Taral Telore

Phone: 415-***-****

Email: ac2ij1@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience:

11+ Years of experience in Manual Testing, Automation Testing, Database Testing and QA.

Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Collaborated effectively with business and onsite counterparts to ensure project deliverables remained on track and aligned with business goals and expectations.

Strong experience in QA Process Improvements, building Metrics & Dashboards, Effort Estimations and introducing innovative ideas into QA organization.

Experience in implementing and maintaining Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Modular Driven and Hybrid, Automation frameworks using QTP/UFT and QC tools.

Knowledge of JUnit and TestNG Framework using Selenium.

Hands on experience in building, executing, maintaining automation scripts using UFT and Selenium WebDriver.

Knowledge of descriptive programming in UFT and handling GUI objects using various Selenium locators like ID, Name, Link Text, Partial Link, Text, Path, CSS and DOM.

Knowledge of Load Runner 12.53 tool for Performance Testing.

Knowledge of Appium used for mobile testing with Android and iOS.

Worked extensively on all phases of QA including test planning/Strategy, design, execution, automation, and reporting.

Co-ordination with Business and developers regarding the project updates and status and Reporting.

Leveraging automation for business by replacing manual effort with automated solutions.

Preparation of documents on Functional Specification and Application Understanding document.

Work with the Offshore team as per defined test plan document to make sure the project is delivered within

Schedule, for the defined scope and meeting defined quality standards.

Worked on Automation of test suites with HP QTP 9.2, HP QTP 10.0, HP QTP 11.0, HP UFT 11.53 & HP UFT 12.5

Developed and executed test plans and cases to validate business requirements.

Have successfully performed Bug analysis and bug reporting and managed defect triage meeting with developers and BA’s.

Worked with Web as well as Window based application developed using Java, .NET.

Worked on different phases of SDLC and STLC and performed functional testing, Smoke and Sanity testing, Integration and Exploratory testing.

Developing the programs for incorporating new functionalities and assisting the client and project team with technical and functional issues related to the project.

Mentor the new joiners in the project team.

Prepared Project Estimates, Quality Metrics, Automation Metrics, ROI and define the strategy to drive Automation Projects.

Prepared User Manuals, Induction Manuals and Presentations for testing performed.

To create and maintain the documents for all the releases.

Contributions/Achievements:

Appreciated with TCS awards for successful completion of MQ project in Genius.

Appreciated with TCS awards for successful completion of Automation Framework in Calypso.

Appreciation from customer for Touch Free Process Improvement as a part of Innovative Ideas suggested.

Appreciation from Client Manager for completing Calypso Automation Framework before the estimated timelines.

Technical Skills:

Methodologies

Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, Iterative,

Databases

SQL Server, PL/SQL, Oracle

Hardware

Operating system: Windows 7,Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Operating system 2003, VMWare Server, VMWare Workstation, ESX and ESXi Virtualization Server

Testing Tools

HP Quality Centre 9.2,HP Quality Centre 11.0,HP Quality Centre 12.53 HP UFT 12.53,Toad, ALM, Bugzilla, Testopia, MS Word, MS Excel MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Appium, LoadRunner

Utilities

Eclipse, GIT, SVN, Firebug, FirePath

Methods

Requirements Analysis, Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Design, Designing Frameworks, Documentation, Implementation, System Testing, Regression, Functional and E2E.

Domain Experience

Insurance, Cloud, Fleet Management

Certifications:

Title

Version

Acquired On

TCS Business Domain Academy: Certificate in Insurance Concepts

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July 2012

Project Experience Summary:

Project

Automation COE

Customer

Wheels Inc.

Employer

EdvenSoft Solutions LLC

Period

Dec 2015 to Till Date

Role

Test Automation Architect / QA Lead

Description

Performing feasibility testing of the application for automation purpose.

Re-Designing of test automation framework.

Guiding the QA Team regarding automation.

Conducting automation awareness sessions across organization

Building Automation Center of Excellence (ACOE)

Build automation suites for traditional Waterfall and Agile projects

Preparation of reusable functional modules using HP UFT 12.5.

Implement Selenium Webdriver using TestNG Framework.

Implement multi browser parallel execution using Selenium Grid.

Code Review for Mobile Testing built using C# language and calabash framework.

Analyzing existing scripts and highlight the reusable components

Creating Metrics and Reports

Handle Onboarding and Off boarding of resource and offshore billing.

Training QA Team on Automation and Code Review.

Skills

ALM, HP UFT 12.5,MS Word, MS Excel, SQL, VBScript, Selenium Webdriver, Calabash

Project

Calypso – Long Term Care Insurance Claims

Customer

Genworth Financials

Employer

Tata Consultancy Services

Period

Jan 2014 to Dec 2015

Role

Test Automation Architect/QA Lead

Description

Performing feasibility testing of the application for automation purpose.

Designing of test automation framework.

Guiding the QA Team regarding automation.

Conducting automation awareness sessions across organization

Building Automation Center of Excellence (ACOE)

Build automation suites for traditional Waterfall and Agile projects

Preparation of reusable functional modules using HP UFT 11.53

Preparation of reusable Objects using HP UFT 11.53 & UFT 12.0

Analyzing existing scripts and highlights the reusable components.

POC of Selenium WebDriver with Web Based interface.

Developing Metrics and Reports

Handle Onboarding and off boarding of resource and offshore billing

Skills

ALM, HP UFT 11.5,MS Word, MS Excel, SQL, VBScript, Selenium, TestNG

Project

Genius – Term Life Insurance Underwriting systems

Customer

Genworth Financials

Employer

Tata Consultancy Services

Period

Feb 2012 to Dec 2013

Role

Test Automation Lead / QA Lead

Description

Carried out the following activities:

Designing of test automation framework.

Analyzed the Business Requirements documents and prepared Test Plans for the various project releases.

Test Plan Preparation, Test case design and Execution of the e-Delivery Module.

Estimate the efforts and timelines for delivery.

Implementation of the automation framework for the regression suites.

Manual as well as Automated Testing of the various scenarios to ensure that the developers have covered all the business requirements.

Preparation of new scripts as per the change in the functionality or implementing the changes in the existing ones.

Ensure that all the test cases are updated in the Quality Center along with Master test plan.

Executing the Regression Suite team for Regression Testing.

Logging of the defects obtained while testing onto Bugzilla for defect management monitoring and tracking.

Mentor the new joiners in the project team.

Involved in proposal making of new upcoming testing projects from our customers.

To interact with Customer using IM and Conference Calls in case of any new requirements coming up.

Assert best practices and choose the right methodology.

To create and maintain the documents for all the releases.

Prepared and reviewed test specifications, cases and perform manual testing execution from Quality Center.

Skills

HP QTP 10.0,ALM, QC, SQL, PL/SQL, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint,

Achievements

Appreciated by Customer on completion of automation of regression scenarios in order to save manual work and cost

Appreciation from customer for Touch Free Process Improvement as a part of Ideation

Appreciated with TCS Gems for successful completion of MQ project in Genius

Project

eProcurement – Procurement Performance

Employer

Zycus Infotech Ltd.

Period

11-May-11 to Feb-12

Role

QA Lead

Description

Carried out the following activities:

Analyze the Business Requirements documents and prepared Test Plans for the various project releases.

Test Plan Preparation, Test case design and Execution

Worked on Agile Model

Performed Regression Testing for each Sprint

Used Bugzilla and Testopia for reporting issue and test cases.

Worked closely with the deployment team for deployment deliverables.

Preparing Weekly and Monthly based Status reports.

Worked with Selenium Webdriver 2.0 for automation of Web based UI.

Skills

SQL, PL/SQL,Bugzilla, Testopia,MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, Selenium Webdriver 2.0

Project

Keypoint Security – Security on the go device

Employer

Internet Trends India Private Ltd

Period

July- 2008 to May – 2011

Role

Software Validation Engineer

Description

Information gathering from customer related to the application in order to perform System testing.

Schedule meeting to know more about the application with a walkthrough.

Test Design and Review.

Analyzing of requirements

Reviewing Business Requirements and preparing test plans for all the assigned project releases.

Performing test execution as per the test cases

Re-testing of defects.

Creating System Test report which includes the results of test execution with all defects.

Automation of Windows and Web based applications using QTP

Skills

Bugzilla, QTP10, SQL, PL/SQL MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint

Project

Norton Home based Products

Employer

Sutherland Global Services Private Ltd

Period

May - 2006 to June – 2008

Role

Software Validation Engineer

Description

Information gathering from customer related to the application in order to perform System testing.

Schedule meeting to know more about the application with a walkthrough.

Test Design and Review.

Analyzing of requirements

Communication with Customers and resolving issues

Performing test execution as per the test cases

Re-testing of defects.

Creating System Test report which includes the results of test execution with all defects.

Skills

Bugzilla, SQL, PL/SQL MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point

Education Summary:

Qualification Category

Year of Completion

Qualification

Subject

Graduate

2007

Bachelors

Computer Science

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