PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• More than 8 years diverse experience as a QA Test engineer using Manual & Automation testing on multiple domains like health care, shipping & finance.
• Diverse professional experience across multiple organizations from a various industry.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Experienced in different testing methodologies like Agile, and Waterfall etc.
• Excellent work experience in Smoke, Functional, Integration, GUI, Regression, System, Compatibility, Performance, Acceptance, Security, Stress, Black Box Testing, End to End User Acceptance Testing etc.
• Process oriented, developed and executed Test Plan, Test Cases, and Test scripts for various applications.
• Experience in working with Oracle, DB2, My SQL and MS - Access Databases.
• Expertise in using Tools ALM, Rational Clear Quest, Rally and JIRA.
• SQL queries limited to Quality Assurance (QA) needs.
• Expert in preparing Traceability Matrix to map requirement coverage with test cases.
• Excellent Organization, Analytical and Problem-Solving skills and ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Demonstrated initiative, innovation, flexibility, and ability to manage workload, achieving desired results with minimal supervision.
• Good Communication, Interpersonal and Teamwork skills. Technically sound, Result-Oriented with strong Problem-solving skills. Innovative & efficient. Capable of working as a Team Member or Individually with minimum supervision.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Java, Java Script, VB script, HTML

Technologies: J2EE, JSP, JDBC, HTML, Java Script, XML

QA Tools: SELENIUM IDE/ Web Driver/ GRID, QTP, JUNIT 3/4

Bug Tracking Tools: ALM/Quality Center, JIRA, Rally

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL

Web Servers: Web Sphere, Web Logic, IIS

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NJ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Agile environment, participated in daily scrum, and Retrospect meetings
• Analyzed User Stories specified in the product backlog. Based on stories designed Test scripts by using Gherkin language.
• Took ownership and responsibility for test execution within prescribed timeline and quality guidelines, ensuring code was designed to meet business needs and operational requirement.
• Extensively interacted with the client and the management teams to understand the requirements and report the status of the testing efforts on their applications.
• Participated as a team member in the Agile development process, working closely with the other team members to complete the set sprint assignments and meet production goals.

Environment: Salesforce, Apex, ALM, Rally.

Confidential, NJ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in peer review with team and developers to review test cases/test scripts.
• Performed System, Integration, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.
• Involved in Internal and Cross Functional reviews on Test Case Designs with the team members, developer and Business Analysts
• Participated in Walkthroughs, Defect Triage Meetings, Status meetings and provided status report
• Worked with onsite and offsite team members.
• Worked in Production Support Testing.
• Provided test summary documentation and analyzed test results.
• Interacted with users by conducting User Acceptance Testing to ensure that the total functionality of the application was met by complying with all the business requirements.

Environment: Pega 7.2.2, Oracle, ALM, Jira.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in a partnership for own business. Developed business architecture using requirements such as scope, process, alternatives, geological market spread and competitor’s analysis.
• Performed in-depth reports with data model management.
• Working on continuous monitoring of performance to improve the business and cliental requirements.
• Liaison with various vendors and suppliers and manage the inventory.
• Focused on cliental requirements and furnish the same.

Confidential, NJ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Scheduled and executed tasks according to the SQA schedule to ensure on time completion of each assignment
• Reviewed Business Requirement and Design Documents to understand the new or enhanced functions to be tested
• Created Test Plans - Collaborate with MOL-IT teams to ensure test plan is comprehensive Participated in peer review with team and developers to review test cases/test scripts.
• Performed System, Integration, Smoke, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.
• Created specific test cases for each assignment
• Performed Data Integrity testing by SQL queries
• Performed each task according to MOL-IT procedures and according to the published standards
• Reviewed and provided feedback to Technical Writers, regarding On-Line Help and publication of Information bulletins

Confidential, NJ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on the analyzed Business and Functional Requirements for Confidential .
• Participated in peer review with team and developers to review test cases/test scripts.
• Performed System, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, Functional, End to End, Positive and Negative and monitored the behavior of the applications during different phases of testing using testing methodologies.
• Involved in Internal and Cross Functional reviews on Test Case Designs with the team members, developer and Business Analysts
• Involved in Functional testing by manually executing the Test Cases against the application under test
• Participated in Walkthroughs, Defect Triage Meetings, Status meetings and provided status report
• Worked with onsite and offsite team members.
• Worked as a SME in UAT testing phases
• Provided test summary documentation and analyzed test results.
• Interacted with users by conducting User Acceptance Testing to ensure that the total functionality of the application was met by complying with all the business requirements.

Environment: SOA, SQL, IBM Lombardi Teamwork’s, Java, Oracle, TOAD, Quality Centre 10.

Confidential, Montvale, NJ

Sr. QA Analyst/ QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on the analyzed Business and Functional Requirements
• Involved in Internal and Cross Functional reviews on Test Case Designs with the team members and Business Analysts
• Performed Smoke, Security, Compatibility, Functional, Batch, Integration, Comparison, Database testing.
• Performed Security Testing to verify that only the authorized users has access to the web application based on the roles
• Involved in Functional Testing and GUI Testing by manually executing the Test Cases against the application under test
• Performed Data Integrity Testing with the various Confidential applications by executing SQL statements in SQL Server Management Studio.
• Maintained and updated Test Cases for Regression Test Suite to effectively manage the testing process
• Used Traceability matrix to ensure complete test coverage
• Documented and updated Test Results in Detailed Test Case Report(DTCR)
• Actively participated in Walkthroughs, Defect Review, Status meetings and provided status report
• Involved in entire QA Life Cycle That includes Designing, Developing and Execution of the entire QA Process and documentation of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Scripts
• Actively participated in Walkthroughs, Defect Review, Status meetings and provided status report

Environment: Windows XP, Windows Vista, .NET, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft Office Suite 2003 and 2007, IIS server, Quality Centre