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Ramya Katta

Summary

  • Dynamic professional career with 9+ years of experience in software manual and Automation testing for web and mobile applications .
  • Strong knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) as well as software testing life cycle (STLC).
  • Extensive experience in integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing, performance testing, load testing, database testing and API testing in different stages of software development life cycle.
  • Strong experience in using test automations tools like selenium , TestNG, QTP, Appium, UI Automator viewer, Appium Inspector, Xcode, XCTest to develop automation test scripts for web and mobile applications.
  • Well versed with functional testing, sanity testing, smoke testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, usability testing, compatibility testing, memory leak and interruption testing.
  • Worked on cross browser testing, browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome and safari using selenium, Browser stack.
  • Good Experience using SoapUI, Postman, Load Runner, JMeter, and testing both XML and JSON formats along with security checks.
  • Expertise in setting real devices and performing Android Emulators & iOS Simulators for mobile automation testing using Appium for native, hybrid and web Based mobile (iOS & Android) applications.
  • Proficient in writing SQL queries and validating database results along with UI.
  • Good experience in testing webservices, validating WSDL , request and response Xml .
  • Worked in multiple domains like Banking, Finance, Automotive and tourism Domains.
  • Adept at identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs, and collaborating with development teams to ensure the highest quality of web and mobile applications.
  • Good analytical and communication skills and ability to work in quality conscious and multitasking environment.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Test Specialist

Ford
05.2021 - Current
  • Coordinated with product team to understand user requirements and translate them into actionable test cases for system validation purposes.
  • Performed manual and automated testing to ensure the quality and performance of web and mobile applications.
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on web, Android and iOS mobile devices.
  • Designed and executed test cases for mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms.
  • Identified, reported, and tracked bugs using JIRA, ensuring timely resolution
  • Conduct regression testing and ensure that newly implemented features do not affect existing functionalities.
  • Used iPad and iPhone, Emulator, Simulator to perform mobile testing.
  • Utilized Xcode and TestFlight for testing and deployment of iOS applications on real devices.
  • Developed Automation scripts for mobile applications using Appium.
  • Hands on experiencein setting up the environment with Entry criteria for testing and using tools like Android studio, ADB, Ui Automator for android,XCUI test, X code, Appium inspector for iOS on Real devices and emulators, simulators.
  • Performed concurrent executions on emulators and simulators over Browser stack and using real devices over Test Object.
  • Conducted compatibility testing across different iOS devices and versions.
  • Developed Automation scripts for Web apps using Selenium WebDriver, Python, TestNG, Selenium Grid.
  • Integrated Automation scripts in continuous Integration tools (Jenkins) for nightly batch run of the Script.
  • Performed API Testing through post man and developed scripts for JMeter to perform various load scenarios.
  • Performed back-end testing by writing and executing SQL queries to validate that data is being populated in appropriate tables and manually verify the correctness of the data with front-end values.
  • Worked with Defect tracking tools like JIRA, Rally for each sprint to connect new test cases with user stories, test execution, reports and logs.
  • Managed cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software products to clients.

Senior SDET Engineer

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd
01.2018 - 03.2021
  • Collaborated closely with developers in agile environments to to determine the best requirement specifications and ensure timely identification, resolution of bugs throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Create automated tests for continuous regression testing using Selenium,TestNG and Maven.
  • Use Selenium core to quickly record and play back the tests in the actual environment that they will run the web browser.
  • Involved in end-to-end testing of the Mobile native applications.
  • Performed Integration with the Sauce labs for test execution on the Cloud
  • Performed functional, laboratory, performance, memory leakage, usability, installation and positive & negative ad-hoc testing, interruption on iOS and android platform (iPhone,iPad, Android devices, tablet).
  • Performed compatibility testing on mobile application. (for iPad & Android operation system and universal iOS).
  • Implement test automation scripts for mobile testing using Appium for Android and iOS applications.
  • Tested the application under different networks and Internet speeds including while on 4G,LTE, and Wi-Fi.
  • Used command line prompt in ADB for android devices to get logs and analyzed it.
  • Performed functional, smoke, regression, integration, system, ad-hoc testing on various models of iPhone and android devices pointing to DEV, UAT and PROD environments.
  • Performed server testing.
  • Analyze test data and conducted database or data driven testing under certain business rules for data population in DB.
  • Managed offshore QA resources effectively in order to ensure seamless workflow integration within the team.

Software Engineer in Test

Garden City Group, LLC
01.2017 - 12.2017
  • Contributed to agile development process through active participation in sprint planning sessions and daily stand-up meetings.
  • Increased team efficiency by automating repetitive testing tasks using Python, Selenium, and Jenkins.
  • Coordinated regression test automation activities across supported applications.
  • Used open-source tools to develop automation scripts.
  • Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
  • Involved in implementation of Test Automation Framework build using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Maven technologies under Java platform utilizing industry leading harness design patterns and approaches.
  • Develop and implement robust Selenium page object model (POM) framework with Selenium WebDriver using Object oriented programming Java and open-source unit test framework TestNG
  • Recorded JMeter user scripts implementing parameterization both manually and by data driven wizards in JMeter.
  • Performed back-end testing on Oracle and SQL Server databases by writing SQL queries to make sure the contents displayed on the UI correct as per requirements specifications.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.

Test Automation Engineer

PNC Bank
11.2015 - 12.2016
  • Collaborated with developers to understand new features and create test plans.
  • Designed and implemented automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Maven.
  • Configured Selenium Grid for parallel execution on multiple browsers and operating system
  • Implemented HTML report and log customization using TestNGListner
  • Performed API testing using Postman and SOAP UI.
  • Developed and executed SQL queries in the database to conduct Data Integrity testing by checking the data tables on the server.
  • Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker.
  • Performed test Scripts execution from Jenkins and analyzed the results and reported the defects.
  • Tracked the defects using ALM and generated defect summary reports.

QA Engineer

Consenttech
07.2012 - 12.2013
  • Developed and executed automated test cases for web applications using QTP/UFT.
  • Participated in requirement analysis, test planning, and maintained test documentation, including test cases, test scripts, and test reports.
  • Wrote SQL queries for backend testing.
  • Utilized Quality center as a defect tracking tool.
  • Conducted performance testing using LoadRunner to identify bottlenecks and improve application performance.
  • Provided support during UAT and production releases.

Education

Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
12.2015

Skills

  • Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, Swift
  • Selenium,TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, QTP/UFT
  • Appium, Xcode, TestFlight, Android SDK
  • Zephyr, LoadRunner, JMeter, Charles proxy, Postman
  • SQL, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • Jenkins, Git, Docker, Maven
  • JIRA, Rally, HP ALM
  • Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android

Timeline

Senior Software Test Specialist

Ford
05.2021 - Current

Senior SDET Engineer

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd
01.2018 - 03.2021

Software Engineer in Test

Garden City Group, LLC
01.2017 - 12.2017

Test Automation Engineer

PNC Bank
11.2015 - 12.2016

QA Engineer

Consenttech
07.2012 - 12.2013

Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

University of South Alabama

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