SUMMARY

• Hands on experienced in extensive manual and automated testing.
• Expertise in Understanding and Analyzing Test Requirements, Tracking changes and maintenance of Test Requirements/Specifications.
• Well acquainted in Software Testing Life Cycle for release process using Agile Methodology and Waterfall.
• Proficient in designing, developing and executing Test Automation tool like HP QTP/UFT.
• Strong experience in Automating Web Application Testing using HP QTP/UFT with Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid frameworks.
• Experience in VB Script Programming language.
• Experience in SQL scripts (Database Query) to inquire the Data Base.
• Experience in Data Driven Testing, Cross Browser Testing, UI & Compatibility Testing and API Testing & Web Service.
• Experience in logging defects in HP QC/ALM, assigning to dev team, tracking, retesting and closing defects with passed screenshot.
• Abundant experience in preparing Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Defect Reports (With steps to reproduce), Test Summary Reports, Test Audit Reports for Manual Testing.
• Extensively involved in designing test cases and scenarios to compare the application's look and feel, and for customized functionalities.
• Experience in Regression and Negative testing.
• Worked with cross - functional team (Developer, Tester, Manager, Business Analyst) and participated in Scrum meetings.
• Self-motivated, energetic and highly ethical in all work-related assignments thus able to immediately contribute to corporate goals and objects.
• Good written, communication, interpersonal skills, proven team player with an analytical mind bent to problem solving and delivering solutions.
• Extensively used Selenium IDE to record, playback and debug individual test cases used Selenium Web Driver provided more flexibility in automating test cases.
• Selenium Web Driver and IDE to perform functional and regression testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Methodology: Waterfall, Agile, and Scrum

Software Testing Skills: Manual and Automated Testing.

Software Testing Tools: HP Quality Center / ALM, HP Quick Test professional, HP Unified Functional Testing, HP Load Runner

Operating System: MS DOS, Windows 7/Vista/XP/98, UNIX.

Programming Language: Java, Java Script, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, C#, C++, .Net

Browsers: IE, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed procedures, templates and work instructions for implementing Quality Assurance best practices and testing standards.
• Preparation of Defect Metrics and Productivity Metrics for the team, worked as back end tester, worked in creating manual test cases in Quality Center.
• Responsible for conducting the weekly quality assurance review meetings with the development team manager, SME's and the tester to review the results.
• Worked as manual tester to create test scenarios, test plan, test cases of system design documents.
• Involved in generating Test cases for existing system to new system for different Levels of Business.
• Responsible for reviewing the development standards, testing standards and processes.
• Involved in development of Automation Testing strategies and Test Process, prepared automation testing requirements, developed test scripts, executed tests and collected test results metrics.
• Performed Positive and negative testing, Black Box, and End User Testing.
• Developed Test plan and Test cases for manual and automated testing.
• Involved in performing Functional, Application, Integration, System, and Regression tests.
• Developed Test Scripts using UFT for extensive functionality and regression testing.
• Developed Data Driven and Keyword Driven Frameworks by using UFT.
• Created Function library for automation Driver scripts.
• Used MS Excel as data source for Data Driven and Keyword Driven Frameworks.
• Enhanced and modified automation driver scripts within using regular expression, check points, IF statements, For loop, and parameterization.
• Responsible for reporting and tracking the bugs using HP ALM.
• Followed Agile Methodologies and Software Quality Audits for all the Phases of SDLC.
• Improved control of testing tools and increased the Regression Functionality coverage.
• Performed smoke, usability, functionality, GUI, browser compatibility and regression tests.
• Actively participated in regular QA Team meetings to discuss testing process and resolve issues with local and off shore teams.
• Interacted closely with developers, environment people, client, team manager, team lead and team members for feature issues and discussion.

Environment: UFT 11.5, HP ALM, .Net, SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, UNOX, XML, Documentation Tools: MS Office - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Water Fall software development methodology using SDLC process.
• Analyzed and used different project related documents like Business requirement document(BRD), Functional requirement document(FRD), Design document, and Mock Up document.
• Worked closely with Project manager, Business Analyst, Developer, Design team and Data Base team to resolve general questions during the testing process.
• Followed a full STCL process to keep and provide the best quality product to the clients.
• Developed different test artifacts like test plan, RTM, test execution report, and defect report for the project.
• Worked with multiple applications interfaces to support testing of primary application.
• Performed Black Box, Smoke, Functional, Positive, Negative, Integration, System, Regression, UAT, and Automation Testing.
• Developed manual test cases using MS Excel and exported to HP QC/ALM.
• Used Test plan module of HP QC/ALM to develop manual test cases.
• Used Test Lab module to execute developed manual test cases.
• Used Defect module to create defects and followed a bug life cycle.
• Log, track, and verify resolution of software and specification defects, documenting all phases of QA process using JIRA.
• Performed Manual testing for the Functionality, GUI of the Web applications
• Performed extensive database validation and verification for MS SQL Server
• Designed and developed SQL queries to perform back-end testing.
• Worked with cross functional team, and participated formal/ informal meetings.
• Developed automation test scripts from scratch using VB Script programming language in HP QTP/UFT.
• Developed Data driven frame work in HP QTP/UFT to run a same driver script with multiple sets of test data.
• Created child objects with a function and stored all created function into a function library.
• Enhanced the HP QTP/UFT driver script using checkpoints, regular expression, environment variable, if statement, For loop, recovery scenarios, parameterizations, output value, error handling, and synchronization.

Environment: HP Quality Center/ALM, HP QTP/UFT, Workday Studio, MS Office, MS- Excel, SQL, Oracle 10g, HTML, Windows 7, SharePoint, JIRA, IE Browser, Chrome, Firefox, Safari.

Confidential, Reston, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked under Agile methodology.
• Federated connection testing in real time of different networks in different geographic locations.
• Replicated databases testing in different geographic locations.
• Participated in system specification meetings; analyzed user requirements, coordinated with team members.
• Analyzed business requirements and use case documents to convert to test cases.
• Prioritized and categorized test cases for choosing effective testing strategy to execute manual and automation testing.
• Extensively involved in identifying test requirements, preparing test plans, writing test cases.
• Wrote test cases based on test plan.
• Tested general categories like Feature Stability, Regression, Functionality, and Performance.
• Checked database to determine successful transaction of test data from the application by establishing connectivity using SQL commands.
• Tested performance of the pages and links on various browsers (cross browser testing) on the web.
• Assisted technical writers to formulate user support manuals and demonstrated new functionality to users.
• Prepared test plan and test strategy documents.
• Designing the Test scenarios according to the given requirements
• Created and mocked up test data in DB2 and designed test cases according to data mapping sheet.
• Interacted with development team for clarifications.
• Extensively worked on designing the test plans and developing the test cases for newly developed functionalities.
• Validated the customer account records and their order details with Databases using SQL Queries.
• Worked with the functionality and Regression testing cycles of major product releases by developing test suite using HP QTP.
• Executed both positive and negative Test cases of functionality and Regression Tests.
• Extensively worked with End-to-end testing for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Logged defects in HP ALM and tracked defects.
• Shared daily status report and weekly status reports with client stake holders.

Environment: HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional, VB Script, SQL/PL-SQL, Oracle, MS Office, UNIX, Windows.