SUMMARY:

• Over 7+ years experience on manual and automation testing. Proficient in Web Applications testing, Automation test tool, QTP, test management tool, Quality Center/ALM.
• Experience in Automating the test scenarios and test cases using QTP 11.00 and lower versions.
• Solid Automation testing experience in E - Commerce Health Care / Insurance / Financial systems.
• Extensive experience in creating Business Requirement Documents (BRD), functional requirement document (FRD), Use Cases, Project Plans, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) throughout the Life Cycle of a project.
• Experience in testing WEB, Retail, E-Commerce, and financial applications.
• Thorough knowledge of SDLC, QA Procedures, Standard Methods and Software Requirement Specifications. Designed Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases and perform Functional, Regression, Integration, Acceptance and Black box testing.
• Performed Functional, Integration, System, Regression and End to End testing on the E-Commerce web based application.
• Experienced in Functional, Integration, Regression, Smoke and End-to-End Testing.
• Hands-on experience using Quickest Pro with VBScript, Test Director & Quality Center/ALM.
• Analyzed and Reported Defects using Test Director, Quality Center, BugZilla and Interacted well with developers and team members in fixing bugs.
• Expertise in test matrix to trace the Test Cases back to the Requirements.
• Experience in Backend testing using SQL Queries using Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2.
• Performed cross-browser Testing on Mozilla& Internet Explorer and compare the results by running parallel tests.
• Extensive experience in Quality Assurance methodologies and strategies with better understanding of SDLC or Waterfall, Agile and Scrum with SOA.
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel and Word.
• Possesses excellent analytical, problem solving and learning skills as well as a keen interest in the emerging technologies
• Experience in preparing Daily Dashboard, Weekly Reports and Daily Status Reports.
• Involved in interacting with clients in getting user test requirements and specs.
• Great learning skills to adapt rapid changing technologies and implementing the same.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware / Platforms: Windows 98/XP/2000.

Tools: Quality center v11.0\ALM, TOAD, JIRA, HP QTP, HP UFT, Device Anywhere, SOAP UI

Programming Languages: C, Java.

Databases: SQL Server 2008

Scripting Languages: VB Scripting, SQL

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, CSS, JSP

QA Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, V: model

Defect Management: Star Team, Bugzilla,, Quality Center, Clear Quest

Test Management: Test Director, Estonia, QC/ALM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. QA Analyst

Environment: Java, Oracle, XML, Web Sphere, QuickTest Pro11.0,HP ALM, Bugzilla, Retail, E-Commerce, TOAD, MS Word, MS Excel

Responsibilities:

• Created artifacts like Business Vision, Business Glossary, Business Architecture Document, Business Modeling Guidelines and Business Use Case Models
• Involved in preparing project plans and identifying major milestones for each stage as per the SDLC model (RUP Methodology).
• Prepared Test Plans (Unit, Integration, Functional, and System), build Test Scenarios and wrote Test Cases based on Functional Documents viz. Application Software Architecture Document (ASAD), Application Specific Requirements and Interfaces (ASRI).
• Managed, executed and reported Test Cases and Test activities in Rational Test Manager for manual and automated testing.
• Performed UAT by creating UAT specific data on the existing E-Commerce applications for the Retail.
• Performed Testing Web Applications and software for E-Commerce.
• Proposed and implemented processes to improve Testing and Defect resolution phase, hence improve Software Quality.
• Independently handled crucial component of the application in following phases:
• Understood requirements from business team through meetings and presentations.
• Prepared Test Plan and reviewed Test Cases.
• Delivered ensured quality in the estimated time frame and achieved best performance award.
• Worked closely with developers and Business Analysts (BA) to enhance functional understanding and better defect resolution.
• Performed backend testing of these client Customized Retail applications on SQL Server database
• Prioritized, Reviewed and signed off the Inventory of the Test cases in Test Manager and Clear Case.
• Created, maintained and executed Quick Test Pro (QTP) scripts in Quality Center to organize and control testing process.
• Extensively used QTP checkpoints to verify aspects in GUI, Functional, Smoke, Regression and User Acceptance testing phases.
• Used parameterization to validate test case with different sets of data.
• Handled generic properties of the object by Descriptive Programming in QTP.
• Created and executed complex database queries to validate database performance and integrity during testing process.
• Tracked and reported daily execution status to clients in status meetings for phase1 and phase2 issues.
• Logged and tracked defects and enhancements in Clear Quest and to assigned to Developers.
• Discuss the testing milestones with Clients to expedite testing process and meet deadlines.
• Retested the failed Test Cases using regression scripts in QTP by setting the priority and performed Integration Testing.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix after all testing activities to map requirements with Test Cases at each testing phase.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

QA Engineer

Enviorment: Oracle Applications 11i, Oracle 9i AS, Developer 2000 6i/9i,PL/SQL, SQL, Retail, E-Commerce, QTP, Windows XP, Unix, Manual Testing, Java,J2EE,VB.Net,Test Director

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of BRS by interacting with Business Analysts.
• Interacted with development team and studied Design Specification to understand current version of application.
• Performed Regression, functional testing of Retail and E-Commerce applications
• Involved in writing, implementing and Documenting the Test Plan, Test Cases, Test scripts
• Performed end to end application testing which includes Unit testing, Integration testing, System testing and User Acceptance testing of the Application
• Performed functionality testing of placing online orders on E-Commerce website and integration testing of payment process.
• QTP is used to perform detailed Functional testing and GUI testing.
• Involved performing end to end testing of E-Commerce applications
• Involved in Review Meetings during the Test Design & Execution phases.
• Worked with development team to drive all defects and design changes from discovery or inception to resolution.
• Expertise in high volume of Retail Domain with knowledge on POS (Point of Scale).
• Recognized risks and provided resolutions for the short term and long term business use.
• Used Test Director as an asset to manage test cases and log defect
• Followed with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status
• Developed Traceability and Maintenance matrix in between Requirements and Test Cases
• Wrote and executed SQL queries and PL/SQL stored procedures to conduct database testing.

Confidential, San Leandro, CA

QA Engineer

Environment: Java/J2EE, HP Quality Center, Bug Zilla, Linux, Windows Vista/ XP, TOAD, XML SPY, SQL server, Java, MS Word, MS Excel.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Functional Specification Document (FSD).
• Followed the organization’s standard documentation format for developing test plan, test cases and coordinated with development team
• Attended JAD Session, regular project meetings, workshops with BAs, SMEs, Network Administrators and Developers
• Prepared test plan based on business requirement document and functional specification document.
• Created and executed test cases in Quality Center and mapped them with requirement to validate the business rules.
• Coordinated with business analysts to understand requirements, use cases and formulated test scenarios and test data.
• Attend the walkthrough of test plan and improved the test strategy based on feedback from team
• Reviewed/ modified/ created test cases and test scenarios for different types of testing like functional testing, system testing, integration testing, and regression testing as per the requirements of the site.
• Developed and executed test cases to verify the ATM/POS transactions and data quality.
• Conducted functional tests on ATM connectivity and verified the message and batch jobs for various scenarios.
• Conducted regression tests on batch jobs to validate the transactions with different business scenarios.
• Conducted and executed SQL queries, created test data and validated tables.
• Validated the web service requests, verified the XML files and data quality.
• Executed test scenarios to verify the interfaces to mainframe application databases.
• Implemented and automated regression test scripts based on business requirements using QTP.
• Implemented Connected Test Automation framework and designed components using Quick Test Professional (QTP) to handle the functionality and regression testing.
• Automated the test scripts using QTP for the GUI, Functional, Data Driven and Regression testing. Created Checkpoints, used reusable VBs function and did Parameterization in QTP.
• Participated in bug review sessions, and coordinated with development team and build release on new builds and patches.
• Reported the issues / defects in Quality Center.
• Utilized PERL scripting and UNIX commands to automate the server side functionalities.
• Performed smoke tests as Build Coordinator for verification of daily builds.
• Gathered test results and created test status reports.

Confidential, Medford, NY

QA Engineer

Environment: XML, RUP, HIPAA, SQL Server, DB2, RAD7, Unix (Sun Solaris V 2.8), Web Testing, Oracle 9i, SQL, TOAD, Rational Clear Quest, Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, MS Office.

Responsibilities:

• Review and understand the functional and nonfunctional business requirements delivered by the customer.
• Analyzed existing system for, As Is Study, gathered functional requirements through user workshops, Gap Analysis, and participation in process improvement teams.
• Involved in writing the use cases based on the business requirements.
• Involved in the complete software development life cycle.
• Involved in the Rational Unified Process RUP design review meetings.
• Lead meetings with Process Owners in developing process documentation
• Provide initial point-of-contact support for external auditors and internal review teams.
• Involved in analyzing the test plans and test cases for the integration, regression, black box, white box and system tests for the web applications.
• Execute UAT Scripts internally, prior to delivery of code to customer for User Acceptance Testing.