PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience in testing applications for E - Commerce, Auto Finance, Automobile Insurance, Audit and Tax
• Exposed to all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (Waterfall Model, V-Model, Agile Model, Spiral Model, and Scrum).
• Experience in testing of multiple Client/Server and web based/ browser based applications with Manual Testing, Rational Functional Tester and Quick Test Professional (QTP/ Automation)
• Expertise in developing Test Scenarios, Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Expertise and experience in performing different kinds of testing like Smoke, Sanity, Functional, GUI, Backend, Regression Testing & UAT.
• Worked in multiple projects following Software development methodologies Waterfall, V-Model, Agile, Scrum and RAD
• Extensive work experience in Quality Assurance activities such as - laying out procedures/ standards, designing the processes, designing the checklists, collection of metrics, review of metrics
• Experience in working closely with the project manager and provide support with the definition of project plans, deliverables and business services deliverables.
• Excellent Communication skills, Documentation Skills, Team problem solving ability, analytical and programming skills in high speed, quality conscious, Multitasked environment
• Developed detailed Traceability Matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements.
• Applied technical expertise to organize and implement white-box and black-box test efforts after analyzing requirements for software design, development, and validation
• Proven experience in different levels of testing such as Smoke testing, System Integration testing, Regression testing, User Acceptance testing, End to End Business Process Testing
• Extensively utilized SQL Management Studio to run SQL queries against SQL Server 2008 database
• Expertise in using Quality Center test management suites for writing test cases, test execution, defect management, defect tracking and Bug Reporting.
• Proven Experience in developing, trouble shooting and customizing Manual as well as Automation scripts using Quick Test Professional.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Automated Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional (QTP), Rational Functional TesterWinRunner, LoadRunner, SilkTest, Python

Defect Tracking: Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla, IBM Rational ClearQuest

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, My SQL, Access, DB2

Configuration Management: Rational ClearCase

Scripting languages: Java script, VB Script, HTML, XML, UNIX Shell/ Cron,C,C++

Application environments: C#, .NET Framework, AJAX, ASP.NET, PDF, Crystal, .NET WebServices, Java, J2EE

Methodologies: Waterfall, V-Model, Agile, RUP, Scrum, RAD, UML, TDD.

Operating Systems/ Products: Windows, UNIX, LINUX, IBM MF, Touch Point

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Montvale, New Jersey

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Software and Business Requirements documents to get a better understanding of the system from both technical and business perspectives.
• Prepared Test Cases in Quality Center based on Use-Cases and Requirements, and executed test scripts to verify actual results against expected results
• Designed Detailed test cases for, Functionality, System, Integration and Build Acceptance Testing
• Used Agile testing methodology for achieving deadlines in QA and UAT
• Involved in peer Reviews and Team Walkthroughs for the project as per Test methodology.
• Executing, Reporting and Tracking the defects using Quality Center.
• Written comprehensive test plan, master test plan and Integration test plans.
• Enhanced the automated tests in Quick Test Pro by using check points and output values. Extensively called test scripts from driver script, data driven scripts into main scripts.
• Thoroughly tested the Application manually tested and developed Automation test scripts to perform functional and regression testing and prepared automation test scripts.
• Performed Data Driven Testing using QTP for testing the application for multiple data
• Interacted with developers and Users to resolve critical and major bugs.
• Used TOAD for SQL Server to write SQL queries for validating constraints, indexes.
• Responsible for sending reports to the QA manger on weekly basis
• Performed Verification, Validation, and Transformations on the Input data (Text files, XML files) before loading into target database.
• Created and maintained regression test suite to check the progress of the testing process by performing identical tests before and after fixing defects.
• Involved in the preparation of Test Plan as per business requirement.

Environment: Manual testing, Quick Test Professional( 11)Quality Center, VB Script, SQL, PL/SQL, ASP.NET, C#.NET, MVC, HTML, XML, Web Services

Confidential, New York, NY

Quality Assurance Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in design and development of test plans based on high-level and detailed designs. Analyzed the user/business requirements and functional specs documents.
• Written comprehensive test plan, master test plan and Integration test plans
• Prepared test cases by understanding the business requirements, Data Mapping documents and technical specifications.
• Chair the Application level weekly QA meeting to discuss project updates, defects, design gaps, brainstorm possible solutions
• Worked closely with Sourcing and Modeling teams during the entire project lifecycle. Participated in Walkthrough and Periodic Meetings with Clients, Business and Development team leads to coordinate, resolve and schedule testing efforts
• Performed system testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and User acceptance testing
• Collaborated withQAstaff on using documentation standards in the development and review of Test Plan and test cases.
• Formulate methods to perform Positive and Negative testing against requirements.
• As part of Agile, to attend sprint planning meeting and sprint status presentation to product owner, PM team and other team members.
• Update the Test plan, test cases, and Test sets as per changes from scrum meeting.
• Prepare the Test approach and Test Estimation documents.
• Prepare the Defect/Issue analysis reports
• Hands on experience in prepare Hybrid (Keyword and Data driven) framework for QTP Automation.
• Hands on experience Create user defined Functions and Procedures for different Functionalities in QTP.
• Hands on experience creating ADODB connection, Record set object for retrieving data and store the data in database.
• Hands on experience on creating and uploading Test cases in MQC using Excel sheets.
• Hands on experience in creating descriptive object using descriptive programming.
• Hands on experience in uploading Test scripts in MQC and execute test script from MQC
• Perform UI testing considering parameters like consistency, usability, visibility, accessibility and compatibility of the application under development

Environment: Manual Testing, Quick Test Pro(11.5), Rational Functional Tester, Rational Quality Manager, Quality Center, VB Script, SQL, PL/SQL, ASP.NET, C#.NET, MVC, AJAX, JQuery, HTML, TFS, XML, Web Services

Confidential, San Diego, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed a road map by understanding the business logic and User Requirements for Test execution
• Developed Test Plan, Test Cases and Automated Test Scripts
• Performed Functional and Regression Testing of New Car Loans Business Process en to end
• Data Integrity testing for Rate calculator based on current marker rates
• Module for applying car loans for Pre- Approved and Dealer locator tested thoroughly by using automated scripts
• Involved in developing test scenarios, test cases and test plans
• Developed automation test cases to achieve a shorter QA cycle and to increase both coverage and depth of the automated test suite
• Identified and tested various referential integrity constraints
• Participated in regular project status meetings related to testing
• Developed Test Cases to verify the Functionality, Performance and Stability of the application basis system requirements
• Responsible for decomposition of requirements specification into requirement matrix
• Performed Integration, System, and Functional testing as per requirements.
• Back end testing of the application using SQL queries. Documented test cases based on corresponding technical specification and other operating conditions
• Created comprehensive test cases based on analysis of specifications and business requirements in manual testing.

Environment: Manual Testing, Quick Test Pro (10.0 and 11), Rational Functional Tester, Quality Center (10.0 and 11) VB Script, Linux, Shell Script SQL, PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, C++, XML, Web Services. Oracle, TOAD, Oracle SQL Developer.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Analyst/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for reviewing Requirement Specifications and Design Documents.
• Involved in Test Case Design with respect to Test Plan.
• Executed Positive and Negative Test cases.
• Initially performed White box testing with a limited number of test cases to the internal workings of software under test and in the remaining part takes Black Box approach in applying input and just observing outputs.
• Used Joins in SQL like Inner join, Outer joins while testing from multiple tables.
• Experienced to Functional, Integration, Smoke and Sanity testing.
• Performed GUI, Functional, Regression and compatibility Testing.
• Involved in performing various levels of testing like Unit Testing, System testing and Integration testing.
• Participated in User Acceptance testing (UAT) and involved in UA test cases, Executed test cases, Documenting Defects, Resolved defects and Signed Off from Application.
• Executed test cases through Iterative testing for testing the incremental functionality.
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed compared using Quality Center.
• Responsible for communicating with Development Team, Technical Support, Business Support in order to resolve the issues.

Confidential, OH

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in design and development of test plans based on high-level and detailed designs. Analyzed the user/business requirements and functional specs documents.
• Written comprehensive test plan, master test plan and Integration test plans.
• Performed system testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and User acceptance testing.
• Enhanced the automated tests in Quick Test Pro by using check points and output values. Extensively called test scripts from driver script, data driven scripts into main scripts.
• Text checks and image checks were written for correct responses. Created data driven tests.
• Written test cases to test the application manually in quality center and automated using QTP.
• Performed GUI and functionality testing, Involved in designing of integration test cases
• Preparing sanity test cases and regression test cases
• Run regression test cases updated test results
• Involved in meeting daily status meeting and defect management meetings
• Tracking defects.
• Creating user profiles and verify eligibility of insurance
• Identified the Test requirements based on business requirements of the application.
• Responsible for performing Integration testing and System testing.

Environment: Manual Testing, Quick Test Pro (9.5 and 10.0), Quality Center 9.2, JIRA, VB Script, Shell Script, SQL,PL/SQL,UNIX, Java, J2EE, XML Sybase and Oracle,