PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7+ years of diversified experience in Analysis, Quality Assurance and Software Testing.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing life Cycle.
• Experience in Manual Testing on windows and client server based application.
• Extensive experience using manual testing to troubleshoot systems integration, GUI, Compatibility, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SOA Testing using web services, functionality, Database and regression testing.
• Extensively involved in entire QA Process and defect Management life cycle.
• Diverse experience with various testing methods such as Functional testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Database Testing, End to End Testing.
• Experience in test Management tools like Quality Center.
• Familiar with Automation tools like HP Quick Test Professional.
• Involved in Developing and Executing Test Plan, and Test cases based on the Business Requirements Documents, Functional Requirement, and Use Cases.
• Create Testing Status and Defect Matrix for reporting to the Management.
• Prepared reports like Defect Statistics and Tracking, Weekly and daily status reports.
• Experience in backend database testing, on oracle and SQL server.
• Experience working individually and team environment.
• Excellent Communication skills along with verbal and written.
• Testing both type of application, like Web - based and Client Server application.
• Well versed with testing methodologies such as Agile, SCRUM and waterfall.
• Attend Meeting with Business and Development teams to get proper understanding of the application.
• Performed manual testing extensively - primarily Smoke, Integration, Functional, Regression, GUI, Database, Black Box, White Box and Backend Testing.
• Motivated self-starter with exceptional team building, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Hardworking team player with the ability to work in time sensitive environments.
• Possess excellent communication and organization skills with the ability to adapt to new environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing & Defect Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center (QC), HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), Test Director, JIRA, Firebug, Microsoft Query Analyzer

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/XP/Vista/7

Software Process/Methodology: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), UML, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Iterative, Bug Life Cycle (BLC), User Stories, Use Case, PLC

Software Testing Types: Manual, Automated, Functional, Regression, Smoke, Negative, User Acceptance (UAT), Build Acceptance (BAT)

Languages & Database: HTML, SQL, Java, Oracle, SQL Server, Visual Basic 6.0, C#, ASP, TOAD

Other Tools: SQL Navigator, MS Office

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Sr. QA Tester / QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Review web-based application and identify critical functionalities
• Gathering, Understanding and Documenting Requirements
• Develop and execute Test Plans and Test Cases from requirements and specifications documents
• Participate and create Test Plans
• Manually create, develop and executed Test Cases
• Execute manual testing for all cases
• Create test plans to detail the testing scope, requirements (high level), strategies and all needed required resources
• Perform Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration testing, (UAT ) User Acceptance Testing, and End to End Testing
• Document and report all found defect in Quality Center
• Provide all data validation through SQL queries
• Responsible for preparing User Manuals
• Preparing Test Scenarios & Test Cases and performing Manual Testing of the application
• Performed GUI, System and Regression Testing of the application
• Reporting Bugs using BugZilla

Environment:Quality Center, SQL Server 2005, SQL Navigator, Visual Basic 6.0, Windows XP, Java, Mercury Quality Center (QC), Microsoft Query Analyzer.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

QA Tester / QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirement Documentation (BRD) to gain understanding of POS implementation.
• Participated in meetings with BA and Developers to understand the scope of testing
• Created Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases for assigned modules
• Created and Executed Test Cases manually as well as verify the actual results based on expected results.
• Performed Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and End to End Testing
• Documented and reported all found defects in Quality Center
• Provided validation of data through SQL queries

Environment:Quality Center, Quick Test Professional (QTP), C# ASP, Visual Basic 6.0, HTML, Oracle, SQL Server 2005, SQL Navigator, Toad, Java, Windows XP

Confidential - Fairfax, VA

Manual QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Studied all Requirements Artifacts - FRDs, Use Cases, Change Requests to write & involve in Software Testing Artifacts - Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Case, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Interacted with business client management to solicit requirements and drive issue resolution
• Escalated Defects while studying Project Requirements and writing Test Cases by using HP Quality Center (QC) and followed logged defects throughout its lifecycle in JIRA.
• Performed Manual Testing of web-based and client-server enterprise applications of BillTrak and its Invoice Processing, Inventory Management, Claim Management and Auditing modules by HP Quality Center (QC)
• Used HP Quality Center (QC) and JIRA for reserving, executing test cases, defect tracking, and the complete test management
• Involved and performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with Subject Matter Experts (SME) & UAT Team
• Performed Backend Testing using SQL queries to validate the data in the Oracle database
• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication with other team members including managers, peers and direct reports
• Reviewed Functional Specifications and assists in evaluating test automation approach profiling of Manual Test Cases for Automation Test opportunities
• Accurately prepared and documented of test results, issues / defects and progress.
• Effectively handled multiple projects simultaneously during Production Period by running Test Cases and logging & tracking Defect in HP Quality Center (QC)
• Actively participated & supported in frequent project or support related meetings, after hours & weekend support with Off-shore team by Office Communicator

Environment:HP Quality Center, JIRA, User Acceptance Test (UAT), Subject Matter Expert (SME), SQL

Confidential - Newark, NJ

Manual QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created Test plans and Test cases based on the business requirements
• Performed Functional, Regression and Backend testing
• Analyzed System specifications and performed smoke, GUI, functional, Performance, Integration and Usability testing.
• Create test plans to detail the testing scope, requirements (high level), strategies and all needed required resources
• Gathering, Understanding and Documenting Requirements
• Develop and execute Test Plans and Test Cases from requirements and specifications documents
• Participate and create Test Plans
• Perform Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT ), and End to End Testing.
• Used Mercury Quality Center extensively throughout the testing process to plan and maintain tests, maintain traceability of tests to the application functionality and again to requirements, defect tracking and management, etc.

Environment:MS SQL 2005/2008, Mercury Quality Center (QC), User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of the existing application.
• Prepared Test Scenarios and Test Cases as per System Requirements.
• Extensively performed Automation Testing process to ensure the quality of the software.
• Performed functional testing, compatibility testing, usability testing and regression testing.
• QTP was used to generate automated test scripts for functionality.
• Created complete test plan with detailed test case and report the status of the test cases.
• Executed Test Scripts using Quality Center.
• Prepared Weekly Status Reports and attended Walkthrough meetings.
• Evaluated the requirements for the application and synthesize the Test plans, Testing strategies and Test cases.
• Created and maintained different version of test script and test plan using Quality Center.
• Developed and maintained Test Documentation including Test Plans, Designs, Cases and
• Procedures to track personnel and schedule requirements, log defects and maintain repository.
• Performed Web Testing and GUI Testing using QTP.
• Executed SQL queries backend Test database.
• Perform manual user acceptance testing (UAT).

Environment: Java, SQL, QTP, Quality Center, Windows.