SUMMARY:

• Experienced QA tester with Five years of experience with Manual and Automated Test Procedures .
• Proficient in Software Development and Testing Life Cycle including Test Strategy Preparation, test plan development, test case creation, test execution and bug tracking
• In depth understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle(STLC) andQAmethodologies including Waterfall and Agile methodologies to ensure appropriate Quality Control.
• Experienced with different types of testing: Black Box, White Box, Functional, GUI, System, Integration, Regression and UAT
• Experience in creating, reviewing and executing test cases based on the business, functional and technical requirements.
• Experience in both Web applications, Desktop applications
• Experience in Backend Testing and writing SQL statements. high - level proficiency with QC and QTP toolsets; and a foundation in Java, VB Script, SQL, Perl, Linux/Unix
• Team oriented and ability to understand and adapt to new technologies and environments faster. Good at analysis and troubleshooting.
• Excellent analytical, programming, written and verbal communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Mercury Quality Center, QTP, Load Runner, Rational Suite

Languages: Java, VB, Dotnet, VBScript,C,C++,Unix Shell Scripting

Databases: SQLServer 2000/20, MS Access, Oracle

Platforms: UNIX/LINUX, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX and AS400.

Web: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSP, J2EE, XML, ASP, ASP.Net, WCF, VB.Net, VB Script, Java Servlets, Web logic, Web sphere, Siebel, AS400.

Software: MS Office 2003/2007, MS FrontPage 2.0, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Software QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Functional specification documents, design documents, requirements traceability matrix and involved in developing test plan document
• Developed Test Cases based on Use Cases, SRS and Designs documents
• Involved in Functional, Regression, System, GUI, Integration, Backend and UAT testing
• Performed Manual testing to check the Functionality and User interface of the application
• Identified and reported and tracked bugs through Quality Center tool
• Design and Execution of Test Cases
• Performed Backend Testing writing queries in SQLServer as and when required
• Involved in Testing Multiple Releases of Application in Agile Model
• Tracked and Logged Defects Through Quality Center
• Developed Test Execution Report
• Close Interaction with Business and Development Team to Review Requirements, Bugs and Release Schedules
• Automation of Regression Test Cases using QTP
• Involved in Manual Performance Testing of critical Parts of Application
• Performed both Web and Desktop Applications Testing
• Performed Credit Card Validation testing

Environment: WIndows 2003/2008, Dotnet 2.0, Dotnet 3.5, SQLServer 2000/2005/2008 , CrystalReports, Reproting Services, VB

Confidential, Memphis, TN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirement Document, Functional Specification documents to prepare Test Cases/Test Plans based on the Test Plans and Use Cases.
• Involved in Black box, functional testing, integration testing, regression and System testing.
• Performed manual testing and maintained documentation on different types of Testing viz., Positive, Negative, Regression and Black Box to validate the results.
• Performed End - to-End testing manually and was associated with User Acceptance Testing.
• Tested the functionality of applications by using Quick Test Pro and also automated the application for Regression testing.
• Inserted various Transactions to note the response times using Load Runner VuGen.
• Involved in testing the performance of the application using Load Runner and interacted with developers to check performance of the application.
• Generated Vuser scripts for WEB type using Load Runner. Created Scenarios using Load Runner Controller for multiple host and scripts and executed scenarios & analyzed the performance results.
• Tested application on multiple application servers like Web Logic Application server and Web Sphere application server.
• Identification of errors of logical Failure in Billing and GPF errors in data storage modules in the backend.
• Attended review meetings with Business Analysts, Developers and end users to understand and test according to their requirements. used TOAD to create SQL queries to verify the integrity of the database
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using the Quality Center.

Environment: Unix, Web logic server, Java, J2EE, Oracle, Windows NT, VB Script, HTML, XML, Java Script, VB Script, Java,J2EE, JSP,Servlets .

Confidential, Chicago

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Actively participated in all phases of testing lifecycle (Design, Planning, Development and Results).
• Coordinate with Development and Business team to develop high level Business and Technical documents.
• Design Test Plan and test strategies based on high level business and technical documents.
• Implemented Standardized and Unified process through out the software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Involved with other team members to set up testing tools, implementation and testing environments.
• Modified previously existing test cases that were driven by the manual testing.
• Involved in Designing and Analyzing of Test Scope strategies with other TestAnalyst.
• Write Unit, Integration and System Test cases using Rational Test Manger from Functional, Technical and other high level documents.
• Performed both manual and automated testing.
• Manually Conducted Positive and Negative testing.
• Extensively involved in writing Test scripts using Rational Manual Tester to perform Manual and Automation testing on the AUT under the different Programming Environment.
• Performed Sanity and Smoke Testing of the application manually after each build.
• Involved in FACETS Implementation Testing, involved end to end testing of FACETS Billing, Claim Processing and Subscriber/Member module.
• Set claim processing data for different Facets Module.
• Design, analyze and performed Integration and System testing on different leading health care software’s such as FACETS, MedPlus, Onyx etc to test all the different software components under one complete system.
• Write test cases using Rational Test Manger, Used Rational Robot and Rational Manual Tester for Functional testing.
• Validate Claim Process according to HIPPA compliance.
• Test HIPPA regulations in Facets HIPPA privacy module.
• Create Data pools using Rational Robot to perform Data Driven Testing.
• Conducted System, Integrated and Regression testing to the application.
• Conduct Business, Functional, User Acceptance and Usability testing.
• Involved in creation and maintenance of Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
• Using UNIX manually tracking all the Logs Activities on the server.
• Write UNIX Shell Scripts to perform Backend testing.
• Coordinated for Batch Jobs scheduling for SIT (System Integration Testing) Team.
• Run the SQL queries using SQL advantage and SQL Navigator.
• Produce Reports from Oracle Database using SQL*Plus.
• Perform Backend testing by extensively using complex SQL queries to verify the integrity of the database.
• Use Rational Clear Quest for the reporting and tracking of defects.

Environment: Rational Test Manager, Rational Manual Tester V6.1, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Robot, Facets 4.31, UNIX, Java, XML, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, SQL advantage, SQL*Plus, SQL Navigator, Mainframe, Manual Testing

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gathering and analysis of product requirements and technical requirements.
• Develop Test Cases based on Business Requirements and Technical Specifications.
• Execution of Test Cases Manually and Automated using QualityCenter.
• Participated in creation of Traceability Matrix.
• Hands on with SQL queries and populate tables according to the functional and specifications.
• Created User defined functions for sake of re-usability by the team.
• Various features of QTP like Check points, Synchronization points, parameters (data driven tests), Recovery Scenarios, and Debugging are used.
• Work independently and Co-ordinate with development team and Business team.
• Extensive analytical skills to analyze back end logic and run test scripts.
• Validate the business functionality using UAT Testing.
• Performed positive and negative testing of the application for identification of bugs after fixing of errors in each subsequent build during the process of development.
• Reporting the defects through Defect Management using Rational ClearQuest.
• Developed regression test scripts using QTP.
• Documented test cases, test results, test procedure and reported to the client.

Environment: Windows, QTP 9.5, Java, Servlets, WCF, VB scripting, JavaScript, MS Excel, DB2 8.1.