SUMMARY:

• 6+ Years of SQA Analysis experience in both Manual and Automated testing with Client - Server, Web Based, and Mobile Applications.
• Worked on various platforms and environments in Financial, Insurance, Healthcare and Automotive LOBs.
• Coordinated and organized testing efforts between offshore and onsite team (QA, Dev, PM, BA, SME).
• Advise QA Lead/QA Manager regarding overall quality of project. Raise outstanding issues through established channels.
• Expert in Project Estimation via Working group & Requirements documents.
• Expert in Quality Center (QC 9.5 & ALM 11) with 6 years of user/admin experience of Test and Defect Management. Trained QC to the new hires.
• Extensive use of bug tracking tools like HP Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzila for identifying, analyzing, documenting and reporting defects.
• Solid experience in Full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Worked in various development methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile (Scrum), V-Model.
• Proficient in developing and executing high quality Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts from Requirements documents, Design Documents, Use Cases, Workflows, Activity Diagrams, Data & Process Modeling. knowledge on Usecage and creating User Friendly test cases.
• Develop Test Cases, Test Strategies and Test Plans that will ensure Comprehensive Test Coverage.
• Review all Test Artifacts and provide sign-off.
• Experience communicating plans and reporting status to both team, executive management and pertinent stakeholders.
• Work with project teams and participate requirements review to ensure testability of functions and applications as per Business or Technical Prioritiesand are approved by appropriate Stake Holders.
• Expert in creating Requirements Traceability Metrics (RTM).
• Skilled in analyzing Gaps and Overlaps and outlining appropriate approach for testing.
• Create Metric based Dashboards, Status and closure reports.
• Proficient in various types of testing, such as Smoke, Functional, Integration, Backend, Black box, Systems, End to End, Regression and User Acceptance(UAT).
• Conduct testing in accordance with established information security and information privacy policies and guidelines.
• Experienced in developing robust Automated Test Script and Automation Framework using HP Quick Test Professional(QTP).
• Developed test cases for Keyword and Data Driven Testing in QTP to check the functionalities of the application.
• Used Descriptive Programming in QTP and Shared Object Repository method.
• Execute Performance / Load / Stress and other non-functional Testing using LoadRunner.
• Strong knowledge of database Schemas, SQL Languages, querying Tools (such as TOAD, SQL developer) using Oracle, My SQL and proficient at performing Database Testing, and data manipulation.
• Quality Check for data consistency from standard XML formats by using Altova XMLSpy.
• Knowledge with Flat File processing systems.
• Comfortable with various Industry Leading Operating Systems (Windows NT/98/95/2000/XP and UNIX).
• Extensive Testing experience on Web-based Enterprise & Multi-Tier Applications.
• Involved on testing the new functionality based on test cases and coordinated with development team in fixing the issues.
• Participating in risk assessment and risk mitigation activities with the core team.
• Active involvement in thedelivered Artifact Review Process.
• Tracking defects and work with Project Manager and development team to resolve defects and effectively mitigate risks.
• Documents software issues and enhancement requests and assists development with concise and detailed steps for duplication of the problem.
• Work closely with Technical and Non-Technical Peers and Senior Management to promote successful delivery of products and services.
• Participate in all Project meetings and organize defect meetings and Triage.
• Verifies resolved Change Requests and maintains accurate status for Change Requests entered in each project.
• Ability to manage time and priorities according to team/project objectives, in a fast-paced project environment.
• Highly flexible and able to make quick assessments of needs and priorities.
• Supportive during UAT conducted by the customer, with activities like consultation, documentation of issues/bugs.
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills.
• Detailed oriented and a Self-Starter.
• Demonstrated proficiency in handling multiple tasks/projects in a fast-paced environment, often within tight time frames.
• Participate in project wrap-up and Lesson Learned meetings, identify and list out issues and challenges of the project.
• A positive attitude, while maintaining the highest level of professionalism to meet the expectations of corporate culture.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Manual and Automated Testing Testing Tools: ALM 11, HP Quality Center (QC 9.5), Quick Test Professional (QTP) v10.0, Load Runner, Bugzilla, Jira, Altova XMLSpy Familiar with testing application on following Languages & Platforms XML, C, C++, Core Java, ASP, PHP, .NetScripting Languages: VB Script, C

Databases: Oracle, IBM DB2. Access

DB Tools: TOAD, SQL Developer

Design/CASE Tools: MS Project. MS Visio

Operating Systems: Windows - 98/2007/XP/2000/NT, MS DOS, UNIX

Methodology: Waterfall, Agile( SCRUM, XP), V-Model

Microsoft Software: MS Office, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, MS Outlook

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Test plan, which detailed the testing scope, strategy, test requirements and necessary resources.
• Fully involved in analyzing Business Requirement Documents and writing related Test Plan.
• Developed Test Cases for Multiple Applications to cover overall quality assurance testing.
• Manual testing using Quality Center to develop test cases, Multiple Test scripts, executing and logging defects.
• Involved in Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Wrote and executed SQL queries to validate test results.
• Support the use of Quality Center for Requirement Traceability Matrix Tracking and test execution for multiple releases.
• Able to manage error detection, defect management and recovery.
• Developed automated VB scripts using QTP for Functionality, Security and Regression Testing.
• Provided a daily test execution report that includes Test Matrix, percentage complete and defect reports. knowledge on Usecage and creating User Friendly test cases.

Environment: ALM11, Quick Test Pro, Oracle, TOAD, PL/SQL, ALTOVA XMLSpy, C#, .NET, VB, Windows 7/XP/Vista, HTML, Web Services, Internet Explorer, Waterfall, JIRA.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Engaged in gathering requirements from users and the process of translating them in to System Requirements and Specifications.
• Responsible for Preparing Test Plans and Writing Test Cases, Test procedures, Test scripts by analyzing system requirements.
• Developed and Executed Test Cases from Requirements/Business and Technical Specifications.
• Generated Test Scenarios and Test Data; executed tests, Created Defect Reports.
• Performed Positive and Negative Testing.
• Performed various forms of testing including GUI, Smoke, Functional, Regression, Integration, System Testing.
• Created and updated the defects database.
• Created Test Plans and Test Cases using Quality Center.
• Administered, logged and maintained defects in defect tracking system Quality Center.
• Performed Back-end testing using SQL Queries to make sure that data entered has been uploaded correctly into the SQL Database.
• Developed test cases for Keyword and Data Driven Testing in QTP to check the functionalities of the application.
• Used Descriptive Programming in QTP and Shared Object Repository method.
• Performed testing on both Web-Based application as well as different Client Server Applications.
• Identified and resolved project related issues, escalating to Management when necessary.
• Created Progress Reports to ensure appropriate test coverage and results.

Environment: Quality center (10.0), QTP (10.0), Agile (SCRUM), Oracle, Java, .NET, XML, HTML, Windows and Unix, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL Developer for Oracle 9.1, Oracle 10g, MS Office, VB, Windows, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and A0L, IBM Mainframes.

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing comprehensive documentation like Requirement Traceability Matrix, Test Plans, Bug Reports, and Status Reports etc.
• Wrote the High Level Test Scenarios for the application.
• Involved in writing the Test Plan and Test Cases based on Functional requirements, High level Design documents and low level design documents.
• Involved in whole SDLC (software Development Life Cycle) of the application by doing Integration, Smoke, Functional, Regression, System and User acceptance Testing.
• Performed Cross Browser Testing by testing the application compatibility.
• Created different Traceability Views to Maintain the Traceability of the Requirements and Test Cases.
• Created test design by using Quality Center and Tracked the Defects and Reported the Defects to the concerned persons.
• Frequently Updated the Requirements and Defect Status as per the current status of the testing project using Quality Center.
• Performed Database Testing by using SQL Queries.
• Created, and managed QTP Test Scripts based on the Requirements, and Scenarios.
• Used Quick Test Professional (QTP) for Regression Testing for automation of multiple modules in the environments.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of the application.
• Created files and directories by using UNIX commands.
• Planned and worked flexibly to meet the deadlines.

Environment: Quality center (10.0), ALM (1.4), UAT, Oracle, .NET, Windows and Unix, SQL, PL/SQL, TOAD for Oracle 11g, Oracle 10g, MS Office, V-model, XML, IE (8,9,10), Windows.

Confidential

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating Functional Test Cases and Regression Test Cases based on business requirements, functional documents and unit test plans.
• Expertise in Functional, Integration, Smoke, Regression, Positive, Negative, GUI and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Maintained and executed test cases using Test Director.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using Test Director.
• Involved in Regression Testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP) via executing the regression scripts.
• Executed SQL commands to verify the database.
• Participated in complete Software Development Life Cycle and QA life cycle methodologies in Waterfall model.
• Worked closely with developers to track and follow through on all software bugs, and provided more information about Bugs, helped them in fixing the bugs.

Environment: Client Server .NET, ASP.NET, VB, Oracle, VB Script, Windows XP, QTP 8.2, Load Runner, XML, and Test Director, Waterfall.