Niketan Patel
San Jose, CA 95110
Contact no.: 408-***-****, E-mail: ***********@*****.***
Objective: Seeking for a full time position as a White box QA Engineer/Java developer
Profile: Two years of real time industry and academic experience as software quality assurance engineer
Experience in test automation using Selenium RC/IDE under Junit and TestNG Framework
Intermediate in Core Java and Object Oriented Concepts
Proficient in Shell Scripting and Unix environment
Wrote test plans and test cases
Performed unit testing using Junit Test Framework
Developed the automated test scripts by locating the XPATH and DOM elements using Firebug tool
Performed soap based web service testing (WSDL) using soapUI tool
Web based application development in HTML, JavaScript, JSP and Tested in Selenium RC/IDE
Performed Functional tests, Integration tests, Smoke tests, Regression tests, Performance tests on various
Platforms Unix/Linux/Windows
Strong in SQL database
Familiarity in all phases of SDLC (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum)
Managed critical projects in tight schedule and motivated team player
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Education: Master of Science in Computer Science May 2010
Northwestern Polytechnic University
Fremont, California G.P.A 3.6 / 4.0
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering May 2007
North Gujarat University
Gujarat, India G.P.A 3.7 / 4.0
Technical Skills:
Operating System Linux, Windows- 2000/7/XP/Vista
Programming Language Java, Shell Scripting, UNIX, J2SE, J2EE
Packages MS Office, Eclipse IDE, NeatBeans
HTML, XML, Familiar with (JavaScript, JSP, Servlets), Tomcat
Web Technology
Database My Sql, MS Access, Oracle 8i/9i, SQL, Toad
Software Testing Tools Selenium IDE and RC, JUNIT, SOAP, Bugzilla, Firebug, XPath
Networking Tools Wiresharks, Putty
Experience:
Thanmay Inc, San Jose, California Jun 2010 – Jan 2011
Responsibilities:
• Analyzed web applications, documented detailed test plans, test cases with expected results based on the business
functional requirements.
• Performed various testing methods like Functional, Performance, Security and Navigational testing by creating
Automated Scripts using Selenium RC.
• Performed Unit Testing of Java Application.
• Performed GUI Testing and Cross Browser compatibility testing during the releases and interacted with the developers
to resolve any technical issues using Selenium RC.
• Performed regression tests on application builds and analyzed the test results.
• Performed System testing of the application to meet the Business requirement documents.
• Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces using SoapUI
• Used SQL Queries in performing data validation to ensure data accuracy and data integrity by testing back-end
components of new data warehouse products.
• Verified the bugs fixes, document the bug history and analysis once the defect is fixed or closed.
Environment: Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, JavaScript, Java, Scrum, Eclipse, Junit, TestNG, XML, SOAPUI
Thanmay Inc, San Jose, California Jun 2009 – Aug 2009
• Designed and developed testing strategies including test cases and data creation for testing various
applications
• Developed test cases with Selenium
• Wrote unit test case in Junit
• Wrote Java code using Eclipse IDE
• Wrote SQL Queries files to sync database changes
• Understood requirements and technical specifications of assigned modules
Tools: Eclipse IDE, Selenium, HTML, JavaScript, Junit, MySql
Paradise InfoTech, Ahmadabad, India Jan 2007 – Dec 2007
• Developed a prototype application for authorization mechanism
• Developed HTML pages.
• Designed new database and implemented for maintaining user’s permission
• Developed a set of functions as a prototype application
• Participated in product update reviews
Tools: Neatbean, Oracle 8i, My SQL, HTML, JavaScript
Projects:
Web Automation of Gmail and Yahoo Mail (WhiteBox Automation Testing)
• Developed automation test scripts to automate the Yahoo mail and Gmail website
• Automated all these modules of Gmail and Yahoo Mail (login, compose, to, send, inbox unread messages)
• Implemented Modularized Page library Automation Framework
• Automated the website using Selenium
• Developed Selenium RC test cases using Junit test framework
• Identified all the complex Gmail and Yahoo mail web page elements like compose button by XPATH and DOM apis
using Firebug tool
• Performed unit testing using Junit test
Environment – Java, Junit 4, Selenium RC, Firebug, Eclipse IDE, XPATH, DOM, Selenium IDE
Personal Shopper
Description: Personal Shopper is a shopping cart site offering the users a variety of products online through web. You
can search product, compare products or gift to someone whom you love.
• Developed a comprehensive, easy and customizable software system
• Participated in preparation of templates, review existing ones and provided effective contributions
• Maintained SQL Queries files to keep database changes in sync
• Fixed bugs and supported for enhancement features of the system where front end was using HTML and
JAVA script and backend was using MS Access database with database connectivity
• Verified the java code for class templates and coding standards
• Verified the java docs in Eclipse environment
• Created JSP pages for category, searching and order management
Environment – Java, Eclipse IDE, HTML, JSP, Oracle 9i, My Access
Music Store Management System
• Developed a comprehensive, easy and customizable software system using JAVA
• Created JSP pages and servlets for booking and order management
• Generated a database for all songs categories, genres, artists, albums, types, prices and searches
• Fixed bugs and supported features enhancement of the system where front end was using HTML and
JAVA script and back end was using MS Access database with JDBC connectivity
Skills: Good interpersonal and analytical skills, Creative, dedicated and result oriented team member