Professional Summary:

●A dynamic, performance and result oriented IT Professional with 15+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance with diversified experience as Test Engineer, Test Lead and Test Manager, having vast experience in agile methodologies and planning and execution of QA team activities and experienced in testing Infrastructure, web applications and client server applications.

●Driving business strategy, excellence in engagement delivery, quality, productivity and process compliance and Centre of Excellence initiatives for Oracle and PeopleSoft, Functional, Automation testing delivery engagements.

●Cross-Functional roles across multiple service lines - Around 10+ years of professional work experience, in testing of package implementation/rollouts, upgrades, support, pre-sales and managed services working with leading QA &ERP packages.

●More than 15+ years of relevant work experience in implementation of different QA methodologies, plans and strategies in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

●Certified SAFE agilest 5.0 with proficient knowledge in Agile methodologies.

●More than 10 + years of experience as Test lead and managed functional and test automation team.

●Extensive experience in Web based Testing such as Smoke testing, System testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Functional testing, and User Acceptance testing.

●Expertise on Agile Environment and tested the application under SCRUM (Agile) Methodology and attended all scrum ceremonies.

●Delivery/Program Management - Over 12+ years of experience in delivery/program management involving all phases of the project life cycle starting from project initiation to project closing, working at client locations in USA as well as managing delivery from offshore locations. Driving revenue and account growth in all engagements.

●Client Relationship Management – Involving in Requirement analysis, Driving the defect triage call, Meeting the client expectations, Daily&weekly status, ontime delivery.

●End to End roles in QA engagements - Played varied roles in areas of requirements gathering, assessment study, automation assessment and coordination and support for performance testing.

●Responsibilities include business development, customer presentations, defining QA solution, estimations, project tracking and management, Requirement Analysis, Defect management including defect metrics, quality Reviews handling escalations, cost benefit analysis, launching new solution offerings, working with associates, mentoring & coaching of employees and project teams besides ‘business’ responsibilities of maintaining customer/account profitability, program management reviews, comply with organization mandate on delivery assurance compliance, Tracking risks related to testing deliverables accurately throughout the development cycle to production.

●Well versed in reviewing and analyzing the business requirements and developing Test Plan, Test strategies, Test cases, Test data, Test procedure, Test reports and documentation of Manual and Automation Tests.

●Experience in using build tool such as Maven and managing continuous integration, scheduling script execution with Jenkins.

●Extensive work experience in Maintaining Test Automation Scripts using VB script with HP QTP/ UFT.

●Hands on experience in Tracking and Reporting of defects using Defect Tracking Tools such as HP QC/ALM, Jira.

●Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an effective team player. Having strong capability to perform as an individual contributor.

Technologies:

Test Automation Tools

HP UFT/QTP, Selenium Web driver, Cucumber, Maven, SOAP UI, Postman, PTF

Test Management Tools

HP ALM, Rally, Version One, Jira, Bugzilla

Databases/Tools

Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Toad, SQL Developer, Rapid SQL

Languages

VBScript, PL/SQL, Java,J2EE, Gherkin

Operating Systems

Windows, Mac

Certification:

ISTQB Foundation level

SAFE Agile 5.0

Education:

Masters of Business Administration in Information Systems - Bharathiar University, India.

Bachelor of Engineering in Production - Madurai Kamaraj University, India.

Professional Experience:

Client: Freddie Mac, Mc Lean, VA, USA May 2015 – Present

Role: Test Lead

Responsibilities:

●Participate in the Scrum ceremonies like Grooming, Planning sessions to discuss about the User Stories and everyday standups provide status updates.

●Analyze requirements (business, functional, technical and design) to create test plans, scenarios, scripts and procedures.

●Responsible for preparing the test strategy and test plan; Review the test strategy and test plan with the project stakeholders and get it approved.

●Ensure comprehensive test coverage exists by understanding the scope and technology of the application.

●Improve the efficiency of the QA function by implementing automation wherever possible.

●Collaborate with project team throughout development lifecycle to establish, improve, measure and report quality methodology and processes for all software production.

●Responsible for defect management including monitoring and reporting on defect resolution.

●Define, document, manage and enforce adherence of quality standards, quantifiable metrics and repeatable testing processes/procedures, both manual and automated.

●Experience in PL/SQL, DML and DDL, writing Complex SQL and test scripts for Backend Testing.

●Developing and executing test automation scripts using HP UFT using descriptive programming for desktop applications.

●Identify and assign tasks for other testing members of the team, ensuring they have the correct knowledge and tools.

●Create and Execute Test Plans and Test Cases for various functionalities of different PeopleSoft Financial and Supply chain Management modules.

●Responsible for sending weekly status reports and release status reports to the project/program stakeholders.

●Work closely with the test leads and testers in cross functional teams to understand the functionality and the impacts at the program level.

●Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders representing various groups across the organization.

●Work on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational and project objectives.

●Executed tests for the Peoplesoft Finance applications such as AP, GL, Expenses, Mobile expenses and CFF.

●Create and Executed test scripts with PeopleSoft Test Framework (PTF) and did the Regression testing.

●Interface with senior management to report on project and program milestones.

●Accountable for Program execution and delivery across all IT Lines of Business Channels.

●Ensure repeatable, consistent, effective delivery processes are followed for both Program and Project life cycle.

●Developing business Feature files in Cucumber using Gherkin language.

●Executing automation test scripts for web applications using Selenium WebDriver.

●Documenting Test automation process and other Quality process improvements.

●Implementing Continuous Integration using Jenkins.

●Involved in Mobile Testing for PeopleSoft Expenses Module

●Identify areas for improving efficiency, shortening of test cycles, and automation of test scripts and recommend solutions for improvement.

●Used Xpath and DOM to work with dynamic and static object using selenium.

Tools/Technologies:

Dev-ops, Windows 7, HP UFT, HP ALM, DOORS, Visual Studio, Java,Ruby, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Mainframe, Soap UI, Postman, UNIX, Version One, Rapid SQL, SQL developer, Jenkins

Client: Capital one, Richmond, VA April 2013 – April 2015

Role: Test Lead

Responsibilities:

●Analyze business requirements in detail to create test plans/ scenarios/test data.

●Ensure comprehensive test coverage exists by understanding the scope and technology of the application.

●Creating and executing SQL statements to verify data in database

●Manage Create and Execute Test Plans and Test Cases for different functionalities in PeopleSoft HRMS: Payroll for North America, Workforce Administration, Benefit Administration, Talent Acquisition Manager, Employee Self Service and Manager Self Service, ePeformance,.

●Developing and enhancing automation test scripts by incorporating appropriate keywords.

●Documenting Test automation process and other Quality process improvements.

●Identify areas for improving efficiency, shortening of test cycles, and automation of test scripts and recommend solutions for improvement

●Extensively performed Regression, UI testing and executed manually.

●Creating/testing SQL queries and stored procedures to verify data in Oracle DB

●Collaborate with project team throughout development lifecycle to establish, improve, measure and report quality methodology and processes for all software production.

●Responsible for defect management including monitoring and reporting on defect resolution.

●Improve the efficiency of the QA function by implementing automation wherever possible.

Tools/Technologies:

Windows 7, HP ALM, Oracle, Visual Studio, Functional Testing

Client: Key Bank April 2012– March 2013

Client: Swiss Re Insurance Dec 2009 – March2012

Role: Lead Test Engineer

Cognizant Technology solutions, India

Responsibilities:

●Offshore Lead for the project, Requirement gathering and assessment, Test Planning, estimation.

●Managing the offshore team to get the tasks executed in manual and automation testing, Perform SIT (System Integration Testing), Regression testing. and automation testing, Defect Reporting and Management

●Defining product Strategy, developing Plan for the tasks, dependencies and participants required to mitigate the risks to system quality and obtain stakeholder support for this plan

●Involved in preparing Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Case Specifications, Test Scenarios, Test Data and Defect Reports.

●Driving Test strategy, excellence in engagement delivery, quality, productivity and process compliance and Centre of Excellence initiatives for Functional, Automation testing delivery engagements.

●Involved in Test delivery management in all phases of the project test life cycle starting from test plan to test summary report.

●Involving in Requirement analysis, Driving the defect triage call, Meeting the client expectations, Daily& weekly status, on time delivery.

●Analysis of Test Requirements and Involved in Test estimation, and Test summary report.

●Develop Automationtestscripts using descriptive programming and Execute Automation test scripts using HP Quick Test Professional (QTP)

●Developing and executing test automation scripts using HP UFT using descriptive programming for desktop applications.

●Coordination with developer to identify the gaps and suggested some new ideas.

Tools/Technologies:

Windows 7, HP ALM, SQL, Functional Testing

Client: BBC Masher, State bank of India, Chennai, India June2007 – Nov 2009

Role: Senior QA Analyst

Mahindra Satyam Computer services, India

Responsibilities:

●Participating in the Functional Requirements Review with the Business Analyst to understand the Business needs and the desired functionality.

●Involved in the Technical Design Document review with the Development team to understand how the design has been built to satisfy the Business needs.

●Responsible for preparing the test strategy and test plan; Review the test strategy and test plan with the project stakeholders and get it approved.

●Creating Test Cases using HP Quality Center, Mapping the Requirements with the test cases, Executing the test cases, creating defects, communicating the defects to the responsible person, Attaching Test Results to the test cases, attaching appropriate retested screenshots to the defects and closing the defect.

●Performing root cause analysis for the defects encountered.

●Worked with cross functional project teams to ensure Test Coverage on any functional changes across blocks. Involved in testing complex functionalities that involves external third parties like the Credit Card Associations.

●Coordinating the BRD, FSD walkthroughs, process flow discussions & gap analysis which requires customization for the implementation.

Tools/Technologies:

HP Quality center, Windows XP, Visual Studio, Java, Oracle, Toad, Functional testing, Excel, Waterfall.

Client: REC book Bank, Chennai, India Oct 2004 – May 2007

Role: Test Engineer

Seismic Technologies, Chennai, India

Roles and Responsibilities:

●Creating Test Cases using HP Quality Center, Mapping the Requirements with the test cases, Executing the test cases, creating defects, communicating the defects to the responsible person, Attaching Test Results to the test cases, attaching appropriate retested screenshots to the defects and closing the defect.

●Understanding the business needs.

●Bug tracking and its closure.

●Generation of Test Reports on handing over to the user for Acceptance Testing

●Execute Interface Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Security Testing, End to End testing, and Regression Testing

●Experience in working on projects implemented using Waterfall Model.

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