Alekhya Poladi
Resume:
ALEKHYA POLADI
*******.****@*****.***
SENIOR QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER WITH
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior QA Automation Engineer with 8 years of experience as a Manual and Automation Test Engineer, in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with extensive involvement in UI Automation, BDD, API Testing, Mobile Testing with hands on experience in different technologies like JAVA, Selenium, Maven, Cucumber, SoapUI, Appium in various domains such as Banking, Finance, Healthcare and Retail.
Technologies skill set
Test Approaches
Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, SDLC, STLC, Bug Life Cycle
Testing Tools
Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid,JUnit Cucumber, SoapUI, Sauce Labs, Appium
Test Build& Integration Tools
Maven, ANT, Jenkins
Frameworks
Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Hybrid, Page Object Model (POM)
Programming Tools
JAVA, JavaScript, Angular JS, VB Script, Gherkin, SQL C, C++
Markup Languages
HTML, XML, XPath, CSS Selector
Databases
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SQL
Browsers
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome,Safari
Operating Systems
Windows 7/8/10, Ubuntu, UNIX, LINUX
Defect Tools
HP Quality Center, JIRA, ALM, BUGZILLA
MS Office Tools
Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Expertise in Entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in Agile and waterfall environments.
Experience in developing automated Test scripts and test cases based on the client provided BRD, FRS and SRS.
Expertise in different types of testing like Automation testing, Manual testing, Integration testing, System testing, Smoke testing, Regression testing, Load testing, Performance testing and Functional testing.
Expertise in Selenium automation using Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, JAVA, TestNG, Maven.
Designed, implemented automation frameworks Keyword Driven framework, Data Driven framework and Hybrid framework.
Using Cucumber developed Test Scripts to implement Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and features for BDD (Behavior Driven Development).
Expertise in writing Selenium Manual Testcases for B2B Web Applications.
Extensive experience in developing automation test scripts using JAVA, selenium, maven, TestNG.
Experience in developing selenium automation framework using Junit/TestNG and developing ANT/Maven targets to execute automation suites.
Maintained Selenium & JAVA automation code and resource in source controls SVN, GitHub, over the time for improvements and new features.
Experienced in Web Services testing using SOAPUI tool. Validated request and response SOAP and RESTFUL Web service calls.
Expertise in documenting defects with high level of detail, accuracy, and informative recreation steps using Quality Center, JIRA, Rally, Bugzilla etc.
Good Knowledge in handling Alerts, Frames and Popups, Accessing Forms, tables, links, Keyboard and Mouse Events using Selenium WebDriver.
Experience in Mobile Testing of Native apps, Web apps, Hybrid apps on Mobile and Tablet devices using APPIUM [iOS/Android] by using the emulators in Android Studio for Android Devices.
Involved in daily meetings with the technical managers and development test leads.
Reviewed Application and Test logs, program outputs and reports to identify program processing errors and defects.
Segregated defects based on the hierarchy of the effects on the test scripts usingLog4j.
Prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases.
Collaborated with other QA engineers and developers. Adheres to quality assurance standards and continuously improves test processes.
Technical Skills
Test Approaches
Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, SDLC, STLC, Bug Life Cycle
Testing Tools
Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid,JUnit Cucumber, SoapUI, Sauce Labs, Appium
Test Build& Integration Tools
Maven, ANT, Jenkins
Frameworks
Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Hybrid, Page Object Model (POM)
Programming Tools
JAVA, JavaScript, Angular JS, VB Script, Gherkin, SQL C, C++
Markup Languages
HTML, XML, XPath, CSS Selector
Databases
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SQL
Browsers
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari
Operating Systems
Windows 7/8/10, Ubuntu, UNIX, LINUX
Defect Tools
HP Quality Center, JIRA, ALM, BUGZILLA
MS Office Tools
Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access
Professional Experience
Senior QA Automation Engineer March 2016-Till Date
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, GA
Project Description:
As a QA Automation Engineer Involved in improving UI experience, features and analyzing requirements of Single Network Application(SNAPP) which is an innovative and industry leading application that combines curbside, bag drop, check-in, Sky Club, gate, service recovery, and baggage service office applications into a single platform for a more streamlined and user-friendly experiences for ACS agents.
Role and Contribution:
Configured the Test Cases to receive input Test Data Sets for the corresponding test cases using TestNG Data Provider Annotation.
Analyzed Business Requirement Document (BRD), Change Requests (CR), Design and GUI Specifications in order to derive test plans, test data, test scenarios and test cases.
Managed and updated the Requirement Traceability Matrix(RTM) to certify the coverage of the test cases.
Assisted in planning, creation and controlling of the test environment.
Developed BDD (Behavior Driven Development), ATDD (Acceptance Test Driven Development) using Cucumber Features, Scenarios and Step Definitions.
Designed and Developed test automation Artifacts (scripts, functions, scenarios, processes) for simple to complex automated testing situations using various tools like Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG
Performed testing on Web Services using WSDL and SOAPUI to check the communication between different services.
Extensively worked in locating web elements using ID, name, class name, CSS selector and XPATH.
Performed Parallel and Cross Browser testing on different browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Firefox where multiple tests were run at the same time.
Implemented Page Object Model automation framework with Selenium WebDriver, Java and Cucumber.
Executed test cases relating to mouse hover using Actions class and found hidden elements using XPath and windows classes.
Involved in testing alerts and pop-ups using Selenium WebDriver.
Stored the flow details of Selenium Automation in a file using Log4j.
Scripted the Test cases and managed the framework dependency jars using Maven. Used Maven to perform build from Jenkins Continuous Integration.
Involved in testing Deltas mobile app (SKY-Pro).
Performed mobile application compatibility on different browser versions (IE, Firefox, and Chrome) and Mobile Devices (iOS, Android, Windows Phone).
Tested the application under different networks and Internet speeds including on 3G,4G/LTE and Wi-Fi.
Used AutoIt to for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting.
Executed test cases and procedures by performing Integration Testing, E2E test cases, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, Database Testing, Exploratory Testing, System Testing, Positive Testing, Negative testing.
Found Defects, prepared Defect Reports and Status Reports, performed Bug Triage, Defect tracking using Jira.
Involved in daily Defect Triage meetings with Project Managers and developers during System testing.
Worked with team members to discuss test results and identifying areas for improvement.
Environment:
Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, XPath, Firebug, Eclipse, Hybrid/Data Driven Framework, XML, HTML, Cucumber BDD, SoapUI, Maven, Jenkins, Jira, log4j, Appium, Android, IOS, RTC, Agile/Scrum.
Senior QA Automation Engineer Jan 2015-Feb 2016
Sherwin-Williams Cleveland, OH
Project Description:
Sherwin-Williams DCS Global Sales team is nearing the end of a six-week discovery phase to implement Salesforce.com as an enterprise CRM solution. Salesforce.com (SDFC) was selected as the CRM solution to replace Sugar CRM, Clarify CRM, Valspar Salesforce, and will include TAG LAD (no current CRM). Additionally, the implementation of Salesforce.com will allow for sales and support process standardization and application consolidation as the implementation grows into a leveraged platform. This proposal includes build for all in scope Sales and Customer Support user’s requirements for initial use of Salesforce.com.
Role and Contribution:
Analysis of Business and Requirement Specifications. Designing Test Lab and formulation of Test Strategy, Test Plans Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium WebDriver.
Developed Test Frameworks in Selenium for UI Regression Test Automation and when necessary, and potentially execute Unit Test Automation (Java /TestNG).
Have built a test automation framework based on Page Object Model, TestNG and Selenium Web driver.
Integrated Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) in Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins) for nightly batch run of the Script. Created Project plan on Jenkins, configured scheduled using cronjob.
Tested compatibility of application for dynamic and static content under various cross browsers using HTML ids and XPATH in Selenium.
Performed Regression testing for new builds and every modification in the application using Selenium.
Used Selenium WebDriver/Selenium GRID to run test cases in multiple browsers and Platforms.
Maintaining all manual test scripts and other artifacts like test data, test results and defect reports using JIRA.
Used Rally, JIRA for bug reporting and tasks and issue tracking.
Involved in debugging of the existing automation script.
Worked with various JavaScript elements and Involved in development of data-driven framework using Selenium WebDriver.
Coordinating with other cross team to ensure the newly developed features function End-to-End.
Environment: MS Word, Excel, Windows10, UNIX, Java, Cucumber, Selenium GRID, Selenium Web Driver, Gradle, GIT, JIRA, Eclipse, Gherkin, SOAP, REST, Appium, Jenkins, TestNG, Junit, Agile(SCRUM).
QA Engineer June 2013-Nov 2014
McKesson Corp Scottsdale, AZ
Project Description:
This project involved in working with Enterprise Revenue Management system that provides features and functions for diverse settings of healthcare. The solution meets the needs of healthcare organizations by improving patient flow, increasing access capabilities, shortening wait times, lowering operating costs, and improving patient outcomes. This system provides the following functionalities:
•Schedules staff, room and equipment, supports self-operated check-in and check-out devices to be used by patients as notification of arrival and dismissal. It Includes patient and equipment monitoring devices
•Provides an online bed board to process patient’s movement between departments
and to process the discharge procedures
Role and Contribution:
Reviewed design documents & business requirements to learn the function and scope of the application.
Involved in writing and implementation of the Test Cases.
Conducted Functionality testing during various phases of the application.
Involved in the use of BDD and ATTD based Step Definition, Scenarios and Features in Gherkin language using Cucumber.
Developed automated test cases for all manual tests cases provided.
Implemented automation using Selenium Web Driver, JAVA, TestNG and Maven.
Developing the test plan and test cases for the positive and negative scenarios keeping in mind the Boundary Value Limitations and Equivalence Classes coordinating with the customers upon solid analysis of the user stories.
Working with utilities like Firebug and Fire path for the identification of web elements using locators such as id, name, Xpath, CSS Selectors, Link Text, Partial Link Text.
Performed cross-browser testing on various browsers like IE, Chrome and Firefox and ensured compatibility on different browsers using Java, TestNG and Jenkins.
Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, Positive and Negative testing for each build of the applications and Integration Testing with other programs, hardware, operating systems and network environments.
Performing testing using SOAPUI on different data sources and validated the Restful web services.
Did Java coding extensively for Data Driven framework and Keyword Driven Framework by using TestNG framework along with Selenium, Maven.
Involved in developing BDD features, scenarios and step definitions using Cucumber and Gherkin using Junit and automated them using Selenium Web Driver.
Involved in the use of Cucumber Step Definition, Scenarios and Features.
Design & implement web-based application for healthcare companies in agile (SCRUM) environment
Managed the testing process, schedule batch tests, log and track defects using JIRA.
Developed SQL queries to test the data after executing transactions like upload processing and check Processing in batches.
Environment:
HP QTP, XML, HTML, Java, SQL, Agile, Scrum, Windows XP/ 7/8,IE,FIREFOX, MS SQL Server, Bug Tracker, Spell Check Tool, MS Office.
QA Analyst May 2012-May 2013
Wyndham Hotels Hyderabad, India
Project Description:
Worked with Wyndham Hotels Worldwide which is the world’s largest lodging franchiser, encompassing nearly 6,000 hotels under 10 brands across the world. Responsible for enhancement and testing of the Portal which is mainly a menu-based application.
Responsibilities:
Led business interactions with Wyndham Hotel Group for understanding & analyzing requirements
Developed enhancements on Client’s portal based on changing business requirements and deployed the same on java platform.
Prepared Test Cases and involved in the Test Data creation.
Executed test cases and participated actively in System Testing, UAT and Regression Testing.
Create and executed automated test scripts for Web Pages using Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, J-UNIT and Database as source of Test Data.
Run test cases using selenium grid hub and node simultaneously on multiple platforms.
Executes test cases related to mouse hover using Actions class and find hidden elements using XPath, frames and windows classes.
Performed Cross browser compatibility testing using Chrome, Firefox, IE browsers.
Created test reports generated out of TestNG and created the error screenshots.
Use Fire path and Firebug Firefox plugins for identifying all the web elements using locators.
Found Defects, prepare Defect reports and Status reporting, Bug Triage, Defect tracking using Jira.
Share Daily Status Report with all the team members, Team Leads, Managers and Clients.
Executed some test cases using TestNG parameters, data providers, suites, parallel suites, groups.
Involved in the use of BDD and ATTD based Step Definition, Scenarios and Features in Gherkin language using Cucumber.
Stored the flow details of Selenium Automation in a file using Log4j.
Performed testing on Web Services API requests for Soap Protocols and Restful architecture using SOAPUI to check the communication between devices over networks.
Used Jenkins tool for continuous integration of the builds.
Used SVN repository for efficient remote team working, also stored the framework and all the developed test cases.
Wrote SQL Queries to connect to the database and retrieve data for a specified set of test requirements.
Environment:
HP QTP, XML, HTML, Java, SQL, Agile, Windows, IE, FIREFOX, MS SQL Server, Bug Tracker, Spell Check Tool, MS Office.
Software Test Engineer May 2010-April 2012
Grid Logic Software Private Limited Hyderabad, India
Project Description:
As a Software Mobile Test Engineer daily work involved in designing and developing our client's test strategy for the app in laying down the groundwork, infrastructure and product discussions from start to finish in an agile environment.
Role and Contribution:
Working closely with our client's product and design teams to help customize the experience for the user platform.
Ensuring adequate test infrastructure (both manual automated) for testing native user interfaces to achieve code coverage.
Collaborating across teams to understand document product behavior, troubleshooting and also triage software and system issues.
Contributed within an agile team on test strategy and technical/design decisions.
Working with our UI/UX team to help validate design.
Contributed in identifying scope of testing/test planning/optimizing of test conditions.
Participated in release testing efforts through script creation/execution, analysis of continuous integration results, updating scripts and reporting of defects.
Maintained time and effort reporting in JIRA task management
Assisted in maintaining existing software systems, including bug fixes, enhancements, and miscellaneous maintenance.
Documented API and Use Cases to empower self-service use of the framework.
Environment:
Android, iOS, Android Studio, Appium, XCode, Agile Scrum, JIRA.
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