SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of cumulative experience in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) methodologies, with diversified skills in Manual and Automation testing.
• Worked on C#, ASP .net applications and Java based applications.
• Able to execute the test cases and test scenarios for Smoke, Functional, Regression and Integration Testing.
• Excellent knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC). Hands on experience in UNIX / Linux operating system to execute shell script.
• Experience with WebServices Testing using SoapUI tool
• Extensive experience in GUI, Functional, System, Performance, Configuration, Data Driven and Regression testing of Client/Server and Web based applications.
• Exposure to automated tools like Quick Test Professional and Selenium.
• Possess excellent problem analysis and solving skills.
• Knowledge in ETL - Extract - Transfer - Load - process on Data Warehousing and Reporting.
• Expert at developing test cases and executing test cases, analyzing test results, and track defects.
• Expertise in manual testing, conducted walkthroughs of test plans with the development and design teams.
• Experience in SQL Queries and Joins to retrieve Data from the Databases.
• Proficient in documenting test cases corresponding to business rules and other operating conditions.
• Conducted external and internal test case reviews, daily status meeting with both off- shore and on shore and Daily defect review calls with project team.
• Possess a strong desire for maintaining quality in all phases of software development life cycle.
• Assisted for User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Involved System Integration Testing, Beta Testing, Regression testing and User Acceptance Testing Used Quality Center for Bug tracking and Defect Reporting
• Expert in documentation using MS tools (Word, Excel, Project and Access).
• Strong Team Player, have excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong documentation skills.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: SQL, HTML, XML

Testing Tools: Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, Load Runner, SoapUI

Platforms: Windows, XP, and UNIX.

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, Toad, Microsoft Access

Web Technologies: .NET, XML, HTML, Java, JSP, J2EE

Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Project, SSIS, SSRS, Informatica

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Washington, DC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Attended daily standup meetings and walk through meetings with BA and developers to get details on user stories.
• Developed Test plan and test cases and executed the test cases.
• Worked on SOA - WebServices Technology, Validated Request and Response XML using SoapUI tool.
• Created Test Suite, added assertions in SoapUI tool to validate the response XML.
• Added properties, property transfer to validate multiple WebService calls for SOAP and RESTFul Services.
• Validated reports, ETL Testing (Compare data in source and target database based on Mapping documents) / Data validations.
• Written positive and negative test cases based on requirements, and specifications, flow charts, process diagrams and executed them.
• Involved in compatibility testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Performed test cases for END to END testing.
• Managed test cases, defects in Quality center / ALM
• Performed Manual Testing to check usability of the system.
• Executed SQL Queries to verify and validate Data.
• Filed defects using Quality Center as the defect management and reporting tool.
• Collaborated with Project Manager and QA Lead to monitor and communicate status.
• Created Test plans, Test cases executed the test cases manually.
• Extensively used SQL Queries for Database Testing.
• Extracted log files from UNIX/ LINUX using ftp tool Filezilla and emailed the log files to developers for debug the code to fix the defects.
• Created Test Scenarios for User Acceptance Testing.
• Perform Handset Testing on different devices to test the m dot site compatibility.
• Involved in preparing Exit Reports, Test Execution Status Report, and Graphs.
• Involved System Integration Testing, Beta Testing, Regression testing and User Acceptance Testing and used Quality Center for Bug tracking and Defect Reporting
• Participated in Team Meetings and Discussions with the developers on daily basis
• Assisted Project Lead on various activities such as working with providers and developers to resolve issues related to testing or connectivity
• Involved in production support and worked on solving the issues with the developers and providers Created documentation for knowledge transfer to Technical Support Group
• Worked with several vendors on regularly in troubleshooting the connectivity issues and other.
• Bugs are reported using defect-tracking system.

Environment: Quality Center, SQL Server, JavaScript, Soap UI, C#, .Net, UNIX

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Sr. Software Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in all Agile ceremonies & activities and be accountable for the sprint deliverables
• Created test environments as required including EFT terminals & POS applications
• Executed manual & automation, smoke & regression test suites
• Written feature use cases in BDD to drive the creation of automated and/or manual test cases
• Reviewed product owner acceptance criteria and look for NFR gaps
• Wrote component and integration tests to achieve 100% story acceptance test coverage
• Collaborated with the Confidential Shared Services team to maximize our efficient use of the Agile and SDLC tools: MS TFS, MTM, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins
• Ensured User Stories are tested during the sprint in an end-to-end overview
• Provided written status reports on testing activities. (Daily, weekly or monthly)
• Worked on first web based E-commerce Application supported by Confidential
• Participate in Release/Iteration planning, smoke, feature and regression test planning
• Setting up test environments as required including EFT terminals & POS applications
• Preparing Test Plans for Service Level Tests, Integration Tests and UI tests as needed
• Execute manual & automation smoke, feature & regression tests
• Contribute to periodic status reports on testing activities (daily, weekly, monthly)
• Review designs with developers and architects in consideration of testability and supportability.
• Review code for testability, supportability and look for full unit test coverage.
• Write feature use cases in BDD to drive the creation of manual test cases
• Review product owner acceptance criteria and look for NFR gaps.
• Mentor and support the developers on how to write good unit tests and promote good unit test frameworks.
• Build mocks, emulators, fakes, stubs and any other test libraries that will help achieve 100% unit and 100% acceptance test coverage for stories.
• Leverage our test tools, i.e. MS TFS & MTM, SoapUI.
• Write component and integration tests to achieve 100% story acceptance test coverage.
• Maximize automation: question & challenge manual processes and look for automation alternatives.
• Collaborate with the Confidential Shared Services team to maximize our efficient use of the CI and SDLC tools: MS TFS, MTM, JIRA, Confluence.
• Preparing Test Plans for Service Level Tests, Integration Tests and UI tests as needed
• Contribute to periodic status reports on testing activities (daily, weekly, monthly)

Environment: TFS, POS, Credit Card Terminals ( Ingenico, World Pay, Vantiv, Verifone, Equinox), Host (First Data, Fifth-Third Vantiv), EMV Pin Pads/Terminals, SQL Server, Soap UI, C#, .Net, UNIX