SUMMARY

• 8+ years’ experience as a QA Analyst in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) .
• Experience in testing of Web - based applications and Client/Server applications.
• Experience in working with Business Analysts, Development Groups in analyzing Business Specifications.
• Tested web applications in Agile and Waterfall development processes.
• Adept in formulating Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Test Approach, and Executing Tests for business requirements.
• Experience in Manual testing using HP Quality Center, ALM Quality Center.
• Experience in Various Domains like Retail, E-commerce, POS(Point of sale) system, Healthcare, and Finance.
• Proficient in using Automation Tools like Quick Test Professional (QTP/UFT), SELENIUM and Quality Center (QC)/ALM.
• Expertise in Black Box testing with a complete Quality Assurance cycle-from testing, defect logging, verification of fixed bugs and Database Testing.
• Experience in performing Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing, Backend testing, User Acceptance testing.
• Extensively involved in creating positive and negative test cases for testing.
• Hands on Experience in backend testing using SQL Queries to ensure data integrity and validate business rules.
• Experience in Mobile App Testing on Android and IOS.
• Experience in programming languages VB, Java, J2EE.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented concepts.
• Proficient in overall Defect Management/Problem solving including tracking bugs and reporting using ALM Quality Center, Bugzilla, JIRA.
• Experience in writing Traceability matrix.
• Experience working with MS Office to create test cases.
• Experience working with diverse business teams for gathering Functional Requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, ability to conceptualize and learn quickly, good analytical reasoning and high compliance to new technologies and tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Methodologies: SDLC, Waterfall, Agile - Scrum

Databases: MS SQL Server 2000, Oracle, MS Access, SQL*plus, Toad

Testing Tools: QTP/UFT, HP Quality Center, ALM Quality Center, Selenium IDE/Web Driver

Operating Systems: Windows XP, NT, 2003, 2000, 98, 95, 2008

Software Testing: Functional, usability System, Regression, User Acceptance Testing, Backend Testing, Black Box Testing.

Programming Languages: JAVA, VB, J2EE

Defect Tracking Tools: Mercury Quality Center, ALM Quality Center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Westchester IL

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• More efficient data entry and better utilization of information. It enables you to transfer course schedules from term to term with or without prior adoptions.
• Mail orders functionality
• "Receive all" functionality that also supports receiving by exception.
• Roll-through edit functions, like adoption maintenance, editing suggested returns and entry or override of inventory counts
• Flexible reporting that can span over several academic terms, giving a broader and more in-depth analysis for any period or point in time
• Option for want list consolidation to a single purchase order or pack and hold shipment
• Analyzed the Business Requirements Document, Technical Requirements document, use case documents to create manual test cases using MS-excel.
• Involved in Business and Functional Specification review meetings, Design walkthroughs and Test Plan reviews.
• Developed Test Plan for each phase of project, which included entire Testing Resources, Testing Strategy and testing of end-to-end scenarios.
• Created Traceability Matrix using MS-excel.
• Performed Smoke and Regression testing for every Build.
• Created and configured the test cases using MS-Office.
• Created test data for test execution.
• Executed Manual Test Cases by using positive and negative data inputs for Front End / User Interface testing and also end - end testing.
• Coordinated schedules with the test team to perform end-to-end testing of the application for every build and reported all major bugs and failures to the development lead for immediate resolution.
• Participated in the test case reviews for various test cases written by team members.
• Performed end-end POS(point of sale) system testing as per Confidential business rules
• Performed Course track-FOM integration testing.
• Executed SQL queries for data validations.
• Logging and tracking defects in JIRA.
• Designed daily, weekly status reports.
• Designed daily, weekly defect reports and test summary reports.
• Developed Test Metrics and performed root cause analysis.
• Participated in sign off process.
• Participated in daily Scrum meetings and weekly meetings for reviewing progress and addressing issues and concerns.

Environment: Manual, Agile (Scrum) environment, Windows 7, .Net, SQL, JIRA.

Confidential, Grand Rapids Michigan

Sr.QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirements Document, Technical Requirements document, use case documents to create manual test cases using ALM quality center.
• Involved in Business and Functional Specification review meetings, Design walkthroughs and Test Plan reviews.
• Developed Test Plan for each project, which included entire Testing Resources, Testing Strategy and testing of end-to-end scenarios.
• Created Traceability Matrix using QC.
• Automated regression test cases using QTP 10.0.
• Extensively worked on various QTP features.
• Created and configured the test cases using MS office.
• Executed Manual Test Cases by using positive and negative data inputs for Front End / User Interface testing and also end - end testing.
• Executed SQL queries and retrieved the data from database for backend testing activities.
• Reported all major bugs and failures to the development lead for immediate resolution.
• Participated in the test case reviews for various test cases written by team members in QC.
• Utilized ALM quality center for logging and tracking defects.
• Developed Test Metrics and performed root cause analysis.
• Documented Test reports for various initiatives.
• Involved in conducting Peer Reviews for test cases, and procedures.
• Participated in daily Scrum meetings and weekly meetings for reviewing progress and addressing issues and concerns.

Environment: QTP, ALM Quality Center, Agile (Scrum) environment, Windows 7, J2EE, TOAD-SQL.

Confidential, Atlanta GA

Sr.QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Produced test documentation such as Test Plan and worked closely with QA project manager and monitored team progress.
• Automated QA regression test suite with QTP 10.0 Functional Tool.
• Developed test automation strategy, scripting, test scheduling and execution, for all types of system testing including: Regression, Black Box, GUI, and Functionality.
• Prepared and Updated traceability matrix with new updated test cases.
• Managed Object Repositories.
• Co-ordinate with users for UAT.
• Implemented the complete project in agile environment.
• Developed and executed test cases, log the defects using JIRA.
• Set up users and maintain access controls for JIRA.
• Maintained/enhanced JIRA configurations to support all phases of testing, including requirements tracking.
• Used Oracle database extensively for database testing, data manipulation, test data creation etc.
• Executed SQL queries and retrieved the data from Oracle database for testing activities.
• Participated in scrum meeting on daily basis.
• Created various detailed Test report using MS Office.

Environment: JIRA, Agile, QTP, IIS6.0, XML, VSTFS, Agile, UAT, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VBScript, Oracle.

Confidential, Sanford, FL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business and Functional Specification review meetings, Design walkthroughs and Test Plan reviews.
• DiscussedBusiness scenarios with business analysts, wrotetest cases and executed them. Used analytical and mathematical skills.
• Generated traceability matrices to ensure that all the requirements are covered by the test cases.
• Successfully performed Smoke testing, System testing and regression testing.
• Manually tested data from high level to detail level during verifications.
• Used HP QC 10 for test documentation management and as defect-tracking tool to enter defects regarding the issues found during testing, maintaining the defect status for its life period.
• Wrote SQL queries for data validation.
• Executed automated test scripts for Regression testing using Quick Test Professional.
• Enhanced QTP tests by creating checkpoints, parameters, output values.
• Analyzed, documented and maintained test results and test logs.
• Tested Mobile App on Android.
• Interacted with the developers and other teams like Franchise for resolving the issues.
• Followed the internal processes and procedures.
• Effectively collaborated with other team members and mentored junior analysts.
• Responsible in providing regular test reports to the management.

Environment: HP QC 10 11, QTP10, Waterfall, Windows XP, Web Services, HTML, XML, J2EE, Oracle and SQL.

Confidential, Framingham, MA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared test cases for the system covering SRS document, design document, reviewing them with the developers and finalized the test cases.
• Performed automated testing using QTP.
• Executed Batch Tests in QTP, to run a large group of tests in an unattended manner.
• Customized QTP Scripts using VB Script
• Developed fully automated and portable QTP scripts and created reusable modules for the use for Regression testing.
• Assisted in designing and development of automation framework
• Performed parameterization of the automated test scripts in QTP to check how the application performs against multiple sets of data
• Performed recovery testing manually to see how it responds to abnormal condition.
• Developed SQL queries for Database testing.
• Performed Multi-Browser testing and also conducted Data-Driven tests. .
• Used Bugzilla 3.2 to manage, coordinate and report defects.
• Tested mobile app on Android and IOS.
• Interacted actively with the team in identifying bugs.

Environment: Win 2000, QTP 11.0, 10.0, Waterfall, Mercury Test Director 8.0/7.8 HP Quality Center 11.0 ALM/10.0/9.5, J2EE.

Confidential

Software Engineer (Java)

Responsibilities:

• Programming and designing of interface in JAVA, JSP for the application.
• Implemented validation using java scripts thought the application.
• Understanding and Fixing major customer site bugs and giving appropriate patches to customer by attending live meetings with various customers
• Bug Fixing for the application
• Implemented new JSP and portlets in the portal with required functionalities.
• Developing and execution of test cases as per requirements.

Confidential

Software Engineer (Java)

Responsibilities:

• Programming and designing of interface in Java, Jsp for the application.
• Implemented validation using java scripts thought the application.
• Understanding and Fixing major customer site bugs and giving appropriate patches to customer by attending live meetings with various customers
• Bug Fixing for the application.
• Developing and execution of test cases as per requirements.
• Done extensive system testing of the application.