PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of experience in Test Plan preparation, Test Strategies, Designing Test Cases, Test execution, Defect reporting, and effort estimation and planning as part of Management activities.
• Experienced as a Manual Test Lead.
• Expertise in using Test Management Tools - Quality Center (HP QC 8, 9.2, 10 and HP ALM 11.52), JIRA 10.0 including Admin Level (Right from creating project, domain, users set up, groups, permissions, rules, workflows and different types of reports for management) for all the modules like Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects and Dashboard.
• Highly experienced in the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile Methodologies.
• Strong experience in writingSQLforOracle,MS Sql databases.
• Hands on experience in Functional, Integration and End to End Testing of Web Applications for business, education, banking, billing, healthcare, pharmaceutical domains.
• Experience on Browser Compatibility testing and testing in different Operating Systems.
• Experience in User Interface Testing (GUI) for mobile devices like iPhone, android phones and iPad.
• Experience in developing Requirements Traceability Matrix to map requirements to test cases to achieve requirement coverage and change management.
• Ability to work as independent and team member in challenging environment
• Highly motivated team player with excellent analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills
• Experienced in writing SQL queries and performing Database testing using Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS).
• Experience in Implementing Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) with XML based Web Services (SOAPUI).
• Experience in different Operating Systems/ platforms like Windows, Linux and UNIX
• Involved in Design and development of Automation Frame work using Quick Test Professional (QTP)/ALM 11.0
• Knowledge of Selenium test automation tool.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: LINUX- CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows 95/98/2000/XP

RDBMS: Oracle 7/8i, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL Developer 2005, TOAD

Packages: MS-WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, Visio, .net Web Service Studio, SOAPUI.

Languages: SQL, Bash Shell Scripting, XML, HTML, Web services

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center 8, 9.2,10, JIRA, ALM

Automation Tools: QTP/UFT, Selenium

Design Tool: Microsoft Visio

Test Development: Manual Testing, Automation (QTP), Soap UI.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the BRD’S (Business Requirement Documents) of the AUT. Wrote test plan, test cases based on requirements.
• Assisted manager to estimate the QA timelines, resource allocations for different projectsto write the Project Plan.
• As part of the HP Quality Center admin, created Domain and Projects, created users and providing permissions, Uploaded Requirements, Uploaded the Test cases, Created Test sets and linked test cases, Linked Test cases to requirements and defects to the test, Created and generated reports in HP ALM.
• Managed/Executed functional, Usability, Regression test cases for web applications on all mobile devices.
• Assigned the modules testing work among the QA team. Followed up the testing progress with team on daily basis.
• Reviewed and reported defects in Quality Center 10.0
• Communicated the overall testing status to the manager and the team members through daily meetings.
• Consistently tracked the project progress and managed QA resources to ensure deadlines are met.
• Prepareddefect reportsfor higher management.
• Wrote/Executed SQL queries on multiple tables to validate the backend testing.
• Automated manual regression test cases in QTP/UFT 11.0.
• Coordinated testing efforts with distributed onsite & offshore teams, to ensure the quality Enterprise release.
• Setting up QA environment.

Environment: Oracle 10G, MySQL, QC 10.0, QTP/UFT 10.5

Confidential, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed/Analyzed FRD (Functional Requirement Document), BRD (Business Requirement Document) to write test scenarios.
• Wrote test plan, test cases based on requirements.
• Work with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate data for backend testing, and prepare test data for the test cases.
• Executed functional, Regression, validation, Schema Mapping Testing for banking web applications.
• Wrote/Executed SQL queries/joins on multiple tables in Oracle DB to validate the backend testing.
• Performed System Integration Testing (SIT) for various modules integration.
• Performed Web Services Testing.
• Logged and tracked the defects in JIRA Defect Tracking System.
• Communicated the overall testing status to the manager and the team members through daily meetings.
• Setting up QA environment.

Environment: Oracle, JIRA 10.0, UFT, SOAP, LINUX Operating System.

Confidential, NJ

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of user stories.
• Executed functional, Regression, Sanity Testing manual test cases for web application during all the Sprints for IG (Invoice Gateway) 7.0 production release.
• Logged and tracked the defects in JIRA Defect Tracking System during each sprint testing.
• Communicated the overall testing status to the manager and the team members through daily standup scrum meetings.
• Wrote/Executed SQL queries to validate the data in MySQL database through SQLyog.
• Analysis, Testing and execution of Production bug fixes for existing core applications Customer Service (CSR) and Customer Care.
• Setting up QA test box for retesting of Production bug fixes.
• Performed UAT testing.

Environment: Agile, MySQL, SQLyog, JIRA 10.0, Greenshot, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Sourcesafe.

Confidential, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and understood business requirements.
• Created/Executed/Maintained System, functional, Regression, Smoke, Integration, Acceptance, Positive and Negative Manual Test cases for ecommerce, Mobile and web application in HP Quality Center 9.2.
• Logged and tracked the defects in HP Quality Center 9.2 Defect Tracking System.
• Communicated the overall testing status to the manager and the team members through daily Status meeting.
• Created Defect reports, graphs for higher management.
• Assisted Project Manager to estimate the timelines to write the Project Plan, tracking project progress and managing project resources to ensure deadlines are met.
• Responsible for “Sign-off” on executed test cases in ‘Test Details Report’ after completion of Application Testing.
• Wrote/executed SQL queries to validate the data in the Oracle Database.
• Created end user documents like User Manual.
• Coordinated testing efforts with distributed onsite & offshore teams, to ensure the quality Enterprise Release.

Environment: MS SQL SERVER 2005, HP Quality Center 10.0, XML, Oracle, Screen Hunter 6.0, LINUX Operating System

Confidential, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• At Financial client, as a member of the Global Wealth Management Technology group, I developed, Maintained and executed functional, Integration, regression, UAT manual test cases for complex Internet and Intranet applications on multiple platforms.
• Alternative investments have the functionality to qualify client, Place Purchase/Exchange/Redemption order for Funds, Process the order.
• Provided continued maintenance and verification of bug fixes inQuality Centerfor existing web, ecommerce applications.
• Created Defect reports for weekly status meetings.
• Worked in all phases of SDLC.
• Requested, created and maintained test data for system testing.
• Wrote/executed basic SQL queries to validate the data.

Environment: Visual Studio 2008 (.Net 3.5), Oracle, HP Quality Center 9.2, SharePoint.