PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 6+ years of experience in Manual Testing and Automated Testing of Client/Server and Web - Based applications.
• An energetic, team-oriented, and process-focused professional with excellent communication skills in Software Quality Assurance field.
• Experienced in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experienced in reviewing and understanding business and testing requirements.
• Experienced in working in important phases of Testing Life Cycle like GUI Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing/Black box Testing, System Testing, Acceptance Testing, Performance and Load/Stress Testing.
• Experienced in structuring test requirements, test methodologies, test planning, test case design, test procedures, test scenarios, and test scripts in black box testing.
• Proficient in Quick Test Professional (QTP), Quality Center / Application Life Cycle Management (ALM).
• Designed automation framework where test scripts are reusable and easily maintained.
• Experienced in developing test plans, test cases and test scripts to ensure proper business compliance using HP Quality Center.
• Extensively experienced in using HP Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting the modification requests
• Experienced in using SQL for querying Databases by writing Advanced Joins and Aggregate Functions.
• Well versed in creating and maintaining Data Driven test scripts (using Excel as a database snapshot) and automating the QA processes using QTP.
• Experienced in performing Data-Driven Testing, Parameterized Data, Created custom functions and worked towards synchronizing the test run using QTP.
• Comfortable with UNIX platform, and experienced in Unix Commands and Vi Editor.
• Hands on experience with Java based, .Net based Web Applications, and client-server applications.
• Experienced in working closely with users and business analysts, project managers, developers to understand requirements, business processes for testing and attending walkthroughs.
• Worked in SCRUM and Agile methodology of project development
• Expertise in Problem Solving and Defect Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tools like Team Track & Bugzilla, JIRA
• Excellent working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) with emphasis on Testing and requirement gathering phases
• Experience with Waterfall, V-Model and Agile process
• Experienced in defect tracking and test management tools like HP Quality Center &, Clear Quest
• Experience in developing and executing queries for SQL server and Oracle databases for back end testing.
• Experienced in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements
• Extensive knowledge in gathering and understanding BRDs (Business Requirements Document), FRDs (Functional Requirements Document), SRS (System Requirement Specifications) and Used cases
• Experience using automation testing tools such as Quality Center, Quick Test Pro and Load Runner, SOAP UI

COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: ALM HP Quality Center 11.0, HP Quality Center 10.0, UFT 11.5, Quick Test Professional (QTP) 11.0, QTP 10.0, QTP 9.0, TOAD, Autosys, Crystal Report, Business Object, Serena Business Manger (SBM)

Programming Languages: Visual Basic, C#, VB.Net, Java, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, XML, PL/SQL, SQL

Databases & Tools: MS SQL Server 2003/05, Oracle12g,11g,10g, MS Access, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2000

Microsoft Tools: Windows, and Unix/Linux, Windows XP, Windows 2007 MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, MS Works, and Outlook

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepare the Test Plan and Test Cases based on the business requirements.
• Involved in gathering requirement specifications and requirements from development personnel and business prior to System Testing.
• Interacted with end users to obtain specific system requirements and developed test plans, test cases and test Scenarios to cover overall quality assurance testing
• Wrote Test analysis report.
• Went through the application coded in Java to performed backend testing to check data integrity
• Primary responsibility was to perform backend testing and used SQL queries to extract data from the Oracle database and check out for DML anomalies.
• Worked closely with software development, Configuration groups to accomplish the software delivering on schedule.
• Created Test Plan, Test scripts, System Test summary report, Acceptance Test summary report, Defect reports, Regression Test Script Description and stored them in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS).
• Generated and implemented templates for Test Plan, Test cases, Test Scripts on different applications.
• Configured Quality Center and Quick Test Pro to work together and managed and execute Automation Scripts in Quality Center.
• Used HP Quality Center to track, analyze and document defects.
• Preparation of Functional Test Plan and writing actual Test Cases Running the test scripts using Quality Center
• Administered Quality Center partly by creating the users user groups and assigning privileges to users.
• Written test cases for the application with respect to the user requirement document.
• Attended several walkthrough meeting with the Business Analysts, Project Managers and developers and provided feedback accordingly.
• Got involved in preparing scenarios for the regression testing using automation tool.
• Trained team members Automation Strategy using Quick Test Pro, Process, and demonstrated Best practice methods, time frame, Automation Test plan and so on.
• Created and documented automated testing methodology.
• Designed automation framework where test scripts are reusable and easily maintained. Perform identification and implementation of the automation framework, environment, approach, and methodologies which will be used for automated testing.
• Developed test scripts for Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing and Integration testing using Quick Test Pro.
• The VB Scripts were generated and modified to perform the Data Driven Testing, generate random data, various VB script Logics using Quick Test Pro.
• Involved with creating parameterization, managing object repository, action and using descriptive programming.
• Used regular expressions to bypass the dynamic object properties for multiple iterations.
• Used Quick Test pro to execute SQL Query in database in order to perform database checkpoint and output results. experience custom function and sub-routine libraries to support automated testing solutions
• Designed modular and reusable actions to satisfy testing requirements.
• Coached team members and clients on Agile Scrum software development techniques.
• Responsible for collecting the load and performance test requirements.
• Helped the development team to perform stress testing and to identify bottleneck.
• Responsible for writing test cases, creating test plan documentation for the application for Automation.
• Responsible for designing and developing of Test cases and Test scenarios for different modules of the application for Functional test, UAT and Regression testing.
• Tested various kinds of interfaces depending on the applications. Involved in Performance and Load testing using Load Runner.
• Developed the Load Test Scenario using Load Runner Controller.
• Utilized Performance /Load testing methodologies to identify potential bottlenecks and system performance problems
• Worked on troubleshooting mainframe transmission jobs and carried pager for the test team alerts.

Environment: SQL Server 2008, Windows XP, Quick Test Pro 11, Quality Center 11 (ALM), MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, MS Outlook

Confidential, Silver spring, MD

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in planning, designing, developing and deploying testing strategies for Web based and Client server Applications.
• Expertise in Automation Testing, Descriptive Programming, Data Driven/ Modular Framework and VB Script with QTP.
• Expert in planning, developing and executing automated test scripts using Quick Test Professional (QTP) for Automating Regression and Functional testing.
• Well-versed with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) for Manual and Automation testing and Bug Life Cycle and Scrum Methodology.
• Having sound knowledge of scripting using VBScript (Object Repository and Descriptive Programming).
• On experience in creation, updating and managing of Automation Framework.
• Writing, Reviewing & Executing test cases, test scripts for Functional, Integration, System, GUI, and UAT testing.
• Profound working knowledge in defect tracking tools Quality Center.
• Have good experience on testing Web 2.0 and web services using Soap UI.
• Extensively involved in writing & execution of SQL statements for backend testing.
• Extensively worked on below Automation models and projects (from scratch).
• Created Automation scripts in data driven Automation model using QTP.
• Utilized HP Quality Center (QC) to log defects and manage changes in requirements.
• Good Exposure on Requirements Analyzing, Preparing the Test plan and estimate Testing Effort.
• Hands on Experience on Test cases, Automated Tests and Test Data and Good expertise in reviews of various Testing Documents.
• Managed entire quality assurance process in Quality Center including maintaining test cases, test execution, and defect tracking.
• Created Performance scripts for the second phase using Load Runner’s VuGen.

Environment: Quick Test Pro10, Quality Center10, SQL, J2EE, JAVA, VBScript, Windows XP, Load Runner.

Confidential, Mclean, VA

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering Requirements specifications and requirements from development personnel and business prior to System Testing.
• Interacted with end users to obtain specific system requirements and developed test plans, test cases and test Scenarios to cover overall quality assurance testing
• Wrote Test cases and Test script for manual testing and part of the automated scripts.
• Wrote Test analysis report.
• Went through the application coded in Java to perform backend testing to check data integrity
• Primary responsibility was to perform backend testing and used SQL queries to extract data from the Oracle database and check out for DML anomalies.
• Performed Data driven testing to test financial data in Oracle database.
• Assisted QA team members in learning HP Tools and automate the scripts based on business requirements.
• Testing included both manual and automated testing. Involved in automation of the test cases for regression testing and Functional testing using Quick Test Pro
• Wrote Quick Test Pro Scripts and customized the tests.
• Conducted System Testing, Functionality Testing, User Acceptance testing and Configuration Testing including Black Box
• Used Load Runner for Performance & Stress testing and analyzed the response times of the business transactions under load.
• Responsible for keeping test schedule and updating weekly status to manager.
• Developed and executed test suites and operation scenarios to detect report and track defects using Test Director.
• Submitted Reports to CM.(configuration manager)

Environment: Java, XML, Soup UI, Unix, Windows XP, Microsoft Office Share Point Server (MOSS-2007), Microsoft virtual PC 2007, QTP 10, VBScript, Mercury Quality Center 10

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business, Functional Requirements and Streamlined the Testing Activities
• Developed Test Plans, Test Scenarios, and Detailed Test Cases based on the Use Case Documents, Business Requirements, and Functional Specifications.
• Working closely with Business Analysts on ambiguities in the FRDs.
• Responsible for writing the Test Cases and Test Scenarios based on the Functional Requirements and Use Case documents and documenting them in HP Quality Center & Excel.
• Extensively involved in Manual/Functional Testing of the Web Based Applications
• Extensively tested Functionality of the Web Based applications, and UI Screens.
• Create and execute test scripts, cases, and scenarios that will determine optimal system performance according to specifications.
• Handled Defect life cycle process independently and handled issues by interacting closely with Business Analysts, Developers, Performance Testers, end users and other members of the Team.
• Performed all phases of End-to-End testing which includes Functional, Regression, GUI, System and Smoke testing of the application and its interfaces Client-Server Utilities Prepared detailed Test Plan and Test Cases by understanding the business logic and user requirements
• Performed data integrity and data validation by writing SQL queries in TOAD for RDBMS Oracle.
• Tested various menus, options and utilities and Executed VB Scripts developed in QTP.
• Defect detection, reporting and tracking was done using Rational Clear Quest.
• Tested Functional Requirements manually to check the website performance.
• Used Quality Center for generating Requirements, Test Sets, and Test Plan and for reporting defects.
• Exported Test Requirements and Test Cases from Microsoft Excel and MS Word to Quality Center.

Environment: Windows XP, Oracle 9x, MS Access, VB, SQL, TOAD, RTM, QTP 9.2, Clear Quest, Req. pro, MS Office, Quality Center10,Agile, PVCS, MS-Excel, MS-Word

Confidential, NJ

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and Analyzed the System Requirement Specs (SRS) and design documents.
• Extensively used Quality Center, for test planning, bug tracking and reporting.
• Uploaded Business requirements, test scenarios, test cases and defects in MS Excel to Quality Center.
• Developed detailed Testing Methodologies, Test Matrices, Test cases and Test scripts
• Worked on Manual Testing and Automation using Quick Test Pro and Quality Center.
• Developed various reports and metrics to measure and track testing effort.
• Master GUI Map is maintained in the central repository and changes are made to it for every version.
• Performed Functional/Regression testing, System Testing and User acceptance testing.
• Responsible for creating and executing test plans, test cases &performing hands on testing based on functional requirements.
• Ran Automation Scripts using Quick Test Pro (QTP) for Regression Testing and the additional scripts are generated for each version as per the need.
• A Separate regression test results documents was prepared for each release testing.
• Ensured that defects and requirement variances are appropriately communicated to development team for correction.
• Interacted with developers to resolve high priority bugs which would affect income generating functionality in Production.
• Document the test results.
• Send status report of the bugs to the Manager on daily basis.

Environment: Quality Center10, Quick Test Pro (QTP)10, Manual Testing, Windows XP, .Net, Web Sphere, JavaScript, XML, HTML, VB Script, and Oracle, SQL.

Confidential, Eagar, AZ

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing test plans by understanding the User Requirements and business logic to enable manual testing of application
• Discussed and worked with business analyst team to gather detail functionality.
• Performed manual testing considering the base line of developed test plan and test cases Functional, System and Integration testing of the application
• Updated status to the QA Manager as and when needed considering both positive and negative scenarios.
• An executed test case developed by self or peers. Compared and analyzed actual to expected results and reported all deviations for resolution. .
• Performed Integration, System and UAT testing
• Used Test Director to document the test data for all the manual tests
• Identified defects and logged and tracked all new and existing ones

Environment: Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.2, MS Office, XML, SQL, Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0, Visio 2000, UNIX and Windows 2000