SUMMARY:

• Experience in defining detailed application software test plans, including organization, participants, schedule, test and application coverage scope.
• Experience in gathering and defining functional and user interface requirements for software applications.
• Strong analytical experience in developing detailed business level test scenarios and individual test events and scripts based on functional and business requirements.
• Experience in developing detailed design level test scenarios and individual test events and scripts based on multiple user groups and detailed user interface design requirements.
• Experience in developing, reviewing and managing requirements traceability requirements, application components, test cases, test case execution results.
• Experience in defining and executing test data acquisition, including production data set selection and extraction and test data generation, as well as manual data preparation.
• Experience in CMMI level 3 software development environment.
• Developed and Implemented HP Test suites Such as Quality Center, HP QuickTest Professional, and HP LoadRunner
• Strong Experience in automated software testing tools, including Regression/functional testing, user interface design testing, Performance, stress and load testing.
• Experience in conducting 508 compliance testing using JAWS.
• Experience in developing and executing SQL queries in an MS SQL Server and Oracle environment to confirm database operations performed by software applications.
• Ability to triage software defects providing development staff with adequate information for remediation.
• Experience Ability to adjust priorities to multiple demands and unanticipated events as wells as adjust decisions and actions to new information.
• Experience Ability to be flexible in response to changing circumstances or conditions.
• Experience with planning, implementing, and testing mission critical information systems employing Web Services and built on Internet architecture principles.
• Possess strong listening, verbal, attention to detail, and written communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP Load Runner, HP QuickTest Professional (QTP), TOAD, Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla, HP ALM, Performance Center.

Languages: Visual Basic, C++, C#, Java, J2EE, PL/SQL, HTML, Macromedia Dream weaver.

Operating Systems: UNIX, MS DOS, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2005/2008

Database: MS SQL Server 2005/2008, Oracle11g,10g,9i, MS Access

Microsoft Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, MS Works, MS Visio, MS Project, and Outlook

Application Server: Web Logic, MS IIS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Software Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and use cases, certified application - specific software performed ambiguity reviews of business requirements and functional specification documents.
• Developed and documented effective test procedures, which effectively directed other's work. Lead brainstorming sessions to identify key testing concerns and prevent insufficiently broad testing.
• Responsibilities included Manual GUI Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Interface Testing, End-to-End Testing, Database Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Implemented Automated-testing methodology with Data Driven Testing using Excel and XML based.
• Automated the functionality and interface testing of the application using Quick Test Professional (QTP)
• Insert Object Data Verification Check point on Quick Test Professional (QTP) automation testing tools.
• Verify Back end Data after interacted with front-end Automation Test scripts.
• Used QTP for object repository creation and maintenance, used regular expression, re-usable actions, data table, checkpoints and recovery scenario.
• Imported data from the Database to the Data table and performed Data Driven testing with different Data sets for reports generation module in QTP.
• Client Application Testing, Web based Application Performance, Stress, Volume and Load testing of the system.
• Analyzed performance of the application program itself under various test loads of many simultaneous Vuser.
• Analyzed the impact on server performance CPU usage, server memory usage for the applications of varied numbers of multiple, simultaneous users.
• Inserted Transactions and Rendezvous points into Web Vuser.
• Created Vuser Scripts using VuGen and used Controller to generate and executed Load Runner Scenarios.
• Connect Multiple Load Generator with Controller to support additional Vusers.
• Created scripts to enable the Controller to measure the performance of Web server under various load conditions.
• Verify test approach, validate build stability, test and evaluate, and achieve acceptable mission.

Environment: Windows Server 2005/2008, Java, Java Script, HTML, UNIX, SQL, Oracle 11g, TOAD, Web Logic, HP Load Runner, HP Quality Center, QuickTest Professional,People Soft.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and developed Test cases based on Use cases to evaluate the functionalities.
• Responsible for implementing effective quality assurance processes and practices.
• Led weekly meetings with the QA team to obtain status, gather innovative ideas for continuous process improvements and delegate work load.
• Attended use case and technical specifications review sessions with product and architecture teams to provide feedback in the elaboration phase.
• Created test plans outlining the scope, approach, schedule, resources and deliverables.
• Coordinated the maintenance of multiple test environments to support parallel test efforts.
• Isolated test cases for manual and automated testing, and also established a regression test suite, both manual and automation, to assure the stability of SUT.
• Performed backend testing to validate the data using TOAD, added SQL queries to the required Test cases.
• Wrote complex SQL queries to validate backend functionality of the application.
• Implemented data-driven testing and data pooling to check for tables in the databases by executing SQL queries, and to obtain database response time.
• Performed verification of Text, Database checkpoints and synchronization points of the application in QTP.
• Conducted Regression Testing using QTP and interacted with developers to resolve issues.
• Used HP Quality Center to map requirements to test cases, provide traceability to requirements, create test sets, and selectively run tests both manually and using automation test scripts.
• Clearly communicated defects with developers and updated comments in HP Quality center.
• Responsible for scheduling the batch execution of the tests, log and track defects using Quality Centre.
• Customized Vuser script in LoadRunner for parameterization, correlation query, transaction point and rendezvous point and created scenarios using LoadRunner Controller.
• Determined application performance and maximum scalability, critical parameter such as number of users, response times, and hits per second and through put using LoadRunner.
• Used LoadRunner analysis module to drill down to determine the specific source of bottlenecks within the application architecture and generate actionable reports.
• Engaged in various meetings with the client customer service representatives to perform diagnostic testing of the automation tool in case of object recognition failure or any other critical testing issue.
• Documented weekly automation status reports that provided information about the AUT being tested, corresponding test-cases that have been automated, script information, verification point’s information, corresponding bugs’ information, and expected status for the next week.
• Performed automated regression testing of all of the AUTs to check the new functionality, bug fixes, and fix packs. Tracked the bugs accordingly.
• Performed end-to-end, cross platform testing, comprising of web, database, billing, provisioning modules.
• Provided weekly test status and defect matrix reports to the management.
• Provided technical support to the UAT teams running UAT and trials.

Environment: HP Quality Center, HP QuickTest Professional (QTP) and HP Load Runner, BugZilla, Windows XP, HTML, XML, XSLT, SOAP, SQL Server, Microsoft VB and .NET Framework.

Confidential

Software Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created a detailed System Test Plan and procedures.
• Reviewed evaluated and derived requirements for testability, develops and directed preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for complete systems and/or subsystems.
• Assisted with the implementation and execution of all aspects of the testing activities including planning, creation and execution of test cases, test scripts, test reports.
• Automated tests scripts in Quick Test Professional (QTP)
• Developed test scripts using Automated Tools (QTP) for Functionality, Security and Regression Testing.
• Developed test cases scripts in LoadRunner for Load and Performance testing of the application by creating Virtual users.
• Inserted Transactions and Rendezvous points into Web Vuser.
• Designed Performance test scenarios using LoadRunner ran Stress Test, analyzed the results.
• Conducted Load and Reliability Testing on Website’s workflows to identify and report performance bottlenecks.
• Wrote SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application.
• Extensively executed SQL Queries on Oracle tables to verify the data for Back-end.
• Reported and tracked the status of the bugs, assigning severity ratings to them using TestDirector.
• Validated the application against the expected results by inserting Database, Bitmap and GUI checkpoints.
• Reported software mismatches to the development team using TestDirector.
• Performed Regression testing for fixes and closed the defects.
• Involved in the End-To-End test and responsible for the Quality Assurance of this application to complete in record time.
• Participated in defect review meetings with the team members.

Environment: Windows Server, Java, Java Script, HTML, UNIX, SQL, TOAD, Oracle, Web Logic, QuickTest Professional, LoadRunner, Quality Center.