SUMMARY:

• Around Six years of professional experience in QA activities during all phases of the SDLC from requirements elaboration, design/development, test and deployment.
• Experienced in defining Testing Methodologies, designing Test Plans and Test Cases.
• Proficient in Analyzing Business Requirements, Design Specifications, Use Cases to prepare Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts.
• Strong understanding in Agile, Waterfall model, and V Model.
• Proficient in performing Black Box and Gray Box Testing.
• Experienced in GUI, Functional, Regression, Integration, UAT, compliance testing, site integration, compatibility testing.
• Expertise in Automated Testing using HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Extensively experienced in managing defect life cycle using HP ALM/ Quality Center.
• Proficient in writing SQL queries to interact with Databases.
• Proficient in generating automated test scripts using QTP/UFT.
• Extensively experienced in working with GUI testing using QTP/UFT.
• Expertise in developing custom functions using VBScript and using Descriptive Programming for QTP/UFT.
• Experienced in using Framework for QTP/UFT Automation Scripts.
• Knowledge in developing Descriptive programming for Key - word driven Testing using QTP/ UFT.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills; Team player with excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Result oriented, committed, and hardworking with a quest to learn new technologies and undertake challenging task.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Language: VB.NET, Visual Basic, SQL, PL/SQL, VB Script

Web & App Servers: Web logic Server, IIS, Java Web Server

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, HP ALM, HP QTP, HP UFT, JIRA

Operating systems: Windows, UNIX/Linux

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, VBScript, JavaScript, Java

Applications: MS Office, Crystal Reports, MS Excel

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Ashburn, VA

Test Automation Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in implementing each phase of SDLC and Coordinated in Test environment setup.
• Interacted with client for requirement gathering and analysis and for studying the existing system.
• Designed, developed and executed the Test Plans and Test cases.
• Developed an integrated Test Plan covering the main functions of the designated parts of the application.
• Performed Smoke, integration, Functional, Regression, System, Acceptance and Usability testing during different stages of the application development.
• Performed various types of process evaluations during each phase of the software development life cycle, including review, walk through and system testing.
• Performed GUI and User Acceptance testing.
• Developed detailed Test Plans and Test Cases in HP ALM and executed them.
• Responsible for configuring Quality Center and executing automated scripts from HP ALM.
• Wrote SQL queries to perform backend testing.
• Wrote QTP Scripts to validate backend data via SQL queries.
• Involved in Back end testing to check for data and application integrity by writing SQL queries.
• Developed automated test scripts in UFT to expedite regression testing.
• Extensively worked with UFT to create, manage and execute test sets.
• Developed automated regression test scripts using UFT.
• Designed, Developed and Maintained the Centralized Object Repository in UFT.
• Developed driver script to run UFT scripts in a batch mode.
• Involved in converting manual test cases into automated scripts on UFT.
• Performed testing on Ubuntu and Windows servers via the OS and CLI.
• Attended meetings with business process owners to approve functional and integration test cases and performed gap analysis.
• Developed and provided testing metrics and reports for the QA dashboard to effectively communicate test status to the test team and management.

Environment: AJAX, DB2, Oracle, HTML, CSS, C++, C#, SQL, XML, MS Office, Windows, HP ALM, UFT, Java, J2EE, Java Script, VBScript.

Confidential,Bridgeton, MO

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Preparing Test Plan, Test cases and Test data from analyzing the requirements.
• Involved in all phases of testing from attending BRD review meetings to Release testing in different test environments.
• Created Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and Test reports.
• Performed Manual, GUI, Functional, Regression, and Smoke testing on the application and Role based testing for SharePoint.
• Performed manual testing as an ongoing process of the development life cycle using HP Quality Center.
• Provided weekly updates through status report using HP Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL queries and executed procedures to perform back-end testing for the expected results.
• Involved in modifying and coding VBScripts with conditional statements and loops in QTP testing tool.
• Performed functional testing with QTP, defined various checkpoints to verify results and performed tests using test-driven data.
• Created and prepared the test data and test scripts in QTP for Data Driven Testing.
• Developed and maintained the user guides for UAT testing support
• Supported UAT testing and created defect guidelines.
• Worked with release manager to prepare for releases for testing environment.
• Involved in assisting with application training of new resources.

Environment: Java, J2EE, SQL Server, C/C++, C#, VB Script, Oracle, HP Quality Center, QTP, Windows, UNIX, MS Office.

Confidential,Birmingham, AL

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing requirement specifications, developing test plans, test cases, test scripts and planning for QA methodologies.
• Analyzed project documentation and prepared detailed Test cases (manual and automated).
• Analyzed, Understood and Estimated requirements.
• Managed Objects in the Object Repository, parameterized tests in Global and Local Data Tables.
• Performed Positive and Negative testing.
• Performed Manual Testing for the Functionality and GUI of the application using Quality Center.
• Ensured the actual results match expected results using Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL queries to test database tables for back end testing.
• Inserted check points to check for text, text area and standard properties of an object using QTP.
• Involved with testing team and created Automation frame work using QTP.
• Responsible for enhancing test script for the application using QTP.
• Worked on User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with users along with providing training to end-users.
• Used verification points and conducted Data Driven test with the Test Data set using QTP.
• Involved in assisting with application training of new resources.
• Interpreted quality audits, coordinated improvements and change, and facilitated test methodology across multiple business units.

Environment: MS Visio, MS Office, MS Excel, VB Script, Oracle, Windows, UNIX, Quality Center, QTP, Java, J2EE, Java Script.