SUMMARY

• Over 7 Years of diversified experience as Software/QA Tester in testing Web based and client/server applications using Manual and Automated testing procedures
• Experience in defining/writing Test Cases on the basis of Business Requirements, developing and maintaining Test Scripts, analyzing bugs, interacting with team members in fixing the Defects.
• Experience in Functional, Integration, System, Regression, Web and Cross browser compatibility testings.
• Used HP Quality Center, MS Office for maintaining the Test Plans, Test Cases and HP Quality Center for Test Execution, Defect Management and Bug Reporting.
• Experience in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Experienced in automating regression suite using Quick Test Pro, descriptive programming & VBScript and have knowledge of Selenium Testing Tool.
• Experience in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and good knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in Querying and testing RDBMS such as Oracle, MS SQL Server Using SQL, and PL/SQL for data integrity.
• Experienced in both Manual and Automated testing.
• Strong skills in backend testing using TOAD/SQL queries on Oracle.
• Good experience in testing various tax forms coming from different sources
• Extensively involved in UAT testing with internal and external customers.
• Responsible for mentoring resources technically and training other QA Team Members.
• Attended Walk through, Review Meetings and Status Meetings and worked closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers and QA Engineers to achieve projects goal timely and effectively.
• An effective communicator, committed team player, quick learner and rapid problem solver with commitment and a strong work ethic and ability to quickly adapt to new environments.
• Strong analytical skills; ability to understand applications from a technical as well as business perspective, proven track record in on - time delivery and high customer satisfaction.
• Quick Learner with an eye for problem solving and out of the box thoughts on the given problem.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

QA Tools: QTP 11.0, 10.0,9.0, Quality Center 11.0,10.0,9.0, Application Life Cycle Management, PVCS, TOAD

Test Management Tools: Test Director, Rational Clear Quest, Atlasian, JIRA 3.6

Testing Methodologies: Black Box Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, End-to-End Testing, Data validation, User Acceptance Testing.

Web Technologies: HTML, Java Script, XML, JSP

Databases: Oracle (SQL, PL/SQL), SQL Server, MS Access.

Operating Systems: Win NT/2K/XP, UNIX, Windows 3.1 and Red Hat Linux.

MS-Office Tools: Word, Excel, access and PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirements and Specifications and understand the scope of the application and reviewed Design Requirements and used Agile Scrum Methodology for Sprint Backlog.
• Participated in the Business Requirements Specification, Detail Design Specification and Use Case Document review meetings.
• Created and executed Test Cases manually for functional, regression testing.
• Documented, tracked test plans, test results, test analysis using Quality Centre 10.
• Used Quality Center for bug-reporting, tracking and to create and execute various scenarios, generate graphs and analyzed the results.
• Performed User Interface testing, Security testing and data base testing.
• Developed and updated Test plans, Test Matrices, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases for various scenarios across modules
• Written and executed regression test script using Quick Test Professional.
• Wrote QTP Test Scripts and enhanced the scripts using Parameterization, Synchronization, Correlation, Regular Expressions, Check Points, Customized Exception handling and VB Script.
• Written Test Scripts using QTP for all the Enhancements
• Created Test cases for every functionality and business rule based on documentation provided
• Performed User Acceptance Test on Different Modules.
• Checked the data flow through the front end to back end and used SQL queries to extract the data from the data base.
• Followed Agile testing methodology, participated in daily SCRUM meetings and testing each SPRINT deliverables.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix and performed Gap Analysis.
• Attended Bug Review meetings and discussed issues with the Developers and Business Owners.

Environment: QTP11.0, QC11, .Net, C #, HTML, Java Script, XML, JSP, Windows Server, Oracle, MS Access, UNIX, Windows XP, TOAD

Confidential, Mt Prospect, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Requirements, involved in identification and documentation of required system and functional testing efforts for all test scenarios (Positive and Negative tests)
• Reviewed technical specifications to develop test scripts.
• Cross Browser testing for Mozilla and IE.
• Primary responsibility was to develop and execute test cases, assist in debug, evaluate results and communicate results to the upgrade team.
• Involved in Smoke, Functional, Performance, Integration, Security, Usability, Regression, Compatibility and End-End Testing.
• Performed Screen Navigation Test to ensure that the links are not broken and are navigating to the correct pages as per the functional specs provided.
• Actively participated in status reporting meetings, walk-through, and interacted with development team to discuss technical issues.
• Used Quality Center for bug-reporting, tracking and to create and execute various scenarios, generate graphs, overlaid graphs for comparison, and analyzed the results.
• Wrote test cases from requirements documents and functional specifications using Quality Center.
• Conducted Functionality and Regression testing using QTP during the various phases of the product development.
• Recorded and programmed quick test scripts through the expert view, by adding conditional statements, loops and other user-defined functions.
• Responsible for Black box testing of the application.
• Written Test Scripts using QTP for all the Enhancements
• Participated in Peer Review meetings to enhance the Test Procedures and Test cases.

Environment: QTP 11.0, QC11.0, HP Quality Center, HTML, Java, Web Testing, Data validation, SQL Server, Windows, Java script, TOAD and UNIX.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created and Executed test plans and Cases as well as executed Functional and System Test Cases
• Designed and executed manual test cases.
• Verifying test results and reporting the defect status to the development team.
• Involved in generating reports using Winrunner as the automation tool
• Modified and updated user requirements documents after requirement changes with detailed information.
• Performed verification and validation for user interactions Screens.
• Maintained Test Matrix for latest test results information.
• Prepared test reports and communicated test status and issues.
• Provided daily and weekly status reports describing issues/defects and schedule implications
• Actively participated in walk-through meetings and interacted with developers for any technical issues.
• Performed parallel testing while current application replacing existing legacy application functionality
• Written Test Scripts using QTP for all the Enhancements
• Responsible for Black box testing of the application.
• Performed testing against data consistency, data integration, and data validation.
• Involved in Writing, testing and executing Functional and System Test Cases.

Environment: QTP 10.0, QC10.0, .Net, C #, HTML, Java Script, XML, JSP, Windows Server, Oracle, MS Access, UNIX, Windows XP, Windows 2000, TOAD

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Requirements, involved in identification and documentation of required system and functional testing efforts for all test scenarios (Positive and Negative tests)
• Worked on their release for the New Plant Roll out.
• Reviewed technical specifications to develop test scripts.
• Primary responsibility is to develop and execute test cases for system Level testing, assist in debug, evaluate results and communicate results to the Development team.
• Wrote test cases for black box testing, system testing, regression testing and integration testing
• Conducted Sanity testing, functional testing, regression testing and pre-acceptance of the application.
• Responsible for Black box testing of the application.
• Written Test Scripts using QTP for all the Enhancements
• Involved in different phases of Project Life Cycle.
• Created Test cases for every functionality and business rule based on documentation provided
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Different Modules.
• Used PVCS for build version control and release management.

Environment: QTP 9.0, QC9.0, .Net, C #, HTML, MS Office Suite, Java, J2EE, Windows NT4.0, Java Script, XML, JSP, Windows Server, UNIX, Windows XP, Oracle, TOAD, MS Access

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plan in Microsoft word for testing the Inventory & Distribution Management System Application.
• Performed Functional Testing on the Inventory & Distribution Management System Application.
• Performed Database Testing by executing SQL queries.
• Problems encountered in the application were discussed in the status meetings.
• Bugs found in the Application were entered in Excel Spreadsheet
• Maintained Test Matrix for latest test results information.
• Prepared test reports and communicated test status and issues.
• Provided daily and weekly status reports describing issues/defects and schedule implications
• Actively participated in walk-through meetings and interacted with developers for any technical issues.
• Performed parallel testing while current application replacing existing legacy application functionality
• Responsible for Black box testing of the application.
• Written Test Scripts using QTP for all the Enhancements
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Different Modules.

Environment: Manual Testing, QTP, QC, .Net, C #, HTML, Windows NT, Oracle, UNIX, MS Excel, Windows Server, Manual Testing Methods.

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test cases And Test Execution strategies and performed User Acceptance Testing.
• Collected the test data and prepared test summary results.
• Prepared the test data for positive and negative testing for all the scenarios.
• Interacted with the release engineering team to find the build status. Performed Smoke and Sanity testing for each new build.
• Conducted manual and regression test execution based on test cases.
• Escalated issues to Management and verified fixes and communicated critical defects and quality issues to design and development teams.
• Involved in Training and Documentation.
• Written Test Scripts using QTP for all the Enhancements
• Created Test cases for every functionality and business rule based on documentation provided
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Different Modules.
• Attended various meetings with the developers, clients, and the management team to discuss major defects found during testing, enhancement issues, and future design modifications.

Environment: Manual Testing, QTP, QC, .Net, C #, Windows NT, Oracle, MS Excel, Windows Server, Manual Testing Methods, C++, UNIX, HTML, JavaScript.