OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a challenging position as a QA Analyst where I can apply my skills and experience in a company for growth and advancement.

PROFILE:

Motivated, personable IT professional with successful 6+ - years experienced in the field of Information Technology. Talent for quickly mastering technology, perceptive and tactful with customers and colleagues at all levels. Flexible and versatile, able to maintain a sense of commitment under pressure. Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences, thrive in deadline-driven environments and excellent team-building skills.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experienced in the field of Information Technology with emphasis in the fields of Software Quality Assurance, documentation .
• Extensive experience in testing both Client-Server and Web based applications using Manual and Automation tools.
• Proficient with all phases in SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Development Methodologies (Waterfall, Agile) and STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle). Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and interpersonal, communication, presentation skills and Leadership Qualities.
• Experienced in Software Quality Assurance Techniques and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Work with project teams and participate requirements review to ensure testability of function and applications.
• Experienced with creating Test plans and Test-cases for various phases of testing (i.e. functional testing, regression testing, and smoke testing).
• Expert in creating Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM) ensuring test coverage.
• Expertise in Black Box testing including Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression, System, User acceptance (UAT), Positive and Negative, Security, GUI and UI testing, Backend, ETLTesting and Cross-browser testing.
• Liaisewith developers, business analysts, and user representatives in application design and document reviews
• Involved on testing the new functionalities based on Test Cases and coordinated with development team for fixing the issues.
• Participated in Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation activities with the core team.
• Participate in weekly project meetings and organize Defect Meetings and Triage.
• Provide daily QA Status report that included Test Matrices and defect reports.
• Experienced in testing Web Services using SoapUI.
• Experienced in HP deviceConnect for Mobile Testing through UFT.
• Experienced in Defect Tracking and problem resolution.
• Expert in HP ALM (Quality Center) with Requirements, Test plan, Test lab and Defect modules as a user as well as an Administrator creating domains, projects user with various roles.
• Expert in TFS for repository, reporting and tracking bugs and providing updates on resolved bugs.
• Experienced in HP Lab management modules.
• Experienced in writing UFT/ QTP Test Scripts using Descriptive Programming and enhanced the scripts using Parameterization, Synchronization, Correlation, Regular Expressions, Check Points and Customized Exception handling.
• Strong knowledge of database Schemas, SQL Language, querying Tools (such as TOAD, SQL developer) using oracle, My SQL, SSIS and performing database testing, data manipulations, etc.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Skills: Manual, Automation and Web service testing.

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center (ALM11), HP Quick Test Professional (UFT), SOAPUI, SharePoint, HP DeviceConnect. Informatica.

Programming Languages: VbScript, Java, C++, JavaScript, HTML, PL/SQL

MS Office: MS project, MS Visio, MS Outlook, MS-Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS -Access.

Database: Oracle, Access, MS-SQL Server-2008

DB Tools: SQL Navigator, SQL Developer, SQL+,SSIS

OS/Platforms: Win 2007, Win 2010 /XP/2000/NT, MS DOS

Methodology: Agile (Scrum, XP), Waterfall and V- Model

WS Technology: SoapUI, XML, XSD, WSDL, Web Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Tempe, Arizona

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered required documents from business analyst and architect for user story updates.
• Developed, designed and implemented Software Quality Plans, Software Test Plans, and test cases.
• Strong testing Quality Assurance understanding of agile software development lifecycle.
• Work collaboratively with internal business groups.
• Attended daily/weekly agile SCRUM meetings, presented progress updates.
• Attended Triage meeting and In the meantime, I continuously keep interaction with developers when was necessary.
• Attended in backlog grooming, release and sprint planning, retrospectives, test planning, test execution, and post-implementation validation.
• Performed Functional testing, Black Box testing, Integration Testing, Sanity Testing, Regression Testing. Smoke Testing, Data base testing, ETLTesting, GUI testing and parallel testing.
• Prepared for positive and negative scenarios, mapped the same to requirements.
• Used TFS for repository, reporting and tracking bugs and providing updates on resolved bugs.
• Responsible for writing the SQL queries to retrieve data from old application system for parallel testing and create reports for internal groups.
• Ability to work in a supportive and collaborative manner, interface with project team members, and refocus efforts as needed is essential.

Environment: Windows12, T- SQL Server (2008), TFS online, Test Manager, SharePoint, ALM 12.5 (Quality Center), Agile Scrum methodology.

Confidential, Covington, KY

Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed, designed and implemented Software Quality Plans, Software Configuration Management Plans, Software Test Plans, Test Design Specifications, and test cases using ALM/QC 11.5
• Designed tests for different financial applications and services in Windows 7, Windows XPStrong testing Quality Assurance experience within agile environment. Good understanding of agile software development lifecycle.
• Executed test cases to find defects in Internet-based business financial applications. Tested server and Web Portal.
• Created BPT component scripts using ALM 11.5
• Performed Development Integration Testing, Functional Integration Testing, Sanity Testing and Regression Testing. Performed Functionality testing, Smoke Testing.
• Working with Automated-testing includes concentrated application and interaction with HP Tools like Quick Test Professional (UFT).
• Tested the soap based web services using SoapUI.
• Use JIRA for repository, reporting and tracking bugs, and providing updates on resolved bugs.
• Attended daily/weekly agile SCRUM meetings, presented progress updates
• Gathered required documents from business analyst and architect for UI updates.
• Successfully tested the product from initial stage to release.
• Responsible for writing the SQL /DQL queries to verify GUI front-end results Interacted with developers, system engineers, and testing teams offshore to identify application’s defectsWorked with all stakeholders and created implementation before releases.
• Gathered test data requirements for data conditioning from Business units to test application functionality. Prepared test plans, test cases for positive and negative scenarios, mapped the same to requirements.
• Developed Testing Analysis Reports (TAR) for every Test Plan executed individually for all applications.

Environment: Windows 10, SQL Server, SoapUI, ALM 11.5 (Quality Center) UFT, XML, SharePoint, Scrum methodology, JIRA

HP ALM Admin/ Quality Engineer

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in designs, documents, manages and executes test cases, test scripts, test sets and test suites.
• Involved in advises and participates in the design and maintenance of the QA environments.
• Involved in identifies, analyze and documents defects, questionable functions, errors and inconsistencies in software program functions, outputs, online screens, content and security.
• Experienced in QA testing procedures to ensure all computer applications are defect-free, compatible, adhere to Company and departmental standards and meet customer requirements.
• Excellent in analyze business and technical requirements to create deliverables that meet stakeholder needs.
• Created traceability matrix between requirements and test cases.
• Experienced in performing Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, GUI and UI Testing and supporting User Acceptance Testing.
• Proficient to work with Cross-functional teams in understanding the quality needs and making sure the products are tested thoroughly and released with highest quality possible.
• Effectively involved in defect tracking, custom reporting, reviewing and analyzing test results using ALM (HP Quality Center).
• Assisted in new users to get up the speed with companies ALM process.
• Assisted in QA and Validation Testing (Manual and Automated using UFT 11.5).
• Experienced in data validation testing using SQL.

Environment: ALM 11.52 HP (Quality Center), Oracle, MySQL, PL/SQL, Window 7/10/XP/Vista, HTML, XML, Waterfall, Agile, SharePoint. HP deviceConnect (Mobile Testing), HP ALM Synchronizer TFS Server.

Sr. QA Analyst

Confidential, Scottsdale, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Involved in various phases of Software Development Life Cycle and expertise in handling Test Life Cycle activities which includes Test Planning, Test Design and Test Execution, logging defects, retesting, preparing reports.
• Experienced in Methodologies like Agile and Waterfall.
• Involved in testing newly developed applications and minor and major enhancement of existing application and Screens.
• Coordinating, organizing and managing testing efforts between offshore and onsite QA teams.
• Excellent in analyze business and technical requirements to create deliverables that meet stakeholder needs.
• Created traceability matrix between requirements and test cases.
• Experienced in performing Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, GUI Testing and supporting User Acceptance Testing.
• Responsible to work with Cross-functional teams in understanding the quality needs and making sure the products are tested thoroughly and released with highest quality possible.
• Effectively involved in defect tracking, reporting, reviewing and analyzing test results using Quality Center.
• Generated detailed reports of the bugs, the pass-fail reports and the Test results to send finally to all stake holders.

Environment: Quality Center10 (ALM), Oracle, SQL Developer, PL/SQL, CATS (CVS Internal Database System), Window 7/XP/Vista, HTML, XML, Waterfall), SharePoint.

QA Analyst

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and analyzed Business, Functional Requirements, System Specifications, and Design documents.
• Involved in Requirement Gathering and analysis.
• Created Test Plan, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases for all the Sprints.
• Executed Test Cases for web based application.
• Identified and Log Defects/bugs and communicated with developers to get them fixed in a timely manner.
• Performed Web Services and XML testing using SoapUI.
• Retrieved the WSDL via WS discovery endpoint URL into SoapUI.
• Tested the Web Service by giving input in WSDL and checked the responses per requirement document.
• Executed Test Script in SoapUI for all the existing web services at the end of each Sprint to ensure all the previous functionalities are intact.
• Used multiple set of data for Data Source and Data Sink in form of excel files.
• Verified the input XML and the output XML for Data Transmission.
• Retrieved data based on test criteria using SQL Developer.
• Responsible for reporting and tracking the bugs using Quality Center 11 (ALM).
• Performed Smoke, Functional, Ad-hoc, Regression, Positive and Negative testing of the applications.
• Participated actively in Sprint Planning Meeting, Daily Scrum Meeting and Sprint Retrospective Meeting.

Environment: Quality Center 11 (ALM), Oracle, SQL Developer, PL/SQL, C#, .NET, VB, Window 7/XP/Vista, HTML, XML, XSD, WSDL, Web Services, Agile (SCRUM).

QA Analyst

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in gathering and understanding the business requirements by working closely with developers to create and executed software test plan, test cases and script to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes in all phases of testing lifecycle.
• Involved in Smoke, Functional, and Integration, System, E2E, Regression, UAT Test execution and management.
• Closely worked with QA manager to implemented QA process (e.g. defect tracking, test case management, testing strategies etc).
• Wrote and executed SQL queries in validating test results.
• Supported the use of QC for automation matrices tracking and test execution.
• Developed test scripts using QTP for Functionality and Regression Testing.
• Provided daily QA Status report that included Test Matrices and defect reports.

Environment: Quality Center 11 (ALM), Quick Test Pro v11.5, Oracle, SQL Developer, PL/SQL, C#, .NET, VB, Window 7/XP/Vista, HTML, IE 9.0, Mozilla Firefox, Waterfall.

Quality Analyst

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed of business requirements and design specifications to ensure traceability and testability.
• Wrote test plan, test cases based on BRD and Technical Specifications.
• Created test cases that include component testing, integrated and system test coverage for the changes being implemented
• Defined and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status in Quality Center during test execution phases.
• Performed Functional, Negative, and Regression and smoke Tests on enhancements to the web application.
• Developed SQL/PL-SQL scripts for applications database testing specially for Oracle and MS SQL Server.

Environment: Quality Center, Agile (Scrum), SQL, VBScript, Windows 7/XP/Vista, UML, HTML, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, JIRA, Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)