SUMMARY

• About 8+ years of experience in the Software field, utilizing HP and Rational testing tools (Quality Center, Rally, Win Runner and Test Director) on applications using Java and data bases (SQL, Oracle, and MS Access).
• 5+ years of QA experience in cross - platforms testing Web-based and Mobile applications (Native and Chrome browsers).
• Involved in complete software testing lifecycle owning the test deliverables from start to end through the entire SDLC and experienced in methodologies like Waterfall, Iterative and Agile (SCRUM).
• Led and implemented various test cycles including System Testing, Integration Testing, Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Black box testing, Recovery Testing, Compatibility Testing, and End to End Testing.
• Participated in Daily Scrum Meetings and also involved in Analyzing Requirements during Requirement Gathering and Design Phase Also Forecasting and Estimating future requirements
• Managed, prepared and executed Test Plans on Health Care, Insurance and Banking domains.
• Comprehensive knowledge of performing end to end testing of ecommerce software, UI, and software testing.
• Hands on experience in developing test plans and strategies for testing web applications and e-commerce solutions.
• Good knowledge in development of Automation testing solutions using open source tools (JAVA, Selenium).
• Proficient in Window based and Web based (Client Server) applications.
• Superior experience in several Defect Tracking Tools Like Bugzilla, Test director, Jira, Quality Center, Version One.
• Written and maintained Requirement and Test Documentation as per high level testing standards, attended review meetings and Quality Control board meeting for continuous improvement of Software Quality
• Excellent problem solving skills with a strong technical background, good interpersonal skills, immense experience, quick learner, excellent team player, ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java, JavaScript, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS

Domain Experience: Financial, Health Care, Banking, Mortgage, Insurance, Federal Projects

Databases: MySQL, SQL Server 2008 and 2012, Oracle 9i,10g,11g

Development Tools: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, Toad, SQL Server Management Studio

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Unix, Mainframe, Citrix,

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Chrome

Testing Tools: QC, Rally, Selenium IDE, WD, Test Rail, Version One

Testing Frameworks: Data Driven, Keyword, Junit, TestNG

Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla

Web Debugging Tools: Xpath, Firebug, FirePath

CI Tools: Jenkins

Build Tools: ANT, Maven, Postman

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Wisconsin

Quality Assurance Analyst II

Responsibilities:

• Attend QA kick off meeting and understand the requirement with developers and BA before start working on these requirements.
• Preparing high-level QA estimates based on information gathered during QA kick off (Story Point Meetings).
• Worked on different module of the application e.g. Orders, Group Events, Customers, Providers, Practitioners, Employees, Accounting, Task, Workflow and Administration.
• Helped new member of the QA team in coming up to speed with the functional knowledge of the application and the project artifacts.
• Worked closely with BA, development team, QA offshore and other project stake holders during the course of testing.
• Develop Test Scenarios, write Test Scripts and identify Test Data.
• Participated in the sprint plaining meetings.
• Documented Test plans, Test Cases and decided schedules for Test Case execution by using testing tool like Version One.
• Designing and developing various different scenarios and test cases by analyzing the business needs, user requirements and specifications.
• Identified defects and interacted with developers to resolve issues.
• Worked closely with developers to effectively find, trouble shoot, and resolve issues as well as ensure that implemented feature met product requirements.
• Performed back-end testing to validate the data using MySQL, added SQL queries to the required Test cases.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

Senior QA

Responsibilities:

• Involved and analyzed the business and technical requirements developed Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Scenarios from the functional requirement documents.
• Worked on different module of the application e.g. Dashboard reporting, activation tool and survey design.
• Tested new implementation of ETL/Data Mart architecture.
• Validating the data files from source to make sure correct data has been captured to be loaded to target tables.
• Written Test Cases for ETL to compare Source and Target database systems.
• Worked on SQL scripts to load data in the tables.
• Defect Triaging and Release sign off for Continuous Delivery cycles.
• Reported and tracked the bugs using JIRA.
• Integrated with continuous integration tools Jenkins for weekly and daily schedule as per regular release cycle.
• Performed back-end testing to validate the data using MySQL, added SQL queries to the required Test cases.
• Generated Reports in Front end and validated Reports in Backend to ensure data integrity and validate Business rules.
• Work with product team on defining requirements and user stories.

Confidential BMO - Naperville, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating Test plans, designing test harnesses and test cases, and executing the test cases.
• Assisting in preparation of Test Scope and Strategy development.
• Gathered Test requirements and uploaded in ALM.Also developedtestcases and uploaded inQCALM.
• Implementing and evolving appropriate measurements and metrics.
• Resource allocationmanagement,Review weekly Testers' status reports through AgileProcess and Scrum Calls.
• Have used QC ALM for executing tests in Test Lab, requirements gathering and Defect Tracking.
• Performed Smoke test, System test, Functional, Integration, End to End, User Acceptance testing and Regression testing activities in Test environment and Production support environment.
• Created Data Driven Tests to parameterize data to perform the functional testing with multiple sets of data.
• Performed operations on the front end and check all the tables involved whether they are updated correctly as per the specifications. Verified Data with the SQL Developer tool running SQL queries in the Data Base.
• Performed System testing in different browser versions IE8, IE10, Firefox, and Chrome.
• Generated Reports in Front end and validated Reports in Backend to ensure data integrity and validate Business rules.
• Assisted the team lead with daily QA tasks. Attended project meetings, release meetings, and QA status meetings.
• Worked on Mortgage Loan Origination Systems. (LOS - Encompass).
• Involved in testing data migration from traditional database to Legacy Systems.

Confidential - Hoffman States, IL

QA Analyst/Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirement and Software Specification Requirements to achieve better understanding of the Application.
• Developed detailed Test Plans and Test Cases and executed them for ecommerce applications. Executed Test Cases and Gathered Test Execution results.
• Creating, formatting & uploading listings on several Ecommerce Channels like EBay, Amazon and Automotive, etc.
• Tested the Functionality of the application through manual Testing.
• Developed Test Scenarios and Test Procedures based on the test requirements.
• Defect and issue identification, logging, tracking, resolution, and reporting using Jira
• Created High Level documents, Test Matrix and Test Cases.
• Performed Front End testing and Back End testing using Black Box testing methodology.
• Provided test plan, daily reports on the functional or performance testing effort.
• Conducted manual functionality and regression testing for each build and version.
• Used various SQL queries to validate and populate data into a table.
• Provided complete information to the developers to understand the bug, get an idea of its severity and about its reproducibility.
• Created, maintained and updated test strategy, test conditions, test cases and regression testing based on business requirement.
• Conducted Multi-User, Smoke and System testing.
• Involved in business meetings with developers and other testers.
• Assist in preparing and modifying project specific test data.
• Conduct card scheme certification process with different vendors e.g. FDMS(Visa, MC), AMEX, Discover.
• Worked closely with the Business Analyst and QA Lead for requirements overview and clarifications.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

QA Analyst/ Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a team of multiple QA testers in an agile/scrum team environment.
• Worked in AGILE methodology as SDLC by having different sprints.
• Worked on simulators/emulators as well as physical devices.
• Very good exposure of testing applications on wide range of Mobile handset and Apple iPad/tablets of different vendors which includes Nokia, Galaxy Samsung, Google G1, Sony Ericson, HTC, LG, iPhone and many more.
• Well versed in iPod, iPhone 4, iPhone5, and iPad1 & iPad2 device testing and Apple App Testing.
• Hands on experience on Mobile App Testing (iOS, Android and Web OS).
• Participation in creation of test plans, creating test cases & bug reports in Rally.
• Participated in Test Strategies review meetings.
• Participated in daily stand up meetings.
• Created Test Summary Report and maintained the defect dashboard in Rally.
• Analyzed User Stories at the beginning of each Sprint to understand all user stories assigned.
• Worked with the Developers to determine what aspects of the design and code are testable.
• Worked closely with the Business Analyst and QA Lead for requirements overview and clarifications.
• Performed Functional, Regression, and Smoke Testing on mobile devices in discover application.
• Used Rally Test Director to perform a test plan, track executions against plan throughout testing and handle defects from start to resolution.
• Strong testing Quality Assurance experience within Agile environment
• Good understanding of agile software development lifecycle (iterative and incremental).
• Coordinated Daily scrum meetings, spring planning, spring review, and spring retrospective.
• Worked in the agile development environment with frequently changing requirements and features set.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

QA Analyst/ Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed system and regression testing used by test prepared test scenarios and test conditions.
• Report tests results to the project manager and responsible for writing and executing test cases and working with team members to troubleshoot any problems with system.
• Participated in business requirements review sessions with the peers and business users.
• Investigated potential defects and discuss them with developers and log the defects in Lotus Notes repository during the test execution phase.
• Worked in production support maintenance and gathering testing results and combined in the single delivery.
• Involved in end-to-end testing of an FNOL application and worked on hot fixes in maintenance releases includes details and scope for hot fix.
• Worked on Maintenance Target and Regression testing for production support and notify testing team and back up for each action.
• Worked with maintenance support team on defect transition process also cooperation with other team members (including off-shore team) in analysis, reproducing and retesting.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

QA Analyst/ Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of online banking application used by customers to do their business with Confidential .
• Developed business scenarios and test strategy based on business and functional requirements.
• Designed and executed Test Plans and Test Cases to verify reliability, accuracy and compatibility of application.
• Performed manual testing on new functionalities for online commercial card application.
• Performed end to end testing involving UI, TSYS and EDS processors and Databases.
• Managed application testing process with Mercury Quality Center by setting up requirements, creating test cases, executing test scripts and tracking defects.
• Worked with developers, businesses and compliance team to validate and ensure completeness of functional testing.
• Extensively conducting Test case review meetings and Status review meeting.
• Used SQL queries to test the database for Back-end Testing.
• Extensively involved in Smoke/Sanity testing and Regression testing.
• Translated requirements, designs and functional specs into test plans.
• Reported the defects to development team on periodic basis and re-testing the defects as they are fixed.
• Used test methodologies such as Analyzing Requirements, Planning, Execution and Bug Tracking.