Simha Chalam Email & Phone Number

Kitchener, On, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Assessed and analyzed user stories and participated in Sprint planning, Review Sessions, Scrum Meetings and developed Test scenarios, Test cases, data & reportsInvolved in changes in SFDC migration meeting from classic view to Lightening view Identified high level scenarios to perform test execution for requirements in current release.Worked in a team environment using Agile software methodologies while attended daily Scrum meetings with the team to discuss the milestones and… Show more Assessed and analyzed user stories and participated in Sprint planning, Review Sessions, Scrum Meetings and developed Test scenarios, Test cases, data & reportsInvolved in changes in SFDC migration meeting from classic view to Lightening view Identified high level scenarios to perform test execution for requirements in current release.Worked in a team environment using Agile software methodologies while attended daily Scrum meetings with the team to discuss the milestones and progressDeveloped BDD (Behavior Driven Development) tests using Cucumber in Gherkin format for writing behaviors in feature files and Step definitionsInvolved in Automation Framework development from the scratch using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber JVM and Page Object Model in EclipseFollowed DevOps continuous integration(CI) tool Jenkins to execute the test scripts periodically on Selenium Grid for different platforms desktop, tablet & mobile.Performed Cross browser testing and parallel testing on Chrome, Firefox and Safari using TestNG and Mvn on Selenium gridExpertise in grouping of test suites, test cases and test methods for regression and functional testing using TestNG Annotations like Groups, Parameter, Data Provider and TagsUtilized Maven to manage dependencies for test execution, plugins and created profiles of grouped test cases to run sanity and regression testingIntegrated Jenkins with GIT and scheduled builds to run automatically during a build release by invoking predefined maven commandsUtilized Apache POI jar file to read test data from the excel spread sheets and load them into required test casesAdministered and Engineered Jenkins for managing weekly Build, Test, and Deploy chain, SVN/GIT with Dev/Test/Prod Branching Model for weekly releasesHandled Selenium Synchronization problems using Explicit & Implicit waits during regression testingExperience writing complex XPATH using following and preceding and also using functions like contains and not contains Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for overall quality management of Software web applications• Responsible for Integration, validation, troubleshooting on systems based on Android applications.• Working in agile development process environment• Participated daily status update in morning scrum meeting• Worked on Selenium Web driver Object / element verification is done through XPath, CSS Locators• Used SOAPUI for testing SOAP based Web Services. Performed functional and performance testing of… Show more • Responsible for overall quality management of Software web applications• Responsible for Integration, validation, troubleshooting on systems based on Android applications.• Working in agile development process environment• Participated daily status update in morning scrum meeting• Worked on Selenium Web driver Object / element verification is done through XPath, CSS Locators• Used SOAPUI for testing SOAP based Web Services. Performed functional and performance testing of Web Services• Worked on Selenium WebDriver, the integrated development environment for Selenium scripts using Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome• Conducted testing across multiple devices like PCs on iOS, android, and windows platforms• Gathered requirements documents such as business requirements and design document and other related documents• Created Page Object Model (POM) framework to automate McKesson application• Created Java automation scripts for Account, Contact, and Lead module for the application• Initiated the idea of POM framework for the system (built on MEAN stack: Node.js, Angular, MongoDB) for automated tests management and comprehensive reporting• Used JavaScript to enhance test cases and make them robust and comprehensive• Performed cross browser testing for McKesson application modules using Selenium GRID• Responsible in research and building automation framework using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG. The framework is designed to run tests on multiple browsers• Developed GUI mobile automation testing framework for Android with Appium• Created and executed the test scripts with Java/TestNG• Used TestNG for writing unit test cases and executing them as a test suite• Extensively worked with DOM and locating a web element using Id, CSS selector and XPath• Maintained and executed Maven build files for executing automated tests• Configured and monitored automation jobs using Jenkins Continuous Integration Show less

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Involved in the Review of Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) with functional manager and technical specialists for testing E-Rx Claims and inbound applications.• Updated the existing Manual Test Cases to reflect with the new updates in the technical specifications.• Resolved the issues related to QTP-Eclipse Integration by installing required add-ons for Java based applications on AS 400;• Automated manually passed Test Cases stored in QC using QTP with Eclipse RCP(Rich… Show more • Involved in the Review of Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) with functional manager and technical specialists for testing E-Rx Claims and inbound applications.• Updated the existing Manual Test Cases to reflect with the new updates in the technical specifications.• Resolved the issues related to QTP-Eclipse Integration by installing required add-ons for Java based applications on AS 400;• Automated manually passed Test Cases stored in QC using QTP with Eclipse RCP(Rich Client platform) Framework• Conducted manual testing on all applications to ensure the completeness of the testing. Ensured that all the test cases are updated in the QC along with Master test plan• Reported the Bugs to the developer and team lead. Involved in team meetings and Bug triage meetings to discuss the resolution and reproduction of the bug in various aspects• After successful release of projects, developed scripts from scratch using descriptive programming in QTP and integrated the script with master scripts.• Involved in parameterization of the objects and inserting checkpoints to verify the functionality of the applications in QTP.• Conducted regression testing for every Build using QTP and stored the scripts in ALM, Checked them out when there are minor modification required.• Used Java Script in Eclipse Frame work to automate few web based applications using Selenium components such as IDE, RC and Web Driver• Closely worked with developer in implement white box techniques such Unit, Integration and code coverage (Path, Branch, and Edge) testing at all loops.• Deeply involved in debugging of the code with developer of the project in order to find the critical and rare issues and discussed the resolution of the bug and performed regression after the fix.• Manually executed the Test Cases and compared the actual result with the expected results thereby created test results documents. Show less

Btech - Bachelor Of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 65.1%

Intermediate, Mpc, 89%

Ssc, I - X, 88%