PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of IT Experience as QA Engineer in writing Test Plans, Strategy, Test support and Execution. Well versed with various testing methodologies like Integration Testing, System Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Stress Testing and Load Testing. Understanding the technical and functional specifications, Creating test estimations, review and monitor test approach.
• Good Experience in Guidewire Policy Center, Docs&Forms.
• Good Experience in Policy transactions like Renewals, Cancellations, Changes, Rewrites and Re - instate etc.
• Coordinated with Multiple Teams on End to End Test Case Design, Test Execution and Test Data needs.
• Experience in Agile Environment and SCRUM teams
• Expertise in Test planning, Test Coverage Matrices, Test Design, Test Execution and Test results analysis.
• Seven years of experience as Automation and Manual QA tester with expertise in Insurance, Banking Retail and Health domain.
• Strong Knowledge in Software Architectures like Client-Server, n-Tier, Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services (SOAP, WSDL).
• Experience in Functional Testing, Data Driven Testing, Integration Testing and Web/HTTP for Web Services using SOAPUI.
• Hands on experience in Automation tools such as ITKO\LISA &QTP.
• Strong ability to create test cases using testing techniques including positive and negative testing, boundary value analysis.
• Experience in Bug Reporting, Bug Tracking using various Bug Tracking Systems like JIRA, Quality Center and BUGZILLA.
• Good working experience and knowledge in SDLC
• Good Communication skills and experienced in interacting with large number of Application Teams.
• Experience in working in Onsite/Offsite and Offshore Model.
• Excellent problem solving skills with a strong Technical Background to support and good interpersonal Skills.
• Understanding the technical and functional specifications, Creating test estimations, review and monitor test approach, test plans.
• Creating test cases, test data and executing the same and arriving at the schedules, Preparing test reports and conducting reviews.
• Co-ordinate activities related to one or more modules, investigating software defects and interacting with developers to resolve technical issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Databases: MS Access, MS SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle10gDevelopment/Productivity Tools: HP Quick Test Pro (QTP), HP Quality Center, HP Performance center, iTKO/LISA

E-Com Frameworks/Web Technologies: JavaScript, VBScripts, JBOSS, Application server, Apache Tomcat, Web logic

Functional Areas: Auto Insurance, H6ealth Care Domain, Banking and Retail

Programming Languages: Java, XML Software Engineering

Methodologies/Tools/Technologies: iTKO/LISA, Quality Center, Rally, JIRA SOFTWARE TESTING, Solr

Responsibilities:

Senior QA Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understanding and analysis of the business requirements.
• Involved in preparation of test plans, test cases, test scenarios and test strategies.
• Developed and executed test cases for business requirements related to Policy Center Auto Personal Lines Project.
• Used MS Excel to write the test cases and also used modular test cases for reusability
• Involved in Functional and Integration/Application testing for Policy Center Auto.
• Involved in Functional testing for Docs & Forms team.
• Involved in functional testing of ACL/MVR/CBR Reports.
• Involved in Regression testing for Policy Center Auto.
• Automation of test cases related to Policy Center Auto using ITKO/LISA tool.
• Reported and tracked the defects to closure using JIRA.
• Coordinated and follow with Business people and Developers for closure of defects
• Automation of test cases related to Policy Center Auto using ITKO/LISA tool.
• Reported and tracked the defects to closure using JIRA.
• Coordinated and follow with Business people and Developers for closure of defects
• Performed Web Services testing using SOUPUI.
• Validated WSDL and SOAP request/response using SOPAUI
• Worked in aggressive AGILE environment.
• Review the test cases written by peers

Environment: Guidewire Policy Center, ITKO\LISA 6.0, SOAPUI 4.0, Microsoft Office Suite 2007, JIRA 5.2, Oracle10g, Windows 7.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Used Quality Center as Test management tool.
• Writing test plans, test cases, based on business requirements using Quality Center Test Plan Module.
• Executing test cases using Quality Center Test lab Module.
• Linking Requirements with their corresponding test cases and defects using Quality Center
• Generating reports using Quality Center.
• Responsible for Regression Testing, Functional testing for web based application.
• Responsible for Cross Browser testing of web based application.
• Used SOAPUI to perform backend database testing.
• Log track and report progress of all tests.
• Reported and tracked the bugs to closure using Quality Center Defect Module
• Interact closely with Business Analysts and functional experts to clarify the functional questions and find functional gaps.
• Ensure the test stories are completed on time (design & execution), and raise flags to address concerns as needed.
• Attend stand-up meetings, and provide updates and discuss issues.
• Discuss/escalate issues with PM/TM as needed.

Environment: Quality Center 11.00, Selenium, JUnit, JavaEclipse, Microsoft Office Suite 2007, UNIX, Oracle, Windows7, SOAPUI

Lead QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understanding and analysis of the business requirements.
• Design the Test Scenarios & writing the Test Cases according to the functional requirements.
• Create and maintain test documents like Test plan etc.
• Review the test cases written.
• Responsible for Regression Testing, Functional testing, System Integration testing for web based application.
• Performed both manual and automated testing of web based application.
• Executed and maintained automated smoke Test Scripts in QTP.
• Run the regression test suite using QTP.
• Interact closely with Business Analysts and functional experts to clarify the functional questions and find functional gaps.
• Ensure the test stories are completed on time (design & execution), and raise flags to address concerns as needed.
• Attend stand-up meetings, and provide updates and discuss issues.
• Discuss/escalate issues with PM/TM as needed
• Log, track and report progress of all tests.
• Reported and tracked the bugs to closure using JIRA.

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite 2007, JIRA 4.0, Oracle 11g, Windows XP, SOAPUI 3.0, QTP 10.0

QA Engineer

Confidential

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Used Quality Center as Test management tool.
• Developed and maintained Test Documentation including Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test data.
• Responsible for Functional and Regression Testing.
• Performed both manual and automated testing of web based application.
• Executed and maintained automated smoke Test Scripts in QTP.
• Run the regression test suite using QTP
• Performed both manual and automated testing of web based application.
• Interacted with Developers and BA to follow up on Defect closure.
• Actively participated in enhancement meetings
• Extensively used complex SQL queries to perform data integrity testing and for Back-End Database Validation.
• Conducted numeric, non numeric and limits data validation using positive and negative data
• Reported and tracked the bugs to closure using Quality Center.
• Used SOAPUI to perform functional testing of web services involved using WSDL documents

Environment: Quick Test Pro 9.2, Quality Center 9.2, SOAPUI3.5.1,MYSQL

Confidential, Walnut Creek, CA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created test plans, test cases, test procedures, and test scripts based on business requirements and technical specifications.
• Used Rally as test management tool.
• Attended various status meetings, environment update meeting, walk through etc.
• Responsible for Regression testing, Integration testing and System testing.
• Logged, tracked and reported progress of all tests in Rally
• Ensure the test stories are completed on time (design & execution), and raise flags to address concerns as needed.
• Attend stand-up meetings, and provide updates and discuss issues.
• Discuss/escalate issues with PM/TM as needed
• Performed Database testing by executing SQL statements.
• Interact closely with Business Analysts & Developers for closure of defects.
• Reported and tracked the bugs to closure using JIRA.

Environment: Rally, ORACLE 9i, MSOffice, SQL, Windows XP, JIRA3.0