PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experienced software Quality Assurance professional with 4+ years of experience working in QA teams for large software projects.
• Extensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall Model, V - Model and Agile Development methodology.
• Skilled in various program testing technologies and current QA methodologies.
• Experienced in Quality Assurance and testing of Client/ Server and Web Applications, Mobile and database applications.
• Extensive experience of manual testing of applications and use of HP Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Test Director, Load Runner, Rational Test Manager.
• Strong experience in reviewing requirements and design documents and developing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test cases, Test Scripts and Test metrics.
• Extensive experience in performing different types of testing including System Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, GUI Testing, Database Testing and User Acceptance testing.
• Strong experience in automating tests using QTP and modifying the test script code using VB Script.
• Proficient in backend testing including writing SQL queries for testing data integrity and validating business rules .
• Good understanding of Database Management Systems like Oracle and SQL Server.
• Excellent Communication skills with ability to work independently as well as in a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Quality Center 8.x/9.x11, Win Runner 7.x, Test Director, LoadRunner7.x; Test Manager, Jira

CM Tools: MS Visual Source Safe (VSS), IBM Rational Clearcase

Programming: C, C++, Java, Perl, PL-SQL,SAS

RDBMS: SQL Server 2000/2005, MS Access 2000,Oracle

Web/Technologies: HTML/DHTML, XML, VB Script

Web Server Tools: Tomcat, Apache, IIS, Secure Shell (SSH), Telnet

Operating Systems: Windows (7, 8, Vista, XP, 2000, 98), Windows server, MS-DOS, Linux/Unix

Other Tools: MS Office suite, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Photoshop7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for review of Requirement Analysis and System Design.
• Test Plan and Test case creation, review and execution.
• Environment set up for testing.
• Test data and test accounts creation.
• Used SQL query to test and validate data integrity.
• Performed Agile Methodologies in each phase of Software Testing Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Logging and tracking defects on a release basis using Quality Center.
• Generating load reports for further analysis.
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on GUI screens to ensure that developers met the user expectations.
• Involved in development of test plan, test schedules, test cases based on high-level and detailed designs.
• Experience as a QA Analyst and responsible for coordinating and performing System Integration, functional and data-related testing.
• Responsible for writing the Test Cases and Test Scenarios based on the Functional Specification and technical Specification and documented in HP Quality Center.
• Automate existing manual test scripts from Quality Center using HP Quick Test Pro.
• Defect reporting and tracking using Quality center.
• Defect report generating for management purpose.
• Coordinating QA activities with off shore testing team.
• Create daily statistics reports for high-level managers to track the alerts generated by these models.
• Monitoring web logs for system level errors.
• Participated in QA Team meetings and weekly QA testing reviews.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding business’s requirements and mapping them to system requirements specifications.
• Drive the completion and complete alignment of system design from business requirements and Architectural design.
• Incorporating changes/modifications in the project as required. Project status tracking, preparation of check lists as well as conducting basic tests on software’s/ applications.
• Track, drive and coordinate program development activities, per requirements and design, with Business owners, IT PMO, and IT Development teams.
• Generate and implement templates for Test Plan, Test Cases, Business Analysis, Test Defect Log, Test Case Checklist, etc.
• Analyze system requirements and develop detailed Manual Test Plan
• Write Test Cases for Manual Testing from Use Cases
• Trace project requirements to specific testing levels and test cases
• Identify existing project information and the software components that should be tested
• Revise and update Test Cases for testing in each subsequent cycle to reflect the changing business requirements and system studies and coordinating with team members for System Design & development, System Maintenance, etc.
• Responsible for analyzing the requirements and the critical areas of the application to setup and execute baseline tests
• Use Test Director for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests and defect