SUMMARY

• 8 years of experience as Quality Assurance Analyst in analyzing business requirements, checking for the correctness and completeness of requirements.
• Proficient in writing Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Cases, and Test Scenarios for Manufacturing/Health Care/Financial/Insurance applications.
• Well exposed to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) with experience in QA testing methodologies and procedures.
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall and Iterative development methodologies, used various operating systems such as Windows XP, 7, Vista, Mainframe and UNIX.
• Proficient in using HP Quality Centre as a test management tool and for Defect Tracking, also have strong knowledge in integrating QC to various Automation tools such as QTP and Load Runner.
• Well experienced in doing various types of tests such as Integration, Functional, Browser Compatibility, Regression, UI, GUI and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Achieved skill in using VB script for descriptive programming for frontend testing and backend testing verified using advanced SQL queries.
• Performed keyword driven and data driven framework testing using HP QTP, integrated QC for both client/server and web based applications.
• Good Experience in Web Platform Technologies in Web forms using Java, .Net and Web Services
• Experience in creating Risk Book for prioritizing and estimating the Test Cases and ensured the stability of environment in all phases for AUT(Application Under Test)
• Working knowledge in analyzing and modeling functional requirements, using the Use Cases, Class and Sequential Diagrams with Software Development Tool Visual Paradigm for UML.
• Excellent knowledge in project management techniques and White box testing techniques such as Statement Coverage, Path, Branch and Edge Coverage.
• Extensively used Java in Selenium RC/GRID tool for writing web based application test cases.
• Experience in using open source testing tool for web applications and writing Test Automation Scripts in Selenium RC/Web Driver using Java.
• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming and Design concepts and RDBMS for data designing and data integration.
• Acceptable Paper and Poster Presentations skills including proficient detailed documentation skills, experienced with content management with Doc share
• Excellent analytical, Interpersonal and Communication skills, coupled with strong technical and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Highly motivated, quick learner, organized and result oriented individual able to work independently as well as a team member.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, UNIX

Programming Languages: C++, C, C#, Java, RPG, VB script

Web Development: VB Script, HTML, XML, VB.Net, ADO.NetDatabase Technologies Oracle 10g, PL/SQL, T - SQL, DB2

Development Tools: Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010, Eclipse IDE, RPG

Modeling Tools: Unified Modeling Language (UML), SysML

Test Management Tools: ALM Complete, Quality Centre, Jira, Rational Clear Quest

Testing Tools: QTP, Selenium, Win Runner

Office Tools: Microsoft Suite (One Note, Word, Excel, Power PointOutlook)

Protocols: TCP/IP, OSI, SOA, LDAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Lincoln, AL

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business requirements to develop detailed Test Plan and written Test Cases to cover the end to end scenarios of each module of the application
• Reviewed the Functional and Technical specification documents and updated Test Cases to meet the requirements, when there are minor changes requested by the end user/Stake Holders on prioritizing the deliverables and deadlines
• Worked in Agile Scrum Methodology and conducted Regression test cases at every cycle for application enhancements/changes after each release.
• Closely worked with lead developer in order and performed extensive white box testing in RPG (Report Program Generator)
• Responsible for installation of open source automation testing tool Selenium and all the other add-ons required for several components in Selenium (IDE, RC and Web Driver).
• Implemented automation of manually passed Test Scripts using Selenium RC and Web Driver using Java script In Eclipse Frame work.
• Automated manually tested Web Executive Dashboards using Selenium Web Driver for applications built on AS400 in Eclipse Luna Frame work using Java Script
• Performed automation of the Test scripts in different browsers such as IE, Fire fox, Google Chrome.
• Validated the failed automation test scripts across the manually passed scenarios of the web application.
• Responsible for the installation of all the required web drivers, jar files and add-on required for several different browsers to automate the selenium script without any failure.
• Conducted Regression test scripts and executed them when the new objects are added to the web.
• Implemented Record and Play black automation using Selenium IDE to verify the authorization of priority users and performed security test in various browsers using IP address.
• Used Microsoft Test Management Tool TFS to report and prioritize the issue to the developer, verified the work flow of the items after the resolution and reported the closure.
• Coordinated with the developer in order to assist in issue fixes and verified it before the deadline
• Involved in Demo meetings with Users; Participated in user acceptance testing
• Involved in Equivalence partition Black box testing and Performed Functional, Integration, System, UI, GUI and User Acceptance testing for AUT(Application Under Test)
• Trained end users in using the systems and provided support at every point of testing.
• Documented User Manuals for the complete system in order to assist the users with the developed system and managed them in the Docushare to access via clients internal links
• Responsible for working individually and with team to fix the defect.
• Worked as an assistant developer and Responsible to make minor changes to the existing code using SQL queries
• Conducted Performance, End to End and Security testing on privileges given to various users.

Environment: Windows 7, RPG, IBM DB2, TFS, Java, Selenium IDE, RC and Web Driver

Confidential, Eagan, MN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Review of Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) with functional manager and technical specialists for testing E-Rx Claims and inbound applications.
• Updated the existing Manual Test Cases to reflect with the new updates in the technical specifications.
• Resolved the issues related to QTP-Eclipse Integration by installing required add-ons for Java based applications on AS 400;
• Automated manually passed Test Cases stored in QC using QTP with Eclipse RCP(Rich Client platform) Framework
• Conducted manual testing on all applications to ensure the completeness of the testing. Ensured that all the test cases are updated in the QC along with Master test plan
• Reported the Bugs to the developer and team lead. Involved in team meetings and Bug triage meetings to discuss the resolution and reproduction of the bug in various aspects
• After successful release of projects, developed scripts from scratch using descriptive programming in QTP and integrated the script with master scripts.
• Involved in parameterization of the objects and inserting checkpoints to verify the functionality of the applications in QTP.
• Conducted regression testing for every Build using QTP and stored the scripts in ALM, Checked them out when there are minor modification required.
• Used Java Script in Eclipse Frame work to automate few web based applications using Selenium components such as IDE, RC and Web Driver
• Closely worked with developer in implement white box techniques such Unit, Integration and code coverage (Path, Branch, and Edge) testing at all loops.
• Deeply involved in debugging of the code with developer of the project in order to find the critical and rare issues and discussed the resolution of the bug and performed regression after the fix.
• Manually executed the Test Cases and compared the actual result with the expected results thereby created test results documents.
• Able to suggest unexpected approaches of business perspective and successful to be approved for minor enhancements for the suggested approach
• Played major role in the project and worked in tight schedules and under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Performed Black box techniques like Error Guessing, Implemented Smoke testing, Install and uninstall testing, GUI testing and User Acceptance testing.
• Able to switch between multiple mini projects within the client environment during the emergency changes and releases
• Provided offline support when required by playing primary role in the team and discuss the status of the testing and resolution provided by Team Lead for defects that was logged before.
• Active team member, quick learner, able to work individually and with a team.
• Worked closely with business experts and developers in order to perform my duties.

Environment: Windows Server 2003, QC, VB Script, QTP 11.0, SQL Server 2008 R2 and ALM

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Thoroughly analyzed business requirements and design document and converted them into Test Design Products: Test Document, Test Cases and Test Scenarios.
• Involved in manual System testing to ensure that related components such as pages, screens, functions perform according to System Design Specification (SDS)
• Responsible for installing and maintaining of Quality Centre in various operating systems.
• Imported Test Cases from Microsoft Excel templates to Quality Centre and executed them,
• Performed Acceptance, Usability and Regression testing during different stages of the application development.
• Performed Web Services testing and Validated XML request/response using SOAP UI data
• Performed White box Integration, System, Regression tests based on Analysis, and understanding of the requirements, non-functional specifications and end-user needs.
• Involved in White Box testing techniques such as Branch, Path coverage and overall Code coverage.
• Conducted Black Box testing techniques such as BVA (Boundary Value Analysis) and implemented Comparison testing
• Wrote numerous SQL queries to extract data from UNIX array servers, conducted backend testing.
• Created Test data in different tables to perform the regression testing of each module and verified the results across the expected output.
• Logged the defects in Defect Module of Quality Centre and reproduced after incomplete fix and reopened the issue.
• Participated in defect triage meetings to discuss Defects and like scenarios and percentage of failure.
• Provided management with daily status reports using QC Defect tracking.
• Utilized Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, Or LDAP as an application protocol for querying and modifying directory services
• Identified project risks, analyzed the Results and provided key metrics to the management.
• Able to communicate well and played major role in trouble shooting and bug fixing.
• Verified DR (Developers Request) and CR (Client Request) for bug fixes, performed risk analysis.
• Participated in walkthroughs with Stake holders and Team lead.

Environment: UNIX, SOAP UI, C++, SQL Server, LDAP.