Rekha Vootguri

QA TEST LEAD profile: linkedin.com/in/rekha-vootguri

571-***-****

ad3al5@r.postjobfree.com

Ashburn, Virginia 20148

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 19 years of experience in IT with specialization in Test Engineering in several areas like Financial/Equity/mortgage, Education, telecommunications & Hospitality.

Experienced working in an Agile Development environment using JIRA and Zephyr tools for project and test management purposes.

Managing the team by project planning, work assignment, tracking and reviews of various deliverables, guidance on testing requirements, along with technical guidance to arrive at test strategies for various business enhancements.

Proficient with testing REST APIs, Web & Database testing.

Expertise in Selenium automation using Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, JAVA, TESTNG & Maven.

Designed and implemented different automation frameworks like Page Objects framework, Keyword Driven framework, Data Driven framework, Modular Driven Framework and Hybrid framework.

Ability to communicate effectively with the project stakeholders (business owners, managers, architects, developers and testers) including Offshore/Onsite model and multi-site project execution.

Extensive experience testing Backend database testing for Oracle Knowledge of RDBMS Such as Oracle 7.x/8.0, SQL Server and experience writing and executing SQL queries to Validate the data in the back end.

Experienced as a Test Lead and involved in the implementation of testing life cycle starting from Requirements Analysis, Feasibility Study, Effort Estimation, Project Planning (QA Activities), Test Design, Test Execution of Test Suite, Traceability matrix, Defect Management (Tracking & Reporting), and Test Metrics Reporting Responsible for System Test, Functional testing, Smoke Testing, stress/load/performance, Security testing, API Testing, Integration Testing, End to End testing, Regression Testing, White box testing and coordinated UAT execution.

Highly motivated and detail-oriented professional with expertise in data analysis, project management, and process improvement. Adept at troubleshooting and resolving complex issues. Skilled in developing and implementing innovative strategies to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

SKILLS

Test Strategy Development

Requirements Analysis

Agile Methodologies

Software Development Lifecycle

Cross-browser Testing

Load Testing

Security Testing

Regression Testing

Performance Testing

Defect Management

Test Automation Expertise

Team Leadership

Automated Testing Frameworks

Version Control Systems: Git

Programming Languages: Java, C#

Web and Mobile Application QA

Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence

Continuous-Integration Testing

Test Case Design

Test Data Management

Risk Assessment

Problem Solving

Time Management

Performance Monitoring

Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Results and Deadline-Driven

EDUCATION

Master’s in information systems

Stratford University, Virginia Jan 2013

Bachelor’s in computers applications

Osmania University, India Jan 2002

CERTIFICATIONS

HP QTP9.2 Certified. HP LOADRUNNER Certified.

EXPERIENCE

QA LEAD — Marriott International April 2023 - Present

Bethesda, MD

Marriott Bonvoy is the Marriott hotel chain's loyalty program. Marriott Bonvoy was created in February 2019 following the merger of Marriott and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG). Marriott Bonvoy has six status levels: Member (entry level), Silver, Gold, Platinum, Titanium and Ambassador. By simply joining Marriott Bonvoy, members get free Wi-Fi access, mobile priority check-in, and discounted rates on rooms booked through a Marriott channel (such as the Marriott website or app). Each level offers additional benefits and perks, such as complimentary room upgrades, in-hotel welcome gifts, late checkout, and bonus points.

Analyzed requirements specifications, user stories and use cases to determine appropriate testing scenarios.

Utilized Agile methodology to ensure timely delivery of projects within budget.

Actively participated in System Integration Testing Vendor/Client calls and discussing the data needs and Integration flows

Develop and communicate project goals, timelines and budgets.

Conduct documentation and monitor over 10 different project metrics.

Collaborate with clients to update and meet strict specifications to test Complex Web Application with Business rules.

Participated in Business Requirements scrub analysis, Business Requirements walkthrough and Test Case review and execution needs.

Configured the connection between MS Excel and JIRA.

Utilized JIRA/Zephyr to track, report and manage defects throughout the test cycle and attended Defect Status Meeting on daily basis during testing cycle.

Responsible for analyzing, designing and designing a QA Testing strategy for web-based applications using Manual and Tosca Automation Testing.

Was responsible for Manually testing the 2000+ API Test cases on Daily basis using Jenkins.

Created SQL queries to extract data from the database to check data flow through the frontend and backend.

Created detailed reports outlining results from testing cycles for senior management review.

Environment: Microsoft SQL server, XML, UNIX, SOAP UI 4.6.0, Tosca, HP ALM & JIRA/Zephyr.

SENIOR QA LEAD — Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Dulles, VA September 2019 - January 2023

The PCAOB'S mission is to oversee the auditors of public companies, protect the interests of investors, and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate and independent audit reports. The PCAOB does this through its standards setting inspections, enforcement and outreach programs.

Responsible for Test plan/Scripts walkthrough with Business Analyst, Development Manager / Architects and QA.

Worked in an agile environment with multiple sprints.

Expertise in Testing Business Process Model Notation (BPM) applications on Appian platform.

Performed Sprint reviews, conducted Daily standup meetings, Retrospectives as a scrum master and assisted release management.

For tasks management used VersionOne and JIRA.

Performed GUI testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Ad hoc testing, Negative testing, End to End testing, Load testing, User Acceptance testing on multiple projects.

Executed automation scripts on different browsers/environments & reported defects/results to the team.

Wrote SQL queries extensively, queried database and generated test reports. Performed Placing Orders Database testing by developing SQL scripts.

Identified critical defects and updated in the rally and Bugzilla.

Extensively automated regression and functional test suites for each Deployment Using UFT automated Scripts.

Designed and documented REST/HTTP, SOAP APIs, including JSON data formats and API versioning strategy.

Responsible for development of end-to-end test plans for release projects and user acceptance test (UAT) plans to test Web Application.

Connected to SQL Server through QTP And Verified the Backend Data Integrity.

Responsible for development of end-to-end test plans for release projects and user acceptance test (UAT) plans.

Worked on Test Automation evaluation tools using Appian Fitnesse, Selenium and UFT tools.

Performed System testing using Selenium and Fitnesse tools.

Environment: Appian, Microsoft SQL server, XML, UNIX, SOAP UI 4.6.0, UFT, Selenium Web driver, npm, Cucumber, Typescript, TestNG, HP ALM, VersionOne & JIRA/Zephyr.

QA LEAD AUTOMATION ENGINEER — Hobsons January 2018 - July 2019

Arlington, VA

Hobsons connects learning to life by matching students to opportunity across a lifetime of education decisions. Nearly 60% of first-year college students find they aren't prepared for college, despite being technically eligible for it. Employers are also finding that students are not being properly prepared for the workforce in key areas.

Responsible for planning test strategy, creating automated test cases, executing and maintaining the test scenarios.

Created Automation scripts for JWT token for security validations.

Strong knowledge in web services testing via Tool SOAP UI/Restful Web services.

Collaborated with developers and stakeholders to identify issues, develop solutions and implement fixes.

Developed the Automation Test Scripts in Selenium WebDriver Using Java based on the design pattern Page Object Model for reusability.

Prepared Test Cases using Data Driven, Hybrid, Modular, and Key word Driven Framework in WebDriver.

Enhanced Test cases using Java Programming features and TestNG Annotations.

Created Maven Project using Maven build automation tool to create dependencies like wars, jars. Usage of plugins for invoking XML files.

Triggered POM.XML files using Jenkins, Continuous Integration Tool to generate reports and to trigger periodically.

Responsible for running the previously mentioned ‘Ruby Capybara’ tests in the ‘Integration’ environment. Maven is being used to manage test projects, and Jenkins is being used to schedule test execution and build. After every build or code deployment, the automated test execution is launched by Jenkins automatically.

Used GitHub, source code management tool for code re-usage, high portability extending scope of Automation Testing.

Good Knowledge and involved in Continuous Integration and Builds using Jenkins.

Complete verification of data warehouse, data integration, and data migration ETL testing

Complete verification of data warehouse, data integration, and data migration ETL testing.

Environment: Selenium, Appium, Cucumber, Oracle, SQL server, Hive, MS-Office, Windows, Html, XML, UNIX, SOAP UI 4.6.0, Ready API 11.9.0 Java, Maven, Git, Jenkins, GitHub, Ruby capybara, JavaScript UI Frameworks, MongoDB, Angular JS, Snowflake Database, React Js.

QA MANAGER — American Institutes for Research

Washington, DC June 2013 - March 2017

AIR' largest area of practice is U.S. and comparative education and human development. This work spans the continuum of education throughout the lifespan (from early childhood development to adult education) and is in line with AIR' vision: that research-based problem solving can improve the lives of all people.

Participated in regular project status meetings, Daily scrum and lead QA status meetings.

Defects identified in the testing environment by the QA team are reviewed and escalated showstopper issues to the developers using JIRA.

Prepared daily status reports with details of executed, passed, and failed test cases and defect status.

Good knowledge of web service tools Rest API and understanding of HTTP code responses.

Trained junior testers on how to use various testing tools and techniques effectively for better results.

Creating test cases for mappings and design documents for production support.

Developed and implemented quality assurance protocols to ensure product consistency and reliability.

Setting up, monitoring and using the Job Control System in Development/QA/Prod.

Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams by 16% and the quality of deliverables by 22%.

Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours.

Customized user Profiles, Roles, Role hierarchies, Profiles and Sharing settings to ensure that the protected data is available only to the authorized users of the respective organization.

Mentored and provided guidance for QA automation offshore team members to ensure quality product is delivered.

Interacted with Business Analysts, Sourcing and Modeling teams and Project Managers during all phases Prior to QA phase.

Collaborated closely with developers in troubleshooting application issues during the QA process.

Designed test strategies based on user stories ensuring thorough coverage across multiple platforms including web and mobile devices.

SENIOR QA TEST LEAD — American Institutes for Research

Washington, DC June 2007 - May 2013

Analyzing the user/business requirements and functional specs Document.

Tested Data Integrity by executing SQL Queries against Database.

Designed Hybrid Framework using Maven, Page Object Model & TestNG.

Automated test cases using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG.

Located web elements using XPath and CSS selectors.

Created and executed test scripts for regression and sanity testing.

Generated logs and reports using TestNG Reports.

Integrated complete automation framework with GitHub and executed the same via Continuous Integration tool - Jenkins.

Different Loads at the increments of 10 starting from 5Virtual Users 20 Iterations to 250 Virtual Users were ramped until it reached 100% CPU on FEW.

Implemented visual studio scenarios with varying number of V users and analyzed the response time, hits per second, throughput.

Assisted the business users with UAT by developing test scripts and providing test data.

Test Activities Scheduling, Work Distribution and Tracking using management traceability matrix.

Developed a shared object repository on Quality Center, Through Using QTP.

Developed SQL scripts for verification of data at extraction phase to ensure transformation phase and loading phase of the data to ensure correctness of the data and verifying the ETL mapping rules.

Extensively worked with flat files and excel sheet data sources. Wrote scripts to test the flat files data in the databases, Scheduling and automating jobs to be run in a batch process.

Environment: ASP, JSP, VBScript, XML, Unix, Quick Test Pro 9.2, Hp quality Center 9.2 .Net, QTP/UFT, SQL Server 2005 and 2008, Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008, Visual Studio Test Edition 2005/2008, Selenium.

SR. QA TESTER — VERISIGN Inc July 2006 - March 2007

Dulles, VA

Operations and Infrastructure (O&I) touches the work life of every employee of VERISIGN. This organization is responsible for the engineering and operations of VERISIGN's infrastructure, corporate systems, MIS, IP networks, information security, infrastructure engineering, facilities, and physical security.

For the testing phase, used WinRunner to record, link and string various Test Scripts to generate full Test Scenarios.

Prepared XML scripts and used web inject tool for API testing.

Involved in Scrum meetings and responsible for removing any obstacles that are brought up by the team during the meetings.

Used Controller to schedule the V users and connect to different hosts and run the scenarios with Load Runner.

Created V User scripts using LoadRunner by recording, incorporating Transactions, Rendezvous points and think time.

Executed the test scripts on different releases and validated the actual results against the expected results by using Quick Test Professional.

Extensively used NT performance Monitor to analyze the system Bottlenecks like Memory leaks CPU Utilization Work Bottlenecks and Network Bottlenecks.

Worked on Load Runner for Performance Testing and Stress testing.

Parameterized the Scripts for different login Ids, they were initially run in Stand-alone mode and various Bugs were rectified.

Checked application server, web server and database server logs in UNIX boxes.

Retrieved the code deployment files from UNIX to windows boxes.

Used Test Director for updating the status of all the Test Cases and Test Scripts that are executed during the testing process.

Performed Back-End Integration testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries on the database.

Used Load Runner Controller Various Scenarios for 10, 20, 30 and ramped up to 2500 Virtual users were created and they were run each for 20 iterations.

Executed the test scripts on different releases and validated the actual results against the expected results by using Quick Test Professional.

Tested the functionality Page Navigation objects and created QTP Scripts for Regression and be used across the application.

Worked with Keyword–Driven Test Automation Framework using QTP8.2.

Involved in troubleshooting the Load Runner scripts and scenarios.

Developed and wrote a suite of Test Scripts that included Acceptance, Functional and Regression test cases using Quick Test Professional.

Environment: UNIX, SQL, Oracle 10g, Toad, PVCS Tracker, Load Runner9.1, Quick Test Pro9.1, WinRunner7.X, Quality Center9.1, DB2, Java 1.4, web sphere, Struts, JSP, XML, Unix/Linux, Tomcat, Rational functional tester, Team Track, Bugzilla.

QA TESTER — Fannie Mae October 2005 - June 2006

Herndon, VA

Implementation of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) statements led to the development of a Securities Cost Basis Sub Ledger for maintenance and storage of all cost basis components. The focus of the project is to develop a platform that meets booking and reporting requirements specifically for the restatement period, but in a manner that retains the maximum feasible flexibility to incorporate anticipated future modifications based on the processing requirements for subsequent periods.

Focused on backend Unix programs, SQL & Unix shell scripting and batch processes.

Worked in System Testing Securities Cost Basis Sub ledger team.

Wrote SQL scripts and performed validations for the Dollar Rolls Interface and Staging to Bond Model after the successful ETL run.

Validated the data at each stage, from source table to staging tables and then finally to destination tables.

Developed SQL queries to validate data in Data warehouse and Data mart.

Responsible for data integrity using complex SQL queries.

Generated reporting tool output for all 20 reports and compared them with SQL script output that was created by running SQL scripts in Rapid SQL.

Wrote Test Plan and Test Cases for Dollar Roll Basis Adjustments.

Experience in testing Web based, Data warehousing, and Client/Server Applications, which include various technologies like Business Objects.

Compared reporting tool templates to QA templates including Dollar Roll and FAS65LOCOM reports.

Raised defects for all mismatch values of reports in Rational Clear quest and used Clear Case for documentation and version control.

Point of contact for business teams having requirements issues related to Dollar Roll Reports, FAS65 LOCOM reports and other various reports.

Conducted Functional, Regression, Integration and System testing.

Coordinated the preparation of Test Plan/Test Strategy after careful analysis of requirements and specifications.

Created Test Cases in Quality Center under test plan module.

Executed Test cases in QC under test lab module.

Used RM Sync tool to import requirements from Req Pro to QC and map them to Test Cases on QC.

Developed Test cases through using HP Quality Center.

Reported Numbers of defects in the defect module of the application by using the HP Quality Center.

Environment: SQL, UNIX, Rational ClearQuest, Oracle 8i, Quality Centre, Business objects

QA ENGINEER — EDS July 2005 - September 2005

Washington, DC

Is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry more than 40 years ago.

Performed Integration, System, Regression, Performance and User Acceptance testing of the application.

Executed parallel testing for Oracle 11i upgrade from oracle 11.0.3.

Used SQL queries to access the database for Back-end testing using TOAD.

Reviewed Test Scripts, troubleshot errors and reported results, Saved log files and results.

Extensively used QTP for Functional testing and Load Runner for Web Performance and Web Monitoring testing.

Developed scripts in Quick Test Pro and VB script for Manual tests.

Developed and executed Functional, Regression and Integration tests.

Executed the Test Scripts for System, Functional and Regression testing using checkpoints, parameters, data driven and logical loops in Quick Test Pro.

Implemented script enhancements and Data Driven testing for large amounts of data using Quick Test Pro.

Developed Test Plans and detailed Test Cases to thoroughly test new software applications.

Created formal Test Strategy documents that defined the overall QA approach.

Responsible for Korn shell scripts and running nightly system builds during the System test phase.

Led teams in the development and execution of Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts.

Used Business Requirements to create detailed and thorough Test Strategies and Test Plan.

Trained new Test Engineers on use of QA Methodologies, software applications and technologies for performing Software Testing and Validation.

Performed data validation and Database Integrity testing by executing SQL statements.

Participated in defect review meetings with the team members.

Involved in other Test Planning meetings and submitted daily Test Metrics to management.

Environment: SQL Server, VB Script, IIS 5.0, Oracle Financials11i & 11.0.3 (GL, AP, AR, OM), UNIX, TOAD, Load Runner, QTP, Test Director.

QA ENGINEER — EMC Corporation April 2005 - June 2005

Boston, MA

The Group's principal activity is to design, manufacture, and market and support a range of networked storage platforms, software and related services.

Developed Test Cases, Test Scenarios and Test Data according to specifications.

Developed, executed, and maintained scripts using WinRunner and Test Director.

Developed, enhanced and maintained Automated Testing Scripts with Quick Test Pro for Functional, Regression, Integration and System testing.

Executed Load testing in Oracle application to see the impacts of new changes in the application.

Checked the data flow and extensively used SQL queries to extract the data from the database (SQL Server).

Used Test Director to store all Testing Results, Metrics, implemented Test Plan document, created Test Cases, defect tracking and reporting.

Environment: WinRunner, Load Runner 7.0, QTP, Test Director, Oracle Financials (OM, GL, AP, AR, SSP), Java Script, IIS 5.0, SQL, UNIX.

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