SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of diverse experience in Software Quality Assurance with a thorough knowledge of System, Functional, Regression, Acceptance Testing, Compatibility testing, Data Testing, Installation testing, GUI testing, Functional Automation and integration methodologies.
• Over 4.5 years of lead experience in different projects.
• Has solid experience in Banking, Financial, Retail, Health Care, Real Estate, Insurance etc Domains.
• Extensive Hands on experience of testing various mobile applications on Different Mobile Platforms Like iPhone, Ipad, Android and Blackberry
• Proficient in testing Banking applications on Native apps.
• Worked on varied versions for 3g,4g IPhone from OS 3.1x to OS 5.1
• Has experience working on Simulator and upgrading Xcode versions.
• Has experience in debugging UIKitApplications and UIViewControllers for iPhone
• Has experience to identify Critical/Crash/Hidden defects in mobile apps and Ability to give suggestions for a quick fix by analyzing logs.
• Involved in status call meetings, daily meetings, minutes of meetings.
• Hands on experience in Certification testing of banking mobile apps before Apple uploads in App store.
• Hands - on experience in design, development and execution of QA Test Plans, Scenario doc, Traceability and Test Strategies for Manual Testing.
• Capacity to identify Blockers, analyze test results, and investigating their root cause using log files, Assigning to the concerned team and suggesting remedies while tracking till closure.
• Proficient in analyzing the logs and participated in investigation meetings.
• Knowledge of project life cycle for web applications using various methodologies such as Waterfall model, V-Model and Agile Scrum Model.
• Proficient in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Quality Assurance testing cycle.
• Written SQL queries for data extraction and validate it from front end application for specific business criteria.
• Experience testing in Client-server and Web based applications.
• Hands on experience in MAC 10.6,ALM 11,Mingle,Wiki,Sharepoint
• Working closely with Developers/BA on the issues & design of the system and QA Team to implement quick solutions.
• Performed Prod Testing, UAT extensively across different project.
• Performed Splash testing, Force upgrade testing etc
• Performed real time Alerts testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows NT 4.0/XP/2000/ME/95/98,UNIX and MAC 10.6.8

Programming and Scripting: C++, .NET,J2EE, VB Script, UNIX, Objective C

RDBMS: MS SQL, PL SQL, ORACLE9i, MS Access, TOAD

Testing and Mgt. Tools: QTP, Load Runner, HP QC 11 and ALM 11

Defect Tracking Tools: Mercury Quality Center, Test Director, Test Complete, Silk Central manager, Mingle-TW and ALM 11

Mobile Platforms & Tools: 4g iPhone OS 5.1, IPAD 2.X, Android, Blackberry & Xcode 4.2

Web/Application Servers: Tom Cat, Web logic and IIS

Internet Technologies Protocols: Safari, IE, Fire Fox, HTTP, TCP/IP,HTML, XML,UML

SOA/Web Services: WSAD, WSDL, JSON and IIS

Version Control: Win CVS,VSS,SVN, Wiki and Share point

Office Tools: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Office for MAC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

Lead QA Engineer

Environnent: MAC 10.6.8, NET TECHNOLOGIES, Objective C, C++, OOPS

Tools: used: Mingle-TW, ALM 11, Xcode 4.2, Share point, Wiki, MS Office for MAC

Mobile Platforms: 4g iPhone OS 5.1, IPAD 2.X OS 5.1

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing Business Requirement Documents, Technical specs and involved in Lead Activities
• Developed Test plan, Test Scenarios, and Test Data and performed both Manual and Automated testing.
• Identifying Critical/Crash/Hidden defects in mobile apps and Ability to give suggestions for a quick fix by analyzing logs.
• Involved in Signoff process by performing Certification testing before Apple uploads in Apps store.
• Identifying Blockers, analyze test results, and investigating their root cause using log files, Assigning to the concerned team and suggesting remedies while tracking till closure.
• Proficient in analyzing the logs and participated in investigation/Post mortem meetings.
• Involved in project life cycle for web applications using Agile Scrum Model
• Performed Prod Testing, UAT extensively across different project.
• Performed Splash testing, Force upgrade testing etc
• Extensively worked on the data validation, manipulation and updating the tables using SQL query language.
• Performed real time Alerts testing.
• Performed Functional, Regression testing of 30 different UI screens of project.
• Used Putty to track the UNIX logs and all other application logs to see weather application is working as designed.
• Successfully deployed each build into QA Environment from SVN, tested and signed off for each release.
• Created Defect Metrics and involved in Maritz IVR testing, worked with different platforms like LSP, Tsys, and Vault etc.
• Created Defect Analysis Reports for various releases of the application using ALM and documented test results for different phases.
• Extensively Involved in Script execution using QTP for various functionalities.
• Supervised onsite and offshore team members and assisted, trained to bring them up to speed in testing the application.
• Performed as production support team member including developers and identified various data issues in production within no time.
• Participated in the planning and coordination of new product deployment, and enhancement projects, in order to ensure that Quality Assurance is prepared for the product.
• Conducted regression testing on various builds of application and reported the defects to the developers.
• Preparation of Daily Status Report, Weekly Status Report

Confidential

Lead QA Engineer

Environment: Windows XP-Professional, .NET TECHNOLOGIES.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing Business Requirement Documents of Confidential
• Extensively involved in testing processes and comprehensively documented Test Plan, test cases.
• Tested backend with complex SQL commands on database using SQL, SQL Scripts and PL/SQL
• Created various scenarios of test data to cover the boundaries of various test cases.
• Performed configuration changes in XML’s to support various participants
• Involved in project plan meetings and QA team lead activities, effort estimation
• Performed Test cases review of various team members and suggested missing boundary cases to document.
• Performed Functional, Regression testing and preparation of Traceability Matrix
• Attending Con.cals for Requirement Capture, Bug review meetings etc
• Involved in Cut over Planning and execution, involved in post production support, involved in user training for helping the users to understand the functionality of customizations.
• As part of post implementation involved in the application support, finding the bugs after production, bug fixing and enhancements to the applications; enhancements include enhancing the existing functionality of reports and brand new custom reports.

Confidential

QA Engineer

Environment: Windows XP-Professional, .NET TECHNOLOGIES.

Skill/Tools: Manual Testing, QTP 9.5

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing Functional Design / Detail Design documents of Greenfield upgrade project
• Involved in Frame Work Testing, Profile changes testing
• Involved in detailed understanding of Usecase documents by having multiple sessions with Business and Product owners.
• Designed and Documented Test Plan and Test Scenarios for user acceptance, functional and integration testing.
• Conducted Test case reviews meetings with Architects, Technical Team Lead and Business Analysts.
• Performing Functional, Regression, Sanity and detail System testing by Manual Testing.
• Conducted functionality tests, modified test scripts, recording and play back of the application modules to make sure that the application under test is meeting its functional requirements using QTP
• Reporting and Tracking the bugs and preparing Defect Metrics and Traceability Matrix
• Mentoring new resources and giving Domain KT coupled with Application KT.
• Involved in code review process, unit testing, UAT and helped other QA team by giving them the information about the functionality that has been given.
• Parameterized the scripts to avoid code redundancy and avoid hard coding of frequently changing values
• Extensively worked on the data validation, manipulation and updating the tables using SQL query language.
• Extensively created Data Driven Test scripts to read data from text files and check for validity of customer information and their accounts. Checked for data boundaries/limits, incorrect input of data
• Involved in Gap Analysis and IQA Signoff process
• Involved in reviewing Functional Design / SAD documents of upgrade project
• Involved in Preparation of Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and executing of test cases and scenarios using Test Lab in Quality Center
• Responsible for outlining, creating and updating all QA test cases, QA test cases are bases of project’s testing environments and use cases.
• Confirm Beta MDW matches the Final mockups.
• Used Test Director as bug tracking database and assigned bugs to related developers, followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.
• Check In & Check Out the Test Cases to the VSS
• Test Activities include Functional, Integration, System, and Regression Testing.
• Preparing Mapping document using Data Model and Database Architecture Doc.
• Involved in Unix to Linux Migration of operating System Regression testing.
• Involved in Database Migration from Oracle 9i to Oracle 10g Regression testing.
• Performed testing using Crystal Reports of Info Desktop in order to complete END to END testing.
• Parameterized the scripts to avoid code redundancy and avoid hard coding of frequently changing values
• Extensively worked on the data validation, manipulation and updating the tables using SQL query language.
• Extensively created Data Driven Test scripts to read data from text files and check for validity of customer information and their accounts. Checked for data boundaries/limits, incorrect input of data
• Performed manual testing on Backend database, using SQL queries and tested multiple database triggers, stores procedures, functions and packages to check the validation and authentication of business data
• Worked with puTTY on Unix box for executing the CSV/TXT files
• Worked with Win SCP 3.0 for Copying and downloading the files through Secured FTP.
• Hands on Experience using Quest Software TOAD V 7.4.0.3 IDE.
• Involved in Day Light Saving Testing Regression testing.
• Involved in UAT and Prepod phases performing Regression testing and re-testing.
• Involved in Mainframe DB2 testing using RI and RD regions.

Confidential

Environment: Windows XP-Professional, .NET TECHNOLOGIES, WinCVS 2.0,VPN,Brava

Server.Skill/Tools: Manual Testing, Test Track

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Writing Functional Test Cases, Test Case Review process
• Developing the Test Script using Manual Testing
• Executing the Developed Scripts using QTP.
• Performing Smoke, Sanity, Regression and Exploratory Testing on New Builds.
• Reporting the Bugs using Test Track.
• Attending Client Telecon. Meetings on Weekly Basis.
• Preparing Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reports Pertaining to the Product Testing Process.
• Having Very Good Interaction with the Client Team to have more info. About the New Released Build.

Confidential

Environment: WIN NT, DELPHI, SQL SERVER

Skill/Tools: Manual, Test Complete, Test Director

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Creation of Test Plan and Test Cases
• Executed test cases as part of Manual Testing
• Test Case Design, Review and Execution.
• Functionality Testing
• Performed Smoke & Sanity Testing, Usability Testing
• Preparing Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reports Pertaining to the Product Testing Process.
• Having Very Good Interaction with the Client Team to have more info. About the New Released Build on Week ends.