SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of experience in the field of IT with focus on QA and testing of Client - Server and Web based and web services with effective use of QA practices.
• Strong knowledge of all phases of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and working experience of Software testing levels (unit, integration, system, and UAT).
• Extremely proficient in Manual, Automation (Quick Test Pro)and database testing tools to troubleshoot systems, user acceptance, positive and negative, functional and System Testing in the specific field database.
• Extensive testing experience in all phases and stages of testing with good working knowledge of testing disciplines, tasks, resources and scheduling. Professional experience in writing Test Scenarios, Test Conditions, Test Cases and Test Scripts for Functional and non-functional requirements.
• Experienced with Offshore.
• Experience working in collaborative area with different teams (performance, Automation, Data).
• Expertise working in twenty people team.
• Designed and executed test cases for the black box testing and perform boundary value analysis, decision table analysis for business rules, and state transition verification.
• Experience in building test cases using structure-based techniques (White Box) covering statement, branch (decision), Condition and path coverage.
• Extensive experience in using Test Management tools such as HP Quality Center and Test Link for organizing and managing all phases of application testing process, including specifying testing requirements, planning tests, executing tests and tracking defects.
• Experienced in testing Health, Life and Auto applications and ability to think through the requirements to identify the ambiguities and build test cases for effective test coverage.
• Extensive experience in Healthcare/Claims adjudication with knowledge of industry compliance standards like HIPAA and transactions (834, 837)
• Solid experience in testing FACETS application
• Excellent knowledge in creating Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Input Data for positive and negative testing, Test matrix creation and Defect Analysis.
• Expertise in Analyzing Business Requirements, Functional and Technical Specification and documenting Test cases and Test Scripts.
• Expertise in Problem solving and Tracking Bug report using Bug Tracking Tools.
• Review and analysis of Business Requirements, Development, Functional Specifications, and Detail Design of the Application. Formulating Test Plan based on the Design Document, Use Case and User Requirement Document.
• Ability to interact with developers and Business Analyst regarding Testing Status, Defects and change tracking using Quality center and Clear Quest.
• Experience in writing SQL queries using Joins (inner and outer) and sub-queries.
• Proficient in defect tracking and managing defect lifecycle.
• A dynamic team member with proven abilities to be a part of a team during various project phases.
• Possess excellent analytical, programming, troubleshooting and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP QC / Test Director, QTP, Test LinkDefect Tracking Tool: Quality Center, Clear Quest., TRAC, Jira

Programming languages: Java, PL/SQL

Frontend Tool: Power Builder, MS Visual Basics 2005/2008

RDBMS/Data base: ORACLE, MS Access,DB2,Data studio

Tool: MS project, MS Visio, MS office package, SQL Query Analyzer.

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/VISTA

Management skill: Risk management, SDLC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Quality Test Analyst

• Discussed enhancements and modifications with the Project Team.
• Developed standardized testing, implementation and QA processes.
• Involved in developing Test Plan and created Test Cases as per the business requirements in Quality Center.
• Extensively involved in creating test data and executing the test cases.
• Used Test link to track, analyze, and log the defects to report them to developers.
• Reported the project status and activities to the Supervisor on weekly basis.
• Queried DB2 and Oracle databases, performed Data Analysis and Data validation and report validation by writing complex SQL queries.
• Assisted business users in defining UAT test cases and plans.
• Tracked and managed problems during UAT.
• Participated in the planning, development, coordination and presentation of testing needs as appropriate to the quality assurance needs of the end user.
• Facilitated Electronic Data Interchange.
• Analyzed and planned data for test cases in different environments.
• Participated in scrum meetings and bug tracking meetings.
• Worked with the Developers, Infrastructure teams to resolve the issues.

Environment: Windows XP, Java, DB2, Oracle, MS office, Quality Center.

Confidential

Quality Test Analyst

• Discussed enhancements and modifications with the Project Team.
• Developed standardized testing, implementation and QA processes.
• Involved in developing Test Plan and created Test Cases as per the business requirements in Quality Center.
• Extensively involved in creating test data and executing the test cases.
• Used Test link to track, analyze, and log the defects to report them to developers.
• Reported the project status and activities to the Supervisor on weekly basis.
• Queried DB2 and Oracle databases, performed Data Analysis and Data validation and report validation by writing complex SQL queries.
• Assisted business users in defining UAT test cases.
• Tracked and managed problems during UAT.
• Participated in the planning, development, coordination and presentation of testing needs as appropriate to the quality assurance needs of the end user.
• Facilitated Electronic Data Interchange.
• Analyzed and planned data for test cases in different environments.
• Participated in scrum meetings and bug tracking meetings.
• Worked with the Developers, Infrastructure teams to resolve the issues.

Environment: Windows XP, Java, DB2, Oracle, MS office, Quality Center, Perfecto mobile.

Confidential, NH

Technical Analyst

• Worked on hybrid agile - waterfall methodology.
• Wrote test scenarios based on the technical business requirement documents
• Wrote positive and negative test scenarios for the testing of the application in Quality Center
• Conducted walk thru with fellow testers and test lead to discuss possible test scenarios
• Coordinated with the team in the validation environment for the UAT and assisted the business in UAT
• Performed extensive back-end testing to verify that the data at the database is been correctly reflected on the UI
• Wrote SQL queries using Joins and sub - queries to properly pull the data from the database and to test for its display for a particular module.
• Performed data structure verifications and data validations on the database
• Reviewed and worked through the data models and the data structures to gain understanding of the data dependencies
• Involved in real-time like data set up at the database and to verify its availability on the UI with each new build
• Performed unit, integration and System Testing on the UAT after every build
• Created and maintained test matrix and traceability matrix and used Quality Center for reporting and tracking defects
• Earned recognition for logging a remarkable number of defects and helping towards building a high- quality product
• Identified, analyzed and reported errors, defects, inconsistencies and instabilities in the application
• Executed system test cases in Quality Center
• Actively participated in all the review meetings and the daily scrum meetings with the business analyst, product owner and the development team for the updates to the application development
• Assisted with the database developers and java developers during the development of some of the features of the application
• Communicated with test lead, business system analyst, data architect, and developers on a regular basis regarding the enhancement of the application

Environment: Java, Oracle, Test link, Java Script, Web Services, XML, Perfecto mobile.