SUMMARY:

• Over 10 Years of Experience in Software Quality Assurance of various business applications using Mercury tools like Win Runner, Test Director, QTP and Selenium Manual Testing particularly in Insurance, Automobile and Telecom Sectors.
• Competent in the Database Testing, from designing the test cases to developing the necessary PL/ SQL modules. Extensive experience with Unix Shell Scripting in automating the Testing reports.
• Have complete understanding of the SDLC (Software Development Life cycle) and various Software Engineering Testing Methodologies like Black Box Testing and White Box Testing.
• Experienced in developing batch programs using Mercury TSL.
• Familiarity with SQA standards, Procedures, methodology, Verifications & Validations, ISO, Six Sigma and CMM/CMMI in SDLC.
• Involved extensively in the Functional testing, Integration testing, Performance testing, Regression testing, Progression testing, User Acceptance testing, Build Verification testing, System testing, Smoke testing and Ad - hoc testing.
• High competence in Analysis and Design methodologies like OOAD, UML.
• Enthusiastic to learn new skills with a shorter learning curve.
• Excellent Communication, Good Work Ethics and a Team Player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Mercury Win Runner, Load Runner, Test Director and QTP

Languages: C, C++, Java, SQL, DB2 SQL400.

Databases: Oracle 9.0/8i/7.X, DB2 UDB, DB2/400.MS SQL Server, MS Access 7.0

GUI Development: Visual Basic, .NET Development Tools, AS400.

Web Technologies: HTML, Java Script, JSP.

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows 9X /2000/NT/XP, OS/400.

Version Management: WinCVS, CVS, MS Visual SourceSafe

Bug Tracking: Mantis, Bugzilla, Merant Tracker

Data Modeling Tools: ER Win 3.5.2

Software Engineering Methodologies: UML

Others: MS Office ‘97 thru 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr. QA Analyst

Environment: HP Quick Test Professional 11, HP Quality Center, Selenium, Jmeter, TestNG, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 11.5, .

Responsibilities:

• Design, create, and customize scripts and frameworks using various scripting language and testing tools, such as Selenium with Java (Web Driver), JUnit, TestNG, QTP 11 and HP UFT 11.5 with VBScript, for web applications and data-driven network systems
• Write and execute automation test script for QTP Hybrid framework and Selenium TestNG Hybrid framework
• Performed manual and light Selenium IDE script-driven sanity and regression, cross-browser testing to ensure consistency.
• Used ANT to build and run the Selenium automation framework. Once the script got over, framework used to send the automation reports over email
• Test system requirements for bugs and glitches using various web-based test management software such as Quality Center 10.00
• Analyze system designs, requirements, and documentation to effectively develop test scripts, and test specific scenarios for required levels of security and quality-control testing
• Performed Functional testing, Performance testing, Integration testing, GUI testing, and Regression testing on client/server as well as web-based applications
• Work closely with development team to identify and resolve any system-related problems; discuss solutions and make recommendations to senior leaders; implement and test these solution
• Involved in analyzing the business requirements documents and functional design documents.
• Developed test plan, test cases and test scripts.
• Involved in manually Functional, Regression, Integration, IV&V and UAT testing.
• Manual testing for checking the flow of the application Functionality, Positive, Negative testing.
• Developed complex SQL queries to performed back-end testing in MS SQL Server RDBMS.
• Interacted with developers and other QA Engineers to address quality problems.
• Prepared pre-conditioned data for testing the application.
• Responsible for daily/weekly status updates showing the progress.
• Tracked and Reported software defects using Quality Center and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues, managed change requests and versions control using Clear Quest.
• Experience with Defect Reporting, and managing defect life cycle through Quality Center.
• Analyzing system requirements and developing detailed Test Plans for System Testing.
• Converted business requirements and design documentation into test design products: Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Created and manually executed Test Cases based on functional, and use case specifications.
• Experience in user accepting testing and UI testing for Mobile applications.
• Job operated within a very agile environment, with daily scrum meetings; stand up meetings.
• Attended requirements and design meetings, Peer review and analysis of requirements.
• Analyzed the Stories and Identified the Test Scenarios & Test Cases.
• Expertise in testing various Client/Server and Web based applications both manually and using the testing automation tools like Quality Center.
• Performed Functional and Regression testing Confidential various phases of the product development.
• Using HP Quality Center to keep track defects, test cases, defect logs and test results.
• Created different types of test cases based on Use Case scenarios to in corporate them into different test sets in Quality Center.
• Reviewed the Team work and periodically reported to QA manager regarding work status.
• Implemented Testing Methodology process improvements for manual & automated test efforts.
• Performed manually Black box, Alpha & Beta testing.
• Identified QA Test Environment requirements and created test data.
• Coordinated and documented for payroll pages should route from customized web pages and prepared documentation for User Acceptance Test activities.
• Verified payroll registration process pages and customized payroll pages for UAT testing.
• Evaluate testing results and document testing issues in QA defect tracking system.
• Tested web applications, web pages, integration processes, modifications, and web reports used by members, providers and employers from Testing to Production environment.
• Good exposure in using SQL commands extensively to query the database.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr. QA Analyst

Environment: Quality Center 9.2, QTP, .Net, SQL Server, UNIX, VBScript, and Windows XP.

Responsibilities:

• Used test methodologies such as Analyzing Requirements, Planning, Execution and Bug Tracking.
• Designed and executed Test Plans and Test Cases to verify reliability, accuracy and compatibility of application.
• Interacted with business analysts for designing and implementation of user cases and User Acceptance test plans
• Created and Maintained User Acceptance Test cases in HP Quality Center Test plan modules for all the application enhancements releases and production defect fixes
• Baselined existing test cases leverage to reflect the production defect fixes and application enhancements
• Tracking and prioritizing defects and collaborating with developers to resolve test bugs.
• Providing progress and status reports to the project manager
• Executed Smoke and Regression testing for defect fixes and application enhancements using a set of QTP automated test scripts and manual test cases in Quality Center.
• Involved in Back End testing for SQL Server as a part of Parallel Test and written SQL and PL/SQL queries to extract and validate the data on different Data Tables.
• Utilized Database client Toad for Database query execution and Data Validation.
• Involved in the implementation plan and implementing the application software in production environment.
• Provided End users support and training on the application
• Coordinated UAT with Business Users for all releases, production defects and application enhancements
• Prepared white paper documentation for entire testing life cycle

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr. QA Analyst

Environment: Quality center, QTP 8.2, Java, Java Script, Oracle 9i, Solaris, Web Logic 8.1, Windows NT.

Responsibilities:

• Identified the functional requirements based on application business requirements and blueprints.
• Developed test plan and test scenarios to test out the existing reports and analytics for functionality and performance.
• Liaised with offshore team for test execution - review test cases and test results
• Maintained and Managed test scripts in Quality Center and troubleshooting issues
• Responsible for gathering baseline statistics for each individual component by testing them separately.
• Responsible for communicating the performance bottlenecks to the QA Manager and opening defects using Quality Center.
• Created functional and regression tests in QTP, using Conditional statements, Regular expressions, Checkpoints and Synchronizing point.
• Used Descriptive Programming where QTP is not able to identify the Objects in the web application.
• Followed data driven test framework for the automation.
• Written SQL Queries for Database Testing to make sure that front end operations are being stored into the right tables Confidential the back end.
• Conducted UAT and user training to familiarize the report users with new look and feel
• Held weekly meetings with offshore team and made them to sync with the onsite team members.
• Performed Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, GUI & End to end testing of the application.
• Conducted the Defect Analysis meetings with the users, developers and PMs.
• Preparing the test results and involved in Go-No Go decision meetings.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Sr. QA Analyst

Environment: Win Runner 7.0/7.5, Test Director 7.6, QTP 8.2, .Net, SQL Server, UNIX, VBScript, and Windows XP.

Responsibilities:

• Used test methodologies such as Analyzing Requirements, Planning, Execution and Bug Tracking.
• Designed and executed Test Plans and Test Cases to verify reliability, accuracy and compatibility of application.
• Extensively used Test Director for defect tracking and communicating the defects.
• Categorized bugs based on the severity and interacted with developers to resolve them.
• Responsible for Identifying and documenting discrepancies between expected and actual results and worked with development team to ensure testing issues are resolved.
• Extensively used SQL queries to perform data integrity testing.
• Involved in the implementation plan and implementing the application software in production environment.
• Prepared white paper documentation for entire testing life cycle.