PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 5 years of diversified experience on software verification, testing, validation, quality assurance in various domains.
• Worked in Multiple Projects, Phased Deliverables, Project Planning, Requirement gathering
• Proficient in technical skills in the areas Integration, Functional and System Testing - using Black Box Approach, test case creation, and functional specification reviews
• Executed and worked with various types of Testing like Black-Box Testing, Unit Testing, Module Testing and System Testing
• Experienced with different software engineering methodologies like V-Model, Agile, Iterative and Waterfall methodologies
• Experience in various phases of SDLC such as Requirements and Analysis, Design, Development and Testing
• Proficient in analyzing the Business Requirements, System Requirement Specifications (SRS), Functional Requirement specification (FRS), Design Documents to formulate Test Plans, Test Scenarios/Strategies, and Test Cases
• Defect submission and tracking
• Expertise in Problem solving and Bug Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tools
• Worked on Quality Management System of the SW development life cycle
• Worked as a Software Tester for Web based & Client server applications
• Good knowledge in using testing automation tools like Quick Test Professional (QTP), Quality Center
• Knowledge of programming language like VB scripting

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/ NT/2000

Languages: basics in C. SQL,VB scripting

Testing Tools: Quality Center, QTP,IBM Clear Quest

Browser: Internet Explorer, Mozilla

MSOffice Suite:: MS-Word, MS Excel, MS Access.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hopkinton, MA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Written Test plan and Test cases
• Performed System testing and qualification of EMC Data Manager 5.1.0 console.
• Performed functionality testing of all manageable objects displayed in Console’s Tree panel, and validated the results in the target panel.
• Wrote Automated Test Scripts using Quick Test Professional for Regression testing,
• Implemented the required checkpoints and updating them from time to time.
• Involved in Automation testing using Linear VB scripting, Action Driven Framework and Data Driven Framework using HP QTP.
• Modified automated scripts in HP Quick Test Professional and added to test suite.
• Perform gap analysis between the use cases/requirements, test cases and automation scripts and facilitates to cover the missing requirements or use cases.
• Performed regression testing of new features and execute automation test suite of QTP scripts and managed results using HP Quality Center.
• Reported and coordinated bugs or issues using ClearQuest and involved in CCB (Change Control Board) meetings.
• Ensure closure of critical defects before releasing the new version to PPR (Pre-Production Release).
• Coordinate with customer service personnel for customer submitted defects in order to best replicate the customer environment and their use cases and reproduce the problem in house.

Environment: Windows2000/XP, IBM ClearQuest, HP QualityCenter 9.0, HP quick Test Professional, Oracle, Visual basic, java(java bean, servelets, jsp)

Confidential, Rochester, NY

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in regular project review meetings & Testing Status Meetings and sending Test Report to Project Manager and Project Team
• Analyze the user requirements by interacting with system architect, developers, Business Analyst and Client.
• Estimation of new Test requirements and efforts
• Analyze Functional Requirement and Business Requirement Documents to get a better understanding of the system on both functional and business perspectives.
• Involve in writing and implementing the Test plan, Test cases, Test Procedures, Test sets using Use cases and requirement specification document.
• Parameterized various links in the application for Functional/Integration testing.
• Created Test data for testing in test environment.
• Reviewing Test Cases and preparation of Review Report based on HLD and LLD
• Post and close Bugs for each phase into Defect tracking system.
• Participate in Walk through and Defect report meetings periodically with client.
• Generate detailed test status reports.

Environment: Windows2000, Bugzilla,.net

Confidential, Rochester, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Use Cases and developed Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test Cases and executed them.
• Manually checked the important features of the application before going for automation testing.
• Performed Sanity Testing and Smoke Testing before the starting of Testing in the Test environments.
• Created and executed manual test cases.
• Conducted Functionality testing during various phases of the application.
• Performed Black Box, Integration, Functionality, System, Database, Regression, and Acceptance Testing from each release build.
• Developed functional and regression testing
• Performed Integration Testing
• Extensively did Manual Testing in all modules of the Application.
• Involved in gathering business requirement, studying the application and collecting the information from developers and writing the test plans.
• Review test assignments, develop test plans and scripts, and conduct tests as assigned.
• Application was updated twice a week, so that all the Test Procedures created as Baseline can be played back to perform Regression Testing.
• Checked the data flow through the front end to backend and used SQL queries, to extract the data from the database.
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues.
• Was involved in weekly walkthrough and inspection meetings, to verify the status of the testing effort and the project as a whole.

Environment: Windows with java run time,SQL