SUMMARY:

• A highly experienced Quality Assurance professional with comprehensive skills in manual and automated testing, seeking a challenging position in IT. Looking for positions with scope for professional growth and opportunities to contribute.
• Having 12 years of Experience in Software/Hardware Manual & Automation quality assurance testing by using Microsoft TFS, Fogbugz, Mercury Tools like Quick Test Pro, Test Director, Quality Center, SpecFlow and JetBrains Youtrack.
• Have good experience working in SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Well versed in creating test strategies that ties test plan and test scripts together to enhance the quality assurance process. Good knowledge in Test Matrices, Traceability Matrix, bug statistics, weekly and daily status reports.
• Expertise in Black Box testing, requirements, writing test plans, test cases, tracking defects, and system testing, integration testing, regression testing, Ad - hoc testing, frontend (functional and GUI) and generating software defect reports for the developers.
• Ability to write complex SQL Queries to perform Database Testing. Good knowledge of Database Concepts.
• Executing, Maintaining Test Scripts and Updating as and when the business rules change.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Excellent communication skills, documentation skills, problem solving skills, analytical and programming skills, quality conscious in multitasking environment and ability to work well in a diverse team as well as independently and with minimal supervision.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: TFS, Test Management Tools, QTP (Quick Test Professional), SpecFlow, Selenium

Test Reporting Tools: Test Director for Quality Center, JetBrains Youtrack

Operating Systems: Windows, IOS, Linux, MS-DOS, UNIX

Databases: SQL Server

Web Development: HTML, Java Script, XML, VB Script

MS Office: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Access, MS Project

Languages: C++, C#, T-SQL, Shell Script, Verilog, VHDL, VB

Tools: Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, NI Lab View, PXI DAC and GPIB devices, Cadence layout and schematic tools, Awaves, HSpice, SpectreRF, MDRAW, DESSIS, INSPECT

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Durham, NC

Software Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and prepared detailed test plan.
• Prepared detailed test cases by understanding the Business & Functional requirements for manual and automated testing.
• Reviewed and executed Test cases.
• Performed cross-browser testing for all the applications.
• Responsible for creation of test data for both manual and automation testing.
• Conducted and participated in scrum, retrospective, planning and grooming meetings in an Agile process.
• Managed the automation team in completing basic functionality for various projects for nightly run.
• Used TFS, Fogbugz to report defects, communicate to the developers and tracking the defects.
• Prepared requirements documents for testing reports (Imports, Exports and Reports).
• Used SpecFlow for writing scripts for automation testing.
• Backend testing wrote SQL queries to check for the correct data in the database and verifying the reports.
• Performed End-to-End testing of the application.
• Performed regression testing before each release.
• Performed Integration testing when moved the application from data center to Azure cloud.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing of the application.
• Used MS Excel features for validating reports.
• Added user stories, acceptance criteria for the sprint.
• Performed web services testing using Soap UI, Postman and internal tools.
• Tested stories for ADA compliance.

Technologies: Web Applications, Client Server applications, SQL Server, T-SQL, XML, MS Office Tools, Windows, IOS, Linux, SpecFlow, C#, SOAP UI, Selenium

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and prepared detailed test plan.
• Prepared detailed test plan and test cases by understanding the Business & Functional requirements for manual and automated testing.
• Used YouTrack to report defects, communicate to the developers and tracking the defects.
• Backend testing wrote SQL queries to check for the correct data in the database.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing of the application.
• Involved in End-to-End testing of the application.
• Used MS Excel features for different stages of testing the application.
• Extensively used the MS office tools.

Technologies: HTML, Web Applications, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, XML, JetBrains YouTrack, SQL Server, Windows XP/Vista/7, Mozilla Firefox, MS Office.

Confidential, Morrisville, NC

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing functional requirements, planning and testing of the application.
• Performed manual testing including Functional, Integration, Ad-hoc, Database, System and UAT testing.
• Implemented the Agile methodology in testing the web application.
• Involved in creation of test plan and responsible for creating test cases from the business requirements.
• Conducted Regression testing after fixing the bugs to ensure the best quality of the application.
• Defined unit tests data with the input parameters and expected results.
• Identified cosmetic and functional bugs during the entire testing process.
• Performed Data base testing by extensively using SQL queries to verify the integrity of the database.
• Responsible for updating and maintaining the Quality Center, for all the defects found during functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle for the 100% requirements coverage.

Technologies: HTML, Web Application, SQL Server, T-SQL, Visual Studio, C#, XML, Quality Center, SQL Server, Windows XP/Vista/7, Mozilla Firefox.

Confidential, Greensboro, NC

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience in RF device testing, system calibration, test board design and advanced data analysis.
• Experience in development, implementation and sustainment of complex measurement systems.
• Analysis of data and presentation of results for review.
• Testing done at Wafer and board level.
• Review device test specs, evaluate test requirements, and generate test plans (equipment setup, programming, data analysis, distribution).
• Design and development of test software for different modules using C# and VB.
• Database (SQL Server) design and development.
• Used PXI Data Acquisition (DAQ) hardware and software.
• Automated testing for GPIB devices.
• Extensively did Unit testing, integration testing, and production testing.
• Manual testing,Responsible for trouble any production issues.

Technologies: Client/Server Applications, SQL Server, Windows XP/Vista, C#, T-SQL, Lab Equipment, Visual Studio.

Confidential, RTP, NC

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in hardware design group with different models.
• Used LabVIEW (Graphical programming language) for test automation.
• Expertise testing in GSM, GPRS and WCDMA modes. f the modules.
• Test case documentation.
• Used different test sets for measuring and remote testing.
• Automated measurements for GPIB devices.
• Use case analysis and development.
• Expertise in Unit and integration testing.
• Used different software for Flashing, Calibrating.

Technologies: Client/Server Applications, T-SQL, SQL Server, Windows XP/Vista, C#, T-SQL, LabView, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Power Meters, Oscilloscope.