PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of experience in testing of software applications with exposure to the full development cycle from requirements through post - release.
• Experienced in Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases (Functional and Non-Functional), Test Scenarios from System Requirement Specifications according to the Business requirement.
• Experienced in the Software development life cycle right from development through Various Testing phases.
• Expertise in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Quality Assurance Life Cycle (QALC) and Agile Methodologies.
• Extensively experienced in Client Server applications as well as Web Services.
• Strong Knowledge in Black Box and Gray Box Testing.
• Experienced in GUI Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, and UAT.
• Experienced in using JIRA to track the tasks and issues, attending daily status meetings to update the status of work.
• Experienced in using test management tool HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Extensively experienced in HP ALM/Quality Center for developing and executing automated and manual tests.
• Experienced and well versed in writing SQL Queries for Database Testing.
• Strong Knowledge in validating data persistence using SQL queries.
• Proficient in performing data driven testing with UFT/QTP.
• Good Knowledge in creating various checkpoints and Synchronization points using UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in creating and executing Test Scripts for various functional and regression testing using UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in performing complex integration and regression tests on multiple software using QTP/UFT.
• Experienced in developing Automation Frameworks to perform Functionality and GUI testing using QTP/UFT.
• Good experience as SOAP Web Services Tester.
• Good Knowledge in working individually and in a team, have good knowledge of all the phases of QA Analysis.
• Experienced in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of Test Cases.
• Conceptual thinker, highly motivated, self-starter with great communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experienced in working on multiple Projects concurrently with multi-site & multi-cultural teams.
• Team skills encompassing user interviews/interaction and coordinating with team of developers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, D.C

Senior Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with team members for understanding Business Specification Requirement Document and translated the requirements to Test Cases.
• Designed Test Cases to perform boundary value analysis, decision table analysis for business rules and state transition verification.
• Carried out negative and positive testing of the frontend GUI assuming different roles of the application.
• Prepared the Traceability Matrix, Test Results Documents.
• Conducted walkthroughs with Business Analysts and Developers to understand the functionalities and the risk involved in the application and discussed about possible application changes or improvements which would increase the business value of the product.
• Identified the different Test Scenarios and created appropriate Test Cases and Test data to effectively test the application .
• Involved in setting up JIRA as defect tracking system and configured various workflows, customizations and plugins for the JIRA bug/issue tracker.
• Used HP ALM for maintaining the Test Plans and Test Cases.
• Executed, Defected management, and Reported with other features of HP ALM.
• Used HP ALM to organize and manage all phases of the software testing process, including planning tests, executing tests, and tracking defects.
• Developed SQL scripts to test data loading process from and to different data sources.
• Created Automation scripts by using UFT.
• Used ALM to implement version control system and change management system for UFT scripts.
• Created automation Test Cases for future regression testing for number of web applications utilizing UFT.
• Worked with Checkpoints, Parameterization and Data Driven Test Scripts in UFT.
• Implemented best practices in automation framework to meet all Quality factors.
• Developed reusable Generic and Application functions using VB Script.; these functional could be used anywhere in the Test scripts.
• Performed web services testing using SOAPUI.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing and preparing UAT Test Scripts.
• Worked with the development team very closely and made sure that all the defects were fixed and closed in a timely manner.
• Interacted with the Client to work on change requests.
• Reported to all team members with Daily Status to track the updates in testing.
• Conducted regular status meetings with the team to discuss on work assignments, task evaluation, and address any open issues and concerns.

Environment: JIRA, MS Visio, MS Excel, CSS, Windows, SQL server, HP ALM, UFT, C/C++, SOAP UI, Java, Java Script, Oracle, MS Office, UNIX.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test plans and Test Cases in structured and controlled manner based on the SRS.
• Analyzed and identified the areas of a project for Test Automation.
• Involved in Automation Scripts development, debugging and batch scripts execution.
• Involved in all the phases of Test Automation development life cycle.
• Adopted Agile, Waterfall methodologies during Software Test process.
• Performed Functionality Testing, Black Box, Regression Testing.
• Generated automated daily reports using JIRA.
• Involved in preparing Test Plans and Test Cases using HP ALM.
• Uploaded all test cases in HP ALM and executed those using HP ALM.
• Customized the workflow in HP ALM to add, removes buttons and their functionality.
• Debugged the test cases, verified the test results and reported the defects using HP ALM.
• Tracked bugs using HP ALM and performed regression testing of the entire application once the bugs are fixed.
• Wrote complex SQL Quires for backend testing.
• Performed data validation using SQL queries.
• Created and executed of Test Cases and analyzed results including Black box and Regression testing with the help of UFT.
• Used Table Checkpoints to check values of object properties, Image checkpoint for property values of an image and information in a table respectively using UFT.
• Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces using SOAP UI.
• Worked on User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Generated Weekly Reports, Defect Reports and Customized Summary Reports.
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancements and Modification Request issues.

Environment: MS Excel, UFT, HP ALM, JIRA, Soap UI, MS Visio, MS Office, VB Script, XML, C#, Java, .Net, Oracle, SQL Server, UNIX, Toad, Windows.

Confidential, NJ

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirements gathering; analyzing & reviewing the business requirements.
• Performed daily Ready for Business (RFB) checks to ensure end-to-end trade flows.
• Participated in Requirement or release notes analysis with the client/developers.
• Executed Smoke Tests Scripts.
• Worked with development teams to investigate and correct software bugs and deficiencies based on testing results using Quality Center/ALM.
• Performed Defect Resolution and Maintenance using Quality Center/ALM.
• Wrote SQL queries to perform back end testing.
• Involved in writing and executing QTP/UFT automated Test Scripts to test the web applications.
• Responsible for System and Regression testing of application using QTP/UFT.
• Wrote/reviewed Test Cases for API testing .
• Implemented change requests and fixed bugs in the application.
• Notified the bugs identified as a result of testing to the development team and subsequently retested them once fixed.
• Involved in Code walkthrough, reviewing work done by team members for each phase.

Environment: Quality Center/ALM, QTP/UFT, Oracle, SQL Server, HTML, XML, Windows, MS Office, MS Excel, MS Visio, C/C++, UNIX, VBScript.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing & Web services Tools: HP ALM, HP UFT, JIRA, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Pro, SOAP UI

Programming Language: VB Script, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, C/C++, C#, Java

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2

MS Tools: MS Visio, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Word