SUMMARY

• 6+ years of information technology experience with significant expertise in software testing.
• Proficient in writing Test Plan, Test Cases, designing Automation/Manual Test Scripts; reviewing Test Cases, Test Execution Result Analysis and creating Traceability Matrices.
• Proficient in creating Test Scenarios from Requirements and Use Cases, Test Planning, Test data Preparation, Test Case Execution, Defect Reporting and status reporting.
• Experienced of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Strong Knowledge in software development methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.
• Proficient in Smoke, Black Box, Functional, Integration, Regression, UAT, Database and backend testing with a fair Knowledge of Performance Testing concepts.
• Extensively experienced in using Manual Testing tools such as HP Quality Center/ ALM.
• Extensively experienced Exporting Test cases, Defects/BUGS Excel to Manual Testing tools ALM
• Experienced in Defect Management using HP Quality Center/ ALM.
• Strong Knowledge in managing the testing process using Manual tools HP ALM/ Quality Center.
• Experienced in using Manual HP ALM/ Quality Center for bugs tracking and bugs reporting.
• Extensively experienced in Back - end testing, data validation and data integrity testing using SQL Queries.
• Experienced in creating and executing VB Scripts in QTP/ UFT and managing the data.
• Extensively experienced is Regression testing using QTP/ UFT.
• Experienced in writing VB script for creating Descriptive programming, Function library, Optional steps, Capturing values using QTP/ UFT.
• Experienced is developing Data-driven, Keyword-driven for automating the testing process using QTP/ UFT.
• Excellent communication skills in both oral and written, Positive attitude towards superiors, peers and subordinates.
• Self-driven personality with problem-solving & results oriented attitude.
• Basic knowledge of Global Navigation Satellite System.
• Basic knowledge microwave radar and navigational aids.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP ALM, UFT, JIRA, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Pro

Programming Language: SQL, PL/SQL

Data Base: SQL Server, MYSQL

Operating System: Windows, Linux/Unix

Microsoft Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, MS Works, Outlook, MS Visio, Microsoft Microsoft Outlook express, IBM Lotus Note

Application Server: Web Logic, IIS, JBOSS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Identified, prioritized and tracked testing action items and project open issues through SDLC.
• Reviewed design documents and business requirements to learn the function and scope of the application and to create a Test plan and Test cases.
• Analyzed the business requirements and functional requirements to prepare Test Plans, Test Procedures, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Executed Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts involving positive and negative system flows.
• Developed user guide for business users for software training and deployment process.
• Performed functional, backend, regression, negative, positive, smoke, sanity testing.
• Managed and Tracked the resolutions of defects; isolated defects and worked with developers to resolve those defects.
• Extensive experience working with various EDI standards such as x12,XML,etc.
• Extensive experience working on EDI transaction and ICD 9 TO ICD 10conversion based on guidelines provided by CMS.
• Strong experience of working with Medicare and Medicaid insurance data and Insurance Claims.
• Experience in Healthcare/Claims adjudication with knowledge of industry compliance standards like HIPAA and EDI X12 transaction (837,835,270/271 and 276/277).
• Developed test strategies for GUI, Web Applications, Web Services, Client-Server, Database/Data Warehouse and COTS applications testing.
• Created test design by using Manual testing tools HP ALM and tracked the defects and reported the defects to the concerned persons.
• Frequently updated the requirements and defect status as per the current status of the testing project using Manual tools HP ALM.
• Performed Database testing by using SQL queries.
• Created, and managed UFT Test Scripts based on the Requirements, and Scenarios.
• Used UFT for regression testing for automation of multiple modules in the environments.
• Performed Automation of test with extensive VB scripting for dynamic code in UFT.
• Updated scripts in Expert view with VB scripting and wrote the functions in Function Libraries and associated the required function libraries to each test.
• Used Functions extensively in UFT Scripts to make them reusable across multiple scripts.
• Used Keyword driven framework to develop UFT automation test scripts.
• Conducted training to offshore team on planned new releases, feature changes and installation changes in releases.
• Generated Weekly Status Reports to the team manager.
• Participated in weekly status meeting & Project review meetings.

Environment: MS Excel, MS Project, HP ALM, UFT, SQL Server, Windows, UNIX, MS Office.

Confidential

Manual/Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Supported and maintained of team track, responsible for review/QA of test scenarios, cases and scripts.
• Supported project managers in executing and coordinating QA and defect management activities along multiple platforms and systems to ensure critical applications are delivered with no critical issues.
• Organized meetings with business process owners to approve functional and integration test cases and performed gap analysis.
• Created Test plan for functional and integration testing phase.
• Communicated testing and defects resolution progress to project management.
• Performed sanity, smoke, positive, negative and regression testing.
• Managed defects from submission through resolution with vendors, system analysts, QA and client development teams.
• Customized HP Quality Center for Users, Projects, and Applications and Create Public Reports.
• Created Groups in HP Quality Center for customization; Wrote scripts in Quality Center for Script Workflow to update field's value in Defects.
• Worked with different groups to migrate from Quality Center to ALM.
• Used Manual tool HP Quality Center to Defect track and resolve production logs.
• Validated the data in the database by ruing SQL queries.
• Customized tests and test scripts in QTP using VBScript.
• Wrote all the scripts in QTP by calling function files.
• Wrote Scripts by using excel sheets as data table for QTP.
• Involved in Regression testing using QTP scripts after updating the application with new features.
• Trained to QA people to run script by using QTP.
• Developed a Hybrid Framework to automate the system testing using QTP.
• Responsible for System, Functional and Regression testing.
• Participated in Project review meetings and generated Weekly Status Reports.
• Managed onsite and offshore teams, assigned work to them and guided them on a daily basis to debug issues related to release installation/bringing up the application/testing.

Environment: HP Quality Center, QTP, MS SQL Server, MS Excel, Web Services, Windows, UNIX, MS Office.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with software developers, engineers in fixing the defects.
• Prepared test data and exported to a data pool in User acceptance testing and execution.
• Reviewed and Analyzed business requirement documents, technical requirements and functional specification of various functionalities.
• Interacted with Business Analysts for requirements gathering and conducted review meetings for change requests for writing test cases.
• Ensured the deliverables are in par with Client standards, prepared test data; carried out testing and execution.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using Quality Center.
• Monitored status using Manual tools Quality Center to close the bugs/cases as and when fixed.
• Tracked bugs using Quality Center and performed re-testing of the entire application once the bugs are fixed.
• Tested the backend database using SQL queries.
• Developed and executed automated regression test suite using QTP, VB Scripting and Quality Center.
• Trained and mentored new team members in QTP.
• Inserted Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Involved in communication with the client and worked according to the client schedule for the entire application.
• Conducted weekly status meeting with Team members and managers.

Environment: Agile, MS Office, Quality Center, QTP, Windows, UNIX, MS Excel, SQL Server.