Nanditha

Email:ac0gyo@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

6+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and QA implementation.

Well versed with QA standards and methodologies and hands-on knowledge of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

Good Exposure in implementing Agile Methodologies and Waterfall Methodologies in Testing Projects.

Proficient in performing GUI, Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing, Backend testing, Smoke testing, Sanity Testing using manual & automated testing tools.

Good knowledge in Black Box Testing, White Box Testing and Grey Box Testing.

Proficient in various test management and defect tracking tools such as HP Quality Center, JIRA, ALM, Seapine TestTrack.

Expertise in writing, maintaining and executing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, analyze test results and generating software defect reports.

Experienced in creating and maintaining framework using Selenium Web Driver.

Expertise on Data Driven testing using Frameworks like TestNG.

Practical hands on experience in different automation frameworks like Page Object Model Framework, Test NG Framework, Keyword Driven Framework, Data Driven Framework, and Hybrid Framework for a number of projects.

Experience in working with open source tools such as Selenium (Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium Web Driver and Selenium Grid), Soap UI, Cucumber, JIRA and Eclipse.

Identified correct GUI elements using various Selenium Locators like ID, Name, Link Text, Partial Link Text, XPath and CSS to find the Web Elements using selenium and creating automation scripts.

Tested the SOAP and RESTFUL Web Services using SoapUI tool.

Responsible for maintaining code using SVN, GIT and performed build verification using Maven.

Expert in preparing Traceability Matrix to map requirement coverage with test cases.

Developed BDD tests using Cucumber by writing behaviors and step definitions. Developed required Selenium support code in JAVA for Cucumber.

Experienced in Automated Testing using Selenium, QTP, Win Runner and Load Runner.

Hands on Experience on Continuation Integration Tools like Jenkins.

Hands on experience in writing SQL queries and executing procedures to perform back end testing for the expected results.

Effective experience in Testing Database Applications of RDBMS in MS SQL Server, MS Access and Oracle.

Education

B. Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India.

Master’s in Computer Science, Warrensburg, MO.

University of Central Missouri

Technical Skills:

Methodologies

Agile/ Scrum, Waterfall

Automation Tools

Selenium IDE, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid, Quick Test Pro, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, SoapUI

Frameworks

TDD, BDD, Hybrid

Bug Tracking Tools

Quality Center, JIRA, ALM, Rally, TFS, Clear Quest, Test Track

Programming Languages

Java, JSP, HTML, XML, Java Script, Perl & Shell Script, SQL

Web Services

SOAP, REST

Continuous Integration Tool

Jenkins

Build Management Tools

ANT, Maven

Data bases

Oracle, SQL Server, MS-Access.

Operating Systems

Windows variants, UNIX, Mac

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Client: Highmark, Pittsburgh, PA

Role: Selenium Tester - Quality Assurance Engineer. Jun 16- Till Date

Description: Highmark is a leading health care company which provides health insurance, innovative technology-based solutions. .It is well established and well known for its different health life insurance products, claims, deductible and different plans offered by this organization.

Responsibilities:

Hands on Experience on Continuation Integration Tools like Jenkins.

Involved in developing QA Test Plan and QA Test Strategy.

Analyzed business requirements, Software requirement specifications to create test plan and test cases for manual and automated testing.

Developed and executed tests that ensure application meets business requirements and system goals, fulfill end-user requirements and identify existing or potential issues.

Developed automated front-end tests using Selenium with Java

Responsible in Creating, Executing and Reviewing Functional & Integration test cases based on the Business and functional requirements.

Followed Agile Methodology (SCRUM) for this project.

Tested SOAP and REST web services using SoapUI tool.

Responsible in deploying the code builds to testing server from Jenkins.

Developed test code for testing locally in Java using Eclipse, Selenium Web Driver and TestNg framework.

Involved in Preparation of Regression and Smoke test cases for new sites.

Reported the issues in bug tracking tool, followed up with the development team and verified them.

Communicated with the product team for clarifying requirements and business rules.

Database testing using SQL queries.

Participated in sprint planning and daily standup meetings.

Environment: Selenium IDE, Selenium Web Driver and TestNG, UNIX, SQL Server, SCRUM Methodology, GIT,

SVN, Jenkins, Soap UI Tool, Java, Jira

Client: Navi Health, Brentwood, TN April 15 -May 16

Role: Selenium QA Tester

Navi Health is the care transitions company with the clinical expertise, technology, post-acute provider network, patient database and post-acute care management expertise to optimize clinical and financial outcomes across the care continuum.

Responsibilities:

Interpret application architectures and identify areas for automation.

Developed Automation Scripts for Regression using Selenium Web Driver and Java.

Using Page Objects Pattern with Cucumber JVM framework.

Developed and executed SQL queries in the database to conduct data integrity testing by checking the data tables on the server.

Involved in Performing Functional testing, Regression testing, System testing, Integration testing, Security testing, Configuration testing, GUI testing and User Acceptance testing.

Created Test plan, High level scenarios, test case construction and test estimates, resource estimates and weekly status reports.

Conducted Test Case Walkthroughs to achieve consensus on Test Case correctness & completeness ensuring width and depth of test scenarios.

Recorded and managed defects.

Performed Regression testing for new builds and every modification in the application using Selenium Web Driver.

Analyzed test results and prepared test/defect summary report for Sr. Management.

Created XML based test suit and integrated with Jenkins Server to execute automation scripts on a regular basis by scheduling Jenkins jobs in different test environments with different test configurations.

Worked on Integration of Selenium RC/Web Driver with existing API to test Framework.

Implemented Agile/Scrum methods for testing approach.

Configured Selenium and GRID scripts on Virtual machines for parallel Testing.

Performed Compatibility testing of applications for dynamic and static content of browsers using HTML Ids and XPath in Selenium.

Responsible for Setting up Web Services project using WSDL in SoapUI and provided setup help to other team members.

Conducted Cross browser testing in IE and Firefox using Selenium GRID.

Managed Test results and defects using JIRA defect tracking tool

Proficient in creating queries in TFS to validate results of TFS reports.

Prepared user documentation with screenshots for UAT (User Acceptance testing).

Environment: QTP, Selenium, TestNG, SVN, JIRA, SoapUI, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center 9/10, PL/SQL, Ruby, Agile, TFS, HP Load Runner 9.1, Appium, XML, Java, Cucumber, Microsoft Visual studio, Web Services, JIRA.

Client: SEI Investments, Chicago, IL July 14 -Mar 15

Role: QA Tester

Client: SEI is a global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. SEI provides products and services to corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and ultra-high-wealth individuals. Through its subsidiaries and partnerships in which the company has a significant interest, SEI manages or administer mutual fund and pooled or separately managed assets, including assets under management and client assets under administration..

Responsibilities:

Involved in gathering the Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Design Specifications document and the Use Case document.

Analyzed technical specification and business specifications and created Test plans and Test cases in Quality Center Management tool.

Administrated test controls like problem reporting and bug tracking using ALM Quality Center 11.5.

Developed both positive as well as negative test cases and entered into Quality Center.

Performed functional, system, integration and regression testing.

Performing backend/database testing to ensure data validity by running SQL queries.

Facilitated the daily scrum meetings, planning, review and retrospective.

Involved in participation and verifying the project testing scope, and objectives through internal project management methodologist.

Operated within a very agile environment, with daily scrum meetings; stand up meetings, burn-down charts, presentations and review.

Developed and maintained automated test scripts for Regression testing using QTP, including parameter zing QTP Scripts.

Used Mercury Quality Center to run and Scheduling Quick Test Pro (QTP) tests.

Used various Quick Test Pro (QTP) functionalities like call function, Parameterization etc.

Lead Onshore and Offshore Manual and Automated QA teams.

Lead QA efforts to determine the test estimates during Sprint Planning.

Define and produce the metrics and measurements for IT compliance to implemented processes.

Supported Test Engineers in managing software defects effectively to meet aggressive deadlines.

Developed manual test cases for Regression Testing based on the requirement documents.

Detect several defects, report and track them using ALM Quality center (QC).

Conduct User Interface (UI) testing in various environments with in an application.

Analyzed and Tested Web Based User Interface application using Java, SQL, HTML and UNIX.

Performed the Functional Verification Test, Regression, User Interface (UI) and User Acceptance Test as per the requirement in various environments.

Designed and developed automation test scripts using Quick Test Professional (QTP) and managed testing activities using Quality Center.

Created the code in VB Script for QTP.

Interacted with the development teams in resolving several issues.

Involved in validating User Acceptance Testing in test script and design the test plan for Mainframe testing.

Developed and executed SQL queries for backend testing.

Worked in Agile methodologies.

Attended weekly project review meetings with Product Management and Development team.

Environment: ALM QC 11.5, QTP 10.0, VBScript, XML, Oracle9i-10g, SQL, PL/SQL, Internet Explorer, Sun Solaris 2.7, Windows NT, MS Office.

Company: TATA Consultancy Services, Bangalore, INDIA April 12 – Dec 13

Role: QA Tester

Client: Nielsen Engineering

Nielsen is a leading global information and measurement company that enables companies to understand consumers and consumer behavior. Nielsen measures and monitors what consumers watch (programming, advertising) and what consumers buy (categories, brands, products) on a global and local basis. Project is in Retail domain.

Responsibilities:

I work in all aspects of the software testing lifecycle.

Write the test modules to cover system requirements, functional specifications.

Perform verification and validation using simulations.

Test case creation, review and execution.

Involved in Regression testing to ensure functionalities still exists and the system performs as per the current requirement without any problems due to any new code being deployed into the applications while resolving defects or any code changes that occurred as per change requests.

Involved in helping UAT testers to carry out UAT testing.

Responsible to obtain and gather information about each change requests, Timeline, Tracking document, Status report.

Involved in preparing Test scenarios and Test cases based on BRD (Business rules documentation) and Technical Specification.

Used Excel to write Manual Test Cases and Status Report. Create and maintain tests and test records.

Log defects, analyze defect source and periodically review defects.

Recommend process improvements, maintain strict adherence to prescribed testing guidelines, control processes and procedures.

Developed Positive and Negative test cases and executed manual test cases using Quality Center.

Analyzed, reported and tracked defects through Quality Center.

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

Submitted Status Report for the project weekly to Team lead and QA manager weekly.

Involved in Net Meetings, phone conferences and close interaction with software developers to understand application functionality and performance issues.

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

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

Environment: Manual Testing, Test Director 8.0, Mainframes (CICS), Windows XP, .net 3.5, Application, Active X controls, HP Quality Center

Company: TATA Consultancy Services, Bangalore, INDIA Jun 11 – Mar 12

Role: Software Test Engineer

Client: Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron)

Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audience with portable people meter (PPM). The PPM is a wearable portable device, much like a pager or mobile phone that electronically gathers sub audible codes that identify the source of a broadcast, such as a radio station.

Responsibilities:

Hands on experience in loading of baseband and DSP to new meters.

Responsible for functional and regression testing on PPM device.

Working on Configuration tool for setting up and configuring meter.

Responsible for execution of tests from all modules of meter with profound knowledge.

Defect logging and tracking till closure

Involvement in automation Environment setup using Python

Analysis of ad-hoc requirements and test case design

Technical support in defect triage calls

Environment: Functional and Regression testing, Seapine Test Track, Python 2.7, Windows XP, Surround SCM

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