SUMMARY

• 7+ years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance of Web and Client/Server applications.
• Specialized in Software Quality Assurance testing Manual as well as Automation testing for applications in Windows and UNIX environment.
• Experienced in analyzing Requirement Specifications and developed Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Extensively experienced in Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Database Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Proficient in GUI testing of Client - Server and Web based Applications.
• Experienced in bug tracking and reporting tools like Test Director and HP Quality Center.
• Experienced in designing and developing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Test Data using HP Quality Center and Test Director.
• Expertise in using Quality Center/Test Director for defect tracking and reporting bugs and also expert in coordinating wif team members in debugging effort and Root Cause Analysis.
• Experienced in writing both SQL and PL/SQL statements for back end testing.
• Experienced in functional and regression testing by using QuickTest Professional (QTP).
• Experienced in Data Driven test using QTP to test application for various set of records.
• Wrote VBScript, developed Custom Functions, Dictionary Objects, used Descriptive Programming by QTP automation tool and executed test scripts.
• Experienced in developing Automation framework like keyword driven, data driven and Hybrid using QTP.
• Experienced in creating UAT environment and Performing UAT Testing.
• Experienced in working and interacting wif off-shore projects, experienced working closely wif developers and Business Analyst.
• Experienced in providing training to team members.
• Reliable, responsible, hardworking and good team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, QTP, Test Director, JIRA, SOAP UI

Protocol: FTP, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, HTTP

Database: MS-SQL, Oracle, MS-Access

Programming Language: C/C++, Java, VB.Net, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL

Operating Systems: UNIX/ Linux and Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Vienna, VA

ISD Tester

Responsibilities:

• Learned teh projects using various documents available in teh DocShare system.
• Created test cases based on teh requirements during teh test planning phase.
• Identified issues wif test cases to better understand software before testing.
• Coordinated wif analysts, developers, business personnel and Internal Tech Consultants on various issues.
• Executed existing test cases and created test cases when required in Quality Center.
• Performed manual testing of various functions of software including functionality and GUI using Quality Center.
• Regression testing on existing test cases.
• Experience working in both Waterfall and Agile projects
• Story tracking in Jira during Waterfall projects
• Updated existing test cases when necessary and documented using Quality Center.
• Responsible for documenting application related errors in Quality Center.
• Opened defects when required and explained teh steps necessary to recreate in weekly status meetings wif Project Manager and other team members.
• Provided necessary updates to Project Manager and Business personnel in absence of Analyst during status meetings.
• Communicated TEMPeffectively through Lotus Notes email wif a number of outside resources on project status and updates.
• Consulted wif UAT during teh UAT phase of teh project life cycle.
• Participated in many walkthroughs and business meetings.
• Used proprietary software such as Lexcel and OutsideView on various projects.
• Provided necessary support to several testers from other projects based on knowledge of tools acquired since starting at NFCU.

Environment: Windows, Tandem, Lexcel, ETS, Quality Center, WinSQL, DB2, Mainframe in INTG and QUAL.

Confidential - Washington, DC

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement and Design Review along wif BA, User groups, Development team and testing teams.
• Reviewed business requirements and design specifications to understand teh application under test.
• Involved in creating Test plans, Test conditions and Test cases using Business requirements.
• Identified gaps and issues wif teh data. Identified as many errors and conversion issues at an early stage of conversion as possible.
• Interacted wif Developers, Business Analysts and DBAs to resolve technical issues.
• Conducted teh execution and validation of previously written test plans, test cases, and regression tests.
• Defined requirements, Test Cases using Quality Center, Linked test cases wif teh requirements
• Performed Manual Testing for teh Functionality and GUI of teh application using Quality Center.
• Documented teh Bugs and generate status reports and Bug reports and present them in weekly status meetings using Quality Center.
• Worked on backend testing by writing SQL Queries to verify teh data.
• Executed teh test scripts for teh GUI, Functional, and Regression testing using QTP.
• Developed VB Scripts in QuickTest Pro to perform end to end testing and created a set of re-usable scripts.
• Tested functionality of teh application by inserting various checkpoints like standard checkpoints, text checkpoints, table checkpoints, image checkpoints, and database checkpoints in QTP.
• Developed Descriptive Programming and Maintained Local and Global Object Repository in QTP.
• Created several Test scripts using QTP to create Data Driven Tests, Batch tests and performed Exception handling.
• Developed both Data-Driven and Keyword-Driven Frameworks for teh Application using QTP.
• Involved in creating UAT environment and performed UAT Testing.
• Participated in walkthroughs and reviews wif users, designers and developers establishing quality policy conformance.
• Worked wif infrastructure teams to solve issues and involved in teh installation of software/builds,
• Organized and supervised peer reviews and formal reviews.

Environment: Windows, UNIX, J2EE JavaScript, VB.Net, SQL Server, Oracle, VBScript, XML, QTP, Quality Center.

Confidential - Bethesda, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed teh business and technical requirements and developed teh Test scenarios.
• Generated teh Test scripts, Test Conditions and Expected Results for Use Case.
• Performed different types of testing like Black box, Functional, Smoke, System, Integration, Regression, UAT, and Database testing.
• Involved in test cases and test scripts preparation using HP Quality Center.
• Provided teh required test data for teh developers in order to fix teh defects using Quality Center.
• Interacted wif Business Analysts and Developers regarding testing status and defect tracking using Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL queries for back end verification and validation using several SQL statements and joins.
• Responsible for triggering and monitoring weekly batch processes using QTP.
• Used QTP for Regression testing and used script according to teh functionality.
• Used QuickTest Pro to developed Data Driven Test scripts.
• Involved in capturing, inserting verification points, verifying and replying user interactions automatically to identify defects using QTP.
• Extensively used Regular expressions in QTP using VBScript programming.
• Created several Test scripts using QTP to create Batch tests and performed Exception handling.
• Identified all windows, Pages, Objects, Methods and Properties and created Custom code Script wif Parameterization, programming logic and data driven types using VBScript in QTP.
• Supported in teh ‘User Acceptance Testing (UAT)’ phase for teh project.
• Extensively involved in validating teh Business Rules for teh different modules.
• Participated in QA team meeting and bug tracking meetings.
• Documented teh test results and test procedures.

Environment: Windows, Java, UNIX, Oracle, XML, QTP, Quality Center, Manual testing, MS Office.

Confidential - Ashburn, VA

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Interacted wif Business Analysts for requirements gathering and conducted review meetings for change requests for writing test cases.
• Involved in understanding teh Business requirement and Functional Specification documents.
• Thoroughly analyzed teh requirements prior to teh start of testing to understand them better.
• Prepared detailed Test plans and published them to teh higher management for review.
• Involved in architected and implemented QA processes.
• Created teh strategy document that defines teh test environment, phases of testing, entrance and exit criteria into different phases of testing and resources required to conduct teh effort.
• Wrote Positive and Negative test cases and executed them through Test Director.
• Involved in developing Test Plan, Test Procedures and Test Cases using Test Director.
• Performed various Black box testing methodologies such as System Testing and Regression Testing using QTP.
• Used parameterization for data driven testing and configured Shared object repository and per action in QTP.
• Configured virtual objects for non-recognized objects in QTP.
• Worked on concepts like Synchronization timeout and Recovery Scenario Manager in QTP.
• Designed scripts using descriptive programming and created Environment variables in QTP.
• Performed Cross browser testing on Netscape and IE.
• Resolved teh offshore queries, de-escalated issues and shared project knowledge.
• Set up an offshore/on-site work flow process and provide all teh necessary documentation, presentations and updates.
• Analyze client data elements, related data, business rules, teh processes and workflows associated wif a Client Profile.

Environment : Windows, VBScript, XML, Mainframe, QTP, MS Excel, Test Director, Manual testing, JAVA, JavaScript, Oracle, SQL Server and UNIX.