SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of Strong Manual and Automated Testing experience in web based and client server applications.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).
• Preparation of system test plans / test cases / QC reports/ RTM/ Defect Reports to ensure projects are completed on time with quality
• Extensive experience working with Business and Functional Requirements in analyzing and creating Test plans and Test cases.
• Extensively performed Functional testing, Integration testing, System testing, Regression testing, GUI testing and UAT.
• Proficient in Black Box Testing methodologies
• Strong Knowledge on the phases of Software Development Life Cycle. (SDLC) Methodology Waterfall, Agile (Agile Process: Sprint Planning, Scrums).
• Manually performed Back - End testing by writing and executing SQL queries using SQL Server
• Experienced in Recording, debugging and running tests, and analyzing results using Quick Test Pro.
• Perform Root cause analysis for critical and recurring defects.
• Experience in reporting progress by creating reports (Test execution, defect analysis) using Quality Center.
• Experience in Preparing Test Metrics.
• Log Defects through defect tracking tools and follow-up with Development and environment teams to resolve the issues.
• Provided formal project status to the senior management in a proactive and timely manner.
• Ability to work as independent team member in challenging and cross platform environment.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows XP, 7.0, MS-DOS.

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro, Quality center, Rational

Languages: SQL,PL/SQL,JAVA/J2EE,JSP,VBScript,ASP.NET, HTML, XML

Data Bases: Oracle 10g/9i/8i, AS 400, Putty, MS-SQL Server, MS-Access

Web Servers: Apache, IBM Web Sphere, Web Logic, and IIS, Tomcat

MSSuite: MS-Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook

Domain: Retail, Telecom, Insurance

Other Tools: Toad, ALM, RQM, SOAP UI, REST, TDP, RALLY, Selenium

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Onsite Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Multiple Applications with all the Team Members and Reviewing the Documents and Created Test Plan.
• Actively involved in Scrum meeting and User Stories Grooming and maintained the daily, weekly and monthly performance reports of the team.
• Assign work to offshore team and make sure that they are not facing any conflicts with analyzing the requirements.
• Analyzing requirements of product from TDP, followed Software Development Life Cycle process (SDLC).
• Responsible for maintaining test cases and test scripts for the application using TDP
• Analyzed test results, leveraged troubleshooting skills to assist with defining root cause, and conducted re-testing after defects are addressed.
• Performed Testing in GUI and web services Applications.
• Extensively used Soap UI for web service Testing.
• Performed System Testing and UAT .
• Analyzing failures and Root Cause Analysis found through the execution of test scripts and Retested them.
• Extensively used PUTTY to retrieve the logs for the issues.
• Used TDP and RALLY and HP ALM Tools to Log and Track the Defects.
• Worked with development team to ensure testing issues are resolved and builds are deployed as agreed in Test plan.
• Performed Regression testing using Selenium.

Environment: SQL Developer, HP ALM, XML, JIRA, REST, Putty

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Kick Off meeting for Multiple projects with all the Team Members and Reviewing the Documents and Created Test Plan.
• Functional testing for applications across the Rental QA department with products such as client server based applications (ECARS 2.0) and web based applications (ARMS WEB, ARMS AUTO, CLAIMS CONNECTION) in conjunction with different car classes which were associated with the application.
• Maintained the daily, weekly and monthly performance reports of the team.
• Reviewed / modified test cases written by other test engineers in the past.
• Analyzing requirements of product from IBM Rational Quality Management, followed Software Development Life Cycle process (SDLC).
• Responsible for maintaining test cases and test scripts for the application using RQM (Rational Quality Manager) and JIRA.
• Analyzed test results, leveraged troubleshooting skills to assist with defining root cause, and conducted re-testing after defects are addressed.
• As part of Agile Team, attended Daily stand up Meetings and interacted with developers to get more understanding of the stories and planned Test scenarios Accordingly.
• Engaged in all levels of testing such as; System, End-to-End System Test, Performance Test, Non-Functional Test, Regression Test, End-to-End Customer Experience Test, Implementation Test, Integration Test.
• Performed Testing in GUI and web services Applications.
• Extensively used SOAP UI for web service Testing.
• Performed Functional and Regression Testing.
• Validated the Data Flow in AS400, where the data is flowing from ARMS (Insurance) To Ecars (Where we see our Rental Cars in Enterprise.)
• Analyzing failures and Root Cause Analysis found through the execution of test scripts and Retested them.
• Used Clear Quest and JIRA Tools to Log and Track the Defects.
• Worked with development team to ensure testing issues are resolved and builds are deployed as agreed in Test plan.

Environment: AS400, SQL, IBM Rational Quality Management, XML, JIRA, SOAPUI, Clear Quest

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managing the testing of the retail ecommerce application
• Managed and Executed test cases manually and verified it against expected and actual results in the system.
• Performed testing in the Order Management System in the retail domain of the client using IBM Sterling Commerce.
• Tested and coordinated various third party integrations such as PayPal payment method, Borderfree, Truefit and Vendornet(Buy online ship from vendor) scenarios in different web browsers(IE8,9, Chrome, Firefox)
• Performed various testing like system testing, integration testing, functional testing, and end to end testing in the Order Management System in IBM Sterling system for the client environment.
• Recording and maintaining the test results in SharePoint.
• Tested various environments like OMS, WCS, IBM COM(call center order management) and SOM(store order management) both in web based and POS systems
• Managed bug reports by creating it and presenting it to the team and the client team and organizing defect triage calls.
• Working with development team in resolving the bugs and issues.
• Regression testing of release 3 applications.
• Undergone various types of testing of the application like Functional testing, SIT and UAT.
• Involved and presented reports in team meetings and to offshore.

Environment: MS SQL Server 2005, Java, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Perform Requirement Analysis, Planning, estimation, system testing, Regression testing.
• Experienced in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) beginning from requirement specification to deployment and support.
• Attending project related Internal & External review meetings and proving feedback.
• Help the team members in debugging and testing applications.
• Reviewed design documents along with Requirements and developed Test cases for both positive and negative tests.
• Participated in the Peer Reviews of Technical requirements and Design documents.
• Performed both Manual and Automated Testing.
• Identified Test data requirements and coordinated with development team for loading it into the Test database before the start of Test execution.
• Mapping the Requirements to appropriate Test Cases and designing of Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Data in Quality Center...
• Extensively used HP Quality Center (ALM) for writing Test Cases, executing Test Cases, Logging Defects and Tracking Defects.
• Generated various reports and graphs from Quality Center to report the test status progress
• Creating the SQL queries used when a test script for a table gets executed. SQL for test scripts were written based on documentation provided by database designers and through manual analysis of existing data.
• Used QTP to run Regression tests.
• Analyzing failures found through the execution of test scripts.
• Categorized defects based on the severity and interfaced with developers to resolve them.

Environnent: Java, Jsp, Html, Java Script, Unix, Oracle 11.1.0,Toad(10.6).