SUMMARY:

• Around 10+ years of experience in Software Testing encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals.
• Extensive experience Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and its different phases using both Agile/Scrum and Non Agile methodologies.
• Experience in manual testing using various Testing techniques like Functional, Regression, Integration, Compatibility, User Acceptance and System Testing.
• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Expertise and experience with Test Management, Defect Management, Project Management and Test Metrics collection.
• Experience in Managing Test teams, Creation, Reviewing and Execution of Test Plan, Test Execution and Defect Reporting and tracking.
• Experience in using tools like HP QTP, HP QC, Bugzilla, Team Star, Rational Team Concert, Rational Functional Tester and Combinatorial Test Design.
• Experience in preparation of automated tests within the keyword and data driven (hybrid) automation framework using QTP
• Experience in leading and managing teams. Handled multiple roles - Test Lead, Team Module Lead, Sr Quality Analyst.
• Executed projects for e-commerce, social networking and Insurance industry.
• Extensive experience in working on web based and mainframes applications.
• Extensive experience with Estimation of Test effort and coordinate Test Schedule with overall Project both on individual and program level projects.
• Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Automation Tools: HP QTP 10.00, RFT

Test Management Tools: HP Quality Center 11.52, Bugzilla, RTC, Team Star, CTD

Scripting Languages: VB Script

Database: MS SQL Server 2005, 2008, DB2, Mainframes

Operating Systems: Windows, MS DOS

Programming Languages: ASP.Net, MS SQL, SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Durham, NC

T est Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible in leading the program level projects to see that all the applications involved provide QA sign off in time without missing any deliverables.
• Responsible in coordinating between multiple Development/business/Test Teams on a program level project, providing status updates to the management on the program, managing the program by conducting weekly status meetings, following up through mails/phones etc to see that the deadlines are met. Able to address issues/risks to the right partners, propose mitigation plans for any issues, address upfront any issues the teams are facing to the right partners, reviewing the test plans/scenarios etc of different teams on the program, suggesting solutions for any problem, proposing ways to conduct End 2 End testing by coming out with and E2E test plan for all teams so there are no test misses for any application/teams.
• Responsible in providing estimations to the client for the projects, provide justification for the estimations if needed and resource forecasting and planning for all the current and future projects.
• Responsible for interacting with the Development/Business/client partners at onshore to understand the requirements and translating the same to the offshore, giving them and resolving the issues the offshore team faces.
• Responsible in preparing the status decks for the senior management of the client.
• Responsible for coordination between onshore and offshore teams.
• Organize business calls, touch up calls, status calls with the AD/Business/UAT to resolve any issues, update project status with the management on daily and weekly basis.
• Technically up to date with the application knowledge so as to support any testing activities which need attention at the onshore hours to be able to reduce the gap between onshore and offshore time difference.
• Participate in the Kick off/requirements meetings with all the stake holders and getting all the required information to the offshore.
• Responsible for analyzing any UAT defects to see if any Test Miss or not and providing appropriate justification to see that the Test team does not miss on the SLAs for DRE and others.
• Suggest innovative ideas/solutions to client in the form of process improvement, automation proposals and reusability of test artifacts to bring about saving to the client.

Environment: Java, Main Frames, DB 2, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test ProfessionalTeam Size: 30

Test Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading a team in delivering defect free application to our customer in the insurance sector.
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, change control, aspects of the project.
• Responsible for effective communication between the testing team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the team and regular project status to the customer.
• Responsible for creating the Test Plan, Estimations for the requirements and Change Requests if any.
• Translate customer functional requirements into test scenarios, review the test scenarios and test cases of the team, establish specific solutions for the issues the team faces and monitoring the testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.
• Ensure that the Quality Procedure set for the team is being followed and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets quality goals.
• Carry out root cause analysis for the UAT or business defects.
• Preparing the status reports, director decks and metrics reports for senior management.
• Implemented the Combinatorial Test Design methodology for the applications worked on.
• Identified Automation feasibility for some applications and created automation scripts.
• Mentoring and resources in the team.
• Responsible for resource forecasting and planning for current and future projects.
• Providing walk through for AD/Business teams on the Test Plans/ Scenarios.
• Coordinating between the offshore teams and the business/AD teams for any issues or risks.
• Setting up defect triage calls with AD/Business daily and weekly status calls with senior management on the status of the projects.

Environment: Java, Main Frames, DB 2, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional, Rational Team Concert

Quality Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Work with Development team in understanding the business requirements to translate into test scenarios.
• Communicate with developers to help them understand the issues occurred while testing.
• Preparing of estimation of testing time and effort
• Creation of Test Plan. Reviewing of the test scenarios and test cases of the QA Team.
• Followed Data Driven testing Framework for executing Regression test scripts
• Bug reporting and tracking of Bugs through Bug Tracking Tool
• Generated user defined functions in QTP
• Debugged Test Scripts for script issues used for automation.
• Performed Functional, Integration, Regression and System Testing.
• Involved in Database Validation.

Environment: ASP.Net, Ajax, MS SQL, Windows XP, SAAS.

Confidential

Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed Functional, Integration, Regression Testing.
• User acceptance scenario testing.
• Defect Reporting.
• Involved in Database Validation

Environment: ASP, ASP.Net, MSSQL