team to discuss issues, resolve defects and set priorities.

Involved in Managerial Meetings and attended various conference calls at different levels from QA, Developers and Clients.

Environment: JSP, Servlets, SQL Server7.0, Windows XP, Manual Testing, MS-Excel, QC

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