OBJECTIVE:

I am seeking a challenging opportunity to apply my quality assurance expertise in a dynamic institution that is committed to continuous improvement and to providing high caliber solutions to meet customer needs and requirements. I am motivated by a keen interest to learn the technical side of an application and finding defects in order to assess and improve quality.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7+ Years of extensive experience in Software Testing, Deployment Support, Writing Test plans and Executing Test cases in highly structured environments.
• Complete understanding of SDLC, strong QA methodology and processes.
• Expertise in Complex, Agile, Scrum, Dynamic, Onshore - Offshore project environments.
• Working Knowledge on preparing Test plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Daily Status Report and Executing Test cases and Test Scripts using Selenium and UFT(QTP) Automation tool.
• Experience with defect-tracking tools like Quality Center, VersionOne .
• Hands on Experience in Test Data creation based on requirements, Test Case execution, generation and documentation of Test results.
• Involved in testing of application both manually as well as using automated tools like Quick Test Pro, Quality Center (HP ALM).
• Experienced in giving training to the functional testers to execute Testcases using QTP/UFT as part of Regression Testing.
• Extensive experience in Sanity testing, Black Box Testing, Functional testing, System testing, Compatibility testing, Retesting, Regression Testing, Performance testing, Load testing and stress testing in mobile handsets and web-based applications.
• Expertise in implementation of Automation framework using Selenium.
• Strong knowledge of testing disciplines, methodologies and documentation skills.
• Performed back-end testing by executing SQL queries over various database products on Window platform.
• Complete understanding of SDLC, QA engineering, analysis, and testing with strong technical understanding of SW development .
• Working experience in Agile (Scrum) and waterfall methodologies. Experience in automated testing tools like UFT, Load Runner and Quality Center (HP ALM).
• Command on writing SQL queries to perform Backend Testing on databases.
• Experienced in creating and enhancing automation VB script using several UFT scripting methods such as Descriptive programming, object repository method.
• Experience in Black box testing with a complete QA cycle from testing, defect logging and verification of fixed bugs.
• Acquired very good knowledge in SQL, Dockers, VB Scripting and Programming skills including C++, JAVA.
• Actively involved in QA process improvement activities - process flow, problem resolution and bug tracking in JIRA.
• Proficient in Test Automation using UFT and Selenium Tools.
• Performed other essential job responsibilities under the guidance of senior SOA testers
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a team environment.
• Excessive use of documentation (plans, reports) to avoid any form of miscommunication or misinterpretation during the entire software development process.
• Over 2 years of strong work experience as QA lead for Offshore team.
• Have written and verbal communication skills to communicate effectively with developers, business analysts, project managers, and functional managers and peers.
• High level Analytical and Pr oblem-solving skills.
• Strong planning, and organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Have ability to learn new technologies quickly, good Analytical thinker, detailed oriented.
• Wells disciplined & always like to complete given projects on time by meeting the deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Load Runner, UFT (QTP), Web Services (SOAP and RESTful), Eclipse, Soap and Restful Web Services, Docker, SOAP UI 4.0/3.X

Defect Tracking Tools:: HP ALM, Version One, Rational Clear Quest Bugzilla, JIRA

Programming Language:: C/C++, Java

Scripting Languages:: SQL, Python

Databases:: MS-Access, Oracle, MS SQL Server DB2, Cassandra, IMS

Operating Systems: Mainframe, Windows NT/98/XP/2000/ Server 2000, UNIX, LINUX, MS DOS

FrontEnd Tools:: MS Word, MS PROJECT, MS Excel

Web Technologies: HTML, ASP, ASP.NET and VB.NET

Technologies:: JCL, COBOL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

QA Automation Analyst

Environment: Manual/ Automation Testing, UFT 12.0, VB Script, ASP.NET, Quality Center (HP ALM), JIRA, Version One, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, XML, HTML, SDLC, Waterfall, Agile, Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Used agile methodology to ensure the new features meet the customer requirements and acceptable QA standards.
• Developed Test Cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Performed Smoke testing before the actual execution of test cases and Created and Maintained QA environment.
• Tested the application using Agile Methodology.
• Experience in user accepting testing/Regression Testing.
• Performed smoke, functional and regression testing on SIT, UAT and PROD environments.
• Involved in writing test cases for functional, regression and user accepting testing.
• Performed responsibilities of executing end-to-end testing for each module, components, and sub systems of the application.
• Communicated and coordinated with developers to fix the bugs by providing more inputs.
• Executed test plans and test scripts using Quality Center.
• Worked with Descriptive programming and VB scripting in Quick Test Pro.
• Created automated functional regression test scripts using UFT. Scheduled, organized and executed the test scripts in QC-UFT (QTP) integrate environment and documented the test results.
• Involved in maintaining and uploading the UFT Scripts to HP ALM.
• Escalated Defects while studying Project Requirements and writing Test Cases by using HP Quality Center (HP ALM) and followed logged defects throughout its lifecycle in JIRA.
• Utilized JIRA as defect tracking tool on the project.
• Executed test cases to test the ASP.NET Webpages including various controls like server controls, user controls and custom controls.
• Designed and executed manual and automated test cases through QC by integrating UFT.
• Analyzed the Test plan, which detailed the testing scope, strategy, test requirements and necessary resources.
• Established Traceability between the Requirements and the Tests in Traceability Matrix using Quality Center (HP ALM).
• Experience using UFT (QTP) VBScript utilizing both static and dynamic descriptive programming.
• Utilized HP functional test suite (HP UFT, HP Quality Center) for test automation.
• Performed Back end testing using SQL queries to access the main database.
• Written and executed SQL queries and Joins, Group By clause, having clause etc. to validate the data.
• Involved in writing Manual Test Cases and Test Scripts. Involved in data conversion process and tested the data.
• Documented and reported all found defects in HP ALM.
• Hands on Analyzing the Business and Technical Documents to understand the Data flow from Front End to Back End.
• Interacted with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.
• Used Quality Center for Requirement Gathering and Test Case, Test Case Execution and Defect Tracking.
• As a member of the Scrum team participated in daily standup meetings, project status meetings as well as retrospective meetings and iteration reviews.
• Responsible for logging defects in Defect Manager, monitoring their status and tracking them to closure using Jira.
• Executed test cases and analysed test results and found bugs and reported bugs to VersionOne and keep track of bugs.
• Participated in scheduled meetings and maintained good relationship with developer community.
• Actively participated & supported in frequent project or support related meetings, after hours & weekend support with Off-shore team.
• I had managed Offshore QA team during the project as a lead.
• Worked closely with Development team, BA and QA teams as well as Stakeholders and members of Management.
• Actively participated in walkthroughs and team meetings.
• Identifying Test Cases to be run for Regression Testing and conducting Regression testing as and when new builds were made.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Selenium Test Engineer

Environment: Manual/ Automation Testing, Agile, Selenium, Java, TestNG, Junit, Bugzilla, Docker, QTP, C#, .Net, ASP.Net, VB Script, Quality Center (HP ALM), Version One, Load runner, Windows, Oracle/UNIX, Cassandra, SNMP, HTML and IIS, SOAPUI 4.0, JSP 2, Restful and SOAP, MS Web Forms, Web Services, XML, Schema, XSD, WSDL, TFS 2010, Visual Studio 2010

Responsibilities:

• Used Test Director to prepare the test plans, test cases Repository.
• Involved in implementation of the system and making sure that the product met the required user specification.
• Interacted with Developers to ensure that all aspects of the system have proper testing coverage and overall system reliability, performance and quality.
• Designed and developed interface to transfer/sync data from Oracle into Cassandra.
• Analysed, documented and managed all project requirements and changes to requirements throughout the software development lifecycle using VersionOne.
• Developed Test Cases using WSDL, Schema files which defines Web Service Request, Response, methods/operations, End Point of web service to be tested.
• Experience working with Cassandra.
• Extensively worked on Set of applications that utilize various aspects of the runtime environment to validate product installations and the images ability to support the organizations SDLC with Agile Methodology.
• Prepared test plans using TFS for each release, written test cases and executed them as part of functional testing. Prepared test reports and deliverables and submitted for version releases.
• Installed, configured SOAP UI to test web services using WSDL file given by Development team.
• Performed Regression testing for web-based enhancements in the enrollment process.
• Extensively worked on Manual, Functional and Regression Testing.
• Added Property Transfer in SoapUI tool to transfer the values from one response XML to another request XML.
• Performed the tasks of assisting agile tester in conducting test plans and test cases.
• Created Test Plans and Test Cases from Requirements in Quality Center (HP ALM).
• Worked on infrastructure with Docker containerization .
• Worked with team to write documentation for all aspects of the computer systems testing lifecycle, particularly confidential documents based on various systems that could be incorporated into the existing framework.
• Involved in Manual Functionality Testing and GUI Testing for objects tables, texts and object pages.
• Evaluated software test requirements for web application integration while delivering new/modified enhancements.
• Work with Docker for convenient environment setup the test environments .
• Performed Functional, Web, Sanity, Security, Unit and Regression Testing.
• Executed the given scripts using the load runner in order to find the bugs before the application goes to production environment.
• Collaborated with development support teams to setup a continuous delivery environment with the use of Docker.
• Involved in SOAP and Restful web services using SOAP UI, axis client.
• Created Requirement Traceability Metrics (RTM), test reporting, defect resolution, result analysis and metrics.
• Performed web services testing on the application for the client user interface applications.
• Interacted and Coordinated with System Analyst, Project Manager, to setup the pre-testing and testing environment to execute the scripts.
• Generated automated VB script using Selenium and QTP. Execution of Selenium Test cases and Reporting defects.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Performance Tester

Environment: Manual/ Automation Testing, C#, ASP.Net, QTP, Selenium, Agile, Java, SOAP, REST, TestNG, Load Runner, SQL, Windows XP, Quality Center (HP ALM), Manual testing, Visual Studio 2010, TFS 2010

Responsibilities:

• Extensively Performed functionality testing manually.
• Reviewed and analyzed the Business requirements and Functional requirements to better understand the client needs.
• Maintained Traceability Matrix.
• Involved in SOAPUI testing for the web application as per client requirements.
• Handled the tasks of assisting senior SOA testers in developing test strategies and in gathering testing requirements
• Tested integrated software Web Services (SOAP and REST), and messages.
• Validated the connection and data between Admin web services and Insurance claims web services.
• Participated in meetings with BA and Developers to understand the scope of testing.
• Used TFS to report bugs and to maintain product backlog items.
• Enhanced QTP automation scripts with synchronization points, data table, parameterization and functions.
• Performed tests on various features of Agile development process.
• Prepared test plans using TFS for each release, written test cases and executed them as part of functional testing. Prepared test reports and deliverables and submitted for version releases.
• Involved in Designing Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases for assigned modules as well as verify the actual result based on the expected results.
• Performed Smoke, GUI, Functional, Performance, Integration and Usability testing.
• Involved in extensive Interactive and manual testing of the product using Test director/Quality Center.
• Worked on Developing Test cases and performed manual testing for Positive Testing, Negative Testing, Integration Testing and Black Box Testing.
• Worked with team on Monitoring online monitors during scenario execution.
• Developed Test cases for manual testing using Test director and logged defects.
• Validation of data through SQL queries.
• Enhancing the Selenium Test cases for Cross browser testing. Involved with working in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Executed Test cases and reporting defects and tracking them to closure.
• Involved in implementation of the system and making sure that the product met the required user specification.
• Involved in documentation of bug reports using Quality Center (HP ALM).
• Hands on experience on Performing Functionally Testing using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Extensively involved in Conducted Performance Testing, Unit, Stress and Load testing using Load Runner.
• Enhanced Test cases using Java programming features and TestNG Annotations.
• Involved Peer reviews (Test Design).
• Reported the Coverage status of test performed on the daily/weekly basis.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Environment: Manual testing, Agile, C#, Asp.net, SharePoint, MOSS, IIS, SQL Server Core java, IBM Web sphere, Portlets, springs, JUnit, JSP, Ajax, SQL Server, HP ALM.

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Business Requirements.
• Implemented Agile -- Scrum methodology.
• Performed System Testing, GUI Testing.
• Involved in ETL process testing using Informatica ETL tool.
• Involved in test scenario, Test case preparations Preparation of test designs.
• Execute the test case in Quality center. Reporting the defects in MQC.
• Supported the extraction, transformation and load process (ETL) for a Data Warehouse from their legacy systems using Informatica .
• Involved in Functional Testing, GUI Testing and Compatibility Testing.
• Performed responsibilities of preparing system documents and analyzing functional and non-functional requirements
• Performed Manual, Functional, UAT and Unit Testing.
• Coordinating the Development team and get the defects resolved.
• Performed testing on web-based financial and accounting service suite.
• Performed verification and validation test manually.
• Implementation of the change requests and its estimation.
• Raised Defects in CQ tool. Discussing the test data issues with the onsite coordinator.
• Attending daily and weekly meetings on project testing status.
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues.
• Consolidating and sending the Daily status reports to the lead.
• Written SQL queries to perform Back End Testing. Analyzed the test results using Log Viewer.