Test Cases Manager
Resume:
Arvind Muchakhandi
Email: ********@*****.***
Cell: 732-***-****
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SUMMARY
Expertise:
. Automation Testing (Selenium, QTP, TestComplete, SilkTest, Eggplant),
Manual Testing (web based & desktop application-.net and JAVA ),
Client/Server, SaaS Black Box, Whitebox & Gray Box Testing, Web Service
(SoapUI) Testing, Functional, UI, Cross browser, Performance & Database
Testing(SQL). Team & Client management. Agile-Scrum, Waterfall, Behavior
Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Development (TDD), iterative, & V
SDLC models. Hand Held Device (Mobile & Tablets-iOS, Android) Testing,
Defect Tracking.
Technical Summary
. 10+ years of experience in software testing, including web, handheld
devices & desktop application testing.
. Experience in working for Start-up, small, mid and large scale
organizations & various capacities.
. Good Experience & expose in working all the phases of SDLC, STLS, Defect
Life Cycle, static & dynamic testing(Functional and Non Functional) &
test methodologies.
. Hands on proficiency in developing Test Strategy, Test Plan/approach.
. Good Experience in Developing Automation PoC & feasibility study, ROI,
Test Estimation, Test Planning, & People Management.
. Good experience in setting Test Environment/Bed & Writing, identifying,
Reviewing & Executing test cases/scripts/scenarios, based on business
requirements & technical specifications for all QA phases & UAT.
. Good at Defect Finding, Defect Reporting, Implementing Defect Prevention
techniques, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Defect Trend and Management,
conducting defect triage meeting.
. Acted as defect liaison between Biz, Dev, BA & QA team.
. Having good knowledge of domains including Retail & Core Banking, Real
Estate, Supply Chain Management System (SCM), Retail/eCommerce/POS,
Content Management (CM), Print/Publishing Media, Customer Relationship
management (CRM), Insurance & Travel/Logistic.
. Rich experience in Build Verification Testing (BVT), BATS, Smoke, Sanity,
Functional, UI, System, Regression, API (Apple Script), OS & Browser
Compatibility, User Acceptance Test/Acceptance Test, & SQA activities.
. Worked on various automation tools Selenium-3 Year, Silk Test-25 Months,
TestComplete-13 Months, soapUI-6 Months, QTP-2 years, Loadrunner-2 Months
& Eggplant-15 Months.
. Knowledge of standard web applications, back-end, and rich-web
technologies including but not limited to: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQ
. Strong knowledge of web browser, security, cloud and networking
technologies.
. Good knowledge of Waterfall, RUP, RAD, V & Agile -Scrum process models.
. Involved in various stages of Business Analysis including requirements
gatherings, reviews, presenting the product to the end users, and
technical responses to RFI/RFP.
. Involved in Metrics collection, Analyzing Metrics and Quality Trend, QA
Process Improvements, Project Closure Meetings, Creating Knowledge
Map/artifacts.
. Good in collating, analyzing the quality related data, results, artifacts
& predicting the trends, quality risks & project risks, solutions &
mitigation plan.
. Extensive experience in on-site and offshore work model, Responsible for
driving multiple QA projects across offshore and on-site at recent
clients.
. Experience in Leading QA team size of from 6 - 15 members
EDUCATION
. Karnataka University Dharwad, India. 1996 - 2001
. Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Instrumentation Engineering
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating System DOS, Windows XP/2000/95/98/NT,
Macintosh 9x/10x
Database MS SQL, Oracle 9i
Scripting/Programming Languages Sense Talk, Apple Scripting, 4T,
VB, TSL, and PL/SQL
Tools Functional Testing Silk Test, Selenium, QTP and Test
Complete
SOA Tool/s soapUI
GUI Testing Eggplant, PixelPerfect, Firebug
Test Management HPALM, Rally, HP Quality Center,
Excel, and Test Director
Performance Testing HTTPWatch, PageSpeed & GroundSpeed
Defect Tracker HP Quality Center, Silk Radar,
PVCS, Rational Clear Quest, RADAR
, TestLink and JIRA
Configuration Visual Source Safe (VSS),
Management Concurrent Version Control
(CVS),Perforce, Jenkins, Tortoise
SVN & MSTFS
Continues Jenkins, Teamcity, Hudson
Integration
Environment
Employment History and Clients Worked:
. Innovative Scheduling LLC (Product Based Company-Full time)- Haulmax from
Nov-2014 to till date
. Mindtree (Consulting Company-Full Time)-WellsFargo, ACI worldwide Inc,
AIG, Marriott, adidas, Tanishq, & LMS-Nov-10 to Nov-14
. Cognizant (Consulting Company-Full time)-Intuit, & BskyB from Dec-06 to
Nov-10
. Covansys-Now CSC (Consulting Company- Full time)-Reynolds&Reynolds, &
SIRVA from Feb-06 to Nov-06
. Quark (Product Based Company-Full time) -QuarkXpress, QuarkDMS, & QPMS
from Nov-04 to Jan-06
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Innovative Scheduling LLC (Nov14 - till date), Gainesville, FL, USA
Individual Contributor, QA Lead, & QA Manager
. Designed the Manual and Automation Test Strategy, Plan & Estimation
(Schedule & Effort).
. Identifying the test cases as part of Smoke, Regression and Function
Testing for automation.
. Built the hybrid automation frame work from scratch.
. Written classes and reusable methods from scratch.
. Created Object Library from scratch.
. Designed the data driven scripts from scratch.
. Written functional script for automation from scratch.
. Designed the scripting Guidelines document.
. Reviewing the scripts and making sure that they have been followed as per
the defined coding standards.
. Creating Batch files on Windows Server for execution of suite file.
. Process Improvements.
. Providing Inputs to the management regarding the quality of the
application and taking part in go and no go decision.
. Implemented Risk Based Automation Testing Approach for faster releases
with maximum coverage.
. Direct co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Done the Manual and Automation Test Bed/Environment Setup.
. Planning, Assigning and Tracking the task.
. Peer Review of the test cases and automation scripts designed by team
mates.
. Conducting and being a part of defect triage meetings.
. Implementing the cost efficient measures.
Environment & Tool/s: ASP.net, XML, Win XP, IE 8.0, HPALM, JIRA, Renourex,
Sharepoint
Wells Fargo Online Banking Application (Apr14 - Oct14), Gainesville, FL,
USA
Individual Contributor, QA Lead, & QA Manager
. Designed the Automation Test Strategy, Plan & Estimation (Schedule &
Effort).
. Written Junit Script for automation.
. Built the hybrid automation frame work from scratch.
. Written classes and reusable methods from scratch.
. Created Object Library from scratch.
. Designed the data driven scripts from scratch.
. Written functional script for automation from scratch.
. Designed the scripting Guidelines document.
. Creating Batch files on Windows Server for execution of suite file.
. Direct co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Done the Automation Test Bed/Environment Setup.
. Planning, Assigning and Tracking the task.
. Peer Review of the scripts designed by team mates.
Environment & Tool/s: HTML, J2EE, XML, Win XP, IE 8.0, Eclipse, Selenium
WebDriver, JAVA Script, Jenkins (Continues Integration), SilkCentral, JIRA,
Firebug, Firepath
AIG Knowledge eXcahnge (KX) (Nov13 - Apr14), Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA
Individual Contributor, QA Lead, & QA Manager
. Written the Test Strategy and Plan.
. Reviews requirements for completeness and testability.
. Involved in direct co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Estimated the schedule & effort.
. Come-up with the build release plan for the Development and QA team with
the scopes identified for each build.
. Involved in collecting and reviewing the "Test Artifacts".
. Designed the "Test Case Writing Techniques" and "Test Case Repository"
. Identified the Smoke, Regression, System, Performance and End to End Test
Cases.
. Designed the data/contain validation approach and implemented the same
for accuracy of the data in the system.
. Done the Test Bed/Environment Setup.
. Planning, Assigning and Tracking the task.
. Implemented value adds for the customer by utilizing the free
utilities/tools in the area of UI, security and performance test.
. Done the Impact analysis requirements for regression testing.
. Written the User Acceptance Test Plan
. Written and assisted the customer in identifying the UAT test cases
. Assisting the customer in identifying the UAT Bed/Environment
. Followed the TCoE compliance till the sign-off from customer
. Acted as defect liaison between Biz, Dev, BA and QA team,
. Identifying the UAT defects and making sure that they are as per the
production plan.
. Involved in identifying the Functional performance test cases with the
Performance Lab.
. Reviewing and Analyzing the Performance Test Cases
. Played the HPQC admin role.
. Collecting and analyzing the matrices and predicting the quality risks
and project risks.
. Sharing the Execution result, quality risks and mitigation details to the
customer
. Prepared & Presented the root cause analysis report for iteration one and
suggested the areas of improvements for better quality of the
application.
. Designed the SQL data/contain validation approach and implemented the
same for accuracy of the data in the system.
. Written the SQL queries to extract the data and manipulated the data for
testing purpose.
. Identified the data validation test cases for faster data validation.
. Played HPQC admin role.
Environment & Tool/s: HTML, J2EE, XML, MYSQL, Win XP, IE 8.0, HTML, J2EE,
XML, IE 8.0, HPQC, Excel
Marriott International Inc (Jan13 - Nov13), Bethesda, MD, United States
Consultant Lead & Individual Contributor
. Worked as Automation QA Lead as well as individual contributor for
Automation Consulting.
. Involved in direct co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Identified the test cases for regression, smoke for automation.
. Performed the Proof of Concept (PoC) & estimated the effort.
. Done the Automation Test Bed/Environment Setup.
. Planning, Assigning and Tracking the task.
. Writing and reviewing the Test Scripts.
. Executing and Debugging the Regression & smoke Test Scripts and sharing
the Result to the respective stake holders.
. Reviewed the Manual smoke and Regression Test Cases.
Environment & Tool/s: HTML, J2EE, XML, IE 8.0, Firefox 11.0, Selenium,
Excel, Firebug 1.10,
TANISHQ GHS ONLINE (Aug12 - Dec12), USA
QA Lead, manager and Individual Contributor
. Involved in direct co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Involved in collecting and reviewing the requirement with the client.
. Written the Test Strategy and Plan.
. Estimated the schedule and effort.
. Written, Reviewed and executed the Functional and Non-Functional Test
cases
. Identified the Smoke, Regression, browser compatibility, payment gateway
Test Cases.
. Done the Test Bed/Environment Setup.
. Planning, Assigning and Tracking the task.
. Sharing the Execution result, quality risks and mitigation details to the
customer
. Implemented value adds for the customer by utilizing the free
utilities/tools in the area of UI, security and performance test.
. Maintained the bidirectional traceability matrix by using TestLink tool.
. Validating the data (DB testing), by fetching the existing data, updating
the existing data.
. Written the SQL queries to validate the data is correct and is reflecting
correctly in the UI level.
. Manipulated the SQL queries, so that it reflects accurately in the UI
level for testing purpose.
. Done the Impact analysis requirements for regression testing.
. Assisting the customer in identifying the UAT Strategy and Plan.
. Assisting the customer in identifying the UAT related test cases/scripts.
. Assisting the customer in identifying the UAT Bed/Environment.
. Assisting the customer in UAT related test cases/scripts execution.
. Played the role of UAT QA Manager and UAT Defect Liaison Manager.
Environment & Tool/s: HTML, J2EE, XML, MYSQL,Win 8, win Home, IE 8.0,
Firefox 23.0, Google Chrome 27, Selenium, HTML, J2EE, XML, IE 9.0, Firefox
23.0, GC 27, RADAR, TestLink, Excel, Firebug 1.10, PixelPerfect, PageSpeed,
GroundSpeed, Microsoft Test Manager.
adidas Systems Excellence (Dec10 - Jul12), Germany
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Involved in direct co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Identified the test cases for automation.
. Identified performance testing requirement
. Estimated the effort & performed the Proof of Concept (PoC).
. Done the Test Bed/Environment Setup.
. Planning, Assigning and Tracking the task.
. Writing and reviewing the Test Scripts.
. Executing and Debugging the Regression & Sanity Test Scripts and sharing
the Result to the respective stake holders.
. Reviewed the Manual Sanity and Regression Test Cases.
. Identified high frequency data flows and validating the data (DB
testing), by fetching the existing data, updating the existing data.
. Written the SQL queries to validate the data is correct and is reflecting
correctly in the UI level.
. Manipulated the SQL queries, so that it reflects accurately in the UI
level for testing purpose.
. Presented the Effort and ROI Demo's to the clients of different projects
within the adidas AG group.
. Implemented Risk Based Testing (RBT) strategy in automation.
Environment & Tool/s: HTML, J2EE, MYSQL, XML, Win XP, IE 8.0, Firefox 3.0,
Selenium Automation Framework (SAF), JAVA Script, Firepath, Excel, Firebug
1.4, Microsoft Test Manager
Intuit_IFID_SDP(Single Destination Page) (Jan09 - Nov10), San Diego, CA,
USA
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Involved in direct co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Resource Planning, Estimations, Preparing the Proposals.
. Prepared the Test Plan.
. Done the Test Bed/Environment Setup.
. Planning, Assigning and Tracking the task.
. Writing and reviewing the Test cases.
. Logging, Reviewing, Retesting and Tracking the defect.
. Involved in Executing and writing the System Test cases.
. Involved in Executing and writing Multi-tenancy test cases.
. Publishing the Daily report to the all the stake holders.
. Prepared Automation Test Plan.
. Identifying the Test Cases for Automation.
. Estimating the Effort for Automation testing.
. Converting the Test Cases in to Test Scripts.
. Writing the Function.
. Written the SQL queries to validate the data is correct and is reflecting
correctly in the UI level.
. Manipulated the SQL queries, so that it reflects accurately in the UI
level for testing purpose.
. Executing the Test Scripts and Publishing the Execution Report.
. Conducted the data validation testing.
. Identifying the Performance Test Scenarios and converting them in to
scripts.
Environment & Tool/s: Unix, HTML, J2EE, XML, MYSQL, Win XP, IE 6.0, Firefox
3.0,Silk Test 2008 R2, Rally, Quality Center 9.0, WinScp, SharePoint, Putty
and fusion3. Firebug 1.4, soapUI 3.0.1 and Perforce.
IRES (Intuit Real Estate Solutions) (Dec08 - Jan09), San Diego, CA, USA
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Responsible for Test Deliverables.
. Designed the Frame.
. Reviewing and Providing Inputs to Business Requirements Document/s.
. Preparation and Review of Test case specifications, designs, and related
test cases/Scenarios.
. Converting the business scenarios in to test cases.
. Reviewing the BATS and ATCS.
. Written the Utility Functions.
. Writing and reviving the BATS and ATCS Test Scripts.
. Logging the Defects and reviewing the defects.
. Writing and Executing the Automation Test Scripts.
Environment & Tool/s: J2EE, XML, Win XP, TestComplete, Excel
STRAP (Sky Talk Rating And Provisioning) (Jun08 - Nov08), San Diego, CA,
USA
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Involved in co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Planning the task, assigning the task.
. Writing and reviving the Test Evidences.
. Logging the Defects and reviewing the defects.
. Involved in Executing and writing the System Test cases.
. Executed the test cases and defect tracking.
. Identified high frequency data flows and validating the data (DB
testing), by fetching the existing data, updating the existing data.
. Written the SQL queries to validate the data is correct and is reflecting
correctly in the UI level.
. Manipulated the SQL queries, so that it reflects accurately in the UI
level for testing purpose.
Environment & Tool/s: J2EE, XML, MYSQL, Win XP, Mercury quality Center
(MQC) 9.2, TOAD, Arbor, Penfold, SharePoint, Putty and CA.
Intuit Web Centre Administration Console (WCAC) 3.0 (Dec07 - May08), San
Diego, CA, USA
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Estimated the Project for QA activities.
. Responsible for Resource Planning.
. Performed Compatibility testing for Windows OS (Win2k, WinXP and Win
Vista).
. Performed Compatibility testing for Windows Browsers (IE6 and IE7).
. Planning the task, assigning the task.
. Writing and reviving the test cases.
. Logging the Defects and reviewing the defects.
. Involved in identifying the test cases for smoke, feature and System
testing.
. Analyzing and publishing the Test Results.
. Executed test cases and tracked the defects till closer.
. Communicating with client on QA related issues and coordinating with the
team.
Environment & Tool/s: WinXP, Win2k, Win Vista, IE6, IE7, VSS 6.0, XML,
J2EE, JAVA and Mercury quality Center (MQC) 9.0
Intuit AO (Account Opening) (Jun07 - Nov07), San Diego, CA, USA
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Involved in co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Writing and reviving the test cases.
. Involved in identifying the test cases for smoke, feature and System
testing.
. Responsible for accepting or rejecting the build by doing Build
Verification Testing or Build Acceptance Testing.
. Executing the Smoke Test cases, Functionality Test cases and Regression
test cases through MQC.
. Analyzing and publishing the Test Execution Results, and Defect Summary
Report.
. Prepared and Submitted the Defect Leakage Report.
. Involved in bug triage meeting.
. Closely worked with development team for implementing defect prevention
steps.
Environment & Tool/s: WinXP, IE 6.0, IE 7.0, VSS 6.0, MS SQL Server 9.0,
XML, J2EE, JAVA and Mercury Quality Center (MQC) 9.0
Intuit Eclipse DMS (Distribution Management System) (Dec06 - May07), San
Diego, CA, USA
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Involved in co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Automate the Smoke, and Regression test scripts.
. Maintenance/Repairing the Regression Test Scripts.
. Executing Regression test cases in QC, analyzing and publishing the Test
Results.
. Updating the Team Status to the Client.
. QA related test status report preparation and circulating the same to the
stake holders.
Environment & Tool/s: Cisco VPN Client 4.0 V, WinXP, VSS 6.0, ASP.net, XML,
PicBasic, JAVA, Segue Silk Test 7.1, Perforce and Mercury Quality Center
(MQC) 9.0
SalesPoint (SP) (Jun06-Nov06), Kettering, OH,USA
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Involved in co-ordination and communication with clients.
. Responsible for Test Deliverables.
. Reviewing and Providing Inputs to Business Requirements Document/s.
. Preparation and Review of Test case specifications, designs, and related
test cases/Scenarios.
. Executing System Test Cases in QC, analyzing and publishing the Test
Results.
. Logging Defect/s, Retesting the defects, and providing inputs to the
Developers & team members.
. Updating the Status to Onsite Coordinator and Client.
. Acting as a SQA for the Team.
. Team coordination and task allocation.
Environment & Tool/s: Mercury Quality Center (QC) 8.2, Rational Clear
Quest, Cisco VPN ClientV4.0, WinXP, VSS 6.0, ASP.net, XML, JAVA, QTP 9.0,
Perforce and Mercury Quality Center (MQC) 9.0
SIRVA (Feb06 - Jun06), Wiltshire,UK
QA Lead and Individual Contributor
. Executing Test Cases (Test Scripts), analyzing and publishing the Test
Execution Results. . Creation and maintenance of automation scripts.
. Preparation and maintenance of scripting specifications, designs, and
related test cases/Scenarios.
. Running the Smoke/Focus test on weekly build and publishing the result.
. Creation and maintenance of automation scripts, and test cases.
. Preparation and maintenance of scripting specifications, designs, and
related test cases/Scenarios.
. Automate the Smoke, Focus, Regression, and Performance test cases.
. Closely worked with development team for preventing the bug/s.
. Executing Test Cases (Test Scripts), analyzing and publishing the
Smoke/Focus Test Results
Environment & Tool/s: QTP 9.0, WinXP, IE 6.0, IE 7.0, VSS 6.0, MS SQL
Server 9.0, XML, J2EE, JAVA, Mercury quality Center (MQC) 9.0
QuarkXPress (Jun05 - Jan06), Denver, CO, USA
Sr.Test Engineer
. Executing Test Cases (Test Scripts), analyzing and publishing the
Smoke/Focus Test Results.
. Creation and maintenance of automation scripts, and test cases.
. Preparation and maintenance of scripting specifications, designs, and
related test cases/Scenarios.
. Automate the Smoke, Focus, Regression, and Performance test cases.
. Closely worked with development team for preventing the bug/s.
Environment & Tools: Apple Scripting, WinXP, Mac 3x/4x, XML, C, C++,
Eggplant2.21, Silk Test 7.1, Mercury quality Center (MQC) 9.0
Quark DMS (Nov04-May05), Denver, CO,USA
Sr.Test Engineer
. Automate the Smoke, Focus, Regression, and Performance test cases.
. Executing Test Cases (Test Scripts), analyzing and publishing the Test
Execution Results. . Creation and maintenance of automation scripts.
. Preparation and maintenance of scripting specifications, designs, and
related test cases/Scenarios.
. Running the Smoke/Focus test on weekly build and publishing the result.
Environment & Tool/s: Eggplant 2.0, Silk 6.0, Win 2k/XP, Mac 2x/3x, Oracle
8I, C, C++, Eggplant2.21, Silk Test 7.1, Mercury quality Center (MQC) 9.0
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