SDET QA Consultant
Extensive experience in software development engineer in test and quality management with the focus on key areas such as Test Framework Development, Agile Methodology, Quality, Effort Estimation, Resource Planning, Test Strategy, Test Plan, Defect Management, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)support, Best Practices guidelines, Automation Testing, Manual Testing and DevOps. Experience in best IT organizations across multiple domains like Investment Banking, Retail Banking/Finance, CRM, Telecommunication, e-commerce and Business Intelligence (BI).

Profile Summary

Quality Assurance SDET consultant with 10+ years of experience in:

SDET                                     Banking Domain                    Automated Software Testing    Requirement Analysis
Agile Testing & DevOps     Mobile Testing        DevOps                          Test Estimation & Design
SOAP & Rest Testing          JMeter                                   Selenium WebDriver          HP UFT & Load Runner 

    • Awarded ISEB/ISTQB and Agile Certified Scrum Master(CSM) certifications.
    • Earned ‘Star Technical Performer’ for excellent performance from Truglobal, Bangalore India.
    • Rewarded 'Best Presenter on Automation Framework Design and DevOps' in TechGuild at NCB Kingston, Jamaica.
    • 5+ years of experience in QA automation testing or test automation for the web and mobile applications.
    • Proved ability in setting up strong product testing practices; prepare POC, QA automation frameworks, knowledge maps and organizational development framework. 
    • Prepared Modular Driven, Data Driven, Keyword Driven, Hybrid Framework (Page Object Model), BDD Framework (Cucumber) in Selenium/Appium with Java and Page Object Model Framework with Python.
    • Excelled in the Software Development Life Cycle Agile methodology, V-Model (SDLC) and STLC, Experience in DevOps.
    • Excelled in Ecommerce testing, telecom testing, CRM and service creation and order provisioning. Good knowledge of Finance products testing, billing systems testing.
    • Good experience in CI/CD with Bitrise for mobile applications and Jenkins for web applications.
    • In-depth understanding of software development and testing methodologies (functional testing, integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing, product testing, compatibility testing, localization testing, accessibility testing, regression testing, UAT and SOA testing with SOAP UI and Postman).
    • Hands on experience in business banking applications. Extensively worked for leading banks of Jamaica and USA.
    • International exposure worked with customers, project managers, business analyst and technical teams for securing & executing concurrent projects & IT services.
    • Expertise in providing technical training to the teams on Automation Testing, Java, Python, Mobile Testing, API Testing with SOAP UI, JMeter, Load Runner, UFT.
    • Expertise in DevOps and supported the agile labs to push the features to production.

Professional Experience

STW Technology- Bangalore, India
SDET Engineer                                                     03/2019 – Present
    • Designed POM (Page Object Model) framework from scratch with Selenium web driver 3.0, Java Programming, Cucumber, TestNG and demonstrated to the team members. 
    • Involved designing automation test scripts, done knowledge transfer to team members, guided the automation best practices and monitored automation testing activities.
    • Played critical role in implementing Agile scrum framework on the project and conducted sessions on Agile.
    • Involved in working on testing tools JMeter and SOAP UI, DevOps. 

National Commercial Bank | Kingston, Jamaica
QA Automation Consultant                                  11/2017 – 02/2019
    • Saved 25% of the cost to bank by finding the critical defects in Kiosk and Accounts Opening apps.
    • Increased 20-30% team productivity by participating in peer code review and pair programming.
    • Improved team performance more than 30% by implemented continuous delivery (CI/CD) for regression test flow.
    • Reduced 30% bug fix time by contributed to setup Instabug, Bugsnag and Kibana for production bug status.
    • Involved in ‘lunch and learn’ sessions to facilitate knowledge and best practices sharing within the agile team between developers, testers, BA and change management team.
    • Implemented the Page Object Model (POM) framework from scratch with Selenium Webdriver using Java, Maven, TestNG, Cucumber for NCB online account opening Tab app. Practised DevOps and performed Exploratory Testing.
    • Participated in the daily scrum and the sprint execution (stand-up), sprint planning, sprint review, sprint retrospective, backlog refinement meetings and different sessions in an agile mode project.
    • Used Jira for agile testing and defect management and GitLab for version control management.
    • Tested web services SAOP and REST API's using SOAP UI Pro web service testing tool.
    • Have implemented the JMeter performance testing Tab account opening and NCB Kiosk apps.
    • Have worked as DevOps engineer and helped in smooth delivery of Mobile app, Loan App etc 
    • Automated NCB Kiosk using Selenium Web Driver with Java, Cucumber, TestNG, Hybrid framework

STW | Bangalore, India
QA Consultant / Trainer                                              12/2014 – 10/2017
    • Done consulting on different domains projects for 5+ vendors through STW.
    • Delivered 30+ major and minor project releases for the STW different vendor projects.
    • Handled training on Java Development and Selenium web driver with Python for 500+ manual testers and freshers and improved the testing quality by 30%.
    • Reduced time spent on E-commerce site testing effort by 80% with the implementation of QA automation scripts.
    • Supported client product teams on implementing best testing practices and finance domain knowledge transfer.
    • Planned and executed manual tests across multiple technologies and devices (web, desktop, windows and mobile devices) for different maxis plans.
    • Implemented the Page Object Model (POM) framework from scratch with Appium using Java, Maven and TestNG for NCB online banking mobile app. Practised DevOps and performed Exploratory Testing.
    • Prepared different types of QA automation frameworks like POM, keyword driven and Behaviour-Driven Development Cucumber(BDD) with Selenium Webdriver, Java, TestNG, Maven, Cucumber and Apache POI API for excel handling, cross-browser testing and mobile testing.
    • Tested web services/ XML/ SOAP services using SoapUI Pro tool. Supported user acceptance testing (UAT).
    • Implemented the UFT/QTP automation tool in testing and helped in delivering the project on time.
    • Initiated the process of migrating performance testing tool Load Runner to JMeter and saved the cost by 50%. 

J2Logix |Bangalore, India
Senior QA(Automation)                            06/2014 – 12/2014
    • Have implemented the Agile Methodology on the project from traditional V-model and improved the quality with maximum delivery by 35%.
    • Facilitated 10 automation testers with Selenium web driver – Python training on finance FlexScore project.
    • Earned 'Delivery Excellence Award' from Director-Maxis account for excellent performance in Maxis projects.
    • Performed requirement walk-through, cost and effort estimation, resource planning, test planning and test case review for different projects.
    • Prepared the test strategy, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), daily status report, defect report, test summary report, project closure report and shared with management and stakeholders.
    • Followed up for any outstanding open test risks/ issues and defect management.

Goldman Sachs | Bangalore, India
Senior QA(MDA)                        03/2009 – 07/2014
    • Recruited and trained a group of 10 freshers (Technical Associate) for testing.
    • Designated as a testing subject-matter expert — contributed to the Centre of Excellence (COE) with implement best testing practices, research, support and training.
    • Performed team handling, mentoring, assessments, tracking and developed test summary report.
    • Participated in test cases and test results reviews and document walk-through.
    • Executed test cases, defect management and bug report with HP Quality Center/HP ALM.
    • Trained on automation testing with QTP / UFT freshers on live trader’s applications
    • Performed feasibility analysis, risk analysis and effort estimations.
    • Participated in requirement gathering sessions and prepared test strategy, test plan and various metrics.
    • Performed defect management includes the identification, logging and tracking of issues using a defect tracking system

Telecon Valley| Bangalore, India
Test Engineer                                                             01/2008 – 02/2009
    • Had undergone on Java Development and Software Testing training.
    • Prepared test cases based on the functional requirements document (FRD).
    • Performed acceptance testing, functional testing and graphical user interface (GUI) testing.
    • Executed the test cases, performed defect tracking and reporting in HP Quality Center/HP ALM.
    • Improved and reworked on HP QTP regression test scripts.
    • Performed defect management includes the identification, logging and tracking of issues using a defect tracking system.

Core Competencies

    • An effective self-motivated, multitasking, communicator with good analytical thinking, troubleshooting, logical, planning, creative problem solving, time management and teamwork skills.
    • An effective leader with proven abilities in project management, organizational skills, presentation skills and leading teams during the project phase and enabling knowledge sharing among them.
    • Capability to support & sustain a positive work environment that fosters team performance with strong communication skills, analytical skills and relationship management skills.

Technical Skills

Methodologies: Agile Methodologies, Scrum, SDLC, STLC
Automation Tools: Appium, Appium Studio, Selenium Webdriver, Load Runner, JMeter, Cucumber, Mocha, Chai, QTP, SOAP UI, Postman
DevOps Tools: GitLab, Git, Jenkins, Team City, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes, Nagios, Bamboo, AWS 
Test Management Tools: Jira, HP QC, Bugzilla, SCTM, DTS, Sauce lab Test Object
Languages: Java, Python (Programming Language), VBScript, HTML, CSS, Node JS, C#, Ruby, Typescript
Version control & others: Git, VSS, CVS, SVN, Unix, Bash, TOAD, Eclipse, IntelliJ, Android Studio, TestNG, JUnit, Maven, ANT, AutoIT, Sikuli, Jenkins, Bitrise, Instabug, Bugsnag, Kibana, SQL, MySQL
Concepts/ Documents: Proof of Concept (POC), SOWs, Software Requirement Specification (SRS), URS, BRD, Test Strategy, Test Plan, Traceability Metrics, Test Cases, Reports, Review Documents, User Stories

Certifications:

Holding Valid VISAS
USA Visa – B1/B2, UK C-Visit

ISEB and ISTQB Foundation Level Certified Tester
British Computer Society (BCS), UK

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) 
Scrum Alliance, USA

Education

Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering 
Government Polytechnic College Raichur, India

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering 
Manav Bharti University, India