Nikhitha Muthukur

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. My intelligent effort in software testing using Automation and manual path is a journey of around 6 years.

Experience in the various phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), STLC, Defect life cycle which includes Analysis, Design, Estimation, Testing and Deployment of Client/Server and Web based Internet/Intranet applications

Over 5 years of experience in Functional Automation testing using Selenium in java/python programming language.

Over 3 years of experience in API testing using POSTMAN, Swagger and Rest Assured Services (Post and Get services).

Over 2 years of experience in Requirement analysis, developing & executing effective Test cases and test scenarios, writing Test scripts, Test Execution Summary.

Expertise in writing Complex and Dynamic Xpath and CSS Selectors.

Experience in designing and Working in Cucumber Framework using Java Language.

Expertise in defect management and tracking tool HP ALM and Jira.

Hands on experience on Core Java for Web application automation using selenium.

Hands on experience on Python for developing regression scripts using PyCharm.

Experienced in working on Waterfall and Agile software development methodologies.

Experience in automating the scripts for Cross Browser Testing using Test Complete.

Experienced in writing GIT Bash commands to interact with GIT HUB.

Expertise in designing in the scripts using TestNG annotations and devops tools such has Maven for build management and Jenkins for Continuous Integration.

Possess some knowledge on AWS services.

Involved in sprint planning, stand up’s, retrospective meetings.

Outstanding organizational skills including ability to prioritize and manage complex issues and work either independently or in a team or in a rapid pace environment.

Good understanding of business domain concepts related to Telecommunications, Retail and Ecommerce.

Possess good experience in On Site – Offshore Model.

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Languages

Java: Loops, OOPs concept, Class, Object, Exception Handling

Python: Loops, Built in Data types, Inheritance, File Handling, Exception Handling

UNIX: Basic Unix Commands.

Test Automation Tools

Selenium, TestNG, Maven, Cucumber, Auto IT, Sikuli, Rest API, Test Complete, Postman.

Defect management tool

HP-ALM: Test Planning, Test Lab, Defects creation, Release and cycle creation, Requirement and cycle mapping to Test Cases.

Jira: creation of Sprints, Stories, Defects, Tests and managing the project dashboard.

Database

Oracle My SQL: Query building, Query execution using DDL and DML Queries

Configuration management tool

SVN/Git Hub: Commit the code, Update the code, Trunk and branch structure.

Continuous Integration tool

Jenkins/TeamCity: Define the test cases to be executed as a part of the build in testng.xml file, define the environment and browser details for the test cases, and define how to run your automated tests in testng.xml file.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Retail Company Mar 2019- Till Date

Role: Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Description:

Worked in data migration project for leading Retail providers in US.As Part of this application under test the existing Oracle Retail Management system was replaced with updated version of it, Extensions required by the business such as total calculations, close date etc. are added as an add-on to the new system. Some legacy systems interacting with the existing systems are decommissioned and legacy system functionalities are replaced by new systems which are been tested and validating if the functionality is working as per business requirements.

Responsibilities:

Working in developing test scripts of Oracle Retail Management System (RMS) web application in an IntelliJ IDE.

Involved in configuring the Framework with Team City for continuous Integration and validate the Execution status once build is triggered.

Understanding the design documents and responsible for creating an Architecture Diagram out of it.

Working on finding the elements using CSS selectors.

Working on maintaining the code in the GIT repository

Validating the logs in Kibana and comparing it against JSON response in mapping document.

Designing the SIT test cases and validating the data in the file against the mapping document.

Responsible for understanding the E2E flow from source to target system and designed the Test Scenarios and Test cases for E2E.

Creating the data for E2E and executing the E2E TC’s in ALM with JIRA as a defect tracking tool.

Working in Agile methodology and Involved in sprint planning, stand up’s, retrospective meetings.

Proficiently performing script debugging, script development in JAVA and test execution in IntelliJ.

Knowledge in Informatica Data Quality tool to create the mappings using Data Mapping Document.

Knowledge in designing the automation scripts using CA Lisa DevTest tool.

Tools: Java, Selenium, IntelliJ, TestNG, GIT, TeamCity, JIRA, CA LISA DevTest, Informatica Data Quality (IDQ), KIBANA, Swagger.

Cox Communications Oct 2017- Mar 2018

Role: QA Automation Engineer

Description:

Worked in OSS systems for leading telecom service providers in US.As Part of this application under Operational Support systems (OSS) the tickets created by all the other applications under NMS, BSS or general tickets (Service Ticket, help Desk, maintenance ticket, Enterprise Change Ticket, Enterprise Special Request, Unplanned Network Outage) are collected, status change and resolution description is logged under the DB. Any update on the particular ticket (Request for more information, comments, and pictures of outages) are emailed to respective team members. Tickets and their status change are tracked from the time of creation to closure.

Responsibilities:

Worked in developing test scripts of web application in Hybrid framework using selenium and executed the test suite for smoke testing, Regression testing using TestNG and Maven.

Write automated tests using a variety of tools and technologies including automated testing tools.

Worked in managing the workspace using SVN repository.

Involved in configuring the Framework with Jenkins and validate the Execution status once build is triggered.

Responsible to get the response from API servers into our project using Rest Assured (Get and POST) API.

Responsible for Maintenance of existing test scripts and inspecting the code if any failures or exceptions during execution.

Responsible for redesigning the code in case of any requirement change during Iterative Model.

Worked in Optimization of existing code for quality and efficiency.

Responsible for driving through the code and application for new joins

Involved in preparing Automation Related Documents (Understanding Documents).

Tools: Java, Selenium, Hybrid framework, TestNG, Eclipse IDE, SVN, Jenkins, Maven, ALM.

Cox Communications Nov 2015 - Oct 2017

Role: QA Automation Engineer

Description:

Worked in a NMS systems for leading telecom service providers in US.As Part of this application under Network Management System (NMS) the field network technicians will be provided with a backlog to view their WO/ Tickets assigned, Report their status on the ticket, Record Field measurements, Route Tickets to other groups and perform support activities, Create Ad-hoc ticket as needed.

Responsibilities:

Worked in Requirement Analysis, Test planning, Test Case Design & Review, Test execution, Test report for Application testing against requirement specification.

Worked in analyzing Business requirements, Functional and Technical Specifications and ability to develop strategic test plans and test cases & test scenarios.

Worked in managing the workspace using GIT repository.

Involved in creation of test script for web application, debugging the script and running test script through TestNG.

Worked in developing test scripts of web application in Behavior Driven Framework using Cucumber, Selenium, and Maven and executed the test suite for smoke testing, Regression testing using Maven as Build Management Tool.

Experienced in designing the Feature File, Runner File and Step Definitions for test cases.

Having understanding of Jenkins to run the selenium automation script for CI.

Skilled with creating automated web services testing processes

Responsible for Bug/Defect finding, defect assign, defect testing, verification and closing in QA environment and reported it to the development team for bug fixing.

Tools: Java, Selenium, Cucumber framework, GIT TestNG, Eclipse, Maven, Auto IT, SOAP UI, Sikuli.

Cox Communications Sep 2014 –Oct 2015

Role: Program Analyst

Description: As Part of this application the status of device, nodes, modems and faults under the network can be traced and will manage the reports related to node status, faults, modem status and list of modems, application is link to residential view and business view to find the customer information and the details regarding the active customer plans.

Responsibilities:

Worked in requirement Analysis, Estimations, Test planning, Test Plan Report, Test Case Design & Review, Test execution, Test report, Test Closure Report.

Worked in Smoke Testing, Functional testing, Regression Testing.

Worked in Defect finding, assigning, retesting, verification and closing in QA environments using ALM.

Worked in Rest API Testing using POSTMAN tool.

Worked in Verifying the Server Database switches and logs testing using putty.

Involved in Web Application testing in both Chrome and IE and Firefox

Involved in Automated Regression Test cases using python scripts.

Worked in running the Basic UNIX Commands in putty servers to check the errors in the files, deploy the code in the servers, and verify the scheduling of cronjobs.

Experienced in finding the root cause of defect and report to development team for the same.

Worked in Oracle MY SQL for querying the DDL and DML Commands.

Verified the data in the UI with Server database and API Response.

Responsible for clarifying the queries with the Development team, Business analyst team, onsite team, provided the Knowledge transition for the new team members.

Worked in Water fall model.

Attended daily status call, Defect Meetings, Review Meetings.

Tools: POST MAN Rest API, Oracle MY SQL, Putty, Python, ALM, UNIX, Microsoft Excel and Word.

ITT Star Consultancy Mar 2014-Aug 2014

Role: Program Trainee

Description: As Part of this ecommerce application the information regarding the pharmaceutical company, drug configuration and supplements information is provided to the customer through an app where customer can order the medicines and pay for the medicines through online or through cash on delivery option. The application is tested in the web, mobile and tablet gadgets. The functionality and content part of testing covered in the app from the testing part.

Responsibilities:

Worked on Requirement Analysis, Test planning, Test Plan Report.

Responsible for preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Test scenarios and Test cases design.

Experience in Functional, Regression Testing, Sanity testing.

Involved in writing UAT, GUI, Functional, Mobile and Accessibility test cases and reviewing the same.

Responsible for various type of Mobile testing (e.g. System, Functional and Accessibility testing)

Worked in testing in mobile to check for any browser and platform compatibility issues.

Worked on automation tool Test Complete to execute the scripts on different browsers.

Experience in working with different types of checkpoints such as property checkpoints, database checkpoints, and regional checkpoint.

Used Data Generators to generate the random data for testing purpose.

Involved in creating the Keyword tests from Test Complete.

Worked on Performance testing tool Load Complete to test the behavior of application when multiple users are working on the application at the same time. Experienced in recording the scripts using Load Complete Record and Playback functionality.

Experienced in creating and assigning the virtual users to the scripts to check the system’s performance.

Experienced in creating the defects, assigning it to the developers, managing the defect status and retesting the defects using Jira Defect management tool

Experienced in creating the test cases in Confluence and linking the Defect ID to the test cases.

Involved in demonstrating the methodical, detailed oriented and thorough approach to all assignments.

Responsible in Web Application testing in both Chrome and IE.

Worked on Preparing the Test Closure Document.

Tools: Load Complete, Test Complete, JIRA, QTP, Confluence, Microsoft Excel/Word, IE, Firefox & Google chrome browsers.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Bachelor’s in computer science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA), India.

AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified as “Automation Specialist Level 1” from Tricentis Tosca.

Certified as “Automation Specialist Level 2” from Tricentis Tosca.

Certified as “Automation Specialist for API” from Tricentis Tosca.

Certified as “Automation Specialist for Databases” from Tricentis Tosca.

Received pillar of the month award while working in Cognizant.

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