SUMMARY:

• Experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience includes Black Box, Regression, GUI, integration, User Acceptance, Back end, Positive, Negative, Functional, Performance, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Expertise in reviewing and analyzing user stories, product backlogs, and use case(s) documents.
• Experience in supporting Test Cycles, Compiling Test Status Reports, participating in Defect Status meetings, Project Status meetings and interacting with Project Managers, Development Team, Business Analysts and Engineers.
• Experience in working with V - Model, Agile (SCRUM) and Waterfall development methodologies.
• Expertise in developing Test Scripts, Test Plans, and Test Cases for Functional, Regression suites, and System Testing.
• Experience in Defect Management and Change Management Tools JIRA and Quality Center.
• Expertise in developing test Scenarios, preparing test data, and creating bug documentation.
• Experience in manual and automation testing using industry standard testing tools HP ALM, Quality Center, QuickTest Professional, and LoadRunner.
• Expertise in scripting and executing SQL queries using TOAD, SQL Plus for Back end testing.
• Excellent knowledge of Oracle and SQL Server.
• Experience in effectively presenting technical information to various audiences ranging from the client, developer to project manager.
• Experience in section 508 compliance testing.
• Self-motivated, team oriented, have strong communication skills and the ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, meets project milestones, and deliverable dates
• Strong leadership capabilities, good judgment and the ability to work effectively with a diverse workforce.
• Experience and knowledge on Selenium.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: Agile-Scrum, Waterfall, and V-Development Model

Testing Tools: HP Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, ALM, LoadRunner, JIRA,JAWS,WAVE, TOAD, Selenium and SQL-Plus

Bug Tracking Tool: JIRA, ALM, and Quality Center

Operating System: Unix, Windows XP/2000, Windows 7 &Vista, AS 400

Languages/Web Technology: SQL, Visual Basic, XML, HTML

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, Linux

Application: MS Office, Visio, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Business Analyst/Systems Analyst

Confidential, Reston VA

Responsibilities:

• Analyze requirements and business rule documents.
• Create User Stories, and Use Cases.
• Create Mockup Diagrams, Wireframe and Swimlane diagrams.
• Write Test cases from use cases.

Environment: Visio, MS Office, RRC, Excel, SharePoint, Outlook

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Tested web based system for Express Scripts.
• Interacted with Business Analysts and Developers in requirements analysis, design reviews, testing and documentation developed in Agile environment.
• Actively participated in Scrum meetings, reviews, and developed test scenarios.
• Reviewed Functional specifications documents, design documents, requirements traceability matrix and involved in developing test plan document.
• Prepared the traceability matrix to fill in gap between the requirements and the test cases covered.
• Designed test plans, test cases, test scripts and executed by testing manually.
• Facilitated meetings to review defects and identify severity found during testing.
• Manually retested application after modifications and in enhancements.
• Used JIRA to track application defects to improve quality of software.

Environment: HP ALM, MS Excel, MS Word, AS 400, J2EE, Quality Center, VB Script, SharePoint

QA Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with business owners and Subject Mater Expert (SME) to understand Use Case, User Story, Activity Diagrams, screen mock-ups, acceptance criteria, and UI documents.
• Involved in gathering/analyzing the System Requirement Specification (SRS), Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) software design document, Use cases, and any project related documents.
• Conducted review meetings of test design, test readiness, and test completion.
• Designed and develop Test Scenario/Test Cases for various Business Processes.
• Developed Manual and worked on Automated Test Scripts.
• Provided timely feedback to developers as bugs are found using JIRA.
• Manually retested the application functionality after any modifications or updates on the application.
• Gathered and analyzed tests logs, defects, and implement final test summary reports.
• Involved in preparation of the test data required for executing test cases.
• Involved in System Testing, UAT Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing and Performance Testing.
• Facilitated defect review meetings involving all stakeholders to review defects, identify severity and set priorities as per client requirements, ensuring accuracy and deadlines were met.
• Participated in sprint planning based on new and backlogged requirements.
• Manually tested many of the functionalities to ascertain the validity of smoke testing.
• Maintain Requirement Traceably Matrix (RTM) after developing and updating Test Cases in HP ALM/ Quality Center.
• Created test data for validating scenarios based on functional requirements specifications.
• Created Test cases to verify application comply with section 508 regulation.
• Involved in proactively communicating with the development team regarding the status and potential impacts on the delivery date and/or expected quality of the tasks and/or the projects.
• Facilitated resolution and communication of cross- functional team on issues and decisions.
• Created test data/conduct database queries as required to evaluate software functionality.
• Written test cases based on information found in requirements and specifications, flow charts, and process diagrams.
• Prepared automated scripts for Maintenance and Regression testing.
• Performed Front End and Functionality Testing using QTP.
• Maintained main repository and function libraries.
• Developed QTP automation framework to maintain regression testing.
• Automated test scenarios for GUI, Functionality and performe data driven testing on the application inserting different data using QTP.
• Participated in peer reviews of functional specifications, application previews, and test plans/test cases.
• Used reusable actions with utilizing the flexible functionalities in Quick Test professional.
• Involved in writing and executing SQL queries for Backend Testing.
• Used JIRA for issue tracking and project tracking for software development teams to improve code quality.
• Participated in design Walkthroughs and Inspection meetings to review Test scripts and results.

Environment: HP ALM, JIRA, QTP, J2EE, Quality Center, VB Script, Oracle, TOAD, SharePoint, JAWS, WAVE

QA Test Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the software functionality.
• Developed test plans based the business functionality of the application.
• Performed System Testing.
• All the issues that came up during the testing process were tracked and logged in Clear Quest as defects.
• Used Quality Center for execution of manual test scripts.
• Create & Execute UAT Testing Scripts run it & participate in defect calls.
• Developed a test plan and modified the test plan when required in later stages of testing. Tests were tracked, reviewed, analyzed, and compared using Quality Center.
• Conducted Multi-User, Smoke, and System testing.
• Wrote SQL Statements to extract Data from Tables and to verify the output Data of the reports
• Performed extensive functional GUI level testing and wrote /modified tests from scratch.
• Created and executed automated test scripts.
• Involved in User Interface testing, Usability Testing, Functionality Testing, and Smoke Testing of the application.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing before the initial release when the project reached the final phase prior to deployment.
• Monitored and planned tests and test scripts using Quality Center, and also used its bug reporting capabilities to track and document bugs.
• Provided complete information to the developers to understand the bug, get an idea of its severity, and about its reproducibility.
• Performed compatibility testing on various browsers and operating systems to ensure excellent user acceptance.
• Developed a plan to create automation test scripts, to be implemented in multiple stages of test cycles.
• Modified and Executed automated and manual test scripts for different modules using QTP.
• Designed Performance test scenarios using LoadRunner, performed Stress & Volume Testing, and analyzed the results.
• Created VUser Scripts in Virtual User Generator (VuGen) as per the business requirement and created various scenarios using controller in Load Runner.
• Tested the final application for Usability testing to verify whether all the User Requirements were created by the application.
• Monitored the defect tracking process using Quality Center, trouble shooting, generating customized graphs, and reports for the client.
• Maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).

Environment: Oracle, Windows NT, UNIX, Quality Center, .NET, VB Script, TOAD, SQL, LoadRunner, HTML, XML

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in understanding of functionality and design of different applications based on the Requirement Specification Document.
• Captured Test Cases and Test Results in Quality Center and documented and prepared the release notes as part of the project deliverables.
• Investigated Software bugs and Interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues and reporting the bugs to all concerned.
• Investigated requirements and interfaced with developers to resolve issues and reporting the issues to all concerned. Outstanding issues were documented and managed through Quality Center.
• Reviewed requirements and design documents, ensured that requirements are clear and testable.
• Reviewed software Test plan for defining test scenarios and writing manual and automated test scripts.
• Maintained Requirement Traceably Matrix (RTM) after developing and updating Test Cases
• Created, Maintained, and Executed Manual Test Scripts in Quality Center.
• Analyzed and identified defects, and logged defects with detailed specification into Quality Center as they relate to Test Cases.
• Analyzed test results to ensure existing functionality and recommended corrective action.
• Worked with Users and Business Analysts to define and design test scenarios and test data.
• Used the data driven testing and database accessing techniques to support the scripts.
• Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity, and performed Database Testing for the Application.
• Extensively used SQL Queries to verify the data from the database.
• Actively participated in Review meetings and walkthroughs and prepared the defect progress reports during defect meetings.

Environment: VB, LoadRunner, Quick Test Pro, Clear Quest, SQL Server, UNIX, Windows XP.