Atul Sharma

323-***-****

Los Angeles, California

ac77gl@r.postjobfree.com

H1B visa holder – sponsorship required

Summary:

Experienced QA Lead with 9+ years of comprehensive experience in Automation (SDET) and Manual Testing. Forward thinking, capable and committed individual with proven ability to meet agreed to deadlines, coordinate work and work to defined testing methodologies within a structured environment. Focused on any task at hand and able to utilize existing test knowledge and experiences to come up with practical solutions and alternatives to testing processes.

Professional Abilities:

Excellent working experience of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), agile Scrum methodologies and DevOps model of operations.

Extensive experience is using Automated Testing tools like HP UFT/QTP, Microsoft Visual Studio.

Experience is using Project Management tools like JIRA/Confluence and other tools like Jenkins, HP ALM/Quality Center, and test design tool like Hexawise.

Well versed in writing automation framework/scripts using C# and VB scripting.

Experience in Automation Testing by implementing automation frameworks such as Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Development (TDD) and Hybrid Frameworks for development of automation scripts in Visual Studio using C#.

Performed API testing for customized APIs by validating JSON/XML based request and response messages.

Experience in performing ETL testing and validation of source to target data mapping and correctness of records.

Actively participate in Agile Scrum processes, sprint meetings, retrospective meetings, prioritizing stories, resource alignment, show and tell about milestones accomplished.

Experience in working closely with end business users, timely presenting the Test Results and feature built to ensure they stay aligned with the progress of Development and correctness of Requirements/acceptance criteria.

Proficient in all types of testing such as Black Box Testing, GUI Automation testing, Headless automation at Service Layer API, Unit Level Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Ad-hoc Testing, Smoke Testing, Build Acceptance Testing and Test Results walk through.

Strong working experience in requirement management, documentation, report analysis, business analysis, work flow design, coding, testing and defect reporting.

Experience in QA processes and standards, Software Testing Methodologies, Creation of Test Cases, Design and Execution of strategic Test Plans and Test Scenarios.

Well versed in working with database management tools like Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL.

Experience in code reviews and good knowledge on version control tools like Git along with hosting solution as bitbucket using SourceTree.

Well versed with concept of CI/CD and have experience in integrating automation frameworks build through Bamboo server to JENKINS.

Experience in using JENKINS and to setup the pipeline and enable the system to trigger regression test scripts daily on schedule time.

Experience in using XLDeploy as build components deployment automation tool to various environments.

Experience in providing extending testing support to other teams to perform point-to-point (P2P) testing, Integration testing (E2E) and production support to end business users post go-live of critical releases/programs/projects.

Experienced in working with in-house and third party Front office Order Management System (OMS) applications used in Finance and Investment banking space.

Experienced in being part of critical discussions regarding Sign Offs and GO/NO-GO decisions.

Leading Abilities:

Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly understand client’s business needs.

Led and trained widely dispersed software testing teams in proper testing techniques, client relations, development team relations & conflict avoidance, test automation, and software development life cycles.

Proven experience in leading onsite and offshore team of different strength (8~10).

Good team player and also have the ability to work independently in a time sensitive environment.

Conducted Test Strategizing and planning for the project through walkthroughs and meetings involving various leads from Development, QA and Business Support teams involving Third part vendors.

Excellent verbal and written skills, especially with regards to presenting findings to both Technical and Non-Technical audiences.

Exceptional ability to maintain and build Client relationships, able to comfortably converse with all facets in the client’s organization.

Ambitious and self-directed with a passion to untangle complex issues with logical reasoning, strong analytics and creative thinking.

Technical Skills:

Functional Testing Tool

UFT, QTP 9.5/10.0/11

Test Design Tool

Mindjet Mind Manager (Mindmaps), Hexawise

Programming Language

VBScript, Descriptive programming, VBA Macros, C#

RDBMS

SQL Server 2012, Rapid SQL 8.6.0, TOAD

Operating System

Unix/Linux, Window’s Family

Defect Tracking Tools

JIRA, Quality Center ALM

Methods

Automation testing, Black box testing, Integration testing, System-Testing, Regression testing

Code Management Tool

Perforce P4V, GIT, bitbucket

Other Tools & Technology

XML, REST, JSON, HTML, Rest Client and Soap, XLDeploy

Education:

B.TECH in Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2005-2009 from Punjab Technical University, India.

Work Experience:

Employer: Infosys Limited

Client: Capital Group of Companies - Los Angeles, CA, US July 2016 to Present

Role: Solution Engineer/SDET

Environment: Visual Studio 13, SourceTree, PL/SQL, UNIX, Secure CRT, Secure FX, Hexawise, Mindjet Manger, Quality Center, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, GEMS, JENKINS

Responsibilities:

Participate in the agile development environment with sprint planning, grooming and retrospective sessions.

Creation of Test Strategy document, discuss the Test Approach with wide audience of Development, Business SMEs and other QA members.

Creation of Test Scenarios in every sprint for the stories aligned to the development of API features/functionalities.

Creation of Test Design for the development of automation framework to develop automated regression scripts using C# in every sprint. Used Microsoft Visual Studio to develop and debug the code.

Identify the Test data required using SQL queries to create JSON request messages for validating the business logics/capabilities of application’s API under development.

Execution of automated regression suite as a part of Continuous Integration under Agile model of Testing.

Perform Test Code review, code checkin using GIT, pull request review from bitbucket and finally merge to the project/development branch.

Exposure to continuous integration tools like Jenkins for scheduling nightly builds and to generate status reports at the end of each cycle.

Involved in integrating the test suites to JENKINS to execute them automatically after every successful deployment.

Perform the self-build deployment from feature/development/release branch across different test/dev. environment using XLDeploy.

Working closely with other stakeholders Dev/BSAs/PMO to apprise them about the challenges if any and accomplishments.

Involved in writing complex SQL queries using JOINS to access data from different database tables to check data validity during database testing/ETL testing.

Troubleshooting of environment related issues on windows/Linux servers on which application build is hosted.

Leading the QM team of 5-member having SDETs and Functional SMEs. Team is working to create Test scenarios, develop C# based automation scripts to test the business requirements/logic of under development API service of the application under test (AUT).

Analysing business requirements and procedures and making recommendations to identify business priorities, increase productivity and return accurate data output.

Effort estimation and task allocation for both Onshore and Offshore team members.

Participated in meeting, teleconferences and walk through with the Scrum Master and Product Owner in prioritized backlog story Items.

Capital Group of Companies, Irvine, CA 01/2016 – 06/2016

QA Test Lead

Description: CIAO (CSTAR for Institutional Accounting Operations) EAGLE Investment System

CIAO is a program to migrate the institutional business into CSTAR. Capital Group selected CSTAR as the strategic replacement platform for institutional PA application. Eagle Investment system is the application, which is being used as CSTAR.

Environment: C#/. Net, WPF, View based modules, Visual Studio 13, Perforce (P4V), PL/SQL, Unix, Secure CRT, Secure FX, Hexawise, Mindjet Manger, Quality Center, JIRA, In-built Test Engineering Platform (TEP) tool, Windows XP

Responsibilities:

Lead the automation team of 6-member team for across impacted upstream/downstream applications project and playing an essential role of SDET.

My team is responsible for extensive API automation, providing an automated solution for in-sprint stories and mimicking the production flow of DITL (Day in the Life) of CSTAR.

Created Automation Test approach for across application project based on requirements and user stories.

Developed automated tests for backend API, engine and streams.

Develop scalable build, test and deployment systems to execute continuous integration.

Designed and Implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas including headless automation, database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests and usability.

Documented application defects using bug tracking system (JIRA/ ALM QC) and reported defects involving program functionality, output, online screen and content to application developers.

Consulting development leads for automation framework requirements.

Followed Agile testing techniques, in-sprint automation and scrum status meetings.

Used Microsoft Visual studio in entire testing framework development.

Worked on tools like Microsoft VISIO, JIRA for bug tracking, Mindmap and Hexawise for Test design and Confluence to work in conjunction with JIRA.

Assisting in training associates in data analysis and serves as a subject matter expert to less experienced associates in data sources, analysis, query, database, application, and reporting.

Clear and Precise reporting of automation status through Automation status dashboard, highlighting the individual status (Green/Yellow/Red), progress percentage, quick highlights of activities, key risks and Overall automation status.

Capital Group of Companies, Los Angeles, CA 10/2013 – 12/2015

QA/QM Test Lead

Description: CRD (Charles River Development) IMS automates the compliance workflow and provides centralized compliance monitoring and management. The highly scalable compliance engine supports very high volumes of trades, compliance rules, accounts and groups of accounts.

Environment: QTP (Quick Test Platform), Selenium, Keyword-driven framework, PL/SQL, Unix, Secure CRT, Secure FX, Hexawise, Mindjet Manger, HP ALM Quality Center, TIBCO, API testing, Windows XP.

Responsibilities:

Led Manual and Automated Software Testing efforts of Client/Server for Charles River Investment Management Solution for trade mode and batch mode. Manage onshore and offshore 15-member software QA testing team in developing and implementing quality-assurance and quality control methodologies to ensure compliance with QA standards, product requirements and customer specifications.

Created and executed automated software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes using Quality Center ALM.

Designed and Implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas including headless automation, database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests and usability.

Developed automated test scripts using Quick Test Professional for Functional, End to End and Regression Testing, Expert View.

Creation of Test Scripts using VB Scripting, Descriptive Programming, Shell Scripting.

Generated weekly reports to track test planning and overall test management.

Documented software defects using bug tracking system and reported defects involving program functionality, output, online screen and content to software developers.

Delivered thorough QA testing reports from ALM QC that determined product quality and release readiness.

Interact with customers/users to support software acceptance process and act as a liaison between developers, business analyst, and user community.

Involved in formal and informal product design reviews through software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential issues. Leveraged sound technical knowledge to communicate effectively with software design team, quickly gaining their respect and becoming a valued, “go-to” team member on challenging test cases.

Capital Group Of Companies (India – Offshore team) 10/2011 – 10/2013

QA QM Test Analyst

Environment: QTP (Quick Test Platform), Keyword-driven framework, PL/SQL, UNIX, Putty, HP ALM Quality Center, TIBCO, API testing.

Responsibilities:

Serve as a key member of offshore automation team.

Involved in business critical automation projects like Tech rationalization, End-Of-Life and automating regression and end-to-end business scenarios for different thin client and fat server based in-house applications.

Created and executed automated software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes.

Designed and Implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas including headless automation, database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests and usability.

Developed automated test scripts using Quick Test Professional for Functional, End to End and Regression Testing, Expert View.

Developed test cases and tested TIBCO Web-based application.

Creation of Test Scripts using VB Scripting, Descriptive Programming, Shell Scripting.

Maintenance and enhancement of the regression suite.

Developed excel based macros using VBA to provide value add to the different areas of the project.

Involved in peer-review of the code and helped in setting up the automation scripting/review guidelines.

Mentoring and guiding the new team members to on-board quickly.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (India – Offshore team) 12/2009 – 10/2011

Quality Assurance Test Engineer

Description: Portfolio Accounting System 3D Wealth Management System. Lead by example testing & delivery of a suite of Investment Management software solutions. Established & improved testing processes & procedures by utilizing personal expertise & knowledge. Developed and implemented test plans & user-cantered test designs to assure easy-to-use and high performing software products.

Environment: Windows XP, HP ALM, Microsoft Excel, Macros, VBA scripting (Visual Basic for Application)

Responsibilities:

Developed and implemented QA test prioritization processes. Reviewed and analysed testing scope & reduced testing & process redundancy that led to improved system efficiency.

Minimized project risks by facilitating business analysts to author and periodically execute functional & non-functional test cases to validate requirements that led to super quality products.

Enforced processes to enable proactive involvement in value-added activities for the organization.

Developed macros to replace manual activities using VBA scripting.

Designed & Implemented enhanced test strategy using a combination of automation and exploratory testing that led to astonishing gains in test efficiency.

Facilitated development of real-time test status reporting system that enabled project stakeholders with easy access to processed quality matrix that helped to make timely business decisions.

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