Quality Analyst Resume
Des Moines, IA
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
- 6+ years of experience in Software Testing and QA Methodologies
- Sound knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle, Test Methodologies and Strategies, Test Planning, Requirement Traceability, Test Design, Automated/Manual Test Procedures, and Defect Management.
- Extensive experience in Developing QA Standards, Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios and executing Test Scripts, Defect Management based on Business and Functional Specifications
- Sound knowledge of QA Methodologies like Waterfall, SCRUM/Agile, RUP.
- Proficient in test management tool Mercury Quality Center 9.0, HP ALM 11.0.
- Good experience in design, execution and maintaining automated test scripts using Mercury Interactive Quick Test Professional.
- Extensive experience in writing SQL queries to validate the database updates in Oracle, SQL server.
- Very dedicated and a thorough professional with good work ethics and can work independently or as part of a team.
- Very good analytical and communication skills, quick learner and interested in working with emerging technologies.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems: Platforms and Office Suites,C, C++, SQL, Visual Basic, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/ VISTA/Windows 7, UNIX, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point
Testing Tools: Mercury Quality Center 9.0,9.5 10.0HP ALM 11.0, QTP 9.2.
Database Tools: Oracle 11i, 10g, 9i, SQL Server, MS Access
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Des Moines, IA
Quality Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Participated in Requirement Analysis, Business Analysis, and Use - Case Analysis.
- Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Data and Traceability Matrix.
- Conducted Integration, System, Functional, GUI, Regression, Smoke, Database Integrity, User-Acceptance (UAT) and Performance testing.
- Developed Test Cases and Test Design using Test Plan Manager (Quality Center).
- Performed Database testing to verify the data using SQL to ensure integrity and consistency of data.
- Extensively used TOAD to verify source data and target data after the successful workflow runs using SQL.
- Extensively Used SQL to validate backend database changes, deletes and update.
- Tested the applications on different Web Browsers.
- Tracked the defects using Quality Center and generated defect summary reports.
- Maintained Test Logs, Test Summary reports and participated in defect review/Status Meetings.
Environment: Mercury Quality Center10.0, Oracle SQL Developer, TOAD, UNIX
Confidential, Wilmington, DE
QA Analyst-Manual testing
Responsibilities:
- Created Test Plans from design documents and requirements.
- Developed Test Cases using Quality Center.
- Execute Test Cases using Quality Center.
- Performed Functional, Regression, Smoke and End-to-End Testing.
- Prepared Positive, Negative and Boundary condition test scenarios.
- Performed cross-browser testing to ensure compatibility of the application with different browsers.
- Logged defects using Quality Center and tracked the defect cycles.
- Participated in defect triage meetings.
- Updated Requirement Traceability Matrix.
- Participated in and coordinated test case walkthroughs.
- Generated Reports from Quality Center for daily status updates.
- Communicate project status with stakeholders on a daily basis.
- Participated in weekly walkthrough and inspection meetings, to communicate the status of project and to verify the testing effort.
Environment: Windows XP, SQL 2008, Quality Center 10.0, Bug Zilla
Confidential, PA
Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Worked closely with Business Analysts to review Business Requirements & Functional Specifications and documented Test Scenarios & Test Cases.
- Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, GUI, and backend testing.
- Managed Defect Tracking Life Cycle by identifying, reporting and tracking bugs, by using Quality Center.
- Participated in defect review meetings with developers and management Team.
- Involved in Manual Testing of the application.
- Created Traceability Matrix to ensure comprehensive test coverage of all the business requirements of the project.
- Performed Back-End Testing using SQL queries to validate the data and test the data at various levels.
Environment: QTP 9.2, VB Script, Oracle 9i, UNIX, TOAD, JIRA
Confidential
Senior Software Tester
Responsibilities:
- Documented details of test plans, test cases and expected results in Quality center.
- Performed Back End testing of the database by using SQL queries to verify data conversion and data repetition.
- Examined and validated application log files using Putty telnet (UNIX).
- Wrote variety of QTP scripts including dynamic parameterization using Data Tables and Database Tables, Excel and File System Objects to handle excel and text files, and descriptive programming.
- Monitored test results, tracked defects and communicated them using Quality center.
- Actively participated in bug meetings with QA team and developers to discuss and resolve outstanding defects.
Environment: UNIX, Quality Center 9.5, Quick Test Professional 9.2, SQL developer.
