SUMMARY:

• Over 10 plus years of experience in Software Business analysis and Quality Assurance Testing using Manual and Automated testing in Confidential /Government/Financial and Rail domains.
• Experience working with Waterfall/Agile and Scrum methodology onsite - offshore model.
• Thorough understanding of Software development life cycle and involved in various testing phases of software systems (Development, Integration, Client Server and Web Application testing experience)
• Involved in various Client meetings with the team and the Project manager to discuss improvements/amendments in the software systems
• Participated in Agile Software development Methodology
• Result oriented management level professional with excellent presentation, communication, client interface and organizational skills
• Experience in, effectively planning the productivity improvement and defect detection through software testing, using modern structured quality control techniques.
• Experienced in developing Test Cases, Test Plans and generating various Reports.
• Experience testing web based applications both manually and by automation.
• Proficient in Web Testing, Mobile Testing, Database Testing, Functional Testing, Security Testing and Regression Testing.
• Experience in handling Virtual Machines
• Possess good documentation skills, ability to create new documents, change existing rules/procedures to fit the needs of the company.
• Active listener, self-motivated, detail-oriented as well as a team player.
• Extensive experience writing use cases, gathering requirements, writing functional specs and requirements documents and test case scenarios.
• Ability to manage/prioritize own time and tasks
• Providing feedback to project managers/management on goal/task completion.
• Complete understanding of QA Methodology and QA Strategy including Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts and technologies.
• Capable of working in a group as well as independently with excellent communication skills.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Working as Sr QA Engineer on Agile Methodology and Water fall methodologies.
• Preparing Test Strategies, Test plans, Test Scripts and Documenting errors and Project functionality.
• Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Configuration Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Load Testing, and Back-end (DB) Testing.
• Experienced in QA for large and complex Internet, Intranet and client/server applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Web Technologies: HTML and XML

RDBMS: Oracle8i, SQLServer2005/2000, SQL Server Management

Languages: .NET, JAVA, C, C#, PL/SQL, HTML, JavaScript, VB/Visual

Operating System: Windows, UNIX, Linux,.

Certifications: CSM (Scrum Master Certified), ISTQB certified tester.

Environment: /Testing Tools Rally, HP ALM QualityCenter, SAP, WINCVS, GitHub, SVNSharePoint, TeamCenter, Rational Clear Quest, Clear CaseUNIX, TCP/IP, PeopleSoft, SQL, TOMCATSELENIUM, XML Parser, Firebug, Fire path, FiddlerJava Script, JSON,Python, SOA Testing tools, Star TeamBugzilla, Bug Tracker, Rational Team Concert, SOAPUIJ2EE, XML, WEB AJAX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed requirement assessment with Product Owner and customers to determine adequacy of Requirements and guarantee that they are testable and resolved any requirement insufficiency.
• Writing Test strategy, Test scenarios and reviewing the test cases and test scripts and approving the same.
• Involved in all stages of testing process - development of Test Plan and Test cases based upon requirements for Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, and support for User Acceptance Testing.
• Trained new members and also supported existing team members on Career Portal functionality in various functional areas.
• Worked closely with the Scrum masters for the bug fixing, bug retesting and replication issues.
• Involved in daily Scrum, Post scrum, Sprint Planning Meeting, and Sprint Review Meetings.
• Performed testing in multiple environments such as windows 7, MAC OS, IE browsers, mobile devices, Androids.
• Extensively tested for 508 compliance using Wave & Jaws.
• Involved in creating/debugging Selenium Test Scripts.
• Performed End-to-End testing of full functionality of the application.
• Tracked the progress of test case planning, implementation and execution results.
• Extensively used SQL scripts/queried for data verification at the backend.
• Performed smoke testing for every sprint and also involved in staging testing before deploying the code to Integration.
• Performed Web services testing using Confidential & HTTP based services using SOAPUI.
• Reviewed and suggested enhancements for developing test automation scripts for Regression, Functionality, and GUI testing.
• Analyzed Work Orders and worked closely with Application Developers for resolving the bugs.
• Strong Product knowledge and good technical understanding of design, coding and testing techniques.
• Involved in Release Activities and performed production testing to provide sign off for release.

Confidential, Maryland

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business and Requirement Specifications document.
• Created Test Strategy, Test Plans, and Test Cases for the Functional, Integration, End-to-End, and Regression testing.
• Extensively used SQL scripts/queried for data verification at the backend.
• Assist and guide project teams to implement and document standards, procedures, artifacts, and plans consistent with QA and Test deliverables for the project team.
• Tracked the progress of test case planning, implementation and execution results.
• Managed project requirements, trace ability and artifacts using Quality Center.
• Coordinated work plan between project manager and client with Microsoft Project; developer fixes; retested fixes; scheduled and tracked progress for team members of project through completion.
• Performed testing of user interface to ensure it renders consistently across browsers.
• Worked on 508 compliance testing.
• Collected test metrics weekly from the Quality Center that reflected the current status of the test execution and the state of the defects.

Confidential, Corvallis, Oregon

Sr. Software Engineer (QA)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements with Product Analyst and customers to determine adequacy of Requirements and ensure Analyzed Business Requirements and Assisted test lead during test planning process, helped in developing Test Strategy, Test Plan, and Test cases for complete end-to-end testing
• Responsible for writing test scenarios for the assigned modules and writing test scenarios, test cases and reviewing the test cases and test scripts.
• Involved in all stages of testing process - development of Test Plan and Test cases based upon requirements for Functional Testing, Regression Testing, and support for User Acceptance Testing.
• Strong Product knowledge and good technical understanding of design, coding and testing techniques.
• Worked closely with the Scrum masters for the bug fixing, bug retesting and replication issues.
• Performed End-to-End testing of full functionality of the application and verified the functionality as per the functional specification document.
• Tracked the progress of test case planning, implementation and execution results.
• Extensively used SQL scripts/queried for data verification at the backend by using joins.
• Used Rational Clear Quest for tracking and reporting defects, enhancement requests
• Performed smoke testing for every sprint and also involved in developer box testing and staging testing before deploying the code to Integration.
• Analyzed Work Orders and worked closely with Application Developers for resolving the bugs.

Confidential

Sr. Tester (QA)

Responsibilities:

• Analyze business requirements and specifications to facilitate classification of the test cases.
• Interact with Business Users and conduct user interviews/JAD sessions with relevant business Units and developers for the requirement clarification and brainstorming.
• Accountable in the analysis and test activities to gather information that informs key go/no-go decisions at major project milestones.
• Accountable for the information gathered during System Acceptance Testing, which will inform decisions about whether or not it is prudent to commission a system.
• Perform the phases of Integration, System and Performance Test for a CTC (Centralized Traffic Control) integrated web services platform for railways systems.
• Provide feedback to the development team and ensure the work is carried out in accordance with the schedule and the quality requirements.
• Develop and document detailed design specifications for test cases based on end-user requirements
• Provide assistance to Confidential team with Hazard log analysis; update Maintenance manuals, review safety cases,
• Plan project validation activities that include reviewing and approving the outcomes Of all project verification activities, organize meetings to discuss validate and delegate raised issues.
• Delegate test cases and test procedures from a regression suite to the team
• Maintain and trace defect history
• Assess and analyze test coverage for new or existing test cases.
• Modify existing test procedures to enhance the test breadth and depth based on critical system components.
• System Testing and Integration Testing of the Train Control System Software.
• Perform integration testing and Client witness Factory Acceptance Testing

Confidential

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business Requirement Documents and Functional Requirement Documents.
• Perform Relevant Confidential Validation/Testing activities to demonstrate fulfillment of RAM safety and function requirements for the system specific application.
• Creation of test plan and test scripts, Execution and Bug reporting.
• Prepare validation procedure and plan and set up test environment.
• Performed in laboratory and in field, specific application tests assigned to Confidential .
• Performed validation of On-board functions to assure integration with rolling stock and wayside.
• Supported establishment of Systems Assurance Report (safety case).
• Performed unit level, system level, Integration and UAT Testing.
• Participated in regular, weekly projects status meetings with team members and QA manager
• Assist Lead in initiating Test Strategy, Test Plan, and Test cases for complete end-to-end testing.
• Accountable in the analysis and test activities to gather information that informs key go/no-go decisions at major project milestones.
• Responsible for Updating Quality center and keeping testing status current.
• Responsible to perform data bases tests of objects and data using SQL.
• Performed above activities in compliance with agreed schedules and in compliance with relevant national and international standards.