Parag Gulwani

Professional Summary:
 Over 11+ years of experience in the area of software testing (Manual and Automation) with a solid understanding of
Test planning, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect Reporting & Tracking.

Technical Skills:
Testing tools Selenium WebDriver, HP Quality Center/ALM, Junit, TestNG, JIRA, SoapUI, QTP, Eclipse,
Manual Testing, QTP/UFT, Appium (Android Testing)
Programming Languages C, C++, Java, Python
Databases SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, DB2
Browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera& Netscape Navigator
Mobile Manual Testing Android, iOS.
Defect Tracking Tools HP ALM/Quality Center, JIRA, Team Foundation Server (TFS 2008, 2010, 2012)
Version Control Tools GIT, SVN Tools/Frameworks, Maven, Ant, Jenkins
Markup Languages HTML, CSS, XML, java script
Operating Systems Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, Unix, Linux
Frameworks Page Object Model, Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Cucumber, TestNG, Junit
MS Office Tools Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access
Web Services REST, SOAPUI
Other tools Jira, GIT, Eclipse, FireBug, FirePath, Facets

Professional Experience:

Verizon, GA, Remote Jan 2021 - present

Role: Sr. QA Automation Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Designed and Developed Test plan and test scripts based on BRD and User Stories.
 Created Test cases and uploaded to QC using excel add-ins.
 Involved in Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing.
 Logged the defects in JIRA in order to perform defect lifecycle.
 Involved in defect review meetings, weekly status meetings and walkthroughs and interacted with Business
Analysts and Developers for resolving Defects.
 Performed parameterization of elements.
 Performed Front end and Back-end testing of all the modules using Manual as well as Automation Testing
techniques.
 Wrote and maintained Automated Web UI & Back-End Tests using python & Robot.
 Hands-on experience using MS Visual Studio, doing backend testing using Python scripting, JavaScript, etc.
 Prepared automation test scripts to validate various functionalities using Selenium Web Driver using Java and
TestNG.
 Developed Test Scripts to implement Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and features for BDD (Behavior Driven
Development), TDD (Test Driven Development) using Cucumber with Java.
 Involved in Automation Infrastructure Development using Eclipse IDE, Java, Selenium Jars and TestNG.
 Used Selenium Web Driver in parallel testing.
 Used Python and Django to create graphics, XML processing, data exchange, and business logic implementation.
 Written and executed SQL queries and Joins, Group by Clause, Having Clause etc. to validate the data.
 Performed Cross browser testing and parallel testing on Chrome, Firefox, IE browsers and Safari using TestNG
framework.
 Experienced using Selenium and implement automation for mobile devices.
 Worked on the default issue type scheme which automatically stores the newly created issues in JIRA.
 Worked on the agile scrum issue type scheme in JIRA.
 Tested Mobile app on Mobile device such as iPhone.
 Worked on the features of agile scrum issue type scheme like epic, story, bug, improvement in JIRA.
 Monitoring the defect life cycle, generating customized graphs and reports for the client, using Jira.
 Used Jira record documenting information useful in debugging process, evaluating test data.
 Experience in Appium tool, for mobile testing in Android, IOS and other mobile applications.
 Executed Test Cases recorded in HP Quality Center manually to test the application for its functionality, system
integration and verify the Exit Criteria.
 Actively participated in walk-through, inspection, review and user group meetings for quality assurance with BAs,
SMEs and Developers.
Environment: Java, Windows, Oracle, Python, Jira, SQL, AGM, JIRA, Selenium Web Driver, Cucumber, Hybrid
Framework, TestNG, SoapUI, Agile, JMeter, PL-SQL, HTML, JavaScript.

Passport, Charlotte, NC Nov 2017 – Dec 2020

Role: Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:
 Reviewed requirement documents, system documents to ensure technical accuracy, completeness and compliance.
 Participated in design reviews to provide inputs on functional requirements, product designs and schedules.
 Conducted UI testing, Functional testing, Regression Testing and verified the results with expected results using
Traceability Matrix.
 Creating and executing scripts in Selenium automation using Selenium WebDriver and Python and used Visual Studio
Test to automate test cases.
 Expertise in Manual and Automation Testing of Client/Server, iOS, Web-based API, and Cloud (AWS) applications.
 Configured facets modules such as Claims, Membership, Billing, Benefit and plan
 Used Rally as the defect-tracking tool. Updated Rally with all the changes made to the test case and closed it when
all the requirements were met as specified.
 Experience writing automation scripts for monitoring and notification tools using Python.
 Developed API automation using Rest Assured framework.
 Also, manually tested endpoints developed on rest protocol using postman.
 Used Python and Django to create graphics, XML processing, data exchange, and business logic implementation.
 Test the web modules flow and improve the script performance using Selenium find elements.
 Extensively used Selenium APIs such as taking a Screenshot for Capturing Failed test cases, select for selecting
multiple values from list, Action for various key and mouse event, by with different Locators (XPath, CSS, id,
Link text).
 Mobile automation of android and windows applications using Appium and Selenium WebDriver.
 Experience working with iOS, Android for mobile testing
 Regression testing by automation using Selenium WebDriver & JAVA.
 Using knowledge of SQL and database query tools like Oracle SQL Developer, to perform data validations for
Backend testing.
 Implemented Page Object Model Automation framework with Java, Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber.
 Created the test Suites, test cases and test steps in SoapUI.
 Used post, put, get and delete properties in SoapUI.
 Utilized knowledge of XML and experience of SOAPUI tool in Web Services testing in multi-tiered application
architecture.
 Coordinated with other cross team to ensure the newly developed features function End-to-End.
Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Junit, Jenkins, Ant, SoapUI, Cucumber, Appium, Web Services, JavaScript, XPath,
Eclipse, Firebug, Fire path, Google Chrome, Python, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, HTML, SQL, Quality Center

UPS, Round Rock, TX Jun 2015 to Oct 2017

Role: QA Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Worked with cross-functional teams (Dev, BA, PM, Product Owner) as a part of agile environment.
 Attended Functional Requirement and Design review meetings to obtain the technical knowledge to become
proficient in assigned products.
 Reviewed product requirement documents, functional specifications, and involved in developing test plan and test
case documents.
 Analysis and involvement in the implementation of web applications in AWS using Jenkins, python, and GitHub
repository.
 Validate the subscriber information based on the business requirements for the eligibility of a Part A and Part B
insurance plans from CMS.
 Participated in JAD sessions and walkthrough meetings to understand the project and requirements.
 Developing Appium Scripts for Native Android/iOS using Java.
 Developed Test Scripts to implement Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and features for BDD (Behavior Driven
Development).
 Used QTP/UFT automation objects along with standard VB Programming elements like iterative loops or conditional
statements to design script of choice.
 Used Data Driven Framework and Keyword Driven Framework.
 Develop Test Plan, Test scenarios, Test cases, Test Scripts and Traceability Matrix.
 Configured Selenium Grid to execute tests on different machines against different browsers in parallel.
 Regression testing was performed and updated the Scripts by executing the Regression suites built using Selenium.
 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.
 Configured Maven and Jenkins for better dependency and automatic build deployment.
 Worked on the priorities of an issue which gives the priority of an issue like critical, major, minor, blocker, trivial in
JIRA.
 Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed, and reported using Quality Center.
 Daily meeting with onshore and offshore QA team to discuss critical issues regarding QA activities.
 Manage all issues (defects and service requests) in Microsoft TFS Defect Management bug tracking system and
ensure all issues are tracked from open to closure.
 Worked on the issues menu item in JIRA. It will route you to the search for issues, recent issues, filters (My Open
Issues, reported by me, Bug UAT).
 Used Appium to facilitate mobile testing by creating mobile Driver class with the required Mobile capabilities.
 Performed System, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the
behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.

Environment: Java, QTP/UFT, CSS, Eclipse, JIRA, Python, SQL Server, XML, GitHub, JUnit, JDBC, TestNG, HP ALM Quality
Center, Gherkins, HP Quick Test Pro QTP 11.0, JAVA Web application, SQL, Java, JSP, Java Script, SOAP UI, Apache
JMeter, IVR, UFT 12.5, XML, PL/SQL, Oracle 11g.

Ford Motors, Detroit, MI Sep 2013 – May 2015

QA Automation Tester
Responsibilities:
 Thoroughly analyzed the business requirement documents.
 Implemented Standardized and Unified process throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
 Actively participated in all the phases of the testing Life cycle (Planning, Designing, Development and Reporting and
Results).
 Wrote the test cases for customize the web-based solution for Health PAS.
 Extensively used SQL to retrieve data from the databases by writing Stored Procedures, views, triggers etc.
 Used Complex SQL queries using joins and sub-queries to test the reports generated by the different modules as a
part of back-end testing.
 Used various types of Checkpoints such as Standard, Database, Bitmap, and Text-Check checkpoints to test the
properties and for validating the contents of the web page using QTP/UFT.
 Involved with other team members to set up testing tools, implementation and other testing environments.
 Performed both manual and automation testing.
 Performed various types of testing, such as functional, regression, user acceptance testing manually.
 Created the test scripts for both positive and negative testing.
 Involved in Functional, Integration, Regression and End-to-End testing of the application against user requirements.
 Defect Identification and created defect tracking reports till the close of the defect.
 Preparing Test Metrics using Quality Center (QC)/ALM (Application life cycle Management).
 Conducted Load and Performance testing using Load Runner.
Environment: HTML, SQL Server 2000, Quality Center (QC)/ALM, Selenium WebDriver and MS Excel, MS Visio, MS
Outlook.

Bluestar, India Feb 2011 – Apr 2013

Role: QA Tester
Responsibilities:
 Worked with other QA in Unit Testing tasks, Trading Partners for connectivity issues.
 Liaison between customers and corporate staff or between IT and Business Units as well as performing system
matrix testing
 Also performed impact analysis. Work with trading partners, clients, management, technical and non-technical
personnel to create use cases and system validation artifacts and testing documentation and performed medical
coding testing
 Involved in Backend Database manual testing in Oracle using SQL.
 Developed SQL scripts, to implement business rules Manually performed integration and Regression testing,
documented bugs and worked with development team to resolve issues
 Performed Load, stress and Performance Testing.
 Designed Test cases, test plan creation and Companion Guide development from stage to production, including both
internal and external requirements.
 Used the functions and actions in QTP/UFT and performed batch testing.
 Performed Data driven testing in QTP/UFT.
 Quality Center (QC) administrator and used Quality Center (QC) for defect tracking and reporting.
 Used Quality Center (QC) Checker Diagnostic, a tool to test man.

Environment: UML, Quality Center (QC), MS Visio, MS Outlook, UNIX, SQL.

Educational Details:
Education Stream (Masters) Telecommunications
Masters University Name State Of New York University
Passed Out Year 2008

Education Stream (Bachelors) Electronic Engineering

Bachelors University Name Shivaji University
Passed Out Year 2000