PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 9+ years of progressive experience in Software Quality Assurance, Software Testing & Development
• Achieve QA objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; identifying and resolving problems; AND determining system improvements.
• Ensures delivery against goals and objectives, meeting commitments and coordinating overall quality assurance, documentation and training schedules
• Develop and manage creation, execution and maintenance of Test Plans
• Maintains Regression Suite to simplify and streamline Regression testing of future releases
• Mapping business requirements, Measuring Risk & translating these requirements into functional specifications and detailed test plans to ensure maximum efficiency in various operations
• Experience in creating technical documents like Test Case templates, Effort Estimation, Traceability Matrix, Metrics, Defect Report and Test Summary Report
• Expertise in Functional, Regression, Performance, System, Integration and UAT testing for GUI, Functional and Backend processes
• Experience in Application Server IIS (Deployment)
• Experience in CodeUI testing using Visual Studio Ultimate 2010
• Experience with Test Automation tools like HP - QTP and VSTS.
• Expertise in Test Management tools and Defect Tracking tools like ALM, Quality Center, Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).
• Experience in utilizing source control and version control
• Flair to adapt to new Technologies, self-starter, good communication and interpersonal skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Automation Testing: Regression script execution & maintenance using HP QTP.

Domain BFSI: Healthcare and Content Management

Process: CMMi V1.3, ISO-9001-2009 & PCI

Testing Tools: HP’s Quality Center & Rational Clear Quest Test Manager

Software Technologies: SQL/DB Testing & Windows OS

Protocols: SOAP, Http & Https

QTP: Create Setup Scripts, Create Data Driven Tests, Create User-Defined Functions, Error-Handling, Share/Per-Action Repositories, Environment Files, Database Connection Setup (XML).

Quality Center: Developing Test Plan, Creating/Executing Automation/Manual Tests, Designing Test Steps, Importing QTP Tests, Creating Test Sets, Analyzing Test Results, Designing Custom Reports.

VSTS - TFS: Create Manual / Automation Test Cases, Execute Test Cases from Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), Defect Tracking.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the requirements and functional spec.
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Understanding the requirements and functional spec.
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Involved in the requirement and design analysis and interacting with Business analysts
• Manage offshore testing team by closely monitoring the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same to QA Reporting Manager.
• Spearheaded project planning sessions with managers, business analysts, Development and team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed QA solutions.
• Creating data for associated project by using an in-house developed tool, customized data to cover the positive as well as negative scenarios.
• Involved in documenting the work flow for the projects and schedule meetings with QA Heads as part of QA deliverables to the Client.
• Participating in requirements and Agile sprint planning meetings to gather and review project requirements.
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing and Regression Testing (Manual & Automation) on stage and pre-prod environments.
• Reporting defects and Tracking using Bugzilla and Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Providing project wise status to all stake holders in daily scrums and weekly status reports to QA Managers.
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing and the conducting walkthrough on knowledge for offshore team.
• Perform RCA /Postmortem Report.
• Preparing Test closure reports and other QA Metrics Reports.

Environment: Microsoft .NET, Share Point, Windows 7, SQL Server 2008, TFS, Bugzilla, Web services, XML, Windows 7, and BizTalk server 2010.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the requirements and functional spec.
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Deployment and Performing SMOKE Testing
• Test Case Execution, Reporting defects and Tracking using HP QC/ALM.
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing and Regression Testing (Manual & Automation).
• Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Closely monitor the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing.
• Interacting with Development Team and Client business team
• Perform RCA /Postmortem report
• Preparing Test closure reports and other QA Metrics Reports.

Environment: Microsoft .NET framework 2.0, IIS 6.0, Share Point, Windows XP, MS SQL- 2008, HP QC/ALM,VSS, PC-Deo / RAdmin / Dameware & Clientele

Confidential, Chesapeake, VA

Sr. QA Analyst/Module Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, walkthrough the requirement spec with functional team.
• Test planning and strategy preparation
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Deployment and Performing SMOKE Testing
• Test Case Execution, Reporting defects and Tracking using TFS
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing and Regression Testing.
• Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports
• Closely monitor the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing.
• Interacting with Development Team and Functional team.
• Perform RCA /Postmortem report, corrective and preventive actions.
• Prepare and publish test closure reports and QA Metrics Reports.

Environment: SQL Server 2008, SharePoint 2010,.net 3.5, c# 3.0, TFS 2008, asp.net, Ajax, Selenium & Web driver 2.28.

Confidential Sterling, VA

Sr. QA Analyst/Module

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, walkthrough the requirement spec with functional team.
• Test planning and strategy preparation
• Perform estimation for test planning and execution
• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data and setting up the data in test environment.
• Develop and automate End-to-End scenarios (Regression & Smoke testing)
• Involved in stabilizing the Automated Functional Scripts, developed using QTP, to handle various data load, validation, retrieval and re-usability scenarios
• Used VB Script for developing the automation scripts
• Identify Reusable Components
• Create Functions & Procedures for building the Generic/Functional Library files
• Develop and Implement Shared Repository Concept across the modules
• Maintain the Automation Test Scripts to meet the release deliverables and Project Requirements
• Develop Master Test Scripts
• Develop Master Setup Scripts
• Test Case Execution, Reporting defects and Tracking using HP QC 9.1.
• Perform Functional Testing, E2E Testing, Regression Testing & UAT Support
• Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Closely monitor the tasks based on the project plan, test schedule and reporting the same
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing.
• Interacting with Development Team and Functional team.
• Perform RCA /Postmortem report, corrective and preventive actions.
• Prepare and publish test closure reports and QA Metrics Reports.

Environment: HP-QTP, HP - QC, Spring, JSF, JBOSS, Oracle10g, Windows-XP, CVS, Citrix Server

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Sr. QA Analyst Team

Responsibilities:

• Preparing test scenarios, test cases based on client customization requirements.
• Reviewing the test deliverables (Self/Peer and Lead Level Reviews).
• Preparing test data requirements
• Perform SMOKE Test
• Test Case Execution, Reporting defects and Tracking using IBM Rational CQTM.
• Perform Functional Testing, SIT, Regression Testing & UAT Support
• Conduct Defect Triage meetings and provide Defect Analysis Reports.
• Updating the test cases with the new/change requirements for the next build of testing/releasing.
• Interacting with Development Team and Functional team (SMEs).

Environment: IBM SOA Suites, Rational Tools (RMT/CQTM/FPT/RFT), Selenium (SMOKE Test), Functional and CIT, SIT and UAT Support

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business Functionality and Requirements
• Identify the Test Scenarios and Develop test cases
• Update and Execute the test cases and Report Defect using HP QC
• Perform Functional testing, Regression testing, System testing, User Acceptance testing, Sanity testing
• Create SQL Queries with respect to business requirement for the DB testing
• Coordinate with QA & Dev. team members
• Engaged in results analysis, reporting of metrics, and process methodology creation and modification
• Involving in technical review meeting with clients and developers

Environment: Java, JSP, Servlets, XML, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000 Server, Manual Testing and HP QC 9.0.