Engineer Manager
Resume:
Mahender Thigulla
Mobile: 309-***-**** Email: *********@*****.***
Professional Summary:
. 7+ years of testing experience in IT/Software industry as a
Manual/Functional and Automation Test Engineer using Mercury/HP, IBM
Rational and Open Source tools.
. Extensive experience with testing of GUI, AUT, Web application, Web
services, Component Based, Business Process Testing and Client/Server
Applications.
. Extensive experience in Auto Insurance, Financial, Banking, Home
Banking, Credit Unions, QuickBooks, Quicken, Microsoft Money,
Mortgage, Telecom and Health Care domains.
. Solid experience in understanding BRD, SRS, and FRS and Use cases.
. Great working experience with Managers, Supervisors, BA, Dev, QA and
team members.
. Expert in Test plans, Test cases, Test Scenarios, Documentation and
Presentations.
. Understand Test Strategies, Work Flow Diagrams, Architectural
Diagrams, Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Results, Log files, Defect
tracking, Defect Life Cycle and Release notes.
. Experienced with AUT, GUI, Web services, IVR, Running Simulators, Web
application testing, Client/Server, Windows application, software
integration and configuration management tasks to assure customer
satisfaction with application accuracy, quality, and standards.
. Extensive experience with Quick Test Pro (QTP), Quality Center
(QC)/Test Director, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Rational Robot, Rational
Functional Tester, Clear Case, ClearQuest, Rational Test Manager and
Test Automation Framework.
. Extensive experience with Automation Testing and Open Source tools,
and a Sound knowledge in Business Model, ERP, SAP SD, BW/BI,
DataWarehouse, ETL, DataStage, Business Objects, Change Management.
. Extensive experience with Manual testing, Automation, Web Services,
Black Box, Grey Box, White Box, GUI, AUT, Functional, Regression,
Smoke, Integration, System and User Acceptance Testing
. Experienced with RDBMS, ETL, Run SQL queries, and PL/SQL and
extracting data from DB2, SQL Server and Oracle databases for data
validation and data integrity testing.
. Extensive experience in testing applications developed under C, C++,
.Net, C#, ASP.Net, Java, J2EE, Web Services and Web Server's
environment.
. Sound knowledge of standard business methodologies SOA, CMMI, SDLC,
Agile/Scrum, Waterfall and Software Quality Assurance (SQA).
. Good Interaction with Cognizant, Cap Gemini Managers, Business Users,
Developers, QA and On-site/Off-Shore team members.
. Excellent analytical and communication skills with a drive to complete
tasks effectively and efficiently in both independent and team work
environments.
. Excellent in verbal and written skills and knowledge of good
documentation practices and Capability to adopt and learn new tools,
techniques and approaches.
Technical Skills:
Languages C, C++, Java, J2EE, VB, COBOL, C#, .Net, ASP.Net
OS/Network MS-DOS, UNIX, Linux, Mac, Windows 2003/XP/NT/Vista
and CCNA
Testing Tools Quick Test Pro 10, Quality Center 10/Test Director
7.x, TAO, LoadRunner 9.0, WinRunner, Rational
ClearQuest, ClearCase, JIRA, Rational Test Manager,
Rational Functional Tester, Rational Manual Tester,
Selenium IDE, AutoSys, Selenium RC, Team Foundation
Server (TFS)
RDBMS Oracle 9i/10g, SQL, PL/SQL, DB2, TOAD, ODBC,
MS-Access and SQL Server 2005.
Web/Protocols HTML, DHTML, PHP, HTTP, SOA, SOAP, SOAP UI, XSL,
XSLT, XML Spy, UDDI, WSDL, CSS, XML, ASP and JSP.
Scripting Languages VB script, Java script, AJAX, Perl Script and Shell
script
ETL/Tools/Reporting ETL, Datastage, BO XI-R2, Cognos BI, Microstrategy,
Tivoli, Crystal Reports, MS Suite Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Sharepoint, DB Visualizer, Project,
Visio, PuTTY, WinSCP and Visual Studio TFS
IDE/SDK/Servers Eclipse IDE, Visual Studio, BEA/Oracle WebLogic
Server 11g (10.3.1), IIS 6/7, IBM Web sphere 5.1, MS
Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Apache Tomcat
6.0
Education:
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Osmania University, INDIA.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Kakatiya University, INDIA.
Project Experience:
Wells Fargo, CA (May 10 to Aug' 10)
Project: Relationship View, Whole Sale
QA Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
. Prepared Documentation, Conduct Meetings, Work Independently as well
as with Team and Update status report. Executed Test cases and Scripts
that are written for functional testing.
. Wrote test cases, review it with BA and make sure that the test cases
covered with the required business to business rules. Run SQL queries
and extract data from Oracle
. Extensive experience with Interface Testing, Black-box, Web services,
GUI, Smoke testing, Integration, Functional Testing, Regression
testing and UAT for every modification in the application and new
builds and reported results.
. Tested Web applications developed under .Net technologies.
. Entered defects, Re-Tested defects, Track, Review and Close Defects in
QC.
. Conducted the Functional, Integration, Interface testing, Regression
and User Acceptance Testing.
. Worked with defects/issues and developers, and team members, Metrics
and maintenance team.
. Maintained strong and effective working relationships within QA.
Participated in Defect Triage.
. Conducted walk through, and reviews of the documentation and Involved
in daily scrum meetings for all iterations.
Environment: Quality Center (QC), Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Web Application
Testing, HTTP, HTML, CSS, XML, SQL, Oracle, Outlook, SharePoint, Visual
Studio TFS, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Team Foundation Server, Interface
Testing, Agile/Scrum, Web services, ASP.Net, C#, .Net, Biz Talk and Windows
XP/NT/2003.
Mercury Insurance,CA (Oct 09 to April 10)
Project: Auto Insurance, WebQuote and Mercury First
QA Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
. Prepared Documentation, Conduct Meetings, Give Presentations, Software
Updates, Installations, Open Tickets, Work Independently as well as
with Team and Update status report.
. Extensive experience with Checkpoints, Data Table, Function Libraries,
and Environment variables, Recovery Scenarios, Reusable Actions, VB
Script and Descriptive Programming.
. Wrote test cases, review it with BA and make sure that the test cases
are covered with the required business rules. Worked extensively with
SharePoint. Performed Multi-tasking on different projects.
. Support data migration (Oracle to DB2), Worked with Cognizant team and
Onsite team members.
. Extensive experience with Agile environment, Sprints, Scrum Master and
in time schedule.
. Extensive experience with Black-box, White-box, Web services, AUT, and
GUI, Smoke testing, Integration, Functional Testing, System Testing,
Regression testing and UAT for every modification in the application
and new builds and reported results. Worked on SOAP UI, WSDL and XML.
. Extensive experience with Auto Insurance, Underwriting, Billing (B&C),
Claims, WebQuote, Reports. Developed scripts using Hybrid framework in
QTP.
. Run QTP Scripts from Quality Center, Integration, Support and used
Open source tools, Schedule Jobs, Run Jobs, Write Queries, Monitor
results, Resume Jobs and Report Results
. Entered defects, Re-Tested defects, Track, Review and Close Defects.
. Worked with defects/issues and developers, and team members, Metrics
and maintenance team
. Run SQL queries and extract data from Oracle and DB2 for data
migration by using DB Visualizer.
. Tested the application for specific performance and end user testing
on its compatibility on various web browsers. Tested .Net web
applications.
. Maintained strong and effective working relationships within QA and
across functional and Automation teams in product development,
operations and technical support on call.
. Conducted walk through, and reviews of the documentation and Involved
in daily scrum meetings for all iterations.
Environment: QTP 10, QC10, iFrame, Talend ETL, Duck Creek, Selenium, Web
Application Testing, Business Process Testing, Compare IT tool, WATiR,
WATiJ, Clear Case, Eclipse IDE, Java, AJAX, HTTP, HTML, CSS, XML, SQL,
Oracle, DB2, DB Visualizer, Outlook, Clear Quest, SharePoint, Data
warehouse, Micro strategy, Tivoli, Crystal Reports, MS Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Project, Visio, SQL Server, SOAP UI, Agile/Scrum, WSDL, SOA, MS-
Access, ODBC, Web services, Batch files, Visual Studio, .NET, C#, VB
Script, UNIX/Linux, IIS, Apache Tomcat, WebLogic Server and Windows
XP/NT/2003.
State Farm, IL(June 08 to Oct 09)
Project: Insurance
QA Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
. Understand BRD, FRD, SRS, created detailed test plans, test
approaches, test cases for Manual and Automation testing. Prepared
scripts using Hybrid Framework for Regression Testing.
. Identified the test cases for Automation, prepare the test cases,
review it with the BA and make sure that the test cases covered with
the required business rules.
. Solid working experience with Manager, BA, Dev and QA Onsite/Off-Site
team members.
. Extensive experience with Black-box, Grey Box, White-box, Web
services, AUT, and GUI, Regression testing for every modification in
the application and new builds and reported results.
. Worked with Checkpoints, ODBC, Data Driven Tests, Function Libraries,
Validation techniques, Recovery Scenarios and Descriptive Programming.
. Extensive experience with DataStage, ETL, Automation and open source
tools, and a broad knowledge of business modeling, process
engineering, change management and test case generation. Worked on
WSDL, XML in SOAP UI for web services testing.
. Worked with HTTP, FTP, Web (Click and Script) and various protocols
using Load Runner.
. Conducted Hybrid Framework, Data Driven Testing, Parameterization, and
Reusable Actions to test the web application.
. Extensive experience with Defect Tracking tool, Open Defect, Track,
Test Defect and Close Defect.
. Worked with development team to update, configure, and compile back
end batch processing under an aggressive release schedule.
. Run SQL queries and extracting data from SQL Server and Oracle data
base.
. Maintained strong and effective working relationships within QA and
across functional teams in product development, operations, technical
support (24X7) on call and Maintenance Release
. Conducted walk through and reviews of the documentation and Involved
in daily standup meetings for all iterations.
Environment: Quick Test Pro 10.v, Quality Center 10.v, LoadRunner, Java,
J2EE, SQL, Regression Testing, ETL, Data warehouse, Perl Script,
Oracle9i/10g, Clear Case, Clear Quest, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project,
Visio, SQL Server, HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, WSDL, SOA, SOAP UI, RDBMS,
Agile/Scrum, HTTP, MS-Access, ODBC, Web Services, Batch files, IIS, Visual
Studio, .NET, AJAX, C#, GUI, VB Script, Java Script, PuTTY, UNIX, Linux,
Shell Scripting, TOAD, Eclipse IDE, Apache Tomcat, WebLogic Server and
Windows XP/NT/2003.
Fiserv, OR (Aug' 05 to May 08)
Project: Financial Services, Banking and Credit Unions
QA Test Engineer/Lead Offshore
Responsibilities:
. BRD, SRS, FRD and use cases. Prepared Test cases and Review it with
the BA and Sign OFF.
. Prepared Test plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases for Manual and
Automated testing.
. Extensive experience with QuickBooks, Quicken, Microsoft Money,
HomeBanking, BillPayment, Web services, Teller transactions, Card
Bases, Credit Card Billing, Receipts, ATM, Hybrid Framework for
Automation, IVR, Simulators, Back-End jobs, Schedule jobs, Run Jobs,
Resume Jobs and Monitor Results.
. Extensively worked with IVR to test the customer information and
transactions. Great working experience with Manager, BA, Dev and QA
Onsite/Off-Site team members.
. Ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple projects simultaneously,
and manage own time and deliverables. Worked as a Defect Coordinator.
Extensive experience with Defect Life Cycle
. Extensively worked with Hybrid Framework, prepared scripts based on
requirements. Executed Automation scripts for each release
(Regression) and exported test results into Matrix.
. Performed Functionality Testing, Validation Testing, GUI Testing,
Black-box, Grey-box, White-box, Smoke testing, Integration, Functional
Testing, System Testing, Regression testing and UAT.
. Performed Load Testing to test the number of users, Input data/load
creation, response times with load, varying think times (Transaction
fire rates) and System behavior at various LOADS.
. Worked with HTTP, FTP, Web (Click and Script) and various protocols.
. Tested load response times, System resource utilization with increase
in load and Estimate the hardware capacity for future workloads.
Evaluated system capacity during end-to-end load tests.
. Worked with Load Runner scripts, VU Gen, Controller and
Parameterization and Correlation.
. Involved with batch files in the build and running the Simulators, Web
services and Hot/Patch fixes.
. Proficiency in the installation, setup, wrote regression scripts and
executed by using QTP and QC.
. Analyzed builds success, failure, execution of tests and worked with
team and escalated issues.
. Entered and worked on defects as per severity and priority, worked
with log files, Retested defects, analyze defects for source cause and
provided sound analysis reporting for defect resolution.
. Logged in TOAD and executed SQL queries to extract data from DB
Tables.
. Worked closely with development engineers and product analysts and
project management to help identify and isolated problem areas in the
product
. Worked with Object Repository, Recovery Scenarios, Data Tables, Check
points, Function Libraries, Environment variables and Descriptive
programming (DP) by using QTP.
. Involved in walk through, reviews, Client calls/Support and daily
standup meetings.
Environment: QTP, QC, Clear Case, WinRunner, ClearQuest, LoadRunner,
Regression Testing, Black-box, White-box, Schedule jobs, Batch files, IVR,
SOA, SOAP, Web services, Java Script, VB Script, ODBC, Rational Suite,
Rational Test Manager, Log files, HTTP, WSDL, GUI, Oracle, Agile/Scrum,
Visual Studio, C#, Smoke test, Build, Deploy, UNIX/Linux, Perl Script,
Shell Script, XML, XSLT, HTML, CSS, Java, JUNIT, JSP, J2EE, VB Script,
Eclipse IDE, SQL Server, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle 10g, ASP.Net, .Net, C#, Apache
Tomcat, TOAD, PuTTY and Windows XP/NT/2003.
State Bank of Hyderabad, INDIA (June 03 to July 05)
Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
. Executed Test cases and Scripts that are written for functional
testing.
. Developed and executed test scripts and strategies based on new and
existing functionality with GUI Features Field Validation.
. Updated Test Cases as per change in business requirements, Sign OFF
and execute test cases.
. Worked closely with product, developers, QA and project management
team.
. Wrote SQL Queries for testing data validation.
. Worked with UNIX command-line usage, simple shell scripting, and
environment control.
. Performed Smoke testing, Black Box testing and Functionality Testing.
. Documented all the defects correctly and tested appropriately.
. Generated script, executed, analyzed and generated test results using
Win Runner.
. Prepared training documents, updates for end users
. Created Test reports for every build & sent to Project management team
for status.
. Tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared defects using Test Director.
. Conducted walkthroughs, QA meetings and reviews of the documentation.
Environment: Manual Testing, Test Plans, Test Cases, Black-box, White-box,
Regression Testing, WinRunner, Test Director, ODBC, C, C++, Java, UNIX,
HTML, XML, Oracle 8i, SQL, MS Office, Windows XP/NT.
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