PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Testing/Quality Assurance professional with over 8+ years of experience providing thorough and skillful testing services to various stakeholder groups from end to end of the Software Development Lifecycle process while meeting demanding deadlines and delivering critical solutions.
• Have a reputation of strong work ethics, taking ownership of all duties and responsibilities, detail oriented, excellent problem solving and communication skills, and seamlessly adaptable in an intense work environment.
• Extensive knowledge on all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and actively participated in all phases of testing lifecycle right from Planning, Requirements, Design, Execution, Reporting and Testing through Implementation.
• Proficient in using Test Automation tools such as QTP/UFT, Xamarin UI Test, Parasoft SOA, Selenium WebDriver and TestNG.
• Involvement in Black box testing, Functional Testing, GUI testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, End - to-End Testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Assisted in load testing and stress testing.
• Working knowledge of QTP, Selenium automation testing suite for functional testing of web based applications.
• Extensive experience in working on various test strategies and preparing test Plans, test scenarios, test Cases/scripts based on high-level business documents e. g., Functional Specifications and non-functional/technical documents e. g., System Requirements documents for Web based, Client/Server, and mobile based applications, and presenting test summaries and analyzing test Results after the execution of tests.
• Good working knowledge in various SDLC Methodologies like Waterfall, Iteration/Agile (SCRUM) and played active role in Iterative Development and fast paced sprint cycles.
• Support backend testing and capable of writing the required SQL and validating the database.
• Well versed with defect documenting, reporting and tracking using test management tools like HP-ALM & JIRA.
• Contribution to all the phases of the SDLC and highly confident about the QA responsibilities in every phase of the release cycle.
• Coordination of the test efforts of onsite and offshore teams and updated the QA Manager with the day today status.
• Participation in Status review meetings and regularly interacted with the development team to get updates regarding the application functionality, implementation, integration and impact.
• Self-starter, fast learner, team player with strong personal and group communication skills and Skilled in documentation, user presentation and user s.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP: ALM, Quality Center, QTP, Selenium IDE, Selenium Web Driver

Languages: Java, .Net, HTML, XML, SQL, VB Script

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle

Browsers: Google Chrome, IE, Safari, Firefox

O/S: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows10, iOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in User Story Review meetings and identified key scenarios for functionality testing.
• Performed end-to-end testing of various features by analyzing User stories. Constantly updated them because of the continuous integration development practices.
• Involved in regression testing using Selenium.
• Conducted Data driven testing, cross browser testing and parallel test execution.
• Expertise in working knowledge of Core Java and Object Oriented Concepts (Inheritance, Polymorphism,
• Executed Selenium test cases and reported defects using Selenium Webdriver and TestNG.
• Attended daily Scrum meetings and discussed s, targets and issues for iteration cycle.
• Wrote Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Matrix documents analyzed the Use Cases and updated the Traceability Matrix to check the coverage analysis.
• Was responsible for manually testing the entire application for GUI, Functionality, Integration, Compatibility, System, End to End, Business Logic and Use case adherence.
• Identified Defects, Reported and tracked the same and interacted with the development team and the real-time users to implement the entire Test Management process.
• Verified the application on Mobile devices using Selenium WebDriver with the help of Appium
• Was the point of contact for manual testing of front end Java application and database testing using SQL on SQL Server Management Studio.
• Development of Automation Scripts for mobile web site using Java and TestNG.
• Extensive experience in MS SQL Server database testing using SQL Server Management Studio.
• Performed Data Profiles on data elements to find the data quality issues.
• Created reports using Birt Tool.
• Coordinated with the on-site/off-shore team.
• Recorded and tracked defects in JIRA and collaborated with customers to close them.
• Created a detailed test plan, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Supported UAT testing and Production Verification Testing.
• Performed and analyzed many types of tests - functional, user interface, black box, regression, stress, performance, and integration as applicable.

Environment: Java, Pentaho, Soap, Birt, MS SQL Server, Selenium, Windows 10, IE, JIRA, iOS, MSOffice-Excel, Word and Power point.

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for understanding and reviewing the Requirement Documents (User-Stories) and attending requirement discussions with the Business Analysts and Development Teams.
• Created high-level scenarios and detailed test cases using user story design document for all assigned project releases.
• Played active role in daily SCRUM meetings and discussed s, issues, and targets.
• Working in a DevOps environment, had the opportunity to interact with the business users, developers, and operations team and played active role in certifying the functionality.
• Performed Sanity and Smoke Testing of the application manually after each build.
• Implemented back-end testing and verified that the data between GUI and database were reflected correctly.
• Conducted System, Integration, and Regression tests to the application.
• Executed Business, Functional, User Acceptance, and Usability testing.
• Processed manual Positive and Negative testing.
• Utilized Quality Center extensively for testing & reporting defects (bugs) as well as was responsible for reporting and tracking defects.
• Followed up on the defects and retesting of the defects.
• Involved in the creation and maintenance of Test metrics and Traceability Matrix. Updated Test Metrics daily. Interacted with the Business and Development team to resolve and follow up on development issues.
• Coordinated with Offshore and Onsite teams on daily basis.
• Updated project status to project manager and other stakeholders.
• Validated all the issues reported by the developers and ensured that regression testing was performed on all new builds

Environment: HP Quality Center, HP Quick test Professional, .Net, Toad and SQL Plus, Oracle 10g, Java, TestNG, Selenium Webdriver, Windows XP.

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in User Story Review meetings and identified key scenarios for functionality testing.
• Analyzed user stories for impact and performed end-to-end testing of various features. Constantly updated them because of the continuous integration development practices.
• Wrote Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Matrix documents analyzed the Use Cases and updated the Traceability Matrix to check the coverage analysis.
• Was responsible for manually testing the entire application for GUI, Functionality, Integration, Compatibility, System, End to End, Business Logic and Use case adherence.
• Involved in Unit Testing of Java Applications.
• Identified Defects, Reported and tracked the same and interacted with the development team and the real-time users to implement the entire Test Management process.
• Tested the application for browser and operating system compatibility and also accessibility on mobile devices. Manually certified the functionality of the applications on iPhone & iPad and under different version of iOS.
• Conducted API testing as part of the integration testing.
• Played an active role in defect finding, reporting, triage, and published status disclosing the progress.
• Verified the application functionality on mobile devices like iPhone & iPad. Key concerns of testing included security, localization, real estate, usability & auto upgrade of native app and browser version functionality.
• Used SQL and PL/SQL for extracting the required data related to testing, test dataset creation and verification.
• Employed QTP for executing regression test cases and well versed with working in integrated environment of QC-ALM & QTP.
• Worked with on-site and offshore resources and supported UAT testing and Production Verification Testing.
• Performed in fast paced development project and exposed to continuous delivery of code and well aware of release management, version control, and pre and post delivery impact.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams and contributed for the overall quality of application.
• Conversant with test automation, designed, scheduled, and executed end to end automation scripts to test the business functionality from an automation perspective and support regression testing adopting hybrid frameworks.

Environment: Java2.0, UNIX, Oracle, SQL, Windows NT / XP / 7, IE, MS-Office, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional, JIRA, iOS, iPhone, iPad.

Confidential, NY

QA Intern

Responsibilities:

• Got trained in and followed the Confidential ’s comprehensive QA procedure starting from the first Requirements Definition Phase to the delivery of a working and deployable release of a software.
• Recorded and tracked defects in the Confidential ’s internal bug tracking system and collaborated with customers to close them.
• Created a detailed test plan, test scenarios, and test cases for each project.
• Performed and analyzed many types of tests - functional, user interface, black box, regression, stress, performance, and integration as applicable.