VINAYARAJU GUDARU

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

 9 years of strong experience in Software Quality Assurance testing of Web-based and client-server
applications.
 Strong experience in working with Banking, Financial Markets, Retail and logistic domain.
 Experience in implementation of different QA methodologies/policies, strategies and plans in all stages
of SDLC.
 Extensive experience in Functional Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing,
Interface Testing, UI Testing, Conversion Testing & Sanity Testing.
 Experience in automation testing using Selenium WebDriver/RC/IDE/Grid, TestNG, Maven and
Jenkins/Hudson.
 Experienced in using Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server to configure with GitHub and Maven.
 Expert in parallel browser testing on various machines using Selenium Grid and performed cross
browser testing.
 Hands on experience in Develop Automation Scripts, Execution and Analysis Test Results using Hybrid,
Keyword Driven Framework and Data Driven Framework in Selenium.
 Hands on experience in Page Object Model in Selenium.
 Strong Experience in automation using Selenium Web drivers with Java.
 Experienced in full life cycle of system development. Worked in Agile(SCRUM), Waterfall and V-model
Development environment and well versed with SDLC methodology.
 Extensive experience in using Open Source Tools like Selenium IDE, Firebug, and Eclipse.
 Demonstrated excellence in creating and developing Effort estimations,Test Plans, Test Specifications,
Test cases and Automation Test scripts.
 Created, maintained and executed manual and automation test scripts for functional, regression,
System, unit and integration testing.
 Experience in developing test automation architectures/frameworks such as developing test script
modules, test library architecture, table-driven, data-driven, and hybrid test automation.
 Extensive experience in automation scripting with Quick Test Professional (QTP), WinRunner and
Quality Center (QC).
 Extensive experience in developing and maintaining QTP functional scripts for regression testing
including dynamic parameterization using datasheets, database tables and external excel
spreadsheets, virtual objects, checkpoints, file system object, HTML/XML DOM objects, VBScript
classes/objects and descriptive programming.
 Created the Execution result sheet, Execution plan, Result matrix and Traceability matrix for functional
testing.
 Good experience in writing SQL queries for back-end testing, UNIX commands for verifying log files,
shell scripts to bounce/maintain QA servers, database refresh for QA environments, XML API testing
and Perl scripts.
 Strong experience in Web services testing Parasoft SOA Test Tool and SoapUI.
 Experience in VB Scripting, Groovy Scripting
 Good experience working with Service Test 11.20.
 Strong knowledge in BPTs and implementing BPTs.
 Experience with handling multiple tasks in multiple projects concurrently and to prioritize them to
meet the scheduled deadlines.
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 Excellent analytical and problem solving skills and thrive on building robust software quality assurance
systems and processes that ensure the delivery of perfect applications.
 Trained new recruits in the team for VB Script, QC, Selenium Web driver and Parasoft.
 Good communication & collaboration skills, interest & ability to learn new technologies in short span of
time, self-motivated, organized and responsible team player.
 Certified NCFM (Financial Markets) – A Beginner’s Module
 Certified ISTQB – Foundation Level.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools : Selenium Web Driver, HP Quickest Professional 10.0/11.0, Parasoft, SoapUI,
Service Test, Fiddler.
Test Management : HP Quality Center 10.0, ALM, JIRA, Remedy, VersionOne, Rally, HP AGM
Scripting : VBScript, JavaScript, Perl, Shell Scripts, TSL
Operating Systems : Windows XP/2k/7, UNIX
Database : Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2005, MS Access 2003, MySQL 4
Languages : VB, ASP, Java, C, SQL, PL/SQL, XML, HTML, DHTML, JUnit, TestNG
Build/ Version : Maven, ANT, Jenkins, Continues Managers, Visual SourceSafe, CVS, Clear Case
Utilities/IDEs : MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Eclipse, MS Visual Studio, Toad, SQL
Developer

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - (April 2006)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

FEDEX – Memphis, TN Jan 2014 to till date

Description: FedEx CE/SE (CHT) application initiative provides proper controls and governance for creating
and maintaining Sales and Pricing customer definitions. Responsible for Functional, Smoke and Regression
testing of functionalities developed in Product Development Team. Worked on various projects in Send Grid
for Mass upload, Inbox routing and Transition lock down modules.
Responsible to create new automation scripts for Mass upload module. Responsible to create and maintain
automation scripts for Inbox Routing and Transition Module.

Role: Sr.QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

 Interacting with the Business Clients, Product Owners, Developers and QA Manager for clear
exposure to trickle down the technical/functional User Requirements & Change Requests to Test
Plans and Test Scenarios.
 Agile development - Participated in daily scrum meetings to report daily progress of Automation
activities and Sprint planning for test planning activities.
 Created functional and regression automation scripts using Selenium Web Driver and JAVA.

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  Performed parameterization of the automated test scripts in Selenium to check how the
application performs against multiple sets of data
 Contributed in developing Automation Framework that uses Java, Selenium Web Driver and TestNG
 Identify test cases to automate. Automate those test cases using Selenium WebDriver and Java
technologies TestNG in JENKINS.
 Selected the Test Cases to be automated and performed functional testing of the front end using
Selenium (IDE and Web Driver) & created Data Driven framework using TestNG.
 Tested the application in highly dynamic environment with sprint team using Agile methodology.
 Executed parallel browser testing on various machines using Selenium Grid and performed cross
browser testing.
 Involved in using Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server to configure with Maven.
 Expertise on Cross Browser testing for compatibility on IE, Chrome and Firefox
 Good knowledge on Object Oriented Programming (OOPs) concept and Java Language.
 Involved in Functional Testing as Unit test, Test Suite, Integration Testing using different methods.
 Used firebug to identify object’s ids, Name, XPaths, links in the application.
 Used HP Quality Center for Test Management for functional Test Automation.
 Participated in Walkthrough and defect report meetings periodically.
 Responsible for keeping up with the test schedule and interacting with software engineers to
ensure clear
 Involved in creating Selenium framework using Page Object Model.
 Performed Web Services Testing and XML validation by creating test case suite using soapUI.
 Wrote SQL Query to extract data from various database tables for testing purpose.
 Created and executed Daily run - Regression Test Suites and Email Reports.
 Generated Traceability matrix to map requirements, tests and defects.

Environment: Selenium Web Driver with Java, Eclipse, Firebug, FirePath, Web Services, Soap UI Pro
Quality Center/ALM, Java Script, TestNG, GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, SQL Server, Putty, Oracle 11g, and JIRA.

Home Depot Feb 2013 to Jan 2014

Description: The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and
services. Responsible to create new automation scripts and Responsible to maintain automation scripts for
Transaction matching.

Role: QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:
 Agile development - Participated in daily scrum meetings to report daily progress of Automation
activities and Sprint planning for test planning activities.
 Participated in Test Planning and Automation Effort estimations.
 Performed review and analysis of functional requirements and test plan design documentation.
 Designed test cases for manual and automation testing, developed and maintained checklists for
regression using QTP automation, functional and system testing.
 Designed and maintained automation framework, shared repositories and function libraries.
 Created and executed QTP test scripts and QTP function libraries for regular regression runs for
every build and release.

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  Used the following in QTP scripts dynamic parameterization using data tables, file system object,
windows script host and descriptive programming.
 Created QTP driver scripts to set environment variables to run test sets in QA, UAT & Production
environments.
 Created and maintained reusable actions, functional libraries and shared object repositories.
 Written data driven test to handle the scenario requiring multiple sets of data using data table
parameters in QTP.
 Created function libraries with functions having arrays and dictionary objects as parameters,
created and managed shared object repositories for different modules
 Created Quality Center Open Test Architecture (OTA) script using Visual Basic Script for nightly run
of Automation Regression suite from Quality Center.
 Integrated VersionOne and QC center to afford agile teams the ability to Create Tests in Quality
Center from Tests defined in VersionOne, Update the status of a VersionOne Test from the
corresponding Quality Center Test, Create Defects in VersionOne from Defects in Quality Center
and Mark Quality Center Defects as Fixed when the corresponding VersionOne Defect is closed.
 Created UI testing scripts using Screen Capture API and Bitmap Checkpoints.
 Verified the Transaction logs using Putty for exceptions and application detail processing.
 Used TOAD to verify MySQL Database Schemas and updated the Schema by executing SQL queries
for Data manipulation.
 Logged defects in Quality Center and generated dashboard report.
 Created a Test Scenario Matrix with Scenarios matching the System Requirements and test
conditions.
 Analyzed and created test data for interfaces to satisfy test data requirements for integration
testing.
 Performed ad-hoc manual testing involving data driven interface tests.
 Wrote QTP scripts to verify front-end vs data in the database tables
 Used HP Service Test 11.20 for API-level testing.

Environment: Quick Test Professional 10.0, Quality Center 10.0, Putty, Ajax, JSF, Oracle 10g, SQL Developer,
Service Test 11.20 and VersionOne.

PayPal June 2011 to Jan 2013

Description: PayPal is a money website offering consumers the ability to take online payments for products
and services rendered. Responsible for Functional, Automation, Smoke and Regression testing of
functionalities of various portals like Component, FQA and RQA levels for Disputes

Role: QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

 Created and executed Daily run - Regression Test Suites and Email Reports using Ordered Tests.
 Performed review and analysis of functional requirements and test plan design documentation.
 Designed test cases for manual and automation testing, developed and maintained checklists for
regression using QTP automation, functional and system testing.
 Designed and maintained automation framework, shared repositories and function libraries.

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  Created and executed QTP test scripts and QTP function libraries for regular regression runs for
every build and release.
 Used the following in QTP scripts dynamic parameterization using data tables, file system object,
windows script host and descriptive programming.
 Created QTP driver scripts to set environment variables to run test sets in QA, UAT & Production
environments.
 Created and maintained reusable actions, functional libraries and shared object repositories.
 Written data driven test to handle the scenario requiring multiple sets of data using data table
parameters in QTP.
 Created function libraries with functions having arrays and dictionary objects as parameters,
created and managed shared object repositories for different modules
 Performed web services testing using Soap UI.
 Generated Traceability matrix to map requirements, tests and defects.
 Entered defects into QC found during the testing process.

Environment: Quick Test Professional, Quality Center 10.0, ALM, Java Script, SQL Server, Putty, Soap UI.

Nomura Dec 2008 to May 2011

Description: The Primary business objective of this project is to create a set of feed handlers for Exchange
Traded Derivate (“ETD”) exchange data. The feed handlers will process the data from the individual
exchange feed formats and convert into a single common format, defined by Smart Stream, that can be
loaded into TLM Premium. The initial customer to use these feeds will be Nomura.

Responsibilities:

 Prepared ‘Test Plan’ according to the given product (SynEx) requirement and made fit with project
plan.
 Prepared ‘Test strategy’ document for testing of the SynEx.
 Designed the ‘Test suite’ for SynEx – SIT including test cases and test data for the agreed upon
requirements.
 Prepared the right template for uploading the ‘Test Requirements’ and ‘Test cases’ into QC.
 Uploaded and mapped all the ‘Test requirements’ and ‘Test cases’ in Quality Center.
 Responsible for the SIT /UAT execution.
 Participated in the daily status calls and provided the updates.
 Regularly interacting with the Business Analyst and Developers to have the project going smoothly
from testing perspective.
 Timely submission of the daily status report to the management.

CISCO Mar 2007 to – Nov 2008

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Description: The Advanced Services Pricing Tool (ASPT) is a Web – Based online tool that allows the
creation of an opportunity and quotes under the related opportunity. These quotes represent the after
sales pricing Cisco levies for its products and services.

Responsibilities:
 Analyzed business, functional and system requirements to create and execute detailed test plans,
and test cases.
 Configured test environment and created strategy for product development and certification.
 Created regression test suites and sanity/smoke tests for each release of Supplier module.
 Developed SQL-queries/procedures for database and backend testing using SQL Plus.
Used Clear Quest for repository, reporting and tracking bugs, and providing updates on resolved
bugs.
 Verified and analyzed errors and recommended modifications to the Developer.
 Participated regularly in daily status meetings and reported to the QA Manager.
 Used Remedy to log tickets/issues.

Environment: Windows 2003, Java, XML and Quality Center 9.2, CVS

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