SUMMARY

• 7+ years of extensive experience in Automated and Manual Testing and complete SDLC/STLC life cycle with analysis, design and testing of business applications using Client Server based Applications in Financial and Health Care domain.
• Diversified experience in Black Box Testing, Integration Testing, Functional Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Database Testing, and System Testing. Also proficient in testing Web and Server based applications with QA Verification and QA Validations to ensure the Quality Assurance Control.
• Good knowledge of QA Methodology, standards and procedures such as - - creating Test Plans, Test Cases, Regression & User Acceptance Testing. Good at analyzing the actual results against the expected results and also working knowledge of DB Testing using Selenium, Sql Server and Squirrel.
• Extensive experience in Frontend, UI, E2E, and Backend Testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid

Databases: Oracle DB, MS SQL SERVER, MS Access, DB2

Database Access: Squirrel SQL Client, Text Pad, IBM DB2 Command Editor

MS Suite: MS Word, MS Access, MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel.

Testing Tools: Test Director / HP Quality Center (10,11), Selenium

Frameworks/Other Tools: Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Eclipse IDE, Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Win SCP Application, UC4 Scheduling Batch, Snagit 11 Editor, XML, X-Path

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked throughout the Application Life-cycle to assist & support the analysis, design, development, and effective + efficient implementation of testing methodology.
• Analyzed business and system requirements so as to Plan, Create, and Execute detailed quality project plans and closely monitored the implementation.
• Conducted Brainstorming and Nominal Group sessions with my team mates.
• Worked with the end-users togather requirements and analyzethem, and subsequently made the Solution Design Documents / Prototypes. Prepared the Requirement Traceability Matrix and made sure the mapping of Test steps was in accordance to the requirements.
• Helped in setting up the Integrated Change Control board to improve the efficiency of project implementation.
• Frequently interacted with Business Analysts and other Team Leads to review business requirements, and preparing the Quality Management and Process Improvement plans.
• Mentored and conducted trainings for junior testers.
• Worked on the renewal of CMMI Level - 3 and made sure that the company is compliance with all the processes required by CMMI.
• Kept the track of the Project and made sure the goals were accomplished within the time-frame, and the stakeholders are satisfied with the result.
• Balanced the Project’s Triple Constraints mainly Time, Scope and Cost and made sure that the Trade Offs did not impact the quality of the Project.
• Developed effective Project schedules, Gantt Charts and controlled the schedule so that the Project is finished on time.
• Implemented TestNG Test Automation framework and helped in developing automation infrastructure.
• Prepared testing environments through database restores, running TS35, applied DB10 and made CMG requests for code deployments in testing environments.
• Worked closely with the Risk Management team to Identify Risks and perform various Risk analyses and plan Risk Responses.
• Participated in Production Support by testing time sensitive defects and provided advice and guided on system functionality as a subject matter expert to other testers.
• Executed batch jobs using UC4 scheduling tool and extracted results were validated.
• Regularly performed Quality audits and Process Analysis to make sure whether the current process could be made better.

Confidential

QA / QC Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test cases, test steps / scenarios in quality center and linked with requirements for Web-based and Client-Server applications’ testing.
• Created and enhanced Test Cases (Test Scripts) using Selenium Element locators, WebDriver Methods, Java programming concepts and TestNG Annotations.
• Conducted regression, integration, and systems testing on newly designed or modified applications/systems.
• Knowledge of Defect Priority and Severity, Defect Tracking System, and Defect Reporting System Analyses.
• Cross Browser Testing (Executing test cases against various browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome and IE).
• Worked on performance testing, scheduling, maintenance, and database backup/restore.
• Performed backend testing of application using SQL, writing queries to confirm correctness of data entered via UI, and data manipulation.
• Performed backend database integrity testing using SQL queries ensures the data consistency.
• Followed STLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, audit requirements, security rules and external facing reporting is properly represented.

Confidential

Manual Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test cases, test steps / scenarios in quality center and linked with requirements for Web-based and Client-Server applications testing.
• Thoroughly analyzed, tests, and software quality documents to ensure proper implementation.
• Prepared test strategy and test plan documents for testing implementation on intranet and web applications.
• Performed scheduled batch jobs and resolved issues if job fails, processed the data, analyzed and validated obtained data.
• Validated GUI standards and database mapping, control formats, filters and program logic.
• Logged the defects using Quality Center to track the issues.
• Communicated in a clear and concise manner regarding defects immediately to appropriate team members and management.
• Conducted team meetings to resolve defects and assisted Dev team to diagnose the defects.
• Prepared clear and precise defect reports as required for identified software defects and functional defects based on testing results and presented to users in user reviews.
• Monitored and updated defects status to ensure timely problem resolution and implementation.
• Presented user reviews to end users with the testing results covering both positive and negative scenarios.