Mr.

VIRAL TANDEL
San Jose, CA | +1669-255-9135 | Email: viralb1026@gmail.com | Status: Citizen(No sponsorship require)

OBJECTIVE
· Seeking a challenging role in the dynamic ield of Software Quality Assurance and Testing.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
· With over 5+ years of expertise in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation across Video Gaming,
Infotainment, and Telecommunication IT sectors.

· Pro icient in testing Client/Server and Web-based Applications, as well as Web Services (SOAP and REST),
demonstrating skill in both Manual and Automation Testing.

· Well-versed in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and Agile
methodologies.

· Specialized in SQA, encompassing both Manual and Automation testing utilizing tools such as Selenium
WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, JMeter, SoapUI, Postman, Apache HttpClient, Rest API, and POSTMAN.

· Possesses a strong foundation in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with extensive use of Java for test case
automation.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

· Languages/ Scripts: Java, JavaScript, SQL, Shell, Batch Script.

· Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, SoapUI, POSTMAN, Charles proxy, Apache POI.

· Web Services: SOAP, REST, JSON, XML.

· Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA.

· Testing Methodologies: System Testing, Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Feature
Testing, Acceptance Testing, Build Acceptance.

· Testing. Databases: Cassandra, Oracle.

· Misc. Tools: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Firebug, Chrome devtools.

· Operating Systems: MAC, Linux, UNIX, Windows.

· Build/CI Tools: Maven, Jenkins.

· Version Control: GIT, Bitbucket.

EXPERIENCE
Test Automation Engineer | Comcast, Sunnyvale California| SEP 2021 - Present
Description:
· Comcast Cable Communications, operating as Xfinity, a leading provider of cable television,
internet, telephone, and wireless services, I contribute to the XConf Cloud service App project. This
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 application facilitates device communication for configuration settings, firmware downloads, log
uploads, and telemetry data.

Responsibilities:
· Analyzing requirements and functional speci ications for the application

· Validating Data Service APIs (GoLang), Admin service APIs, and SSR application APIs

· Participating in weekly status, Scrum, QA, and bug review meetings

· Actively participating in deployment calls, including live production testing and canary model deployment

· Contributing to and presenting in daily SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) calls, monitoring charts, and reporting
identi ied issues

· Conducting regression testing using JMeter for new builds and modi ications

· Designing test scripts for SSR cloud-based applications for staging and production deployment

· Involvement in con iguration testing and thorough testing of the overall application architecture

· Tracking, reporting, and preparing bug report documents

· Performing manual API testing with Postman and automating test cases using JMeter

· Engaging in GUI, Functional, integration, Sanity, Smoke, and system testing.

· Conducting Prod Deployment testing with live traf ic, monitoring on Splunk dashboard and Grafana call logs

· Documenting and updating wiki pages for testing processes in the staging/prod environment and Training
offshore QA team for production/staging environment validation and concurrently, training the offshore QA team
to pro iciently validate.

Environment:
· Jira, JMeter, Postman Jenkins, GIT, Linux, AWS, Agile, Web Services, REST APIs, Grafana, Splunk, alm octane

QA Engineer | Sirius-XM Satellite Radio, Detroit, Michigan | DEC 2020 – SEP 2021
Description:
· Sirius XM Inc is a top audio entertainment company in the U.S. The project includes tasks like checking Backend
APIs, testing POA applications, examining Linux (LDA) functionalities, and testing Android applications.

Responsibilities:
· The infotainment app for Satellite Radio is accessible through SAT/IP channels, featuring different versions such
as EMMA, FCA RAM, and GM across multiple builds.

· Conducting System Integration Testing for individual modules, integrated subsystems, and complete systems.

· Verifying features including SAT+IP channel tuning, Artist Radio, Listening History, Account management, Xtra
channels, and Search & Recommendation through request/response Endpoints.

· Logging JIRA defects discovered during SIT/Prod off-air testing with accompanying test evidence and data.

· Responsible for Production deployment and regression and Triaging the issues with other teams

· Managing API integration for various clients using Rest API in Charles Proxy.
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· Create, execute, and document test cases for advanced SXM radios utilizing JAMA.

· Capturing and re-writing API calls with Charles Proxy

· Provide technical support during software installation or con iguration.

· Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.

· Provide regular and accurate reports to QA Test Lead.

Environment:
· Jira, Android, AWS, Jenkins, Charles Proxy, Ubuntu, Linux, VMWare, WINSCP, PUTTY, Agile, Web Services, REST
APIs, Jama, Linux, VMWare.

QA Engineer | International Game Technology, Las Vegas, NV | JAN 2019 - NOV 2020
Description:
· International game technology is a multinational game technology that produces gaming machines and Lotteries
to digital and social gaming technology. The project involves the development of Automation Systems to increase
the team’s performance and quality.

Responsibilities:
· A proactive participant in weekly AGILE meetings and updated team lead and manager on the status of testing.

· Performing manual and Automation testing through all phases of the development life cycle using black-box
testing methods.

· Automated Web Application Testing using Selenium WebDriver with java language building and REST API.

· Extensively used Page Objects design framework for readable test script and easy maintenance from developer
perspectives.

· Tested SOAP and Restful Web Services using SoapUI manually.

· Used TestNG test suite to run a group of test classes and test cases.

· Performed Smoke, Black Box, Validation and Compatibility testing.

· Hands-on experience in Create Automation Shell and Batch Scripts.

· Using MySQL Server database extensively to validate the back-end data.

· Used Firebug and FirePath to identify the elements in the web application.

Environment:
· Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, Eclipse, Web Services, REST API, TestNG, JAXB, GSON, XML, JSON, SOAP, REST,
SoapUI, JIRA, Visual Studio, SQL, GIT, Oracle, Linux.

EDUCATION
Masters of Science | Northwestern polytechnic university | May 2017
· Major: Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Science | Uka Tarsadia University | June 2015

· Major: Electrical Engineering
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