Software Tester Resume

SUMMARY

I'm a professional consultant with several years of Systems Analysis, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control experience within the Telecommunication, Government and Banking industries.
Major strength are in the areas of Software testing using unit, system, regression testing to test applications before product is released into production, Test - Director for manual testing, defect tracking and Load-Runner to predict system behavior and performance by using multiple virtual users, development in all phases of the project life cycle, development of system documentation including test scripts, test processes based on functional requirements, defect reporting.
Additional skills are in configuration management, operations, staffing, and customer problem solving.
Effectively communicates with all levels of management when delivering products or solutions to clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: IBM System/390 Mainframe, Sun, Intel Based PCs

Operating Systems: OS/390, UNIX, PALM, Microsoft ® Windows

Computer Languages: XML, UNIX, C, AWK, SED, FTP, Scripts, Vi editor, SQL, SQL Plus, JCL, ISPF, File-Aid, IBM Utilities.

RDBMS: SQL Server BASE, DB2, Oracle

Applications: Microsoft Office Suite

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

Develop test cases from user requirements for the Land Border Manifest (FAST) project; coordinate test environment usage with developers and DB2 administrators; coordinate test data management strategy; assess automation efforts; evaluate automated testing tools; and assist with test data identification. In these capacities, I was responsible for executing test cases and providing test status and metrics to critical project members.
Gather user requirements and organized it into related sub-sets. Explored each requirement in relationship to others. Examined requirement for consistency, omissions, and vagueness and prioritizes requirements based on the needs of the customer.
Performed web-based application testing via GUI and batch application testing through XML.

Confidential

Lead /QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Responsible for hosting meeting with end users or customers to review requirements; analyze requirements specification; write test plans; write detailed test procedures; create test data; create Path Analysis Diagrams, create Table of Paths, create Data Tables, Test Scripts, perform baseline testing; perform software integration testing; perform systems integration testing.
Establish various Incremental Test Levels: Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Stress Testing, Load testing and User Acceptance Testing. Experienced with Client Server and Web Testing.
Responsible for assisting in defining the software process for both management and engineering activities and integrated into a standard software process for the organization.

Confidential

Lead /QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Developed and administered test plan containing aspects of the Property Inspection Application project allowing lender to enter property inspections via Palm utilizing XML.
Designed UNIX Scripts (Sun Solaris) to automate testing of client/server application and validate Backend interfaces and functionality.
Created test plan (MS Office) and coordinated the testing and QA actions necessary to identify software/system defects (Clear Quest) and adherence to business specifications.
Wrote detailed test cases that were used for validating (front-end/backend - White box / Black box) the application (MS Access).
Communicated clearly with development group during status meetings the urgency about solving problems and meeting deadlines.
Maintained project timeline (MS Project) and resource allocation worksheets.
Used Load Runner (v7.5) to predict system behavior and performance by using multiple virtual users.
Used Test Director to maintain project database of tests that covered all aspect of application's functionality.
Performed the Full WEB test Cycle: unit testing, string testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing, and acceptance testing utilizing Web Logic server.

Confidential

Lead Analyst/QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Identified the essential process change by analyzing customer needs and informing customer on disposition of requirement based on customer participation throughout development phase.
Worked closely with Client, Developers and Analyst to reproduce, isolate and resolve product anomalies and design issues through a series of interviews.
Gathered and documented client business requirements for application functionality and back-end system (DB2) integration.
Performed System server/client software component installation and developed Installation guide.
Responsible for creating all documentation required for client functional and system requirement.
Designed and executed test plans for billing application software; worked with Product Managers, Project Managers, and development team during the design, development and test phases of the software development life cycle.