SUMMARY:

• Over 5 years of experience in all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and life cycle testing including requirements, analysis/design and quality assurance in web, client server applications for logistics services, banking and healthcare industries.
• Excellent expertise in QA test methodology development, test plan documentation, wrote test cases and executed the tests cases based on the baseline requirements.
• Involved in project planning, coordination and implemented various QA methodologies.
• Hands on experience in developing and maintaining test scripts with automated HP/Mercury tools like Quick Test Professional (QTP), Win Runner, and Load Runner.
• Experienced in writing test plans based on business requirement specifications and functional specifications.
• Experienced in writing test cases and maintaining test scripts according to the business specification.
• As a QA analyst worked closely with business analysts (BA) and subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather design details, which helped to develop the functional testing plan.
• Developed test plans and detailed test cases using quality center.
• Wrote scripts, executed test cases, documented the test results, and logged the defects.
• Responsible for generating the QA status reports and presented to the project team during daily defect calls.
• Extensive experience in doing various levels and types of tests such as regression, functional, integration, smoke, sanity, adhoc, usability, performance, database, and user acceptance.
• Experienced in testing of client server, web - services, XML, web-based and mainframe applications.
• Proficiency in performing manual testing as well as automated testing. Experienced in writing test scripts using VB-Script (QTP) to enhance script performance.
• Performed cross browser testing applications to check compatibility in all supported platforms and browser versions. Conducted user acceptance testing (UAT) for various applications.
• Extensive experience in black box testing for client server, web based and database applications.
• Extensively used quality center/test director and rational clear quest in logging defects and monitored their progress.
• Extensive experience in MS-Project and MS office tools like Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Access.
• Participated in walkthroughs, reviews, and defect reporting meetings.
• Innovative thinking capacity with test to break attitude.
• A dedicated team player and goal-oriented professional with excellent verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming languages: C, C++, SQL, Visual Basic, Java

Operating systems: MS DOS, Windows 2000/NT/XP/7/8

Defect management tools: Bugzilla, HP Quality center/Test director, JIRA 4.0, Rational prerequisite pro, Clear quest and Rational robot.

Database/tools: MS SQL server, MS Visual source safe, Oracle (SQL), Web (JVM, Portal, J2EE, Web objects).

Configuration management: Clear case and VSS

Performance testing tools: Load runner 9.1

Web technologies: J2EE, Dot NET, ASP, HTML, XML, V.B.Script, Java script, Web based applications

Testing methodology: HP Quick test Professional (QTP) 9.2 and 10, HP/Mercury quality center 9.2/ 9.0/ 8.0, Quick test pro 9.2/9.0/8.2,6.2, Load runner 8.0/7.8, Selenium, Test director, Win runner

Others: TOAD, Soap UI, SQL database, Web logic, Web sphere, CICS, AS-400, Terminal 3270.

Office tools: Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio & Outlook)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbia, SC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Examined the application document to determine the scope objectives and strategies.
• Build requirement tree adding a list of detailed priority points to the requirements.
• Writing test plans according to the requirements.
• Created and executed test scenarios and test cases and provides application support as needed.
• Reviewed business requirements and functional specifications of the application.
• Developed, maintained, and executed test plans and test cases for assigned areas.
• Worked closely with product management and development personnel to ensure testing is comprehensive.
• Updated the test cases as per the modifications.
• Retested defects after new deployments in QA.
• Involved in all phases and stages of software testing life cycle including end-to-end system testing and business requirements analysis.

Environment: JAVA, Quality center 9.2, Terminal 3270, Windows 8, W eb Content Manager Applications.

Confidential, Charleston, SC

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Working on Web based applications such as Web service, SOAP, and SQL database.
• Analyzing requirements and writing test cases in test templates.
• Wrote test cases as per functional specification documents and executed them using JIRA 4.0.
• Reported bugs to the developers using JIRA, and updated the status to the client through calls on a daily basis.
• Created and executed test scenarios and test cases and provides application support as needed.
• Reviewed Business Requirements and Functional specifications of the application.
• Developed, maintained, and executed test plans and test cases for assigned areas.
• Work closely with product management and development personnel to ensure testing is comprehensive.
• Experience with web services testing SOAP-UI tool.
• Performed Functionality and Regression Testing using Quality Center 9.2.
• Parameterized the scripts, handle errors and create checkpoints (GUI, text, bitmap) using Quick Test Professional.
• Interacted with developers in reporting bugs, and in fixing of bugs used JIRA.
• Updated the test cases as per the modifications.
• Retested defects after new deployments in QA.
• Worked on several customized Aetna and Medical portal applications.

Environment: Web Services, SOAP, SQL data base, SQL developer, Quality Centre 9.2, Java, EJB, JSP, Oracle 10g, Windows 7, Web based applications .

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Quality Analyst/Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and developed test plans, test objectives, test strategies, test cases, created, and executed manual test cases.
• Involved in technical test plan preparation and review.
• Worked closely with business analysts, subject matter experts to gather design details that helped to develop the functional testing plan.
• Used quality center to develop test plans and detailed test cases.
• Wrote test scripts, executed test cases, documented the test results, and logged the defects.
• Responsible for generating the QA status reports and presented to the project team during daily defect calls.
• Responsible to conduct regression testing for every build.
• Performed positive, negative, regression and stress testing to check the business functionality.
• Wrote test cases as per functional specification documents and executed them using JIRA 4.0.
• Reported bugs to the developers using JIRA, and updated the status to the client through calls on a daily basis.
• Updated the test cases as per the modifications.
• Retested defects after new deployments in QA.
• Worked on several customized Confidential MediKiosk and medical portal projects and performed user acceptance testing.
• Wrote SQL queries to find particular data.
• Documented the test cases in excel sheet corresponding to the business rules and other operating conditions.
• Interacted with the developers to report bugs and fixed bugs were retested using quality center.
• Attended daily defect meetings.
• Reported project status, concerns, and issues to QA manager and QA lead.
• Involved in all phases and stages of software testing life cycle including end-to-end system testing and business requirements analysis.
• Compatibility testing conducted and verified the application against various browsers (IE6, IE7, IE8, Fire fox 2.0 & Fire fox 3.0).
• Involved in Load testing.

Environment: DOORS 8.3, ASP.Net, C#, IIS 6.0, JavaScript, XML, Web services, HP Quick test Professional (QTP) 9.2 and 10, Oracle 10g, JIRA 4.0 and MS Windows NT

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Quality Analyst/Tester

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in understanding the client requirements and project functionalities.
• Extensively involved in requirement analysis.
• Involved in test plan preparation.
• Prepared and executed the test cases based on the requirements.
• Extensively communicated with the developers using bug-reporting tool.
• Maintained traceability matrix to track the requirements to the test cases and to ensure complete test coverage.
• Performed functional, system, and regression testing.
• Well versed with the implementation of Agile and Waterfall approaches.
• Used Agile test methods to provide rapid feedback to the developers and significantly helped them to uncover important risks.
• Attended status meetings and bug report meetings.
• Built, executed, and validated interfaces related isolated test scripts.
• Experienced in log, track and verifying the defects.
• Created the queries and sub queries using SQL.
• Providing weekly status report to the client.

Environment: Mercury Test Director, Java, JSP, Servlets, Web Service, HP Quick test professional 9.2 and 10, Validation, Agile methodology, JavaScript, XML, HTML, and Web Sphere Application 6.0.

Confidential, Pittsburg, PA

QA Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gone through the business requirements and functional specification documents.
• Involved in technical test plan preparation and review.
• Used synchronization parameters for set of data application functionality.
• Involved in data driven testing, descriptive programming and used VB script for enhancing the framework functionality.
• Involved in shared object repository functions and actions.
• Involved in creation of test scripts and test cases.
• Tested the application compatibility using different web browsers for different operating systems, and maintained all project timelines and status reports.
• Performed load, stress, performance, and regression testing.
• Extensively used quality center as a defect-tracking tool and generated metrics as per the client requirements.
• Identified the bugs and monitored the bug life cycle in test director and quality center.
• Prepared technical test results and test coverage matrices.
• Created database checkpoints thru manual queries for checking XML data stored in SQL server.
• Reported bugs using defect-tracking tool Quality Center 9.2.

Environment: Java, JSP, HTML, Oracle, Test Director, HP Quick test Professional 9.2 and 10, SQL, MS Windows NT, Web logic Server 8.1, TOAD 7.4.03, XML, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, SQL PLUS, MS SQL Server.