SUMMARY

• Over 6 plus years of experience in the field of IT with focus on QA and testing of Client - Server, Web based and web services with effective use of QA practices.
• Extremely proficient in Manual and Automation Testing to troubleshoot systems, integration, user acceptance, Positive and negative, functional and non-functional.
• Extensive testing experience in all phases and stages of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle), Bug Life Cycle, testing with good working knowledge of testing disciplines, tasks, resources and scheduling.
• Professional experience in writing Test Scenarios, Test Conditions, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Input Data, Test matrix creation and defect analysis.
• Experience with automated Tools: Mercury WinRunner, LoadRunner and Quick Test Professional and involved in Quality Assurance Process.
• Designed and executed test cases for the black box testing and perform boundary value analysis
• Strong Skills in creating QA testing environment using Integration, GUI, Regression, Performance, System, Adhoc, Security, Sanity, Compatibility Testing
• Created Automation Framework using QTP, VB-script, MS-Excel, Mercury/HP QC and reporting defects in Windows and UNIX environments.
• Extensive experience in developing Test Traceability Matrix and Gap Analysis
• Extensive experience in using Test Management/Bug tracking tools such as HP Quality Center/Test Director and Bugzilla for organizing and managing all phases of application testing process, including specifying testing requirements, planning tests, executing tests and tracking defects.
• Well experienced with creating GUI maps, creating data driven tests, error handling and debugging while executing automated test scripts using Quick Test Pro
• Experience in using source control and versioning tools like CVS, Rational Clear Case and Visual Source Safe, PVCS.
• Prepare and update documents like Environment checklist, Build deployment checklist, Build acceptance checklist, Test Summary Report etc. for every build release.
• Strong Oracle and SQL Server skills for generating Automation or Manual scripts in order to perform Database testing (using DDL and DML commands) using Joins (inner and outer) and sub-queries.
• Experienced in testing Health Care, Financial, Banking applications and ability to think through the requirements to identify the ambiguities and build test cases.
• Extensively worked on QTP - test, image, bitmap, table, XML, and database checkpoints. Data Driven testing (data from database and integrated data tables).Building object repositories.
• Expertise in Analyzing Business Requirements, Functional and Technical Specification and documenting Test cases and Test Scripts.
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project and Visio
• Review and analysis of Business Requirements, Development, Functional Specifications, and Detail Design of the Application. Formulating Test Plan based on the Design Document, Use Case and User Requirement Document.
• Ability to interact with developers and Business Analyst regarding Testing Status, Defects and change tracking using Quality center and Clear Quest.
• A dynamic team member with proven abilities to be a part of a team during various project phases.
• Possess excellent analytical, programming, troubleshooting and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• IBM Rational
• Mercury QC / Test Director
• HP QTP
• HP Load Runner
• Quality Center
• Clear Quest
• C
• Java
• PL/SQL
• UNIX shell scripting
• VB Script
• Power Builder
• MS Visual Basics 2005/2008
• ORACLE 9i/10g
• MS Access
• MS project
• MS Visio
• MS office package
• SQL*plus
• SQL Query Analyzer
• Windows 7/2000/XP/ME/VISTA
• LINUX
• UNIX
• Risk management
• SDLC
• UML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Willingboro, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and analyzing the BRD, FRS and Detail design documents, and understanding the SDLC methodology of the organization.
• Involved in Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing and Regression Testing.
• Excellent working knowledge of writing and design Mainframe, test case, test script, UAT script and provided step by step guidance for UAT groups
• Quick Test Pro and by developing/updating the test scripts using VBScript to match changing business requirements.
• Accomplished in test plan formulation, test case design, test script design, test condition design and execution using various structured testing procedures.
• Executed SQL scripts Database to validate data which flows to the end user with the actual data in the Database.
• Parameterized and correlated the scripts and enhanced them according to the User Profile using Quick Test Pro.
• Utilized QTP with VB scripting language to automate the application.
• Extensively used QTP for generating the automated test scripts also used data driven tests
• Performed execution of the test cases and verified, analyzed and documented the test results against the expected results prepared as per the user requirements
• Backend testing by executing the SQL commands for data retrieval/verification, data updating and data insertion into the tables
• Worked with Parameterization, Descriptive Programming, VBScript testing and bug fixes of the HP Quality Center.
• Prepare and update documents like Environment checklist, Build deployment checklist, Build acceptance checklist, Test Summary Report etc. for every build release.
• Maintained Share Point site for site for all the traceable documents updated them regularly for the latest documents and maintained the Sub versions.
• Test cases are designed for the black box testing and perform boundary value analysis, decision table analysis for business rules, and state transition verification.
• Extensively used Quality Center for defect tracking and prioritizing defects and enhancement requests after base lining the requirements.
• Conducted and Attended review meetings, performed Walkthroughs with the developers and development team to set a hard-freeze date and gather input for creating the Test Plans and Test Specifications.

Environment: QTP 10.0, Quality Center, HTML, C#, ASP, Sharepoint, Oracle 10g, Quality Center, MS Excel, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Confidential, Richmond, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all stages of Software Development Life Cycle from requirements gathering to post-production.
• Analyzed Business requirement documents (BRD), Functional Specification Documents to prepare test cases based on test plans.
• Creation of the Test Strategy, Test Plan, and execution schedule Uploaded Test Plan, Test Cases, Weekly Status Reports, Issue Tracker.
• Participated in weekly Assessment Meetings with BAs, SMEs, and Developers and coordinated between Business Team, Development Team, and Testing Team.
• Worked on agile - Scrum methodology
• Extensively used QTP for generating the automated test scripts also used data driven tests
• Wrote positive and negative test scenarios for the testing of the application in Quality Center
• Conducted walk thru with fellow testers and test lead to discuss possible test scenarios
• Coordinated with the team in the validation environment for the UAT and assisted the business in UAT
• Performed extensive back-end testing to verify that the data at the database is been correctly reflected on the UI
• Wrote complex SQL queries using Joins and sub - queries to properly pull the data from the database and to test for its display for a particular module
• Involved in real-time like data set up at the database and to verify its availability on the UI with each new build
• Performed unit, integration and regression testing on the AUT after every build
• Created and maintained test matrix and traceability matrix and used Quality Center for reporting and tracking defects
• Earned recognition for logging a remarkable number of defects and helping towards building a high-quality product
• Identified, analyzed and reported errors, defects, inconsistencies and instabilities in the application
• Responsible for defect tracking and reporting the defects in Quality Center and also worked closely with the development team to ensure high quality and timely releases.
• Actively participated in all the review meetings and the daily scrum meetings with the business analyst, product owner and the development team for the updates to the application development
• Assisted with the database developers and java developers during the development of some of the features of the application
• Communicated with test lead, business system analyst, data architect, and developers on a regular basis regarding the enhancement of the application

Environment: QTP, Java, MS SQL Server, Quality Center, Java Script, Web Services, JSP, XML, HTML

Confidential, MD

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Actively participated in all phases of testing lifecycle (Design, Planning, Development and Results).
• Coordinate with Development and Business team to develop high level Business and Technical documents.
• Created test plan, test cases, scripts based on functional specification, prepared test data for testing.
• Reviewed functional/design specifications, and other relevant documents to extract test requirements.
• Worked with Parameterization, Descriptive Programming, VBScripting (Checkpoints), Data Driven Testing in QTP 9.2.
• Manually authored and executed the Look and Feel testing on the Web Page checking for Images, Frames, Table and Data Alignment.
• Performed back end testing using SQL Query Analyzer by executing SQL commands.
• Working closely with the Developers in the review and modification of the product and its specifications using Agile-testing methodology.
• Documenting and executing Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts based on baseline Requirements
• Conducted functional testing and integration testing and Performance testing, debugged the software errors, and Interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Created functional and user Interface Test cases based on the software requirements.
• Documented Unit, Integration and System Test cases using HP Quality Center from Functional, Technical and other high level design documents.
• Performed back-end testing and verified the data between GUI and database are reflected correctly.
• Involved in creation and maintenance of Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
• Responsible for defect tracking and reporting the defects in Quality Center and also worked closely with the development team to ensure high quality and timely releases.

Environment: QTP, Java, HTML, ASP, MS Excel, .Net, C#, MS SharePoint, Quality Center 9, MS SQL Server 2005, and Windows XP

Confidential, Glendale, CA

Manual/ QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing system design specifications and developed Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Documenting the test plan, test cases, test scripts and expected results using Microsoft Excel (for GUI testing, Functional testing, Data validation, Security testing, Compatibility testing, Performance testing)
• Preparation of test data for the positive and negative test cases.
• Conducting the walk thru of the test plan with the developers and design team
• Performed execution of the test cases and verified, analyzed and documented the test results against the expected results prepared as per the user requirement.
• Met with client to present future functionality of the application, gather information from them to know about their need and send this information to test manager.
• Worked closely with the application development and design and testing team to resolve technical issues and interacted with them to ensure overall quality of the software.
• Create standard testing life cycle flow diagram for projects and presented to test team to follow testing process.
• Identified, analyzed and documented defects, errors and inconsistencies in the software program. Also reviewed logs and reports to identify the program processing errors
• Prepared test matrix and test status reports to reflect the status of testing and bug fixes of the HP Quality Center.
• Worked with development engineers in diagnosing and isolating various integration problems, and explain defects.
• Conducted and Attended review meetings, performed Walkthroughs with the developers and development team to set a hard-freeze date and gather input for creating the Test Plans and Test Specifications.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, Microsoft Suite, MS SQL Server, ASP, C#, MS Excel, HTML, Windows Server 2003