SUMMARY:

• Around 6+ years of experience in Manual and Automated testing in various Windows, Client - Server, Web based and Customer facing applications.
• Experienced in defining Test Scope and Strategy for a release and managed them based on the change in Requirements.
• Experienced in developing business based test scenarios and excellent understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and role of Quality Assurance.
• I was involved in all the stage of Software Development Life Cycle and have a deeper understand of the development process such as Waterfall and Agile methodology with Scrum Team.
• Extended knowledge on various domains like Banking, Insurance, Telecom, Medical, Retail and Marketing on Windows.
• Exposure to different types of testing like Automation testing, System testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, Smoke testing, Database testing, GUI testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Well conversant with software testing methodologies including developing Test plans, Test scenarios, Test cases, Test procedures, Test reports and documenting manual and automation tests.
• Experienced in automation testing using HP tools like Quick Test Professional.
• Experienced in implementing HP ALM/Quality Center for running Test sets in batch mode and analyze test results.
• Experienced in using ALM/Quality Center/Test Director for creating and maintain Test Cases.
• Experienced in Defect Tracking and Defect Reporting using ALM/Quality Center.
• Worked on Web Services Testing using SOAP UI-4.5
• Solid Backend testing experience in writing and executing SQL Queries.
• Experienced in databases like Oracle 10G, wrote SQL queries to retrieve data from the database.
• Experienced in testing Oracle, SQL Server and My SQL databases using SQL Quires.
• Experienced in writing complex SQL queries for Backend testing.
• Experienced in Performing Functional and Integration Testing using UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in developing Function Libraries, Object repositories and Descriptive programming using QTP.
• Expertise in Automation using Data-Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid frameworks in QTP.
• Experienced in performing the tests in both the QA and contingency/backup environments.
• Experienced in attending daily walkthrough meetings with Business analyst, Developers and Stake holders.
• Good communication skills and worked under heavy pressure and tight deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: UFT/HP QTP, SOAP UI, Jira, HP Quality center/HP ALM

Programming Language: PL/SQL,VB Script, XML, HTML

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MY SQL

Operating Systems: Windows

Others: MS Office, Share Point, Phoenix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Ashburn, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed test deliverables such as Test plan, Test Summary Report for testing of selected modules.
• Used the Screen Based Method and designed a Reusable Action for each Screen of the Application.
• Performed negative testing to find how the functions performed when system encountered invalid, unexpected values.
• Identified the test requirements based on user requirements and design specifications using ALM/QC
• Used ALM/QC for defect tracking, reporting reviewing and analyzing test result.
• Wrote SQL quires to perform backend testing.
• Generated test scripts for functional and regression tests using UFT.
• Used various check points and Regular Expressions in Scripts where ever required.
• Used Recovery Scenario in scripts where ever required.
• Designed and Generated Reusable Test Scripts using UFT designed the Reusable Action for each Screen of the Application.
• Used the Descriptive programming approach for developing test scripts using UFT.
• Used the Output Value functionality for storing the runtime values of the application.
• Created and enhanced test scripts using UFT.
• Conducted automation functionality and regression testing for each build and version using UFT.
• Performed data-driven testing using parameterization in UFT.
• Developed descriptive programming, custom function, function library, optional steps, and used recovery scenario using UFT/QTP.
• Involved in developing Data driven Framework using VB Script in UFT.
• Involved in development of complex Automation Framework.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing and prepared UAT Test Scripts.
• Worked with the development team very closely and made sure that all the defects were fixed and closed in a timely manner.
• Participated in bug review meetings on behalf of the QA team.
• Involved in Audit meetings and got an initiative to reach QA testing goals.

Environment: QTP/UFT, SOAP UI, ALM/QC, Oracle, SQL Server, MS Office, Windows, SharePoint, Phoenix, JAVA,XML,HTML

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

QA Analyst

Responsibilities.

• Analyzed Business Guideline Process Document in SharePoint and Phoenix.
• Participated in Design Work through Meeting with Business team.
• Analyzed Business Requirement Documents, Functional Specification Documents and User Requirement Document.
• Involved in creating Test cases based on the gathered requirements.
• Created Test Scenarios from use cases and requirements to perform Verification and Validation Testing.
• Utilized HP ALM/ Quality Center to track, report, and manage defect throughout the test cycle and attended Defect Status Meeting on daily basis during testing cycle.
• Used ALM/Quality Center for maintaining the Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution,
• Performed Black box testing, System testing
• Work on Oracle databases 10G, wrote SQL queries to retrieve data from the database.
• Wrote and executed SQL statements to retrieve data from backend.
• Wrote complex SQL queries to perform the backend testing of the Oracle database
• Enveloped upload business document in share point tool.
• Conducted various management activities by analyzing and verifying test results, providing status reports.
• Created different reports for each module and sending status reports to management on progress of the project.

Environment: QTP/UFT, ALM/Quality Center, Oracle, PL/SQL,SQL Server, SharePoint, Phoenix, MS Office, Windows

Confidential, Ashburn, VA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities.

• Involved in writing Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test scripts and Test Scenarios from System/Software Requirement specifications according to the Business Requirement .
• I was involved in all the stage of Software Development Life Cycle and have a deeper understand of the development process such as Agile methodology with Scrum Team.
• Involved in creating Test cases based on the gathered requirements.
• Created Test Scenarios from use cases and requirements to perform Verification and Validation Testing.
• Worked with Project Management to scope the testing effort and provide status and estimates.
• Performed negative and positive testing for the application manually and automation.
• Performed Black box testing, System testing, Integration, Regression testing and UTA testing.
• Utilized HP ALM/ Quality Center to track, report, and manage defect throughout the test cycle and attended Defect Status Meeting on daily basis during testing cycle.
• Used ALM/Quality Center for maintaining the Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution, Defect management, Bug Reporting and familiarity with other features of ALM/Quality Center and Administration.
• Worked on Web Services Testing using SOAP UI-4.5
• Wrote complex SQL queries to perform the backend testing of the Oracle database.
• Created and enhanced test scripts using HP Quick Test Professional.
• Conducted automation functionality and regression testing for each build and version using QTP/UFT.
• Performed data-driven testing using parameterization in QTP/UFT.
• Developed descriptive programming, custom function, function library, optional steps, and used recovery scenario using Quick Test Professional.
• Involved in developing both Data driven and Keyword driven Framework using VB Script in QTP/UFT.
• Involved in writing UAT Plans and UAT Cases, executing & interacting with End Users.
• Documented software Test Plans and Test Strategy for all UAT.
• Prepared and presented Weekly and Monthly statuses reports.

Environment: UFT/QTP, ALM/Quality Center, SQL Server, Oracle, Java,.Net.C++, MS Office, Windows, Web based