OBJECTIVE:

Pursuing an opportunity in a challenging environment as a Quality Tester and Quality Analyst where my experience, expertise and analytic ability will play a significant role in streamlining the process for delivering quality assured timely released software products.

SUMMARY:

• 7 years of diversified experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• Expertise in Manual and Automated testing of various client/Server, Windows based, and Web based applications.
• Have good knowledge in testing applications in various industry domain like Banking, Airlines, and Insurance.
• Proven success in meeting or exceeding customer needs as an individual contributor and as a team member.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as Software Testing Life cycle (STLC).
• Extensive experience in analyzing business requirements and specifications, development and execution of Test Plans, test Scripts, and Test Cases.
• Good understanding of agile methodologies.
• Strong knowledge SQA.
• Strong experience in all levels of Testing such as Positive testing, Negative testing, Integration Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Black box testing, GUI testing.
• Experience AsRational Performance Tester and Rational Functional Tester
• Well versed in automation testing tools such as Quick Test Professional, Unified Functional Testing, Quality Center and Rational Quality Manager.
• Expert in the development of modular automation framework utilizing VBScript/ VBScript based QTP scripts, function libraries, custom error handling/reporting and QTP Script management in QC.
• Knowledge of Load Runner.
• Good Experience on Selenium IDE and creating Scripts in selenium - -RC by using Java. Well versed with handling Elements in Selenium Web Driver.
• Experience of Defect/Bug tracking system with the use of tools like HP Quality Center, and Bugzilla.
• Have excellent inter personal, problem solving, strong analytical, organization, presentation, as well as a team playing skill and a sense of urgency. Able to communicate at all levels and work alone or lead a small to medium size team when necessary.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 7/8

Databases: SQL Server, MySQL

Programming Language: C, C++, Java, SQL

Scripting Language: VB Script

Software Testing Tools: QTP, Load Runner, Quality Center, UFT, Selenium, HP ALM, JIRA

Web Browsers: IE, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, VB Script

Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Center, Bugzilla

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Rockville, MD.

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in requirement review meetings with business and technical teams.
• Actively engaged in weekly stand up and presented the status report of billing and quotes modules.
• Aided in the creation of functional and regression test cases to make sure valid ids are able to look up their prices against the product they are registered
• Conducted external and internal peer review to verify omissions, deletions and duplications in the test cases related to valid and invalid user id and password.
• Ensured verification of unit testing on dates of assignment, time of assignment features
• Worked with SQL queries and functions to test the database integrity in Oracle server.
• Participate in Automation testing using Selenium Web driver.
• Utilized custom internal tools and systems to complete daily and weekly tasks
• Performed Smoke test, Load test, stress test, scalability test.
• Worked closely with the development team to discover, report and validate fixes for issues related to course content registration feature
• Responsible for Defect Management and escalated critical and high severity defects raised in HP QC/ALM.
• Actively involved in the user acceptance test and validated the application meets the customer's needs

Environment: VB,net, Selenium, Java Script, AJAX, MS Visio, Sonar, Quick Test Professional 9.5/10, Quality Center 9/10, MS Team Foundation Server.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed functional requirements to develop, implement and maintain detailed Test Scenarios and Test Cases
• Participated in requirement analysis meetings and detail design meetings to better understand the functional requirements of the application
• Coordinated very closely with the developers and design teams regarding the functionalities
• Prepared Test Scenarios, Test Data for positive and negative testing
• Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results
• Created traceability matrix by mapping functional requirements and test cases written for the requirements
• Conducted manual testing on each new build of the application under test and regression testing on fixes
• Responsible for complete manual testing of application under test
• Performed functionality testing, regression testing, GUI testing, back end testing, integration testing, system testing, performance testing
• Executed SQL queries to check the data table updates after test execution.
• Analyzed test results from a technical standpoint and isolate defects prior to escalating to the development team for resolution
• Performed regression testing using UFT
• Actively involved in status meetings in which the defects identified were discussed

Environment: Windows 2008. Java, MySQL, SQL Server, MS Excel, Quality Center, Manual testing, Unified Functional Testing.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed Functional, GUI testing and Involved in Regression testing on each build during the various phases of the application.
• Application Development and Testing followed agile methodology with 4 weeks Sprint Cycle.
• Created the detailed test plan and test cases from the User Stories that are selected for implementing in the Current Sprint.
• Participated in meetings with business analyst as part of Daily Stands ups for requirements clarifications and with Development team for Issues/Defect Discussions. Identified Re-usable/Repeatable manual test cases for creating Regression Test Suite.
• Managed Requirements, Test plan, Test cases and Test automation scripts using HP Quality Center to facilitate Traceability.
• Developed and executed Test scripts Using UFT.
• Developed automated test scripts using VB Scripts to perform Functional and Regression Testing.
• Created Data Driven and parameterized automated test scripts using UFT Actions and VB Script functions and worked with Check Points.
• Took the ownership for maintaining the Object Repository.
• Created and executed SQL queries to fetch data from SQL developer database to validate and compare expected results with those actually obtained.
• Report and Track defects using Quality Center

Environment: Unified Functional Testing, Quality Center, Agile (SCRUM), SQL developer, MSOffice, PL/SQL developer, SQL Server, Windows 2007.

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in performing Functional, and Regression Testing.
• Understand the Functional Specification and Design documents.
• Use Rational Quality Manager As A test Management Tools
• Documented the test cases and created the requirement traceability matrix to demonstrate the test coverage.
• Developed test script for Data-Driven Tests and executed the test scripts and analyzed the results.
• Performed Regression Testing after retesting the defects to make sure the fixed do not have any negative impact on the application.
• Set up test environment and created test data for both positive and negative test cases.
• Developed SQL queries/procedures for database testing / backend testing
• Created test scenarios and test cases using RQM and automated test scripts using QTP.

Environment: Windows, VB Script, QTP, RQM, SQL

Confidential, Bloomington, Illinois

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user and business requirements for the new build and compared of those with the old build to modify test plans for positive and negative scenarios for functional and performance testing.
• Prepared Test Plan and templates to create test cases, test scripts.
• The whole application manually tested before going for the automated testing.
• Implemented and worked on Quick Test Pro for automated testing.
• Performed the Positive and NegativeTesting, User Interface Testing on the application
• Performed manual and Automated Regression testing after every build Installation.
• Used Bugzilla for bug tracking.
• Run Regression Test to ensure that introduction of new component into application doesn't affect the existing functionality.
• Developed / Enhanced VB script in Quick Test Pro to add check points, Parameterize data etc.
• Made schedules for system and integration testing for each release.
• Kept track of the bugs, deciding their priority and then assigned them to the different developers.
• Attended status review meetings, interacted with developers, Architects to resolve the issues.

Environment: Quick Test Pro, Bugzilla, SQL, MS Office and Windows, XML

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA.

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business requirements, Application and function specifications, Design documents.
• Involved in writing and designing templates for the Test Plans and Test cases .
• Identified the Test Cases and documented them in Quality Center .
• Performed GUI, Functional, Negative, Positive, Regression and User Acceptance Testing .
• Involved in Bug reporting and bug tracking using QC .
• Expert in developing test Scripts for client/server and web applications using C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET.
• Updated Reports and dashboards to display the status of test coverage including the number of test cases passing, failing or pending.
• Interacted with developers, users and various members of the team to discuss issues, resolve defects and set priorities.
• Involved in Managerial Meetings and attended various conference calls at different levels from QA, Developers and Clients.

Environment: HP QC, Web Services, SOAP, REST, HTML, Agile Methodology, SQL, Oracle.