PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of IT experience as Quality Assurance Tester providing extensive support in Test designing, Test development, Test enhancement and Test execution for various Client/Server and Web Applications
• Extensive experience in Functional, Automation, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance, Web Services, Database, Load Testing and End to End Testing.
• Strong Domain Knowledge in Banking, Insurance and Retail domain.
• Experienced in testing Mobile Application. Intensive Functional Testing done in IOS 10 and Android versions
• Experienced in System, Regression and Integration testing, Active participation in UAT Testing
• Experienced in designing and executing exceptional modularized re - usable automated scripts using Selenium
• Experience in Preparation of Automation Tests within the keyword driven automation framework
• Proficient in analyzing the Business, Functional Requirements, Specification (FRS) to formulate test cases and test scripts.
• Well-versed with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experienced in documenting and tracking bugs/issues using tools like HP ALM, QTP, QC10.0, Jira, Bugzilla
• Experienced in executing test cases and assisting with resolution based on Functional and Technical specifications. Strong Database query skills for data analysis
• Effective in Defect Tracking and Defect Reporting. Active partner in Defect Triage meetings and explaining the priority and severity of the defects.
• Meeting deadlines without compromising quality norms.
• Understanding & coordinating Client’s needs / enhancements, software-related issues
• Achieving and attaining client satisfaction by ensuring Software QA best practices.
• Experienced in interacting with BA to understand technical and functional specifications.
• Experienced in monitoring project progress and reporting to Project Manager for completion of allocated tasks.
• Experienced in providing post implementation, application maintenance and enhancement support to the client
• Strong communication, analytical, team building, problem solving and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center 10.0, QTP, Bugzilla, Jira, Test Manager

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008Operating Systems: Windows 7/XP/2000/NT 4.0, UNIXWeb Technologies: HTML, XML, SOAP UI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NYC, NewYork

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with the project team regarding the testing of complex software applications and modifications, providing testing strategies from project start through implementation.
• Plan the tests including selecting test approaches, estimating the time, effort of testing, defining test levels, cycles.
• Design and document the Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts in Quality Center, Jira for each release.
• Perform any necessary follow-up on requirements analysis, estimates, including re-estimates, kick off meetings etc
• Conduct a project / iteration specific functional test plan walk through
• Provide inputs & preparation of test strategies, test suites adhere to testing standards
• Identifying the risks to testing at earlier stage of testing cycle and communicating to the QA Manager
• Help customize the various tools - Ipad and mobile app testing
• Identify and implement necessary defect metrics in Quality center to capture and report defect resolution efficiency
• Coordinate and follow up with development leads on defect fix estimates and retesting estimates
• Preparation of testing results and defects to determine / assess impact to overall project plan and implementation schedule

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the business requirements document (BRD) review and functional design document review meetings
• Plan the tests including selecting test approaches, estimating the time, effort and cost of testing, acquiring resources, defining test levels, cycles, and planning incident management.
• Design and document the Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts in Quality Center for each release.
• Develop and execute the Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test case execution based on Agile methodology.
• Coordinate the test plan with project managers and others.
• Preparation of high level test scenarios and providing exact test estimation time for testing.
• Coordinated as a single point of resource across the project team: both onshore and offshore.
• Read text from the screen using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Detect motion, lack of motion, black screen, color tint on STB devices. Measure duration of channel change, application launch, and other events.
• The video features test done in STB devices to Save a video recording, network traces, and extensive logs for each test run. Control the system-under-test’s power and network connectivity
• Review and Analyze the Business Requirements in a testing and automation perspective view.
• Use testing tools to build and record automated test scenarios, execute test scripts, prepare the test data and document defects.
• Preparation of Integration Automation Test scripts for various QA environments such as DIT,FIT and SIT
• Working knowledge of using QTP Scripts with Standard, Text, Bitmap, Table Checkpoints and Synchronization Points.
• Designed Functions Library, Functions, Subroutine's, Common functions, Utilities functions, Regular Expressions and Environmental variables using QTP in VB scripts.
• Execution of Regression scripts are performed in HP UFT 11.5- Unified Function Testing for GUI and API based testing.
• Followed a Hybrid framework to adopt key word driven, data-driven and script modularity methods.
• Experienced in inserting VB scripts, check points and preparation of descriptive programming and frameworks for test automation using QTP.
• Review the system, integration and user acceptance tests prepared by test engineers.
• Collaborate with Technical Lead for unit and integration testing; review unit and integration test plans/results.
• Coordinated with external teams and vendors.
• Maintained the project in Quality Center based on release calendar.
• Conducted GUI, Functional, Integration, User Acceptance and Regression Testing and logged the defects in HP Quality Center
• Initiate the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results and check the exit criteria.
• Experience in developing proficient complex SQL queries, Stored Procedures, Functions & Triggers for Relational Database Oracle 10g, DB2 7.0/9.0 Databases.
• Generate reports for tracking defects, test project metrics, test process improvement and management review.
• Provide Sign Off at each phase of testing as per the entry/exit criteria in each phase.

Environment: HP ALM, QTP, .Net, SharePoint and Windows/ Android, IOS versions - Mobile App Testing.

Polaris Financial Technologies

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business Requirements of R12 application
• Agile environment project, Understanding the new CR’s and co-ordination with business team and development team
• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.
• Develop, document and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test data, data validation, harness scripts and automated scripts.
• Execute and evaluate manual or automated test cases and report test results.
• Preparation of Regression Test Scripts and Execution of Test suite in QTP.
• Experienced in writing test scripts for field level validation, Different field level validation scripts will be validated at a single instance.
• Monitoring the test results of Regression test outputs in QTP as per the test output.
• Hold and facilitate test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members.
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to management.
• Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
• Isolate, replicate, and report defects and verify defect fixes.
• Designed High level Test scenarios and Test cases
• Peer Review of Test scenarios and Test cases
• Executed the functionality of R12 application as per the functional spec and test cases
• Logged defects, analyzed and tracked the same till closure
• Database validation is done for every transaction initiated from the front end apps.
• Prepared daily status reports for the stake holders

Environment: HP ALM, QTP, Android, Sales force CRM IOS versions - Mobile App Testing.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test cases and Test Deliverables
• Gathering all requirements pertaining to release R1.2
• Analyzing Functional Requirement Specifications
• Involved in writing and reviewing functional test cases
• Carried out sanity testing for every release
• Redesigning of regression test cases as per new functionalities
• Execution of test cases, and tracking defects using HP QC 10.0
• Followed a Hybrid framework to adopt key word driven,data-driven and script modularity methods.
• Created repeatable user defined functions and stored them as function libraries (.vbs files)
• Tracking of defects throughout Defect Life Cycle
• Involved in weekly client calls and Defect triage calls on daily basis
• Preparing and circulating the Daily Status Report (DSR) on daily basis
• Carried out Ad hoc testing in situations deemed necessary
• Preparation of effective Bug reporting with QC 10.0
• Complete End to End testing responsibilities of assigned modules

Environment: HP QC, Test Cases, QTP, Sales force CRM, Workday HCM, SQL and Windows.

Confidential

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing Functional Requirement Specifications
• Involved in writing and reviewing functional test cases
• Carried out sanity testing for every release
• Redesigning of regression test cases as per new functionalities
• Execution of test cases, and tracking defects using HP QC 10.0
• Working knowledge of using QTP Scripts with Standard, Text, Bitmap, Table Checkpoints and Synchronization Points.
• Designed Functions Library, Functions, Subroutine's, Common functions, Utilities functions, Regular Expressions and Environmental variables using QTP in VB scripts.
• Required to use Descriptive Programming at certain situations to complete the scripts.
• Tracking of defects throughout Defect Life Cycle
• Involved in weekly client calls
• Preparing and circulating the Daily Status Report (DSR) on daily basis
• Carried out Ad hoc testing in situations deemed necessary

Environment: HP QC, Test Cases, SQL

Confidential

Associate Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in manual testing and writing test cases
• Involved in verification process on a regular basis using Test Scenarios
• Performed End-to-End Testing Manually before Using the Tool
• Performed Execution using Citrix Application
• Management of Test data to run the billing cycle for test execution
• Performed Integration, Positive and Negative testing of the application
• Member of the User acceptance Testing Team worked with the perspective of the user
• Effective defect tracking in Quality Center and reporting
• Used Citrix Applications (Toad & Winscp & Putty)
• Used QC 10.0 as the Bug tracking tool

Environment: HP QC, QTP, Seibel CRM, Toad, Kennan database, XML validation

Confidential

Junior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Requirements
• Creating of Test Cases as per the functional requirements
• Creating Test Data and fetching the Test inputs from the data base
• Performed GUI Test, Smoke test, System test, User Acceptance Test (UAT) and Performance test using Jmeter
• Feasibility check with the resources available.
• Interacting with Developers and Business Analyst regarding requirements, test scenarios and defects.
• Performed Functional, Data Validation, Regression and Compatibility test.
• Majority of testing was done using Manual Testing. Build Test cases, input combinations and use case scenarios.
• Successfully implemented Defect Reporting and Defect Tracking using Quality Center
• Performed Back end Testing by executing SQL Queries.
• Test case execution and reporting the defects in Bug tracking tool HP QC
• Used SQL Server 2000 database to ensure whether the transaction initiated from front end reaches the data base
• Preparation of Requirement Traceability Matrix

Environment: Jira, QTP