SUMMARY:

• Over Six years of experience in SDLC and QALC includes Software Analysis, Quality Assurance and Control.
• Experienced in participating in all phases of the Software Testing like analyzing System Requirements, Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test Case Design and Test execution.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA Methodologies like Agile, Waterfall, Rapid prototyping, Spiral model, Incremental model.
• Expertise in writing Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases from requirements and Use Cases.
• Excellent knowledge of identifying various test scenarios.
• Experienced in working with business analysts, development groups in analyzing business specifications and in working with other testers to resolve technical and end - user issues.
• Experienced in testing Data Migration and Integration with external applications.
• Good Knowledge in UAT Testing and GUI Testing.
• Experienced in creating Data sources for data driven testing.
• Proficient in Functionality testing, Black box testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, and System testing.
• Ability to use JIRA for Defect Tracking and Test Plan documentation.
• Experienced in developing Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts manually and using automation tools like HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Expert at conducting various phases like Test Design, Test Development, and Defect Tracking using HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Excellent conceptual and working knowledge on testing in Oracle, SQL Server environments.
• Rich knowledge in Bug Tracking and Management in QTP/UFT.
• Strong knowledge in performing testing activities in QTP/UFT of Test execution.
• Experienced in functional, regression, compatibility, multi user, installation, acceptance testing, Test and reporting to higher management and client using QTP/UFT.
• Good judgment skills while reporting and prioritizing software bugs in conjunction with development team and QA managers.
• Experienced in building and executing Automated Tests for SOAP based services.
• An effective communicator and committed team player with strong interpersonal skills and eagerness to learn and adapt to changing environments.
• Innate ability to work independently as well as part of a team as a highly dedicated professional.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple assignments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows, Linux/Unix

SCRIPTING LANGUAGES: Java Script, VBScript, SQL, HTML, XML

DATABASE: Oracle, DB2, Microsoft Access

TESTING TOOLS: HP QTP, HP UFT, HP Quality Center, HP ALM, JIRA, Soap UI

TESTING ENVIRONMENT: C++, C#, CSS, .NET, SQL, XML, HTML, HTTP, DB2, VBScript, Java, C, J2EE, DHTML, Toad, PL/SQL

OTHER APPLICATIONS: MS Office Tools, MS Visio, MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

QA Automation Analyst

• Developed and managed QA Plan, QA Risk Plan, QA Configuration Management and Version Control Plan, QA Storage and Backup Plan.
• Worked for entire QA Life Cycle, which included Requirement Analysis, Designing, Developing and Execution of the entire QA process.
• Performed documentation of Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Procedures.
• Understood the functional requirements for projects and releases.
• Established proper Test Bed/Test Environment for optimized testing effort along with Test data preparation.
• Good knowledge in complex coding in Black Box Testing.
• Performed Smoke and Functional Testing on every build of the application.
• Performed Defect Tracking and Management in JIRA.
• Mapped system requirements with Test cases, ensured traceability of Test Cases back to the Business Requirements using HP ALM.
• Performed Manual Testing of Web-based and Client-server enterprise applications and used HP ALM for test management.
• Created test plan based on the requirements, created the test cases and uploaded in HP ALM.
• Generated different type of graphs, analyzed the results, created and published reports by using HP ALM.
• Scheduled the script execution, published results and reported defects as required in HP ALM.
• Involved with back-end testing of the SQL database and verified if the data displaying is correct.
• Used Unified Functional Testing (UFT) to automate function for the web application.
• Automated the functionality and interface testing of the application using Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Inserted Object Data Verification Checkpoints on Unified Functional Testing (UFT) automation testing tools.
• Used Unified Functional Testing (UFT) for Shared Object Repository creation and maintenance, used regular expression, re-usable actions, data table, checkpoints and recovery scenario.
• Imported data from the Database to the Data table and performed Data Driven testing with different Data sets for reports in Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Created Unified Functional Testing (UFT) advance automation scripts using Descriptive programming, Modular approach, Custom Functions, Logics, and Looping for Regression testing.
• Worked on Web Services Testing using SOAP UI.
• Prepared weekly defect reports and weekly test metrics.
• Participated in design enhancement reviews and submitted reports on the progress of the testing effort.
• Responsible to understand and train others on the enhancements or new features developed.

Environment: SQL Server, Soap UI, JIRA, MS Visio, MS Excel, VB Script, MS Word, PowerPoint, Windows, UNIX, C#, UFT, HP ALM, Java, Java Script, .Net, C/C++, Oracle.

Confidential, LIC, NY

QA Automation Tester

• Involved in gathering and reviewing the business requirements for each release.
• Reviewed Business Design Document and Technical Design Document.
• Involved in both Manual and Automated testing of the application.
• Performed Smoke testing, Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing, Integration testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Reviewed, ran all test cases and tracked defects in JIRA.
• Administered and configured HP ALM in Agile environment.
• Responsible for configuring HP ALM and executing automated scripts from HP ALM.
• Used HP ALM to generate Test Result report from Test Lab component of HP ALM.
• Wrote SQL queries to perform backend testing.
• Wrote UFT Script to validate backend data via SQL queries.
• Responsible for converting manual test cases into automated test scripts using UFT and VBScript and automated manual regression test cases.
• Responsible for writing custom functions using VBScript.
• Wrote UFT script to generate XML which was used to create input data for automation.
• Developed and maintained Shared Object Repository in UFT.
• Used UFT to record, execute and analyze various automated test scenarios.
• Developed custom functions, reusable actions, and optional steps using VBScript.
• Developed data driven functions using VBScript.
• Involved in Web services testing using a test tool SOAP UI.
• Involved in the Test Case walkthroughs and assessment meetings.
• Participated in preparation of weekly Status reports, Test closure Memo and Test Summary report.
• Interacted with customer and shared daily progress report.
• Involved in Triage meetings on the open defects.

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

Confidential, Hartford, CT

QA Tester

• Analyzed business requirements & Design Specification Document to determine the functionality of the Processes.
• Involved in project planning, coordination and implementing QA methodology.
• Responsible for preparing datasheets using Excel.
• Performed Data Driven Testing for multiple sets of data.
• Identified reusable scenarios for automation in Quality Center/ALM.
• Uploaded Test cases in Quality Center/ALM and mapped with Requirements.
• Wrote SQL queries to check proper data population in database.
• Performed Automated testing using QTP/UFT.
• Developed the Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and executed them using QTP/UFT.
• Developed and wrote a suite of Test Scripts that included Functional and Regression Test cases using QTP/UFT.
• Executed the test scripts of QTP/UFT on different releases.
• Validated the actual results of QTP/UFT scripts against the expected results.
• Planned and worked flexibly to meet deadlines.
• Reviewed and ensured deliverables completed with quality and on time.

Environment: Quality Center/ALM, QTP/UFT, C, C++, MS Word, MS Excel, Windows, UNIX, SQL, Java, J2EE, VBScript, VB.Net, HTML, XML, C#.