SUMMARY

• Having 6+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance. Extensively involved in Planning, Designing, Developing and Deploying testing strategies for large scale Client Server and Web based applications.
• Involved in all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) such as Requirements Gathering, Analysis, Design, Development and Testing.
• Experience in understanding of Quality Assurance Life Cycle (QALC), QA Standards, Methodology and testing strategies
• Experience in performing Manual Testing and Automation scripting skills in Mercury Interactive Test Suite like Quality Center, Quick Test Pro and familiarity with Load Runner
• Proficient in teh use ofQuality Center for Test Planning, Test Designing, Test Analysis, Test Execution, Defect Tracking and Test Evaluation
• Experience in Functional testing, Unit testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, GUI testing, Back - end testing, Browser compatibility testing, Ad-hoc testing, Black Box testing, System testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Experience in analyzing & reviewing Business requirements, User Requirements and development of Traceability Matrix.
• Experience in Testing Methodologies, Validation and Verification to ensure teh Software Quality Control and meeting teh Client requirements.
• Experience of Agile methodologies and Scrum processes
• Experience working on Retail, Health Care, Banking and Finance domains.
• Experience in writing SQL queries for back-end testing to validate business rules, also worked on various Databases like Oracle and SQL Server.
• Good noledge in Object Oriented Programming (OOPS) concepts using Java
• Worked on different software development methodologies like Waterfall, Incremental and Agile
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, detail oriented, time bound, responsible team player and ability to coordinate in a team environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test Management Tools: Quality Center10.0, ALM

Automation Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro/UFT

Languages: C++, Java, Java Script, Visual Basic6.0, HTML, XML, SQL

Database Tools: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access

Package: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook

Configuration Management: Clear Case, subversion

Web servers: IIS, Apache, Web logic

Operating Systems: Windows 2007/XP/NT, LINUX, UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Morrisville, NC

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing Business Requirement Documents (BRD)
• Interacting with Business users and Technical team in providing clear solutions to requirements
• Maintained requirements and created traceability between requirements and Test cases
• Developing Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on teh Functional Specification in Excel and then upload them in Share Point
• Involve in Black box, Regression and User Acceptance Testing of teh application
• End to End Testing by creating sample data on UAT and QA Environment
• Guide and support teh UAT team for teh application flow during teh test execution
• Perform GUI functional testing manually for teh application
• Performed cross browser testing to ensure compatibility of teh application in different browsers.
• Interacted with QA and Development Engineers to learn about work flow, analyzed teh test process, and halped develop strategies for testing products and services in an agile environment.
• Installed Quick Test Pro and configured Shared Object repository
• Performed Functional and Regression Testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP) and used Standard, Text, Bitmap, Page and Table Check points
• Improved teh flexibility of teh tests by Parameterize teh entire test
• Designed, developed and executed QTP VB scripts for functional, regression testing, and callable scripts.
• Installed, Administered, Customized and Maintained teh Quality Center Environment.
• Created Multi-Platform Test Frame work & run teh Continues integration Scripts.
• Participate in Daily Test Execution & Review meetings, QA Team meetings and Defect Review meetings
• Involved in verifying teh data in teh database by using SQL. Wrote complex queries dat has Case statements, Sub queries, joins
• Identified and documented all issues and defects to ensure desired quality of teh application functionality
• Developed UAT Test coverage matrix and UAT Reports for signoff
• Developed User Documentation and User Manuals

Environment: QA, QTP, Black Box Testing, SQL Server, VB Scripts, MS Office, Windows.

Confidential, Fairfield, CT

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed System Requirements Specifications and developed appropriate Test Plans, Test Cases and executed testing.
• Documented all teh requirements in teh test plan module of teh Quality Center.
• Managed and executed teh test process, using Agile Methodology.
• Installed, Configured and maintained QTP Tools.
• Manually tested teh whole application before going onto automated testing.
• Tested Functionality Testing, Usability testing and Interface testing for multiple Web Applications created in Java.
• Reviewed project requirements and design specifications to identify gaps and ensure documented project criteria are clear, consistent, and testable.
• Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
• Used Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.
• Tested teh Front-End Web Applications developed in J2EE for data portal for matching
• Coordinate very closely with teh developers regarding functionalities and defects.
• Used Message -Oriented Middleware infrastructure for sending and receiving messages and increasing teh portability, and flexibility of an application.
• Conducted manual back-end testing on a reconfigured sales application system.
• Performed database testing with SQL queries to verify data integrity using QTP.
• Fine-tuned existing SQL Scripts for ad-hoc reporting.
• Prepared teh automated test scripts for regression testing using Quick Test Professional
• Performed Positive and Negative Testing.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, SQL, Shell Scripting, UNIX, Visual Studio, Java, SQL Server 2008, XML, JavaScript.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed requirement document and set up meetings with SME’s and BA’s to understand them.
• Identify ambiguities in requirement and set up meetings with QA’s and BA’s to resolve them.
• Attended JAD session and requirement gathering session.
• Developed and executed test plan and test cases and reviewed with QA team and conducted formal reviews with BA’s, SME’s and developers.
• Documented Test cases using quality center, MS Excel Spreadsheets and test plan in MS Word
• Reviewed and prioritize defects with teh developers.
• Coordinated and communicated with developers for defects to get resolved and keep follow up with project manager and developer on teh same.
• Created and managed QA environment which includes documenting entire hardware and software required.
• Created and execute SQL queries to perform back-end testing using Toad.
• Performed Integration, System, End to End and component level testing.
• Worked close with developer in debugging, identify, troubleshoot and fix teh defect.
• Identify, log, report and tracks bugs found in teh release. Prepare clear and concise written reports on bugs/defects found during QA process

Environment: Quality Center, SQL, PL/SQL, Manual testing, SQL Server, Windows NT/2000

Confidential 

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed application requirements, specifications and test results.
• Developed and documented Standard Testing Procedures for Manual Testing.
• Performed Test planning and Executing Test Cases for new Healthcare Information System.
• Wrote test cases depending on teh requirement analysis covering all teh rules of teh application usingQuality Center.
• Performed integration testing, User acceptance testing and regression testing
• Validated teh application by using Black box method
• Reviewed test cases written by self/others and raising test case related defects and made modification for better execution of test cases.
• Performed back-end database testing using SQL queries. Performed testing of GUI consistency against different browsers (running on Windows) against various screen resolutions.
• Involved in weekly meeting and walkthrough for project updates.

Environment: Mercury Quality Center, SQL, Java, Windows 2003, 2007