SUMMARY

• Over 7+ Years of diversified software Quality Assurance experience in Retail, Banking, and Health Care Domain.
• Expertise in performing Manual and Automation testing.
• Experience in Establishing QA Procedures and Standards, proficient in writing Test Plans, Documenting the Testing Procedures and writing in - depth Test Cases to meet the Testing Cycle.
• Experienced in reviewing and documenting system Test Plans and Creating Test Cases based on the application’s features and client's requirements.
• Expertise in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and contributed immensely in the Planning, Design, Execution and Analysis of Software Applications.
• Expertise in Java, XML, HTML, VB.Net and ASP.Net
• Experience in Functional testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Performance, User Acceptance and Beta Testing assignments.
• Experience in creating and executing automated test scripts for Regression Testing using QuickTest Professional.
• Experience of 2 years in Cognos.
• Expertise in using Quality Center test management tool, Analyzing Requirements, Preparing Test Plans, Creating Test Cases and Executing Test Cases and Reporting Defect.
• In depth knowledge of Back-end Data Validation on relational database systems.
• Excellent Communication skills, Documentation Skills, Team problem solving ability, Analytical skills in High speed, Quality conscious and multitasking environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and writing skills, good work ethics and ability to work well in a team or in individual environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows XP 2000, windows 7/8, UNIX (Solaris), Linux

TestingTools: Quality Center 10/ALM 11.0, QuickTest Professional, Test Manager, Bugzilla

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, Access, My SQL

Language: Visual Basic.Net, VBScript, ASP.Net, SQL, C++, Java, Java Script, HTML, XML.

Networking: HTTP, FTP, TCP/IP.

BI/Reporting Tools: Micro Strategy, Business Objects, SSRS, IBM Cognos 10

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Providence, RI

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the user/business requirements, functional specs and use case documents and created Test
• Scenarios, Test Data, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Traceability Matrix according to Business and Functional Requirements.
• Involved in complete project Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and in Software Testing Life cycle (STLC).
• Performed Functional Testing, Sanity Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and System Testing.
• Developed Test Cases and executed all test cases based on the technical specifications and business requirements.
• Created documents such as Test Results, Test Cases, Defect Reports and Traceability Matrix
• Defects were reported, tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using ALM 11.0.
• Use ALM to write and execute test cases and reported the defects.
• Performed back-end testing and verified the data stored in the database with the help of SQL queries.
• Interacted and worked with the developers and BA to solve the problems encountered in the test scenario run.
• Exclusively used Analysis Studio and Report Studio to test the Cognos Reports.
• Created SQL queries to pull and retrieve and validated data.
• Followed (Agile & Scrum) Testing Methodology.
• Attended project meetings, release meetings, and QA status meetings.
• Extensively interacted with the development team and the business team in resolving the critical issues.

Tools: MS Word, Excel, HTTP, XML, HP ALM 11.0SQL Servers 2008 and QTP 110

Confidential, Southlake, Texas

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed a road map by understanding the business logic and User Requirements for Test execution.
• Involved in developing detailed, Integrated Test Strategies and Test Plans for the modified systems.
• Analyzed System Specifications, Designing and Developing Test Plan and Test Cases corresponding to business rules for the new system.
• Maintained requirements and created Tractability Matrix between Requirements and Test Cases.
• Performed Manual Testing and Maintained Documentation on different types of Testing including Positive, Negative, and Black Box.
• Created the SQL queries to test the back-end functionality of the application.
• Used Toad to connect, update the Oracle Database, and verify database contents.
• To test database efficiency used SQL for the retrieval of data from the relational database (inner joins, outer join, group by, order by etc.).
• Tested Cognos Reports according to the business requirements.
• Used Quality Center (QC) to log defects and track resolution till the closing of defect after retesting
• Actively participated in enhancement meetings focused on making the product more effective in real time scenario.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing with users along with providing training to end-users.
• Categorized bugs based on the severity and interfaced with developers to resolve them.
• Generate defect reports based on defect status and provided to management team.
• Actively participated in enhancement meetings focused on making the product more effective in real time scenario.
• Attended daily Scrum meeting to update work progress with the team.

Tools: Windows7, Quality Center 9.2, SQL Server 2005, Cognos 10, QTP, MS Word and Excel.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in early stage of projects to establish Plans, Standards and Procedures that will add value to the development effort and satisfy the constraints of the project.
• Analyzed Software and Business Requirements documents to get a better understanding of the system from both technical and business perspectives.
• Designed, Developed and Executed Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Procedures based on the functional specifications.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix to verify that all stated and derived requirements are allocated to system components.
• Validated the data at back-end and Database Integrity by using different SQL Queries.
• Verified the changes and updates that occur for the Data Validation on MS SQL Server while listing or creating the users that occurred on the Business Units Web sites.
• Integrated testing on to the product to the web services, mostly designed on flex components and its framework, the synchronization of the flash screens and customer interaction windows.
• Utilized Mercury QTP to design, code, and maintain large data-driven scripts to perform new order processing and existing order modification.
• Inserted several checkpoints like Standard Checkpoints, Text Checkpoints, Text Area Checkpoints, Database Checkpoints, Bitmap Checkpoints and Synchronization Checkpoints in the Test Scripts to verify application properties and functionalities.
• Updated the test cases on Quality Center and managing of test cases pertaining to the modules and scenarios.
• Worked with users to design and develop user acceptance test scenarios and administer portions of the testing process.

Tools: Quality Center 9.2, Quick Test Professional (QTP), Windows XP, UNIX, MS SQL Server 2005.