OBJECTIVE:

I stand to associate with a progressive organization that enhances my Software QA knowledge and Skills according to the latest trend and work towards the growth of the organization and gain satisfaction thereof.

SUMMARY:

• Extensively experienced in the field Software Testing and Business Analysis with emphasis on manual testing, Automation testing and Requirements gathering.
• Proven expertise with entire QA life cycle activities such as requirements analysis, design, development and implementation of Test scripts/Test cases, entry and exit criteria’s, defect tracking and documentation.
• Experienced in performing manually testing before going for the automated testing.
• Well experienced in Test Cases Preparation, Execution, Traceability matrix, Bug analysis and Reporting using HP ALM/HP Quality Center.
• Strong skills in Back - end testing using SQL Queries on Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server.
• Strongly experienced in developing automated test scripts using VB Script in UFT/QuickTest Professional (QTP).
• Expert in performing Data-Driven test for testing the application with multiple set of data using UFT/QuickTest Professional.
• Expert in VB scripting in UFT/QuickTest Professional and created various Custom functions using QuickTest Professional.
• Expertise in using QTP for functional testing, regression testing, UAT-testing.
• Experienced in performing complex integration and regression tests on multiple software using UFT/QuickTest Professional.
• Experienced in developing Automation Frameworks to perform Functionality and GUI testing using UFT/QuickTest Professional.
• Experienced in attending status review meetings, interacting with developers to resolve the issues.
• Experienced in working Agile Development Methodology, V model and Waterfall model.
• Strong VB Script skills, Expert in writing automation test scripts inside or outside QTP environment using VB script.
• Experienced in Backend Manual testing using SQL queries generated documents/reports to ensure data Integrity and to validate reports as per business rules and executed SQL queries to perform Backend Database Testing.
• Quality Assurance expertise includes full cycle testing experience including Smoke, Functional GUI, Regression User Acceptance, Integration and Database testing.
• Experienced in Test Status report generation to show test coverage, test case completion, test execution numbers, defect summary and defect classification based on multiple criteria.
• Highly dedicated to produce professional work with highest quality and creativity.
• A self-starter, team player and have ability to learn new concepts quickly.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows, Sun Solaris, DOS, UNIXTesting Tools ALM/Quality Center/TestDirector, UFT/QuickTest Pro

Programming and Scripting: C/C++, JAVA, XML, HTML,JavaScript, VBScript, SQL, PL/SQL

RDBMS: SQL Server, DB2, Oracle, MYSQL

Web Technology: SOAP UI, HTTP, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Project, Test suite and Test scenarios for automation and executed using Testing tools.
• Understood requirements and made solutions to ensure testing was valid.
• Performed Regression testing of complex internet web applications that were viewed by millions of external users per month.
• Collected and organized Regression Test metrics, highlighting key findings and recommendations.
• Completed ownership of Test case, Test data design, and execution of Client Co-ordination activities.
• Involved in Functional Automated Testing and software development.
• Used HP ALM to prepare Test Cases with the complete description of requirements.
• Reported and managed software defects using HP ALM.
• Performed backend testing by extensively using SQL queries.
• Designed & developed Data Driven Framework using UFT to automate and validate different Promotions.
• Developed an Automated Test Framework from scratch using UFT.
• Designed Automated Test scripts using UFT to verify data entered Confidential the front-end was stored accurately in the database.
• Prepared automated Test scripts for Functional, UAT, and Regression testing using UFT.
• Extensively used Descriptive Programming & VBScript to make the framework scalable for UFT.
• Performed user acceptance testing with business users and reviewed the behavior of the application with the development team.
• Provided project deliverables that included Test Metrics and status reports.
• Constantly reviewed project documentation and updated test deliverables.
• Participated in meetings with business analysts for walk through functional designs and developers for technical and discuss on defects.
• Participated in walkthrough meetings and weekly status meetings to give feedback and time estimates for testing different modules.

Environment: XML, SQL Server, MS Office, Windows, SOAP UI, ALM, UFT, Java, J2EE, Java Script, VB Script, UNIX.

Confidential, Washington, D.C

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed various Requirements documents and Use Cases to prepare the detailed Test Plan.
• Worked with the Business Analysts to determine Business Requirements and set standards for Performance Evaluation in Agile methodology.
• Created Test Procedure document, which specifies step-by-step action for actual testing.
• Performed initial Smoke testing to determine if the product was stable enough to withstand a major testing effort.
• Performed usability testing to test the user friendliness of the website.
• Responsible for functional, regression, system, integration and end-to-end, back-end testing and acceptance testing.
• Developed Test Cases matching requirements with help from business analysts using Quality Center/ALM.
• Uploaded the automation scripts to Quality Center/ALM and executed them from Test Lab module of Quality Center.
• Tracked bugs using Quality Center/ALM and performed regression testing of the entire application once the bugs are fixed.
• Responsible for writing SQL Queries for Back-end testing.
• Performed automation of Regression testing using QTP.
• Programmed dynamic VB Scripts for testing GUI functions, acceptance and limit validations.
• Modified the automated QTP Scripts for regular release screen changes and to support regular functional changes.
• Enhanced the QTP scripts by inserting VBScript functions and Checkpoints to check for Broken Links, Text, Table, XML and Images, and Synchronization Point to capture upload time.
• Handled known exceptions in the test scripts using QTP Recovery Scenario Manager.
• Developed Data-driven Framework using QTP automated Script to execute the Batch Testing upon certain Interval.
• Performed cross browser testing to ensure compatibility of the application on Internet Explorer and Firefox.
• Conducted Peer reviews of the deliverables before being delivered to the client to ensure the quality.
• Attended weekly meetings on project status.

Environment: ALM/Quality Center, UFT/QTP, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MS Office, Java, VB.Net, JavaScript, Ruby, XML, VBScript, Sun Solaris, Windows.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with developers and users to analyze the business requirements and functional specifications.
• Performed the execution of Test Case manually to verify actual results against expected results.
• Involved in managing project risks and providing appropriate escalation and mitigation plans to keep a high level of project quality and customer satisfaction.
• Reviewed Functional Requirement Specifications and created test cases based on test scenarios drawn from functional requirements using Quality Center.
• Tested the application manually for a few modules for the functionality of the application using Quality Center.
• Performed root cause analysis on the defects Confidential every phase using Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center to raise the defects and to manage defect management process.
• Wrote SQL Queries to extract data from different databases including testing and production for data validation and data analysis.
• Wrote various complex Confidential -SQL and PL/SQL statements for Back-end testing.
• Optimized QTP scripts for Regression testing of the application with various data sources and data types.
• Mapped the custom objects to the standard objects where necessary, and inserted GUI, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using QTP.
• Prepared test Scripts for conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Designed and developed automated scripts for functional, regression, integration testing using QuickTest Professinal (QTP).
• Performed Parameterization of Data using Data-driven Table and also inserted various Checkpoints in Scripts using QTP.
• Created Data-driven and Keyword Driven Frameworks for GUI, Regression and System integration automated testing.
• Performed multiplatform testing in Sun Solaris, Linux, and Windows OS; and also performed cross browser testing.
• Involved in User acceptance testing by providing the data to the business analysts.
• Worked as a team with other QA testers to ensure that all projects are executed accurately and completely and assisted other testers with account selection, clarification of ambiguity with test results and general questions that arise.

Environment: .Net, J2EE, Quality Center, QTP, SQL Server, MS Office, Oracle, Windows and Linux.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business, Functional Requirements, and Design Review Documents to develop Test Plan and wrote Test Cases.
• Reviewed Business requirements with Business Analysts in JAD Sessions to understand requirements.
• Analyzed the transaction workflows, review the change requests to develop Test data and Test cases.
• Developed test processes and approaches according to standards.
• Used Command mode to run bat files from front end for testing.
• Involved in test execution of Manual and Sanity automation scripts.
• Wrote test cases and test Plan in Test Director by linking with every created requirement for that test case.
• Wrote Defects in Test Director.
• Performed Back-end testing using SQL Queries.
• Created Automated scripts and enhanced them by using QTP.
• Generated VBscripts in QTP for Regression and Integration testing.
• Performed Data-driven test, which is extensively implemented using QTP.
• Conducted Black box functional testing on multiple arrays using QTP.
• Changed Property files according to testing requirements.
• Coordinated of test plan, test results and reports in central repository using SharePoint portal.
• Prepared test status reports during test execution process.
• Performed quality assurance reviews on all System Development Life Cycle.

Environment: QTP, TestDirector, SQL Server, Oracle, VB Script, XML, IIS, MS-Office, MS-Project, Windows and Linux.