SUMMARY:

• Around 7 years of professional experience in the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing of Client/Server and Web Applications, Mainframe application testing..
• Strong knowledge of the Systems Development Life Cycle ( SDLC ).
• Expertise in translating user requirements into technical specifications and mapping the process design, work flows for SDLC with documenting and managing business requirements using RUP, waterfall and Agile methodology.
• Experienced in writing System test plans, defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts .
• Proficient in Gap Analysis, Test Plan Preparation, Test Execution, Defect Management, and Management Reporting.
• Working knowledge of scripting language like Java script.
• Sound knowledge of Junit, TestNG frameworks.
• Knowledge in Design, Development, Implementation and Execution of Reusable Automated Data DrivenTest Scripts using tools such as Selenium.
• Worked with Selenium and JMeter for automated scripts and for load and stress testing .
• Strong working experience in production support for testing web applications.
• Experience in web service testing using REST,SOAP UI and SOAP UI Pro.
• Facilitated JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions.
• Strong analytical skills and consistent time management skills to meet client deadlines.
• Involved in maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix and performing GAP analysis.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Used Quality Center and Rational Clear Quest for error reporting.
• Good team player with the ability to work in time sensitive environments.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to adapt to a new environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and quickly master new concepts and subjects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Methodologies: SDLC, Agile, Scrum

Testing Tools: ALM/Quality Center, Jira, Selenium, Cucumber, Bugzilla

Development Tools: Team Foundation Server(TFS),Visual Studio

Operating Systems: Windows NT/XP/2000, UNIX

Databases: SQL Server, MS Access, DB2,Mongo

Languages: C, SQL, HTML, XML

Business Applications: Microsoft Office Suite - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Design Tools & Languages: C, C++, HTML, Java

Web Server/App Server: IIS6, IIS7, WAMP Server 2.3, Tomcat, Web logic

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Followed QA processes and practices, including defect and test management.
• Attended daily and weekly meetings for the projects.
• Involved in reviewing and analyzing Business Requirement Documents and Functional specs and use cases.
• Worked closely with Development teams to provide support and to participate in knowledge transfer to the client throughout software development life cycle
• Performed functional and regression testing for Mainframe & Web based applications
• Testing the server application on multiple operating systems and on varied browsers.
• Developed Traceability matrix between the requirement document and respective test cases to ensure all requirements were covered.
• Reviewed BRD, understood the requirements and translated them into test cases, scenarios, procedures and carried activities such as collecting test data, writing test cases and testing.
• Involved in preparing Test plan and Test cases for different modules of cloud based application of Service Now.
• Performed Integration, System, Functional, Regression, smoke, UAT testing.
• Tested Restful Web Services using SOAP UI.
• Clearly communicated defects with developers and updated comments in Quality center (ALM).
• Generated detailed reports of the Bugs, Pass-Fail report and Assigned defects using Quality Center (ALM).
• Experience working with the automation team to automate the regression test cases using Selenium.
• Implemented Page Object Model and Keyword Based Testing automation frameworks using Selenium Web Driver and Cucumber
• Executed SQL queries to verify the proper data insertion, deletion and updates.
• Experience in writing SQL Queries for Database Testing to verify Data Validity, Data integrity.

Environment: Quality Centre (ALM), ServiceNow, TFSJava,Oracle, Java Script,Selenium,Agile

Confidential, Sterling, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Job operated within a very agile environment, employing 2-4 week sprints, and daily scrum meetings.
• Involved in entire Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC).
• Daily Status, Stand-up Meetings, Scrums with Business, Development, and Test team to report the test status planned, accomplished, and issues.
• Worked with Business Analysts and responsible for driving issue-log meetings on regular basis.
• Coordinated with offshore project team members to achieve project goals through status meetings and reviews.
• Identified test cases to Automated using Selenium WebDriver .
• Developed automation script using Selenium WebDriver for cross browser testing
• Involved in Data analysis and prepared required test data for validation of test cases.
• Editing and testing XML.
• Validated response with the XML Schema during Web Service Testing .
• Reviewed test cases prepared by offshore team in accordance with defined guidelines and processes.
• Responsible for the effort estimation, planning, and execution of chunks of testing activities.
• Extensively used HP Quality Center for Test management and execution of test cases.
• Checked the data flow by using SQL queries to extract the data flow from the Oracle and Mainframe Database.
• Driving daily Defect/Bug review meetings with business, environment and development team to understand the problem and setting the severity levels and get resolutions for defects logged by team.
• Wrote SQL Statements to extract Data from Tables to verify the output Data of the reports.
• Used HP ALM to create the test plan, store test cases and run the test sets.
• Generated reports showing the number of test cases executed, number passed, number failed and number left to execute.

Environment: Oracle, ALM,Visual studio, HTML, .NET,Mainframe,TOAD, Unix, Java,SQLServer,Selenium

Confidential, New City N.Y.

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Planned all resources and schedules for functional and performance QA work.
• Perform and monitor internal audits to maintain compliance to our Agile procedures and instructions
• Prepared test scripts and data sets,configured testing tools and developed complete, automated regression suites.
• Tested ISO8583 message format between terminal and the host .
• Prepared reports and presented to management and responded to highly specialized/technical testing questions.
• Managed a group of UAT analysts and UAT testers to ensure an acceptable service level agreement and quality control.
• Created releases in ALM based on the Sprint cycles and set milestones to track .
• Implemented Automation process in manual testing environment using Mercury Test Suite.
• Managed the testing control process of UAT by monitoring and investigating failures within the testing environment and drafting/reviewing policies, standards, and procedures governing testing.
• Used agile methodologies to support the delivery of quality products that meet client specifications with minimum defects, on-time, and on-budget.
• Developed and maintained quality assurance standards and processes and managed quality improvement activities.
• Ensured that quality assurance-related activities at both the program and at the project level are appropriately planned and executed.
• Worked with Application/Technical Architect and Business/Technical Analysts to ensure that the acceptable range for test results and performance gets communicated to the appropriate testing teams.

Environment: Microsoft Project, Quality Center, Load Runner,PL SQL, MS Access, DB2, XML, J2EE, Jira

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Understand the application business logic with Business Requirements Specification Documents and functionality of application with Functional Requirements Specification Documents.
• Wrote complex SQL queries to perform the backend testing of the Oracle database using PL/SQL and UNIX shell commands
• Reviewed extensive SQL Queries with complex multi-table joins and nested queries.
• Involved in reviewing complex SQL queries, views, functions and stored procedures and spotting issues before/during code migration.
• Involved in preparing the high-level Test Plan and developed Test Cases in accordance with the functional specifications.
• Created test cases for the mobile application.
• Automated the back-end testing for reusability by writing UNIX Shell Scripts.
• Used UNIX shell scripts for monitoring the servers during testing sessions.
• Created and maintained SQL Scripts and UNIX Shell scripts to perform back-end testing on the oracle database
• Coordinated with business users on the test script review and sign-off.
• Established Traceability between the Requirements and the Tests in Traceability Matrix using Quality Center.
• Worked closely with build integration team, business analysts and developers in order to perform testing activities as per schedules.
• Generated Bug Reports and Test case coverage reports for status meeting and also involved in resource planning for test cases coverage.

Environment: Quality Center,SQLServer, SOAP UI, XML, HTML, UNIX, MS Visio, Windows XP