PROFILE SUMMARY:

• Resourceful and dynamic technical QA professional with 6 plus years of test automation and manual software testing experience in web based and client based applications.
• Proficient in designing Test plans, manual test case execution, review and analysis of project requirements.
• Experienced in Testing business web applications and complex business applications across technologies.
• Experienced with scripting languages, open source test tools and commercial test tool scripting languages.
• Extensively experienced in SDLC, QA methodologies, and understanding of computer science principles.
• Proficient in Quality Assurance includes full life cycle testing including Smoke, Functional, Regression, User Acceptance, Integration and Database testing.
• Experienced in tracking defects using defect management tools HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Extensively experienced in using basic SQL Queries to retrieve Data from the Databases.
• Experienced in using QTP/UFT for Automating manual test cases for regression testing and for storing.
• Good Knowledge in using Checkpoints, Descriptive programming and Data Driven Test Scripts in QTP/UFT.
• Proficient in creating and executing Automated Test Scripts in QTP/UFT using Business Process Testing (BPT) concept, and Keyword driven Framework.
• Ability to learn new technologies and challenging concepts quickly and implement them.
• Strong team player with ability to work productively in a team as well as individually.
• Hard working, energetic and self - motivated with excellent communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP ALM, HP UFT/QTP, JIRA, HP Quality Center, SOAP UI, JMeter

Programming Language: .Net, C/C++, C#, Java, VB Script, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MYSQL, DB2

MS Tools: MS Visio, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Office, PowerPoint

Operating System: Windows, Linux/Unix

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hartford, CT

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the Test environment setup and in ensuring that facilities and test tools are in place to successfully perform the required testing efforts.
• Participate in the Testing of the software for the financial Content Management System to ensure the highest level of quality including.
• Create Test plans and test scripts for new software development.
• Derive and develop Requirements, Functional, Regression Test Cases from Use Cases and Test Scenarios.
• Perform Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing, and Security Testing for Intranet Based web application.
• Execute all the test cycles and documented the successful or unsuccessful completion, defects raised and each test condition, in the HP ALM script Repository.
• Verify Actual results against expected results investigate discrepancies and report any defects in the HP ALM defect mechanism.
• Execute queries in Test databases using SQL queries.
• Responsible for designing the automation strategy using driver scripts, test case scripts, and subroutine scripts in UFT.
• Create standard, text and bitmap checkpoints using UFT to check for the application to be in the correct state, have the right values, and load the correct images.
• Write Test harnesses using UFT by making reusable actions which can be called from other actions.
• Perform data driven testing in UFT for both positive and negative data by using parameterized values from the built-in global and local action data tables.
• Involve in designing the Test Input Data file for all the test sets available in ALM to run the UFT Script over the check list.
• Enhance the UFT scripts by inserting VBScript functions and various checkpoints like standard, image, page, text and database Checkpoints.
• Develop automated Test Cases for web services in Soap UI.
• Conduct weekly Defect Status meetings with Work stream Test leads to ensure defects are following the Defect Life Cycle.
• Report Defect matrices and measurements to all levels of management.
• Attend agile meetings for weekly development Iterations, also participated in weekly walkthrough meetings.

Environment: HP ALM, HP UFT, SQL Server, Html, CSS, Java, Oracle, JavaScript, XML,MS Project, MS Excel, MS office, MS Outlook, Windows, Linux, Visual Basic, C#, JIRA, JUnit, Visual Studio.

Confidential, Morris Plains, NJ

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed complete QA cycles for the projects during all stages of SDLC.
• Developed Test Strategy, Test Plan, Traceability Matrices and Test Cases according to business requirements, functional specifications and technical design.
• Involved in developing detail Test Plans for different benefit packages according to Business requirements documentation.
• Performed Functional, System Integration and Regression testing for various Web applications.
• Performed manual testing used in Positive and as well as negative scenarios.
• Used HP ALM/Quality Center to track, report, and manage defect throughout the test cycle and attended Defect Status Meeting on daily basis during testing cycle.
• Worked on HP ALM to log defects and track resolution till the closing of defect after retesting.
• Executed SQL queries to validate the Data tables.
• Wrote QTP/UFT test scripts for its automated testing.
• Used QTP/UFT scripts to run smoke test on applications before proceeding to test further.
• Worked with QTP/UFT to test the different functionalities in web application using VB scripts.
• Developed Data-Driven Automation Framework by using Global and Local spreadsheets in QTP/UFT for testing multiple data.
• Automated the manual test cases using QTP/UFT for Regression and Functional Testing.
• Involved in Agile Development process for diverse requirements.
• Investigated software bugs and reported to the developers.
• Provided a weekly project report that includes Test Metrics and status reports.
• Participated in meetings with Developers on change requests, Critical Issues and modifications.

Environment: Html, CSS, Java, JavaScript, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS Office, Windows, Linux, HP UFT/QTP, HP ALM/Quality Center, SQL Server, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, C, C++, Oracle.

Confidential, New York, NY

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test plans for each release, written test cases and executed them as part of functional testing.
• Defined and documented Test plans for new/existing systems to projects with large-sized, diverse scope and increased complexity.
• Coordinated with the other Testers for resolution of defects and consolidated the status reports on Iteration basis.
• Modified Test plans in accordance with changing requirements.
• Created Manual and Goal Oriented scenarios.
• Performed Data Driven Testing to work our scripts for multiple sets of data.
• Used Quality Center to review and analyze the results & utilize its reporting feature to generate detailed defect report.
• Developed the scripts for functionality and data testing in Quality Center.
• Used PL/SQL to embed complex business logic in stored procedures.
• Identified the Test Cases to be automated and performed data driven testing and GUI Check Points using QTP.
• Executed QTP scripts for Web Service testing.
• Created Standard checkpoints and Synchronization Check Points by using QTP for validations.
• Responsible for Testing Web Services requests using SOAPUI.
• Participated in regular QA Team meetings and discussions.
• Communicated with software developers and involved in fixing various bugs.
• Explored software defects and discussed the defects found with developers and designers to determine if they comply with the requirements.

Environment: C#, Visual Studio, JMeter, XML, JavaScript, .Net, Java, Oracle, MS Excel, Quality Center, SQL Server, QTP, Html, CSS, MS Office, PowerPoint, Windows, Linux.