SUMMARY

• 7+years of working experience in Software Quality Assurance (QA) analyst
• Proficient in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Test Strategies and experience in preparing Test plan, Test procedures, Test cases and Test Status Reports.
• Expertise in entire Testing phases like Planning, Execution, Bug tracking and Analysis.
• Experience inUnit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Experience in Database testing using Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Experience in HP ALM (QC) used as Defect tracking system and Defects reporting system.
• Worked extensively on Black Box, White Box and Gray Box testing methodologies.
• Experience in both Automation and Manual Testing.
• Experience in Web based applications on various Platforms (Windows/Unix).
• Involved in Requirement analysis, Use - case analysis and change management.
• Functional/GUI/Regression automation, load testing using HP/Mercury Interactive tools.
• Comprehensive understanding of HP-ALM(QC) Defect Manager, which supports the entire defect life cycle from initial problem detection through fixing the defect and verifying the fix.
• Knowledge of Selenium and its components on Windows platform.
• Good understanding of Unified Modeling Language (UML) Diagrams like Use cases, Sequence, class and Activity.
• Solid team player with very good interpersonal skills, decision making, well organized, resourceful and committed to quality.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team to achieve project goals.
• Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to work as a team member, as well as independently.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Quality Center
• Jira
• Load Runner
• QTP
• Test Track Pro
• Linux
• Windows NT
• Windows XP
• Oracle 9i
• SQL Server
• Sybase
• MySQL
• JAVA
• SQL
• PL/SQL and Visual Basic
• ASP
• HTML
• VB script
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• Clear Quest
• Clear Case MS PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing Business requirements/Product Design documents, specifications and development of Test Scripts, Test Cases and executing & reviewing them.
• Performed Functional, GUI, Regression, System Integration, User Acceptance, Configuration and content testing for web-based e-Commerce application and Content Management System.
• Participated in weekly Assessment Meetings with BAs, SMEs, and Developers and coordinated between Business Team, Development Team, and Testing Team.
• Identified and Documented functional requirements using and mapping them to individual test case requirements in QC
• Created test plan, test cases, prepared test data for testing.
• Performed black box testing- System, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance testing on web based application.
• Implemented Extensive SQL queries to verify the Data Integrity.
• Tested all jobs, software modules, Database interactions, all external interfaces, all features of the application and end to end functionality as part of System/Functional Testing.
• Responsible for creating automation scripts by using QTP with Data driven testing framework.
• Created Automation framework for future versions.
• Acted as a facilitator and liaison between the business stakeholders and the development team, aligning each other’s’ expectation of the final product, suggesting and visualizing the solution to the business team, and providing technical insight that helps the business team to decide on achievable, realistic solutions.
• Experienced in writing VBscripts, Developing Framework, Creating Object Repository.
• Coordinated with developers on defect fixes, priority of fixes and client requested enhancements to ensure no defects went without being addresses.
• Ensured that all the Manual Test Cases and Test execution status are updated in Quality Center.
• Involved in Release support- Release to QA, involved in environment setup, testing the Release Process.
• Made modifications to modules and data systems where necessary to resolve technical issues.
• Analyzed and defined clients business and marketing requirements.
• Setup staging environments and ran tests to recreate and analyze user problems.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center 10, SQL 2008, UNIX, HTML

Confidential, Whitehouse Station, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed theBusiness SystemRequirementsDocuments andparticipatedin all phases ofSDLC/ STLCcycle.
• Involved in creating the test strategy document that defines the test environment, phases of testing, entrance and exit criteria into different phases of testing and resources required to conduct the effort.
• Executed test cases and logged defect in Quality Center/ Documented requirements in Quality Center.
• Gathered requirements for the User Groups on different projects and documented on Share Point.
• Involved in testingWebservices and client based applications.
• Performed GUI testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Ad -hoc testing, Negative testing, End to End testing, Load testing, User Acceptance testing on multiple projects.
• Used Query Analyzer to query the SQL database. Used Quality center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Created and filed various office documentation using MS Office applications.
• Regularly following up with Development Team to discuss discrepancies identified during testing.
• Preparing / presenting progress reports, Audit packet, Executive Summary Report for each sprint.

Environment: Java, Windows XP, MS SQL Server, SQL Management Studio, MS Office, Agile, Web 2.0, HTML, QTP, Quality Center.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the user requirements and interacted withsystem architect, developers and business users
• ReviewedBusiness Requirements Documentsand theTechnical Specifications Documents and developedTest plans, Test cases
• PerformedManual and Automated testingfor the test cases usingQuick Test Professional
• Defined automated test scripts using Quick Test Pro testing tool and maintained in the Quality Center
• GeneratedTraceability Matricesto ensure that all the requirements are covered by the test cases
• Recorded, maintained & tracked defects, assigned type & priority/severity levelsusing QualityCenter
• Converted manual test scripts to automated test scripts in QTP
• Executed test scripts usingQTP for Regression testing
• Performed manual and functional testing on various parts of the application, and used QC for bug tracking
• Wrote and executed complex SQL queries to validate Back-end data
• QTP Script development, execution, Review of QTP scripts, Test planning, Testmanagement
• Familiar withcreating VB scriptsanddescriptive programming in Quick Test Pro
• Enhanced the scripts by adding user-defined functions such as parameterization using VB Scripts
• Controlled the tested scripts usingPVCS
• Detected Defects, communicated to the developers and tracking the Defects usingQuality Center
• Uploaded Business requirements,test scenarios,test casesanddefectsfromMS Excel, MS WordtoQuality Center
• Performed Positive & Negative Testingfor system validations
• Weekly status meetings showing progress and future testing efforts to theQAmanager
• Daily co-ordination with Offshore team ondevelopment efforts
• ConductedUser Acceptance Test (UAT)with users and customers and wrote issues log based onoutcome of UAT

Environment: Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, Java, .Net, VB, Oracle 9i, Windows NT

Confidential, Irvine, CA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in the Business Requirement Analysis meetings and scheduled the QA tasks.
• Created Test Plans and developed Test Cases based on technical specifications and Business Requirements.
• Analyzed Business Requirements and Functional Specifications of the application.
• Performed Manual Testing, Automated and Data Integrity/Back-End Testing by executing SQL Statements
• Interfaced with developers in Resolving The Defects investigated in the application during testing
• Studied system requirements and worked out High-Level Test Plans.
• Created and loaded the test data for the various Test-Case Scenarios.
• Carried out Functionality, Integration, Performance and Regression testing using.
• Performed Backend Testing, ran stored procedures and Pro C processes to verify the integrity of the application.
• Attended weekly walkthroughs for the application-progress for meeting schedules and provided the QA status periodically to the higher management
• Coordinated the testing efforts with UAT (User Acceptance Testing) team and resolved their findings on the
• Application.
• Tracked defects using Track record & attended Bug-Review meetings.
• Involved in the walkthroughs with the systems group for the application’s final move to the production.

Environment: SQL Server, SQL Query and Windows NT