SUMMARY

• Software QA Engineer with 5+ years of extensive hands - on experience focusing on test cycles within software development life cycle using Quality Assurance methodologies for Manual, Automation, ETL and Data Warehouse Testing.
• Proficient in converting business requirements into Test design, Test Scenarios, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases.
• Comprehensive knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC), Agile- Scrum, Waterfall methodology.
• Adept in Functional testing and Automation testing.
• Ability to perform Compatibility testing with different browsers like Firefox, Chrome, IE, and Safari.
• Hands-on experience on test management tools like Jira, HP-ALM and Quality Center.
• Experience working with all levels of testing viz., Sanity, Smoke, Functional, Regression, Integration, System and User Acceptance Testing.
• Good Exposure to Testing Life Cycle and Bug Life Cycle.
• Performed Database Testing with SQL.
• Conducttest case reviews, provide project related statusreporting, coordinate all release planning and lead the testing team through allproject phases.
• Quick Learner and adapt to the new tools and technologies and evaluate their test applicability.
• Team Player with good technical, analytical and communication skills.
• Extensive Knowledge inAgile Methodologyand participated inSprint planning, Sprint Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement, and daily Scrum meetings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, PA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Product Design and Engineering teams on requirement gathering and evaluation.
• Analyzed system requirements, user stories and functional specification documents.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, test estimates, schedules, and potential risks.
• Developed and executed detailed test plans and test cases for Wealth Management and Investment planning projects.
• Created requirements traceability matrix (RTM) and production readiness checklist (PRC) documents to support overall implementation activities and supported data integration activities.
• Communicated test results to the project team in clear and comprehensive manner to aid in resolution.
• Sorted out conflicts in requirements, well in advance, to furnish final deliverables on time and with full accuracy.
• Managed data quality standards of data consistent with best practices of data management using MS Access.
• Designed data flow and process flow diagrams using MS Visio.
• Automated the generation of financial documents using Excel VBA to reduce the lead-time by 93%.
• Automated regression test cases usingSelenium WebDriver.
• PerformedCross Browser and parallel testingto test the applications are working as desired in different browsers and environments.
• Create test cases and automated them for the purpose of regression testing and functional testing with check points.
• Good hands-on experience onbug tracking toollikeJira.

Confidential

Lead QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided expert instructions to assist team members develop SQL queries on data retrieval for validation purposes.
• Campaigned all QA and software testing processes to enhance processes by 97%, including test automation.
• Provided technical assistance in methodologies, processes, tools and techniques within team and across the Development and System Analyst teams.
• Performed Root Cause Analysis on application defects which reduced the occurrence of similar defects by 99%.
• Monitored all phases of test management using ALM tools like HP Quality center and JIRA.
• Analyzed system requirements and developed detailed test plan for functional and automation testing.
• Performed End-to-End testing and assisted the BSA in UAT and PIV Testing.
• Reviewed Test Cases and Automation Scripts created by other team members to ensure that proper test coverage.

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Utilized SQL to obtain data sets, performed extensive analysis and put data into perspective for end users.
• Performed Smoke Testing and Sanity Testing for all test scenarios and tracked defects and bugs.
• Collaborated with business stakeholders to clarify requirements to ensure consistency and testing completeness.
• Identified as the point-of-contact for more than four projects to support the clients from the QA perspective.
• Developed automation scripts in python and java using Selenium, UFT(QTP) and Django automation frameworks.
• Participated in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, team retrospectives, suggesting and implementing improvements.
• Developed utility to identify the reusable data that prevented thousands of dollars in erroneous charges to the client.
• Designed and implemented automated testing addressing areas including database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests and usability.
• Documented software defects using bug tracking systemand reported defects involving program functionality, output, online screen and content to software developers.
• Delivered thorough QA testing reportsthat determined product quality and release readiness.
• Performed Ad hoc and Exploratory testing on Web Based and Main frame applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Quality Assurance and Testing: Creating test strategy, test plan, test cases, test data and test execution, creating and managing defects.

Test Approaches: Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, SDLC, STLCRequirement Gathering / Defect TrackingJIRA, MS Office Suite, HP ALM, SharePoint

Automation Tools and Frameworks: Selenium, UFT, Django

Database Management: MySQL, MS Access, MS DynamicsCRM

Programming tools: Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google, Chrome, Safari