SQA Engineer Resume Clearwater, FL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Comfortable working in a complex, project - based environment, I’m a dynamic QA professional backed by strong credentials including a computer science degree and 20+ years of experience in validating systems to ensure compliance with SDLC/STLC process and standards, federal regulations, and customer specifications.
Review user requirements documents to ensure that requirements are testable.
Develop & maintain test plans and test cases using HP ALM (QC) or Jama
Provide status reports to Project Management and Project Stakeholders
Record & monitor the status of all defects using HP ALM (QC), JIRA, or Rational Clear Quest
Assist in analysis/resolution of defects discovered while executing tests
Retest defects resolved by Development
Escalating testing issues and suggest improvements, using appropriate processes in a timely manner
Performing investigative model testing to evaluate product performance and ensure customer satisfaction
Talent for working effectively under pressure
Able to adapt to rapidly changing priorities
Attention to detail from the customer s point of view
Ability to learn new applications & testing techniques quickly
Strong documentation/writing skills for communicating issues and documenting test results
Excellent communication skills for working with the QA team, Development, Business Analysts, Project Management, Project Stakeholders and Executives

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

13 years of experience using HP ALM (QC, Mercury Test Director)
3 years of experience with Jama Software and JIRA Software
Use of HP QTP, AutoTestR, and Selenium/ Selenium IDE automation framework to perform regression testing
5 years of experience with SQL query creation in SQL Server
Experience with Waterfall and Agile Testing Methodologies
Strong knowledge of programming logic and Object-Oriented Programming concepts
Knowledge of all Microsoft Operating Systems & MS-DOS command-line interface
Working knowledge of Unix/Linux command-line interface
Knowledge of .HTML, .XML, .XSLT, .XSD - schema validation
Experience working with REST client and Postman for testing HTTP requests
Working experience with Hummingbird HostExplorer, AS400
Various Applications such as SharePoint, Microsoft Office, WinSCP, Putty, GIT Bash, Altova XMLSpy, Confluence, Norton Utilities, Lotus Notes, Rational ClearQuest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Clearwater, FL

SQA Engineer

Responsibilities:

Performed functional and integration testing of retail petroleum POS systems.
Daily used Jama for test planning, test scripting, and JIRA for defect management.
Re-created customer specific environments for replicating problems reported from the field.
Performed investigative model testing to evaluate product performance and ensure customer satisfaction.
Selenium/TestNG automation test for regression: maintained test automation assets/library.
Solely conducted XML schema validation test and documented the test cases for executing those tests.
Performed data input validation using Postman tool.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

Functional, system, integration, and regression testing web-based front-end & mainframe AS400 back-end.
Verified transactional data in both AS400 and SQL Server databases using HostExplorer and SQL Management Studio.
Prepared test plans, conducted walkthroughs, reviewed test documents, and prepared test estimation.
Assisted with UAT testing support.
Provided subject matter expertise to other team members.
Created documentation to aid in cross training other team members during transfer knowledge process.

Confidential

SQA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Performed functional testing on Web-based application and back-end environments.
Performed testing for usability and compatibility of the custom Web application.
Analyzed system design specifications and developed test strategies, test plans, test cases.
Performed defect tracking, participated in defect meetings discussing test results with both developers and business analysts to isolate defects and find problem solutions.
Performed SQL queries to extract data from DB for validation testing on front and back ends.
Analyzed test results and reported issues.

Confidential

SQA Engineer

Responsibilities:

Involved in test activities for different projects (web based, e-commerce, client-server applications).
Created test strategies based on the analysis of documentation to achieve the best result.
Analyzed requirements and developed test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
Executed validation, end-to-end, and regression tests for Web application.
Ran SQL statements to set up data and retrieved data for tests.
Analyzed applications and errors, escalated issues to developers, and verified fixes.
Developed test summary reports for upper management.