Akshay Patel
Avenel,NJ
Summary
Highly skilled and experienced Senior QA Engineer with around 9 years of expertise in software testing across various domains including BFSI (Wholesale Banking), Insurance, Healthcare, Document Management Systems, Record Management, Workflow Design, Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Expense Management, Warehouse Management System (WMS) supply chain, Stores & Purchases, and Oracle Retail Applications. Proven track record in both manual and automated testing methodologies for web-based (SaaS/cloud), mobile applications, and embedded systems.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Automation Tester
Ascension Health
CA, USA
10.2023 - Current
- Prepare Automation Test Strategy and estimates
- Raise RISKS/impediments impacting testing activities during daily scrum meeting
- Prepare and share daily testing status, testing summary, detailed, weekly status reports
- Design and execute functional test cases in ALM
- Design and execute data migration test cases in ALM
- Analyzing and conversion of manual test cases to automation suite
- Implemented design patterns like Page Object, Data Driven, UI Mapping in Hybrid automation framework with Java, Selenium Web driver, Maven, GIT Repository, and Jenkins, Apache POI
- Wrote Java code embedded with JSON and XML to produce HTTP GET request, parsing HTML data from websites
- Used JMeter to simulate java request load on a backend Application
- Wrote highly efficient and maintainable reusable Java code to develop Page Objects using the Selenium and BDD Framework
- Customized and extended Tosca scripts to address specific e-commerce functionalities
- Developed automation Framework for REST API Testing using Restful API, and Postman
- Integrated SonarQube for static code analysis into Jenkins for automatic testing and quality checks, ensuring code quality and adherence to best practices
- Defect management and Reporting using Jira
- Attended daily and weekly meeting reports to client based on status of execution/defects
- Worked effectively with Developers, AGILE Team, and Project Management to achieve Selenium automation, high quality, release deadlines and QA processes improvements.
QA
Bank of America
11.2022 - 09.2023
- Prepare Automation Test Strategy and estimates
- Automate testing scenarios in TOSCA
- Participated in Framework development, automating the regression pack
- Responsible to automate Web, SAP, and API applications
- Worked on SAP S4 HANA Applications
- Developed Automation scripts using TBox and SAP engine
- Developed Test cases, Modules, Requirements, Test Executions, Test reports, failure analysis and issues using TOSCA
- Created automated test cases for the API (Web Services) testing using Tosca API Testing
- Performed Cross browser testing and Data driven test execution using Tosca
- Experience in Database/Backend testing using SQL Queries for data design, data validation and data integrity testing using DI Testing in Tosca
- Configured CICD pipeline and DEX (Distributed Execution) setup for bulk executions in Tosca
- Experience leveraging DEX environment from Tosca; create the queues, analyzing the issues within DEX environment and developing best practices using DEX in sharable environment
- Effectively troubleshoot questions and issues within the Tricentis Tosca Suite of products
- Worked on qTest as a Test Management tool, for creating and managing manual test cases
- For Project Management and defect tracking used JIRA & qTest
- Raise RISKS/impediments impacting testing activities during daily scrum meeting
- Prepare and share daily testing status, testing summary, detailed, weekly status reports
- Provide sprint /iteration release application demo to Product team
- Review current QA process and provide process improvement
- Prioritize tasks within the project and work with minimal supervision or guidance
- Work in a rapidly changing environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Senior QA Engineer
Radix Analytics
India
10.2020 - 09.2022
- Preparing high level test effort estimation and test plan documents
- Responsible for designing and execution for major and dot releases
- Responsible for end to end test deliverables
- Onboarding resources, resource planning and resource allocation
- Coordinating with all the project stakeholders and cross functional teams
- Identification of project risks and coming up with risk mitigation plans
- Automate testing scenarios in TOSCA for CDD modules
- Effectively troubleshoot questions and issues within the Tricentis Suite of products
- Implementing key TOSCA features in Automation assignment like Requirement Mapping, Test Case Design, Test Case, Test Execution and Modules
- Developed automated test cases for the API (Web Services) testing using Tosca API Testing
- Database/Backend testing using SQL Queries for data design, data validation and data integrity testing using DI Testing in Tosca
- Involved in DB testing, ETL testing and BI testing
- Written test cases for ETL testing by understanding transformation rules and checking the log information for triggered jobs
- Project Management, Defect Management and tracking of defects for all phases of testing using Jira
- Developed the scripts using Selenium Webdriver for the Page object model with Page Factory
- Used Maven build tool for implementing the selenium scripts
- Conducted defect triage and root cause analysis with all the relevant project stakeholders
- Tracked test progress and reviewing results with business partners and stakeholders
- Communicating and coordinating with multiple stakeholders such as Business analysts, Delivery teams, Development partners, Business Users and Process owners
- Own and manage the testing activities of multiple application or releases throughout its software development life cycle covering Functional, Non-Functional & Regression Testing across system and System Integration Test level.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Effigent Technologies
India
08.2018 - 09.2020
- Taking primary responsibility for testing of this product
- Responsible for Team Management, Mentoring, Training, Metrics collection, Tracking & Reporting
- Analyzing & Understand project requirements
- Prepared Test Plan
- Involved in Defect tracking, Defect analysis, Defect management and Release Management, Updating the Build Document for every build, Preparation & Updating of Build Stability Document
- Involved in designing and implementing TestNG with Hybrid Framework
- Identified the test scenarios and followed up and preparation of test scripts using Eclipse, TestNG framework
- Performed and followed up smoke, functional and regression testing of the product using Selenium Webdriver
- Building, testing and deploying changes to software using software containerization (Docker) or Cloud infrastructure (AWS)
- Automated the build process using Jenkins, establishing a streamlined CI/CD pipeline for continuous build and deployment
- Design, execute, verify, and analyze the performance test scenario using WAPT tool
- Generating performance test metrics and communicating results to stakeholders
- Project Management, Defect Management and tracking of defects for all phases of testing using Jira
- Work distribution and monitoring and reviewing
- Involved in Team meetings and client Interactions
- Design, execute, verify, and analyze test cases.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Kiva Infotech
India
06.2016 - 07.2018
- Created automated test scripts to automate functionality and regression testing using Java and Selenium Web driver
- Demonstrated mastery in SQL queries for data creation, validation, and database management
- Worked on Cloud Configuration Management tool to validate the web services endpoints and the request payloads
- Extensively tested and validated systems within the Azure and AWS ecosystems, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance
- Extensively used Selenium locators like XPath, Regular expression XPath, CSS Selectors
- Identified defects, performed root cause analysis and recommend necessary design changes required to complete successful validation
- Reported all defects and documented all software changes using ClearQuest
- Experienced Creating page objects using Java and Selenium libraries
- Validated the issue as per the requirements specifications
- Give the technical analysis by analyzing logs and resolve them
- Scripted formal documentation throughout the project lifecycle and reported in compliance with the design review management and action tracking system
- Performed Regression testing for every new build and documenting test runs/results in HP ALM
- Involved in brainstorming meetings with developers and project managers to understand the scope of each feature, technical aspects and other areas that need to be considered in the Test Plan
- Develop formal documentation throughout the project lifecycle and report in compliance with the design review management and action tracking system
- Participated in daily scrums, bi-weekly sprint planning, retrospective, quarterly release planning and cross-Education functional requirements gathering and testing
- Working with Customer Support team triaging production bugs and investigating the production issues to clarify the root cause of the problem for better presentation of the bug to the team
- Created and Maintained automation test scripts, Messages (JSON data) and other files in GIT
- Participated in test driven development using testing tools Jasmine, Karma
- Monitor websites and interactive digital displays and data feeds for errors and unusual behavior, perform system troubleshooting and QA
- Analyzed business requirements, participated in technical design, development, testing lifecycle
- Worked on Jira for bug tracking and release.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Computer Application
Sardar Patel University
Anand, Gujarat, India08-2016
Skills
- Manual and Automation Testing
- Selenium – Web Driver
- Tricenties TOSCA
- IBM-Rational Functional Tester
- QEngine
- NeoLoad
- WAPT(Performance Test Tool)
- Cross browser testing
- Data driven test execution using Tosca
- Database/Backend testing using SQL Queries
- SAP S4 HANA Applications using TOSCA
- CICD pipeline and DEX setup for bulk executions in Tosca
- TOSCA with AS1, AS2, API certified from Tricenties
- Functional, System, Integration, Regression, Validation, GUI, Compatibility (OS & Browser), Localization testing
- Automation Test Frameworks: TestNG, POM, Cucumber-BDD, Data Driven Framework Using Selenium and RFT
- Performance Test Tools: QEngine, WAPT
- Performance testing scenarios design and execution
- Functional, Load, Smoke, GUI, Integration, and regression testing
- DB testing, ETL testing, and BI testing
- Mobile Testing on Android, iPhone, iPad
- API Testing using REST Assured, Karate API automation, SOAP UI, POSTMAN
- Bug Tracking and Test Management tools: HP QC (ALM), JIRA, qTest, TestRail, Bugzilla, Rational Test Manager, Version One, RT & RTH
- JIRA for Project Management and defect tracking
- Reports generation using ALM
- Maven build tool
- Version Control Tool: GIT
- Software containerization: Docker
- Cloud infrastructure: AWS
- Jenkins for CI/CD pipeline
- SonarQube for static code analysis
- Agile environment and Scrum methodology
- Open source performance tool: JMeter
- Java, JavaScript
- RDBMS: SQL Developer, SQL Server 2000, Oracle12c, TOAD
- RPA Tool: UiPath
- Test Process Models: Agile-Scrum, Safe, V-model, Waterfall
Experience Summary
- Responsible for Team Management, Effort Estimation, Creating & Maintaining Test Schedules/Quality & QA Plans/Test Strategy/Test Plan/Test Cases, Test Automation (Strategy & Framework), Reviewing Functional Specifications, Defect Management (Defect Triage), Mentoring & Training, Metrics Collection.
- Thorough knowledge of Manual and Automation Testing methods and tools like Selenium – Web Driver, Tricentis TOSCA, IBM-Rational Functional Tester, QEngine, NeoLoad, WAPT(Performance Test Tool)
- Framework development, automating the regression pack, developing Test cases, Modules, Requirements, Test Executions, Test reports, failure analysis and issues using TOSCA.
- Expert in Cross browser testing and Data driven test execution using Tosca.
- Experience in Database/Backend testing using SQL Queries for data design, data validation and data integrity testing using DI Testing in Tosca.
- Skilled in creating automated test cases for the Web, SAP, and API applications. Worked on SAP S4 HANA Applications using TOSCA
- Configured CICD pipeline and DEX (Distributed Execution) setup for bulk executions in Tosca.
- Strong knowledge in TOSCA with AS1, AS2, API certified from Tricenties.
- Has been instrumental in carrying out different types of tests viz. Functional, System, Integration, Regression, Validation, GUI, Compatibility (OS & Browser), Localization testing
- Experience in the successful implementation of Automation Test Frameworks such as TestNG, POM, Cucumber-BDD, Data Driven Framework Using Selenium and RFT
- Have hands on experience on preparing and execution of Performance Test Scripts using Performance Test Tools “QEngine” & “WAPT”
- Collaborated with performance engineers to design and execute performance testing scenarios.
- Analyzed and reported on system performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement.
- Conducted Functional, Load, Smoke, GUI, Integration and regression testing.
- Involved in DB testing, ETL testing and BI testing
- Written test cases for ETL testing by understanding transformation rules and checking the log information for triggered job’s.
- Expertise in Mobile Testing on Android, iPhone, iPad and given app releases
- Experience in API Testing using REST Assured, Karate API automation, SOAP UI and POSTMAN tools
- Well versed with Bug Tracking and Test Management tools (HP QC (ALM), JIRA, qTest, TestRail, Bugzilla, Rational Test Manager, Version One, RT & RTH).
- Experienced in working with JIRA for Project Management and defect tracking.
- Generated Reports using ALM at the time of execution and release.
- Expertise in Mobile Testing on Android, iPhone, iPad and given app releases
- Involved in Embedded application testing– Biometric(Fingerprint Authentication)
- Exposure on ServiceNow ticketing tool
- Experience in using Maven build tools to manage framework dependency jar files.
- Excellent experience in Version Control Tool such as GIT
- Good experience with building, testing and deploying changes to software using software containerization(Docker) or Cloud infrastructure(AWS)
- Automated the build process using Jenkins, establishing a streamlined CI/CD pipeline for continuous build and deployment.
- Integrated SonarQube for static code analysis into Jenkins for automated testing and quality checks, ensuring code quality and adherence to best practices.
- Worked in highly dynamic AGILE environment and participated in Scrum and Sprint Meeting
- Familiarity with testing in a rapid development environment using Agile Methods and Scrum
- Adept in carrying out peer reviews, design reviews as per the standards and specifications; strong knowledge about the various stages of testing phases, test automation principles. Comprehensive experience in leading teams & multiple projects.
- Exposure to open source performance tool like JMeter
Timeline
Senior Automation Tester
Ascension Health
10.2023 - Current
QA
Bank of America
11.2022 - 09.2023
Senior QA Engineer
Radix Analytics
10.2020 - 09.2022
Quality Assurance Engineer
Effigent Technologies
08.2018 - 09.2020
Quality Assurance Engineer
Kiva Infotech
06.2016 - 07.2018
Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Computer Application
Sardar Patel University