OBJECTIVE

• Seek a responsible position and challenging opportunity with growth potential in the software industry as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer or Team Lead.

SUMMARY

• More than five years of Technical/Team Lead experience in software quality assurance and software development.
• Over Five years of diversified experience in QA testing, analysis, design, automation and manual testing.
• Analysis, design, and implementation of processes and tools targeted towards measurement of software release metrics - test execution, defect tracking, and requirements coverage.
• Experienced in all phases of the software development life cycle, from requirements to release, as part of a quality assurance team.
• Excellent track record for playing individual contributor, leadership, training, and mentoring roles on multiple project teams.
• Experienced in working in small start-up environments as well as large corporate environments.
• Analyzing Functional Specifications, Business Requirements, Business Rules to prepare Test Schedules, Identify Test Requirements, Design Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Data, Test Plans.
• Experience with User Acceptance testing, Regression testing, Functional testing, GUI testing, Negative testing and good working knowledge of Integration Testing and Browser Testing.
• Expertise in testing Web application.
• Developed test cases and reported defects in Test Director.
• Experience in WinRunner and TestDirector.
• Testing expertise includes formulation of test assets such as test plan, test cases and test scripts.
• Experience in Airlines, Banking and Retail industries.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Consistently being recognized by management and peers for producing high quality work.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: SQL, Java, C/C++, Visual Basic, PL/SQL

Automated testing: Web, Java, C++ applications, Quick Test Pro, WinRunner, LoadRunner, TestDirector

Defect tracking tools: TestDirector

Databases: Oracle, DB2 and MS Access

Other: MS Office

Hardware: PCs, Unix, and Mainframe

Operating Systems: Windows XP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Testing Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gather system requirements specifications and Developed Test Plans.
• Met with the business users to determine the acceptance criteria for user testing and performed gap analysis
• Look and Feel testing for Indus PassPort modules including Purchasing, Inventory, Contract Management and Accounts Payable.
• Involved in Electronic Data Interchange Interface testing to verify the format of the files received from the vendor are correct.
• Run Batch jobs to upload data from the vendor files. Execute EDI batch stream and verify the results.
• Execute SQL Queries using IBM QMF tool. Interact on a timely basis with Data Team and Business users.
• Write and Execute test cases for the User Acceptance Testing.
• Extensively used Test Director to execute test cases
• Performed functional and regression testing
• Involved in System, UAT, Interface, Batch, Customization Testing.
• Performed Functional, GUI & Security Testing.
• Involved extensively while developing test plan and write Test Cases using Test Director.
• Reporting to Team Manager in a Daily status meeting

Environment: Windows, Mainframe, DB2, Test Director.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Configuring properties of Standard Checkpoints and Text Checkpoints
• Involved in System Testing, Interface Testing, Integration and Regression Testing
• Developed manual test strategies, creating and implementing test plans, tracking and administering defects, deriving and writing test cases from requirement specifications, and writing and executing manual test scripts.
• Tested both the Content and Web site by Execution of the scripts manually
• Testing was done both manually and automated.
• Involved in Testing GUI, System Tests Manually using Black Box Testing.
• Tested user interface inconsistency and application functionality.
• Test Director used as Defect Tracking Tool.
• Reporting to Team Manager in weekly status meeting

Environment: QuickTest Professional6.5, Test Director 7.6

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed Risk Analysis of requirements to prioritize the tests.
• Evaluated test coverage and test results, and test effectiveness.
• Developed WinRunner scripts for implementing data driven architecture.
• Responsible for setting up WinRunner TSL Scripts.
• Conducted installation, compatibility and regression testing.
• Executed SQL Queries.
• Identified and ensured defects are addressed prior to the deployment of the software.
• Responsible for teleconferencing daily with offshore team manager.
• Developed Automated Testing solutions using a Data-Driven Automated Testing Methodology
• Involved extensively in Functional, Regression, Performance, Stress and Load testing the application.
• Involved in planning, preparing a test bed for executing System Integration (End to End) business function testing (both Manual and Automated).
• Reporting to manager on a weekly basis

Environment: WinRunner 7.0, TestDirector 7.2

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include identify user needs: What data is to be captured? How the data has to be processed? How should data be presented? Prepare requirement analysis, Incorporate checks, constraints, and validations.
• With extensive use of SQL, PL/SQL and SQL*PLUS generate Ad-hoc queries and Reports.
• Enhance performance by indexing data tables.

Environment: Mainframe, Oracle, DB2, Unix