SUMMARY:

• Around 4 years of experience in Manual and Automated testing in various Windows, Client - Server, Web based and Customer facing applications.
• Well versed with complete software development lifecycle (SDLC) from business analysis to development, testing, deployment, documenting, maintaining and user training.
• Proficient in analyzing the Business Requirements, Design Documents to formulate Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Experienced in defining Test Cases, Test Plans, developing and maintaining Test Scripts, creating Test Data, analyzing bugs, interacting with development team members in fixing errors.
• Good Knowledge in peer review of Test Cases and Test Reports.
• Expertise in Black Box Testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Data Driven Testing and Backend Testing.
• Good experience in defect reporting, tracking and bug life cycle processes with HP ALM/ Quality center.
• Experienced in documenting and reporting bugs/defects using HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Experienced in the preparation of weekly status reports using HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Strong Knowledge in preparation of Test data, preparation and execution of regression Test scripts using HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Extensively experienced in validating data persistence using SQL queries.
• Strong Knowledge in executing the Tests by manual or QTP/UFT Tool process.
• Experienced in Test Scripts in QTP/UFT tool by using VB Script.
• Proficient in designing automation frameworks like Data driven and Keyword driven Test using QTP/ UFT.
• Experienced in developing QTP/UFT test scripts to support Regression Testing.
• Expertise in testing Web Services and XML using Soap UI & web applications developed with ORACLE, SQL Server.
• Experienced with working offshore team as QA Co-ordinate.
• Ability to communicate and interact with team members and customers with ease and professionalism.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills in designing, developing, and implementing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

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

Programming Language: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, XML, Visual Basic, C#, Java, PHP

Database: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, DB2

Operating System: MS-DOS, Windows, Unix/Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business and technical requirements and developed the Test Scenarios.
• Wrote the High level Test Scenarios for the application.
• Involved in writing the Test Plan and Test Cases based on Functional requirements, High level Design documents and low level design documents.
• Performed Cross Browser Testing by testing the application compatibility.
• Setup Requirements Traceability Matrix with all the testable Securities scenarios.
• Created different Traceability views to maintain the Traceability of the requirements and test cases.
• Involved in whole SDLC (software Development Life Cycle) of the application by doing Integration, smoke, Functional, Regression, System and User acceptance testing.
• Used ALM for Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution and Requirement Mapping with Test Cases.
• Created Test Cases and Scenarios for Defect tracking and reporting using HP ALM.
• Logged new bugs; tracked and updated the status of previously filed bugs; Prioritized and retested the bugs in HP ALM; Participated in the daily bug meeting.
• Performed Back-end data base testing using SQL quires.
• Created Regression suite for various test scenarios; Tested and executed the suite whenever a code was changed using UFT.
• Designed and involved in creating new architecture design using class methods to implement UFT scripts.
• Created several Test scripts using UFT to create Data Driven Tests, Batch tests and performed Exception handling.
• Developed a Keyword Driven Automation Framework in UFT.
• Generated UFT master scripts and called different functions and checked for different properties for the recorded objects.
• Developed Descriptive Programming and Maintained Local and Global Object Repository in UFT.
• Participated in User Acceptance Test (UAT), Documented procedures and guided the users in verifying various transactions on the System.
• Worked on the build management and release management for the product release.
• Involved in coordinating project testing tasks from initiation to deployment and maintenance.
• Involved in developing weekly status reports for the project team.
• Prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases.
• Made extensive use of MS Office tools to create and maintain documents such as test plans, test execution and test results documents.

Environment: .NET, Windows, SQL server, HP ALM, UFT, SOAP UI, Java, Java Script, Oracle, MS Office, MS Excel, HTML, XML, UNIX.

Confidential, Springfield, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Complete Testing Life Cycle that involved in QA analysis, Test Planning, Creating Test Cases both Automation and automated, test execution, test results analysis and defect handling.
• Involved in developing Test Design, Test Cases and Test Plan.
• Designed and developed the High Level & Detailed Test Plan using standards.
• Performed Black Box Testing for functional flow of the applications.
• Involved in developing test cases for various stages with adherence to smoke, integration, end-to-end, Regression, User Acceptance, Usability, Sanity and Ad-hoc testing.
• Worked Web based .Net, Java application testing.
• Used HP Quality Center to store and maintain the Test Repository and Document Generation.
• Used Quality Center for defect tracking and reporting.
• Performed Backend testing by running SQL Queries.
• Used SQL for database testing and management reporting.
• Prepared Automation frame work using QTP for future releases.
• Created Test Cases and automated them for the purpose of regression testing and functional testing with check points using Quick Test Professional.
• Used Parameterization for using various data to test the application using QTP.
• Involved in User acceptance testing (UAT) of the application.
• Provided requirement QA metrics for four major factors of distinction, precision, bounding and measurability.
• Participated in meetings and walkthroughs on scheduled and as-necessary basis.

Environment: QTP, HP Quality Center, MS office, MS Excel, VB Script, XML, Java, .Net, Oracle, SQL Server, UNIX, Toad, Windows, C#.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Participated in design sessions and provided feedback on requirements and design specifications.
• Analyzed various Requirements documents and Use Cases to prepare the detailed Test Plan.
• Wrote Test Cases and Test Procedures based on the Test Plan.
• Analyzed and identified the areas of a project for Test Automation.
• Conducted Functional, Regression, System integration, Back End, System, Cross browser and Web Service/Web Methods testing.
• Executed and managed Test Cases and reported bugs in Quality Center (QC), test management suites for writing Test Cases, Test Execution, Defect management, Defect Tracking and Bug Reporting.
• Used different Modules in QC Dashboards, Management, Requirement, Testing and Defects.
• Involved in backend testing in database using SQL queries.
• Developed QTP scripts for various reports.
• Created VB scripts for regression testing using QTP.
• Ensured that the existing functionality is working properly by performing regression testing with QTP Scripts.
• Facilitated User Acceptance Testing or coordinated parallel testing.
• Generated system error logs and analyzed reports for root-cause-analysis of program failures.
• Tracked and reported product’s outstanding issues throughout the development life cycle of the product.

Environment: CSS, C#, Quality Center, QTP, HTML, VB Script, SQL Server, Java, Oracle, MS Office, Windows.