Quality Assurance Analyst Resume
SUMMARY
- Over 14+ years of experience in IT and skillset in Automated /manual Testing, System analyst, software/web - based application development, Oracle 10G/11G DBA and SQL
- Handle all deliverables, documentation, managing communication and status meetings with all stakeholders including System Owners, Developers and Senior Management
- Deliver project and commitment on time in good quality
- Experienced with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which includes methodology like Agile
- Contribute towards testing of complex application which makes use of my testing skills & mentoring skills
- Experienced testing application manually as well as automated testing tools like Selenium/ALM
- Experienced developing and implementing Test Automation as part of Functional and Regression Testing
- Excelled in finding, documenting and reporting bugs, errors and other issues when testing software application
- Experienced with databases like Oracle and SQL server and used the various SQL commands to test the application
- Experienced in executing SQL queries in order to view successful transaction of data and for validating data.
- Familiar with Object-Oriented Programming in Java
- Familiar with software technologies: Unix, Java, Linux
- Validate requirements for all major releases
- Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent team player, hardworking with a quest and zeal to learn new technologies and meeting the deadliness.
- Strong commitment to tasks, meticulously detailed oriented, excellent follow-through, ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced and changing environment
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Testing: Web App Testing, Database Testing
Database: SQL*PLUS, iSQL*PLUS, Oracle, MS-SQL, Toad
Programming Languages: Visual Basic (6.0), Vb Script, Java Script, HTML, PL/SQL, and ASP
IDE: Visual studio 6.0, Visual InterDev, Eclipse
Source Management Tools: Test Manager, Team Foundation Server, SQL server
Automation Tools: Selenium
Unit Testing Framework: TestNG
Process Tools: Jira, HP ALM, JAMA
Operation Systems: Solaris 8.x/9.x, Red Hat Linux, Windows
Others: Vi Editor, SSH/Telnet, CRON job scheduler MS Office, Visio, Crystal Reports, Visual Source Safe
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Quality Assurance Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed functional & non-functional test requirements/User Stories of various modules and prepared Test Strategy and Test plan for new builds and enhancements.
- Assisting junior QA analysts by providing them help on application process, on technical insight, and on requirements
- Design and create test scripts to address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability in preparation for release.
- Ensure proper version control and configuration management of all test objects developed and test environments used.
- Perform tests in terms of functionality, reliability, stress, and compatibility.
- Perform backend testing using SQL Server Management Studio
- Perform testing simultaneously on multi projects
- Ensure web applications are cross-browser/cross-platform compatible and respond accordingly to compatible devices
- Developed manual test scripts for system test execution
- Communicates with developers and system owner to collect business requirements for various systems
- Coordinate and organize with other team members (QA team, Manager, Developers) to ensure high quality in releases and builds
- Testing the applications by using the Agile methodology (scrum)
- Communicates with managers, developers and subject matter experts during all stages of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
- Work on developed & executing automation test scripts appropriate to the scenarios using Selenium Web driver
- Conducted functional, system and regression testing during the various phases of the developments
- Work with a team on Sprint planning for every release. Analyze, evaluate and select Product Backlog for Sprint
- Presents alternatives, conclusions and/or recommendations to management for proposed software testing process within the department.
Confidential
Sr. Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Created test plans and test scenarios for Web and Siebel.
- Analyze requirements for testability.
- Interprets system requirements, business rules, Detailed design to create test plans and test cases which includes developing test steps, expected results, and mapping to design.
- Execute Test cases and analyze results, create defects and track to closure.
- Provide metrics for, tracking and reporting.
- Participating in all aspects of product testing, including test plan development, execution and delivery of well-tested solutions with short time to release.
- Effectively collaborate with team members and others in organization to resolve testing issues.
- Performing hands on testing independently.
- Independently analyzes issues, recommends software changes and writes detailed bug reports. Creates and maintains ownership of test cases and test results throughout SDLC.
- Performed positive and negative testing
- Performed back end testing
- Experienced with importing procedures in JAMA
- Identifies and tracks system defects in JIRA, performs root cause analysis of the defects and works with the development team to resolve them.
- Prepared the test traceability matrix to confirm the test coverage and mapped it with the test cases.
- Knowledge or experience with Agile incremental development methods.
- Contact IT Help Desk with current installation of new software.
- Serve as primary facilitator between the testers, business analysts and system developers.
- Coordinate and organize with other team members (QA team, Manager, Developers) to ensure high quality in releases and builds
Confidential
Sr. QA Resource
Responsibilities:
- Created test plans and test scenarios for Web sites and internal Web-application.
- Tested functionality of newly developed modules.
- Performed thorough and comprehensive regression testing for new releases.
- Performed GUI, user experience and performance testing for various modules of the application.
- Developed and executed SQL queries to verify data in database.
- Developed test cases with extensive use of negative testing.
- Developed and executed test cases for applications' work when environment migrated.
- Discussed test cases and test scenarios with test lead.
- Collaborated with the director of cyber security to develop test cases to find vulnerabilities in the site's security and to tune a new automatic security device.
- Performed smoke screen testing when necessary.
- Performed troubleshooting in case of network problems.
- Prepared and presented site defect reports at biweekly team meetings.
- Worked in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
Environment: Java, Oracle, Windows XP.
Confidential
Oracle DBA
Responsibilities:
- Software Installation, Upgrade, Patch on Oracle versions 10g and on all operating platforms including Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows
- Managed Logical/Physical backups for databases depending on the database nature set up either Full export, partial export or export of just the structure of schema objects
- Developed Unix Shell Scripts to automate database operation and database monitoring
- Creating different users and granting them appropriate privileges and roles
- Solving different database related issues like - tablespace management, listener and connect string etc
- Renaming/cloning the database
- Taking care of tablespace related issues like increasing the storage parameter values, resizing the datafiles, adding new datafiles etc
- Created new databases and users: set up backups, export, and other monitoring scripts
- Keeping the database up to date on patches
- Involved in installing the Product Services Meassage Queueing (PSMQ) system.
- Helped other team members as needed