SUMMARY

• 5 Years in Software Quality Assurance as a QA Tester/Analyst with excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Extensive QA experience in all phases of the life cycle including, Requirement Gathering, Project Planning, Testing, Defect Tracking and Reporting.
• Proficient in formulating Test Plans, and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Involved in different kinds of testing such as GUI, Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Proficiency in resolving operational issues throughout the testing life cycle of the project.
• Extensive experience in analyzing, reviewing and understanding of Business, Functional and Testing requirement and writing Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Have extensive experience in Black Box Testing and using SQL queries for data validation.
• Excellent knowledge of SDLC, STLC and Project Development Methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.
• Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills and a strong team player.
• Reliable, dependable and aware of duties and responsibilities in all circumstances.
• Quick learner, self - starter, great communicator and excellent work ethics.
• Ability to anticipate problems and problem-solve, work independently, take initiative and exercise good judgment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative orientation with a positive outlook and help build strong working relationships with colleagues at all level of the organization.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• High flexible and adaptable.
• Experience working in various professional environments while mentioning the ability to achieve positive outcomes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test Management Tools: TFS, Jira, Quality Center, HP ALM, Snagit, Snipping Tool

Operating Systems: Windows Enterprise 2003, Windows 98/200/2007/Vista Windows XP Professional/NT 4.0 Server MAC OS X

Microsoft Office Suite: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Access

Database: MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, Waterfall

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Saint Louis - MO

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involve in testing web based application where company offers a single-source platform for data verification, fraud prevention, and compliance assistance. With clients that include top lenders and government agencies, Confidential assists in the real estate loan origination process.
• Creation of test plans, specifications and test data as per user requirements.
• Executing test scripts.
• Working with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) / Visual Studio Test Professional and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).
• Defect logging, assignment and tracking through (MTM) Microsoft Test Manager.
• Communicating with Business Analysts and End Users to understand the desired or existing functionalities and performing subsequent testing of the application based on those communications.
• Involved in end-to-end functional testing of the application.
• Analyzing production issues by investigating in real time production data and communicating the same to the development tracks.
• Communicating with the Development team to understand the best ways of testing the functionalities and communicating the same with other team members.
• Production Supports at the time of GO LIVE.
• Testing using database Microsoft SQL Server.
• Co-ordinating deployment of defect fixes in the production environments, creating Impact Analysis Reports and doing sanity testing after the code deployments.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing Client/Server loan applications where internal users (Government) can review and update farmer’s different type of loans.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases to test the screens and workflows for Quality Assurance.
• Performed Manual and Functional testing on various parts of the application.
• Prepared various test reports such as Test Execution Status, Test Execution Summary, Defect Summary/Details report using Microsoft Excel.
• Created and maintained SQL Scripts to perform back-end testing using Microsoft SQL Server 2014, Management Studio Version 12.0.
• Conducted regression testing on new builds/versions.
• Performed manual regression testing on the application to ensure that the application works as expected.
• Performed Regression, Smoke and Functional testing in different environments.
• Logged defects using JIRA and follow up with BA and Developers to discuss any issues.
• Attended defect review meetings to discuss resolution of issues.
• Attended requirement gathering meetings with BA, Senior Developers and Project Manager.
• Involved in coordinating with developers and business owners.
• Provided test team status reports on weekly basis to the project manager.
• Developed Test Scenarios, Test Scripts and Test Cases based on requirements.
• Perform rigorous manual testing such as smoke testing, integration testing, regression testing, End to End testing and System testing.

Confidential, Columbus - OH

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing web based mortgage application where customers can get mortgage interest rate, online quote, complete mortgage application and apply for mortgage loan.
• Created test cases and participated in test strategy and test planning by; going through all the documentation, walk through meetings and detailed design documents.
• Involved in the entire SDLC and STLC including requirement gathering, design phase and detailed analysis.
• Attended Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings.
• Understand the functional requirement of the project and performed the functional testing using manual testing process.
• Performed Smoke testing, Regression testing, and Integration testing.
• Reported various defects in user friendly format using Jira as the defect tracking tool.
• Prepared and submitted weekly and monthly QA defects and status reports.
• Participated in the user acceptance testing (UAT) of the system with end users. Also created graphical user interphase (GUI) for the end users during UAT.

Confidential, Chicago - IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created test plans and test cases validating application requirements on products developed in .Net and Java.
• Conducted test cases reviews to ensure requirement test coverage.
• Executed test cases, test scripts, maintained test results and test data in HP Quality Center.
• Developed test cases, creating test scripts, analyzing bugs and assisted with Quality Assurance and development teams in defect management and user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve project and test issues.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with cross functional team members.
• Identify, recommend and document quality assurance and test practices.
• Created test data for QA and UAT.
• Communicate directly with the project manager to address any showstoppers or any status update regarding the project.
• Tracked all the bugs logged in with the development team and work closely and resolving them in time.
• Participated in the team meetings and walkthroughs, interacted with the development team and project team members to better understand system functionally in order to improve testing quality.

Confidential, Chicago - IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with application developers and management to create billing testing requirements.
• Worked with preparation, administration and validation of system integration test in billing system.
• Identified and resolved billing software defects prior to delivery to UAT testing group.
• Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios as per application specifications.
• Provided test estimation to project management.
• Performed test planning, test execution and analysis.
• Created detailed test scenarios and test cases according to the Business/Functional requirements.
• Responsible for providing status reports and final report of testing.
• Signed off the test entrance criteria before to the start of testing.