PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 8 years of experience in information technology specialized in Software Quality Assurance, proficient in testing web based and windows based applications.
• Excellent knowledge and implementing skills in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Waterfall and Agile methodologies, Bug life cycle.
• 3yr of Experience in automation testing using selenium web driver, TestNG, JUNIT
• Experience in ORACLE PL/SQL, SQL, UNIX commands.
• Proficient in executing complex SQL queries for database validation.
• Knowledge on SOAP and REST based web services, SOAPUI testing tool.
• Knowledge on Data driven, keyword driven Test automation frameworks and page object model.
• Involved in continuous integration of automation framework with Jenkins and build management with Maven.
• Experience in Test driven development (TDD), behavior driven development (BDD) approaches.
• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming in Java concepts(Encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, exceptional handing and collections)
• Experience with QA methodology and QA validations for web based applications, client server technologies and database.
• Clear understanding of Testing strategies and experience with Software Testing and Quality Assurance tools like HP ALM, HP QTP.
• Expertise in writing test design, test case development, implementation of test plans, writing and executing test cases.
• Experience in functional testing, system testing, integration testing, regression testing and black box testing, GUI testing and backend testing.
• Interaction with business analysts, developers and support teams to identify requirements.
• Extensively worked on distributed databases and good knowledge on database concepts.
• Expertise in creating Test Reports, Test Cases and Test Scripts for manual testing based on the functional specification for the Functional, System, Regression, GUI, UAT, Database, Smoke/Sanity and Usability testing.
• Successful track record in accomplishing assigned projects within agreed timelines.
• Exceptionally well organized with a track record that demonstrates self - motivation, creativity and initiative to achieve goals.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work well in a team environment and individually.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: HP quality center (ALM), Selenium Webdriver, SOAPUI, HP QTP

Defect management: HP Quality center (ALM), JIRA

Database: Oracle 11g, 10g, SQL server, TOAD

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, JAVA, XML, HTML

Build Tool: Maven

Operating System: Unix/Linux, Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QA Analyst

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Plan with the help of requirement documents (Business, Function) and used it along Test Cases and Test Procedures to ensure the quality and reduce the risk of failure.
• Created detailed Test Cases and executed them manually and by automation.
• Analyzed multiple test scenarios for POS including tests to verify inventory, transactions, product sales, reports.
• Documented the Test Requirements and Test Plans using HP Quality Center to track the stakeholders request for enhancements and changes. Additionally, created traceability matrix for the requirements.
• Tested different functions of the POS system like scanning, payments, returns, reports etc. to make sure that the system met Confidential 's requirements and expectations.
• Tested POS application (point of sale) where UI includes when merchandise is scanned, the description and retail of the merchandise should display on the screen.
• Created documentation for Verification of transactions at POS.
• Performed Credit card processing and/or EMV on POS system.
• Logged, assigned severity and tracked bugs using Quality Center.
• Automated the test cases using Selenium Web Driver on .NET Framework using C#.
• Tested the self-checkout stations were seamlessly integrated with the new POS system.
• Used SQL scripts to verify the integrity of the database particularly while validating the Session Store and Profile Store records.
• Attended periodic meetings with the development team and with the business analysts to provide feedback.

Environment: .NET, SQL, Quality Center, Selenium Web Driver, Nun it, JIRA, MS SQL Server, MS Office, SharePoint

QA Analyst

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Created test plans, wrote test cases and executed them manually and designed automated test scripts.
• Followed Agile Methodology for all the phases of SDLC and interacted with Lead, Business Analyst, Developers and other QA Members during Daily Stand - Up Meeting.
• Actively involved in all stages of STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle).
• Extensively automated Regression and Functional test suites by developing test cases and test suites using Selenium Web Driver and C#.
• Worked on software verification and validation manually and used Assertions for automation.
• Created checkpoints and synchronization points in the application to deal with timing problems.
• Involved in Web Services Testing using SOAP UI.
• Tested compatibility of application for dynamic and static content under various cross browsers using HTML IDs and XPath in Selenium.
• Identified, developed and reviewed systematic procedure for each test cases after going through the documents provided.
• Involved in extensive data validation, back-end testing and querying the database using SQL queries.
• Used Team Foundation Server (TFS) to open bugs, create tasks and user stories, initiate change requests.
• Maintained Traceability Matrix to track the requirements to the test cases to ensure complete test coverage.
• Effectively communicated testing status to QA lead, project managers, and teams who are involved in User Acceptance Testing.

Environment: SoapUI, Windows, SQL Server, Agile, TFS, Selenium WebDriver

QA analyst

Confidential, Elgin, IL

Responsibilities:

• Performed manual testing on the product to understand the functionality and expected results.
• Ensured test cases are aligned to the requirements and have a detailed coverage of the acceptance criteria for each user story
• Communicate testing results, conformance issues and project status in the daily stand - up meetings and weekly review meetings.
• Conducted different types of testing with highly motivated QA team such as GUI, UAT, Smoke testing, Functional and Regression testing
• Logged and tracked defects through defect tracking tool Jira.
• Used Soup UI tool to test SOA based application to test SOAP services and Rest API
• Perform Data Driven Testing using SOAP UI by generating test suites and test cases
• Involved in designing Data Driven framework in Selenium to retrieve test data from excel files and SQL database
• Wrote and executed automated tests using Selenium Cucumber BDD framework. Created Step definition for each step of scenario in feature file
• Integrated Selenium code with Continuous Integration tool Jenkin for running test automatically
• Used firebug plugin to identify the object's id, name, xpath, link text in the application
• Used Selenium WebDriver to validate that all links on the web page are up and running
• Performed Cross Browser Testing using Selenium WebDriver by creating a single script to run on all multiple browsers
• Worked closely with business analyst and developers to write and execute tests to assure complete test coverage.

QA Analyst

Confidential, Chicago, IL

• Coordinated QA activities and projects while closely working with a cross - Functional team, project managers and product owner
• Owned overall quality of each project by playing an active part in each phase of STLC
• Analyzed software and business requirements documents to get a better understanding of the system from both technical and business perspectives
• Developed detailed test cases based on the requirements and functionality of the application
• Logged and tracked defects through defect tracking tool Rally
• Executed various forms of testing such as GUI, UAT, Smoke testing, Functional and Regression testing
• Performed software testing activities like test case preparation, test case review and test case execution.
• Participated in activities such as daily scrum, user story workshops, design reviews, retrospective meetings and sprint planning.