SUMMARY:

• Seven years of diversified Software Quality Assurance Test experience in testing Web Based, Client/ Server, Data warehousing applications with Manual Testing, Automation Testing (QTP), Performance Testing, GUI.
• Experience in Manual Testing, Backend Testing (PL - SQL/SQL), Automated Testing (QTP), Front-end Applications Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Interface Testing, Black box Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Alpha Testing and Beta Testing.
• Experience in Documentation, Designing & Executing Test plans, Test scripts, Test deliverables, Test Summary Reports and representing QA at status meetings and Milestone Reviews.
• Expertise in performing different types of Testing: Manual, functional, System, Black box, Module, Unit, Integration, GUI, Stress, Load, Volume, System, Performance & Regression Testing.
• Strong skills in backend testing using SQL queries and also writing and executing SQL queries
• Defect tracking and change management using Test Director and Radar (Apple)
• Expertise in manual testing using Quality Center (ALM).
• Expertise in manual testing and in automation testing tools likeQuick Test Professional,
• Used UNIX Shell Scripts Extensively.
• Expertise in User Interface and Business Requirement Analysis, System Specification Analysis.
• Experience developing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Data, Test Conditions.
• Experience in process based methodologies like CMM and Rational Unified Process
• Extensively worked on manual testing and Automated testing.
• Knowledge of Financial/Trading (Stocks, Options, Mutual Funds, Equities, Bonds, Securities, Custody, Fixed Income, Wealth Management, Portfolio Management)
• Efficient in leading offshore and inshore Testing/ QC teams. Lead multiple Functional and Regression teams in India and US. Mentor new hires bring them up to speed and created documents and templates for them to get familiarize with the company QA policies and procedures.
• Able to effectively communicate with interfacing application areas to understand/resolve issues.
• Good Skills in Documentation using MS-office.
• Good communication skills and successful as a team player to contribute to the team goals as well as personally assigned goals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: Mercury Test Director 8.0, HP Quality Center 9.0/9.5/10/11.5 IBMRational Quality Manager 2.0.0.1, IBM RequisitePro 7.1, Rational FunctionalTester, (RFT)

Defect Tracking: Quality Center 9.5/9.0, Test Director 8.0/7.6/7.2, Rational Clear Quest v7.1.2.2

Databases: MS-SQL Server 2012/2008 R2/2005, Oracle 9i/8, MS Access

MS Suite: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), MS Visio

Programming: C/C++, Python, shell scripting (Bash), MATLAB, assembly (ARM, x86), Verilog, System Verilog, TCL

Operating Systems: Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/VISTA/Windows 7/windows 8.1, UNIX, LINUX

SDLC Methodologies: Agile Development, High RUP, RAD, Waterfall

Protocols: CAN, SPI, I2C, USART, TCP/IP

Version Control: Git, SVN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Irvine, CA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Wrote numerous test cases based on test plan and test strategies.
• Involved in Functionality and Regression testing during the various Phases of the development.
• Validated the System End-to-End Testing to meet the Approved Functional Requirements.
• Utilized corporation developed Agile SDLC methodology. Used Scrum Work Pro and Microsoft Office software to perform required job functions.
• Hands-on QA Analyst responsible for coordinating and performing functional and date-related testing.
• Provide system administration and support for center telephony and related systems. These include GTI, Avaya Definity, Concerto Dialer, Voice Recording System, and IVR.
• Analyzed team performance with the QA manager and implemented the changes if any with respect to raising the efficiency of the entire team.
• Created test framework using Junit, Ant and Selenium IDE and RC.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing, System testing and End-to-End testing.
• Used Quality Center to store Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and for bug tracking.
• Identified software problems, wrote easy-to -follow bug reports, logged them into bug tracking tool Quality Center.
• Develop the high-level test plan, test requirements, test cases, and test scripts for most of the infrastructure and pricing related projects with Sprint, XO, FSA, AVAYA and billing company.
• Worked in different automation tools QTP, Rational Robot, Selenium, JMeter, and Neoload.
• Created PoC (Proof of Concept) by using existing test cases to understand the benefits of Selenium.
• Created test framework using Junit, Ant and Selenium IDE and RC.
• Managed defect Tracking with the entire lifecycle
• Actively worked with developers as needed to isolate the Root Cause Analysis of defects.
• Worked with the clients on the final signing process in the User Acceptance stages.
• Involved in designing and developing Data-Flow diagrams, E-R diagrams, and logical and physical database design.
• Involved in JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.

Environment: Windows, SQL/ PL SQL, UML, HTML, IOS / Android Testing, Jmeter, Junit, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC 1.0, PDF, XML, HTML, QC 10.0, QTP 9.5/10.0, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Visio, MS Project, SQL navigator.

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed the Business Requirement Document to understand the process and write Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Formulate methods to perform Positive and Negative testing against requirements.
• Conducted Smoke testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, and Data validationtesting.
• Executed and managed test cases and reported bugs in Quality Center.
• Customized test case fields to include priority, severity, and business risks in Quality Center and performed manual testing until the application reached stability for automated testing
• Experienced to Functional, Integration, Smoke and Sanity testing.
• Extensively worked on backend testing and has very good knowledge of writing SQL quarries to verify the data. Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using the Quality Center.
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed compared using Quality Center.
• Extensive experience in Regression as well as System testing.
• Used TOAD for SQL Server to write SQL queries for validating constraints, indexes.
• Responsible to send the Data Warehouse Quality report to the QA manger on weekly basis for Caliber data mart.
• Provided weekly status report to the Project Manager and discuss issues related to quality and deadlines.

Environment: Windows NT/XP, UNIX, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL, Mercury Testing Tools, Quality Center

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a test coordinator between multi-site (Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, UK) and cross functional (OSS design, Components, E2E test, integration, delivery management) and multi-vendor (Tech Mahindra, British Telecommunications, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Accenture) teams
• Prepare Test Artifacts (Scenarios and Test cases) and Test plans
• Peer review and internal review for the Test Artifact Sign-Off and improve test efficiency
• Analyze detailed requirements with Component business analyst for user stories
• Involved in CFT sessions with Component designer and OSS Designer
• Actively involved with OSS designers to improve RFT (Right First Time) parameter by providing test inputs and feedback from user community to make robust solution design
• Defect logging using HP Quality Center (HPQC)
• Prepare Test environment to execute test cases
• Reconfigure test plans to match delivery dates of development teams
• Conduct Defect tracking calls and move them to resolution
• Write SQL queries for data fetch from component backend to verify it from UI
• Attend status calls with Delivery team to provide update about testing status
• Prepare functional document of the application involved in E2E journey
• Used QTP (VBScript) to create and update the automated test scripts for regression purpose
• Automate complete Quote to order journey for various products
• Maintain automated regression test pack i.e. maintain Object Repository, Function library for various BT products
• Merge code of other products in available automation framework
• Conduct feasibility analysis to check whether an application can be automated
• Involved in knowledge transfer sessions for the new joiners’
• Involved in Client and User Acceptance Test (UAT) demo for the functional requirement
• As an application expert responsible for demonstrating functionalities of SQE to BT Sales team (users)
• Conduct training sessions for user’s community
• Log and track tickets raised by users on respective applications until closure
• Prioritize and escalate bugs at right time to ensure delivery time commitments are met
• Create & maintain libraries of user defined functions per the latest requirements in OSS stack of applications
• Debug scripts prepared by peers.

Environment: Quick Test Professional (QTP), VBScript, Manual test, Regression Test, Test Automation