Veera Venkata Tota

acwqp4@r.postjobfree.com 678-***-****

QA Lead (Mobile Application Tester) – Bank of America

Pennington, NJ

Over 8 years of experience in Information Technology in the field of Software Quality Assurance & Testing in Mobile Application, Mobile Device/Handset and Client Server, Web Applications. Proficient in Manual Testing & the use of leading edge Automation tools like Selenium, See test, and Monkey Runner.

Strong Functional knowledge and testing experience in the domain of Banking and Financial, insurance, Wealth Management, Healthcare and Telecom applications.

Experienced in the creation of use cases and the development and maintenance of test specifications, test cases, test scripts and test data

Proficient in both Manual and Automated Testing Tools such as Quality Center, ALM, Jira, Test Director, Bugzilla, Selenium, Rational Suite.

Extensive knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) methodologies.

Very good at various levels of testing like Functional, Integration, Validation, Regression, User Acceptance and Data Integrity. Tested and coordinated mobile applications in Native, Web and Hybrid environments and validated the mobile application functionality on physical smart phone hardware devices and virtual device emulators like: Device Anywhere, perfecto mobile and Simulators like: Android SDK, iOS SDK etc.

Experience with Mobile Compatibility testing and Mobile application testing – iPhone, Android, iPad/ Tablets, Windows phones.

Experience in working with agile methodologies and active participant of SCRUM meetings.

Experienced in various types of testing including Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Performance Testing, black box testing, White box Testing, Volume Testing, Unit Testing, Integrated Testing, System Testing, Ad Hoc Testing, Positive and Negative Testing, Security Testing, Stress Testing, Load Testing and Regression Testing of Stand alone, Web Based and Client-Server applications

Involved in maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix(TTM) and performed Gap Analysis

Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Manually.

Expertise in working with various mobile devices such as Android, Blackberry, IPhone, tablets to perform browser compatibility and configuration testing.

Participated in design review meetings with production team of Business Analysts, SMEs, PMs and developers in order to understand the critical business functions of the project applications

Attended requirements and design meetings, review and analysis of requirements and design documentation and participating Defect Triage calls.

Excellent understanding of all modules of Quality Center such as Requirements, Release, Test BPT, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects and Analysis feature.

Working knowledge of creating different types of test reports through Quality Center such as Test Execution Status/Summary, Defect Status/Summary, Defect Injection rate etc...

Participated in design walkthroughs and verified Quality Center Test Scripts and results.

Effective Time Management Skills and consistent ability to meet client deadline.

Excellent analytical, problem solving, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Good team player with excellent communication skills, vendor experience and ability to lead, manage, coordinate and work independently in a time sensitive environment.

Work Experience

Technical Test Lead (Mobile Application Testing) June’ 2014 – Present

Client : Merrill Lynch, (Bank of America Division) Pennington, NJ.

Project : Merrill Lynch Online Mobile Application

Platform : iOS and Android.

Project Description :

Merrill Lynch Online Mobile Application providing the ability for their customers for trading on-the-go with their smart phones or tablets. Application allows the user to view, buy / sell stocks, manage their portfolio, Ability to buy / sell Mutual Funds, Manage Investment accounts, Schedule appointments with Financial Advisors. Involved in Manual Testing and generating the Automation scripts using MLATF Tool and Selenium Web driver.

Responsibilities:

Analyze the requirement document and came up with the clarifications

Prepared the Mobile Test Strategy after analyzing and understanding the Specification Document

Reviewed the test conditions prepared by team and provided suggestions to modify the test cases in order to reuse the same across different OS

Reviewed the test cases prepared by the team and ensured the final version of test cases are upload to HP Quality Centre

Verified the Environment Availability, Test Data in place and Test Lab setup before the start of testing phase.

Reviewed the test execution results and status on daily basis and communicated the same to respective stakeholders

Provided the Daily Status Report walkthrough to all the key stake holders of the project

Participated in the defect triage calls with the application development team and tracked the identified defects to closure

Prepared Test Closure Summary report and provided functional\Regression test sign off for the project.

Worked on Device Any Where to test the applications on different carriers and devices not available in Test lab.

Analyzing the existing Automation Framework and increasing its effectiveness by finding the drawbacks in the scripts, enable testing of more test cases based on new test plans and requirements.

Modified and executed automated and manual test scripts for different modules using Selenium Webdriver.

New/Enhancement of Automation Script creation.

Complete ownership of one of the module for automation.

Performing Smoke test on the above module by executing automation scripts whenever a new build / patch is taken.

Fixing defects in the automation scripts, during regression testing raised by the team.

Conducting Data driven testing, cross browser testing and parallel test execution.

Involved in Regression testing using Selenium Good working knowledge on Perfecto, device anywhere automation tools.

Responsible for end-to-end delivery of Testing.

Coordination between onshore and offshore teams.

Involved in the production validation before and after app is launched in the app store.

Environment : HPQC, SharePoint, MLA TF, Device Anywhere, Selenium, Crittercism, IOS, Android OS, Windows OS, Mac, Perfecto mobile, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Linux, Quality Center, Sprinter, Java,, MS Office (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint).

Technical Test Lead (Mobile Application Testing) Oct’ 2013 – May’2014

Client : American Express, United States of America

Product : OASP IPad Native App

Platform : IOS.

Implementation partner: Infosys Limited

Project Description:

The application OASP (Open Automated Sales Portal) IPad Native App enables the representatives to capture new card application in both online / Offline mode his project is being initiated to design and build iPad Native Application to achieve Allow the new card applications (OPEN) capture in online/offline mode.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with developer and QA Manager to improve Test Coverage, Automation and Tools.

Document and Execute Test Strategies and Test Plans.

Tracking the issues with Xcode & IOS simulator

Implement, Gather and Report Team and Project Metrics.

Perform Automation feasibility study on the Application under Test.

Design, Develop and Maintain Automation Frameworks and Tests.

Perform Data Setup, Defects Analysis, Reporting and Tracking.

Perform Integration testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing.

Environment : HPQC, SQL, XCode, Ipad, Iphone Devices

Technical Test Lead (Mobile Application Testing) Jan’2013 - Sept’2013

Client : Benefeds, United States of America

Product : LTCP Dental and Vision Insurance application

Platform : iPhone, Android, Windows

Implementation Partner: Infosys Limited

Project Description:

LTCP (Long Term Care Partner) Dental and Vision Insurance application available on Mobile and Tablets. The application facilitates the user to register the Dental and Vision Insurance on-the-go with their smart phones or tablets.

Responsibilities:

Defect management is IBM Clear Quest

Responsible for end-to-end delivery of Testing.

Contribute to designing test cases and review process.

Responsible for coverage metrics for test cases, Evidence of Test documents.

Participate in Triage Meetings, Effort estimations.

Ensured that team followed processes through SDLC and provided reports to senior managers.

Created device Database, by taking local device data and from Device Any Where. Worked on Device Any Where to test the non-availability devices in India and to test the network of US carrier.

Created test cases for the different products (Functionality and Device specific )

Tools / Environment : HPQC, IBM Clear Quest, Device Anywhere, Xcode, Android Devices, Iphone, Ipad Devices.

Senior Software Engineer (Mobile Device/Handset Testing) Aug’2009 –Dec’2012

Client : Sony Mobiles, Sweden

Product : Android Platform Verification for Sony Ericsson handsets

Mobile Platform : Android SDK (Donut, Éclair, Gingerbread, ICS, Jelly Bean)

Implementation Partner: Sasken Communication Technologies

Project Description

This project deals with the verification of the Android platform for the Mobile Handset. The validation is done for the Linux kernel using LTP tool and the OS functionality of the Android platform using Mobile Handset which includes Service test for various applications like Blue tooth, Camera, FM Radio and USB Mass Storage, WLan and Power Consumption modules.

Responsibilities:

Created test scenarios based on the requirement.

Involved testing the Stability of the system using Monkey tool (Automation) on Sony xperia Series android mobiles.

File system performance testing by using IOZone analyzer.

Involved in File system testing using LTP Frame work

Involved in Core System testing for the Android platform (Functional Performance of the Applications and Power Consumption testing)

Involved in verification of Vendor Reception control and core system testing on Blue tooth & WLAN Performance, Camera modules.

Analyzing the Issues raised and tracking the issues

Generation of status Test Reports and DMS Reports for team.

Android Compatibility test suite (CTS).

Writing the scripts for automate the test cases on Monkey testing.

Involved in Complete Platform verification modules for android device testing on the below android OS versions.

Environment :Monkey Runner, IBM Clear Quest, Android SDK, Clear Case, QXDM, ADB, Qcom, LTP, DDMS, ADB, Crash Catcher, Flash Gordon-2, 3, IOZone Analyzer,

AGILENT 34410A Digital Millimeter, PN300 DC Power Supply, Sony Mobile Devices, Android.

Senior Software Engineer (Sr. QA – NMS\EMS Testing) Aug’2008 -Jul’2009

Client : Alcatel-Lucent, Germany

Product : Alcatel-Lucent 9395 OMC-UPS

Platform : Windows, Solaris

Implementation partner: Sasken Communication Technologies

Project Description:

The OMC-UPS allows connectivity between the Network Elements (NEs) and the Network Management System (NMS). These NEs can be geographically dispersed over multiple regions and can still be managed remotely from a central facility using the OMC-UPS. The OMC-UPS is designed to deliver the functionalities identified at the Element Management Layer (EML) of the Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P) reference model. That is, the OMC-UPS is used as the Element Management System (EMS) for the UTRAN and PS elements.

The OMC-UPS is a crucial element of a UMTS network. It provides OAM&P connectivity to the primary NEs of the UTRAN and PS. The OMC-UPS operators usually have Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) transport networks to connect the components of the UTRAN and PS. The ATM edge devices provide access points for the NEs and the core network to the ATM transport network.

Responsibilities:

Preparation of Test cases on New features like 9-Cells Creation, Alarms, FCAPS, and auditing as per GR (Generic Requirements)

GUI Testing for Client Interface and sanity testing and Litmus testing for OMC features.

Management of RNC, NodeB & Neighbor relationship of Cells.

Adding and Registering the Network Elements LRNC, NodeB, Cell’s, MSC.

Events and alarm information collected from the NE’s.

Performance management for NE’s.

Bulk configuration management data.

Environment : Rational change management tools Clear case and Clear quest, Solaris, Shell Scripting.

Test Engineer (Application Support Engineer) Aug’2007- July’2008

Client : BSNL, India

Product : Ordyn -6633 Multi Add/Drop Multiplexer (STM-16)

Platform : Linux.

Implementation Partner: Ordyn Technologies.

Project Description:

ORDYN-6633 is a next generation SDH product using state of the art technology to integrate STM-16 Add/Drop Multiplexer (ADM), Terminal Multiplexer (TM), Multi-ADM (MADM) and Regenerator (REG) on a single module giving VC-4, VC-3 and VC-12 connectivity. In addition, ORDYN-6633 can be configured as a Multi-ADM to terminate more than one network ring. The number and type of tributary signals can be increased to full capacity by adding additional tributary modules. A flexible architecture allows new types of tributaries to be supported by adding new tributary modules with no change in the basic platform, thereby protecting the user from technology obsolescence.

Responsibilities:

Preparing and documenting the test cases.

Responsible for carrying out different types of testing like: Installation and un-installation Testing and Functional Testing.

Preparing Consolidated test summary report and Bug report.

Prepared Test cases using Requirements specification.

Performed Impact testing for every modification in the application.

Responsible for Various issues getting clarified from developers.

Environment : Marathon, Serena Team Track, Serena Change Vision Manager, and Motorola Code Warrior,Network Testers (Analyzers) Used: ANT-20, Smart Bits, EDT-135

Education:

BE (Bachelor of Engineering) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Madras with 71%.

Additional Information:

Technical Skills:

Operating System: Windows, Linux.

Programming languages: C and Java

Scripting Languages: Perl, Python. VB Script and Shell

Domains: Banking, Insurance and health care, Wealth Management, Multimedia, Financial services and Telecom.

IDE: Eclipse IDE

Test Environments/Automation Tools: HPQC, Clear Quest, Device anywhere, Perfecto and See test ExperiTest, Selenium WebDriver 2.49.0, SOAPUI, Advanced REST client, Load Runner and Test Complete

Web Technologies: HTML, XML and VB script

Database: SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012.

Mobile Device Testing Tools: Qcom QXDM, IBM Clear Quest – DMS, LTP, DDMS, ADB, Crash Catcher, Flash Gordon-2, 3, Logcat.

Mobile Crash Monitor Tool: Crittercism

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