OBJECTIVE:

To achieve a challenging and rewarding career in Information Technology field while Enhancing my professional skills and particularly in Software Quality Assurance and Quality Control.

SUMMARY:

• Over four Years of diversified experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing on Client/Server, Windows based and Web based applications.
• Proven success in meeting or exceeding customer needs as an individual contributor and as team member.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and the Role of QA.
• Experience in analyzing business requirements and specifications, development and execution of Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases.
• Involved in Manual testing & Tracking defects using Test Director & Quality Center.
• Developed Test scripts for automated testing using WinRunner and Quick Test Pro.
• Good working knowledge on Windows Environment.
• Involved in Writing, Updating and maintaining the Test documents for various stages of Testing for and auditing purpose.
• Experience in all levels of Testing such as Positive testing, Negative testing, Integration Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Black box testing, Browser testing.
• Experience in Bug Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tools.
• Excellent Organization, Analytical and Problem Solving skills and ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Good Communication, interpersonal, and Teamwork skills.

SKILLS:

• Ability to learn new things faster.
• Update skills to suit the changing industry requirements.
• Ability to work in a team, Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work faster and meet aggressive time schedules.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Mercury interactive WinRunner, Load Runner, Quick Test Pro, KITE

Defect Tracking Tools: Test Director7.6 /Quality Center8.2, Remedy

Microsoft Tools: MS office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Operating System: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XPLanguages HTML, SQL, Visual BasicDatabase SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Netscape navigator, Firefox

Other tools: SQL plus, Toad, Lotus Notes & knowledge of ETL tool Informatica.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Duluth, GA

QA/BA tester

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test Plan and templates to create test cases, test scripts.
• The whole application manually tested before going for the automated testing.
• Implemented and worked on Quick Test Pro for automated testing.
• Performed the Positive and Negative Testing, User Interface Testing on the application
• Performed manual and Automated Regression testing after every build Installation.
• Used TestDirector/Quality Center for bug tracking and test management.
• Run Regression Test to ensure that introduction of new component into application doesn't affect the existing functionality.
• Developed / Enhanced VB script in Quick Test Pro to add check points, Parameterize data etc.
• Made schedules for system and integration testing for each release.
• Kept track of the customer bugs, deciding their priority and then assigned them to the different developers.
• Worked on Agile Environment.
• Attended status review meetings, interacted with developers, Architects to resolve the issues.

Environment: Mercury’s Quick Test Pro, Test Director/ Quality center, MS Office, MS SQL and ASPX web application.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Manual and Automated test cases and scripts.
• Reviewed the System requirement document for developing high - level Test Strategy.
• Analyzed the Functional Business requirements and Design documents, Developed Test plans for different Testing stages
• Interacted with Development and Design teams to design and plan the test plans.
• Performed regression testing using QTP.
• Participated in all appropriate Test scenario inspections, Test case reviews, work and functional mapping sessions.
• Participated in enhancement meetings, investigated software bugs, and helped the developers to resolve issues.
• Responsible for security testing which was accomplished by creating and logging in under different fictitious login ID’s.
• Responsible for submitting the bugs into the Test director depending upon their priority.
• Supported Design and Deployment team to resolve reported problems.

Environment: Windows, QTP, Test Director, SQL Server, C# .Net, Manual Testing and partial automated regression Test, Excel sheet to track defects.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

QA analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review Requirements, Design documents and analysis.
• Performed Functional, Transaction, Integration, End to End, Positive testing, Black Box testing, White Box testing, Regression testing.
• Created test plans and test cases for Manual and Automated Testing.
• Developed Test scenarios and Test cases using TestDirector.
• Conducted System and Regression Testing using WinRunner and identified application errors
• Developed Data Driven Tests using test data from flat files and analyzed the results using WinRunner.
• Involved in Backend testing by using SQL queries.
• Tested Links and identified broken links using appropriate functions in WinRunner.

Environment: Quick Test Professional 6.0(QTP), TestDirector7.0, .net, HTML, SQL, Windows Server 2000.