SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of experience as a Results Oriented QA Test Engineer/ Software Test Analyst with proficiency in all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Test Methodology, Change Management, Risk Analysis and GAP analysis.
• International Software Quality Tester Board (ITSQB) Certified Tester Foundation Level.
• Experienced in automation and learning new programming languages to build automation test suites.
• Worked on back end and front - end manual and automated testing.
• Created and executed test suites in HP Quick Test Pro using VB Scripting language.
• Participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Review sessions, and Sprint Retrospective meetings.
• Facilitated UAT testing activities with development and stake holders.
• Defined Defect with steps, severity, priority and snap shots to development team using applications like JIRA, HP Quality Center, ALM or creating reports on MS Word documents.
• Learned company proprietary scripting language to create automation test suites.
• Executed various testing methods such as Black Box, Functional, Regression, Integration, Database and User Acceptance Testing to validate requirements are met.
• Responsible for second level production support including troubleshooting and recreating defects in testing evironment.
• Tested applications on Windows, Linux and Unix operating systems.
• Performed back-end testing on multiple relational databases MS SQL Server, MySQL, and Oracle SQL Server.
• Tested accessibility for 508 compliance using tools JAWS, and WAVE for web-based applications and client server applications.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Business Acceptance Testing
• Human Resource Application Testing
• Detail-oriented QA documentation
• Manual Testing
• Automation Testing
• Front-end GUI testing
• Database SQL testing
• VB Scripting
• Financial Product Trading

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Documentation Skills /Analytical Skills: System Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Scripts & Test Cases, QA Checklist, Traceability Analysis, Traceability Matrix, Risk Analysis, Risk Assessment, peer review, Gap Analysis and Test Summary Report.

Databases: MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL

Operating System: Windows, and UNIX

Programming Languages: SQL, VB Scripting

Applications/Testing Tools: Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Toad, HP ALM (Application Life Cycle Management), JIRA, QTP, SVN, HP QC (Quality Center)

508 Compliance Tool: JAWS, WAVE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QA Test Engineer

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Responsibilities:

• Work on multiple modules within one application including; Payroll, Year-end reporting, Time off scheduling and importing time integration for hourly wage.
• Create test plans, test cases, and requirement traceability matrices for sprint cycles.
• Design and develop testing documentation using HP Quality Center in accordance to the Software Testing Lifecyle.
• Enhance Requirement Traceability Matrices and other test completion documentation to include defect tracking and sprint burndown chart.
• Perform end to end testing from back end database in MS SQL to the front end Human Resource application, knowledge of ETL testing.
• Improve efficiency of testing cycle with an automation suite for regression testing using HP Quick Test Pro
• Facilitate User Acceptance testing for end users to demonstrate new features and changes and encourage feedback for future enhancements.
• Reported tracked defects with reference to severity and types using JIRA.

Environment: Scrum Agile, MS SQL, My SQL, LINUX, Windows, HP Quality Center, HP QTP, Jira

QA Test Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Participated in daily Change Meetings to collaborate and discuss release timelines and production issues.
• Worked with Surveillance alerts and reports in Microsoft SSRS programs to meet Confidential and Confidential compliance.
• Used FIX protocol interface to simulate orders and quotes in the market for order flow.
• Executed Unix scripts to extract information, start and stop services in Unix environment.
• Created and executed join, union and other complex SQL queries for back-end database testing with MS SQL Server and MySQL.
• Created and executed automation test scripts using proprietary scripting language.
• Gathered and analyzed product requirements, functional specifications, wireframes, software design documents, and developed clear and concise test plans outlining the entrance pre-requisite, exit criteria, deliverable schedule, and a list of resources that will be required for the testing effort.
• Implemented a standardized test case structure that was re-purposed for all testing efforts. This improved testing efficiency and also functioned as a Test Case checklist for the testing team.
• Maintained Requirement Traceably Matrix (RTM) during each development iteration to ensure all documented requirements are seamlessly traceable to corresponding test cases.
• Investigated Software bugs and Interfaced with Project Managers, Business Analyst and Developers to remedy any technical issues discovered during test efforts.
• Coordinated UAT testing activities with the testing team, development team and the stakeholders.

Environment: MS SQL, My SQL, Tortoise SVN, MS Office, LINUX, Citrix, Windows, GitHub, MS SSRS, FIX protocol interface

QA Test Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with business owners, SMEs, and management team to gather and analyze Business Requirement Document, Use Case, and Technical requirements and/or Functional Specifications.
• Executed Unix commands and Shell scripts.
• Used HP ALM to track requirements and create test cases and manage defects. Performed task decomposition, and monitored project milestones using MS SharePoint and HP ALM.
• Prepared automated scripts for Regression testing using HP Quick Test Professional.

Environment: Scrum Agile, SharePoint, HP ALM, JIRA, QTP, JAWS, WAVE, SQL, TOAD, MS Office, Unix.

Software Test Analyst

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Established and maintained strong working relationships with cross-functional team members.
• Involved in User Interface testing, Usability Testing, Functionality Testing and Smoke Testing of the application.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing before the initial release when the project reached the final phase prior to deployment.

Environment: J2EE, Oracle, SQL, Windows, SVN, SharePoint, QTP, Quality Center.