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Vasanth Dama

Bengaluru

Summary

  • Experienced SDET with 6+ years of experience. Provides invaluable intelligence on software weaknesses. Applying expertise towards boosting revenue and reducing operational cost for companies through implementing targeted quality assurance processes. Serving various domains and technologies such as Ecommerce, Logistics, Finance.
  • Diversified experience in manual/automation testing in web-based applications and mobile application.
  • Excellent knowledge about SDLC, STLC, and Defect Life Cycle. Expertise in Bug Tracking and Bug Reporting.
  • Expertise in using JIRA as a project management Tool, and JIRA X-ray add on as a Testing management Tool.
  • Excellent understanding of Agile Scrum Methodology including participation in Sprint planning, Backlog Grooming, Retrospective and Demo meetings.
  • Intense understanding of Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Procedure, Test Reports, Test Log, and Traceability Matrix.
  • Good programming skills and experience in Java. Have an absolute understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and various patterns.
  • Proficiency in different types of Testing: Positive and Negative Testing - Functional Testing, Smoke and Regression Testing using Selenium WebDriver with Java Programming Language, accessibility testing with Wave Evaluation Tool.
  • Experienced in building Behavior Driven and Data-Driven Frameworks with Selenium WebDriver, using Maven build and JUnit implementing Cucumber and Gherkin language.
  • Have experience with Maven build management Tool. Configured Maven build Tool for Automation projects and developed project model file (Pom.XML).
  • Integrated Jenkins CI/CD with VSC Git/GitHub and scheduled builds to run automatically during a build release invoking predefined Maven commands.
  • Experienced in creating and analyzing Extent reports, HTML reports, Cucumber JSON reports to automate Test Reports and include Screenshots where necessary. Advanced knowledge about HTML, CSS, X path, JSON, JSON Schema Validation, XML.
  • Experienced in Database Testing using JDBC and SQL Queries in various RDBMS such as Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL servers.
  • Skilled in API Testing using Postman, REST Assured library and Karate Framework.
  • Basic knowledge of mobile testing with Appium automation mobile testing tool.
  • Creative problem solver who works hard and is motivated by challenges, demonstrating a strong work ethic, good communication skills, great fit for a team.

Versatile SDET Engineer adept at testing and validating cloud-based, on-premise and hybrid solutions. Incorporates data from all available sources to create holistic images of product and software performance. Accomplished creator of automated and manual test frameworks guaranteed to produce exceptional customer satisfaction levels.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

SDET

Yodlee
02.2020 - Current
  • Work in Agile methodology, Scrum Framework, participated in following meetings: Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Demo, Retro and other meetings
  • Interact with Product Management, Project Management, Engineering, and Operations Teams to Plan Testing for delivery of products and enhancements and creating control features to ensure systems effectively meet organizations standards
  • Building, maintaining and managing project’s Framework
  • Responsible for creating Test Reports, Test Plans, and Test Strategy
  • Writing Automation Scripts in Maven project build Tool using Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, Gherkin, JUnit and Java
  • Created Page Object Model (POM) using Page Factory class to centralize Web elements in one place
  • Writing Test Scenarios and Scenario Outlines in Cucumber Feature Files using Gherkin language and executing them with Java and Selenium
  • Writing SQL Queries for Testing various Database validations and using JDBC for Java implementation
  • Conduct Rest API Testing by using POSTMAN and REST Assured library with Java
  • Using Git and GitHub as source code management Tool
  • Using Jenkins to run Regression Test suite and Smoke Tests and generated reports
  • Report and analyze issues, defects and results, documenting accordingly in JIRA Xray, working with development team to facilitate timely corrections for defects
  • Assist and mentor new automation Testers in different teams for better quality assurance
  • Participate in researching available Tools to improve Testing capabilities and product quality.

QA Automation Test Engineer

Apex Systems
02.2018 - 02.2020
  • Worked with Agile methodology, Scrum Framework, participated in Daily Standup, Planning, Grooming, Review, and Retro meetings
  • Developed and organized Smoke, Functional, Positive, Negative and Regression Testing
  • Prepared and executed Test Scripts using Selenium, Java, Cucumber and IntelliJ IDE
  • Wrote Test Scenarios and Scenario Outlines in Cucumber Feature Files using Gherkin language
  • Performed Back-End Testing using JDBC (Java Database Connection) and automated Test validation Scripts for REST Web Services using REST Assured library and Postman
  • Implemented Jenkins jobs to run Regression Test suite and Smoke Tests and generated reports
  • Report issues and results documented accordingly in JIRA-X-ray.
  • Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review
  • Discussed requirements and processes with project managers and developers
  • Updated and maintained project documentation for detailed record keeping
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective
  • Reduced overall testing hours 20% by writing and optimizing automation test scripts in regression suite

QA Tester

Valley National Bancorp
09.2016 - 01.2018
  • Worked with Agile methodology, Scrum Framework and participated in all sprint related meetings
  • Analyzed Business Requirements, Technical Requirement documents, reviewed and analyzed system specifications and used them to create Manual Test Cases
  • Collaborated with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and Test Plans
  • Executed Test Cases manually and analyzed results
  • Created logs to document Testing Phases and Defects
  • Reported bugs and errors to development teams
  • Interacted with Developers and Business Analysts to perform various types of Testing throughout STLC
  • Prepared Test Summary Report, Defect Report on daily basis during execution time
  • Used JIRA for Bug Tracking and Reporting, also followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree - Engineering of Food Technology

Technical University of Moldova
Chisinau, Moldova
07.2013

Skills

Technical skills:

  • Test Approaches: Agile/Scrum, SDLC, STLC
  • Test Build & Integration Tools: Maven, JDBC, Jenkins, AWS cloud services, API Web
  • Languages/ Frameworks: Java, SQL, Gherkin, POM, DDT, BDD
  • Markup Languages: HTML, CSS Selector, XPath, JSON, XML
  • Defect Tool: JIRA, JIRA X-Ray
  • Browsers/OS: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, IOS, Windows
  • Utilities: IntelliJ, Git, GitHub
  • Tests Performed: Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, Positive/Negative Testing, Parallel Testing, End to End, Testing, Cross-Browser Testing, API, Accessibility testing
  • Testing Tools/Frameworks: Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, Maven, Selenium Grid, JIRA, Postman, REST Assured, Gherkin, Wave ET

Soft skills:

  • Effective communication and attention to Detail
  • Coachable/Adaptable
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking

Languages

Romanian
Native or Bilingual
Russian
Professional Working

Timeline

SDET

Yodlee
02.2020 - Current

QA Automation Test Engineer

Apex Systems
02.2018 - 02.2020

QA Tester

Valley National Bancorp
09.2016 - 01.2018

Bachelor’s Degree - Engineering of Food Technology

Technical University of Moldova
Vasanth Dama