OBJECTIVE

• Extremely passionate about quality of software with 5 years of experience as a successful Quality Assurance (QA)/Software Test Engineer/Analyst. Hands - on experience performing Manual, Automated and Mobile Testing on various Operating Systems (OS) and platforms, and currently seeking a rewarding position in Quality Assurance industry.

SUMMARY

• Extensive knowledge on all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Extensive experience in Business Requirements Analysis, Manual Testing, Test Automation and QA methodologies.
• Ability to conduct meetings, evaluates issues, provide solutions, and drive aggressive timelines.
• Experience in writing and executing automated Test Scripts, tracking defects and interacting with the development team.
• Experience with Waterfall, Iterative and Agile Scrum software development environments.
• Experience with writing Test Plans, Test Cases Design and Test Scripts of various Business applications and complete Environment.
• Hands on experience in testing of Web based and Client/Server Applications, as well as Mobile Applications.
• Expert in performing various testing - System Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, End to End Testing, Positive Testing, Negative Testing, Black/Grey box Testing, Compatibility Testing, Load/Stress Testing, Usability Testing and Security Testing with both Manual and Automated Testing tools - HP ALM/Quality Center (QC), HP UFT/Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Proficient in the preparation of test data, preparation and execution of regression test scripts, preparation of weekly status reports using HP ALM/Quality Center (QC).
• Extensively experienced in managing defect life cycle using ALM/Quality Center (QC).
• Experienced in using defect-reporting tools such as ALM/Quality Center (QC), JIRA, RALLY.
• Solid SQL skills, able to write simple and complex SQL queries for Back-end testing.
• Expertise in Relational DBMS like Oracle.
• Experience in Mobile Testing of leading-edge mobile applications on various OSs iPhone, I Pad and Android.
• Proficient and experience of Mobile domain and communication protocols - CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, GSM, GPRS Android, Blackberry etc.
• Ability in writing automation test scripts inside UFT/QTP environment using VB script.
• Experienced in performing complex integration and regression tests on multiple software using UFT/QTP.
• Experienced in developing UFT/QTP test scripts to support Regression Testing.
• Experienced in maintaining Frameworks to perform Functionality and GUI testing using QTP/UFT.
• Proven ability to work efficiently in both independent and team work environments.
• Self-Motivated team player with excellent interpersonal communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

QA Testing Tools: ALM (Application Lifecycle Management,) QC (Quality Center), UFT (Unified functional Testing), QuickTest Professional (QTP),TFS,SeeTest,Appium, Jira, Rally.

Operating System: Windows XP, Vista & 7, 8, NT4.0, 95/98, UNIX

Database & Language: Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, MS SQL Server 2000, MS-Access, VBScript, HTML, SQL, J2EE, C++, CSS, Java, JavaScript, Python, Perl, HTTP.

Environment: & Process: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Bug Life Cycle (BLC), Waterfall, Scrum, Agile.

Microsoft Tools: MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Share Point, Visio and Projects, OC.

Browsers: Internet Explorer (IE), Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Safari

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QAAnalyst \ MobileTester

Confidential - Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Involved in writing Test plan, Test strategy, and Test scenarios to test business requirements.
• Created Test Cases for Functional testing, GUI testing, Regression testing, Back-End and Compatibility testing based on the system requirements.
• Worked hand to hand with Business Analysts to prepare use cases.
• Performed Functional and System Integration Testing on modifications and enhancements prior to production release on Mobile OS/Devices (phone, Blackberry, Android) and Web based applications.
• Performed automated and manual testing using the various testing tools.
• Participated in Code & Design Reviews and Agile meetings for QA updates, defect status & Test Deliverables.
• Created modular approach to create scripts by Functions/Logics & developed common library functions.
• Performed Backend Testing against Oracle database and by creating/queries in SQL Joins, Having, etc.
• Developed new customized fields in HP Quality Center (QC) projects as per user requirements.
• Involved in Analyzing the Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Technical Requirements documents.
• Actively participated in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Involved in System testing, Integration testing, Functionality testing, Regression testing, End-End testing and User Acceptance testing.
• Executed Test cases for both manual and automation to verify actual results against expected results.
• Tested the functionality of individual component, individual module and then end-to end functionality.
• Testing a mobile application on various mobile devices: IOS and Android to improve user experience.
• Testing the application using different mobile devices and Android Virtual Device installation.
• Used SeeTest to automate the manual Test case.
• Analyzed Test Results, Identify bugs and reporting to the developers using Quality Center.
• Transferred the Test Cases into the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) from Excel by formatting them in the required format.
• Responsible for developing Automation Test Scripts for Functional and Regression testing using UFT/QTP for the automation project.
• Used Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to prepare/Manage Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test cases and Reports.
• Inserted check points and parameterized the tests by replacing fixed values with parameters to test the functionality of the application with multiple sets of data.
• Creating and Configuring the Object Repository for Standard and Dynamic Objects in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Generated Unified Functional Testing (UFT) scripts with standard checkpoints, validation checkpoints and also Synchronization Points.
• Compared and analyzed the expected results to the actual results and documented the reports accordingly.
• Generated Test Analysis Reports and graphs using Quality Center.
• Tested for data in the database by writing SQL queries for SQL Server before testing the module.
• Executed Regression Test cases using Unified Functional Testing (UFT) at various phases of the project.

QA Tester

Confidential - Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements, functional specification & required documents for Manual Testing.
• Worked with client management to identify and specify complex business requirements and processes.
• Reviewed project specs and worked closely with BA and Development for creating test cases.
• Used Quality Center to create and maintain the Test cases and the Test scripts for both System Testing and Regression Testing.
• Executed Test Cases from Test Lab in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), verified testing results against expected results and tracked defects
• Logged and reported Defects with detailed, accurate and concise steps to reproduce in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
• Collaborated broadly with members of the development and infrastructure teams to efficiently isolate and resolve issues that block or impede the test effort Elicited and interpreted requirements and business practices.
• Used Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to create and develop automated tests for continuous Regression Testing, and various modules of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) - Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects and Requirements.
• Communicated and negotiated with development team where appropriate to resolve issues found during testing
• Tracked and logged defects and problems throughout the Bug Life Cycle.
• Analyzed the user/business requirements, functional specification and Use Case System documents
• Created the Test Plans, Test cases for testing the application.
• Interaction with Business Analysts, Product Managers and developers to obtain business, technical and user expectations understanding for gathering requirements to have a better Understanding of the application.
• Manually had written functional test cases for manual testing.
• Execution of GUI, positive, negative test scenarios and test cases.
• Executing the test cases and provided weekly reports
• Participation in walkthrough and review meetings.
• Preparation of Daily Status Reports, which described the total number of Test Cases executed and sorted by functional areas and severity levels.
• Performance testing in all different Internet browsers (IE, Fire Fox, Chrome).
• Performed mobile apps testing on iOS and Android platform.
• TestedMobileapp on 2g/3g/4g/Lte/wifi to compare performance and usability through emulation.
• Involved in smoke, functional, regression, performance, usability, installation, interrupt testing
• Providing project testing schedule, risk analysis and defect reports.
• Attended project meetings, release meetings, and QA status meetings.

QA Analyst

Confidential - Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and theQAautomated testing environments.
• Developed new customization in HP Quality Center projects as per user requirements.
• Logged & reported defects in Jira and managed through to resolution by working with appropriate development and business resources.
• Converted manual test cases to automated test scripts in QTP.
• Analyzed test results to make sure requirements have been met & existing system requirements have not been broken
• Used Quick Test Professional (QTP) to create and develop automated tests for continuous Regression Testing.
• Developed and maintained custom library, error handling, recovery scenarios, reporting methods and descriptive programming using VBScript in QTP
• Wrote SQL queries for database backend testing, research and validation
• Assisted & led members of theQAteam with various automated related challenges & issues
• Collected test data results from various sources including log files,testeroutput, system event monitors