Test Automation Project Management

QA Lead **********@*****.***

Experience: **+ years Location: Edison, New Jersey, US +1 – 908-***-****

With a PG in MCA and 15+ years of QA experience in the field of Software Testing, this highly experienced professional seeks a Managerial level QA position. Has proven expertise in QA engineering, management, analysis and testing web-based software applications, Project Management, Micro services, software development & testing life cycles and QA Automation tools.

Proficient in UI & API automation in eCommerce platform covering E2E flows across SAP CRM & ECC.

Key Accomplishments:

Test Automation

Hands-on Automation in Web Applications, using UI, Web Services & Micro Services.

Test Automation expertise – UI Automation - Selenium using TestNG framework, Java, Eclipse, Maven, Web Services Automation - Selenium using TestNG framework.

Experience on various tools used in day-to-day work using Git Hub, Jenkins, Cassandra (NoSQL), MySQL, AWS Services like Dynamo DB, S3, Browser Dev Tools, Splunk, Charles Proxy, POSTMAN client.

Test Lead

Experience with UI automation Selenium using Java & API automation using RESTful Webservices.

Strong experience in web-based testing, including in-app purchases and subscription-based apps.

Hands on in end-to-end test management, able to work and drive independently and owning the project from end-to-end perspective.

Hands on experience in Dynamics 365.

Hands on in Investigating bugs using available logs, developer tools, databases, and then find a solution to it.

Hands on experience in Jenkins, GIT, AWS services, Database, Azure DevOps, etc.

Programming experience in Java.

Experience in defining, preparing, articulating and implementing test strategy, test plan, test estimates and test methodologies.

Worked on various Test management tools – Atlassian JIRA, HP QC – ALM.

Risk management, Issue tracking and Resource Management.

Experience in assisting team orientation and career development.

Managed program and project level testing activities, while creating dashboards, collected test metrics, prepared reports on testing progress, defects, risks and issues.

Proven experience in managing large scale testing projects with multi location testing teams in manual, automation and regression testing.

Strong people management skills, with a proven ability to hire and grow talented programmatic and user-level personnel.

Experience in building and managing multi project test teams in Manual, Automation and Regression testing.

Test Engineer

Test Case design techniques, planning, review and management.

Defect tracking and management.

EXPERIENCE INFO

Felkam Commerce / Codenatives: Jul’2023 – Jan’2024 - QA Lead

Deployed at Michael Kors

Adobe Systems India Pvt ltd.: Mar’ 18 – Jun’23 - Senior Quality Engineer

Nichepro Technologies: Apr’ 14 – Feb’ 18 - Senior QA Engineer

The Digital Group: Feb’ 08 - Nov’ 11 - Senior QA Engineer

Software AG: Nov’ 06 – Dec’ 07 - Developer - QE

Experience Summary:

Confident and flexible with both Individual Contributor role and teamwork.

Expertise in Cloud technologies & Operations in AWS architecture.

Expertise in working with various payment vendors & Third-party systems from integration perspective.

Expertise on various other in-house tools & technologies.

Expertise in Agile methodology with Scrum development process and in Waterfall model.

Participation in story mapping, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.

Good expertise in eCommerce, web content management financial, Legal services and Mortgage domains

Expert in Testing Life Cycle (TLC): Including Risk Analysis, Planning Process, Test Design, Defect Tracking, Management and Test Reporting.

Extensive involvement in all stages of software developmental life cycle (SDLC), software testing life cycle (STLC) and Bug Life cycle.

Expertise in analysing the results and reporting suggestions and defects using Quality Centre & JIRA.

Hands on Experience in preparation and execution of Test Plan, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Test Data and Test Execution.

Experience in various test methodologies like functional, black box, grey box (sandbox), integration and good knowledge of performance & security testing.

Experienced in working closely with the clients and the project managers to analyse the client requirements and build tests specification.

Experience in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, System Testing Unit and Integration Testing, Adhoc and Exploratory Testing.

Experience in writing SQL queries to Accessing, Manipulation and validate the data.

Extensive interaction with developers & business stakeholders while handling production issues with Engineering and Product teams.

Expertise in applying sound software testing techniques and principles to reduce defects, improve quality and enhance business success.

Versatile team player & Detail-oriented with a proven capability of working under high pressure.

Always keen to learn new technologies and look for advancement.

Self-starter, proactive and the ability to adapt to shifting tasks in order to support multiple requests.

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent problem solving and diagnostic skills.

A Great teammate by enjoying collaborating with global teams.

Track record of consistent delivery and execution.

SKILLS SET

Web Services / Micro services: RESTful API’s, Graph QL

Cloud Computing Technologies: AWS, Azure

Automation Tools: Selenium, TestNG, Maven

Automation Framework: Hybrid & BDD framework

Scripting & Web technologies: HTML, JavaScript, JSON, CSS, XML

Programming Languages: JAVA

Debugging Tools: Splunk, Charles Proxy

JAVA Editors: Eclipse IDE

Test Management Tools: ALM, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence WIKI, Microsoft SharePoint

Defect Tracking Tools: ALM, Bugzilla, JIRA

Source Control Repository: GitHub

Continuous integration Tools: Jenkins

Database: Oracle, MySQL, Dynamo DB & Apache Cassandra (NoSQL)

Types of Testing: UI & Web Services (API)

Education/Certification

MCA – 2004 from Nagarjuna University.

TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED

Attended on QTP and QC tools In house training.

Attended on Scrum methodology in house training.

Completed various in-house Certifications.

*Recognitions*

Rewarded with the Kudos award as [THE BUG HUNTER].

Team Appreciation received for successful releases.

Rewarded as the Best QA award for outperforming across cross project teams.

WORK PROFILE

Codenatives – July’2023 to January’2024.

ROLE: QA Lead. (E2E – Acting Test Manager & Test Lead)

Project: Michaelkors.com (ALTA NA & EMEA)

Team size: 13+

Types of Testing: UI & Restful Web services, UAT Testing, Automation, Functional & Regression End to End testing.

Tools & Techniques: JIRA, PractiTest, Git, Jenkins, AWS, Selenium, TestNG, MySQL, JSON, Cassandra & Splunk.

Responsibilities:

Led & managed the End-to-End testing for different eCommerce modules like Browse, shop, search, pricing & promotions, shopping cart, Checkout and integration part like Order management, payment gateway, integration with the E2E systems for the website Michaelkors.com.

Able to clearly document, report, and present test results to stakeholders.

Overseeing Automation efforts and review the status.

Coordinating & managing the resources related to task deliverables, execution review, aligning resources to various projects, performance review & career progression review.

Handling Daily standups, Retrospectives and tracking project deliverables.

Projects status reporting to Leadership & Executives on daily basis.

Adobe Inc – April’2014 to June’2023.

ROLE: Senior Quality Engineer. (E2E - Individual Contributor & Test Lead)

Project: Adobe.com (Stock – Fotolia integration, GTE – Global Tax Engine, RSM JANUS Migration, Unified Checkout, TwP – Trial With Payment, Change Billing Country, GOOD Migration to AWS, FE Releases- Minor/Major, Edit Billing Redesign, AM Reinvent, NGL, In-App Purchases, GOODR, STE Ph 2 Global Rollout, Payments Optimization)

Team size: 25+

Types of Testing: UI & Restful Web services, UAT Testing, Automation, Functional & Regression End to End testing.

Tools & Techniques: JIRA, PractiTest, Git, Jenkins, AWS, Selenium, TestNG, MySQL, JSON, Cassandra & Splunk.

Responsibilities:

Lead the End-to-End testing for different eCommerce modules like Browse, shop, search, pricing & promotions, shopping cart, Checkout and integration part like Order management, payment gateway, integration with the E2E systems for the website Adobe.com

Able to clearly document, report, and present test results to stakeholders.

Led the Project for RJM for Adobe.com to migrate on to new robust architecture for seamless purchase

Reported to QA manager with the responsibility of leading the integration test effort for every release and that of migration of web services to AWS platform.

Successfully led the testing effort in delivering and deploy the FE (Front End) releases from RC to QA-> RC to Stage -> RC to Production.

Involved in the Scrum model for the stories to test and signoff.

Led the Project for GOODR in onboarding Digital River countries on to Adobe.com to increment the ARR & cut down the costs leading to operational inefficiency.

IC role in handling the In-App purchases transitioning from Web to In-App.

Successful implementation of onboarding new framework (Netflix model) for a trial users by collecting payment upfront, optimizing the users & increase the Trial to Paid conversion ratio.

The Digital Group Infotech Pvt Ltd – February’2008 to November’2011.

ROLE: Sr. QA Engineer

Client: CT Lien Solutions (Formerly UDS- UCC Direct Services) A Wolters Kluwer Company, USA.

Project: Efiling (UCC) (NGX, NY ACRIS, eRecordation 2a)

Team size: 6

Types of Testing: Functional, Regression, Sanity, Adhoc, Exploratory.

Tools & Techniques: HP QC ALM & QTP.

Responsibilities:

Understanding project design specifications and Estimation of testing effort.

Involved in Configuration of Selenium Web Driver with Eclipse.

Involved in designing Framework, Designing and execute Test Scripts using Selenium Web Driver

Involved in Export Results into Excel and maintains the status of all the scripts

Creation of Master Test plan and Test Strategy for a project from QA perspective.

Defining testing techniques to be carried out viz. GUI, Functional, System, Adhoc and Regression etc.

Creation of Assignments for team members and monitor team activities very closely.

Performing System Testing, Smoke Testing, and Workflow Testing through manual.

Managing QA team – Resource Planning & Allocation, Delegate assignments, Timely communication, career development & goal setting.

Implement, follow, and enforce QA methodology, process and standards and ensure they are followed by the team.

Planning QA deliverables as per schedule.

Managing Training Program for a product.

Trouble shooting customer Defects reported to Tech Support and providing suitable workaround to their issues.

Responsible for assigning Defect Priority, Defect logging and Defect tracking.

Organizing Knowledge sharing sessions with team members.

Conducting End-To-End (E2E) Testing.

Accountable in preparing QA certification report for the tested product before releasing to Production environment.

Reviewing the Timesheets of team before sending it to client.

Involved in Preparation of Test Procedures, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Data.

Involved in RTM preparation, Test Execution, Results Analysing and Defect Reporting.

Test Design Based on the Use case Specifications.

Involved in DB testing in order to check the data validation and data integrity.

Involved in Peer reviews and Triage meetings with clients

Involved in Weekly QA and Project status meetings with client.

Sending daily status reports to respective managers.

Software AG – November’2006 to December’2007.

ROLE: Developer / QE

Project: Application Designer (CIT)

Team size: 4

Types of Testing: Functional, Regression, Sanity, Adhoc, Exploratory.

Tools & Techniques: Eclipse IDE.

Responsibilities:

Designing test scenarios, test cases and executing them using TPE.

Reporting and tracking defects through SAGSIS.

Involved into manual [Functionality and Regression] testing.

Involved partially in conducting load testing using “Silk Performer” tool.

Weekly status meetings with Onsite Project manager.

Sending Daily Status Reports to respective Leads and PM’s.

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