PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 6+ years of experience in the field of software quality assurance (QA) with both manual and automated testing of stand - alone, client-server, web-based, and mobile applications on various platforms and environments.
• Experienced in creating and designing Test Strategy Documents, Test Plan, Test Schedules, Test Cases, Test Procedures, Test Scenarios and Traceability Matrix.
• Good experience in Software Application Development Projects that follow the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and best practices.
• Extensively experienced in UAT, GUI, Sanity, Functional, System, Regression, Smoke and Back-end testing.
• Experienced in various SDLC methodologies like Agile and Waterfall model.
• Proficient in executing test cases, ad-hoc product testing, reporting bugs and reporting tester status, writing test scripts, test automation using diverse testing tools like Quality Center/ALM.
• Expert in ALM/ Quality Center for Testing and Defect Tracking.
• Experienced in Back-End testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries on the relational databases.
• Experienced in automating regression suite using HP QTP/UFT, descriptive programming & VBScript.
• Proficient in designing & developing Data Driven Framework using HP QTP/UFT & VBScript to validate test case against different data set.
• Knowledge in assisting automation engineer and analysis of web automation projects using Quick Test Pro/UFT for Web based and Client/Server Applications.
• Experienced in Cross browser testing to support Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Chrome.
• Excellent problem solving skills, coordination, documentation, and project planning.
• Experienced with training and mentoring team members with product knowledge and business processes.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills, accustomed to work in a team environment with tight schedules and capable of working efficiently under pressure, manage multiple project and cross train sub-ordinates in other Functional areas.

SKILL:

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, HP ALM, QTP, UFT

Operating systems: Windows, UNIX/Linux

Programming Language: VB.NET, Visual Basic, SQL, PL/SQL, VB Script

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, SoapUI, VBScript, JavaScript, Java

Applications: MS Office, Crystal Reports, MS Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Automation Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed business requirements and designed specifications to understand the application under test.
• Experienced in Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Analyzed business requirements, functional requirements, use cases and provided feedback for clear understanding of each requirement.
• Introduced, developed, documented, and updated the QA Test Plan, process and Procedures Manual and Objectives.
• Experienced in creating, enhancing and maintaining test scripts for various functional and regression testing using HP UFT/QTP and VBScript.
• Analyzed and identified the areas of a project for Test Automation.
• Created Automation scripts in such way that to results can be generated in Text file, Excel and HTML formats.
• Performed Regression testing Black-box testing and System testing for business needs.
• Experienced in developing descriptive programming, function library, recovery scenario using VB Script HP UFT/QTP
• Documented the Bugs and generated status reports and Bug reports and presented them in weekly status meetings using ALM.
• Worked on Backend Testing by writing SQL Queries to verify the data.
• Experienced in developing Data driven, Key word driven and Hybrid Framework using HP UFT/QTP
• Involved in developing scripts using descriptive programming in UFT with VBScript
• 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 HP UFT/QTP
• 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 HP UFT/QTP
• Carried out Hybrid Frame Work by substituting the parameters using HP UFT/QTP.
• Involved in all the phases of Test Automation development life cycle.
• Worked with UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
• Performed xml data validation using assertion method in soap UI.
• Generated problem and changed reports and ensured the Corrective action for these reports operate correctly.
• Participated in weekly status meeting with Team members, Team managers, Business Analysts & Technical Team participating in Project review meetings.

Environment: HP UFT, QTP ALM, UNIX, Windows, MS Office, Oracle, SOAP UI, XML, SQL, Java, VB Script, Html.

Confidential, Sterling, VA

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Generated Test Scripts as per system, architecture and data synchronization requirements.
• Prepared the Manual Test cases and reviewed the test cases.
• Involved in Test Script evaluation along with the Test Manger, Business Analyst, Client and the Development Team.
• Tested Graphical User Interface (GUI) Components.
• Performed UAT, Sanity, Functional, System, Regression, Smoke and Back-end testing.
• Created Test Cases in HP Quality Center, mapped Test Cases to Requirements using Requirements Coverage, and Maintained test Cases, reports in Quality Center.
• Investigated software bugs and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues using HP Quality Canter.
• Reported the bugs using Quality Canter and tracked the bugs till closed.
• Created SQL queries for backend testing and data integrity testing.
• Involved in Functional testing of the system using both manual testing and automation tool QTP.
• Performed Integration testing, system testing, Regression testing using QTP.
• Developed automated test scripts using VBScript in QTP to facilitate Regression testing on multiple releases.
• Modified the automated QTP Scripts for regular release screen changes and to support regular functional changes.
• Parameterized QTP scripts for using with varied, controlled test input values.
• Performed test case execution using a Keyword Driven Framework with QTP.
• Executed transactions manually and verified the back end functionalities and data exploitation.
• Generated Weekly Status Reports to the team manager.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Windows, UNIX, SQL, Java, J2EE, VBScript, VB.Net, HTML, XML, Java Script, MS Office, MS Excel.

Confidential, Laredo, TX

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Defined and Implemented the Software Development Life Cycle with process development meetings.
• Worked closely with product and project managers on the implementation of new projects and infrastructures including operational readiness, change preparation, change execution, and post- change QA validation.
• Involved in execution of test cases using Test Lab in Quality Center and linked the detected defect with requirement and test case.
• Investigated, researched, recommended and lead the implementation of commercial automated test tools and test scripts for regression testing of existing product functionality.
• Created Function Library for common functionality of the application in QTP
• Involved in Smoke, Integration, Regression, System, and End-to-End & Black box testing using QTP.
• Developed and executed Test Plan & Test Script in Quality Center.
• Designed the Test Strategy for multiple projects, defect management using Quality Center.
• Performed through Database functionality tests and verified the Business Logic Implementation by constructing and executing several SQL statements.
• Performed GUI, Black Box Testing and Regression Testing using QTP.
• Used QTP for Automated Testing and successfully created scripts to test web based application.
• Developed Descriptive Programming using VB Script and Maintained Local and Global Object Repository in QTP.
• Created user-defined functions and output values for the content builder and appliance by using QTP.
• Used Quality Center as bug-tracking tool to report the bugs and also to follow up the bug status.
• Performed web testing using Quick Test Professional to check the compatibility, reliability, and scalability of the application in different browsers.

Environment: Java, HTML, XML, Quality Center, QTP, SQL, Windows, MS Office, Java Script, VB Script.