SUMMARY

• Solid experience in IT focused mainly on Software Testing both in manual and automation tools.
• Extensive Experience in Telecom, Financial, Healthcare and Insurance industries.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies from requirement analysis to post - deployment documentation.
• Expertise in analyzing strategic test plans and developing test cases, test scenarios, test reports.
• Experience in Manual, GUI, Stress, Performance, Regression, User Acceptance testing.
• Strong Proficiency in Black box, Functionality, Manual testing on Web, GUI and Database applications.
• Expert in SQL for manipulating and loading any database and database tools.
• Experience in manual testing and test automation using tools like QTP, Quality Center.
• Bug Tracking and Defect Reporting using Quality center, Bugzilla, Jira and Clear quest.
• Worked closely with different internal groups development, customer support and product management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Has extensively worked with on-site and offshore team members.
• Skilled in productivity tools like Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Power point etc.
• Familiar with Oracle 9i, Oracle XE, MSSql server and MySql database.
• Good knowledge of XML, HTML and java-script.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Linux, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP.

Languages: C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL

Databases: Oracle 9i/10g, SQL Server, DB2.

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, Java Script.

Packages: MS-Project, MS-Office, MS-Access and MS-Excel.

Application and Web Servers: Weblogic8.0, Weblogic 11g, Web Sphere 6.0 and Apache Server.

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality center 10.0, Clear quest, Bugzilla, Jira

Automated Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro 9.5, SOAPUi

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Denver, CO

Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with the business community to gather business analytic requirements, create technical and functional specifications for achieving the desired end results.
• Able to understand design artifacts like database diagrams, architecture model diagrams and work flow diagrams.
• Developed requirements traceability matrix to relate high level requirements to test cases.
• Involved in smoke testing when code is deployed into test environment, performed black box, GUI, functionality, integration, regression testing.
• Identified the functionality which can be automated using QTP.
• Performed verification of Text, Database checkpoints and synchronization points of the application in QTP.
• Managed objects in object repository, parameterized tests in global and local data tables.
• Involved in test case preparation and test case execution manually and updating defect status in Quality Center.
• Involved in preparation of test data used to test the latest builds delivered.
• Good knowledge of web services testing using SoapUi.
• Implemented and edited scripts in SoapUi.
• Database validation (SQL) to check the updated data in the database using Oracle Sql developer.
• Performed back-end testing by extensively using SQL queries to verify the integrity of the database.
• Validated database insertion and deletion by executing SQL statements to verify the output data with ref to inputs entered on the application.
• Testing and reporting the defects in latest product releases and performed the root cause analysis for the defects.
• Generated weekly reports, defect reports and customized summary reports.
• Performed user acceptance testing on behalf of end users at client’s environment.
• Participated in project meetings & conducting knowledge sharing sessions and training to end users.

Environment: HP Quality Center 10.0, QTP 9.5, XML, Oracle 9i/10g, SoapUi, Excel 2010, SQL, Windows XP, Unix, Weblogic 11g, Oracle Sql developer.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and functional documents
• Involved in analyzing the test strategy document that defines the test environment, phases of testing, entrance and exit criteria into different phases of testing and resources required to conduct the effort.
• Created test cases for modules of the application under test (AUT) using Quality center.
• Executed test cases and participated actively in functional testing, system testing and regression testing.
• Performed Automated Functional and Regression Tests using QTP.
• Imported data from the Database to the Data table and performed Data Driven testing with different Data sets for reports generation module in QTP.
• Performed data driven testing (DDT) using Excel sheets and Database in QTP and verified that the application was working properly with different data inputs.
• Interacted with business teams and developers to understand business requirements and bug fixes.
• Documented the daily defect status using Quality center.
• Utilized Quality center for communication with the production personnel, developers and team members.
• Responsible for defect tracking and management metrics, defects are logged and change requests are submitted using Quality center.
• Wrote SQL queries to check proper data population in application tables.
• Participated in status meetings to report issues. Communicated with developers through all phases of testing to prioritize bug resolution.

Environment: MS Office Suite 2007, UNIX, XML, QTP 9.5, Java Script, Oracle 9i, Quality center 9.2, Java, JSP, HTML, Apache, UNIX, Oracle, Windows NT.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing test plan and requirements streamlining.
• Preparing requirement traceability matrices for new business module.
• Extensively participated in manual testing of web based application.
• Interacted with the QA managers for the regular update of the project.
• Involvement in test design includes test data preparation and reviews.
• Performed Regression testing and running the automated test scripts in QTP.
• Developed automated test scripts using QTP and conducted extensive recording and play back for generating automated test scripts.
• Reviewed and revised functional specifications depending on end-user requirements.
• Developed document rationale and mitigation strategies for course of action
• Analyzed the performance data to calibrate system model.
• Created system models for predicting potential performance risks, end-to-end response times and bottlenecks.
• Executed tests and reported defects using Quality Center.
• Regularly followed up with development team to discuss discrepancies identified during testing and performance tuning.
• Responsible for weekly status to show the progress of the automation testing effort.

Environment: Windows NT/2003, QTP 9.0, QC 9.2, UNIX, HTML, SQL, Oracle8i, MS- office, MS-Excel 2007.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and functional documents.
• Performed Functional, GUI, Regression, System Integration, User Acceptance and content testing for web-based e-commerce application.
• Used Quality Center for test planning, test execution and defect tracking.
• Developed test cases using functional requirements, use cases, explicitly providing the traceability from the requirements to the test suites.
• Conducted Regression Testing using QTP and interacted with developers to resolve issues.
• Wrote SQL queries to check proper data population in application tables.
• Conducted functional tests checking all screens, customized menus button and options.
• Analyzed the test results and any deviations from the expected outcomes were documented.
• Executed test scripts and defects were reported.
• Participated in status meetings to report issues. Communicated with developers through all phases of testing to prioritize bug resolution.
• Documented requirements wrote test scripts using Quality Center, Weekly update on bug status and generate the report using Quality Center and prepared defect report for each phase of testing.

Environment: Windows XP, Oracle 8i, QTP 9.0, SQL, Quality Center 8.0, Unix, HTML, MS-Excel, Clear Quest, Internet Explorer, MS Office

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Review the requirements from Business Requirement Documents and System Requirement Specifications and discussing requirements in QA team walk through.
• Attended QA meetings in deciding QA test strategies, defining data requirements for the testing and setting up QA environment for Testing.
• Prepared test cases and test procedures from the requirements.
• Extensively involved in testing the application manually using Test Director.
• Involved in the development of test procedures for various stages like Smoke, Integration, System and User Acceptance Testing, Positive and Negative Testing.
• Performed system testing, installation testing and user interface testing.
• Documented and reported the defects to developers using Test Director.
• Responsible for back-end testing/database testing, which was done using SQL queries.
• Interacted with various development Teams, QA teams, Business Analysts and Project Leaders to ensure the quality of the product.

Environment: Test Director, Web logic, HTML, SQL, MS-Office, Java, JSP, UNIX, Oracle, Windows 98.

Confidential 

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing requirements.
• Analyzed test strategy and test plan and created test cases, test scenarios based on application requirements document.
• Performed functional testing manually.
• Involved in performing extensive back-end testing to make sure data is properly reflected on the web application using SQL queries.
• Documented and reported the defects to developers using Bugzilla.
• Performed manual testing (QAT) and regression testing activities for new releases as an end-to-end testing on different platforms like windows 95/98/2000 with web browsers IE and Netscape.
• Responsible for documenting errors, their resolution, as well as performing extensive Regression Testing.

Environment: Oracle, Manual testing, Windows 98, Bugzilla, HTML, MS Office.