SUMMARY:

• Approximately six years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Automation Testing.
• Experienced in gathering test requirements to develop detailed Test Plans, Test Scenarios.
• Ability to create end to end Use Cases and Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Profound knowledge in creating Testing Scope Documents and Gap Analysis Documents.
• Expertise in performing different types of Testing: Black - box, Back-end, System, Regression and End-to-End Testing.
• Expertise at executing Manual Testing by using HP ALM/Quality Center for Test management in web-based and client-server enterprise applications.
• Experienced in Functional Regression Testing by using HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Expert at designing complex SQL queries to create data access layers in automation solution.
• Highly skilled in QTP/UFT Test Scripts based on the Requirements, and Scenarios.
• Good knowledge in Hybrid Framework of automation for the application using VBScript coding in QTP/UFT.
• Efficient in building user defined and custom functions in QTP/UFT.
• Excellent Organizational ability and Communication skills.
• Excelled at handling multiple projects simultaneously within stringent time and budgetary constraints.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: VBA, Java, C, C++, SQL,UML, PERL, SHELL, C#, PHP, Asp.NET

Test Tools: HP Quick Test Professional/UFT, Selenium, WebLOAD, JMeter, Custom Unix/Linux Tools

Bug Reporting: HP Quality Center/HP ALM, Rally, JIRA

Configuration Management: ClearCase, Visual Source Safe, SCCS

Scripting Languages: VBScript, Java, Shell, Perl

Web Languages: HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, JSP, Servlets, Applets, ASP

Database: Oracle, DB2,SQL Server, MS Access and MySQL, Sleepycat

Web and Application Servers: IBM Web Sphere, BEA WebLogic, Apache Tomcat, JBoss

Operating System: Windows, MS DOS, LINUX, UNIX (HP/Sun Solaris), AIX

Network: TELNET, FTP, HTTP, TCP/IP

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created complete end to end use cases and requirements traceability matrix.
• Analyzed testing requirements to develop detailed test plans, test scenarios.
• Enhanced the performance of the test scripts by writing functions.
• Used to build testing scope documents and gap analysis documents.
• Analyzed the BRD to understand the architecture of the application.
• Used to set up complete end-to-end test plan and test case environment.
• Developed testing strategies in support of agile development.
• Performed regression testing of the application after fixing the defect.
• Mapped the developed Test cases to the system requirements in HP ALM for requirements coverage and traceability completion.
• Uploaded Business Risks in HP ALM and mapped the Test cases.
• Designed and executed SQL queries on both Source and Target databases to validate the data.
• Developed several Integration UFT Test scripts based on system requirements, business rules and use cases.
• Designed the Data Driven tests in UFT to validate with different sets of Test data.
• Automation scripts were handled based and on the concepts of Regular Expressions in UFT script.
• Improved the flexibility of the Tests by parameterizing the entire test, inserting checkpoints in UFT script.
• Created watch lists to monitor variables in the UFT Test script.
• Used the VBScript to develop highly optimized scripts.
• Liaised with counterparts in business groups, functions as well as other work streams while complying with deliverable delivery and project implementation schedule.
• Conducted internal audits to measure and assure adherence to established QA standards for Software Development, Application Integration, Information System Performance and Corresponded Documentation.
• Provided production support of Software products by investigating and recreating reported defects.
• Worked as a team player and strong problem-solver in a team of other Software engineers, Project managers, Business analysts.

Environment: HP Quality Center/HP ALM, HP Quick Test Professional/UFT, VBScript, JIRA, SOAPUI, Windows, HTML, MS Office Suite, Java, C/C++, JavaScript, JMeter, .NET.

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for gathering Functional Requirements, Use Cases and Design Documents.
• Involved in writing and executing Test Cases, Test Strategy based on the requirement.
• Analyzed review and sign off on Test Plan, Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Created detailed Test Cases for integration test phases.
• Maintained documentation of Test results to assist in validation of software.
• Validated all the testing issues and performed regression testing on new builds.
• Used Quality Center/HP ALM extensively for defect management process to log the issues encountered during testing and tracked them until resolution.
• Worked on Quality Center/HP ALM to trace the requirements, wrote the test cases in the test plan and tracked the defects in the defect module.
• Queried the database by writing complex SQL queries to verify the activation and deactivation entries in the corresponding tables in the database.
• Involved in the Automation of the Agent tool using QTP/UFT.
• Used the QTP/UFT scripting to create the actions.
• Created Shared Object Repository for all the different modules by using the Object Repository Manager in QTP/UFT.
• Maintained the dependencies using Windows INI (Initialization Files) by using QTP/UFT script.
• Adopted the Descriptive Techniques of QTP/UFT for maintainability of the Scripts.
• Reviewed requirement documents to ensure the developed functionality conformed to the specified requirements.
• Managed day-to-day QA tasks as specified by the project launch schedule.
• Accomplished Quality assurance tasks for various program and Analytics/business intelligence projects.
• Provided necessary documentation and participated in deployment validation.

Environment: HP QTP/UFT, HP QC/ALM, VBScript, Oracle, MS Office Suite, WinNT, Java, EJB, JSP, XML, XML Notepad, XMLSpy, Tomcat, JBoss, C/C++, C#.

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Designed Test Plans from Functional Requirement Documents.
• Involved in creating Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Prepared Test Plan and planned Test Schedule.
• Involved in Integration, System, and Gray Box Testing.
• Performed GUI Testing, Back-end testing.
• Used to perform browser compatibility testing.
• Provided Test planning numbers, gathered Test data, coordinated Quality Center/HP ALM Test uploads, and reported testing status to stakeholders.
• Logged defects into Quality Center/HP ALM and participated in Defect Resolution to analyze the defects.
• Developed Test Cases for the Backend testing, integrating the SQL queries used in running the test cases.
• Developed QTP/UFT scripts based on system requirements and use cases.
• Performed Regression Testing with scripts written in QTP/UFT.
• Used QTP/UFT to validate links, objects, images and text on Web pages continue to function properly.
• Inserted verification checkpoints, synchronization points, and parameterized data using QTP/UFT.
• Worked closely with product and software development management to work into a successful QA automation framework.
• Interacted with the software users to monitor and investigate defects and communicated further software improvement to Software Developers and Engineers.

Environment: HP QC/ALM, Manual Testing, HP QTP/UFT, VBScript, MS Office Suite, Oracle, Visual Basic, Windows, JIRA, JMeter, C/C++, C#, Unix.