Raji Thomas Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Kanata, Ontario, Canada

India

• Worked in a Scaled Agile environment and collaborated with Stakeholders, BAs, Developers and QAs to analyze Business Requirements as well as for interpreting test data.• Designed and documented 150+ functional UI test cases for web application testing.• Collaborated with the team in identifying test cases that can be automated to develop a Hybrid automation framework using Selenium WebDriver with Java and TestNG based on POM design, which increased the testing efficiency by over 40%.• Involved in integrating the test framework with Continuous Integration development cycle, using Maven with Jenkins build server.• Designed and Executed 100+ automated and manual functional test cases for Rest API testing using Postman.• Spearheaded the implementation of a data driven testing framework in SOAPUI for Rest API automation, using groovy script and java libraries which reduced the testing time by 70%.• Adopted BDD process with Cucumber, created multiple Feature Files with Scenarios/Scenario Outlines and also wrote the corresponding Step Definitions with Java.• Developed tests using Junit/TestNG as well as updated and maintained page objects repository based on POM design pattern. • Involved in Code Refactoring by including various utilities which made code reusable, maintainable and more readable increasing testing efficiency by 50%.• Developed and maintained SQL queries to perform functional database validation testing.• Logged defects in JIRA, as well as supervised and created defect-tracking documentation with 100% closure rate.• Managed multiple application test environments to support various end to end testing teams. • Co-managed a QA team of 5 and also acted as Subject-Matter Expert to mentor newcomers.• Engaged in daily scrum stand ups, Grooming meetings, Sprint planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Demo meetings.• Conducted weekly status meetings and reported periodic project status and updates to the upper management.

India

• Collaborated with numerous stakeholders, BAs and developers for successful product releases across 5+ functional areas.• Single-handedly performed Requirement Analysis, Test environment setup, Test Strategy and Plan creation, Test Case Designing, Traceability Matrix creation, Test Case Execution and Test Closure for 50+ projects. • Wrote and executed SQL queries in Win SQL and Unix to perform back-end testing. • Used ALM/QC for test cycle planning, test cases creation, execution, defect tracking and report generations.• Logged 10+ bugs on an average weekly and actively performed tracking, reviewing and analysis for 100% closure. • Utilized document management tools share point and confluence.• Trained juniors as well as supervised a testing team and assigned, monitored and tracked daily tasks of the team members.• Participated and initiated daily status meetings, defect triage calls as well as provided weekly status updates for manual and automation test efforts to the higher management.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked in with a major Canadian banking client dealing with applications for core banking-Deposit Accounting Systems, Personal Banking Systems, Fraud, Marketing and Finance • Worked on mainframe testing for Mainframe online screens, advanced SPF and mainframe databases IMS DB, IBM DB2 • Reviewed the Business Requirement documents and designed and documented Test Strategies, Test Plan, Test Cases,Testing AID documents for multiple projects.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Applied Electronics

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Electronics And Communications Engineering

12Th Standard

10Th Standard