OBJECTIVE:

Over 7 years of experience with Bachelor of Business Administration and specialized experience QA, Software Testing of Client/Server and Web based applications, looking to work as a Software Manual/Automation Test Analyst/Engineer.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7(Seven) years of professional experience in Software QA Testing of Web and Client/Server Applications.
• Involved in entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), which includes Planning, Requirements Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Implementation of the entire QA Process (STLC).
• Extensive experienced with Waterfall, Iterative and Agile Methodology to ensure the Quality Assurance Control in Web - Based Applications and Client/Server.
• Extensively Experienced in Designing Test Plans and Test Cases.
• Experienced in working with Business Analysts, Development groups in analyzing business specifications and in working with other testers to resolve technical and End-User issues.
• Experienced in Smoke, Sanity, Functional (Positive, Negative, Boundary), Integration, Unit, Regression, Black Box, System and User Acceptance Testing of Web and Client/Server based Applications.
• Experienced in working with Test Management Tool HP QC, HP ALM, Automation Tool HP UFT, and Tricentis Tosca.
• Expertise with Bug Tracking System and Process using HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Experience with software issue tracking tool JIRA.
• Well experienced in Database Testing (Backend Testing) writing SQL queries by using DML language and good understanding of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) with Oracle and SQL Server.
• Utilized Inner, Left, Right and Full Outer join to write complex queries to retrieve and manipulate data in Oracle and SQL Server .
• Extensive experience in UFT/QTP Automation Framework using Hybrid, Data Driven and Keyword Driven Automation Frameworks .
• Experienced in Automating Regression suite using QTP/UFT, Descriptive Programming & VBScript.
• Experienced in Designing, Developing and implementing Data Driven Framework using QTP/UFT, Descriptive Programming & VBScript.
• Experienced in Enhancing Keyword Driven Framework using QTP/UFT, Descriptive Programming & VBScript.
• Experienced in Implementing Hybrid Framework with Team using UFT/QTP, Descriptive Programming & VBScript.
• Enhanced the existing Framework by developing Custom Functions using VBScript and Descriptive programming for the automation of regression test suit.
• Develop and Maintain Automation test modules in TOSCA.
• Developed Data Driven Tests using TOSCA and automated functional testing.
• Experienced in Windows, UNIX, Web-based, Database Driven and Client/Server Applications.
• Expertise in coordinating Testing Effort, Responsible for Test Deliverables, Status Reporting to management, issue escalations.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Communicating clearly and effectively with team and exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Strong Experience in JIRA Administrator with experience customizing JIRA projects with various schemes, complex work, screen schemes, permission schemes and notification schemes required and users while working in a JIRA Environment.
• Strong Experience Working in Version one Environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP ALM, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Rational Clear Quest, Requisite Pro, TOSCA

Bug Reporting Tools: HP ALM / HP Quality Center, Bugzilla, JIRA

Programming: HTML, DHTML, Java Script, C, C++ and VB Script, .Net.

Databases: MS Access, Oracle 11g, Sybase, SQL Server 2005, DB2Operating Systems Windows XP/NT/2000/2007, UNIX

Web Applications: ASP, HTML/DHTML, Java, Java Script and VB Script. FrontPage.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirements Documents, Technical Design Documents and gave feedback to design and business team.
• Developed Test Cases, Test Scenarios (Positive and Negative) and Test Scripts based on Functional Requirements Document (FRD).
• Performed Manual Testing and Automation Testing of web-based application.
• Performed Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, Unit Testing, Black Box Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Reported the Bugs, E-mail notifications to the developers using the ALM.
• Used HP ALM for Defect Tracking in different environments.
• Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Wrote SQL Queries for checking the Data Transactions and Database Integrity in Oracle.
• Wrote complex query using Inner Join, Outer Join, Union, and Union All to extract data .
• Responsible for Creating Automated Test Scripts in using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) and updated the Scripts as per requirement change.
• Advance knowledge in UFT Testing Tool in Creating Test Automation Framework as well as creating test scripts by using Descriptive Programming.
• Experienced in Designing, Developing and Implementing Data Driven Framework using UFT, VBScript & Descriptive Programming .
• Extensively used VBScript for creating Master scripts, Driver scripts and execution file.
• Experienced on creating Custom Functions, Select Case, XML Environment Variable File, Error Handling, Reporting And Results Analyzing in using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Used Driver Scripts to call Excel Data file, Functions Library, External Environment Variable file, Select Case execution file and Send email Functions for report the results.
• Used VBScript Class like Excel.Application, Word.Aplication, WScript.Shell, QuickTest.Application, ADODB.Connection, & “Scripting. FSO”.
• Customized And Enhanced the test scripts defining various Checkpoints, Synchronization Point, Parameterizations, Define Regular Expressions, Recovery Scenarios, Optional Steps, Descriptive Programming, Environment Variable, write some Functions, ODBC connection function using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Used For-loops Statements, Conditional-if-else Statements, and Select-Cases statements to handle application logic.
• Used Function Library to handle Application Work-Flow.
• Created automated Framework, Custom Function, Shared Object Repository, and Descriptive Programming using Vbscript for HP UFT automation scripts.
• Used Driver Script to navigate the test data variables by using VB Script.
• Generated Custom Report after execution and send email along with report to designated stakeholders using HP UFT.
• Develop and Maintain test modules in TOSCA.
• Handling dynamic values in test cases in TOSCA.
• Using of existing Tricentis Modules wherever applicable.
• Creating Test Template for test instances using template conditions.
• Developed Data Driven Tests using TOSCA and automated functional testing
• Remarkable experience working with agile methods in agile environment.
• Participated in Bi-Weekly User Story Grooming sessions and Iteration Planning meetings with Scrum Master, Product Owners, and Agile Team members.
• Prepared the test strategies and discussed the testing goals for each Sprint with the team, assigned User Stories to document test cases, test data.
• Developed Test cases, Test data and reusable test scripts for User Stories based on the Acceptance Criteria during each Iteration
• Reported the Testing status for the current Sprint in daily during Scrum meetings, updated daily status on what was done yesterday, what will be done today, and any blocking issues.
• Worked with Team and Business Analysts to Resolve the Defects while Testing the Application.
• Mentored team members during the Testing process and escalate issues in the daily team meeting.

Environment: Java, HTML, SQL, Oracle Server, SharePoint, Java Script, VB Script, HP ALM, HP UFT, Jira, Agile, TOSCA, UNIX, XML, MS Office, Windows.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Gathering User Requirements, Analyzing Requirements and gave feedback.
• Involved mainly in testing the Applications, comparing and verifying the Requirements and writing Test Cases as well.
• Worked with Users and Developers in building up the Applications.
• Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) in order to keep the Clients and all the teams up-to-date with the current progress of the project.
• Performed Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Integration, Regression, Ad-hoc, System and User Acceptance Testing during different phases of the Application Development.
• Wrote SQL queries to perform Back-End Testing.
• Developed Functional and Regression Testing Scripts using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Extensively used VBScript loops and Conditional Statements to handle application logic in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Experienced on creating Custom Functions, Environment Variable File, Error Handling, Reporting And Results Analyzing in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Enhanced the UFT Scripts by inserting Checkpoints, Synchronization, Regular Expression, Parameterization, Recovery Scenario and VBScript Functions.
• Enhanced the existing Framework ( Keyword Driven Framework ) by developing Custom Functions using UFT for the Automation of Regression Test suit.
• Experienced in Enhancing and maintain Keyword Driven Framework using UFT and Descriptive Programming.
• Attended in Daily Stand-up Meetings representing QA Team and managed short term testing of Sprints & Test Deliverables.
• Reported the status of Test Planning, Defects and Execution activities, including regular status updated to the project team using quality metrics.
• Developed and maintained effective communication skills in working with both technical and non-technical team members.
• Strong Experience JIRA Administrator with experience customizing JIRA projects with various schemas, complex workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes required and users while working in a JIRA environment.
• Strong Ability to construct custom dashboards using various filter types in JIRA.
• Experience Work with JIRA filters, reporting, dashboards, workflows, fields, and JIRA administration.

Environment: Java, HTML, SQL Server, Java Script, VB Script, JIRA, HP UFT, UNIX, XML, MS Office, Windows.

Confidential, Basking Ridge, NJ

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the requirement documents & give the feedback to the BA.
• Generated Test data for Positive and Negative Test Scenarios.
• Involved in testing the functionality of a Web-enabled portal offering a single sign-on platform.
• Used QC to design Test Documents, including Test Requirements, Test Cases and Test Procedures for Functional and GUI Testing.
• Wrote Test Cases to test the Application manually in HP ALM/QC.
• Export Requirements and Test Cases from Excel to HP ALM/ QC.
• Performed Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Integration, Regression, System and User Acceptance Testing during different phases of the Application Development.
• Reported and reviewed the Defects with Development team using HP ALM/QC.
• Responsible in consolidating the test results sent by the other Testers and Updating the HP ALM/QC.
• Wrote complex SQL Queries for Back-end testing for both Oracle and SQL databases.
• Set the QA environment for Manual Testing as well as Automated Testing using QTP.
• Involved in the conversion of Manual Regression Test Cases to Automation Test Cases using QTP.
• Involved in Regression Testing on each build during various phases of application using QTP.
• Tested the Application by inserting checkpoints and synchronization points in Test scripts using QTP.
• Responsible in validating the Functional Test Cases developed by QTP.
• Generated Weekly Reports, Defect Reports and Customized Summary Reports.
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancements and Modification Request issues.

Environment: Java, HTML, Oracle, Java Script, VB Script, HP ALM/QC, HP QTP, UNIX, XML, MS Office, Windows.