SUMMARY:

• Accomplished software quality assurance professional with extensive experience writing test cases and plan for different scenarios to fully support software testing goals and objectives.
• Skilled in combining testing best practices with the use of software - related technology to deliver strong results in challenging, fast-paced environments.
• Strong in terms of technical knowledge partnered with communication skills to explain complex ideas in an easy to understand manner and effectively document results.
• Able to monitor all phases of the software development process to ensure design quality.
• Test Cases & Plans
• Software Testing
• SQL Queries
• Descriptive Programming
• Quality Assurance Best Practices
• Requirements Analysis
• Application Quality Assurance
• Backend Testing
• Strategic Planning
• Agile Methodologies
• Regression Testing
• Technical Documentation

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Language: VB.NET, Visual Basic, SQL, VB Script

Web & App Servers: Web logic Server, IIS, Java Web Server

Testing Tools: HP QC/ALM, HP QTP, HP UFT, JIRA, SELENIUM, SOAP UI

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX/Linux

Web Technologies: HTML, XML HTML, XML, PHP, SOAP, REST

Applications: MS Office, Crystal Reports, MS Excel

Database: Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, RESTON, VA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Introduced strong technical, analytical and problem solving skills to advance QA process and testing techniques.
• Architected and implemented comprehensive test plan, test cases and process workflow from requirement documents.
• Analyzed business requirements, system requirements, use cases and provided feedback for the understanding of each requirement.
• Introduced, developed and periodically updated the QA Test Plan, process and procedures manual and objectives.
• Played role in developing Test Cases for various stages with adherence to smoke, integration, end-to-end, regression, user acceptance and usability Testing
• Worked in collaboration with leadership to perform configuration of ALM user roles to develop user group’s access controlling and filtering.
• Scheduled and executed manual and automation Tests through HP ALM while playing a role in defect reporting in ALM
• Preform peer-review on documentation as well as monitoring and approving defect reporting of QA testers.
• Worked continuously on Requirement Tractability (TRM) to ensure maximum requirement coverage.
• Automated and manually tested in SOAPUI to confirm the SOAP and REST API’s returned a correct response or output under varying conditions
• Wrote advanced SQL statements to verify data Integrity and performed database validation to check the updated existing data in the database.
• Created sets of reusable scripts using descriptive programming in UFT to perform end-to-end testing.
• Organized Test Suites for automation, assisted in the design of Frameworks using descriptive programming (UFT) for regression testing
• Maintained test scripts in UFT along with updating test input data to support regression testing.
• Produced recovery files using Recovery Scenario Manager and associated to the script to instruct UFT.
• Preformed maintenance of Object Repository using Object Repository Manager to update, edit and share Repository.
• Assisted in the development of frameworks created in Selenium web driver to complete end to end regression testing
• Facilitated end-to-end and UAT testing along with defects status turn over and review readiness meetings.
• Planed, arranged and facilitated meetings, workshops and relations with client staff during test planning, development and testing activities.

Environment: AJAX, Oracle, HTML, SQL, XML, MS Office, Windows, HP ALM, UFT, VBScript, SOAP UI, Java, J2EE, Java Script, Selenium

Confidential, LEWISTON, ME

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created functional test plans, test scenarios, test scripts and test cases, corresponded to the test requirements in order to maximize verification coverage of system variables.
• Prepared testing needs, test strategies, test reports and test matrix.
• Wrote test cases and updated test plans for the logistics module based on use cases.
• Performed manual, functional, regression, positive and negative testing.
• Analyzed business and system requirements and interacted with both Business analyst and developers to determine client expectations.
• Responsible for creating and filing bugs reports using HP Quality Center.
• Prepared test cases and test requirements into Quality Center, utilizing Quality Center to track and report system defects and bug fixes.
• Performed backend testing by writing SQL Queries and conducted middleware testing for database access.
• Created and maintained Automation test suites using Quality Center for functional and regression testing of the application to make sure transactions and business processes work as intended.
• Preformed Maintenance on driver Scripts and test resources using ALM/QTP to enhance frameworks for both retest and regression testing.
• Prepared status summary reports for UAT with details of executed, pass and failed test cases.
• Attended daily scrum and formal walkthroughs with business analysts, project managers, team leaders and developers.
• Monitored project plan execution and project metrics reporting.

Environment: Java, J2EE, SQL Server, VB Script, Oracle, DB2, HP Quality Center, QTP, Windows, UNIX, Citrix, MS Office

Confidential, RICHMOND, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing test design, test cases and test plan and designed and developed the high level and detailed test plan using standards.
• Involved in complete Testing Life Cycle that included QA analysis, Test Planning, Creating Test Cases both manual and automated, test execution, test results analysis and defect handling.
• Involved in smoke, integration, regression, system and end-to-end and black box testing.
• Prepared test scripts, test conditions, test scenarios into Quality Center .
• Defined requirements and test cases using Quality Center, linking test cases with the requirements.
• Scheduled and executed manual test scripts through Quality Center and generated reports.
• Performed backend testing by writing SQL queries .
• Developed VB scripts in Quick Test Pro (QTP) to perform end-to-end testing.
• Created a set of re-usable scripts using VBScript in QTP and w orked with test scripts using QTP to perform functional and regression testing.
• Participated in maintenance of local and shared-object repository in QTP.
• Generated a data-driven automation framework in QTP and p erformed backend testing on Oracle.
• Played a key role in performing user acceptance testing (UAT) and p repared status summary reports with details of execute, pass and fail test cases.

Environment: MS Office, MS Excel, VB Script, Oracle, Windows, UNIX, MSSQL, Quality Center, QTP, Java, J2EE, Java Script