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Shaikat Ahmed
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Cell 917-***-****
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
* ***** ** ********** ** Software testing in the areas of Web based, Client - Server applications using Manual and Automation testing techniques
Well versed in Manual testing techniques and methodologies
Extensive experience on Cucumber, Selenium Web driver, UFT and TOSCA
Extensively used automated test tools such as Selenium for Functional and Regression Testing
Expert in developing Automation Framework using Selenium Web Driver
Excellent experience on Unit Testing Frameworks such JUnit,TestNG, Pytest, and PyUnit
Knowledgeable on using BDD Frameworks like Cucumber
Experienced on Build and Configuration Tools like MAVEN
Implemented recovery scenarios anywhere applicable in TOSCA automation
Automated using WIN32 Engine, UIA Engine, Java Engine, Classic and TBox engines in Tosca
Expert in writing Test strategy, Test Plan Preparation and Implementation, Test Case Design, Test Tool usage, Test execution, Defect Management and Defect Tracking
Experienced in various financial domains
Knowledgeable on Banking, Retail, Insurance domain
Experienced in SDLC Agile (Scrum), Waterfall and V-model
Skilled on complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Bug Life Cycle
Adept in identifying Test Scenario’s and Writing Test Cases by applying Test Case Design Techniques
Extensively knowledge on various Testing types such as Integration, System, Functional, Regression, Sanity, Smoke, User-interface (GUI), Data base and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Performance Testing
Work experience with defect tracking tools using Jira and ALM
Extensive experience on Continuous Integration Tools like Jenkins
Thorough knowledge on Manual Testing with UNIX Shell scripts and SQL scripts
Executed automated test scripts using Mercury Tools (Quality Center and QTP), based on business/functional specifications
Proficient in Requirements, Analysis, Documentation of Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Bug Tracking, and Execution of projects with Manual and Automated Testing Tools
Proven ability to work efficiently in both independent and team environments
Expert on Testing REST API using Robot Framework and SOAP UI
Strong knowledge in web services testing via Tool SOAP UI/ Restful web services
Extensive experience withMicrosoft Office tools (MS-Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access
Proficient testing database of applications developed with SQL Server, Oracle and MS Access
Strong in writing SQL queries to perform backend data validations.
Having knowledge and testing experience on Mobile testing tool like Appium.
Excellent experience with source version control tools such asGitHub, Bitbucket and SVN
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Testing Tools: Selenium Web Driver, Quick Test Pro (QTP/UFT), Soap UI, TOSCA, Testing Rally, Protractor, Appium
Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center (9, 10, 11.12), ALM,Jira, Bugzilla and Rally
BDD Frameworks: Cucumber, Keyword and Data driven framework
Programming Languages: Java, Python, VB Script, SQL, PL/SQL
Web Services: SOA, REST, SOAP UI
Web Technologies: HTML, Angular JS, React JS, AJAX, CSS, Java Script, XML, SOAP, XSL, XSLT, XHTML, JSP, PHP, jQuery, JSON
Script Languages: Java Script, UNIX Basics, SQL scripting, VB Script
Platforms: Windows 2003 Server, UNIX, Windows XP/Vista/7/8, MAC OS X
Databases: Oracle R12, MS SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2014, No SQL
UML Tools: MS Visio, MS Project, UML
IDE & Reporting Tools: Eclipse, PyCharm, Visual Studio Code
Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall, SDLC
Build Tools: Maven, Gradle
CI Tools: Jenkins
Version Control:Version Control: GitHub, Bitbucket and SVN
Unit Test Frameworks: Junit, TestNG, PyUnit and Pytest
Domain Knowledge: Health Care, Insurance, Utilities, Banking & Finance, E-Commerce
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Client: North Well, NY Oct 19 – Current
Deloitte
Role: QA Automation Engineer/ REST API Testers
Responsibilities:
Thorough experience in Agile, Scrum methodologies
Automation of test cases using Selenium Web driver, TestNG, Page object Model(POM)
Designed and documented REST/HTTP, SOAP APIs, including JSON data formats and API versioning strategy
Wrote simple to complex SQL queries for testing purpose
Validated SOAP UI and Restful API services
Implemented Selenium tool ( Selenium Webdriver )
Configured Selenium to execute the scripts in cross browsers
Performed white box testing using TestNG for class, method
Designed and execute Test Cases, Generated Test Scripts and Test scenarios
Generated the detailed reports of the Bugs, Test Execution summary reports
Experienced in testing the applications Manually and using Automated testing tools like Mercury Interactive Tools (UFT, Quality Center), using both Black Box and White-Box testing techniques
Conducted the team meetings for discussing the status and issues
Attended Weekly/Daily reports to clients based on the status of execution/defects.
Used ALM for Defect Management
Experienced assessing testing processes, creating, implementing testing strategies and SQA strategies using Agile-testing methodology
Involved in GUI testing, user acceptance testing, integration testing, navigation testing, IVR testing, and regression testing using web and client-server applications
Experienced assessing testing processes, creating, implementing testing strategies and SQA strategies using Agile-testing methodology
Developed SQL queries and generated Audit reports based on business Requirements
Interacted between various devices and different versions of Android
Wrote technical specifications and maintained all reports pertaining to application development process
Designed and implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas including database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests and usability
Developed scripts to execute different SQL(tm)s to test the sanctity and integrity of the tables
Used Python programming and language to develop a working and efficient network within the company
Environment: Java, Windows 7, Quality Center/ALM, Webdriver,SOAP UI, Junit,Eclipse IDE, Firebug, SQL,JavaScript, Jira, SON
Client: National Grid, MA Mar 19 – Oct 19
Tata Consultancy Service
Role: QA Automation Engineer, Selenium Tester
Responsibilities:
In charge of driving standards, architecture and mentor other off-shore staff.
Responsible for Frontend GUI testing, End to End testing and Regression testing
In charge for building a development / test automation team
Responsible for code push from Dev to QA, UAT and Pre-prod
Automatingdesktop application using TOSCA
Developed and Maintained test modules in TOSCA
Handled dynamic values in test cases in TOSCA
Using of existing Tricentis Modules wherever applicable
Created Test Template for test instances using template conditions.
Managed offshore automation team of six
Developed Data Driven Tests using TOSCA and automated functional testing
Reviewed & Analyzed Functional Specification Requirements to understand the AUT
Extensively used Selenium Webdriver API, Junit API and TestNG API to write test cases and automate all the test cases
Involved in SCRUM meetings with the Development and Product Management team and analyzed and developed product stories and included them in Sprint backlog
Involved in complete SDLC -Agile methodology. Test scripts were automated using TestNG framework with Selenium WebDriver for the application
Worked with agile team to create application using Selenium Webdriver with Java
Environment:Tosca, Jenkins, REST API, SOAP UI, Quality Center, Eclipse, XPATH, Java, HTML, CSS, agile, GIT, SQL, Oracle and Windows
Client: BB&T Bank, NC Feb18 – Jan 19
Tata Consultancy
Role:Test Automation Engineer /Selenium Tester
Responsibilities:
Created Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and entire Testing process.
Involved in UAT & Release Testing
Used Selenium WebDriver to handle various web page controls like textbox, button, dropdown, Checkbox, radio button, labels using XPath and other locators
Interacted with Development and QA Teams to ensure overall quality of the software
Represented the flow of data within and between technology systems and business functions/operations Automated Functional and Regression Testing using Selenium IDE, WebDriver, JUnit, ANT, and Java
Created test harness to enable comprehensive testing utilizing Python.
Used automated scripts and performed functionality testing during the various phases of the application development using TestNG framework
Conducted Integration testing for all the modules
Created automation scripts in SOAP UI for web services testing
Reported daily/ weekly status of test cases executed and status of the defects.
Reviewed test cases, Requirement traceability matrix with the business
Used SQL query to verify the integrity of the database particularly while validating the Session Store and Profile Store records. Developed and executed complex SQL Queries and Procedures to perform database testing
Coordinated for data preparation with the third party
Provide estimations for the test effort and prioritize the areas needed to be tested first
After the development cycle, I was responsible to guide the testing team to write test cases, the logic for the different interfaces, preparing the test data
Gathered requirements from the client, understanding the business logic and rules, converting the logic
Created detailed QA and UAT cases to validate the quality of the application
Environment: Selenium Web Driver, SOAP, JIRA, SQL, CSS, X-path, Fire bug, Fire Path, Oracle, Java Script, Python, HTML
Client: World Pay, GA June 15 – Dec 17
Automation Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
Analyzed Specifications and creation of Test Designs according to the functional requirements
Involved in creating Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts. Categorized Severity Incidents Reports based on severity and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues
Interacted with Team lead and developers while testing the application
Performed test management and bug reporting using Quality Center
Performed Data Driven Testing using extensive data in the test scripts
Performed the User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Involved in automating test cases using Selenium Webdriver with Python
Wrote and executed automated test cases using Selenium Webdriver to automate manual testing solutions
Reviewed Specified Business Documents and prepared Test Cases using Quality Center based on the requirements
Elaborate compatibility testing executed the workflow manager web application related test cases on different browsers different Operating Systems
Verified Frontend GUI Objects and elements
Developed automated script for back-end testing using Selenium Webdriver
Maintained Test Matrix and Project Matrix using an excel sheet to keep track of the Project's schedule and status
Understanding of UAT for making website more user-friendly and for web-applications
Involved in writing SQL Queries for backend testing
Knowledge of writing Python tests using PyUnit framework
Coordinated with developers and record defects in JIRA to track until they are resolved.
Environment: Selenium Webdriver, Python, PyUnit, SQL, DHTML, Jira, HTML, MSWord, MS Excel, UNIX, Windows, REST API, JSON
Client: IBM, OR Aug 13 – Apr15
Role: QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
Reviewed and Created Project Assessment, Project Plan, Business Process Requirements, Technical Requirements, Test Specifications, Test Results, and Test Results
Developed automated scripts for performing Regression Testing through Selenium Web Driver
Implemented Page Object Model Automation framework with Java and Selenium Web Driver
Extensively used Selenium (data-driven, XPath locator) and Web Driver to test the web application
Responsible for implementation of Hybrid Test Automation Framework build using Selenium, TestNG and Maven technologies under Java platform utilizing industry leading harness design patterns and approaches
Extensively used Selenium IDE to record, playback and debug individual test cases, using Selenium Web Driver provided more flexibility in automating test cases
Created Selenium/java tests for advertising regression testing and production monitoring purposes
Used Maven for building the Web Driver project. Integrated with Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for running test on nightly basis automatically
Worked on proof of concept to Automate Functional and Regression Testing using Selenium tool
Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG
Performed SOA testing for Payments API's using SoapUI and Java framework for Web Services testing
Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces using SoapUI
Experience with Assertions like Schema Compliance, XPath and SOAP responses.
Performed cross browser functional testing using Selenium Web driver
Implemented Regression and Smoke tests execution as separate step of deployment process
Worked on regression testing, automation estimation, design and framework. Provided the detailed implementation plan to management
Contributed to and assisted in the management of bug tracking databases built in Bugzilla and JIRA
Converted existing bug data from Bugzilla to JIRA
Administered and developed custom plugins for the JIRA instance
Actively involved with scrum and sprint meetings, managing product backlog, removing obstacles to progress, re-allocating resources where necessary, prioritizing and review milestones and accomplishments
Environment : UFT, Quality Center, Windows, Quick Test Pro, Selenium, JIRA, Java, JavaScript, Web Sphere, WSDL,Selenium, Rally, Web Logic application server, MS Office, Oracle, VBScript, Unix/Linux, HTML, XML
Client: Ahad Consultancy Nov 11- May 13
Role: Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
Reviewed System Requirement Specification, Technical Specification and functional design documents to achieve better understanding of the project
Performed Daily smoke Test Manually on different browsers (e.g.: Firefox, Safari and IE)
Created Recovery Files using Recovery Scenario Manager associated the recovery scenarios to tests to instruct QTP with specified trigger action on unexpected event
Prepared and executed Test Cases manually for different modules according to the Technical Specification, and Functional Design with all Use Case or User Story documents
Worked with data types, variable and variable declaration, naming convention, constants and assigning values to the variables in VB scripting under QTP testing tool
Designed Test Cases, Execution of the test cases and reporting the bugs
Conducted Functional testing with Valid/Invalid inputs under different scenarios
Uploaded Business requirements, test scenarios, test cases and defects to Quality Center.
Experienced in testing using Rest based the Web Services
Involved in the Regression Testing by using Selenium after each modification and enhancement
Used Data Driven Framework to check the behavior of application with different inputs as parameters using Selenium
Used Synchronization in Selenium to take care of the timing problems between QTP and Application under Test
Performed defect logging and tracking using the HP Quality center and JIRA
Documented the raised defects and followed up with development team for defect fixes
Created keyword or hybrid framework for Functional Testing
Responsible for writing SQL queries for accessing data from the MySQL database
Participated in RTM/TC's Walkthroughs and defect report meetings periodically
Coordinated with UAT team by providing them with test cases and test data
Involved in End-to-End testing of business rules on the Web based application
Extensively worked on Selenium tools to scale and distribute scripts across many environments as part of migration from QTP
Inserted checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using HP Quick Test Pro (QTP)
Created test automation scripts using QTP for all the "high" priority test cases using the WAT (Web Application Testing) framework using a combination of Data driven and Keyword driven techniques
Monitored project plan execution and project metrics reporting
Environment: Environment: Java, Selenium Web Driver, SoapUI, Jenkins, Firefox, Maven, SQL, Eclipse, JIRA, Bugzilla, UNIX, XML, Load Runner, QTP