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Ramya Katta

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Summary

  • Experienced QA professional with over 9 years in the software industry, skilled in manual and automated testing of web and mobile applications .
  • Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC), and methodologies like Agile, Waterfall.
  • Extensive experience in integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing, performance testing, load testing, data testing and API testing in different stages of software development life cycle.
  • Strong experience in using test automations tools like Selenium , TestNG, Maven, Cucumber, QTP, Appium to develop automation test scripts for web and mobile applications.
  • Expertise in creating and updating automated test cases using Selenium with C#.Net and Java languages by following TDD (Test Driven Development) or BDD (Behavior Driven Development)concepts.
  • Well versed with functional testing, sanity testing, smoke testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, usability testing, compatibility testing, memory leak and interruption testing.
  • Worked on parallel and cross browser testing on browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Safari using Selenium, Browser stack.
  • Good experience in testing web services (SOAP and REST ) using SoapUI, Postman.
  • Experienced in Performance Testing applications using load testing tools like Load Runner and JMeter .
  • Experienced in Appium tool for mobile testing in Android, iOS and other mobile applications.
  • Proficient in writing SQL queries and validating various databases results along with UI.
  • 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.
  • Skilled in leading cross-functional teams as a scrum master, facilitating agile methodologies to produce high-quality software products.
  • 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 - 08.2024
  • Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement meetings.
  • Coordinated with product and development team to understand user requirements and translate them into actionable test cases for system validation purposes.
  • Performed Automating testing using Selenium web driver with Java, TestNG, Cucumber, Eclipse, GIT, Jenkins, Maven.
  • Developed automation scripts in BDD format using cucumber in GHERKIN format.
  • Tested compatibility of application for dynamic and static content under various cross browsers using HTML ids and XPATH in Selenium.
  • Integrated Automation scripts in continuous Integration tools (Jenkins) for nightly batch run of the Script.
  • Conducted continuous regression testing using to ensure that newly implemented features do not affect existing functionalities.
  • Identified, reported, and tracked bugs using Rally and JIRA ensuring timely resolution.
  • Created automated test scripts for RESTful APIs using Postman.
  • 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.
  • Analyzed test data and conducted database or data driven testing under certain business rules for data population in DB.
  • Worked with JIRA and Rally for each sprint/Iteration to connect new test cases with user stories, test execution, test reports and bug 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 determine the best requirement specifications and ensure timely identification, resolution of bugs throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Involved in end-to-end testing of the mobile native and hybrid applications using Apple devices, Android devices , Emulator, Simulator.
  • Designed and executed test cases for mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms.
  • Implement test automation scripts using Appium for Android and iOS applications testing .
  • Utilized Xcode and TestFlight for testing iOS applications on real devices.
  • Used command line prompt in ADB for android devices to get logs and analyzed it.
  • Hands on experience in setting up the environment with entry criteria for testing 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.
  • Performed functional, laboratory, performance, memory leakage, usability, installation and positive & negative ad-hoc testing, interruption and compatibility testing across different iOS & Android devices and versions.
  • Performed server testing and tested the mobile applications under different networks and Internet speeds.
  • Performed smoke, regression, integration, system, exploratory on various models of iPhone and android devices pointing to DEV, UAT and PROD environments.
  • Led onsite and offshore QA resources effectively to ensure seamless workflow integration within the team and timely delivery of high-quality software.

Software Engineer in Test

Garden City Group, LLC
01.2017 - 12.2017
  • Contributed to agile development process through active participation in sprint planning and daily stand-up meetings.
  • Involved in implementation of Test Automation Framework build using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG , Cucumber and Maven technologies.
  • Developed and implemented page object model (POM) framework with Selenium WebDriver using Object oriented programming Java
  • Used BDD framework with Cucumber and created future files with scenario and scenario outline files.
  • Involved in testing both SOAP and REST services using postman and tested both XML and JSON formats.
  • Performed load and performance testing using JMeter.
  • Performed back-end testing on My 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.
  • Setup and configure test project using Visual Studio, NUnit, and Selenium by following TDD approach
  • Develop Automation test cases using Selenium in C# using the Page Object Model (POM) and NUnit.
  • 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/ETL testing.
  • 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
  • Participated in requirement analysis, test planning, and maintained test documentation, including test cases, test scripts, and test reports.
  • Performed manual functional testing with Quality center.
  • Extensively used QTP integrated environment like Data Table, Actions, and Recovery scenarios.
  • Scheduled and executed automated test cases for web applications using by integrating QTP using data-driven testing.
  • Involved in performing the web services testing with SOAP UI by validating request and response for XML, JSON files.
  • Extensively queried through SQL to check the database records for backend testing.
  • Reviewed database test cases per assigned requirements to validate reports by retrieving data with complex SQL queries from Oracle database.
  • Utilized Quality center as a defect tracking tool.
  • Conducted performance testing using LoadRunner to identify bottlenecks and improve application performance.
  • Involved in UAT of the application and provided support during production releases.

Education

Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

University of South Alabama
12.2015

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Jawaharlal Technological University
04.2012

Skills

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

Timeline

Senior Software Test Specialist

Ford
05.2021 - 08.2024

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

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Jawaharlal Technological University

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