SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance (QA) and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experienced with software testing methodologies including developing Test plans, Test scenarios, Test cases, and Test procedures.
• Proficient in all phases of Software Development Lifecycle, including requirements gathering, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling, testing, defect tracking, test management and test reporting.
• Experienced in writing Test Plans and Strategies by following different QA Methodologies with knowledge of Agile Testing.
• Strong experience in Scrum, Waterfall, Agile, and V - Model Methodologies
• Experienced in different types of testing such as Smoke testing, Sanity Testing, GUI testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Ad-hoc testing, System testing, UAT, Regression testing, and Web services testing.
• Experienced in Integration of HP ALM Quality Center with Mercury Interactive tools and external tools like Rational Clear Quest and Rational Clear Case.
• Extensively experienced with manual and automated testing tools like HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Experienced in analyzing actual results against the expected results using HP ALM
• Proficient in creating SQL queries against Oracle, SQL Server 2008/2012 and DB2.
• Proficient in writing SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures for testing backend database of the application.
• Experienced in performing GUI, Functional, Regression Testing and Integration Testing using HP QuickTest Pro
• Expertise in developing external custom functions using VBScript and Descriptive Programming in HP UFT.
• Experienced in developing UFT Automation Frameworks i.e. Data-Driven Framework, Keyword-Driven Framework, Modular Framework and Hybrid Framework.
• Good Knowledge in maintaining Automation frameworks in HP Unified Functional Testing
• Experienced in testing Web-based and Client-Server applications in Windows and UNIX environments
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to clearly speak to both technical and management
• Expert in Problem solving and Bug Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tools like Quality Center ALM, JIRA, and VersionOne

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: Windows, Linux/Unix

Scripting Languages: VBScript, SQL, HTML, XML, Java, C++, C#

Database: Oracle, DB2, Microsoft Access, SQLDeveloperTesting Tools HP QTP, HP UFT, HP Quality Center, HP ALM, JIRA, TOAD

Testing Environment: .NET, SQL, XML, HTML, DB2, VBScript, Java, J2EE, PL/SQL

Other Applications: MS Office, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead POC for most of the applications and involved in finding root cause analysis for many production defects.
• Involved in tracking and monitoring the development statuses of various DHS Application projects.
• Prepare and revise existing program project review reports.
• Prepare various test data for various DHS applications for Test Executing.
• Execute functional and regression test in the appropriate Test Environments.
• Create detailed Test Cases for Functional Testing.
• Working experience of all the phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and in Agile environment with great working knowledge of testing disciplines and tasks.
• Experience of creating and maintain test automation scripts using HP UFT (VBScript)

Confidential, Washington, DC

QA Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating various documentation such as Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scenarios and Test Schedules document, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and System Inventory Documents.
• Analyzed existing environment with available documentation and application.
• Developed Test Plans and Test cases for Functional Testing.
• Mapped current business process, gathered Business User Requirements and wrote in Business Requirement Documentation
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix to confirm the test coverage.
• Performed Regression Testing and Data-Driven Testing.
• Worked with Smoke, Functional, Compatibility and User Interface testing.
• Documented and communicated Test results using HP ALM
• Followed-up with the Development team daily regarding the defects fixing status using HP Application Lifecycle Management
• Developed detailed Test Cases and executed them in the Test Lab Module of HP ALM
• Involved in database testing by writing and executing SQL queries to ensure that data entered has been uploaded correctly into the database
• Used UFT to developed Data-Driven Automation frameworks
• Enhanced the scripts through programming and adding the verification points to test the functionality/Business requirements.
• Extensively used Regular Expressions in UFT to handle dynamic object properties
• Created several Test scripts using UFT to create Batch tests and performed Exception handling
• Used VBScript to develop a Hybrid Automation Framework in UFT.
• Responsible for triggering and monitoring weekly batch processes using UFT
• Ensured all requirements gathered were used in both Test Plan and Test Case development via RTM
• Assisted with design of user interfaces, including proposing and prototyping entirely original interfaces.
• Validated required input data to request XML and validated response XML using Soap UI.
• Created project status report and sent to the higher management.
• Developed, defined and continually improve testing procedures.

Environment: ALM, UFT, Java, J2EE, Java Script, VB Script, XML, SQL Server, MS Office, Windows, SOAP UI, UNIX.

CareFirst, Baltimore, MD

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with development, users and support groups to understand the application architecture, use and content.
• Involved in creating Test data, Test procedures, Test cases, writing automated test scripts and documentation.
• Implemented Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology and Requisite Pro tool to design, document, and manage requirements and Visio to model use cases.
• Wrote Test plans and Test cases for the Integration testing and system testing.
• Used HP Quality Center for maintaining Test Plans, Test Cases, Executing Test Cases, Defect management, and Bug Reporting.
• Used HP Quality Center to track, report, and manage defects throughout the test cycle and attended Defect Status Meeting on daily basis during testing cycle.
• Used SQL Queries to validate the data in the Oracle databases.
• Designed & developed Data-Driven Framework to validate different sets of data using QTP.
• Parameterized QTP scripts with controlled test input values (runtime-generated, user-defined, or from data sources).
• Developed and maintained QTP scripts for Functional, Sanity and Regression testing
• Generated automated test scripts using VBScript and Descriptive Programming within HP QTP
• Participated in test case automation using a structured, Keyword-Driven Framework with HP QuickTest Professional
• Coordinated User Acceptance Test (UAT) processes and documented and addressed all the issues during the process.
• Participated in the Bug Review Meetings and Defect Triage meetings.
• Interacted with developers regarding priority of bugs and updated the status of bugs once they are fixed.
• Consolidated and prepared Monthly Metrics for all the clients.
• Attended review meetings and walkthrough meetings to discuss the status of the project.
• Coordinated meetings with the Development teams for appropriate handling of the bugs and their timely resolution.

Environment: HP Quality Center, QTP, VBScript, Java, Java Script, MS SQL Server, Web Services, Windows, UNIX.

Wells Fargo, Richmond, VA

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirements, Functional Specification and Design Documents with Business Analyst.
• Involved in preparing Test Scenarios, Test Conditions and Test Cases based on the functional specifications, Design Documents and Use Cases.
• Involved in Reviewing and finalizing the Test Cases for the Execution.
• Executed the Automated and Manual Test Cases and reviewed the defects.
• Used Quality Center for filling defects and reporting the defects.
• Executed Test cases and identified mismatches and reporting defects into Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL queries for testing data integrity in the Oracle database before testing the module.
• Upgraded Manual Test scripts from Quality Center for automation in QTP via QC-QTP Connectivity
• Created Scenario based scripts and screen based Script using QTP.
• Involved in developing functional Test scripts using QTP as a part of automated testing.
• Developed test automation scripts using QTP for Regression Testing, Functionality, and GUI testing.
• Communicated and Interacted with team members and customers with ease and professionalism.
• Responsible for preparing and sending the deliverables like weekly status reports to the QA managers and project lead.
• Planned and worked flexibly to meet deadlines.
• Designed and setup of test data with Data Encryption.
• Performed tasks independently with little supervisor.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Java, Java Script, TOAD, Oracle, SQL Server, Windows, HTML, Agile, MS Office, UNIX, MS Excel.