SUMMARY:

• Experienced in Manual and Automated Testing of Windows and Web based applications.
• Clear understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) like Waterfall, V - model and Agile Methodologies. Expertise in Testing methodology, Process Management and good understanding of business.
• Excellent skills in Technical documentation (Test Plans, Test Cases, Defect Reports, written communications, intercommunication skills.)
• Extensive knowledge and experience in performing complex functional, progression, regression, integration, and system testing on different environments such as JAVA, ASP.Net, C++, HTML, PL/SQL, XML, Web Sphere, Oracle, Windows.
• Expertise in preparing Test Plans from the requirements using HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Skilled in writing Test Cases in Excel or Word with import into the HP ALM/Quality Center Test Lab section.
• Experienced in logging defects and assigning the criticality of Defects, Root Cause Analysis, and Bug Verification using HP ALM/HP Quality Center.
• Familiar in Maintaining Test Scripts, Requirements and management of test suites using ALM/Quality Center. Experienced in preparing Test Execution reports using ALM/Quality Center.
• Experienced in designing SQL queries to conduct Back End testing and data validation.
• Familiar with performing regression testing and automating the scripts using UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in optimizing UFT/QTP scripts for testing applications with various data sources and data types.
• Experienced in creating a repository of reusable functions to cut down scripting time.
• Experienced in working with GUI testing using UFT/QTP.
• Expertise in developing custom functions using VBScript and Descriptive Programming for UFT/QTP.
• Hands on experience in creating Automation Frameworks using UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in Service Oriented Architecture Testing and Web Services testing.
• Experienced in debugging applications, processing and validating application/backend logs in both Web and Windows environments.
• Experienced in performing root cause analysis, preparing crystal reports, and Ad Hoc reports to provide to upper management.
• Self-motivated and result-oriented individual, accustomed to the pressure of tight deadlines.
• Skilled in working collaboratively with team members to achieve common goals, while maintaining responsibilities and commitments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: UFT/ QTP

Version Control Tools: PVCS, Perforce.

Defect Tracking Tools: HP ALM/Quality Center, JIRA

SDLC Methodologies: Agile, V-model, Waterfall model

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux/UNIX

Languages: Java, C, C++, VB, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL and Unix shell scripting.

Database: Oracle, DB2, MS Access, SQL Server

Web Technologies: Servlets, JSP, JDBC, XML, Web sphere.

MSSuite: Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented automated test infrastructure and verified tests to ensure overall efficiency of releasing new software and hardware.
• Created automated QA strategy, coded review integration tests from the development team, and continually looked to improve testing and deployment strategies across APIs and UIs.
• Responsibility for development of Test automation framework.
• Assisted in the identification and design of automated processes to increase testing efficiency and reliability.
• Identified and implemented appropriate testing methodologies, best practices, coding standards, documentation and tools.
• Designed and performed Functional, and Regression Tests to ensure service works smoothly for all members.
• Efficiently tracked and reported defects using appropriate tools such as HP ALM.
• Prepared documentation for assigned projects and followed software release procedures, requirements analysis using HP ALM for importing specifications and documents
• Performed Oracle SQL queries using Oracle SQL Developer.
• Designed & developed data driven framework to validate different user forms using UFT.
• Extensively used VB Script & Descriptive programming to develop Data Driven Framework in UFT.
• Designed and executed Regression tests in UFT to analyze the bottlenecks in the application.
• Developed an automated test regimen in UFT to fully exercise suspect areas.
• Integrated the execution of UFT regression scripts.
• Helped to develop and to test robust business continuity or disaster recovery processes.
• Anticipated and planned for different scenarios and levels of issue.
• Worked with the R&D and Quality Assurance teams to automate testing.
• Verified software changes that were submitted by the development team ensuring that the AUT functioned as documented and without errors.
• Ensured full conformance of each assigned application to establish specifications and performance, accuracy and integrity criteria.

Environment: HP ALM, SOAP UI, UFT, Html, CSS, Windows, Visual Studio, Java, JavaScript, Oracle, Linux, ASP, PHP.

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing and analyzing the functional requirement documents.
• Wrote the High level test scenarios and test cases based on the functionalities.
• Involved in whole SDLC (software Development Life Cycle) of the application by doing Integration, Smoke, Functional, regression, system, and user acceptance testing.
• Wrote the test plan based on functional requirements and HLD (High level Design documents) and LLD (low level design documents).
• Involved in Test Coverage Matrix, requirement analysis, and Requirement Traceability.
• Logged requirements created test cases and generated reports using HP ALM.
• Used HP ALM Test Management tool for Test Case Execution.
• Created test design by using HP ALM test Management tool and tracked the defects and reported the defects to the concerned persons.
• Performed database testing by using SQL queries.
• Extensively used UFT for regression testing for automation of multiple modules in the environments.
• Performed automated test with VB scripting for dynamic code in UFT.
• Updated UFT scripts in Expert view with VB scripting and wrote the functions in Function Libraries and associated the required function libraries to each test.
• Developed common reusable libraries of user defined public functions using UFT.
• Used Automation Framework to develop automated data driven regression test cases using UFT.
• Involved in maintaining and uploading the UFT Scripts to ALM.
• Performed cross browser testing to test the application compatibility.
• Created and executed the End-to-End scenarios to test the thorough functionality of the application.
• Worked with developers by updating the defects and resolving them and tracking the status.

Environment: Dot net, Java script, HP ALM, UFT, Jira, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Data Comparison Tool, Windows, HTML, XML, VB Script, and MS-Office.

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business requirement documents and functional requirement documents.
• Involved in writing the Test plan based on requirements.
• Involved in writing test cases based on functional requirement and use case documents.
• Prepared the Expected results for various reports to evaluate the functionality of the application.
• Managed entire quality assurance process in Quality Center including maintaining test cases, test execution, and defect tracking.
• Used Quality Center to prepare Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Created Different kinds of reports by using Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL queries in QTP scripts in order to verify whether the data is properly updated in the database tables.
• Involved in Automating Regression Test Scenario and writing Test Scripts in QTP.
• Created the necessary test data to execute the automated scripts as external data sheets and imported the data sheets into the QTP test scripts.
• Involved in Creating Reusable Actions and called them into external Actions using QTP.
• Created Recovery Files using Recovery Scenario Manager, associated the recovery scenarios to tests to instruct QTP with specified trigger action on unexpected event/popup.
• Coordinated all the testing related issues with the end users and the testing team.
• Performed Smoke testing.
• Maintained the test log Defect reports and also monitored the resolution of Defects.
• Planned and worked flexibly to meet the dead lines.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Oracle, MS-Office, HTML, XML, PL/SQL, Java, Windows.

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created detailed test cases for both Manual and Automation testing according to business requirements and functional requirements.
• Involved in reviewing and analyzing the functional requirement documents.
• Involved in entire QA Life Cycle, which included Designing, Developing and Execution of the entire QA Process and documenting Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts.
• Utilized Quality Center to manage the entire Quality Assurance process.
• Reported software defects in Quality Center and worked with the developers to resolve technical issues.
• Prepared the Traceability Matrix reports to view the business rules coverage by using Quality Center.
• Executed SQL queries to perform backend testing.
• Utilized descriptive programming whenever required and updated the scripts in QTP.
• Developed Test Scripts using QTP to test the application based on the Requirements Specification Document.
• Performed cross browser testing and System testing of Online quotes functionality.
• Performed Functional, Integration, End-To-End, Usability, Regression testing, Compatibility, and Security testing of the web application.
• Coordinated with offshore teams and communicated with developers in Defects reporting and tracking them to closure.
• Conducted Functional, Integration, System, Regression, and Black Box Testing.
• Performed Positive and Negative, Security testing to make sure application is according to requirements.
• Involved in Black Box Testing extensively.
• Worked closely with the QA manager, developers and SQA engineers to understand needs, preferences, workflows, priorities, and schedules and to execute test strategies.

Environment: Java, JSP, EJB, Windows, MS Office, HTML, XML, HTTP, VBScript, QTP, Quality Center, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL.