• Over six years of specialized experience in Manual Testing for Client-Server and Web-based applications, with substantial involvement in Quality Assurance roles and a solid foundation in Automation Testing.• Proficient in Agile environments, skilled in developing detailed Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Test Scenarios. Actively contribute to Daily Scrum, Weekly Status Meetings, Walkthroughs, QA & Bug Review Meetings.• Adept at coordinating cross-functional teams and managing projects, with a proven ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences. Experienced in implementing technology-based solutions to address business challenges.• Proficient in using Jira and HP ALM for managing test activities, including requirement analysis, Test Plan preparation, Test Case creation, test execution, and defect reporting, with a primary focus on manual testing processes.• Expert in exploratory testing, defect identification and reporting, test metrics, and defect triage using ALM and Jira, emphasizing manual testing techniques.• Demonstrated capability in drafting various manual testing artifacts such as Test Flows, Test Strategies, Test Specifications, Test Summaries, Test Procedures, and Test Status Reports for Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Interface Testing, Smoke Testing, and Integration Testing.• Skilled in developing Test Scenarios, Test Data, and Test Reports for manual testing, with a focus on meticulous documentation and execution of Manual Tests.• Experienced in grouping Test Cases and Test Methods for effective Regression & Functional Testing in manual test environments.• Proficient in using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG for automation, with experience in creating and managing automated test scripts while focusing primarily on manual test case execution. Familiar with integrating automated testing with manual testing efforts for comprehensive coverage.• Utilized Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber for creating BDD test scripts and data-driven frameworks, and generating regression test reports, complementing manual testing practices.• Conducted manual testing of Rest APIs using industry-leading tools like POSTMAN.• Engaged in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate acceptance criteria before release, ensuring alignment with business requirements through both manual and automated testing.• Possesses strong knowledge of writing SQL queries for extracting data from database tables to perform Manual Database Testing, while also leveraging automated scripts for database validation.