SUMMARY:

• Specialized on providing cost - effective solutions using ‘best practices’ by implementing open source and commercial tools in the market.
• Experienced with standard test methodologies, and able to quickly acquire business and technical knowledge to come up with robust test cases, and work against aggressive timelines.
• Experienced in analyzing the requirements from User Stories and Use Cases to develop test cases and test scenarios.
• Experienced in development of core QA framework function library for various Web and Client-Server application.
• Wrote VB Script to specify a test procedure, and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test.
• Developed and maintained Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid framework using Confidential UFT Automation Tool.
• Strong experience in automated functional testing, acceptance testing and system testing.
• Experienced in the entire SDLC and STLC by analyzing, integrating, testing, and deploying various business applications.
• Writing the Test Strategy and Test Plan documents for multiple project, using the Business Requirements.
• Performed complex functional, integration, and regression tests on multiple products / product domain.
• Writing manual Test Cases and Converted manual tests to automated test scripts in QTP, UFT and enhanced the scripts by adding user-defined functions to check the different functionality of the application.
• Specialized in user requirement analysis, documenting test plans, execution of test cases to verify application functionality against business requirements, by using Confidential UFT and Confidential QTP.
• Experienced in testing various applications in, C#, C++, Web Logic, Oracle, and SQL Server.
• Technically resource in different types of testing such as Functional, Positive, Negative, Regression, Integration, Black box, Volume, Load, Performance, System testing, User Acceptance, End-to-End Testing and Business Process Testing.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong service focus, with the ability to communicate with highly technical management teams.
• Experienced creating traceability matrices and other testing artefacts.
• Experienced with database testing using various complex set of query and user defined function.
• A high degree of creativity, strong organization skills; ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate and monitor a significant number of simultaneoustasks in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Experienced in Waterfall, Iterative and Agile environment.
• Ability to work with a minimum of direct supervision and guidance.
• Ability to install and configure packaged software components independently.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Keeps abreast of current technology trends.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing/Test Management Tools/Defect Management: Confidential Quick Test Pro (QTP), Confidential Unified Functional Testing ( UFT ) UFT LoadRunner, JIRA, Quality Center, Clear Quest,AS400

Languages/Web Technologies: VB.Net, ADO.NET, WCF, WPF,C++, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, XML, JSP, VB, ASP, Web Logic, VB Script, WebSphere Application Server, IIS

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MS-Access and DB2, Toad

Tools: MS Office, UML, Rational Rose, Adobe Acrobat, MS Visio, MS Project, Microsoft FrontPage, and HTML

Web Browsers & Servers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla FireFox, Opera, Tomcat, Apache, Web Logic

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Vista/7, Unix, Linux, and DOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked effectively with members of the project team to ensure project success and champion high quality throughout the SDLC and STLC.
• Analyzed the requirements, design document, use case documents and developed detail test cases and test scripts.
• Worked closely with Product Development and Product Management to define, research, correct, and retest defects.
• Attended and contributed in daily scrum meeting.
• Created and ensured high-quality Test Strategy/Plan, Test Cases, and Test Summary Report.
• Performed complex smoke, sanity, functional, integration, regression, black box, user acceptance (UAT), and database tests on multiple products/product domain.
• Developed and maintained Test scripts for automating the testing procedure using Confidential UFT.
• Converted manual tests to automated test scripts in UFT and enhanced the scripts by adding user-defined functions to check the different functionality of the application.
• Created, enhanced and maintained high value test scripts for various functional and non functional testing using Quick Test Professional and UFT.
• Wrote VB Script to specify a test procedure, and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test.
• Developed and maintained Test scripts for automating the testing procedure using Quick Test Pro/UFT.
• Wrote Functional scripts using Quick Test Professional. Identified all windows, Pages, Objects, Methods and Properties. Custom code Script with Parameterization, programming logic and data driven types.
• Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application
• Well experienced in Manipulating files for testing purposes using Edifecs tool.
• Ability to understand error messages when loading EDI files in test regions.
• Writing the Test Strategy and Test Plan documents for SAP CRM, using the Business Requirements.
• Developed and Executed Test Cases for SAP CRM, using the Business Requirements and Functional Specification Documents.
• Reviewed the testing model at the engagement and established V-model that is being followed by all the projects
• Established the Testing Manual for the engagement that elaborates the testing model, testing approach, different types of testing among other necessary details.
• Performed Data validations using STRSQL. Involved in peer review of Business requirements, Functional Specifications, Design, Technical specifications, Software Configuration Management plan, Test plan and Test cases.
• Organized defect review meetings with the client and project technical team thereby providing a forum to clarify issues that arise. Ensured all Testing deliverables are delivered on-time and customers are made aware of testing updates regularly through testing status reports. Reviewed Unit Test cases, performed Integration and Acceptance testing and provided sign offs for promotion for Maintenance projects which are short duration projects that involve permanent fixes to production bugs.
• Designed the test management process for the engagement and configured Quality Center/ Confidential ALM accordingly. Conducted several knowledge sharing sessions for Testers and Business Analysts and ensured they are comfortable using Quality Center/ Confidential ALM.

Environment: Power MHS,CRM, EDIFECS, AS/400, Extol, Quality Center, Confidential ALM, SQL, Manual Testing, Quick test Pro, Confidential UFT, MS outlook, MS Excel, Power Point, Quest Tools and MS Project.

QA Automation Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked effectively with members of the project team to ensure project success and champion high quality throughout the SDLC and STLC.
• Analyzed the requirements, design document, use case documents and developed detail test cases and test scripts.
• Worked closely with Product Development and Product Management to define, research, correct, and retest defects.
• Attended Configuration Control Board meetings, Requirement Reviews, Project meetings, Test Reviews, and other meetings associated with the development and testing of a product.
• Validated software requirements through analysis, inspection, and software code review, integration testing, ad hoc testing, internal verification and acceptance testing.
• Identified, determined communicated scope and limitations of testing.
• Coordinated with developers to develop and trouble shoot test cases.
• Defined and developed quality assurance plans and test cases by analyzing technical requirements and system designs (use cases and requirements documentation).
• Created and executed a comprehensive test strategy including both functional and system-level testing.
• Created and ensured high-quality Test Strategy/Plan, Test Cases, and Test Summary Report.
• Assisted in planning and estimation of Quality Assurance support for new system solutions.
• Performed complex functional, integration, and regression tests on multiple products / product domain.
• Participated in team meetings with the developers and informed them of any divergences of the application according to the requirements.
• Utilized Quality Center for tracking requirements and communicated them to the team during the test process and translated the information to test procedures.
• Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application.
• Performed operations on the front end and checked all the tables involved whether they were followed CRUD operations correctly as per the ACID specifications and verified data integrity with the TOAD/Query Analyzer Interface tool running SQL queries in the Database.
• Converted manual tests to automated test scripts in QTP and enhanced the scripts by adding user-defined functions to check the different functionality of the application.
• Created, enhanced and maintained high value test scripts for various functional and non-functional testing using Quick Test Professional.
• Wrote VB Script to specify a test procedure, and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test.
• Developed and maintained Test scripts for automating the testing procedure using Quick Test Pro.
• Wrote Functional scripts using Quick Test Professional. Identified all windows, Pages, Objects, Methods and Properties. Custom code Script with Parameterization, programming logic and data driven types.
• Generated QuickTest Pro master scripts and called different functions and checked for different properties for the recorded objects. Introduced synchronization functions, Wait functions in the scripts.
• Responsible for timely status updates showing the overall progress of the testing effort and open issues to be resolute.
• Verified that the delivered product meets the needs (functionality, usability, performance, efficiency) of its end users.
• Verified that if there is an abundant amount of data in the staging table, it can still be uploaded to the application database. This only took place with large releases and changes that would introduce database locks.

Environment: Quick Test Pro, LoadRunner, Quality Center, Oracle, C++, VBScript, HTML & DHTML, Windows, UNIX, IE, NS, Web Logic, XML, TCP/IP, SNMP, VSS, DOORS.

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked effectively with members of the project team to ensure project success and champion high quality throughout the SDLC and STLC.
• Analyzed the requirements, design document, use case documents and developed detail test cases and test scripts.
• Worked closely with Product Development and Product Management to define, research, correct, and retestdefects.
• Attended Configuration Control Board meetings, Requirement Reviews, Project meetings, Test Reviews, and other meetings associated with the development and testing of a product.
• Validated software requirements through analysis, inspection, and software code review, integration testing, ad hoc testing, internal verification and acceptancetesting.
• Identified, determined communicated scope and limitations of testing.
• Coordinated with developers to develop and trouble shoot test cases.
• Defined and developed quality assurance plans and test cases by analyzing technical requirements and system designs (use cases and requirements documentation).
• Created and executed a comprehensive test strategy including both functional and system-level testing.
• Created and ensured high-quality Test Strategy/Plan, Test Cases, and Test Summary Report.
• Assisted in planning and estimation of Quality Assurance support for new system solutions.
• Performed complex functional, integration, and regression tests on multiple products / product domain.
• Participated in team meetings with the developers and informed them of any divergences of the application according to the requirements.
• Utilized Quality Center for tracking requirements and communicated them to the team during the test process and translated the information to test procedures.
• Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application.
• Performed operations on the front end and checked all the tables involved whether they were followed CRUD operations correctly as per the ACID specifications and verified data integrity with the TOAD/Query Analyzer Interface tool running SQL queries in the Database.
• Converted manual tests to automated test scripts in QTP and enhanced the scripts by adding user-defined functions to check the different functionality of the application.
• Created, enhanced and maintained high value test scripts for various functional and non functional testing using Quick Test Professional.
• Wrote VB Script to specify a test procedure, and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test.
• Developed and maintained Test scripts for automating the testing procedure using Quick Test Pro.
• Wrote Functional scripts using Quick Test Professional. Identified all windows, Pages, Objects, Methods and Properties. Custom code Script with Parameterization, programming logic and data driven types.
• Generated QuickTest Pro master scripts and called different functions and checked for different properties for the recorded objects. Introducedsynchronization functions, Wait functions in the scripts.
• Responsible for timely status updates showing the over all progress of the testing effort and open issues to be resolute.

Environment: QuickTest Pro, LoadRunner, Quality Center, Oracle, C++, VBScript, HTML & DHTML, Windows, UNIX, IE, NS, Web Logic, XML, TCP/IP, SNMP, VSS, DOORS.

Software Test engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing Functional Requirements, page specs and Technical Design Documents.
• Preparing and executing test cases in manually and through automation.
• Identifying test cases that are eligible for automation and plan/design/develop/maintain them based on software requirements
• Expertise on developing the automation test scripts based on manual test cases.
• Collaborate with software developers and QA Functional team in the design, development, and maintenance of QTP automation scripts.
• Analyze results of completed tests and provide all findings to the development team for resolution. Monitor the resolution of all defects noted.
• Defect logging, Tracking, Reporting and validation using QC.
• Participating in defect report meetings on a daily basis.
• Executing SQL queries to perform Backend Testing Quality Center
• Performing Functional testing, Integration testing and Regression testing both
• Document all details related to test results. Manage the execution of the test plan and report status to senior quality management (QM) team members.
• Coordinating with offshore team members, assign work and validate their deliverables

Environment: Quick test Professional QTP, LoadRunner, Java, HTML, Web sphere, SQL Server, UNIX, Quality Center 10.0, Windows XP, Oracle 11g and Toad.

Software Test engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing system design specifications and developed test plans, test scenarios and test cases to cover overall quality testing.
• Perform both manual and automation testing and created various test results to track the testing results.
• Black box testing and White box testing was implemented as a testing mythology.
• Worked on the Regression Automated Testing and Data driven testing using QTP/UFT .
• Export requirements, test cases into the Quality Center 10.0/ run manual and automation test cases from test lab and log defects.
• Followed up with standard software testing life cycle ( STLC ) to perform different types of testing for the projects.
• Participated in peer review meeting for created Test plan, test cases and analyzing various testing documents and process of testing life cycle.
• Interacted with DBA's, Developers, Systems Engineers and Network Engineers during testing and isolated bottlenecks at different levels.
• Create standard testing life cycle flow diagram for projects and presented to test team to follow testing process.
• Participated to create Test Analysis reports (TAR) and stored them into the Quality Center/ALM.
• Updated RTM in daily, send status report and daily tracking report to test manager.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing in the UAT environment prior to notify to the customer to start performing UAT testing.
• Performed Functional Testing using Quality Center10.0
• Developed automation scripts in QTP/ Loadrunner, UFT to automate smoke and regression testing .
• Enhanced the scripts in QTP/UFT by applying checkpoints, parameterizations, synchronization point, data driven tests and creating modular tests.
• Developed SQL Queries to retrieve or create test data from different databases.
• Met with client to present future functionality of the application, gather information from them to know about their need and send this information to test manager .
• Worked closely with the application development and design and testing team to resolve technical issues and interacted with them to ensure overall quality of the software.
• Performed Cross Browser testing on IE, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari using Selenium IDE.

Environment: Windows, Oracle, Oracle Forms, SQL, Rational Test Manager, Requisite Pro, Clear Quest, Quality Center/ALM, QTP/UFT, SQL.