SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Development, comprehensive testing of System, Web and Client/Server applications.
• Expertise in Manual and Automated Testing using WinRunner, Quick Test Pro, LoadRunner and Test Director in real time and unattended testing environment across multiple operating systems and technologies.
• Expertise in testing Client Server and Web Applications using ASP, Java on Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator.
• Expertise and experience in performing different kinds of testing like Smoke, Black Box, GUI, Functionality, Unit, Integration, Regression, Usability, Compatibility, Installation, System, Performance, Load, Stress and User Acceptance (UAT) of Web and Client/Server Applications.
• Recording test, debugging test, editing test - using TSL, running and analyzing results. Developed and implemented test suites, which includes features like Data Driven, Database Checks, Batch and Functions, Compile Module and Exception Handling with WinRunner.
• Expertise in writing, maintaining, executing Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts, analyzing bugs and Interacting with team members in fixing the errors.
• Extremely involved in managing defect tracking system like Genesis, BTNet and Test Director 7.0.
• Well versed with Testing Methodologies, Testing Strategies and SDLC.
• Experienced in Configuration and Change Management using Visual Source Safe.
• Knowledge in Industry standards like SEI CMM and ISO standards.
• Expert in installing and configuring Automated Tools and Setting QA Test Environment.
• Knowledge in Web/Application Servers like WebLogic, Websphere, Tomcat and IIS.
• Proficient in SQL and PL/SQL Programming for back-end including Triggers, Packages, Functions and Stored Procedures.
• Involved in the design and development of test cases and executing the test cases.
• Well versed with all the testing concepts and methodologies.
• Expertise in finding the bugs in right time.
• Involved in Unit, Integration, System, Regression and Performance testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: C, C++, Visual C++ 6.0, C#, Asp.Net, Java.

Operating Systems: Win9X, Windows NT, Windows 2K, Windows 7/Xp, Win 2003 server

GUI: Visual Basic 6.0

Version Control: Visual Source Safe 6.0, PVCS

Testing Tools: QTP, Win Runner 8.0, Load Runner 7.0, Test Director 7.0.

Defect Tracking Tools: Genesis, BTNet, Test Director 7.0, Mantis

RDBMS: Oracle 8i, SQL 2000

Third Party Software: TOAD

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox

Others: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS Power Point

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and analyze Business Requirements, Functional specification and Use case documents.
• Analyzed and generated various workflows and designed Manual Scripts
• Creation of Test Plan, high level scenarios, test case construction, and test estimates, resource estimates, weekly status reports.
• Creation of Impact Analysis matrix and documents for QueVision.
• Expertise in using SQL queries using Oracle 10g (correlated, subqueries, tables, joins, Indexes, hints, Explain plan for performance tuning, set operators (Union, union all, intersect, minus), NULL, Not Null, Decode, Cartesian product, DML statements to verify the database integrity.
• Verified XML manifest files and verify the Entrance/Exit criteria for different versions and builds
• Performed Data Validation using SQL queries against Oracle database
• Assistance in defining test conditions, procedures, and test data for QA environment set up and test execution.
• Quality Center is used for managing requirements traceability, execute the Test cases, track defects, create public and private reports for QA effort status.
• Performed defect reporting, isolation, reproduction, classification, tracking through resolution and re-validation in JIRA after fix in QA environment
• Performed UAT by creating UAT specific data on the existing e-commerce applications for the retail.
• Performed an active role in comparing front end data with the data stored in backend
• Worked with Microsoft Sharepoint for accessing the documents.
• Worked with DB Visualizer, SQL Server 2005 for creating SQL queries.
• Onsite/Offshore co-ordination.
• Maintained Technical Release Notes and Technical Documentation.
• Contribution to the establishment of standards and procedures for testing and general Quality Assurance.
• Worked on different services on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) like Visibility services, Search Services to ensure system stability.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center/Test Director, Oracle 9i/10g, PL/SQL, Windows Server 2003, MS Office tools, Java, JIRA, SilkTest, Clearcase, Windows XP, DB Visualizer, MS Project, SharePoint

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in the preparation of the Test Plan and the Test Strategy.
• Involved in the requirement analysis.
• Preparation of the Test Cases for Functional, Performance, Volume, Load and Database Testing.
• Involved in the Test Activities such as Functional Testing, GUI and Regression Testing.
• Tracked and reported the various project matrices.
• Designed and Maintained the Automation Scripts.
• Involved in Updating and Execution of the Test Scripts.
• Involved in the Web based Testing.
• Responsible for the checklist verification.
• Responsible for the Release sign off.
• Involved in the Database Testing by Submitting, Maintaining and Executing the Queries.
• Submitted the Test Reports to the Management
• Involved in the Triage Meetings and Post-Mortem Reports.
• Communicated with the Client in Understanding the Requirements and the Change Request.
• Followed the Processes and Improved the Quality of the Existing Processes.
• Bug Report generation and Defect Tracking using Mantis Bug Tracker.

Environment: Windows 7/ Vista/2000/XP, Mantis Bug Tracker, ASP.Net, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Postgre SQL Server, C# 3.0

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with developers to understand the functionality of the applications.
• Prepared Test Cases according to the requirements.
• Prepared the test scripts according the requirements.
• Involved in the testing such as Functional, GUI, Performance, Stress, Load and Regression using QTP 8.2 and Load Runner 7.0.
• Involved in the Test Activities such as Black Box Testing Methodologies.
• Involved in the structural testing of the application.
• Investigated software faults and interfaced with SME to resolve technical issues.
• Involved in weekly status update with the manager and project leader.
• Involved in End- to End Testing.
• Involved in the User Acceptance Testing.
• Involved in the testing of Web Logic Server.
• Involved in the Verification and Validation during the Project Life Cycle.
• Gathered the Data for the Metrics.
• Involved actively in Implementation of the Processes.
• Bug Report generation and Defect Tracking using Test Director 7.0
• Involved as active member in all the status review meetings.

Environment: Windows 2kp/Xp/2003, Java, J2EE, Web Logic Server, Ubuntu6.01, Install Anywhere 6.0, QTP 8.2, Test Director 7.0, Load Runner 7.0

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Helped the Lead in preparing System Test Plans based on User Requirements Document (URD), Functional Requirement Specification Document (FRSD) and prepared the Test Cases and Test Procedures using Test Director.
• Involved in Manual Testing and Automated Testing using Win Runner, and Test Director.
• Involved in functional testing, Regression testing, System testing, Database testing of the application.
• Tested the application manually by executing test cases prior to automation.
• Prepared the test scenarios and generated test scripts for the AUT in Win Runner.
• Prepared test data for positive and negative testing used in data driven testing for testing the application dynamically.
• When I worked with Win Runner, I saved tests directly to Test Director Database.
• Executed the tests in Win Runner and then used Test Director to review the overall results of a testing cycle.
• Parameterized the scripts and tested the scripts using data driven methodology.
• Used SQL statements extensively to retrieve data for Database testing.
• Interacted with the developers for bug fixes and problem resolution.
• Used Test Director 7.5 as centralized repository to hold test cases and also for reporting of defects.
• Involved in stress, performance and load testing using LoadRunner 7.02.

Environment: WinRunner 7.5, TestDirector 7.5, LoadRunner 7.02, Windows XP, SQL, VB Script, HTML, MS Word, Java, Oracle, Internet Explorer 6.02, Netscape Navigator 7.0.

Senior Software Testing Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in generating test plan, test cases using TestDirector.
• Developed Test scripts for these Test cases using TSL.
• Investigating software problems and analyzing them.
• Performed integration testing for different modules in the application.
• Used Test Director to keep track of system and reporting priority
• Performed and planed regression testing, integration testing, system compatibility testing, unit tests and User Acceptance testing.
• Wrote SQL queries to test the oracle database and validate the data integrity.
• Performed regression testing to ensure no new bugs exist due to modifications.
• Cross browser testing is used on Internet explorer and Netscape navigator for browser compatibility.
• Maintained and executed manual as well as automated test cases from Test Director.
• Carried out extensive testing with the Win Runner, testing tool with different test cases, which reflects the various real time business situations. Analyzed test results and suitable corrective actions were suggested.
• Test Director was used as a bug-tracking tool to generate bug reports.

Environment: Mercury Test Suite (Test Director 5.0/6.0/7i, Win runner 5.0/6.0, Load Runner 6.0), Window NT, Oracle, Visual Basic 6.0, XML

Software Testing Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in the preparation of the test cases.
• Executed test cases and reported the bugs in defect tracking system.
• Worked in Test Activities such as Functional testing, Regression Testing.
• Participated in the User Acceptance Testing.
• Participated in the Production Release phase of testing.
• Bug Report generation using Genesis.
• Involved in the Replication of the similar condition in which user reported the bug.
• Assisted End Users in using the Newly Developed Functionalities.

Environment: Windows 2000 Pro, VC++, SNMP Protocol, Crystal reports, CVS