PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Software Quality Analyst has 7 years of experience which includes managing, testing and developing software QA programs.
• Excellent understanding of Software Quality Assurance Techniques and complete knowledge of the Software DevelopmentLife Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test life Cycle STLC
• Strong expertise in SQA (Software Quality Assurance) withmanual testing,test management - QualityCenter
• Proficient in performingGUItesting, Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing, Database testingusing manual testing techniques.
• Proficient inWindows/Unix environments
• Experienced inworking withMortgage, Bankingand Financial Servicesdomains.
• Extensive experience inanalyzing, reviewing and understanding of Business/Functional & Testing requirements and writing Test Plans, Test Scripting, creating Test Scenarios, analyzing results and preparing result summary report.
• Practical experience with HP Quality Center & HP ALM to develop Test plan, test cases, executing test cases in Test lab; creating and tracking defects in Defects module
• Strongexperience in executing testing projects, working withoffshore/on-site
• QA teams, coordinating with Business and development team.
• Experienced inSoftware QA engineering and QA Management.Working in Client/Server,.Net,distributedcomputing environments Technologies.
• Experienced in using structured approach toidentify client's business needs,design and development of QA requirements.
• Experienced in identifying high-risk areasthat should be focused on in test planning.
• Experienced inAGILE Software developmentenvironment that promotes development iterations throughout the life cycle of the project
• Experienced in Working closely with End Users, Business analysts, Project Managers, Developers to understand requirements, business processes fortesting
• Strong Experience in,Defect Managementand analyzing Test results
• Experienced in creating Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Excellent Communication and coordination skills andteam Player and self-starter with effective communication, motivation and organizational skills.
• Expert in Database querying usingSQLin MS Access, Oracle 9i/10g and SQL Server database.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

CRM: Customer Master Data Repository

Testing Techniques: Grey Box testing, Black Box Testing and User Acceptance Testing

Test Tools: HP Quality Centre, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Database: Teradata 13.0 Oracle 9i, MS Access, My SQL and SQL Server 2005

GUI: Forms 4.5/5.0, Visual Basic 5.0 and Reports 2.5/3.0, TOAD 12.0

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Red Hat Linux 2.6, Tomcat Server 6.0, Windows 2000/NT, Windows XP

MS tools: MS Office Suite 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Park Ridge, NJ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirements Document with Business Analysts for development of test plan and test scenarios of Batch Jobs and User Interface
• Developed the traceability matrix of requirements and Test scripts in MS Excel to ensure the coverage of all service layer requirements
• Developed SQL Queries to ensure that data get entered and update in the target tables from User Interface.
• Created manual Test Cases in HP ALM for various User Stories based on Release and Sprint Plan.
• Executed Test cases in ALM - Test Lab.
• Developed Test scripts of Batch Job Processing of Customer Enrollment, AMEX card processing, Rental Agreement events and execution of Batch processing
• Closely worked with Development and Business Analysts to review the defects

Environment: HP Application Life Cycle Management (ALM), Red Hat Linux 2.6, Tivoli Batch Scheduler, Windows 7.0, MS Office and Sharepoint.

Confidential, Mt Laurel NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed Business requirement documents, Technical specification and documented test cases.
• Designed and developed Test scenarios in MS Excel and upload to Quality Center after review/Sign-off
• Used HP Quality Center for raising defects to log, track and report bugs in the application.
• Executed Test scenarios ofLoan OriginationLoan Span,Loan Processing, Ca$h,
• Mortgage Closing, Refinance, Heloc, Piggyback and Landscape
• Designed Test scenarios in MS Excel for Business review and Sign-Off
• ExecutedRegression test, Compatibility testsuite on different web Browsers.
• Developed SQL queries to validate target data based on business requirements.
• Execute End-to-End Test scenarios.
• Workedclosely with team and test lead in documenting test plan.
• Executed test sets of Entry and Exit criteria.
• Created Regression Test sets for further execution in QC Test lab
• Developed traceability matrix mapping test cases to Business requirements
• Worked with Business Analysts, Development team and QA team in Defect Triage meetings and status meetings.
• Involved in preparing the test data for System Integration Testing.

Environment: .NET, Java, J2EE, Windows XP, HP Quality Center

Confidential, park ridge, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved indesigning and developing high level test plansand manual test scripts based on the functional specifications and user requirements.
• Involved in Business Requirements Document review.
• Developed Test Scenarios in MS Excel reviewed with Business Analysts and Development team and upload to QualityCenterfor further execution.
• Carried out peer review of test cases prepared by team.
• Developed Traceability Matrix mapping Test Cases for each Business requirement for coverage of requirements in QualityCenter.
• Identifyingcriticalworkflows andTestscenarios.
• Executed Regression test scripts.
• PerformedUser Interface, Functional and Database testing.
• Extensively used test Plan, test lab and defect modules of HP Quality centre
• Interacted with development and business analyst teams during SIT testing.
• Performed Functional regression tests.
• Logged and tracked defects using JIRA.
• Communicated defects encountered during testing phases and worked with developers to verify the fixes.
• Attended weekly Team meetingsto report andtrack testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, defects discovered and their status.
• Retest issues resolved by the Development Team in a timely manner to reduce Project Risk Test Production issues and provide sign-off for release to Production
• Maintains the results of the Test Case Execution

Environment: ASP.NET, SQL Server 2008,WebSphereon Linux, AS400, JIRA andMQ, HP Quality Center

Confidential, Plano, TX

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzedbusiness requirements, Functional Specificationsand Design documents
• Interacted withBusiness analysts andbuild team toprepareTestScenarios and Test Cases.
• Communicated between different teams across different systems for the smooth running of Integration testing.
• Involved in walkthroughs with developers, customers and shared different testing methods of testing BREQ’s.
• Extensively involved in supporting UAT and third party integration efforts
• Managed QA tasks, requirements and defects in HP Quality Center.
• Created test plans, test cases using HP QC.
• Create and verify the reports so that they match the business requirements using MS Office products.
• Extensively written and used SQL queries for validating data in database
• Review Test logs and exceptions to find the root cause of the defects.
• PerformedSmoke testing and Regression testing to check whether the build is stable.
• Conducted positive,negative, system, integration, functional, regression and user acceptancetesting
• Tested CBS and CIF modules separately and also performed integration testing of both the modules.
• Tested the application on different browsers
• Performed all test assignments to ensure the application meets business requirements
• Assisted theteam lead with daily QA tasks, coordinated and assisted in project meetings.
• Participated extensively in release meetingsand QA status meetings.
• Worked closely withbusiness analystsfor better understanding of system functionality.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).

Environment: .NET, Java, J2EE, Windows XP, HP Quality Center 9.2