SUMMARY:

• Over 6+ years of experience in manual testing on web based, Client/Server and data warehousing applications.
• Successfully executed projects in Public Sector, Healthcare, Education domains and willing to work in challenging environment in any domain/industry.
• Extensive experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall Model and Agile (Scrum) methodologies.
• Well - versed with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Good knowledge in ETL/DWH testing concepts, Informatica power center.
• Experience in preparing, reviewing, executing test cases and reporting status ensuring accurate coverage of requirements and business processes.
• Involved in ETL process testing using Informatica power center ETL tool.
• Performed data validation testing writing SQL queries
• Sound Knowledge and experience in Metadata and Star schema/Snowflake schema. Analyzed Source Systems, Staging area, Fact and Dimension tables in Target D/W.
• Specialize in Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Experience working with Web Services using SOAPUI tool to validate XML request and response using different methods.
• Used HP Quality center (QC) for storing, maintaining the test repository, bug tracking and reporting.
• Prepared documentation for some of the recurring defects and resolutions and business comments for those defects
• Developed Test Matrix to give a better view of testing effort.
• Expertise on Bug tracking tool JIRA, HP (Quality Center) QC, HP (Application Lifecycle Management) ALM, Test Director.
• Involved in Root Cause Analysis of defects.
• Flexible to learn advancements in the IT industry, Quick learner, Team Player, willing to learn new technologies.
• Excellent communication skills with understanding of Agile Software Testing Concepts and methodologies.

KEY TECHNOLOGIES

Defect Tracking and Test Management Tools: HP Quick Test Pro (QTP/UFT), HP Quality Center (QC/ALM), Mercury Test Director, JIRA

ETL Tools: Informatica Power Center

Web API Testing Tools: Google Postman, SOAP UI

Mark-up/Scripting Lang: VBScript, HTML, XML, JSON

Databases: MS SQL Server 2014, Oracle 10g

Platform: Windows 10, Windows 7, Vista, XP, Win 2003, Win 2k Server, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Agile environment, attended daily stand up meetings, SCRUM meetings.
• Collaborated with all stakeholders in the quality assurance and development process.
• Reviewed business requirements (User Stories) with Project manager, Scrum Master, technical architects and developers.
• Involved in entering User Stories in Requirement module, designing the test steps, writing test cases and running test scripts using Test Management Tool Quality Center (QC).
• Developed, designed, reviewed and executed Test Cases based on the Business Rules and Mapping Documents.
• Testing of ETL processes, Data completeness testing, Data Incremental testing.
• Involved in writing SQL queries to verify data from Source to Target.
• Responsible for updating and maintaining the Quality Center (QC) for all the defects found during functional and regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle.
• Regularly interacted with Developers to discuss various problems and issues and follow up with developer till defect closure.
• Performed Integration and system testing of different modules of the application.
• Responsible for Functional testing, Smoke Testing, Regression testing.
• Highly responsive to client needs and changing software requirements.
• Great expertise in testing Web API’s using the Google Postman.
• Checked the data flow through the front end to backend and used SQL queries, to extract the data from database.
• Involved in End-To-End testing and was responsible for the Quality Assurance of this application to complete in an estimated time.
• Participated in Sprint Review meetings, Sprint Retrospective meetings with Scrum Development team.

Environment: HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Agile, Scrum, SQL, XML, JSON, Google Postman.

Confidential, New York

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Attending the requirement discussion meeting and raised the concerns if any
• Involved in entering requirements, developing test plan tree, designing the test steps, writing test cases and running test scripts using HP Quality Center (QC).
• Used Parameterization for using various data to test the application using QTP/UFT.
• Designing and prioritizing Test Cases of Functional and Regression testing.
• Executed and updated the Regression Test scripts using the QTP/UFT.
• Developing the Test cases for new functionalities as part of the manual testing
• Performed Integration and system testing of different modules of the application.
• Documented the defects in HP Quality Center and assigned it to the development team.
• Regularly interacted with Developers to discuss various problems and issues and follow up with developer till defect closure.
• Acted as User Acceptance Testing coordinator and monitored business testing and interfaced with the development team regarding defect status and fixes on daily basis.
• Performed data validation testing writing SQL queries.
• Providing Testing Status Reports and defect Reports to Higher management and scheduling and attending the meetings for overall project health report.
• As this project happens to be monthly release, built core regression suite made sure the suite is enhanced at the end of each release. The objective of this core regression suite to build automated regression suite.

Environment: HP ALM (Application Lifecycle Management), MS Excel, QTP/UFT.

Confidential, New York

Test Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Requirements, Specification and Design Documents.
• Involvement in Test Design with respect to Test Plan and using Black box Testing Techniques.
• Performing Functional, GUI, Usability, Compatibility, Sanity, Compatibility, Regression, End to End and Acceptance Testing.
• Tested the functionality of the application with multiple data.
• Involvement in Test Execution and analyzing defect found during the process of testing.
• Responsible for logging defects in Defect Manager, monitoring their status and tracking them to closure using Jira.
• Performed retesting and regression testing once defects were fixed.
• Worked with developers in resolving issues in test environment and defects while application under test.
• Developing Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to track requirements during the QA Testing phase.
• Worked closely with business analysts and the business to ensure the products meet the expected level of quality defined by the business.

Confidential, CA

QA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Test Plan Creation.
• Understanding the System Requirements (SRS).
• Preparation of Test Cases.
• Functional Testing and Regression Testing.
• Reporting of Bugs using Test Director.
• Preparation of weekly Project Summary.