Siddharth S

• Over 5+ years of extensive experience in analyzing, designing and Implementation of QA testing strategy for web based and client/server applications using manual testing and automation testing tools.
• Experience in all stages of the software development life cycle(SDLC) and Software testing life cycle(STLC) and in all dimensions of functionality, Usability & Reliability.
• Experience in Software Development Engineer in Test focused on testability, robustness and performance and creation of designs for production software. 
• Experience in both waterfall and agile project environment.
• Experienced with various types of testing like GUI testing, web testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, functional testing, sanity testing, system testing, performance testing, integration testing, end to end testing, unit testing, black box testing, white box testing, API testing, documentation, and reporting.
• Extensive experience in requirement and use case analysis, test planning, writing test scripts, test reports, execution, defect tracking, defect retesting and eventually to full regression.
• Proficient in using test automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver/RC/IDE/Grid, HP Quick Test Professional, UFT and QC to develop automation testing scripts for web and client server applications.
• Good knowledge on Junit, TestNG framework for Unit testing, Maven, Gradle and Ant for project building tool, Jenkins, Hudson, Cruise Control for Continuous Integration.
• Knowledge of Automation tool like Selenium.
• Good experience on Selenium Automation using Web Driver and Server and programming using Java, Junit and TestNG.
• Expertise in functional testing AUT using Selenium IDE and Selenium WebDriver using Junit/TestNG testing framework.
• Extensive experience in Java , C#, JavaScript, JSON, HTML,XML and SQL on Windows, Mac vista operating systems and UNIX environments.
• Experience in working on functional testing of SOAP and RESTful Web Services using SOAP UI Tool.
• Proficient in Bug Severity analysis, Bug tracking and Bug reporting by prioritizing issues on the basis of important, urgent, hot fixes using Defect Management tools like HP ALM Quality Center, Bugzilla, JIRA, ClearQuest and Test Director. Sending automation status reports on Daily, Weekly basis and coordinating with teams for any issues.
• Good knowledge on automation framework in Selenium Web Driver using Behavior Driven Development approach in Cucumber framework with Gherkin.
• Extensive experience in Keyword Driven, data Driven and Hybrid Automation Framework.
• Prioritizing testing efforts for the team and working on test deliverables for each sprint release. Experienced in analyzing Business Requirements and Functional requirements. Proficient in creating requirement traceability matrix(RTM).
• Excellent knowledge in writing unique Xpath using firebug and FirePath to identify web elements.
• Proficient in writing SQL queries to perform backend data validations.
• Excellent experience with source version control tools like SVN, TFS and GIT.
• Excellent interpersonal skills proven team player with an analytical bent to problem solving and delivering under high stress environment.
• Good analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and also perform as part of a team. 

• Created Test scenarios based on the requirements and provided to the BA for Sign Off.
• Designed Automation Test cases using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Junit, Maven.
• Used Selenium Grid to run test cases in multiple browsers and platforms.
• Responsible for implementation of Hybrid Test Automation Framework, Page Object Model using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG.
• Developed Selenium WebDriver + Java framework by preparing Test Plan, Test Estimation, Test Strategy, Metrics, and Implementing Data Driver Framework based on project needs and configured framework with Jenkins for Continuous Integration.
• Good experience in Agile methodology with SCRUM process for the product development.
• Executed browser and platforms compatibility testing by writing scripts using UFT.
• Good knowledge on DevTest in managing release and Test Cycles, Plan and assigning test tasks to the team and submitting the product defects within a single application.
• Configured Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, Maven tool and created selenium automation scripts in java using TestNG prior to agile release.
• Extensively used SOAP UI for functional testing of web services.
• Used SOAP UI tool to test SOA based architecture application to test SOAP services and REST API and involved in services testing using Postman. Performed web services testing with SOAP UI by validating request and response for XML, JSON files.
• Performed data driven testing by using JDBC and Groovy script as a data source in SOAP UI and configured SQL queries to fetch data from the Oracle database.
• Created RTM Matrix ensured the Test Planning, Testing Strategy, Test cases, Flows are capturing and covering all the functional and nonfunctional requirements.
• Experience with Cucumber automation tool including TDD/BDD.
• Responsible for the delivery of the projects and ensuring the team follows Automation standards.
• Executed test scripts, documented defects, and verified fixes using JIRA defect tracking tool and QC/ALM.
• Wrote SQL Queries for backend testing.
• Facilitated user acceptance testing with business users by utilizing my string domain expertise.
• Participated in the initial KT Sessions from the client along with the business analysts to get the understanding of the application.

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science