SUMMARY

• 5+ years of industrial experience in software quality assurance, web based application and client - server application.
• Experience in developing and executing test cases manually and basic automation noledge, record and play back test in Firefox using Selenium IDE.
• Extensive experience in implementing QA Methodologies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and test deliverables for various applications.
• Experience in functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, black box testing, unit testing, GUI testing, system testing, UAT testing browser, compatibility testing.
• Experience in building Test Plans and Test Cases and navigating through the test lab, fully involved in the process of Defect identification and resolution using tools like TFS/ MTM.
• Good Experience in development of waterfall and detailed project management plans and schedules using Agile-SCRUM methodology.
• Writing and executing SQL - DDL, DML statements for checking the validity and integrity of the data in various databases such as Oracle, My SQL, and Microsoft SQLServer to perform back-end-Testing.
• Experienced in developing functional system integration test and test plans and test cases based on system requirements and business rules.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills; Fast learner of complex technologies

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux

Programming Languages: C, C#, .Net, SQL, HTML, CSS, XML.

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, VB Script, OOP, Java Script.

RDBMS: MS SQL Server, Oracle 10g, MySQL.

SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Software Tester II

Responsibilities:

• Participation in Project/Release meetings.
• Reviewed Documents and the Technical Specification.
• Devised work around when their were show stoppers/issues and ensured that testing completed wifin the deadline, Retest/Close the defects, fixed by the developers.
• Varied complexity level of Test cases to ensure they cover entire project functionalities and deliver flawless product to customer.
• Written test plans, which detailed the testing scope, strategy, high-level test requirements, standard post test reports and procedures and necessary resources.
• Analyzes user requirements, attended Change Request meetings to document changes and implemented procedures to test changes.
• Wrote test cases and test scripts for the functionality testing.
• Performed Smoke, Integration, Functional, Regression testing.
• Worked in an Agile-scrum environment.
• Performed End-to-End testing manually.
• Create test data to support the UAT and other testing types.
• Executed Test Phase Test Cases.
• Prepared Queries using SQL to retrieve data from database.
• Closely worked wif developers and System Engineers to nail down the technical problems.
• Test plan creation, Test Case creation, Test Script writing and execution (manual testing).

Environment: Quality Center, SharePoint, Cisco Jabber, SQL Server Management studio, MS Office Suite.

Confidential, Shippensburg, PA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Functional and regression testing on Loadtrck application
• Manually tested the trackers, GPS device and the flow of the Loadtrck functionality.
• Tested different roles that encompasses dispatchers and professional drivers for the Loadtrck application
• Performed manual testing for the browser compatibility.
• Gathering the specifications and requirements to develop the use cases
• Was involved in Project co - ordination and implementation of QA methodologies, also participated in meetings to discuss the enhancement and modification request issues.
• Involved in test plan creation and creation of test cases based on functional specifications.
• Comprehensive GUI and Functionality testing was performed to ensure conformance to requirements.
• Performed user acceptance testing on the web site to determine the ease of use.
• Conducted Regression Testing of the time tracking application to verify the defect-fix.
• Performed Back-end testing using SQL queries to access the main database.
• Executed the scenarios and analyzed the results through monitors and graphs.
• Active participation in creating the Test Summary Report.
• Facilitated weekly meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues.

Environment: Ms Office, Test Director, QTP, MySQL

Confidential, Wellesley, MA

QA Analyst I

Responsibilities:

• Prepared a concise but detail test schedule on a day-to-day basis for the scrum team to no the status of the QA Process.
• Worked in the Agile-Scrum environment wif requirements and features changing rapidly.
• Communicated wif Developers, and business analyst on quality issues to ensure that the application is fully tested
• Coordinated wif cross-functional teams during test preparation and execution.
• Prepared test data for testing the application in various test phases.
• Checked the navigation and the links of the application.
• Performed bug tracking, including submitting and assigning defects to the application developers using JIRA.
• Tracked, Managed and documented the performance of the application during UAT.
• Participated in defect management meetings where QAs interact wif Developers and System Analysts to understand the severity of the defects.
• Worked closely wif Development and Business team to discuss the design and testing aspects of the applications to design.
• Involved in Project co-ordination and implementation of QA methodologies, also participated in meetings to discuss the enhancement and modification request issues.
• Reviewed design documents and business requirements to learn the function and scope of the application and to create a Test plan.
• Performed baseline testing, to make sure the functionality and performance of the application is improved and not degraded compared to earlier builds.
• Produced Testing Metrics and Summary Reports for project management.
• Discussed wif business teams and development team regarding bugs.
• Timely status reporting and participate in weekly meetings.
• Completely responsible for Test deliverables of the product.

Environment: TOAD, Jira, Confluence, VB Script, HTML, XML.

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD 

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated and contributed to strategic QA planning.
• Analyze Business requirement (BRD's) functional design specifications (FDS) & use case Documents in order to understand the application requirements, functionalities, scope and limitations.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios and Test Reports
• Reported defects using Quality Center and interacted wif the development team to resolve any defects/issues
• Performed Integration, Regression, UAT and Database testing.
• Prepared status summary reports wif details of executed, passed and failed test cases
• Prepared QA Sign off Document based on the Test Plan approved by Project Manager, Developers and QA Manager
• Worked closely wif the QA Manager and QA Lead to discuss/decide major activities, scopes and milestones in the QA life cycle
• Interacted wif managers, developers in daily standup meetings and discuss about the User Stories and has a clear view of the requirement before testing the application.
• Executed Manual Test Cases by using positive and negative data inputs
• Involved in reviewing and updating Test Cases written and generated the Test report.
• Executing SQL queries to view successful transaction for data validation
• Performed validation of the test cases to ensure that all the requirements were being adequately met.

Environment: Quality Center, SQL Server Management studio, Testing and MS Word.