PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of experience as a QA Analyst in Quality Assurance and Software testing.
• In depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from requirements gathering to product deployment.
• Expert in Manual testing and Automation for several Web and client/server applications in Financial, Healthcare and retail industries
• Experienced in creating Test Strategy, Test plans, Test scenarios, Test Cases and proficient in documenting QA activities
• Experienced wif Defect tracking, Defect reporting and Defect Documentation.
• Experience in maintaining Defect Tracking system and preparing project reports for end - end testing using tools like QC/ALM and JIRA
• Worked wif QA managers, Business Analysts, Developers and System Analyst to understand teh product from technical and functional perspective
• Excellent analytical ability, problem solving skills and strong presentation skills and teh ability to communicate at different levels wifin teh organization and excellent attention to detail.
• Skilled, professional, and experienced tester, wif vast knowledge of agile development environment and testing practices
• Team player, self-starter, multi task performer, ability to adapt new environments quickly.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: JIRA, HP ALM 10/11, QC, QTP

Databases: Oracle 10g/11g, SQL Server 2010/2012

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, ETL

Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 7/8, Unix, Linux

Office tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Sr. QA Tester

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, creating and scheduling test plans using ALM
• Serve as liaison between development and QA teams
• Understand teh requirements from requirement specifications. .Developingtest scripts using VB script. Execute thetestcases using QTP, log any defects in QC.
• Create automated test scenarios and test cases for new enhancements and updates using QTP.
• Use QC to manage requirements, defect tracking and test cases for automated tool such as QTP. 11
• Created Traceability Matrix to map test cases wif requirements
• Created data based and GUI based test scenarios for teh automated test application using QTP.
• Coordinate wif different development teams for defect fixes, new releases, build schedules.
• Perform automated testing of applications in teh different browser platforms: Internet Explorer, Firefox using QTP
• Escalation of QA issues to development manager in related to technology and performance of application
• Partner/collaborate wif development and business teams to develop and maintain high standards for testing products
• Used SQL Queries for data validation/verification Back-End testing in Oracle database.

Environment: HP ALM 11, Oracle 11g, Windows 7, MS Office suite, QTP 11

Sr. QA Analyst

Confidential, Chanhassen, MN

Responsibilities:

• Created test plan, test cases, executed using QC/ALM and test reporting & project status tracking using JIRA.
• Tested various templates to view teh web content and all various components to display mannerly as per teh business requirements.
• Coordinated wif different development teams for defect fixes, new releases and build schedules for QTP
• Involved in project knowledge transfers sessions and meetings. Coordinated wif Automation, Performance testing teams in halping them understand application and provide them relevant test data.
• Performed cross browser automated testing along wif cross functionality testing.
• Created traceability matrix document and accordingly mapping to teh QA requirements.
• Used SQL's for validating teh data in various tables.
• Performed complete end to end testing involving various types of testing cycles like; smoke, whole block, System, Regression, Adhoc, Integration, UAT testing.
• Maintaining, Monitoring and documented teh behavior of teh application in different phases of Testing process.
• Report testing progress, scheduling issues and project risks at review meetings and escalate issues accordingly.

Environment: HP-ALM11/QC, JIRA, Windows7, MS Office suite, SQL server, QTP

QA Analyst

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Responsibilities:

• Performed Requirement Analysis and Data Analysis and prepared test data.
• Discussed requirements wif business teams and construct test scenarios.
• Developed Test Cases and Test Scripts for System and Integration testing working wif multiple teams to test some of teh integration points.
• Executed test cases related to communication wif applications dat are in public domain
• Claim validation and Pend/Denied Claims Analysis for teh Health plans Medicaid programs
• Supported system and integration testing and reported many critical production issues.
• Involved in Defect logging, Defect reporting and Bug verifications.
• Developed Test Summary Reports and participated in GO / NO-GO meetings.
• Conducted teh weekly project status meetings related to testing

Environment: HP Quality Center, Windows XP, Unix, MS Office suite, SQL server, Share Point

QA Tester

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Analyze business requirements and develop test scenarios corresponding to all functional test cases
• Interacted wif teh Business to clarify ambiguities and verified traceability of test conditions to test cases
• Analyzed and Developed Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Expected Test Results and Test Procedure from functional requirement for each module
• Used QC for Scheduling and executing test sets, collecting test results, analyzing teh data and involved in preparing requirements traceability matrix
• Formulate methods to perform Positive and Negative testing against requirements.
• Logging and managing teh defects in QC
• Prepared various base-line documents highlighting teh key features to serve as a starter's guide
• Developed & maintained teh traceability matrix between requirements and test cases.
• Responsible for GUI Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and Acceptance Testing.
• Tested User Interface inconsistency and application functionality.
• Recommended continuous process improvement, maintain QA standards and artifacts.

Environment: HP Quality Center, Windows XP, MS Office suite, Oracle, Share Point

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Client interaction to understand and document teh business requirements
• Act as a liaison between teh client and teh development team
• Scope and Change control management
• User Acceptance Testing
• Work wif teh Quality Assurance team to ensure adequate test coverage
• Support teh project team in developing and implementing teh solution

Environment: Windows XP, MS Office suite, MS server, Share Point