Ayaan Shaikh
Sugar Land,TX
Summary
·Senior IT testing professional with extensive experience for more than 25 years in manual and automated software testing and Managing and Leading QA/Test teams effectively.
· Expertise in writing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Reports and Defect Metrics
· Strong Agricultural, Health Care, Medical, Insurance (P&C and Life), Banking and Finance, Law, Online Sales, Manufacturing domain Knowledge.
· Effective use of Black Box testing techniques like Boundary Value Analysis, Equivalence Partitioning, Decision Tables
· Expertise in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Benchmark Testing, Configuration Testing, Contention Testing, Security Testing and User Acceptance Testing
· Expertise in automated tools like Selenium, Playwright, Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager, Rational Administrator
· Exposure to automated testing tools like WinRunner, LoadRunner, Rational Quantify, Rational Purify, Rational Pure Coverage, GTest, Hercules, JUnit, Test Complete
· Expertise in defect management tools like Test Director, Rational Clear Quest, I-Track, Bugzilla, PVCS Tracker, Jira, Lotus defect tracker, TFS, Polarion
· Expertise in using SCRUMtools like TFS, Rational Team Concert, Jira, Polarion, Rally
· Work experience in configuration management/version control system tool PVCS, AccuRev, GIT, CVS
· Extensive experience in QA Testing Web Applications, Data Warehousing Testing, Database Testing, Client Server Applications, Mobile Applications, Mainframe Applications and AS400 Applications
· Experience in diverse environments including Windows NT/2000/XP, Windows 95/98, OS/400, Unix
· Testing experience in Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica, SAP, .NET
· Exposure to UNIX environment
· Strong knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle, Software Testing Life Cycle, Defect Life Cycle, Spiral Model, V Model, Rational Unified Process, SEI CMM Levels, Agile
· Strong knowledge in programming concepts/processes and proficiency in C, C++, HMTL, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, Gherkin, Assembly Language Programming
· Good Collaborator, adaptive learner, proactive, collaborative and self-starter, excellent oral and written skills
Initiative-taking, ability to work independently, organized and results oriented with excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with capability of adapting to new and fast changing technologies.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Lead and Manager
Land O'Lakes
02.2020 - Current
- ·Design test automation strategies for Web UI, API, and mobile automation.
- · Deploying QE teams in different capability and product teams at Land O’Lakes to provide efficient and effective testing solutions.
- · Creating forecasts for project costs and resource estimates for all the projects under Atlas portfolio.
- · Working closely with project managers, scrum master to escalate and resolve issues.
- · Creating portfolio dashboards to share with executive leadership.
- · Working with onsite and offshore QA resources for timely QA deliverables and maintaining high quality.
- · Actively participate in all the project meetings to provide feedback from QA perspective.
- · Coordinate QA efforts on manual and automation.
- · Working with development teams, architects, and project managers to ensure timely QE deliverables.
- · Generating metrics on project quality status, QE Effectiveness, Test Automation Completion, Defect Aging, Defect Status Summary, Test Environment Up Time, Test Automation Execution.
- Working on automation POCs and providing effective testing services at Land O’Lakes
Consultant/QA Technical Manager
TCF Bank
06.2018 - 02.2020
- ·Created test framework using Selenium, WebDriver, and Java for one module and developed a framework using Protractor, Jasmine, TypeScript for the other module.
- · Part of NOA agile team which creates web features to manage accounts, investments and assets, plan and coordinate scrum automation testing activities, attending stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospective meetings.
- · Running automated tests in TestRail on Browser Stack as part of CI/CD pipeline and analyzing regression test failures.
- · Integrated automated tests with Jenkins.
- · Created smoke tests and scheduled to run every morning for sanity check.
- · Actively participating in scrum planning and retrospective meetings.
- Used tool VersionOne for managing sprint QA tasks
Sr QA Consultant
Thomson Reuters Corporation
01.2017 - 06.2018
- · Designing and developing test scripts in Selenium and Java for Actionable Intelligence.
- · Collaborating closely with developers to get the stories tested for quality and helping in closing the stories in time.
- · Running automated tests written in Selenium and Java and analyzing regression test failures daily and submitting bugs in Jira when there are application failures. Fixing the regressions tests if these failures are because of the changes in the application resulting from stories being worked on in the current iteration.
- · Proposing and implementing QA Testing Process and Best Practices for Actionable Intelligence Project.
- · Make sure the acceptance criteriaare thoroughly tested in the current iteration.
- · Attending daily scrummeetings and bi-weekly planning meetings as part of agile process.
- · Using defect-tracking Jira to ensure compliance with the defect-reporting process.
- · Coordinating defect fixes with developers, retesting and closure.
- · Developing and maintaining automated tests for mobile devices for projects.
- Working as a mentor for QA team members in testing processes and procedures
Sr QA Consultant
Best Buy
11.2014 - 01.2017
- ·Developing automated test framework in Selenium and Java.
- · Working with developers and business analysts to get the sprint stories in time.
- · Writing and executing automated tests written in Selenium and Java.
- · Strictly followed Agile Scrum methodology to deliver search product releases in time.
- · Testing stories as per the acceptance criteria from the stories.
- · Used Jira as defect-tracking tool and coordinated with development team on the defects till they are fixed, retested and closed.
- · Worked as a point of contact for several critical features.
- · Worked as a mentor for QA team members in testing processes and procedures.
- · Maintained test scripts in version control system GIT.
- Running JMeter performance tests to measure performance of different releases to the Search Product
Sr QA Consultant
Thomson Reuters
08.2011 - 11.2014
- · Designed and developed test scripts in Selenium and C# for Firm Central and Concourse.
- · Working closely with developers to get the stories tested for quality and helping in closing the stories in time.
- · Running automated tests written in Selenium and C# and analyzing regression test failures on daily basis and submitting bugs in TFS when there are application failures. Fixing the regressions tests if these failures are because of the changes in the application resulting from stories being worked on in the current iteration.
- · Following QA Testing Process and Best Practices for Firm Central and Concourse Projects.
- · Make sure the acceptance criteria is thoroughly tested in the current iteration.
- · Facilitated and Attended daily scrum meetings and bi-weekly planning meetings as part of agile process.
- · Used defect-tracking tools like TFS to ensure compliance with the defect-reporting process.
- · Coordinated defect fixes with developers, retesting and closure.
- · Developed and maintained automated tests for mobile devices for projects Firm Central which is called Small Form Factor.
- · Coded several thousands of lines of code to test complex features like permissions, calendar, notifications, contacts, documents, copy/move.
- · Worked as a point of contact for several critical features.
- · Worked closely with different ADC teams (ADC0, ADC1, ADC2, ADC3 and ADCV) on daily basis.
- Worked as a mentor for QA team members in testing processes and procedures.
Test Lead
3M
04.2011 - 08.2011
- ·Designed and developed test plan and test strategy for GPIM project
- · Coordinating testing activities like creating, executing test cases using Rational Test Manager and Rational Quality Manager, reporting defects using Rational Clear Quest.
- · Prepared and reviewed formal test design, test plan documents for GPIM Project.
- · Created test data using Hybris and Celum.
- · Implemented QA Testing Process and Best Practices for 3M GPIM Project.
- · Participated in the requirement and design walkthroughs meetings with analyst and development team
- · Made sure all the requirements are traced using the traceability matrices and using the Tool Rational Quality Manager.
- · Made sure all the test protocols/test cases are based on the Requirements stored in the tool Rational RequisitePro.
- · Implemented defect life cycle and prepared defect reports using Rational ClearQuest.
- · Create/Execute SQL queries using TOAD for the Data validation & verification.
- · Used defect-tracking tools like Rational ClearQuest to ensure compliance with the defect-reporting process. Coordinated defect fixes with developers
- Worked as a mentor for QA team members in testing processes and procedures
Sr Test Engineer/Test Lead
Boston Scientific
03.2006 - 04.2011
- ·Designed automated test strategy for Web Application Server of Latitude project
- · Automated several manual tests to automated tests using the ATS (Automated Test Suite) developed in house using Python, Selenium, Hyperion, JUnit.
- · Executed and analyzed automated test results using Hyperion for WAS Release 6.0, 7.0, Dragon of Latitude
- · Prepared and reviewed formal test design, test plan documents forWAS Releases 6.0, 7.0, Dragon of Latitude
- · Created test data using in-house developed tool EOS.
- · Strictly followed and implemented Boston Scientifics QA Testing Process and Best Practices.
- · Helped other team memberswhen assistance is needed.
- · Participated in the requirement and design walkthroughs meetings with Systems team
- · Created manual test protocols for Release 6.0 of Latitude using Hercules
- · Made sure all the requirements are traced using the traceability matrices and using the Tool TMS (Traceability Management System).
- · Made sure all the test protocols/test cases are based on the Requirements stored in the tool SAM (System Asset Management).
- · Implemented defect life cycle and prepared defect reports using Jira
- · Create/Execute SQL queries using TOAD for the Data validation & verification.
- · Used defect-tracking tools like Jira to ensure compliance with the defect-reporting process. Coordinated defect fixes with developers
- · Worked as a mentor for the new QA team members in testing processes and procedures.
Test Lead
Target Corporation
03.2006 - 09.2006
- ·Prepared Test plans, Test Strategies and Test Scenarios based on the Requirement documents and Technical Design Document
- · Managed test ware using Mercury Test Director
- · Coordinated testing activity for Positive & Negative testing, Data Validation and GUI Testing.
- · Chaired Weekly Status meetings in order to discuss issues/incidents as well as discuss the testing operation
- · Cross verification of the test cases to the Design Document to verify that all requirements are being tested
- · Facilitating sign-off for the test plans, test scenarios by the Target Technical Leads, Business Analysts and Users.
- · Understanding the functionality of the system, transferring knowledge to the offshore team
- · Review of test scenarios and providing feedback to the Onsite Test Team
- · Tracking and monitoring test execution progress on daily basis
- · Managed defects using Test Director
- · Coordination performance testing using LoadRunner
- · Used SQL queries to test table contents in Oracle, for extraction of data in order to complete data driven tests
- · Coordinated User Acceptance Testing
- · Sending updates to management on testing progress, issues and concerns
Test Lead / Onsite Test Coordinator
Cap Gemini
03.2004 - 02.2006
- ·Prepared Test Strategy documents, system and integration test specifications & test scenarios, test bed etc. test ware based on the Requirement documents and Technical Design Documents.
- · Review of test scenarios and providing feedback to the team
- · Tracking and monitoring the test execution progress on a daily basis.
- · Cross verification of the test cases to the Design and Requirement Documents to verify that all requirements are being tested
- · Chaired Weekly Status meetings in order to discuss issues/incidents as well as discuss the testing operations.
- · Testing of manual payments and EFT/ACH payments of down payment.
- · Managed testing activities using Test Manager. Performed functional and regression test using Rational Robot and Rational Test Manager.
- · Managed defects using Test Director.
- · Used SQL queries to test table contents in OS/400, for extraction of data in order to complete data driven tests
- · Writing queries to enquire about the database for cross verification with the values displayed on the application.
- · Coordinated Integration and System Testingactivities.
- Sending updates to management on testing progress, issues and concerns
Test Engineer
Tata Infotech
01.2000 - 02.2004
- ·Prepared Test Cases as per System Requirement Specification (SRS).
- · Used Robot and Test Manager for Regression testing and volume testing.
- · Re-running all the Robot Scripts for Regression Testing.
- · Involved in Planning and scheduling the activities
- · Prepared test plans, test scenarios for system and integrations testing phases.
- · Review of test scenarios and providing feedback to the team
- · Tracked and monitor the test execution progress on daily basis.
- · Managed defects using i-Track, a web enabled defect tracking system.
- · Used SQL queries to test table contents in Oracle 9i, for extraction of data to complete data driven tests
- Coordinated Integration and System Testingactivities
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Sri Venkatewara University
Tirupati, India01-2000
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Sri Venkatewara University
Tirupati, India03-1997
Skills
Functional Testing tools
Selenium, Playwright, Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager, Rational Administrator, Silk Test, WinRunner, Quick Test Pro, IBM Functional Tester, JUnit, Hercules, GTest, SpringSource Tool Suite, Jenkins, Browser Stack, Sauce Labs, Gherkin, Protractor, Jasmine
Performance Testing Tools
Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager, Rational Administrator, LoadRunner, Rational Quantify, Rational Purify, Rational Pure Coverage, Apache JMeter
Defect Tracking tools
Rational Clear Quest, Jira, Test Director, Lotus Defect Tracker, I-Track, PVCS Tracker, Bugzilla, TFS, Polarion, VersionOne, Rally
Test Management Tools
Rational Quality Manager, Rational Test Manager, Test Director, TMS(Traceability Management System), TestRail
SCRUM Management tools
- Experience with Agile project tracking
Requirement Gathering tools
Rational RequisitePro, SAM (System Asset Management)
- Experienced with version control tools
PVCS Version Manager, AccuRev, GIT, Visual SourceSafe, CVS
Operating Systems
- Windows-95/98/NT/2000/XP, Unix, OS/400, DOS
Languages
- C, C, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, Assembly Language Programming, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, Python, C#, TypeScript, Gherkin
Databases
- Oracle 7x/8x/9i/10g, DB2/400, SQL Server 2000
Internet/Web
- C#, ASP, ASPNET, JavaScript, VB Script, TypeScript
Terminal Emulators
- WRQ Reflection, ERICOM Power Term
Data Warehousing/Reporting Tools
- Informatica, Business Objects, Cognos
- Leadership and team management
- Experience in coordinating testing teams onsite and offshore, managing risks/issues
- Vast experience in preparing realistic software test schedules, strategic/tactical planning, business analysis and development, budgeting/forecasting for QA/Testing projects
Processes
- Lean Agile, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Testing Life Cycle, Defect Life Cycle, Spiral Model, V Model, Rational Unified Process, SEI CMM Levels, Testing Methodologies, Black Box Testing Techniques, White Box Testing Techniques
- Testing management
- Automated test development
- Bug tracking
- Agile methodology
- Functional testing
- Test planning
- Black box testing
- Regression testing
Timeline
Test Lead and Manager
Land O'Lakes
02.2020 - Current
Consultant/QA Technical Manager
TCF Bank
06.2018 - 02.2020
Sr QA Consultant
Thomson Reuters Corporation
01.2017 - 06.2018
Sr QA Consultant
Best Buy
11.2014 - 01.2017
Sr QA Consultant
Thomson Reuters
08.2011 - 11.2014
Test Lead
3M
04.2011 - 08.2011
Sr Test Engineer/Test Lead
Boston Scientific
03.2006 - 04.2011
Test Lead
Target Corporation
03.2006 - 09.2006
Test Lead / Onsite Test Coordinator
Cap Gemini
03.2004 - 02.2006
Test Engineer
Tata Infotech
01.2000 - 02.2004
Master of Science - Computer Science
Sri Venkatewara University
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Sri Venkatewara University
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