Veni Gopalakrishnan
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Summary
Highly motivated Information Technology (IT) professional with 2 years of experience specializing in Software Quality Assurance Testing with proficiency in testing web-based applications. Experience includes both Manual and Automation Testing with Selenium.
Experience Summary
Software QA tester with experience in all phases of software testing life cycle (SDLC/STLC), Bug life cycle and methods such as Agile and waterfall.
Specialized in user requirement analysis, documenting test plans, preparing and executing test cases to test the application functionality against user requirements utilizing manual or automated testing.
Experience in front-end testing such as GUI, Functional, and User Acceptance Testing for Web based Applications.
Knowledgeable in regression and integration testing
Experience in documenting defects with high level of detail, accuracy and informative re-creation steps in defect documentation systems.
Designed and implemented different automation frameworks such as Page Objects framework (POM), Data Driven framework and Hybrid framework.
Experience in Selenium automation using Selenium WebDriver, JAVA, TestNG and Maven.
Experience in understanding the code written in programming languages such as Java, VB Script and JavaScript.
Experience writing MySQL queries for Database dependent test cases and plan.
Experience in writing Apache POI to read data from external sources to feed locators into the test scripts.
Experience testing web services using Soap UI.
Exposure to Jenkins for project build automation, continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment. (CD)
Well versed in identifying, defining and managing deliverables in testing process using tools like HP ALM, Microsoft Excel and Word.
Good analytical and communication skills, ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to perform as part of the team.
Collaboration with business, dev/support teams to mitigate the risks and to resolve issues. Capable of working efficiently under stress and tight deadlines.
Quick learner, self-starter and flexible to adopt various work cultures, very attentive to details and follows instructions.
Technical Skills
Test Automation Tools
Selenium Web driver, TestNG, Jenkins, Soap UI, Eclipse, Katalon
Test Management Tools
HP ALM
Database
MySQL
Testing Concepts
STLC, Project Object Model (POM), Data Driven Frame Work
Operating System
Windows 9x/2000/NT/XP/7/10
Languages
JAVA, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML/XML
Tools and Utilities
MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook), SQL Developer
Professional Experience
Project involved developing a web application for hotel reservation system.
Role: Manual & Automation QA Tester (Selenium)
Work with the team to analyze the Functional, Business Requirements and Use Cases.
Daily Scrum standups for Agile based development & testing.
Involve in Sprint Planning / Review / Retrospective meetings and User Story design sessions.
Closely work with Project Manager and developers to understand and clarify the functional requirements.
Work with QA Lead on Test Strategies, Test Scenarios and Test Plans.
Walk through the Test Requirements, Test Plans and Test cases with the team.
Design and Developed Test Cases for automated testing using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Eclipse IDE.
Contributed in developing Page Object Model Automation Framework.
Extensively used XPath, ID, DOM (Document Object Model) and CSS locators to work with dynamic and static object in Selenium to test web application.
Used automated Scripts and performed functionality testing during the various phases of the application development using TestNG framework.
Performed Cross Browser testing for the web application.
Performed regression testing on different browsers (Chrome, I.E. Firefox) after build release.
Developed MySQL queries to query database to test backend process of application during End-to-End testing.
Prepare the test data for UAT and System / Integration Testing.
Interact with the team members on problems, enhancements and open issues.
Generate the reports and progress statuses for test execution, defect and fixes.
Prioritize the defects based on Severity, Urgency or Management / Business escalations.
Environment: Selenium Web Driver, Eclipse, Java, MS-Excel, MySQL, JavaScript, HP ALM.
IN MNC, Dallas, TX
Role: Automation tester (Selenium)
Project involved developing a web application.
Understanding the business requirements, application and its components.
Performed automation testing using Selenium WebDriver, JAVA, and Maven.
Created 6 automated functional test suites with over 120 test cases, utilizing TestNG.
Accessed and verified backend data from Excel files and MySQL databases.
Used Selenium Web Driver with java plug-in to generate automated test scripts for functional testing, GUI testing and enhancing the existing scripts.
Solved day to day problems of the team arising due to functionality and validation issues.
Managed software defect information, interacted with Business users to fix severity and priority of issues.
Worked in a highly dynamic AGILE environment and participated in scrum and sprint meetings.
Participated in weekly project status meeting and updated the testing Progress.
Environment: Java Technologies, Selenium IDE/Web driver, Eclipse, MySQL, Quality Center, MSOffice, Agile Methodologies.
Education & Credentials:
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY — Tamilnadu, India - B.S. in Accounting (Business Management)
Diploma: In INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT.