SUMMARY

• 4+ years of experience with test automation of applications.
• Experienced in analyzing Business Requirements, Technical Requirements and Use Cases.
• Experienced in Preparing Test Plans, Defining Test Cases, Developing and Maintaining Test Scripts, Analyzing Test results, Defect Report and submission of Test Status.
• Experienced in testing Client Server, Web based, and other various applications using Manual testing techniques and Automation tools like HP ALM/Quality Center/TestDirector and QuickTest Pro (QTP).
• Strongly experienced in preparation of Test Plans, Defining Test Cases, Developing and Maintaining Test Scripts, Analyzing Test Results, Defect Report and submission of Test Status.
• Extensive knowledge of all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experienced in performing all Testing Activities including Requirement review, Test Strategy, Test Plan, Environment Setup, Test Execution and Test report and Support from Customer Site.
• Experienced in representing QA team in JAD sessions during SDLC to collect business requirements.
• Experienced in handling complex test requirements and able to formulate test planning and design approaches to support requirements.
• Experienced in Black Box testing for functionality testing.
• Experienced in using ALM/Quality Center as repository for maintaining test cases, execution and tracking the defects.
• Experienced in creating, executing tests, generating the test reports and creating graphs using ALM/Quality Center.
• Experienced in performing backend testing by executing SQL queries and involving in Data Analysis by using SQL and through EXCEL.
• Experienced in performing automating functional Test using QTP.
• Expert in Parameterize Data using Data Driven Table and also including Checkpoints in Scripts using QTP.
• Expert in System, Regression, Integration and UAT Testing using QTP.
• Experienced in writing programming scripts using VBScript in QTP.
• Experienced in creating Data - driven and Keyword Driven Frameworks for GUI, Regression and System integration automated testing.
• Very Good Experience with Agile, Waterfall, Rapid prototyping, Spiral model, Incremental model Methodologies.
• Highly dedicated to produce professional work with highest quality and creativity.
• Excellent Communication skills, Documentation Skills, Team problem solving ability and analytical skills in high speed, quality conscious, Multitasked environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP ALM/ Quality Center, HP QuickTest Pro

Programming Language: Java, SQL, PL/SQL, VB Script, JavaScript, C#

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux, Sun Solaris

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Hiawatha, IA

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in designing and developing automated tests for Confidential products, services and website.
• Experienced creating/updating automation testing for mid-tier and end-tier web services.
• Analyzed requirements, design, reporting and testing specifications to maintain a comprehensive automated test suite for the authentication platform.
• Experienced building complex testing frameworks and automation strategy.
• Strongly experienced with automated testing and continuous integration environment.
• Experienced with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment techniques.
• Developed load and performance tests to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Built test automation frameworks to distributed processing of large data sets across server clusters.
• Design and execute test cases for end-to-end tests of systems processing large, complex data stores.
• Communicate test development updates, validation results, and status to team members and management.
• Worked on Jenkins job creation and deployment for test automation scripts.
• Worked on websites automation for major domains.
• Proficient with version control tools and user story management tools like GIT, JIRA, Jenkins.
• Performed Test deployments to all services and environments.
• Involved in assisting the team in learning the agile process and implementing Agile with Confidential software environment.
• Experienced working with security related testing and development.

Environment: C#, SQL Server, Java, Ruby, Web Logic, XML, HTML, Java script, Oracle, Excel, Git, JIRA, Jenkins.

Confidential, Washington, D.C

QA Analyst- Automation

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed of the Functional Requirement and Business Requirement Documents to get a better understanding of the system on both functional and business perspectives.
• Worked closely with the Developers, Analysts, and Architects for knowledge sharing and to resolve issues during scrum sessions using Agile Methodology.
• Conducted Ambiguity Analysis with Business Analyst and Development Team and Business.
• Designed, developed, and maintained Test cases in HP ALM.
• Created, executed Test Sets and maintained documentation of test results using ALM.
• Monitored and tracked defects and managed through resolution using ALM.
• Executed the transactions manually and verify the back end functionalities and data exploitation.
• Wrote complex queries for data validation using SQL statements.
• Wrote VBScript to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test in QTP.
• Created, enhanced and maintained high-end object repository using QuickTest Professional.
• Executed written test case scenarios, including manual, automated, and data-driven regression testing, and GUI verification by using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Used reusable actions, external actions within the scripts in QTP.
• Developed User Defined functions using VB Script for common to project and common to individual feature with QTP.
• Maintained the GUI objects in the shared object repository by using Object Repository Manager in QTP.
• Extensively performed compatibility testing using QTP.
• Created XML parsing tool using VB script and XML comparison tool using QTP.
• Created Data-Driven Frameworks and Database Connectivity Scripts using QTP.
• Performed QA Tester task for evaluating newly developed Beta applications.
• Involved in scheduling project schedule and testing time line for off shore teams.

Environment: ALM, QuickTest Pro, Oracle, JAVA, Selenium-like, SQL Server, SQL, XML, Excel.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in managing and coordinating QA Activities across multiple projects and releases.
• Identified risks and managed risks related to testing tasks.
• Provided defined deliverables adhering to QA policies and procedures including Test plans, Test cases, and Metrics and offshore testing methodology.
• Actively participated in the preparation of Test strategy, Test plan, Test execution plan and Execution of the tests.
• Performed Black box testing, Smoke testing, GUI, Data driven testing, Positive & Negative testing, System testing, Regression testing, End to End testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Performance testing, Load testing and Backend testing.
• Worked directly with Business Analysts to understand the changes and updated requirements.
• Managed and controlled Requirements, Test Design, Execution and Defect management and tracking Process using HP Quality Center.
• Configured and administered Quality Center.
• Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix using Quality Center to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements.
• Configured QA Process in Quality Center with Project/Site administration knowledge for test requirements writing, requirements tracking, defect tracking, Test results, Defect status reporting and batch testing.
• Executed the transactions manually and verify the back end functionalities and data exploitation.
• Wrote PL/SQL statement to extract, update data from the tables.
• Performed through Database functionality tests and verified the Business Logic Implementation by constructing and executing several SQL statements.
• Conducted Data Driven Testing using parameterization in QTP to test the application with different sets of data.
• Used QTP to automate function for the web application.
• Created QTP advance automation scripts using descriptive programming, modular approach, custom functions, logics, and looping for Regression testing.
• Involved in Regression Testing for every changes in modules using QTP.
• Performed System testing by executing the test scripts in QTP. Automated Integration and System test environments using QTP.
• Developed Automation Frameworks using VB Script in QTP.
• Mentored the less experienced resources on the business usage of the application.
• Documented the Best practices and Lessons Learnt.
• Monitored project plan execution and project metrics reporting.
• Documented the project sign off and other project closure activities.

Environment: Java, JDBC, QTP, Quality Center, J2EE, UNIX/LINUX, Web Logic, MQ Series, UML, Visio, Rational Rose, XML, HTML, Java script, Oracle, Windows.

Confidential, Reston, VA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business and functional requirements and Created Test plan based on Testing Goals.
• Developed Project test plan, test cases based on software requirement specifications using Quality Center.
• Maintained and Updated test plans, test cases, test environment, and test ware through Software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Involved in GUI, Functional, System Testing, Integration, Regression, Back-end and UAT Testing.
• Evaluated and reported results and tracked bugs using Quality Center.
• Performed database testing to ensure the ETL process for the data being extracted, transformed and loaded into the Database using SQL quires.
• Involved in development and maintenance of Functional automated test scripts using QTP.
• Used Quick Test Pro (QTP) for web based applications using the record and playback features for data conversion from source to target instances.
• Tested the Reports developed in Actuate, Business Objects to ensure for the right data and calculations.
• Ensured to meet the project timelines and escalate the risk identified during the testing process.
• Developed and executed tests for Web services for Get, Post, Put and Delete for asynchronous and synchronous response testing.
• Created web service request chain tests for orchestrated and complex choreographed SOA validation and UAT for quality measured approach for web service integration in enterprise.
• Communicated with support, business and development teams to resolve issues during test execution.
• Responsible for Build validation for weekly on Build release for Web Services, Data Source integration and web service validation.
• Involved in managing onsite & offshore project team - work direction, estimation, resource management and issue resolution.
• Tracked the testing progress by conducting walk through meetings with internal quality assurance and development teams.
• Participated in different process internal process improvement activity for the project.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Windows, .Net, Oracle, SQL Server, MS-Office, UNIX, JAVA, Toad.