SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Quality Assurance, Manual Testing, Automated Testing, System Testing of Web Client/Server and data warehousing based applications. Proven track record of meeting targets in stringent deadlines.
• Expertise in Manual Testing and Automation Testing using QTP/UFT in real time and unattended testing environment across multiple operating systems and technologies.
• Proficient with various SDLC methodologies such as Water fall, Iterative and Agile.
• Well experienced in leading and managing test teams in various testing activities for web based and system applications developed in different technologies.
• Managing and Supporting Off - shore team in various testing activities like walkthrough with new functionalities, test plan creation, test case creation, defect tracking and closure, training in automation tools.
• Expertise in developing Test plans, Test Scripts, Test cases, Test data, Test metrics and Workflows based on business requirements.
• Well experienced in Keyword driven, Data Driven and Action based frameworks.
• Hands on experience in descriptive programming using VB script .Knowledge on creation of dictionary objects.
• Well experienced in creation of QTP scripts for applications developed in ASP.Net, Java and Mainframes.
• Knowledge of Agile work Model - Sprint model Testing, Grooming, Daily Stand -ups
• Hands on experience in validation of XML files, modifications of XML files and file Parsing.
• Proficient in debugging and root cause analysis. Worked on the entire Defect life cycle with various priorities and severities.
• Involved in all phases of testing such as Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, System testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Performed Sanity, Functional, Regression testing, Performance Testing, Load Testing, Database Testing etc.
• Expertise in Test management application ALM - Quality Center. Proficient in using SQL in writing basic query for retrieving data.
• Effectively Participate in Defects resolution, propose and design retest scenarios/cases/scripts, Maximizing work practices
• Managing and Supporting Off-shore team. Prepared Weekly Status Reports to keep track of project deliverables
• Experienced in maintaining the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and verifying forward and backward traceability between requirements and test cases.
• Business Domain Knowledge on Payments, Credit and Debit Card & Mortgage (LPS) processing, TSYS and Health care systems.
• Good knowledge in Retail, Insurance, Banking and Financial domains.
• Conducted and coordinated Defect Management calls and Weekly status reporting with clients and development teams.
• Exceptional ability to learn new technologies, deliver outputs within deadlines and ability to work in a team or as an individual.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: QTP 9/10/11, SOAP UI, Load Runner

Defect Tracking Tools: ITS, HP ALM 11.x, Clear Quest

Operating Systems: Windows 8, Windows XP/2000/2007, Unix, Linux

Script Languages: JavaScript, VB Script

RDBMS: Oracle 11g/10g/9i, Db2, SQL Server 2012/2008

Programming Languages: C, Java, C#, .Net, SQL, Mainframes

Application Servers: Tomcat,Apache, Weblogic 10.x/8.x, Websphere 8.x/7.x

Other Tools: SVN, Rational Clear Case, TOAD, Visio, Clarity, Putty, SQL Developer, Lotus Notes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Westmont, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Attend business sessions with the users to put requirements together for each release.
• Followed waterfall methodology for the entire STLC and SDLC.
• Conducted thorough analysis of BRD and FRD.
• Involved in preparation of use case diagrams along with BA using VISIO.
• Documented all necessary test art crafts like test flow diagrams, data flow diagrams for testing.
• Developed and maintained test plans based on each release update
• Systematized all functional, regression and UAT test cases.
• Participated in UAT with users and business teams.
• Report and maintenance of defects in the ALM and Clear Quest.
• Successfully automated application using hybrid framework through QTP 11.
• Participated in designing, building, enhancing and executing automation test scripts.
• Hands on experience in creation of test cases for Web services testing using SOAP UI.
• Extensively worked in regression execution using batch execution.
• Monitoring the activities of Performance Testing using Load Runner.
• Experience in XML files updating and modification
• Conducted database testing during migration of legacy systems (MS Access) to Oracle 10 g.
• Involved in thorough testing and successful implementation of requirement supplement tool
• Preparation and presentation of test metrics and RTM.Risk identification and its mitigation
• Coordinates all aspects of test activities for projects to ensure quality and to ensure Test coverage for requirements are met.
• Collaborates with project test analysts and is accountable to ensure the appropriate test deliverables are created, reviewed, and authorized according to project timelines.
• Works with managers and planners to resolve scheduling and resource conflicts, obtain and assign appropriate test resources to the effort.
• Tracks, documents, and communicates test status, issues, and risks to leadership.
• Documents and summarizes lessons learned, including successes, major problems, and recommendations.
• Strong background and experience within Test (infrastructure, test processes)

Environment: Manual Testing, Java, load runner 11.52, Performance Center 11.x, Oracle 11g and Windows 2007, SOAPUI

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

Quality Lead

Responsibilities:

• Project preparation, its times lines, early prediction of the risks, risk assessment and risk mitigation for functional and performance testing.
• System testing, functional testing and regression testing to cover all the requirements.
• Understanding the system architecture and identifying load injection points and set up appropriate monitoring tools
• Expertise in developing Test plans, Test Scripts, Test cases, Test data, Test metrics and Workflows based on business requirements.
• Preparation and presentation of test metrics gathered from the dashboard of ALM.
• Conduct review meetings for the test plans.
• Interaction with the users to discuss the functionality of application and performance issues.
• Developed a Root Cause Analysis report using MS Office
• Requirements decompositions with respect to the testing scenarios.
• Creation and implementation of hybrid framework for automation for an internal developed webbased application.
• Creation and execution of Automation Test Scripts in QTP.
• Fixing the regression scripts for each cycle occurs at an interval of bi monthly.
• Scheduling and Regression batch Execution.
• Creation and Maintiang the Defects in ALM ( HP Quality Center V.11)
• Lead script maintenance activities as per Change Control document.
• Involved in triage calls during production.
• Analyzing existing environment with available documentation and application.
• Maintained documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software.
• Hands on experience on Validator, Check scanner and card reader.
• Close monitor of updates on defect tracking logs and works with development teams and users to ensure that all defects are resolved.
• Effort estimation for functional and performance testing.
• Deriving functional and performance test planning and test strategy from requirements
• Assigning and reviewing tasks to team members
• Logging defects in Quality center
• Closely working with BA and developers to resolve the issues.
• Capturing each component level metrics (Network, Web, APP and Database)
• Documenting the results
• Defect tracking in Quality center if differs from SLA
• Determination of bench mark for batch jobs and its execution

Environment: Manual Testing, Mainframes, HP performance center 9.x, UNIX, Java, web, Oracle, Site scope

Confidential, Boston, MA

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering for functional & performance testing by interacting with Business analysts and Functional consultants.
• Identifying the complexity of the requirements and provide estimate on the same.
• Design of functional and performance test plans and test strategy.
• Involved in system testing, functional, regression, load, stress and soak test
• Design and development of functional and performance test scripts and test scenarios
• Derived SLA’s by interacting with system analysts and application team, server team and BA’s.
• Developed multiple scenarios for the application
• Script development and enhancing the scripts for E- business, Web services(REST), and Web(ASP .NET 4.0) (Web-IFTA for US & CANADA has interface with Oracle Apps systems)
• Designed baseline test and run for 100 Vusers
• Performed load test for 2000 Vusers and stress test for 2650 Vusers
• Derived volumetric approach
• Determined load injection points and simulate load from ESB
• Performed batch jobs performance testing
• Determined the bench mark for the batch jobs

Environment: Win 2008 Enterprise and R2 standard, Java, Share point and Mainframes, HP performance center 11.0, site scope 11.01 and Wily Introscope

Confidential

Testing Associate

Responsibilities:

• Project kick off, ports identification
• Provided effort estimation for functional and performance testing.
• Test environment set up for functional and performance testing.
• Performance architecture design, Performance tuning, Performance monitoring.
• Isolating Performance bottlenecks at each component level in the application architecture.
• Responsible for capacity estimating, modeling, planning.
• Optimize the configuration of client’s servers and networking equipment to enable performance testing N- tier architecture across the enterprise.
• Identifying business requirements, deriving SLA’s.
• Development of test strategy, test plan, test design for functional testing
• Assign and reviewing tasks to team members on daily and weekly basis
• Installation and configuration of HP performance center 11.0
• Conduct application and architecture code profiling.
• Conduct Infrastructure and application performance tuning.
• Prepared test data for execution
• Wrote correlation functions where ever it is required.
• Enhancement of scripts through parameterization, inserting transactions and functions.
• Identification of bottlenecks and its root cause analysis.

Environment: HP Load Runner 11.0, Site scope 11.1, SAP SCM, Web Services, ESB, Oracle, IIS Web, IIS App and SQL Server 2008 R2

Confidential, New York Nov

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Identifying requirements for system, functional and regression testing
• Developed test plans, test strategy and test design.
• Responsible for capacity estimating and modeling.
• Performance architecture design, Performance tuning, Performance monitoring through site scope.
• Diagnose the Performance bottlenecks at application architecture level.
• Work with cross functional software development teams to ensure free flow of Data.
• Performed Load and Stress testing for May Bank HR Portal which interfaces with other third party Java based systems.
• Actively developed 25 test scripts.
• Touch base with business heads to implement various change controls.
• Conduct review meetings for the test plans.
• Developed a Root Cause Analysis report using MS Office
• Analysis of functional design documents.
• Requirements decompositions with respect to the testing scenarios.
• Assisted Call Managers with overall management of SEV calls to ensure resources are properly engaged and incident resolution is occurring.
• Written the functional test cases to test the end to end application.
• Actively involved in the preparation of the Test Plan and the Test Strategy.
• Designing, building, enhancing and executing automation test scripts
• Involved in scheduling Regression batch Execution.
• Report and maintenance of defects in the test management tool QC/ALM.
• Created automation test scripts in QTP.
• Extensively worked in regression execution using batch execution.
• Experience in XML files updating and modification
• Viewed the Documents based on Documents Properties from Databases.
• Incorporated Requirements in Quality Center.
• Worked with quality center for batch execution and defect tracking.
• Automated Manually written Test scripts by using QTP
• Did database comparison with source files and target files.Managing and supporting offshore team
• Preparation and presentation of test metrics and RTM

Environment: Citrix, Unix, HP ALM11.0, Load runner 11.0, Site scope 11.1, Diagnostics, QTP 11.0, TWS, Redwood, Oracle (FI and HR), Share point, Mainframes, Java and DB2 database.

Confidential

QA Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in writing test plans by analyzing business requirement document and functional specifications
• Used Win runner for functionality test.
• Perform various testing, functional testing, regression testing, functional automation testing, load testing, stress testing, scalability testing
• Generated Scripts for Load Testing using Vugen as per the performance requirements
• Enhanced the scripts by inserting transactions, parameterization
• Written functions to capture dynamic content in web based application
• Designed scenarios and run them in Controller
• Analyzed the results
• Integrated test cases in test director
• Understanding the Business Requirements and Functional Specifications.
• Actively involved in the preparation of the Test Plan and the Test Strategy.
• Maintained documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software.
• Report and maintenance of defects in the test management tool Quality Centre.
• Executed SQL Queries by writing the simple join.
• Identified the Documents and Templates required for smooth flow of the Testing Phase.
• Involved in Updating and Execution of the Test Scripts.
• Involved in the Database Testing by Executing the Queries.
• Analysed the Test Reports submitted by the QA Personnel.

Environment: Win 2000, Java, Oracle, Win Runner 7.8, QTP 8.2 and Load Runner 7.8, Test Director.