SUMMARY

• Talented professional with over 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Testing, Software Design, and Quality Analysis.
• Experienced in testing of web based and client server applications, UI testing, effective use of QA and Testing practice. Strong knowledge of all phases of SDLC and strong working knowledge of software testing (Functional, Integration, Performance, Quality Metrics)
• Experienced in defining Testing methodologies, Designing Test Plans and test Cases, Verifying and Validating web based application and documentation based on standards for Software Development and effective QA implementation in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC)
• Experience in Manual and Automated testing using testing tools such as Quick Test Pro, Load Runner and Silk
• Good Knowledge and used management tools like Doors, QA Director, Clear Case, Requisite pro, AP Test Manager, Silk Plan Pro.
• Adding new functionality into Aprimo product that help customers achieve their business requirements
• Executed Test cases from Test lab and documented test results.
• Skilled in using defect tracking and reporting tools like Test Director, Quality Center, PVCS Tracker, FitNesse, Team Foundation Server, QA director, Optimal Trace, Track Record, Test Partner.
• Good hands on experience in Conducting GUI Testing, Unit Testing, Interface Testing Integration Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Load, Stress and Performance Testing on Web based and Client - Server applications.
• Good knowledge in backend testing on different relational databases such as DB2, Oracle and MS SQL Server, Hibernate, MS SharePoint Server2007, MS PowerPoint. Adobe products like Flex and Dream Weaver.
• Created Test scripts and Test conditions to perform functional, Integration, System, and End-to-End testing of the application to ensure Requirements Traceability using Quality Center for both manual and automation testing.
• Proficient in developing and executing Test Procedures, Test plans, Test scripts, verification, test result validation, performing functional, usability, stress testing and ensuring that the software meets the system requirements.
• Working experience with ETL tool Informatica.
• Expertise in the entire QA Life Cycle Process, which includes design and development
• Extensively involved in Backend testing using Oracle, DB2,SQL Server, and My SQL
• Extensively involved in User Acceptance Tests (UAT) and Performance Tests.
• Hands on experience in writing QA test plans and test cases and executing them.
• Comprehensive understanding of QA standards, flows, methodologies, procedures, and QA documentation.
• Hands on experience with heterogeneous hardware platforms such as Windows, UNIX.
• Worked on different Methodologies like Water Fall, Agile, and scrum.
• Excellent communication and verbal skills & problem solving skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: MS-DOS, UNIX, Win 95, 98, 2000, XP and NT

Testing Tools: Win Runner, Load Runner, Quick Test Professional, JUnit

Defect Track Tools: Test Director, Quality Center

Programming Languages: C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, .Net, ASP, JSP, Pascal, and FORTRAN

Databases: PL/SQL, Oracle 7.x/8.x, DB2, SQL Server, Ms Access

Scripting Languages: VBScript, JavaScript, TSL, Shell Scripts (UNIX)

Web Technologies: ASP 2.0/3.0, HTML, XML, and DHTML

Other Tools/Languages: Informatica, Toad, Business Objects

Servers: Web Logic, Web Sphere.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Sr. Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Business Requirements, interacted with the Users, Designers and Developers, Project Managers to get a better understanding of the Business Processes
• Designed and developed Test plan,Test strategy and Test Specification documents.
• Studied the application flow, data to be used for exercising the different functionality and created Test cases for functionality, GUI, boundary, validation testing
• Involved in test data preparation, checking the back end logs using the UNIX clients, running the services and other test environment setup related tasks, pre and post deployment testing
• Co-ordinate with Users and Development teams to understand the Application Architecture to define Test Scenarios.
• Involved in meetings with clients, developers, business analysts at requirements gathering stage to discuss the Business Requirements.
• Reviewed Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Technical Design Documents thoroughly.
• Developed Test cases for manual testing following Business requirements and Functional requirements working with Business Analysts and Developers.
• Interacted with Developers on daily basis to discuss about new functionality of the application and help them resolve logged issues.
• Performed various types of testing such as Functional, Regression, User Acceptance, Negative, Ad-hoc testing to ensure that develop functionality meets the client requirements.
• Developed and maintained regression test scripts using Quality center.
• Used Quality Center tool to log, analyze and track the issues.
• Constantly interacted with Business Analyst to know about more requirements.
• Performed Data driven, key word driven and GUI testing using QTP
• Prepared Test Plans, Test Cases, Set up test data and executed them to ensure the actual results meet the expected result
• Extensively performed Manual testing process to ensure the quality of the software.
• Executed Test cases from Test lab and documented test results.
• Test Strategies and Objectives were explained by conducting meetings
• Performed GUI, Integration, Regression, and System testing and involved in User Acceptance testing for various modules.
• Used Quality Center to organize and manage all phases of the software testing process, including planning tests, executing tests, tracking and Reporting defects.

Environment: Wind XP Professional, Clarity, C#, VB.Net, HTML, Microsoft SharePoint, Crystal Report, Micro Strategy, Microsoft Project, SQL server 2005, SQL server 2008, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center.

Confidential - Cupertino, CA

Sr. Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in meetings with clients, developers, business analysts at requirements gathering stage to discuss the Business Requirements.
• Analyzed the requirement thoroughly, identified gaps and suggested to the Clients before requirement sign - off.
• Aprimo-Extended Services: Gathering requirements from clients and creating customizations.
• Developed the test strategy document for releases of application according to the Client Requirement.
• Reviewed Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Technical Design Documents thoroughly.
• Prepared Test Plans, Test Cases, Set up test data and executed them to ensure the actual results meet the expected result
• Developed Test cases for manual testing following Business requirements and Functional requirements working with Business Analysts and Developers.
• Interacted with Developers on daily basis to discuss about new functionality of the application and help them resolve logged issues.
• Provided Weekly report to the Technical Project Manager and Project Manager for Testing status and addressing key issues
• Generated High-level scenario Document, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Release Rollout Checklist, Deployment Plan and Technical Design Document.
• Performed various types of testing such as Functional, Regression, User Acceptance, Negative, Ad-hoc testing to ensure that develop functionality meets the client requirements.
• Developed and maintained regression test scripts using Quick Test Pro.
• Performed Data driven, key word driven and GUI testing using QTP.
• Used the Informatica Designer to develop processes for extracting, cleansing, transforming, integrating and loading data into data warehouse database
• Worked with the development team to create a suite of test data to exercises data validation and actual ETL functionality.
• Extensive experience working on the Front end applications, Back end applications and Data Base.
• Constantly interacts with Business Analyst to know about more requirements.
• Conducted Defect resolution meeting with Technical Management team and development team for bug resolution.
• Closely followed Agile methodology to provide high quality of product.
• Performed SQL queries on back end to test the Data Integrity of Data base.
• Used Quality Center tool to log, analyze and track the issues.

Environment: s: Wind XP Professional, Clarity, C#, VB.Net, HTML, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Project, IIS, SQL server 2005, SQL server 2008, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center.

Confidential - Irving, TX

Sr. Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform black box and white box testing which includes regression, user acceptance testing and integrated testing.
• Regression includes running baseline tests for comparison of the regression tests.
• Integrated testing includes testing communications with external clients and internal systems.
• AT includes working with the user to ensure all test scenarios have been tested.
• Actively participated in Agile/ Scrum Sprint meetings. Delivered value by providing thedevelopment team different scenario's before the development of a particular functionality starts.
• Firmware testing includes Black Berry, Wireless Laptop, Pocket PC, SIP Protocol, and CMS.
• Used Agile testing methodology for achieving deadlines.
• Worked collaboratively with the developer in creating automated unit tests usingJUnit and Eclipse
• Involved in the preparation of Performance and Load Test Requirements document specifying an overview of testing approach, testing strategy, testing process and its scope.
• Involved in the preparation of Performance Test Schedule Document.
• Involved in the preparation of Performance and Load Test Strategy document.
• Performed Load Test, by taking inputs from the documents and the recorded scripts was parameterized to accurately emulate the real user behavior.
• Used Load Runner, to minimize testing cycles, optimize performance, and accelerate deployment
• Interface with developers, project managers, and management in the development
• Analyzed the Summary Report and graphs generated in a Load Runner Analysis session
• Responsible for weekly status updates showing the progress of the Performance testing effort and open issues to be resolved
• Managed and Controlled all the test scripts and test results using Quality Center.
• Interacted with developers to resolve issues and investigated the bugs in the application.
• Played a major part in testing and timely delivery of the product.

Environment: Load Runner 9.10, Java, Java Script, Oracle 10G, 10G Oracle Application Server, JUnit, Quality Center, Merchant Tracker.

Confidential - Pleasanton, CA

Sr. Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and Analyzed the System Requirement Specifications (SRS) and design documents.
• Analyzed various requirements documents and Use Cases to prepare detailed Test plans.
• Attended the closures with Business Analysts, Marketing, Development and Test teams to discuss the Requirements, Test Strategy and Test Plan.
• Developed automated scripts using Quick Test Professional.
• Coordinated all QA activities and enhancements using Agile Methodology.
• Involved in developing test scripts for Manual and Automated Testing using Test Director and QTP.
• Worked with software testing methodologies with all phases of testing desired (Functional, System, Integration, Regression, Data Validation, Black box, User Acceptance and Performance testing)
• Done extensive testing and wrote queries in SQL to ensure the loading of the data.
• Perform unit testing at various levels of the ETL
• Performed Data driven and Regression testing for every modification in the application & new builds using Quick Test Pro.
• Successfully developed and implemented the Test Cases manually for Integration, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing.

Environment: Test Director, QTP 6.5, C#. Net, ASP.Net, VB.Net, HTML, ADO.Net, XML, SQL Server, Windows 2000

Confidential - Omaha, NE

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed unit testing, integration, regression and system testing using the automated testing tool QTP
• Wrote Test Scenarios based on BRDS
• Identifying Test Cases to be run for Regression Testing and conducting Regression Testing as and when new builds were made
• Executed test scripts using test director
• Worked on various HIPAA X12 Standards like 270/271, 276/277, 834, 835, and 837, 820 while testing the EDI Transactions.
• Responsible for weekly status updates showing the progress of manual and automation testing
• Created and maintained defect tracking system using Test Director and Quality Center.
• Conducted walk through to discuss the specs and test scripts with Business Analyst and Programmers
• Implemented test procedures using SQL (Structured Query Language) for DB2 database
• Compare the data that was transferred through EDI using compare and player tools (in-house java based tools).
• Actively participated in enhancement meetings focused on making the online health care benefits experience more
• Intuitive and comprehensive. Suggesting new ways of enhancing the testing effort

Environment: BizTalk Server, TFS, J2EE, C++ Client/Server based application, EDI/TUMS 2.2.5, Mainframe, GUI, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, QTP, Test Director 8.0

Confidential 

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the requirements of the client and act as a sole functional resource
• Involved in designing and developing the Front end application using Visual basic (VB).
• Conducted Sanity Testing, Documentation Testing, Browser Compatibility Testing, Installation Testing, System Testing
• Executed test cases and documented bugs found during the process of testing.
• Tracked extensive IT testing issues of the whole project resulting from test execution and categorized according to severity of the problem.
• Managed the overall testing effort, including coordination of testing personnel and test lab resources
• Created SQL queries to retrieve data from database to validate the input data.
• Prepared Test data for the inputs of the test cases.
• Tested the functionality of the application with multiple data including positive and negative data for multiple times.
• Defects entered, tracked and maintained with Bug Tracking System.

Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, MSSQL Server 2000