SUMMARY:

• Accomplished software Quality Assurance professional with 6+ years of experience in planning and executing Test plans and Test cases for complex applications to achieve key program goals and milestones.
• Well versed in best practice methodologies and skilled in market leading testing tools to deliver strong results in challenging, fast - paced environments.
• A strong technical background including automation, programming, web-services and databases knowledge combined with soft skills to communicate effectively adding immense value to your team.

AREAS OF PROFICIENCY:

• Test Cases & Plans
• Manual Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Pl/SQL, SQL Language
• Defect Management
• Weekly Status Reporting
• Requirements Analysis
• Deliverable Documentation
• Full-Cycle SDLC Integration
• Agile Methodologies
• Automated Testing
• Descriptive Programming
• Regression Testing
• Hybrid Frameworks
• Big Data Validation

TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO:

• VB.NET
• Visual Basic
• PL/SQL
• VB Script
• Python
• Web Logic Server
• Internet Information System
• Enterprise Application Systems
• Java Web Server
• Confluence
• SharePoint
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Outlook
• HP Quality Center /ALM
• HP Quick Test Professional
• HP Unified Functional Testing
• Jira Software
• SOAP UI
• Windows XP/7/8/10
• UNIX/Linux
• IBM Mainframe
• Oracle 10/11g
• SQL Server 2012/2014
• SQL Developer
• DB2
• Toad for Oracle
• Management Applications
• Big Data Enterprise Systems
• Appian Systems
• Pentaho
• Socrata
• Carto
• Cisco WebEX
• Citric Systems
• Mobile Testing
• Test My Site
• Browser Stack
• XML
• PHP
• SOAP
• REST
• JSON
• HTTP/HTTPS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, WASHINGTON, DC

QA Analyst

Environment: Oracle, SQL Server, Java, Java Script, MS Office, JIRA, Zephyr, UFT, VBScript, SOAP UI, Browser Stack, Socrata, Pentaho

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and implementation of comprehensive Test strategies, Test plans and Test cases.
• Achieve institutional knowledge with software, end user workflows and database schemas across programs.
• Create and execute large numbers of scenario based test cases identifying and managing the resolution of defects.
• Create and manage Framework in SoapUI Pro to Test 1000+ SOAP/ REST API calls daily for 16 Confidential public Datasets.
• Perform continuous Ad-Hoc testing on public sites, databases and analytics cubes in all environments.
• Contribute in Technical Team Board meetings, daily Agile Scrum Stand-up Meetings and Defect Review Meetings.
• Closely work with Developers, Product owners and Test Team in Continuous integration to ensure adequate Testing.
• Effectively communicate defects and provide clarity in Stand-up Meetings for developers.
• Provide daily and weekly status reports including project status, Test case status, open defects and QC Concerns.
• Determine defect ownership, analyze and seek resolution of project and defect issues in JIRA software.
• Preform Test Automation scripting to design, build, test and deploy end to end testing solutions using UFT (QTP).
• Periodically worked to debug, update and create data for existing scripts in UFT (QTP) to drive Regression testing.
• Served as a Business Analyst (BSA) gathering business and technical requirements in creating story development tickets.
• Serve as QA Lead for Functional, Integration, Regression and Data Validation testing of Big Data migration to Socrata.
• Preform in-depth backend SQL Data Validation testing of a million+ distinct records migrated into the Socrata platform.
• Conducted Data Staging validation, Output validation and Architecture testing of Big Data Application.
• Preform SQL validation on Pentaho Cubes and Interactive reports to validate hundreds of Dimensions across 2 Programs.
• Assist in the Creation and thorough testing of grammar and data definitions of a 500+ program field and Glossary Metadata.
• Cultivated instructions for Beta - User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with complete results of lower environment testing.
• Acted as temp Scrum Lead, facilitating daily Standups, Backlog, Confidential meetings with Jira board Management.
• Mentor new employees in providing Training and support on Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques and Processes.
• Conduct Peer reviews for key deliverables such as Reports, Test cases, Test Results and Web Perspective pages.
• Responsible for Mobile Device Testing (iOS and Android) utilizing Google’s latest analytics tool and Browser Stack.

Confidential, RESTON, VA

QA Automation Engineer

Environment: AJAX, Oracle, SQL Server, HTML, SQL, XML, MS Office, JIRA, HP ALM, UFT, VBScript, SOAP UI, Java, J2EE, Java Script

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical, analytical and problem-solving skills to improve QA process and testing methodologies.
• Created, analyzed and reviewed 800+ business requirements, system requirements and test cases.
• Delivered Test plans and Test Strategy for various testing phases of applications.
• Developed comprehensive 500+ Test cases for Smoke, Integration, End-To-End, Regression, User Acceptance Testing.
• Periodically updated requirements, requirements traceability (RTM), and Test cases as needed.
• Collaborated with team lead configuring ALM user roles and groups access.
• Scheduled and executed 100+ Test cases through HP ALM and logged defects found in system.
• Identified, documented, tracked and verified issues from beginning to closure using JIRA software.
• Conduct peer reviews for key deliverables such as Test plans, Test Results and reporting.
• Ensured no requirement was left untested, mapping all test cases back to requirements using RTM.
• Planned and executed functional Test cases for 100’s of SOAP and REST Web Services calls.
• Tested SOAP and REST APIs in SOAPUI tool confirming responses under specific conditions and scenarios.
• Developed complex SQL Queries to validate application data and gather data for manual and automation testing.
• Assisted in the creation of Automation 7 Test Suites by identifying reliable Test case candidates for automation.
• Assisted in descriptive programming scripting in UFT to help create Data driven and Hybrid frameworks.
• Executed 1000+ regression test scripts in UFT alongside Quality Center to logged identified defects.
• Assisted in the maintenance of test scripts in UFT and test data to continue and improve regression testing efforts.
• Facilitated End-To-End and UAT Testing and provided status on defects for Readiness Review meetings.
• Planned, coordinated and facilitated meetings, workshops and relations with the client during key SDLC phases.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements for creating test cases and scenarios.
• Created test plans and test strategy documents defining the scope for testing.
• Involved in Manual and Automated testing.
• Performed black box testing, Regression, integration, sanity and functional testing.
• Designed and developed Test Plans and Test cases for System, Integration and UAT testing.
• Ensured the actual results match expected results using Quality center.
• Responsible for documenting application related errors in Quality Center.
• Documented the Bugs and generate status reports and Bug reports and present them in weekly status meetings using Quality Center.
• Worked on Backend Testing by writing SQL Queries to verify the data.
• Involved in developing scripts using descriptive programming in QTP.
• Executed test scripts against Developed Software using QTP.
• Executed the test scripts for the GUI, Functional, and Regression testing using QTP.
• Employed system analysis techniques to translate system requirements and Use Cases into QTP automated test scripts.
• Tested functionality of the application by inserting various check points like standard check points, text check points, table check points, image check points, and database check points in QTP.
• Created Insight Objects for check points like image and text checkpoints in QTP.
• Performed User acceptance testing for the entire application.
• Reviewed business requirements and design specifications to understand the application under test.
• Used UFT client desktop, made Scripts library of data-driven testing scripts complete with Recovery Scenario and checkpoint application.
• Executed the Test scripts for the GUI, Functional, and Regression testing using UFT.
• Tested functionality of the application by inserting various check points like standard check points, text check points, table check points, image check points, and database check points in UFT.
• Performed UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
• Performed Regression testing, Black-box testing and System testing for business needs and participated in various meeting.
• Generated problem and changed reports and ensured the Corrective action for these reports operate correctly

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating Test plans, Test cases and Test reports for various modules in the applications.
• Performed Use case reviews, Test scripts reviews and Executed of Test Scripts.
• Performed quality assurance reviews on all System Development Life Cycle.
• Prepared Test Plan and created Test Cases for each and every object based on Member portal, Redesigned functional requirements, test specs and test frames in Quality Center.
• Developed and executed Test suites and operations scenarios to find and report defects using Quality Center.
• Wrote the Test plan and Test cases for acceptance, functional, integration testing using Quality Center.
• Developed and executed SQL queries to verify the proper insertion, deletion and updates into the Oracle supporting tables and cubes.
• Automated Test cases for Fictional testing using QTP.
• Performed Regression testing, Black-box testing and System testing for Java applications by creating VB scripts in QTP.
• Mapped the custom objects to the standard objects where necessary, and inserted GUI, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using QTP.
• Created automated test scripts using QTP and Performed smoke testing, security testing, GUI testing.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing.
• Participated in walkthroughs and reviews with users, designers and developers establishing quality policy conformance.