SUMMARY:

• More than 7 years of experience in Software testing with exposure to the full development cycle from requirements.
• Experienced in developing and managing QA documents such as QA Plan, Test Plan, QA Risk Plan, QA Configuration Management and Version Control Plan, QA Storage and Backup Plan.
• Expert at developing QA estimates, quality measurements and controls.
• Profound knowledge in developing and reviewing Test scenarios and Test cases.
• Skilled in establishing proper Test Bed/Test Environment for optimized testing effort along with Test data preparation.
• Highly skilled in complex coding in Black Box Testing.
• Extensively experienced in UAT, GUI, Functionality, Integration, Database, Boundary, Security and Regression Testing.
• Experienced in HP ALM/Quality Center to ensure requirement coverage by Test cases, as well as defect traceability to Test cases.
• Rich knowledge in uploading Business Risks in HP ALM/Quality center and mapping the Test cases.
• Strong experience in backend testing, writing medium to complex SQL queries and working knowledge of PL/SQL.
• Extensively proficient in adopting the Descriptive Techniques of QTP/UFT for maintainability of the Scripts.
• Expert at creating a single huge Shared Object Repository for all the different modules in QTP/UFT.
• Skilled in handling Automation scripts based and on the concepts of Regular Expressions in QTP/UFT script.
• Proficient in developing, implementing and executing data - driven or keyword driven testing frameworks using testing tools like JUnit testing and scripting, Power Building scripting.
• Good knowledge of programming in C/C++, Java, VB.Net, VB Script and Java Script.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP QTP, HP UFT, HP Quality Center, HP ALM, JIRA, TOAD, REDMINE

Testing Environment: .NET, SQL, XML, HTML, HTTP, DB2, VBScript, Java, C, J2EE, DHTML, Toad and PL/SQL

Operating System: Windows, Linux/Unix

Other Applications: MS Office, MS Excel, PowerPoint

Scripting Languages: VBScript, SQL, HTML, XML

Database: Oracle, DB2, Microsoft Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Buffalo, NY

Software Tester 2

Responsibilities:

• Created Test cases according to the User and Functional Specifications
• Validated product compliance by executing Test Cases with requirement.
• Executed Test Reporting and Analysis of Test Results.
• Executed Regression and Integration Test cases to communicate Test results.
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Agile methodology effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Worked with Product owners and developers to create test plans for 3 week release cycles
• Logged defects and tracked issues using a tool called Redmine
• Wrote Sql queries for data validation purposes confirming back end data to the end user
• Wrote sql queries to manipulate data for testing purposes
• Performed boundary, negative, end-to-end, regression and integration testing (just name a few)
• Attended meetings with stakeholders and then worked with developers and other qa members to comprise user stories
• Created test matrices and templates for lean documentation and more hands on approach to testing
• Followed a strict qms to show the quality of my testing and how it impacts the business
• Worked in a fast paced environment, where the application is changing every 3 weeks

Environment: Microsoft Excel, QTP, HTML, VB Script, SQL Developer, Java, Oracle, MS Office, Windows.

Confidential, Watsonville, CA

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created Test plans according to the User and Functional Specifications.
• Validated product compliance by executing Test Cases with requirement.
• Executed Test Reporting and Analysis of Test Results.
• Executed Regression and Integration Test cases to communicate Test results.
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Agile methodology effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Performed Black Box, User Acceptance Testing.
• Performed end - to - end testing to map the business functionalities and test the procedure from the back end to the end user
• Maintained and updated Test plans, Test scripts in Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center for defect tracking and defect reporting.
• Wrote SQL scripts and queries to test the database table records to validate online screen.
• Created, modified and enhanced scripts created by automated testing tool QTP.
• Implemented various types of Checkpoints in the generated QTP script for all the modules.
• Worked on a large team of developers, testers, project managers, and BA’s that were local and offshore to manually and automation test a Ruby API application.
• Coordinated testing of applications/products supported as per project plan.
• Ensured complete and compliant documentation and approval process were performed for all controlled changes and installations.

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

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed documentation of Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Procedures.
• Understood the functional requirements for projects and releases.
• Developed QA Plan, QA Risk Plan, QA Configuration Management and Version Control Plan, etc.
• Was responsible for entire QA Life Cycle, which included Requirement Analysis, Designing, Developing and Execution of the entire QA process.
• Established proper Test Bed/Test Environment for optimized testing effort along with Test data preparation.
• Good knowledge in complex coding in Black Box Testing.
• Performed Smoke and Functional Testing on every build of the application.
• Worked in HP ALM to ensure requirement coverage by Test cases, as well as defect traceability to Test cases.
• Uploaded Business Risks in HP ALM for mapping the Test cases.
• Extensively used SQL scripts to write medium to complex queries for data validation and Test data creation.
• Adopted the Descriptive Techniques of UFT for maintainability of the scripts.
• Created a single huge Shared Object Repository for all the different modules in UFT.
• Handled Automation scripts based and on the concepts of Regular Expressions in UFT script.
• Created Test scripts in UFT and integrated those into Quality Center to run from QC Test Lab.
• Adapted existing regression UFT scripts for customized applications.
• Actively participated in walk-through, inspection, review and user group meetings for quality assurance.
• Worked with business users, system analysts, designers and programmers to create and analyze various required project documents.
• Participated in production implementation verification and was accountable for validating system quality.
• Generated Reports, Graphs, Summary data, and Collated execution results to help analyze the performance of the systems.
• Monitored the System & Windows Resources that include different hosts and servers.

Environment: Windows, CSS, SQL server, HP ALM, UFT, SOAP UI, Java, Java Script, Oracle, MS Office, UNIX.

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Identified weaknesses with Test Plan and Test Strategy Templates and made recommendations on how those templates could be improved.
• Performed System Integration Testing to ensure the integrity with database.
• Designed Test cases based on data mapping document for development team.
• Analyzed the source data and target data for development.
• Performed Manual Back-End testing to map the source data to the target data.
• Conducted Black box testing to ensure the particular functionality of the application was working properly as designed.
• Tracked with end users and solved their bugs, other major and minor issues in Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center to prepare Test Cases with the complete description of requirements.
• Tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared defects using Quality center.
• Conducted Oracle database testing by developing SQL Queries.
• Developed and executed Software Test plans for Desktop Automation by using QTP (Quickest Pro).
• Implemented and run Software system Test cases in QTP derived from a requirement document.
• Used VBScript and VB.Net in QTP.
• Worked with developer’s side-by-side, remote, and abroad to retest defects, troubleshoot application issues, and performed server maintenance.
• Maintained the Shared Services QA static web site designed in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Created and maintained Bug Reports using MS-Excel and involved in defect lifecycle at initial level.

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