PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 5 years of IT experience in software testing of Web and Client / Server applications. Involved in both Manual and Automated testing. Used Quality Center/ALM and Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• In - depth knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) with expertise in business and functional requirements, document writing, data analysis and projects in Financial, Healthcare, etc
• Executed both Manual and Automated Tests for web and client-server based applications using Quality Center/HP ALM and Quick Test Professional on Windows and UNIX platform.
• Experience testing application in multiple browsers like IE, Chrome, Safari, Firefox etc.
• Experience in planning, coordinating and performing GUI Testing, Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, System Testing, End-End Testing, User Acceptance Test and Regression Testing.
• Experience in developing Test Plan, Test Scenario, Test case and Test Scripts for web and client-server based applications.
• Participated in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), methodologies & validations.
• Experience in Agile (SCRUM) and Waterfall Methodologies.
• Experience in executing Automation Test Scripts using Quick Test Professional.
• Experience in writing SQL Queries.
• Effectively involved in defect tracking, reporting, reviewing and analyzing test results using HP Quality Center.
• Experience using SOAP UI Pro web services tool for Load Testing.
• Proficient in Test Management, Defect Management and Tracking using HP Quality Center tool
• Excellent communication skill and active team player.
• Experience in web based Digital Marketing applications like Facebook Ad, Google Ad, Google Analytics, etc.
• Knowledge in Banking and Credit Card Industry.
• Has ability to prioritize multiple tasks while meeting deadlines as well as Risk Based Testing.
• Flexible to adapt new software technologies and testing methodologies.
• Experience in Analyzing clients business needs
• Experience in preparing Test Summary report.
• Exceptional written/verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively document procedures, processes and results.
• Ability to interact with end users, self-motivated, quick learner and team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Manual and Automated TestingTesting Tools: HP Quality Center (ALM11), Quick Test Professional (QTP) v10.0, Bugzilla, Jira

Scripting Languages: VB Script

Databases: Oracle, IBM DB2. Access

DB Tools: TOAD, SQL Developer

Design/CASE Tools: MS Project. MS Visio

Operating Systems: Win 2007/XP/2000/NT, MS DOS.UNIX

Methodology: Waterfall, Agile( SCRUM, XP), V-Model

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Long Island, NY

Software Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed functional requirement specification documents and participated in preparing Test Plan.
• Verified requirements coverage by conducting walkthrough meetings of test plan, and scenarios with business analysts, project manager and test supervisors.
• Create Projects deliverables as per SCRUM Sprint schedule
• Developed test plan adhering to specifications and business requirements.
• Prepared User Acceptance Test cases and testing estimates.Executed test plans.
• Created and maintained results log and assured software delivered meets all requirements and expectations of final UAT test plan.
• Documented testing metrics and project feedback.
• Used Experi test for Mobile Testing of iOS and Android applications
• Used HP ALM (11.5) to develop test cases, Test scripts, executing and logging defects.
• Arranged review meetings on requirement, test strategy/plans, system, regression testing, integration, acceptance testing, risk and gap analysis.
• Fully involved in analyzing Business Requirement Documents and writing Test Plan.
• Developed Test Plan and Test Cases to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Manual testing using Quality Center to develop test cases, Test scripts, executing and logging defects.
• Involve in Quality Assurance (QA) reviews, identify gaps and provide recommendations to ensure that software/system comply with quality and standards.
• Conducted Smoke, Functional, System, Integration, Regression Testing.
• Wrote and executed SQL queries to validate test results.
• Worked closely with business owners, development team, testing team to perform redlines of documentation, accuracy of technical content and test verification of technical processes.

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Oracle, PL/SQL, .NET, VB, Windows 7/XP/Vista, HTML, Web Services, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, JIRA, Waterfall

Confidential, Rochester, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involve in Quality Assurance (QA) reviews, identify gaps and provide recommendations to ensure that software/system comply with quality and standards.
• Arrange review meetings on requirement, test strategy/plans, system, regression testing, integration, acceptance testing, and risk analysis.
• Created and executed User Acceptance Test plans and test scripts.
• Provided final UAT sign off
• Performed GUI Testing
• Used HP ALM (11.5) to develop test cases, Test scripts, executing and logging defects
• Provide guidance to project managers, business owners, development team and Subject Matter Experts (SME) to resolve the outstanding issue and action items are taken in the review meeting.
• Worked closely with Development team, Testing Team, IT Project Managers, Business System owners to ensure successful high quality release
• Participated in cross-functional design meetings with business units to ensure quality.
• Participate in cross-functional design meetings with other business owners to ensure quality assurance standards are met in all phases of development lifecycle.
• Provide QA results to project manager for timely resolution; Assist project team in remediating findings and issues.
• Create Projects deliverables as per SCRUM Sprint schedule
• Write the test cases/scenarios as per the BR for all the web services end points.
• Develop test suite for all the Web Service operations in the SOAP UI test tool.
• Report the identified defects in Quality Center and track the defects till closure.
• Participate in project meetings and send minutes of meetings across the team and will track the action items.
• Validated the Published messages in the IBM Message Queue using Message Queue explorer tool.
• Work closely with business owners, development team, testing team to perform redlines of documentation, accuracy of technical content and test verification of technical processes.
• Participate in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification requests.
• Communicated with Application Developers, Project Managers and other Team Members on Application testing status on an ongoing basis when necessary.
• Provide QA reports of findings, metrics, escalations, and lessons learned

Environment: Windows, UNIX, QC, QTP, ASP, JSP, MySQL, VBScript, SQL, MS Share Point

Confidential, Wayne, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Business Managers to understand the functionality of the application and developed the detailed Test Cases based on System Functional Requirement, Business Requirement and Testing Methodology documents and involved in the review discussions.
• Performed GUI Testing, Functional, Integration, Regression and System testing manually. Defects were tracked, reviewed and analyzed using QC and reported daily to the project team.
• Involved in documentation of all test results, identifying and summarizing discrepancies.
• Developed and maintained automated testing scripts in Mercury Interactive Quick Test Professional for various black box testing like regression, integration & system testing
• Enhanced the test scripts by Parameterizations, Checkpoints & Variables to create more robust test scripts and maintained Object Repository for the automation testing in Quick Test Professional.
• Used HP ALM (11.5) to develop test cases, Test scripts, executing and logging defects
• Involved in collecting and preparing Test Data in Excel spreadsheet for Data Driven Framework.
• Implemented Data Driven Framework and Keyword Driven Framework in Test Scripts.
• Validated database operations by executing SQL statements and compared actual database with new results to assure there is no data missing.
• Involved in daily health checks by running Smoke Test inQAenvironment to ensure services are up and running.
• Generated sample test data from the real data to perform testing in validating the developed application to meet the business requirements.

Environment: Quality Center9.2 and 10.0, QTP, HTML, Web Services, XML Editor, TOAD, MS SQL Server, IIS, waterfall.