Vijay Yalamanchi

IT Professional with over 8+ years of work experience in Information Technology focusing on Software Quality Assurance (SQA) and Manual and Automation Testing. Software QA tester with full system development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing, and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes fuelling swift corrective actions, significant cost savings and fault-free audits. Hands-on technology professional accustomed to working in complex, project-based environments. Multifaceted experience in QA software testing, software development and user-acceptance testing. Extensive experience working with Test-Driven (TDD), Data-Driven (DDT), Behaviour-Driven (BDD) test framework by using Gherkin language syntax to achieve Cucumber implementation. Expert in developing Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Developed Scenarios, Scenario outlines, Feature files and Step definitions and generated HTML reports. Solid knowledge of JAVA OOP and experience in developing Selenium WebDriver/Appium test automation frameworks integrating TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber and Maven build tools. Experienced in implementing the Page Object Model (POM) by creating elements for each page object and reusing all the objects in various scripts. Used Git as version control, GitHub and Bitbucket as code repository and Code Collaborator to manage code reviews. Worked closely with Business Analysts and Developers to review test requirements. Strong analytical, interpersonal, communication, test coordination, problem solving and decision-making skills. Worked in projects developed in Agile (Scrum, Kanban), BDD, TDD and Waterfall SDLC models. Extensively used Cucumber tool to write Feature files and Step definitions. Good knowledge of RDBMS and experienced in Database testing with the usage of SQL. Profound knowledge in API Testing. Mentored junior team members, providing guidance on automation techniques and best practices while nurturing their professional growth. Streamlined communication between developers and testers, fostering a collaborative working environment that emphasized shared goals and objectives. Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.

• IPS (Immediate Payment System), VocaLink Ltd, Automation Test Analyst, 01/2022 - Present, This project was an “Immediate Payment System - IPS” which was an in-house product of the client. IPS system comprise of payment switch and back-office. It provides near real-time clearing and the ability to manage the settlement process with a choice of either a deferred net settlement or a prefunded settlement model., HTML, XML, JSON, Jenkins (CI), Solaris /Windows/ UNIX, Erlang, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, J2EE, Oracle DB, JIRA, Fitnesse, Cucumber, Java, Selenium, Maven, SOAP UI, Designed and Developed Test Plan and Test Scripts based on BRD and User Stories, Extensively involved in all stages of testing life cycle, Test Driven Development methodologies, Software Development Life cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall, Agile methodologies, Analysed business requirements and user experience goals to develop test plans and test cases., Reviewed programming code for errors, resolving production launch., Performed quality reviews of design documentation to ensure compliance with project plan scope and requirements., Developed an automated test framework for evaluating web application products., Involved in functional testing, black box testing, negative testing, compatibility testing, and recovery testing., Developed test code in Java language using Eclipse, IDE and TestNG framework., Configured Selenium Web Driver, TestNG, Maven tool and created selenium automation scripts in java using TestNG prior to agile release., Experienced to run tests in the cloud different browser platform, operating system for automated and manual testing of desktop and mobile applications using Selenium, Appium and JavaScript unit testing frameworks., Experience in Back-end testing, data validation, Database testing using SQL queries., Involved in validating functional, Integration and Regression test suites using Selenium, Cucumber and the request and response of the Web Services (SOA) through SOAPUI, Integrated with Continuous Integration tools Jenkins for running test on nightly basis automatically., Automated testing for Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines and provides plugin integrations with the CI platform Jenkins., Wrote and executed SQL Queries and Joins, Group By clause, having clause.
• New Webtrading Platform, VocaLink Ltd, Automation Test Analyst, 01/2021 - 12/2021, IG Web trading platform comprises of CFD, Spread betting & Stockbroking sites for 16 countries & languages with wide range of instruments from global exchanges to trade with (Equities, FX, Binaries, Options, Sprint markets etc.). New project involves development of next generation trading platform which is easily maintainable, appealing to traders, fast & accurate in executions. As a QA I need to test all functional aspects of the platform. CI & lean development methodology are key strategies of this green field project., SOAPUI, Selenium, Jenkins, BDD, Cucumber, Maven, JMeter, SOAPUI, XML, Jira, GIT, SQL Server, AWS, Postman., In Agile environment, attended daily stand-up meetings, reviewed user stories., Analysed the business requirements document, created the detailed test design for new functionality., Conducted Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Exploratory Testing, end to end Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing, Performed Front end and Back-end testing of all the Modules using Manual as well as Automation Testing techniques., Wrote and executed SQL queries and Joins, Group By clause, having clause etc, To validate the data, Filed and tracked the defects using Jira., Proficient in creating Micro services Test suite using SoapUI Pro, Postman and automated Web Service projects using rest-assured., Created selenium automation scripts in Java using TestNG framework and page object model (POM) and Configured Web Driver, Maven tool.
• FPS(Faster Payments), Vocalink Ltd, Senior Test Analyst, 08/2019 - 12/2020, FPS is an automated clearing and settlement system which processes the payments in near real time. Settlement is achieved several times a day. The FPS processes individual payments from personal customers, corporate customers and other financial institutions. A payment is passed from the customer via the Sending FPS Institution through the service to the Receiving FPS Institution, which accepts or rejects it. This project is to Implement the availability of the FIM input reports to the service user which was otherwise available to the sponsor of the FIM service user only., Agile, Java, Selenium, Appium, Jenkins, Oracle, Cucumber, XPath, Data Driven and Key Word Driven Frameworks, Windows, Developed automation test applications, and executed unit, integration, system, user acceptance, and regression testing., Performed testing processes like Test Planning and Defect Management and involved in Manual, Regression, User Acceptance Testing and Performance, Participated in design and requirement analysis discussion., Extensively worked in Agile environments with Scrum Methodologies, Experienced in Test Activities including Requirement Analysis, Test Effort Estimation, Test Planning and Defect Management, Experienced in validation of data and identifying the data mismatch and testing in Date Warehouse, Created Test Plan and Strategy for releases., Tracked and reported the defects using Jira., Worked over various billing streams to check the customer order with the effective dates and with next bill summary for the estimation., Used the Verizon tools to check the billing like, Order Investigation Tool, MTAS Billing and Doc Portal for the prod validations and internal validations., Created scenarios and test cases for functional testing and non-functional testing in different domains., Experienced in Back-End testing to ensure data consistency of front-end by writing and executing SQL queries on the relational databases per business logic for data validation., Used Toad to connect to Oracle database to validate data that was populated by ETL applications., Experienced in automation and created Frameworks for Rest APIs/UI Test Automation using Selenium, Java, TestNG and Rest Assured, Performed defect reporting using tracking tools like Quality Center (now HP ALM) and Jira, Participated in QA weekly meetings and various other meetings and discussed enhancement and modification request issues and defects in the applications.
• RDR (Retail Distribution Review), Scottish Life, U.K., Senior Test Analyst, 01/2018 - 07/2019, The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) represents one of the biggest overhauls of financial regulation since the Financial Services Act was introduced in 1986. It was instigated with a view to improving service levels and transparency and ensuring the interests of financial advisers and their clients are in line. For the Financial Conduct Authority, the financial services industry regulator, RDR is about establishing a “resilient, effective and attractive retail investment market that consumers can have confidence in and trust at a time when they need more help and advice than ever with their retirement and investment planning”. The RDR concerns the advice and distribution of retail investment products., Agile Methodology, Eclipse IDE, Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, Jenkins, BDD, Cucumber, Maven, JMeter, SOAPUI, XML, Quality Centre, GIT, SQL Server, Windows., Analysed Business Requirement Documents and Technical Specification document and developed test plan and test cases for testing the application., Involved in Scrum Process based on Project Planning, Test Planning and coordinating on all SDLC phases., Designed Automation Test Cases and implemented Hybrid Test Automation Framework and Page Object Model using Selenium WebDriver, Performed Sanity testing, Smoke testing and Regression testing thoroughly using Continuous Integration tool Jenkins., Developed Test Scripts to implement Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and features for Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD), Created Cucumber BDD framework and Automated BDD scenarios in Eclipse using Java., Used Selenium WebDriver and implemented TestNG to run parallel testing by creating Groups and categorizing test cases., Used Selenium APIs such as take Screenshot for failed test cases, select for selecting multiple values from list, Action for various key and mouse event, with different Locators like XPath, CSS, id, Link text and name., Utilized Quality Centre (QC) as a test management and defect tracking tool., Validated the API calls and data for user interface by using Postman, Restful Services and Soap UI, Experienced with Source Version Tool Git and involved in testing performance of the application using JMeter., Performed Web Services testing with SOAP UI by validating request and response for XML QNE JSON files., Used Maven as a build tool to manage dependencies and used Jenkins as Continuous Integration Server to run Automated Test Suites, Created Jenkins Pipelines for continuous integration of testing scripts and maintained the existing ones and schedule the Jenkins jobs to run them daily., Used Jenkins to trigger build for every code commit made to the GitHub using web hooks., Created Splunk dashboards, maintained already existing ones and integrated Splunk with Jenkins to show the overall failed and successful Jenkins jobs on Splunk Dashboard, Created performance test plan design and test case design, environment setup for performance testing in JMeter and LoadRunner and Blazed Meter, Developed and executed SQL Queries to verify the proper insertion, deletion and updates into the database., Actively participated in daily Agile Scrum meetings and involved in Iteration Planning