SUMMARY

• Quality control professional with over 7 years of experience in testing client server and web based applications.
• Expertise in ensuring that the application adheres to established methodologies.
• Experience in project management methodologies(Agile and Scrum)
• Knowledge in performing quality assurance activities throughout the software development life cycle.
• Expertise in all quality related documentation (Test planning, Test cases, Test scripts and status reports).
• Tracking and reporting defects through Clear Quest, facilitating workflow issues and helped resolving technical issues with developers
• Experience working in several domains (Public Sector, Mortgage, Financial, Healthcare & IT services industry)
• Extensive experience in manual testing using Quality Center, Clear Quest
• Involved in Performance Testing QA using Load Runner 8.0
• Extended knowledge performance center, Excel macros and other tools.
• Professional Experience in designing Test cases and Test scripts for Windows, VB studio, Java, UNIX environments.
• Good experience testing applications like SharePoint Portal, Cost Point & Deltek.
• ApplyingCMMI and ISO in quality oriented knowledge management for software process improvement.
• Well - versed with Manual & automated testing methodologies.
• Experience in Business Intelligence testing in various reports using Business Objects andCrystal Reports.
• Quick learner and has the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Effective communicator with excellent organizational skills necessary for interacting with customers to analyze, test & implement business systems within expected time period.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows Vista/XP /2000 /NT /98

Testing Tools: Load Runner8.1/7.0, QTP9.2/8.2/6.5, Win Runner 7.6/7.0,Rational Robot

Test Mgt. Tools: Quality Center 9.0,JIRA,Rational Manager, Clear Quest, Test Quest

Front - End Tools: PeopleSoft HRMS, Cognos 8 BI, VB,VSS, Business Objects6.5

Languages: C,C++, C#,Java, VB.NET,ASP.NET,SQL

Microsoft Tools: MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access

Web Tech: HTML,UML,VBScript,JavaScript, Web Services,(SOA) and SOAP

Database: MS Access, Oracle9i/11i,DB2,SQL Server2000/2005

Reporting: Business Objects XI 3.1 (Central Management Console, DeskI, Import Wizard, WebI, Designer, InfoView, Performance Manager, Dashboard Manager, Crystal Reports), Business Objects 6.5 (Reporter, Designer, Supervisor), WebI X1 3.1/XI R2/R1/6.5, InfoView

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Baton Rouge, LA

Test Engineer/ BOBJ Reports Testing

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with Business Analysts to produce reports based on the requirements.
• Administered to assign system roles and giving permissions to users in dev/QA/Prod environment when required.
• Created reports using multiple data providers such as Universes and personal data files in generating reports.
• Extensively tested several Business Objects Reports to validate the reports data and cosmetics of the report.
• Created, reviewed and updated test cases and test scenarios and ensure test coverage for business critical functionalities
• Scheduling and automating jobs to be run in a batch process.
• Created Reports with graphical representation such as Bar charts, Pie charts for multidimensional analysis.
• Involved in Performance Testing for Testing the Performance of the Reports created by the SME team and suggested solutions to improve the Performance.
• Created Rules in the Dashboard Manager for the Control Charts Scheduled to run daily.
• Monitoring the Alerts sent to QPM users who subscribed to Lotus Notes e-mail alerts when an out of control condition exists on a control chart for a supplier of a given commodity.
• Checked the reports for any naming inconsistencies and to improve user readability.
• Prepared daily status reports with details of executed, passed, and failed test cases and defect status.

Environment: Manual Testing, Business Objects XI 3.1 / R2 (CMC, Designer, DeskI, Web Intelligence, InfoView), Oracle 10g, TOAD, SQL, Windows XP

Confidential, Pasadena, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the application to be tested from a business point-of-view by exploring the application, talking to developers and SMEs, as well as analyzing available documentation
• Reviewed manual testing of functional modules of the application using Jira
• Reviewed User Requirements and Design documents to develop Test Cases.
• Defined the test criteria and project schedules, and base lined the Test Plan with the help of project meetings and walkthroughs.
• Developed Test Plans using technical and functional requirement specifications.
• Reviewed manual testing of functional modules of the application using Quality Center.
• Participated in Defect Triage call to walk the development team through defects.
• Published Daily, Weekly and Cumulative report for the respective projects.
• Involved in Complete Software Development Lifecycle Experience (SDLC) from Business analysis to Development, Testing, Deployment and Documentation
• Generated status reports and Bug reports and presented them in weekly status meetings.
• Participated in scheduled meetings and maintained good relationship with development and business team.
• Validated and Done Daily and Weekly deployments for releases of different series.

Environment: JIRA, MS Visio, Axure, Automation with QTP 8.2,SQL, Java, Windows 2000, Oracle 10g

Confidential, Roseville, MN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed Testing strategy for the entire testing of the uplift project for the client, ”Duke medical center”
• Created Test tree and test cases through the assessment of functional requirements
• Well versed in documentation as per CMMI and ISO standards.
• Performed testing on VBscritps for Regression testing.
• Performed backend testing to ensure Data consistency by writing and executing SQL queries using TOAD for Oracle10.0.
• Performed functional, smoke, User acceptance testing.
• Identified defects, logged them in Star Team and assigning the tasks to development team to fix it.
• Used SharePoint for sharing and updating documents and files.
• Participated in the weekly meetings with Project management to give updates, requirements about the project testing.
• Collaborated with developers, business analysts in every day scrums meetings to update the status and discuss the issues, defects etc.
• Participated in monthly sprint planning meetings with the Project Management Team.

Environment: Quality Center 9.0, Windows 7, MS Office 2007, IE7, TOAD, Star Team, Plus 10.5.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and executed test cases through the assessment of functional and interface testing requirements
• Provided test status summary reports to project management and stakeholders for input into the Configuration Control Board decision making process.
• Conducted Test Scoping sessions with the Project Team to discuss and scope of testing, identify responsibilities on any assigned project.
• Tested on SharePoint Portal & Cost Point applications
• Collaborate with stakeholders and developers in all phases of testing
• Facilitated and participated in test case peer reviews
• Participated in code reviews and Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings
• Served as Moderator and as Participant in peer reviews of test cases, test artifacts and build documents
• Responsible for application testing, including, validation of build-to-test and build-to-live events; test documentation; and oversight and mentoring of functional testing by subject matter experts
• Identified and performed defect analysis; report and track defects using Quality Center

Environment: Quality Center 9.0, MS SQL Server 2005, Windows XP, MS Office XP/Vista.

Confidential, McLean, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Continuous involvement and participation with Business Analysts, Technical Analysts, IT Managers and development teams to collect requirement specifications, analyze business solutions, and design Project Planning for best - of-breed mortgage products such as Appraisal, Title, Credit, Flood, Closing and Recording services.
• Coordinating multiple development/test track activities within a project
• Planning, and tracking the QA-Assurance activities and the in the project by creating and maintaining traceability matrix for Test Activities.
• Developed test plan, test cases for the various applications.
• Participated in the daily Defect Status meetings to discuss about the status and solution for the current issues/defects.
• Participated in the postproduction Patch Testing.
• Creating Test data for executing the manual & Automation scripts.
• Wrote SQL*Plus queries to query the data population in back-end database to do transactional testing using TOAD.
• Executed the test cases to perform Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and System testing.
• Used Test Director to store and execute the test scripts from the Test Director Test Lab.
• Reported the bugs using Test Director.

Confidential, Tustin, CA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed the Detailed Test Plan.
• Developed Test Strategies, Test plan and Test scripts for the Client server and web based Applications.
• Implemented the SDLC for the testing life cycle and followed the Standards process in the application, which meet SEI standards.
• Analyzed the requirements document, system and functional specifications
• Created detailed test scenarios for business critical functionalities
• Manually executed test cases and logged defects using Clear Quest
• Conducted back end testing using SQL queries on Oracle database
• Ensured milestones were met and deliverables delivered
• Worked towards process improvement and contributed with templates and workflow formats
• Administered the Test Manager repository and managed the test assets
• Generated test data and simulated various test scenarios for functional regression tests
• Created and maintained performance test plan and test cases document
• Used Test Manager to manage and simulate the test suite and test scripts
• Utilized Rational Robotto conduct performance/load/stress testing of the application
• Set performance benchmarks based on the business requirements
• Solely conducted Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression, Scalability, System, Parallel and End-to-End testing to ensure the quality of end product.
• Validated the Web Services calls established with Client Portal during Functional and Integration testing with them.
• Wrote and executed SQL queries for Database Testing as per specific business rules
• Coordinated with Build and Release Management team for patch updates and internal builds
• Worked in a fast paced, schedule-driven environment
• Ensured all products released meet or exceed defined quality goals

Environment: Windows 2000, HTML, XML, Java, JSP, XML, Web methods Trading Network console 6.5, Putty, Test Director 8.0, MS Project, Web Logic, Oracle 8i, SQLReferences: Will be provided on Request