SUMMARY:

• Experienced in complete software development life cycle (SDLC), software testing life cycle (STLC), and bug life cycle (BLC)
• Extensively worked on web - services applications, using SOAP UI tools, to create a web service test from SOAP request and validate the response against the database
• Worked with technologies including: XML, Java, SOAP UI, ASP, VB, Web services, oracle, SQL Server, and IBM Mainframes
• Solid database testing skills using advanced SQL to validate data and to run jobs in the backend
• Excellent experience in functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, GUI testing, backend testing, ad-hoc testing, black box testing, stress testing, smoke testing, and system testing
• Expertise in bug-reporting and bug tracking using the test management tool like Clear Quest, ALM and Quality Center
• Proficient in writing VBScript, JavaScript and excellent understanding of the concept of object oriented programming
• Experience in testing SQL Server and Oracle databases, testing backend jobs using SQL queries
• Hands on experience with SOAPUI for web services testing
• Expert in documenting detailed test plans, test cases and expected results in Quality Center, and tracing the test cases to the requirements
• Experience in using web technologies such as HTML, AJAX, XML, XLST, and Java script for developing web application
• Excellent working knowledge in design and implementation of QA Test strategy plans for both manual and automation as demanded by AUT
• Liaise with developers, business analysts, and user representatives in application design and document reviews
• Strong knowledge of SOA and web services (UDDI, WSDL, XML,SOAP)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Bug Reporting: SOAPUI, web services, HP Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest, Bugzilla

Scripting: VB Script, Java Script

Databases: IBM DB2, MS SQL Server 2005, Oracle, MS Access

Languages: C++, VB6.0

Internet: HTML, DHTML, ASP, JavaScript, XML

Browsers: IE 9.0, 8.0, Firefox 5.0/3.5, Chrome

Testing Tools: QTP, Selenium, Load Runner

Operating System: Windows XP, Windows7, Windows Server 2003, UNIX

Other: Ms Office 2007, CVS, TFS, Cognos

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Rafael, CA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created use cases to get understanding of application
• Authored test cases for the application, test script for manual testing using Quality Center
• Involved in maintenance update to current scripts - manual runs of rate search and order status applications in online loan accounts
• Participated in specifications reviews, project scope assessment and software requirements of online home loan accounts
• Tested web services by generating XML SOAPUI requests and validated the corresponding XML SOUP UI responses
• Performed risk assessments of a government software system to identify current status, identify risk and their likelihood of occurring, and provide an independent evaluation of the project's overall success
• Performed testing to verify backend database functionality of the application through SQL Queries
• Developed project test documentation including test plans, test scripts and test result reports as well for the customer contact information and loan prospect components
• Used Agile testing methodology for achieving deadlines in UAT
• Validated request/response WSDL/SOAP requests using SOAPUI
• Tested conditional constraints based on the business rules and created and executed Unix/SQL scripts for test validation
• Recorded and documented all actual results compared to expected results
• Provided testing and resources estimates to project manager
• Validated web services using SOUPUI
• All the cases, conditions and requirements documented and maintained in Quality Center/test Director
• Facilitated the defect management process including creating, monitoring and triage
• Provided test activity status to project team
• Prepared test summary report, requirement-test matrices, defect and status reports
• Interfaced with business owners, development, and other project team members
• Assisted in data warehousing and backend processing using SQL scripts and batch files
• Ensured that software meets the expectations based on the requirements and specifications

Environment: SOAPUI, SQL, UNIX, Quality Center 10, SOA, Jira, QTP10.0, J2EE, JavaBeans, XML, Microsoft SQL Server, JSP

Confidential, Hopewell, NJ

Manual QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user interface (UI) specifications, developed test plans, test scenarios, and test cases to cover overall quality assurance testing
• Developed test cases, plans and specifications as per systems and controls business requirements
• Exported requirements, test cases into the team foundation server (TFS), performed manual test cases from test lab and logged defects from defects module
• Analyzed business and system requirements in cross-functional team setting
• Created and implemented test strategies and test plans
• Defined test approaches using technical requirements and inputs from business analysts
• Developed and executed detailed test scenarios, traceability matrix, test scripts and workflows for assigned application from the user’s perspective
• Applied systematic testing principles to attain good coverage and submitted comprehensive report result and performs bug-fix verification tests
• Created, maintained and executed automated regression suites
• Performed data set up and smoke testing of the test environments as part of environment readiness before the start of testing cycle
• Worked closely with project management, SMEs, and software developers to ensure quality implementation of requirements and software development standards
• Utilized lifecycle management’s platform, bug tracking system, and collaborative programs to coordinate business processes
• Evaluated testing effectiveness and consulted management to implement adjustments
• Participated in program/work stream meetings in related business areas
• Performed regression and integration testing
• Performed backend testing by extensively using SQL queries toverify the integrity of the database
• Maintained all test cases in TFS
• Performed integration testing to check the integrity between modules and end-to-end testing
• Collected several matrices and proposed several corrective measures to senior management
• Created and executed data driven test to check application functionality with positive and negative inputs
• Used Agile project life cycle model and analyzed test results and errors logged into MTM
• Led and participated in flash meetings between quality assurance (QA and) development team
• Participated in meetings with different departments marketing, business analyst, DBA and infrastructure team to resolve the issues.
• Involved in testing the application developing dot NET(.NET)
• Participated in QA weekly meetings and various other meetings and discussed enhancement and modification request issues and defects in the application.

Environment: Win Runner, SQL, .NET, Visual Studio, TFS, Windows, MTM, XML, HTML, VB Script, Java Script, Selenium IDE

Confidential, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing system design specifications and developed test plans, test scenarios and test cases to cover overall quality assurance testing
• Exported requirement, test cases into the Quality Center, run manual and automation test cases from test lab and log defects from defects module
• Ensured SOAP XML messages were transmitted correctly from the sender to the receiver end points and the data loaded to the database as mentioned in the source to target mapping document
• Validated reports against the SQL server database directly querying the database using SQL
• Developed of test plans, test cases, and test scripts in Quality Center after for functional, system integration(SIT), usability, security testing
• Completed successfullyuser acceptance testing(UAT) on each release of the project with the help of end user requirements
• Approached for cross platform and cross browser testing
• Performed web services testing using SOAPUI (WSDL/SOAP)
• Executed SQL queries on database tables in order to view successful transactions of data
• Used Groovy for database testing in SOAPUI
• Created STF test automation scripts in XML format with custom fixtures using the STF framework in UNIX platform
• Tested web services via SOAP using the open source testing tool SOAPUI
• Conducted DB testing using SQL queries to know the table data and column verifications
• Built and managed the overall test processes according to the Agile Scrum methodology
• Automated Web Service test scenarios using SOAPUI Pro retrieving test input data from Excel and captured the required results to excel
• Performed functional testing using Quality Center

Environment: SQL, SOAPUI, Quality Center 9.2, SQL, Quick Test Pro(QTP) 9.2, SOA, Web Services /Web methods, Rational Clear Quest, XML, UNIX, HTML, Oracle

Confidential, MN

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirements, system requirements and assisted in developing test strategies, test plans, and scenarios
• Developed and executed test cases
• Created detailed test plans and test cases for manual testing using Quality Center
• Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces using SOAPUI
• Executed manual test cases in Quality Center to ensure application behavior is as per requirements, identified mismatches, and reported defects to development team
• Tested web services by generating XML SOAPUI requests and validated the corresponding XML SOAPUI Responses
• Experienced in testing databases, involved in testing backend jobs using SQL queries
• Executed the UNIX shell scripts that invoked SQL loader to load data into tables
• Worked on collecting several metrics and come up with corrective measure to senior management
• Involved in implementing dynamic checkpoints for the application using Quick Test Professional and also conducted Data Driven Test using Quick Test Professional
• Created and executed data driven test to check application functionality with positive and negative inputs
• Used Agile project life cycle model
• Executed SQL commands to do the backend testing
• Reported and tracked software defects to development team using Quality Center

Environment: SOAP UI, SQL, Java, JSP, JDBC, XML, UNIX, Web Logic Application Server, Oracle 9i, Quality Center 8.2, Quick Test Professional 8.2

Confidential, NY

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements, system requirements specifications, and responsible for documenting functional requirements and supplementary requirements
• Involved in developing detailed test plan, test cases and test scripts using test director
• Experienced in web services testing using SOAPUI tool and WADL files
• Created test input requirements and prepared the test data for data driven testing
• Authored and executed test cases
• Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces SOAPUI
• Verified the existing test cases and defining the scope for automation
• Performed automation feasibility on stable modules and assisted team leads in preparing estimates
• Assisted team leads in building the test plans for the automatable features
• Involved in design the framework and identified the reusable functions
• Experienced in functional testing tools such as SOAPUI and QTP Automation
• Created test suites and executed the scripts on the modified build on weekly basis
• Interacted with the clients on a weekly basis and updated the automation status
• Participated actively in improving the process of the project

Environment: SOAPUI, SQL, Quality Center, Quick Test Pro 8.2, Test Director 7.6,VBScript, HTML, Java, Oracle, PL/SQL, Load runner7.0,DB2, Windows 2003 and UNIX