Quality Assurance Tester
Resume:
MALLIKARJUNA VALLUR
*************@*****.***
Extensive 25 years of work experience in the design, development, analysis and Testing/Quality assurance/ Business Analysis of Mainframes, web and client/server-based applications. Proficient in testing applications manually and using automated test tools Selenium RC, Selenium Web Driver, TFS, Lotus Notes, IBM Rational Robot, HP-ALM12.x, HP-Quality Center10.x, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Test Director, and HP-QTP9.x. Possesses excellent technical knowledge and strong interpersonal communication skills.
•As a Lead providing extensive support in Designing Business Requirements, designed Use Cases and Use Case Diagrams using VISIO, Test Matrices, Test Designing, Test
Development, Test Enhancement and Test Execution of applications using WinRunner, HPALM v12.x, TFS, Selenium RC, Selenium Web Driver, Katalon Studio, HP-Quality Center v10.0, Test Director and Lotus Notes.
•Experienced in every phase of Quality Assurance Life Cycle (QALC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
•Having experience in Agile, V-Model and Waterfall SDLC process.
•Hands on experience on technologies such as AS/400, CL/400, IBM Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, PL/1, File-Aid, DB2 WORK BENCH, SPUFI, POS, MS-Project, Lotus Notes, SharePoint, STE and Crystal Reports skills.
•Proficient in obtaining project requirements from user and manager, formulating the requirements into design specs, preparing system specifications, assigning tasks to team members, and tracking project progress.
•Good experience in project planning, scheduling, estimation, resource and work allocation, risk identification and mitigation plan, product delivery and communication.
•Excellent Client Management experienced in building effective winning/successful relationships with both customers and development/testing/support teams.
•Working closely with support teams and deployment of the applications and providing necessary handover to support teams during pre-postproduction
Education: - Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications.
Technical Skills:
Testing Tools
HP Quality Center/HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM 11), Azure DevOps, Rally, JMeter, JIRA, SOAP UI, TestNG, Cucumber,Selenium WebDriver, Postman, Katalon
Defect Management Tools
JIRA, Azure DevOps, Rally, TFS, Redmine, RMTracker
Methodologies
Agile, Waterfall, V-Model
Databases
SQL Developer, Oracle, TOAD
Operating Systems
Windows7, Windows10, Mac OS, Android, iOS
Web Technologies
HTML, XML, Core Java, Web Server, Python
Office Tool
MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Project, MS Access, SharePoint, AWS
Reporting Tools
Informatica7.x and Cognos Reporting Tool
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
AT&T, Plano, Texas May 2022-Till date
Test Lead/Architect
Digital Sales Test- Wireless provides services to New User by to Buy devices- Mobile/Tablet/Wearables & Plans & Accessories from att.com sales site & thereby becoming an ATT subscriber. The application has also various features like- add a line to an existing customer, opting Buy One Get One/Special Offers, Company specific accounts, Click2Store/Same Day Delivery Shipping, Different Payment methods etc.
Testing Team needs to test all the new functionality implemented as per business requirement in all supported browsers & mobile/tablet devices & deliver a bug free application by E2E testing at various stages of test- QA/Stage/PVT. Testing team also does regression test to confirm no existing features break due to the new changes.
Responsibilities
Worked with CPOP & Catalog team to test various offers/data in AT&T Wireless scope.
Execute automation script using Katalon for E2E testing in AT&T Wireless scope and UAT.
System Integration & PVT Validation using Automation scripts.
Interacting with Business Analyst/Product Owner and design teams to understand the test scope and requirements of testing.
Working as a POC in Enterprice level.
Responsible for on time and quality delivery of the release scope. Dealing in test management and test planning.
Designed the test requirements and test uses using Azure DevOps.
Executed the scripts using Azure DevOps.
Design and Review of Automated scripts & run-in various stages of testing- QA Test/Stage/ Regression Test by using Katalon Studio in Script mode.
Used the Data Driven test to run various scenarios using different login credentials like existing Business account, Navy, Army, Defence, Hospital, regular customer etc
Tested the required APIs using the tool Postman and validated.
Interacting with client in various daily status calls, defects & issue calls. Liaising between onshore and offshore team members.
Testing carried out with different Mobile/Tablet devices.
Involved in UAT also.
Sending of Daily Status Report to the Stake Holder by Fetching the test execution counts from TDP.
Environment: Java,,Net framework,C#,Web Services, iTrack, SharePoint, Katalon, Postman,Python, Azure DevOps, TLG, Zypyre
Wabtec Railway Corporation, Fort Worth, TX Jun’17- May’22
QA Lead/Architect
Worked as a Test Lead in the area of Positive Train Control (PTC),CAD (Computer Aid Dispatch), BOS and TMC and non-PTC is a system TMDS designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, derailments caused by excessive speeds, unauthorized train movements in work zones, and the movement of trains through switches left in the wrong position. PTC networks enable realtime information sharing between trains, rail wayside devices, and “back office” applications, regarding train movement, speed restrictions, train position and speed, and the state of signal and switch devices. I am working on multiple Rail Roads like Canadian Railways, Belt Railway Corp, Metra Rail Roads, Alaska Railways, NICTD,TRE,TexRail and NMRL etc.
•Understand the requirements and formulate the test specifications including test plan and test scenarios based on requirements
•Followed SAFe Agile and CI/CD process for all the projects.
•Worked as a POC in Enterprise level for some of the products.
•Wrote Test Requirements, test cases and execution using Azure DevOps.
•Prepare business process flows using QA Test that captures screen shots while performing transactions on the application and generates the document that is provided to assist business to perform UAT testing
•Analyze stories and attend grooming sessions to understand the functional requirements and validations for functional based on the acceptance criteria
•Worked with Scrum Team and daily stand up to discuss about all possible tasks and technical issues with Business System Analyst and Developer.
•As a member of the Scrum Team participated in daily standup meetings, project status meetings as well retrospective meetings and iteration reviews.
•Rail worker wayside safety Tests
•Attended the meetings with the Clients at the time of demo.
•Involved in User Acceptance Testing.
Environment:VB.net,ASP.net,C#, SQL Server 2018, RMTrack, Redmine, QAC, VSTS, Ranorex, Python, Azure DevOps, Java and SVN
Bank Of America, Dallas, TX Oct’15- Feb’17
Sr. QA Analyst
Worked as a Sr. QA Analyst for LMAI Remediation project. Worked on AS/400 Mortgage Security & Logging project also. The LMAI Remediation project is Agile Train application. We followed 2 weeks iteration.
•Analyzed the requirements for UW Roster and Jrules.
•Designed the test cases in Rally and necessary positive and negative scenario xmls for each Jrule which are converted from SQL Query based on the business requirements.
•The Jrules are pushed to ILog Rule Team Server and now ODM.
•Executed the respective Jrule xmls using SOAP UI automation tool and making sure that rules fired successfully for positive scenarios and for negative scenarios rules are not fired.
•Captured the screenshots for each rule.
•Gave demo to the business and got approval.
•Ran the batch process after .Net framework is developed.
•Designed the test cases for UW Roster which is developed using PEGA.
•Executed the test cases reported the defects in Rally and communicated to the developer.
•Once the defects are fixed, retested them and gave demo to the business.
•Designed the test cases using HP-ALM SIT, and end to end testing and also involved in UAT testing also.
•Executed the test cases and informed to the respective train leader.
•Identified the AIT for each release and coordinated with the team to identify the programs for each release.
•Involved in SIT testing also and logged the defects identified in HP-ALM.
•Coordinated with the developers to complete the project in stipulated time.
•Submitting weekly status reports and communicating to the project Manager.
•Giving demo to the Business Users.
Environment: VB.net, Jrules, ODM, RTS, SQL Server2015, PEGA; CL/400, DB2/400, ILERPG, OS/400(IBM AS/400), TEB, DMart, Rally, SOAP UI and HP-ALM12.x, Confluence
McKesson, The Woodlands city, TX Jul’14-Sep’15
Sr.BI Software QA
•Attended daily stand up Scrum meeting and gave updates to the team.
•Attended meeting with the business team to understand the requirements.
•Designed the Test Requirements as per the approved business requirements.
•Designed the test cases for ETL in HP-ALM as per the approved business requirements.
•Here we are getting Source file (Flat file) from the client and stored in SFTP server.
•Ran the file using Informatica 9.5.1 Workflow and monitored the successful execution in Informatica Monitor.
•After complete execution validated the data in Oracle 11g database by executing necessary SQL queries.
•Make sure MD5 unique keys are displayed.
•As per the approved requirements changed the data in Source file (Flat file) and stored it in SFTP server.
•Ran the file using Informatica 9.5.1 Workflow and make sure different MD5 keys are generated in Database.
•And again, ran the original Source file (Flat file) and make sure same MD5 keys are generated as per the initial ran.
•As per the business requirements validated the Presentation Layer also (Views).
•Validated the data in Business Object reports as per the requirements.
•Sign Off the project after approval from the team.
Environment: - HP-ALM11.x, JIRA, Confluence, Informatica 9.5.1, Business Objects Reporting Tool, Oracle 11g.
Ambit Energy, Dallas, TX May’13-June’14
Sr. Software QA
Responsibilities: -
•Attended the business requirements gathering and understand the business flow.
• Designed the test cases using TFS (Team Foundation Server) as per the approved business requirements.
•Designed the test cases for PowerZone dashboard which is having multiple widgets like My Dashboard, My Business, Business Tools, Events, Business Presentations and Success Showcase.
•Used iPad, iPhone and Android mobile apps to test the above applications as per the approved requirements.
•Designed necessary SQL using MS SQL Server 2012 for the necessary test cases.
•Made necessary updates on PZ of the necessary consultant and make sure that correct notes are generated on CSystem.
•Tested the applications in each 2 weeks sprint and entered the defects in TFS (Team Foundation Server) and assigned to necessary developers.
•Desinged the automation scripts using Selenium Webdriver to run the regression scripts.
•Tested the application using different browsers IE8,9, 10, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari.
•Using Safari browser tested this application in iPad, Android and iPhone.
Environment: - VB.Net, C#, ASP.net, HTML, Web forms, Restful APIs, MS SQL Server2012, Java Script, TFS (Team Foundation Server), Microsoft Test Manager, Selenium Webdriver, Cucumber
MedAssets Inc., Plano, TX Jun’12-Apr’2013
Sr. Software QA
Responsibilities: -
•Interacted with Business Leads, SME’s and business analytics while designing the test requirements.
•Designed test requirements, test cases and necessary SQL queries.
•RCA is having multiple drill downs for each Dashboards (Access, Billing, Account Receivable, Financial and Denials) and designed SQL queries for each drill down.
•Designed test cases for both UI and backend testing.
•Ran the batch process using the copy of production file.
•These projects used by Hospitals with Teradata database.
•Here we are using Agile Methodology to test the applications.
•Population Health application is consisting of Readmissions, Care Management, Transition Planning and Care Management Mobile.
•Coordinating with the development team in explaining the defects in detail.
•This application is developed in Agile methodology of 4 weeks iteration, tested the application and tested the defects which are fixed in that release.
•Tested Population Health project using different browsers like IE9,10, Firefox and Safari.
•Used iPad, iPhone and Android apps to test to the above mentioned project.
Environment: - Java, J2EE, Cold Fusion, MS SQL Server 2008, MS SharePoint, Rally.
JC Penney, Plano, TX Jun’11-May’12
Sr. QA Analyst
Responsibilities: -
•Discussed with the business leads & business analyst while designing high level business requirements.
•Attended the meetings while designing low level requirements.
•Designed Master Test Plan as per the approved business requirements and presented to the respective teams for approval.
•Designed Test Requirements in HP-Quality Center v10.0 as per the approved business requirements.
•Designed UAT Test Cases as per the approved Test Requirements for both System Test for all the modules & End-End Testing.
•Executed the test cases when the application is released for testing.
•Entered the defects in HP-Quality Center, assigned to the respective team member to fix and used Microsoft SharePoint to store Master Test Plan, Business Requirements and respective wireframes.
•Coordinated in everyday meeting with the offshore team regarding the System & End to End testing.
•Coordinated the defect triage meeting the team and communicated the defect report generated in HP-QC to the business.
•Explained the defects to the developers if they need clarification.
•Coordinated with test leads of all modules which involved in this project.
•This project is tested using different browsers IE8,9 &10, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
•Used iPad, iPhone and Android to test the completed UI functionality.
Environment: - Java, J2EE, POS (Point Of Sale) Oracle10g, Endeca, Mainframe, Microsoft SharePoint, HP-Quality Center v10.0, SAS
State Farm Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL, USA Jan’10-May’11
QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
As a QA Analyst for Testing, responsible for:
Distribution of the tasks to the team on priority base.
Participate in customer meeting on different requirement baseline.
Worked with Business Users and UAT team during various phases of the project
Interacted with the Business Users for clarifications and requirements.
Regression test suite preparation for regression testing of the application. Developed
the product using the Software Development Life Cycle methodology.
Here we used both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Involving every Scrum meetings for the various projects.
Responsible for develop Test Estimations, Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases and
involvement in peer reviews of documents.
Responsible for testing the application developed using JAVA, J2EE, COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, PL/I, VSAM, GENEVA/SAFR.
Logged the bugs; preparing the bug cards and tracking the bugs in the application.
Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to
ensure team meets quality goals.
Responsible for Knowledge Transfer to the team.
Finding the Root Cause Analysis based on the defects logged during testing the
applications and providing Permanent Solutions.
Coordinating with the Implementation team and Release team before pushing the project to Production.
Supported the Service team. Helping this team if any defects are there in Production.
Pre & Post implementation testing support for new/enhancements of the software products.
Environment: JAVA, J2EE, JRF,COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, Assembler, PL/I, VSAM, ENEVA/SAFR, File-Aid, Platinum, SPUFI, Control-M, Control-D, STE, SAS, Z/OS, Clear Quest, SharePoint and Lotus Notes.
Merck, West Point, PA Oct’07 – Dec’09 QA Analyst
Merrill Lynch, New Hopewell, NJ Mar’07 – Sep’07 QA Analyst
JP Morgan Chase Systems & Services Technology, St. Joseph, MO Mar’06- Feb’07 QA Analyst
Home Depo, Austin, TX Nov’04-Feb’06
Merck, West Point, PA Mar’03-Sep’05
Sony Technologies, San Diego, CA Aug’99-Feb’03
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