SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of experience in Software Testing as a Quality Assurance Analyst.
• Worked Extensively with Manual and Automation testing.
• Complete understanding of all phases of Software Development and Testing Life Cycle (SDLC and STLC) including Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing and Evaluation on a diverse range of IT projects.
• Experienced in testing Client - Server and Web-Based Applications.
• Hands on Experience in domains Manufacturing, Banking and Financial, and Retail.
• Extensively involved in Requirement analysis, Design, Development and Quality Assurance for UNIX, Web based, Client-server n-tier complex applications
• Experienced in Implementing Waterfall and Agile testing practices providing rapid delivery of business value and dynamic response.
• Proficient in writing Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios and Test Summary Reports for both Manual and Automation Testing.
• Hands on experience in using Quality Center for managing, executing test cases and defect logging.
• Extensive experience with performing functional testing using Quick Test Professional and use of VB Scripting to enhance the test.
• Experience in creating Test Scripts, User-defined Functions in VB script, Inserting Checkpoints,
• Output Values, Parameterize data, creating virtual Objects and Data driven Testing in QTP.
• Managed and conducted System testing, Integration testing, and functional testing, UAT, Smoke testing and Regression testing.
• Good noledge on Grey Box Testing (Black-box and White-box testing), GUItesting, Back-endtesting, ComponentTesting on platforms such as Windows, and UNIX.
• Proficient in using Rational ClearQuest and ClearCase, Quality Center for task management, test case execution and defect tracking.
• Hands on experience in using the reporting tools for easy report sharing to clients such as CLEAR View.
• Extensive experience with SQL DML, DDL and TCL commands like CREATE, ALTER, INSERT, UPDATE, GRANT and REVOKE
• Proficient in Executing batch processing and verify the jobs status and data in database tables.
• Working noledge in FTP tool, PuTTY for the file transfers.
• Extensive experience MS-Visio, MS Project and MS office tools Like MS-Word, PowerPoint and MS-Excel.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages/Architecture: SQL, VB script, HTML.

Tools: Quality Center, QTP, Rational ClearQuest, ClearCase, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Adobe Browser Lab, FTP, PuTTY,MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point, and MS Project.

Databases: Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, MySQL, Microsoft SQL server, MS-Access.

Reporting Tools: RMDS (Report management and distribution systems), ClearView.

Operating system: UNIX, SHELL, Windows XP/7, Windows 2000/ NT/95/98, MS-DOS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business requirements, module specific functionalities, identified testing requirements and formulated Test Plans.
• Developed test plans, test cases, and test scripts for the newly developed modules.
• Identified the scope of the functional and non-functional testing, Identified business scenario and test cases from the Business Design Document and Technical Design Document.
• Strictly Implemented Agile (SCRUM) Methodology that includes daily scrum meetings discussing progress of stories and open issues if any, weekly meetings with Business Analysts and bi-weekly sprint reviews with the client.
• Tested the GUI functionality according to the guidelines of the test plans.
• Performed cross browser testing to test the application in different browsers such as Chrome, Safari, IE and Firefox using Adobe Browser Lab.
• Used SharePoint to upload the project related documents.
• Tested user interface and navigation controls of the application using Quick Test Pro.
• Inserted Checkpoints to check for broken links, Text and standard properties of an object using Quick Test Pro.
• Detected defects communicated to the developers using bug-reporting tools and tracked the defects
• Actively participated in Enhancement meetings.
• Performed Database Validation by using SQL queries
• Used Toad and Oracle for databases.
• Developed and executed test cases, test scenarios and followed-up defects using Mercury Quality Center
• Created bug reports using Mercury Quality Center to be reviewed by the QA Manager and development team
• Interfacing with developers to resolve the technical issues
• Conducted Usability Testing manually
• Testing the Message data flow between all the interfaces & troubleshooting.
• Worked in a True Continuous Integration environment with a multi environments such as Development, Integration and QC environments.
• Ensured all project goals were achieved and client expectations met.

Environment: QTP 10/9.5, Quality Center, UNIX, .NET, Oracle 10g, 11g.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated actively in requirements reviews.
• Developed test plans, test cases, and test scripts for the newly developed modules.
• Identified the scope of the functional and non-functional testing, Identified business scenario and test cases from the Business Design document and Technical Design document.
• Coordinated with the development team during entire testing phase.
• Good understanding on Waterfall model.
• Set-up and executed test scenarios for system, regression testing as and when new builds was rolled-in.
• Interacted with developers with regard to resolving bugs and suggested enhancements.
• Developed the test cases and prepared the master test plan.
• Performed functional testing, batch testing, GUI and Regression Testing.
• Checked whether all the program screens displayed correctly in the correct sequence.
• Defects were identified and reported to the development team using ClearQuest.
• Worked on the UNIX systems involving cross system applications, running the scripts, check the logs.
• Written VB script for automation testing. Used Dictionary object, environment variables, and Parameter variables in QTP Scripts.
• Created Automation Test frame work and worked on script development for the execution of end to end and regression testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Extensively used GetROProperty, GetTOProperty, GetTOProperties, SetTOProperty and Output Value in QTP.
• Testing the Message data flow between all the interfaces & troubleshooting.
• Managed project timelines and estimates and raised any issues to senior management in a timely fashion.
• Ensured quality of deliverables.
• Reported on status/health of the project.
• Ran Unix scripts to create input files.
• Coordinated Test Lab setup and status meeting as part of testing coordination.
• Used quality center effectively to write test cases and log defects.
• Raise defects and track them until closure, prepare Defects Report at the end of every stage of testing.
• Used Quality Center for defect tracking.
• Worked in a True Continuous Integration environment with a multi environments such as Development, Integration and QC environments.

Environment: Quality Center, ClearQuest, QTP, SQL Server, Windows XP, Java, Java Script, Oracle10g, UNIX, PuTTY.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the requirements review process with client and functional analysts.
• Analyzed the user requirement document, system design and understanding the test Strategy
• Involved in the creation of test plan with different scenarios and developed test scripts.
• Involved in the development of traceability matrix
• Manually tested the application using the test cases.
• After the stabilization of the application automated the tests using QTP.
• Performed integration testing between module releases.
• Executed Test Scripts and verified actual results against expected results.
• Defects were identified and reported to the development team using ClearQuest.
• Performed regression testing after bug fixes and also before and after code conversions.
• Performed the Black Box testing for functionality and structural flow of the application.
• Performed Negative and Positive Testing to check the functionality of the application
• Performed Data driven testing.
• Executed SQL queries to validate the information updated in the database tables based on the test scripts.
• Executed SQL DML, DDL and TCL commands like CREATE, ALTER, and INSERT, UPDATE, GRANT and REVOKE.
• Raise defects and track them until closure, prepare Defects Report at the end of every stage of testing.
• Used SharePoint to upload the project related documents.
• Used Bug tracking and reporting tool for tracking the bugs and reporting to Developers.
• Involved in System and User Acceptance testing.
• Participated in walkthrough and defect report meetings periodically.
• As part of testing process interacted with Users, Functional Analysts, Developers and
• Database administrators and other QA analysts.

Environment: Mercury Quality Center, ClearQuest,, QTP, MS Excel, MS Word, Windows XPTOAD, Oracle.