SUMMARY

• Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst with over years of experience in testing web - based, client/server and mobile applications.
• Proficient in analysis of user requirements & functional specifications.
• Well versed in all stages of testing in QA Cycles. Team player with excellent technical skills & strong understanding of object oriented methodologies, software life cycles & software testing methods.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal & communication skills with an ability to learn new concepts and technologies in a very short time span.
• Broad industry experience in Media, Marketing, Technology and Financial Services.
• Highly skilled in Front End, Back End, Functional, Non-Functional, GUI, Performance & Security Testing
• Expertise in Usability, Look and Feel, Regression, Database, Performance (Load and Stress), Validation, Compatibility, Integration, System, Security, Smoke and User Acceptance Testing
• Proficiency in Manual and Automated Testing on Linux and Windows platform, Client/Server and WEB applications (Java, asp.Net, Flex)
• Strong experience in testing with various Mobile/Tablets platforms such as iOS and Android to ensure meeting the specifications of the mobile applications
• Complete software development lifecycle (SDLC) and System life cycle (SLC) experience; from business analysis to development, testing, deployment, documenting, maintaining and user training
• Exceptional skills in writing Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Cases and Test Scripts from Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and Use Cases (UC)
• Experience working in CMM environment
• Strong understanding in Oracle, SQL and other various databases
• Experience with automated defect-tracking tools such as HP Quality Center, HP ALM, Quick Test Pro and UFT
• Well versed with Black Box & Grey Box Testing
• Working experience with HP LoadRunner versions 8.1, 9.1, 9.5 and 11
• Experience in Security Testing using IBM Rational AppScan
• Advanced knowledge of V-Model, Agile and RAD methodologies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SR. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Create and execute well detailed manual and automation test cases and test scripts using ALM and JIRA with Gherkin
• Perform back-end testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries
• Analyze and update test results to report any bugs, errors, configuration issues, & cross-browser flaws in ALM and JIRA and manage them until resolved
• Perform both end to end manual & automation testing such as Sanity, Smoke, Regression & Exploratory for all web-based, client/server applications as well as all IOS & Android devices
• Gather and analyze Business and Functional requirements to create EPICs and User Stories I JIRA
• Attend Backlog Grooming sessions, Sprint Planning to analyze User Stories to plan for QA effort for planned sprints
• Set up the test environments and work closely with business users to perform UAT

Environment: Windows, Mac OS, HTML, CSS, ALM, Quality Center, UFT, POM, UNIX, MS Excel, JIRA, ALMConfluence

Confidential

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered, analyzed and documented Business & Technical requirements & Use Cases to create, modify & execute test cases in TestRail
• Performed mobile web automation with Perfecto
• Analyzed, evaluated and proposed new automation tools
• Performed API testing using POSTMAN and backend and web-services testing using SQL
• Analyzed and updated test results to report any bugs, errors, configuration issues, & cross-browser flaws in JIRA & managed them until resolved
• Created EPICs and user stories from requirements in JIRA and set up the test environments
• Updated SLT with release notes after each sprint
• Performed CI with Jenkins and Bitbucket
• Worked closely with business users to perform UAT
• Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant information to team members and management

Environment: Windows, JIRA, Confluence, MS Excel, HTML, CSS, Java, Agile, SQL, AJAX, Query, Postman, JSON, SharePoint, ALM, Quality Center, JIRA, MYSQL, Bitbucket

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Functional Requirements Documents & Use Cases to create well-detailed Test Cases & Scripts using MTM tool
• Created & Executed Automation Test Scripts for Functional, UAT & Regression testing using UFT with Visual studio
• Executed manual test scripts, update test results and create/manage well-detailed defects in MTM
• Performed back-end testing for Soap UI for web services used by 3rd party vendors
• Performed both end to end manual & automation testing such as Sanity, Smoke, Regression & Exploratory for all web-based, client/server applications as well as all IOS & Android devices
• Ensured the new features meet the customer requirements & acceptable QA standards using agile methodology
• Analyzed test results to report any bugs, errors, configuration issues, & cross-browser flaws in JIRA
• Coordinated meetings with Product Owners to gather User Stories
• Attended backlog grooming sessions to analyze User Stories to plan for QA effort for planned Sprints
• Assisted development teams in efficient test plan formulation

Environment: Windows XP, MTM, Visual Studio, Rally Test Management, HP QuickTest Pro (QTP), UFT, Device Anywhere Pro, HTML, CSS, Java, SQL, UNIX, MS Excel, JIRA, Confluence

Confidential

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Functional Requirements & Use Cases to create Test Cases & Test Scripts using Rally Test Management tool
• Executed manual test scripts, update test results and create/manage well-detailed defects in HP Quality Center
• Performed both end to end manual & automation testing such as Sanity, Smoke, Regression & Exploratory for all web-based, client/server applications as well as all IOS & Android devices
• Analyzed test results to report any bugs, errors, configuration issues, & cross-browser interoperability flaws in JIRA
• Assisted development teams in efficient test plan formulation
• Attended backlog grooming sessions to analyze User Stories to plan for QA effort for planned Sprints
• Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant information to team members and management

Environment: Windows XP, Rally Test Management, HP QuickTest Pro (QTP), Device Anywhere Pro, HTML, CSS, Java, SQL, UNIX, MS Excel, JIRA, Confluence