Professional Summary:

** ***** ** ********** ** Software Testing and Quality Assurance including Test Management and leading teams.

Strong in Software Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies from project definition to post-deployment documentation.

Experienced in preparing Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Summary. Performed Black Box Testing, Back End Testing, Exploratory Testing, System Testing, ETL Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Integration Testing, End-to End testing, Regression Testing and Volume Testing,

Experience in both manual testing and functional automation testing

Experienced in Writing Business requirements and creating Story Boards.

Experienced in Project management and also worked as Scrum Master

Proficient in testing of applications in Windows and UNIX environment.

Expertise in Testing, Analysis and Documentation of Web Based and Client-Server applications through a full test cycle

Able to work under tight deadlines and capable of effectively handling multiple projects at same time.

Good communication skills, adapt quickly with different work conditions, active as team member and as a leader.

Ambitious, motivated and industrious with sound business judgment and strong work ethics.

Excellent verbal, technical, leadership and interpersonal skills.

Technical Skills:

Testing Tools: ALM/Quality Center/Test Director, UFT/QTP, Selenium WebDriver 2.48.2, JAWS, Gemini, Microsoft Test manager, DTM data comparer, Cloud Based Testing Tools, Junit, TFS

Database: Oracle 9i/ 10g, SQL Server 2012, MS Access.

Languages: C, Java 2.0, SQL, HTML, and Visual Basic 6.0

Server Side: ASP and JSP

Operating System: Windows 8/7/XP/ 2000/ 2003/ NT/ 98, UNIX, OS X, iOS and Android,

Others: JIRA, MS Office, TOAD, SQL Server Management Studio, Fiddler, IE 6/ 7/ 8/10, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera, SOAP UI 2.5, WinScp, Putty, Sauce Labs Cloud OS platform, Appium, Visio, TFS, Visual Studio 2015, Great plains 2010 accounting software, Loadcomplete 3.20

Scripting Languages: Java Script, VB Script

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Test Driven Development

Education:

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Madras, India

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications, ORBIT Limited, India

Work Authorization: Permanent Resident

Work Experience:

Sapient Govt services

Sr Automation Tester/ Lead July 2017- Till date

Client: FDA

Projects: VIA - Inspection Application and TIMS- Inspection Application

The objective of this project is regulated by FDA and developed in compliance to provide functionality for the review process and inspection process to validate the Tobbacoo audits conducted by inspectors through web application and also Mobile

Responsibilities Include:

Lead the Manual Team and Automation team, manage the Testing activities across the projects. ( VIA, TIIMS)

Created test plans for sprint cycles including functional and integration testing

Verified integration between the systems where the data is coming from VIA application and TIMS

Created Automation scripts for the functional and Build verification Testing for VIA Application application Using HP UFT using keyword driven framework.

Created automation scripts for TIIMS application using selenium webdriver

Created front end application for the UAT users to run the automations scripts.

Configured quality centre to run the UFT scripts thorough Test management tool.

Created Leap Framework ( keyword Driven frame) work for the functional Testing along with the HTML application ( Dashboard to run the test suites)

Performed Exploratory testing for new features in releases.

Peformed functional, system and regression testing

Performed Performance Testing using Neo Load

Created Project status reports and reported to the Cordinator/ Program Director

Managed the project by resolving work stream issues, Managed the risk.

Created the Team schedules, to avoid barriers if any to prevent the project from getting off track

Tested the application for 508 compliance Using AMP Tool

Organized the test cases and plans in ALM

Created Power point presentations for the test Plans to get the Buy in on the Proof of cencepts.

Assisted the CFO in Developing small internal project to get the Project on track -HARSA – Internal CRM Project

Coordinated with development and Bussiness team to analyse the existing bugs and Created story boarding

Developed automation framework for regression suite, includes a combination of data and keywords.

Developed and generate test metrics, reports and RTM in ALM

Managed ALM metrics and reports.

Created Scripts in Load runner to perform Load testing on the VIA application

Supported the SME in creation of road map in Project management

Playes the role of scrum master in the agile Environment

Conducted the Triage meetings for the defects per sprint.

Created builds and deployed using Bamboo

Environment: HP ALM, Quality Centre,Jira,Box,sharepoit, SQL, Neo Load, Microsoft power point, Microsoft Project planner, AMP 508, HP UFT, Bamboo, Selenium Webdrive, Eclipse,Webstorm IDE, Protractor.

Fannie Mae, Herndon, VA

Lead Test Engineer Jan 2017- May 30

Employer: Hexaware Technologies Inc

TAFS – securities treasury project

The objective of this project is to provide seamless integration of the changing regulations and quotes from treasury with other downstream application systems at Fannie Mae. The trade data from upstream systems is converted to enterprise common format and deliver to downstream systems.

Responsibilities Include:

Created test plans for sprint cycles including functional and integration testing

Verified integration between the systems where the data is coming from TIBCO ESB queues

Automated the data validation across Gemfire, Excel and TIBCO queues

Peformed functional, system and regression testing

Automated the data validation using UFT

Automated the Sripts using Cucumber, created feature files and trained the BA team.

Organized the test cases and plans in ALM

Coordinated with development and project management team in assessing the criticality of bugs and prioritize into the sprint cycles

Cordinated between development Team and Bussiness product owners as Bridge by resolving the technical requirements to develop as per test.

Determined the root cause by testing the Bugs breaking in the Production enviorment.

Developed automation framework for regression suite, includes a combination of data and keywords.

Developed UFT scripts for browser compatibity test scope on multiple browsers

Involved in security authentication of contents per user profiles and versioning of content

Developed and generate test metrics, reports and RTM in ALM

Managed ALM metrics and reports.

Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (Jenkins)

Customized the workflow in ALM

Lead the team of 10 members with 8 onsite and 2 offsite for manual testing and 4 onsite automation testers

Environment: HP ALM, UFT Rally, Gems Tibco, Putty, Gemfire, Cucumber, Jenkins, Oracle,Jira

Freddie Mac, Herndon, VA

Test Lead Dec 2016- Jan 2017

Employer: Tata Consulting Services Ltd.

MSIR – MultiSuite for Investment reporting

MSIR is an application that supports the monthly reporting and remittance processes for Multifamily loans and bonds.

Responsibilities Include:

Reviewed Existing Test procedures, test plans for sprint cycles including functional and integration testing

Involved in New requirments gathering Session to Create Test Strategy Plan

Peformed functional, system and regression testing

Automated the data validation using QTP

Automated the Sripts using Cucumber, created feature files and trained the BA team.

Organized the test cases and plans in ALM

Developed automation framework for regression suite, includes a combination of data and keywords.

Developed UFT scripts for browser compatibity test scope on multiple browsers

Involved in security authentication of contents per user profiles and versioning of content

Developed and generate test metrics, reports and RTM in ALM

Managed ALM metrics and reports.

Lead the team of 7 members

Environment: HP ALM, QTP, Putty, Oracle, Cucumber,Jira

LISCR LLC, Vienna, VA

Lead Test Engineer Oct 2011- Jun’ 2016

ESEA system, SCD, LIS, CRM, ANOA, Ecorp and Other LISCR systems

As a world’s premier open ship registry, LISCR is committed to provide high quality registry services. Complex business process is accomplished through state of the art technological systems. SEA, SCD and LIS are LISCR owned applications which enable the business process to run efficiently and with high availability to global users.

Responsibilities Include:

Established QA processes and tools that fits into LISCR SDLC and release cycles.

Created master test plan based on application functions and test strategies for sprint cycles.

Executed system test, integration tests, end-to-end and mobile test cycles.

Created base framework and wrote scripts to automate regression suite using selenium WebDriver

Managed onsite and off shore teams for the task assignments and development of test strategy.

Involved in Analysis and writing of Business Requirement.

Gathered and documented the business requirements for multiple applications in LISCR.

Created story boarding for rewriting LIS application.

Performed the role of ScrumMaster .

Handled QA deliverables for multiple projects simultaneously including the QA team resource allocation while maintaining a balance of workload to team capacity in an agile environment.

Provided Test metrics to the team for assessing risk and determining the project deliverables timelines.

Developed periodic team status reports, annual and quarterly budget plans based on resource allocations.

Created strategic project plans and project roadmaps

Created test cases, test procedures based on the Business Requirements

Used Agile Test Methods to provide rapid feedback to the developers significantly helping them uncover important risks.

Experienced in writing test cases, test plans and execution of test cases using HP UFT

Created reports and documented the test results using ALM

Developed multiple combinations of data sets to test the Submission confirmations business logic for SCD, LIS, ANOA and Ecorp

Validated the backend and frontend of the application sanity test cases using UFT

Developed wrapper script for the execution of the test cases in UFT

Created custom functions for reading and writing data in external files like Excel.

Created custome functions to connect UFT with different databases for valiadating backend

Written extensive SQL queries to validate data migration of legacy system to target system through ETL process.

Developed test scenarios to measure the performance of the web applications critical functions and data intense reports using Load complete and Visual Studio

Used complex SQL queries to validate invoice, journal entries and reports in the accounting application.

Worked on report testing on smart list exported from Great Plains software.

Created test plan for new development and enhancement projects

Mentored and trained the end users on LISCR applications.

Assisted in developing business documentation for enterprise audits.

Developed test strategy to perform the System, Database, End-to-end and Performance testing

Organized and maintained the Test cases and RTM in Gemini and Test manager

Used Fiddler to monitor the http calls between the integrated systems

Validated the catalog management, versioning and authenticated access in sharepoint

Gathered, compiled test execution artifacts and generated test summary report

Assisted users in developing UAT Test Strategy and Performed User Acceptance testing

Performed manual and automated testing for data migration from legacy system to Target system

Performed post-production testing for enhancements and maintained traceability of test execution

Performed regression testing on new versions of the software.

Environment: DTM data comparer, TFS, Test Manager, Gemini, Selenium WebDriver, Fiddler, SharePoint, Mobile Testing, Jira

iAxis Ltd, Hyderabad, India Feb’ 2003 – Sep’ 2008

QA Tester

Project: Online CDR Collection System

CDR collection system integrates all the network, integrity and security aspects of telecom service provider. The security interface helps users to set the configurations.

Responsibilities Include:

Extensive testing to ensure the functionality of the application works as per the business requirements

Performed the load test to analyze the performance of the application under peak load

Documented test plans and test strategies

Created test cases and executed test cases in the test lab

Designed the test execution workflow based on the priorities of the test cases

Created and uploaded the integrity and security test data

Environment: Mercury Quality Center, BAD BOY load test, Java, HTML, Oracle and Windows XP

Project: Human Resources Management System

This system deals with the maintenance of the HR System for employees in the organization. The system keeps track of the history of the employees in the company and calculates salaries and vacations based on employee history. The system also maintains all the current information on employees including their pay Designations, reviews, performance appraisals etc.

Responsibilities Include:

Verified the different models of organizational hierarchy with huge test data to match real time organization structure

Created regression suite to identify and execute the test cases for regression

Developed work progress status reports to communicate to the management

Participated in the design of the test cases for the automation framework

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, VisualBasic.net, Oracle, VBScript and Windows XP

Project: Sales Management System

This system automates the Sales order processing. It maintains details of customer information, sales transactions and tracking of sales staff activities. It also generates relevant analysis reports like daily sales, Customer orders, Performance Analysis of Sales person etc.

Responsibilities Include:

Created and executed the test cases in the test lab

Tracked the status of the test cases for reporting purpose

Assisted in developing test plan and test strategy

Identify and organize the test cases for regression suite

Environment: PVCS Tracker, Mercury Quality Center, VisualBasic, .Net, Oracle and Windows XP.

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