SUMMARY:

• Software Professional with 7+ years of core expertise in Manual Testing, Accessibility Testing (ADA) - Section 508.
• Experienced professional with Airline and Banking domain.
• Good Experience in every phase of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Highly efficient in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Performed Smoke Testing, Functional/System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, and provided data for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) team.
• Expertise in performing Manual Testing in various platforms/browsers - Windows/MAC/Mobile Devices (Android, IOS).
• Performed Cross browser ADA Testing using NVDA Screen reader, JAWS, Voice Over, Talk Back in Windows/MAC/Mobile Devices(Android, IOS) to meet WCAG and Section 508 - Accessibility Compliance tool guidelines .
• Responsible to meet the W3C WCAG 2.0 standards as well as compliance with ADA, Section-508 .
• Verified and validated the color contrast ratio of the components using Color Contrast Analyzer and WCAG contrast checker .
• Authored Test Scripts and performed Test Script executions for Manual and Accessibility Testing (ADA) and logged defects.
• Have HHhhh Analyzed the accessibility/functional defects logged by the team and involved in the Defect Meetings with BA and Developers.
• Experience in using bug-tracking systems like JIRA and HPALM (Application lifecycle management).
• Actively interacted with the team to discuss about the Test Case coverage based on requirements.
• Performed Manual Mobile Testing on devices like Android, IOS, MWeb, Kindle Fire and MAC and tracked defects in HPALM.
• Have knowledge in developing automated test scripts using Selenium Web Driver, HPQTP.
• Have knowledge in Web Service API testing for UI content verification and validation with business logic XML using SOAP UI.
• Experience in Understanding the code written in different programming languages like PHP,HTML5, JavaScript and CSS, SQL
• Experience developing SQL queries to perform Database Testing.
• Experience with Linux/Unix commands to perform testing on Linux/Unix environments.
• Actively interacted with Team lead and team members in creating Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills and shown Flexibility, quick learner, proactive attitude and an amazing team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Manual/Functional Testing: ADA Testing-508 Section, NVDA screen reader, JAWS, Voice Over, Talkback - Windows/MAC/Mobile(Android, IOS), W3C WCAG 2.0, Color contrast analyzer, WCAG contrast checker, Functional Testing, Integration testing, Regression Testing, HPQC/ALM, JIRA, Agile/SCRUM.

Programming: VB Script, Descriptive Programming, Java, HTML5 CSS, Selenium WebDriver, HPQTP.

Databases: SQL, MySQL, Oracle

OS: Windows, Linux/Unix.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QA ADA Analyst

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirements or User Stories in JIRA and designed Test Scripts respective to the acceptance criteria defined in the User stories.
• Worked in an Agile environment, attended Daily Stand up’s and provided updates on daily basis, involved in Story grooming sessions to analyze or understand the User stories.
• Performed Test Case authoring, Test Case Execution, Defect Logging in JIRA .
• Performed Manual/Functional Testing , Integration Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, Positive/Negative testing.
• Experience in ADA Accessibility testing to meet guidelines according to norms defined in WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 - Accessibility Compliance tool.
• Performed ADA Testing on various Operating Systems such as MAC/WINDOWS and browsers which includes IE/Firefox/Chrome/Safari.
• Experience in various ADA tools - JAWS, NVDA Screen Reader, FireBug, Color Contrast Analyzer to confirm that the page is accessible for Screen reader users and color blind users alike .
• Performed ADA mobile testing on platforms IOS/Android with combinations Voice over + Safari and Talkback +Chrome .
• Verified and Validated the application pages by using alt-text for images , keyboard tabbing , NVDA speech viewer text for cognitive and assistive users.
• Validated the color contrast ratio for all the components of the page using Color Contrast Analyzer and WCAG Contrast checker.
• Performed Page magnification to 200% and validated that text and images are not distorted.
• Logged Accessibility defects in JIRA based on violations according to WCAG 2.0 checklist as well as compliance with the ADA.
• Followed best practices in logging defects by assigning severity which defines the impact of application and the end - user experience.
• Work closely with BA and Developers to resolve project defects and give feedback on prioritizing the defects based on the severity of the defect.
• Used WAVE, JT and Web-developer tools to analyze the issues in the page to make the page more accessible.
• Undertook ADA Training Courses provided by JPMC to have a good oversight on WCAG - 508 compliances.
• Attended weekly meetings to analyze Software Test Estimation, Time Estimation, Effort Estimation and Scheduling Priority Tasks.
• Preparing Status Reports and participating weekly triage and review meetings for understanding the complexity of the application modules.

Environment: Manual Testing, ADA Testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, Mobile testing(android/IOS), OS - Windows/MAC, Browsers - Firefox, IE, Safari. JAWS, NVDA Screen Reader, FireBug, Color Contrast Analyzer, Voice over + Safari, Talkback +Chrome, WCAG and Section 508 - Accessibility Compliance tool, JIRA.

QA - Functional/ADA Accessibility Tester

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business, Functional Requirements, and Design Review Documents to develop Test Plan for projects involved and wrote Test Scripts for positive, negative, edge cases.
• Performed Accessibility Test Case Execution and Test Case authoring in HPQC/ALM and analyzed number of test cases could been designed based on the business requirements.
• Performed Smoke Testing, System Testing, Positive/Negative testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing.
• Created Test Data for the Functional testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing.
• Performed ADA Accessibility Testing using tools NVDA Screen Reader, JAWS, FireBug, Color Contrast Analyzer, WCAG contrast checker to confirm that the page is accessible for Screen reader users and color blind users alike .
• Performed Accessibility testing to meet guidelines according to norms defined in WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 - Accessibility Compliance tool.
• Logged Accessibility defects based on violations according to WCAG 2.0 checklist as well as compliance with the ADA.
• Performed cross browser testing using NVDA screen reader for Firefox and JAWS for IE.
• Used Fire-eyes to look for accessibility errors on a page. Fire-Eyes provides a comprehensive report of all the defects which exist on a page.
• Verified and Validated the application pages by using alt-text for images , keyboard tabbing , NVDA speech viewer text using the accessibility tools.
• Validated the color contrast ratio for all the components of the page using Color Contrast Analyzer and WCAG Contrast checker.
• Performed Page magnification to 200% and validated that text and images are not distorted.
• Used WAVE, JT and Web-developer tools to analyze the issues in the page to make the page more accessible.
• Worked with Third Party tool DEQUE and attended meetings with DEQUE to gain more knowledge on accessibility testing.
• Performed Manual Mobile Testing on devices like Android, IOS, MWeb, Kindle Fire and MAC and tracked defects in HPALM.
• Maintained, TC authored and executed Mobile test cases using HPALM.
• Extensively performed TC execution in various IOS and Android Versions and delivered frequent releases to the team.
• Attended daily Scrum Sessions with emphasis on target user stories and removing any obstacles.
• Logged, maintained & tracked the accessibility defects, assigned type & severity levels, using the HPALM.
• Defect Management and Report Generation using HPQC/ALM.
• Used Jira to view and access the user stories or business requirements.
• Software Test Estimation, Time Estimation, Effort Estimation and Scheduling Priority Tasks.
• Preparing Status Reports and participating weekly triage and review meetings for understanding the complexity of the application modules.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to resolve project defects.

Environment: Manual Testing, ADA, Accessibility Testing, Firefox, IE, Chrome, NVDA Screen Reader, WCAG and Section 508 - Accessibility Compliance tool, Firebug, WCAG contrast checker, Color contrast analyzer, Fire-Eyes, WAVE, JT, Web-Developer, Windows, Linux/Unix, HPALM.

QA Tester

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business, Functional Requirements, and Design Review Documents to develop Test Plan for projects involved and wrote Test Scripts for positive, negative, edge cases.
• Involved in all phases of testing life cycle (analysis, design and execution) . Iteration Kick-off and Design meetings, and participated in QA Test Case Reviews.
• Performed TC authoring and TC execution in HPQC and logged defects effectively.
• Created test cases to check the Web page, Hypertext links and Images
• Performed Manual (Black Box type) testing for the UAT.
• During the testing the Actual results are updated to the test steps and at the end of the execution test results report delivered.
• Performed System Testing/Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, and UAT testing.
• Attended daily Scrum Sessions with emphasis on target user stories and removing any obstacles.
• Test sets are created for the test according to the purpose such as regression test.
• Close interaction with designers and software developers to understand application functionality and performance issues.
• Logged, maintained & tracked defects, assigned type & severity levels, using the HP Quality Center.
• Actively participated in QA review meetings.
• Reported Defects to developers and did Regression testing after the code fix.
• Prepared Daily Status and Defect Status reports

Environment: Quality Center 10.0, PHP, HTML, IE, Firefox, Chrome, SQL, Windows, Oracle .

QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in full Functional and System testing of the application.
• Created test cases based on Business and functional requirement documents.
• Escalated the test activity issues to the application team
• Performed System Testing/Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, UAT testing.
• Reported Defects to developers and did Regression testing after the code fix.
• Created test cases to check the Web page, Hypertext links and Images
• Defect tracking and Test Management using Quality center
• Participated in walkthrough and defect report meetings periodically.
• Prepared Daily Status and Defect Status reports

Environment: Quality Center 10.0, PHP, HTML, IE, SQL, Windows, Oracle .