SUMMARY:

• Around 5 years of experience in Manual Testing and Automated Testing on Client/Server and Web - Based n-tier applications using HP Suite.
• Good working experience in creating and designing Test Strategy Documents, Test Plan, Test schedules Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Scenarios.
• Good working experience in writing Test Scenarios, Functional and Integration test cases, Reviewing test cases and Estimating test cases execution.
• Quick understanding of Business Requirements and Preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Strong Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall.
• Strong Knowledge of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) including Functional, Regression, User Acceptance, Integration and Database testing.
• Good working experience in the preparation of test data, preparation and execution of regression test scripts, preparation of weekly status reports using HP ALM/Quality Center
• Good experience in creating Bug Reports using HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Good experience with SQL and PL/SQL writing Stored Procedures, Functions, Views and Database Triggers .
• Good experience in creating SQL queries against Oracle, MS SQL server and DB2.
• Good working experience with automating regression suite using QTP/UFT.
• Experienced in designing and developing Data Driven Framework using QTP/UFT & VBScript to validate test case against different data set.
• Good Knowledge in assisting automation engineer and analysis of web automation projects using QTP/UFT.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Pro, ALM, UFT

Programming Language: HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, C/C++, C#, Java, VB Script, JavaScript

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Documented Test plans and test cases based on the solution definition documents and use case documents.
• Wrote Test Plans from Functional Requirement Documents.
• Analyzed modules and designed test scenarios and test scripts.
• Analyzed requirements, system design and prepared test strategy.
• Involved in GUI Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Negative Testing, Compatibility Testing, Security Testing, Smoke Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT). verified the actual test results match the expected results in HP ALM.
• Responsible for documenting application related errors in HP ALM.
• Executed SQL queries to check the data table updates after test execution using SQL Navigator.
• Involved in Database testing by writing and executing SQL queries to ensure that data entered has been uploaded correctly in to the database.
• Created a single shared object repository for all the different modules by using the Object Repository Manager in UFT.
• Created Automation Scripts for online interfaces using UFT.
• Designed data driven test scripts to validate different sets of test data using UFT.
• Adopted Descriptive Techniques of UFT scripts for maintainability.
• Tested functionality of the application by inserting various check points including standard check points, text check points, table check points, image check points, and database check points in UFT.
• Participated in developing, distributing, and coordinating in-depth end-user reviews for modified and new systems and applications.
• Participated in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of testing.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing Test Strategies and Test Plans for various projects.
• Analyzed business requirements, functional specification & Project Plan for Manual Testing & Automation.
• Worked with Automation team in defining, planning, developing, executing, managing, and reporting of maintenance and support work.
• Involved in preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix, Defect Report, and Test tracking Report, Weekly Status Reports.
• Performed functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, Smoke testing and User Acceptance testing.
• Prepared Test Plan that provides a detailed list of conditions under which the system will be tested using Quality Center.
• Reviewed the Test Results and Logged the Defects in HP Quality Center.
• Used SQL Queries to perform Data integrity test to retrieve the data from various tables and to test the database.
• Installed QTP for automating test cases and developed user defined functions to support Automated Scripts.
• Worked with Checkpoints, Parameterization and Data Driven Test Scripts in QTP.
• Prepared automated scripts for Maintenance and Regression testing using QTP.
• Generated Automation Scripts from Scratch using QTP.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing and prepared UAT Test Scripts.

Confidential, Bloomfield, CT

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Identified weaknesses with current Test Plan and Test Strategy Templates and made recommendations on how those templates could be improved.
• Reviewed the User Requirements Document and prepared a detailed Test plan and Test criteria.
• Performed Smoke and Functional testing on every build of the application.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix to show the test coverage requirement and Test scripts.
• Managed requirements and maintained test repository using Quality center.
• Carried out Automated tests and batch tests in QTP using Quality Center.
• Performed Backend testing by running SQL Queries.
• Developed and wrote a suite of Test Scripts that included Functional and Regression test cases using QTP.
• Developed the Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and executed them using QTP.
• Generated Reusable Test Scripts using QTP.
• Used Descriptive Programming approach for developing test scripts using QTP.
• Worked with various functional and regression test using QTP.
• Prepared various user level documents for personal & commercial lines module.
• Involved in testing whole application to make sure the free flow of application.