SUMMARY

• Over 6 + years of experience as a QA Engineer in Manual and Automation Testing of Application, Web based and Client/Server applications.
• Strong in standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies including Agile, Waterfall model and SCRUM methodologies.
• Partnered with technical, design and business representatives to gain complete and detailed understanding of projectrequirements
• Expertise in designing and developing strategic Test plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Reports for both manual and automated tests.
• Extensive experience in Functional, Regression, User Interface, Integration, User Acceptance, and System Testing.
• Experienced in creating Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and Defect Reports.
• Extensive hands on experience with all levels of testing including Smoke testing, Sanity testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, System testing, Regression testing, Capability Testing, Interoperability testing, Stress Testing, Database testing, Performance testing
• Expertise in Traceability Matrix preparation and Defect Prevention Analysis activities.
• Experience in executing SQL queries in order to view successful transactions of data and for validating data
• Involved in walkthroughs and formal meetings with developers to discuss enhancements and modifications
• Experience with QA Methodology to ensure the Quality Assurance Control.
• Good at multi - tasking and can work well under tight deadlines with high efficiency.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Strong trouble shooting skills.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills. Good programming, scripting and debugging skills.
• Self-Starter and interested to learn new technologies in QA.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Bug Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center

Databases: Oracle, MySQL

Servers: Apache, Tomcat Server.

Web Technologies: HTML, HTTP, WSDL

Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/ Windows 7, MS-DOS, UNIX, LINUX

Others: Microsoft Excel/Word

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manually & Automation testing functionality, regression, Sanity, Smoke, integration and android/IOS testing of all applications
• Coordinated all QA activities and enhancements using SDLC / SCRUM Methodology for the project.
• Created Test Plans, Test Strategy and wrote Cases Test managing the test assets in HP Quality Centre/ALM and Excel for various projects.
• Wrote test plans without any requirement document.
• Performed load testing for Web Application on with 1000 users is used to load test.. Created data driven tests using CSV config elements.
• Responsible for installing Daily builds in QA environment.
• Conducting GUI, Functionality, usability, Integration, Regression, Smoke, API Testing and compatibility testing on iOS and Android devices.
• Review device/crash Log files in order to troubleshoot errors.
• Performed Backend testing to validate the data using SQL queries to the required Test cases.
• Interacting with the Technical Leads and Developers, Business Analysts to evolve the functionalities, workflow, and business transactions.
• Performing regression tests on application builds.
• Interact with developer to reproduce bugs and to track the field bugs.
• Conduct and participated in UI and acceptance testing to validate and verify the accuracy of application.
• Preparing Test Summary Reports and Defect Status Reports.
• Participate and in many cases, facilitated test scenario and condition review sessions with business stakeholders.

Environment: HP Quality Centre, SOAP, Windows 2007/03, Windows 7 Home Premium

Confidential, Burbank, CA.

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile Methodology for the project.
• Performed Smoke test, System test, Functional, Integration, End to End, User Acceptance testing and Regression testing activities in Test environment and Production support environment.
• Wrote various test cases and test scripts.
• Participated in Business Requirement Analysis to develop the Test Scenarios for Projects.
• Contributed significantly towards designing and executing test cases and summarizing test results.
• Hands on experience in collecting several metrics and preparation of defect reports.
• Executed regression test cases.
• Used SQL to verify data in back-end server.
• Used HP QC to track and manage bug life cycle.
• Performed Verification, Validation, and Transformations on the Input data (Text files, XML files) before loading into target database.
• Performed Backend testing to validate the data using SQL queries to the required Test cases.
• Define test plans and test specifications for functional, integration testing, as well as the manual execution of test cases, and reporting product failures.
• Escalation and resolution of issues with different teams during the UAT phase, getting the re-work done in a timely manner and re-testing the same.
• Written Test plans, Test cases, executed Test cases for SQL backend test and tracked defects based on the BusinessCreate system test plan, test design specifications, test cases specifications and test procedures.
• Participated in Business Requirement Analysis to develop the Test Scenarios for Projects.
• Got involved in preparing scenarios for the regression testing using automation tool.
• Managing the test assets in word.
• Worked with four other partner companies and also visited their campus per need.

Environment: Microsoft Vista, Windows 2007/03, Windows 7 Home Premium, HP Quality Center (11.0)

Confidential, Harrisburg, PA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business and system requirements to provide feedback and produce test strategies.
• Prepared detailed Test Scenarios, Test Data and Test Cases based on requirements and design documents.
• Tested the Business Logic of the application and analyzed the behavior of the application login in different browsers.
• Extensively performed Positive, Negative, Inbound and outbound testing, System Testing, Functional, Regression and User Acceptance Testing of the Application.
• Construct and execute SQL queries to extract test data from System tables to perform manual testing and regression testing.
• Create and Track defect using Quality center.
• Generated detailed reports of daily status of test cases executed, Pass-Fail report and Defect status.
• Involved in reviewing and updating of test cases as per business reviews or functionality changes.
• Documented all the test results as per the organization standards defined and maintain test case repository in QC and TFS.
• Was also involved looking into the Log files, to validate the responses.
• Coordinated with the users, Development teams both onsite/offshore teams.

Environment: Quality Center V10.0, SQL, MS-Excel, and Waterfall Methodology.

Confidential 

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test cases for each functionality specification to ensure quality performance.
• Analyzed requirement documents to identify manual test cases. .
• Validation of electronic fund transfer and online fund transaction as in eCommerce
• Involved in testing all back end processes using Microsoft SQL Server.
• Captured the SQL statements from the application execution and manually checked the results.
• Identified and documented all issues and defects to ensure application software functionality.
• Interacted with developers to explain where required, software bugs and re-tested the fixed issues.
• Categorized bugs based on the Severity and Priority.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using Quality Center.
• Worked with development team to ensure that the testing issues/defects are resolved

Environment: Visual Studio, MS-Office, Test director, SQL Server, .NET and Internet Explorer.