Test Cases Engineer
Resume:
SUMMARY:
**+ years of experience with full Software testing lifecycle, worked as Test Lead / Test manager in web based and client server applications in various domains like Banking, Retail, Insurance, Health care and Telecom.
Assertive Test Manager with outstanding interpersonal, communications, negotiation, problem solving and people management skills.
Excellent hands on experience in testing for Banking,Insurance, Retail, Telecom, and Health care domain.
Test Management: Experience in writing Test Plan, Resource allocation, Test estimation, Status Reporting.
Involved in complete Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) from Business Analysis to Design, Development, Testing, Deployment and Documentation.
Expertise in IBM test practices and Agile practices and IBM Quality Management Systems.
Knowledge Transfer Resource for Cheetah application – AT&T, travelled to Saint Louis, USA and successfully completed the Migration.
Involved in writing of Complex SQL and PL/SQL queries in DB Tool SQL Developer.
Exposure to testing methodologies like V model, Incremental, Agile and Defect Management, RCA.
Involved in Agile methodology with Scrum Process for the product development.
Expertise in testing tools like HPQC, HPALM, Cucumber, Test Partner, QA Run, QTP, Selenium Web Driver, HPPC
Experience in testing Web based applications and Client/Server applications
Participation in the Quality improvement, Defect Prevention and much other quality related processes.
SKILL SET:
Testing Skills: Manual and Automation testing
Automation Tools : IBM Rational Functional Tester,TestPartner5.0,Cucumber,QA Run 4.9, QTP 8.2
Framework: IBM Customize Automation Framework, IBM Agile Framework, Watir framework.
Processes: IBM’s QMS (Quality Management System), IBM Application Management Services, IBM test practices and IBM Agile practices.
Management Tool : Quality Center 10.0, HP ALM, IBM Rational Team Concert
Bug Tracking Tools: Rational Clear Quest 7.0,HP ALM 11.0,TRAC
Internet Skills: HTML,XML
RDBMS: Oracle 8.0,DB2
Languages: Ruby, C++, VB,Java
Operating Systems: Window 9x/NT/XP, UNIX, Linux,
Technology: IBM Messaging Queuing Series,IBM Accessibility Techniques
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE – From QAI)
Certified Software Test Manager ( CSTM – From STQC)
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB-Foundation Level)
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB-Advanced Level)
Awards and Professional Affiliations:
Eminence and Excellence Award: For key role in ensuring customer satisfaction ( State farm – USA)
Best of IBM Award: In recognition of my consistent delivery in UK Assortment project (Wal-Mart – USA)
High Performer Award: Identified as a critical resource by the client (Medco) and received a High Performer Award
Spot Award 2009, for the dedication and contribution towards the Project Deliveries for LNP System (AT &T)
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, Anna University ( 2004 )
Diploma in Engineering (ECE), Directorate of Technical Education ( 1994 )
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Role : Automation QA Engineer, Wells Fargo - San Francisco, CA Nov’ 2014 - Jul'2016
Client : Wells Fargo Team Size : 5
Project Description: Wells Fargo ProfitView application will provide wholesale businesses and Product Partners with critical, accurate profitability business intelligence in a timely fashion to drive the relevant decisions and enhance business profitability.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Building automation library functions for the Profit view OBIEE front end application.
Developing ruby scripts based on the test cases in SIT and UAT environment.
Creating feature file using the predefined functions and custom functions.
Database Validation through ruby scripts and compare values with PV front end.
Debugging the ruby scripts through Cucumber command prompt.
Integrate the automation scripts into the Awe test tool.
Script execution through Awe test in multiple environment / multiple browsers.
Analyze the execution results with the base line.
Responsible for resource allocation, test planning activities.
Role : Test Manager, ICON Inc - Alpharetta,GA Sep’ 2014-Nov’ 2014
Client : Competitive Promotion Report (CPR) Team Size : 5
Project Description: Competitive Promotion Report LLC (CPR) has been in business of providing market information and intelligence on trade pricing and promotions for Health, Beauty, and Wellness (HBW) and general merchandise sectors of the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. CPR provides their services in terms of reports that created based on the user selected criterion and email message alerts. CPR’s clients access various market and promotion reports via a web interfacing application.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Ownership in creating Test plan, test strategies and test consultation to the project team
Conducted and involved in meetings and walkthroughs with users, developers and Business Analysts to gather information about business process.
Involved and trained offshore team to improve QA process and establish strong QA Team.
Defining project with requirement traceability matrix and requirement coverage based on the dependencies and impact analysis.
Ownership in creating test scenarios and test cases based out of requirements documents (Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Technical Requirements )
Role : Test Manager, IBM LTD Jan’ 2014 – Jul'2014
Client : Ericsson. Team Size : 7
Roles & Responsibilities:
Verifying the Business requirements document and Technical design document against requirements.
Interact with developers and BAs to understand the design and technical specifications
Responsible for test strategy, test plan sprint wise test case creation and execution.
Responsible for resource planning and estimation as per SDLC in accordance with Ericsson.
Track and report upon testing activities, including the test case execution stage, defect status if any defects opened during execution and the testing results status.
Role : Test Lead, IBM Ltd - Bloomington, IL Apr’2012 – Dec’2013
Client : State Farm Team Size : 25
Project Description: To meet multiple customer needs End to End Customer Experience, the enterprise is working is harder to grow State Farm- positioning this organization to constantly improve to achieve its full potential. The first technology innovation as a result of End to End Customer Experience is the development of a simple, seamless, integrated customer platform (ICP).This integrated platform will provide customers the ability to acquire and service all of their State Farm insurance and financial services products across all access points.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Release Test lead for End to End (E2E) Customer Experience project.
Capture end to end customer scenarios.
Responsible for release test plan; test environment configuration management.
Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies and change controls affecting the Release Testing.
Involved in Automation test scripts authoring and Automation Test Execution in Selenium Web driver.
Performed Mobile testing using perfecto emulators.
Create Test summary, defect reports and risk assessment for Release Testing.
Communicate configuration management, issues, test environment failures and downtime.
Role : Test / Delivery Manager, IBM Ltd – Bentonville, AR Jan’11 – Mar’12
Client : Wal-Mart Team Size : 35
Project Description: The overall purpose of this program is IBM test team is to support testing activities to the Wal-mart projects to deliver with high quality. Mentor and guide Wal-Mart associates to embrace latest processes and best practices to perform their day to day job. Ensure SLA & SLO are met –track these on a weekly basis for all active projects.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Understand Scope of Project and arrive at 1st level of estimates
Share (baseline) estimation & schedule with offshore Test Managers at the start of each project.
Conduct weekly/daily project status review meetings both with Onshore/Offshore delivery & Test Managers & resolve issues & dependencies.
Review 90 day work plan with client and publish accordingly on a weekly basis
Assess/ identify risks at regular intervals and take appropriate action.
Ensure SLAs & SLOs are met – track these on a weekly basis for all active projects.
Constantly review and rebase line the plan, estimates, do an ‘impact analysis’ of any change to the project and keep all internal and external stakeholders informed about the same.
Ensure that RTC is updated with actual rebase lined,approved estimates, actual burn hours, start, end dates, test artifact count and all other data for each WPK.
Estimate and obtain management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing.
Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project.
Ensure the timely delivery of different testing milestones.
Attend the regular client call and discuss the weekly status with the client.
Assign defects in Ready for retest to testers and track to closure.
Role : Test Lead - IBM Ltd - Bentonville, AR Feb’10 – Dec’10
Client : Wal-Mart Team Size : 7
Project Description:
Assortment Management System (AMS), Extract the data from UK Legacy system to BAM tables. From the BAM tables content Create/Modify the Assortment Plan. Also it create the reports which is used for high level management for analysis & Planning.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Responsible for test plan preparation, risk planning, and resource estimation
Verifying the Business requirements document and Technical design document against requirements.
Perform test execution and ensure that all test cycles/conditions are successfully completed and the results documented in the appropriate system
Responsible for running the ETL jobs and ETL testing in test environment.
Validating the data integrity between the source and target tables.
Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, change control aspects of the project.
Reviewing the test cases by conducting peer reviews.
Role : Team Lead, IBM Ltd – Bentonville - AR Oct’09 – Jan’10
Client : Wal-Mart Team Size : 8
Project Description: Planning for Profitability (P4P) will enable the organization to successfully implement and sustain the new merchandise planning capability. This capability provides not only new planning tools, but a new way of planning with improved business processes. P4P focuses on the implementation of Merchandise Value Planning.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Verifying the Business requirements document and Technical design document against requirements.
Develop test cases to ensure all test conditions are covered.
Reviewing the test cases by conducting peer reviews.
Perform test execution and ensure that all test cycles/conditions are successfully completed and the results documented in the appropriate system.
Role : Verification Consultant, IBM Ltd -Chennai, India Jun’09 – Oct’09
Client : Wal-Mart Team Size : 13
Project Description:
Wal-Mart project team will create business requirements for projects and those requirements will be uploaded into quality center and sent to the IBM offshore team for requirements verification..
Roles & Responsibilities:
Verifying the Business requirements document and Technical design document against requirements
Verifying the requirements against SMART & SIPOC criteria and logging the defects.
Initiating calls with onsite coordinator and client.
Role : Team Lead, IBM Ltd - ( USA / Chennai ), India Nov’07 – Jun’09
Client : AT & T Team Size : 10
Project Description:
Local number portability (LNP) gives consumers the ability to retain their telephone numbers when they change one of below listed three things. Three basic types of LNP are Service Provider Portability, Service Portability and Geographic Portability
Roles & Responsibilities:
Preparing Test plan based on requirements.
Review the requirements and select the test cases.
Assign the test cases to the team and Executing the Test cases manually.
Responsible for Reviews on validation and verifications based on the specifications.
Role : Automation Test Engineer, IBM Ltd - Bangalore, India Jun’06 – Oct’07
Project Name : eSD (Automation Regression Team)
Client : MEDCO Team Size : 5
Description: Medco is a leading pharmacy benefit manager (PBM. Medco assists its customers to moderate the cost and enhance the quality of prescription drug benefits provided to members nationwide. It ensures that millions of Americans have access to affordable, high quality prescription health care.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Preparing and Maintaining Test cases.
Review the requirements and select/write the test cases from/to clear quest.
Record and customized the scripts as per the functional test cases.
Responsible for Executing test cases manually and Regression testing.
Created Test partner scripts for functional test automation.
Created QTP scripts for Test Automation
Created QTP scripts for Test Automation
Role : Senior Test Engineer, IBM Ltd - Bangalore, India Jun’05 – May’06
Client : MEDCO Team Size : 2
Description:
TCP is the government program that provides health insurance to seniors and disabled persons.
TCP was an essential part of Medco’s long term strategy and that was to change the way the PBM
Industry operates. This was to change the way Medicare beneficiaries get access to prescription drugs
Roles & Responsibilities:
Review the requirements and select the test cases from clear quest.
Recording tests for the expected results using Compuware Test Partner.
Responsible for Software Testing by manual and automated modes.
Responsible for Performing Regression Testing.
Executing the Test line and Base line using Compuware QA Run.
Role : Test Engineer Dec’01 to Jun’05
Lexel Infotec Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India
Description: Worked as a Test Engineer in Lexel Infotec Private Limited, responsible for writing Test cases based on the requirements, reviewing test cases, executing and defect reporting also performing monthly regression for the health care application.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Developing Test Cases, Generating Test data, Running regression testing.
Maintenance of Traceability Matrix for test cases.
Performed Black box testing, GUI Testing, Integration testing. Regression testing.
Recording tests for the expected results in context sensitive mode & as well as in Analog mode.
Worked in both GUI map modes and Rapid Text Wizard.
Role: Customer Support Engineer Jan’97 to Nov’01
Jayas Computer -Chennai, India
Description: Worked as a Customer Support Engineer in Jayas computer, responsible for servicing of computer and its peripherals, configuring of networks at client locations, installation of software’s.
Role: Executive – Transmission, Mar’96 to Dec’96
NEPC Communication, Chennai/Singapore
Description: Worked as Transmission Executive at NEPC Communication and was responsible for leading a team of five members to transmitting signals through earth station, analyzing signal to noise ratio and performing corrective action, also conducting training classes for new members.
Role: Trainee Mar’95 to Feb’96
Doordharshan Kendra (National Television Channel) - Chennai, India
Description: Worked as a Apprentice Trainee in Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai, got expose to the functioning of the TV transmitter, earth station both uplink and downlink of signal, Outstation broadcasting van in theoretical and practical manner. Got trained in analyzing of signal to noise ratio.
References: Available upon request
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