SUMMARY

• 9+ years experience in Analysis, Design & Execution of Manual & Automated testing for Client/Server and Web - based applications.
• Automation Expertise in Java using Selenium Web Driver, VB scripting using Quick Test Pro and Rational Robot.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Testing experience using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Expertise in Database testing involving complex SQL queries on SQL Developer, TOAD (Oracle), SQL Server Client and SQL Browser (Sybase).
• Sound Knowledge in Smoke, Functional, Regression, Database, Integration Testing, UAT and Go live testing for Client-Server and Web applications.
• Involved in Browser Compatibility tests on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
• Expertise in creating and standardizing test plan, test strategy, defect and status reports.
• Proficient in HP ALM/Mercury Quality Center for creating test cases, executing test cases, tracing test cases to requirements, logging and tracking defects to closure and generating reports.
• Proficient in Defect Reporting using JIRA, ALM/Mercury Quality center, Rational Clear Quest.
• Experience in defining standard metrics for Quality Assurance using Metrics Portal.
• Experience in documenting lessons learnt and best practices at the end of testing cycle.
• Solid Interpersonal and presentation skills backed by strong written and oral communication abilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Testing Tools/Scripting languages: Selenium Web driver/JAVA, QTP 9.1/VB, SOAP UI, Rational Robot/VB, Python

Test Management Tools: JIRA, Version One, HP ALM/ Quality Center

Testing Platforms: JAVA, C#, Business Objects, BPM Interstage, Informatica Power Center, Mainframes

DB: Tools

Oracle 11g: SQL Developer/Toad, MSSQL: SQL Server Client, Sybase: SQL Browser

Version Management Tools: Tortoise SVN, Microsoft VSS

Operating Systems: Windows 7/Windows Server 2008

Windows 95/98/NT4.0/2000: UNIX

Project Management Tools: JIRA, Version One, MS Office 2000/2003/2008/2013 : MS Excel, MS front-page, MS Power point, MS Word, MS Outlook

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in System testing, Iteration Testing of Crew Control Desktop and Web applications using Agile methodology.
• Involved in Automation of Crew Web Portal with Selenium Webdriver using TestNG framework. Also I have been actively involved in automation of Crew Control Reports using QTP.
• Participating in daily SCRUM Standups & using JIRA for SCRUM management and Defect Tracking.
• Using best in the market Test Management tools like ALM for Preparation and Execution of test cases.

Environment: C# .Net Framework 4, Selenium Web Driver, TestNG framework, ALM 11.00, Oracle 11g, SQL

Confidential, Boston

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing of Database and Web application using Agile as Software Development methodology.
• Analyzing SQL procedures to understand the complex functionalities and breaking the system.
• Automation of web application using QTP with Data driven and modular framework.
• Integration testing with other modules.
• Using best in the market Test Management tool Quality Center for preparation and Execution of test cases, logging of Defects.
• Preparing Test data for complex scenarios during Test Preparation and Execution phase.
• Tracking Progress on daily basis in the SCRUM management tool Version One.
• Participating in daily SCRUM calls.

Environment: Mercury Quality Center 10, QTP 9.1, Sybase, SQL Browser, Java Applets, SVN, Version One, Maven

Confidential

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• In depth Analysis of Production issues and helping Development team in providing solutions for fixing the issues.
• Involved in Workflow testing using Interstage BPM, Database Testing using SQL, Message Queue testing,
• Handling live feeds by running feed files in UNIX, using the data for creating and updating US Treasury instruments like TIPS, NOTES, BONDS and T Bills.
• Taken the initiative of automating IRT application using QTP.
• Involved in the project life cycle starting from Requirements gathering, creating functional specification, executing entire System Testing Life cycle, supporting UAT and Providing support during Go Live

Environment: Mercury Quality Center 9.2, Interstage BPM, QTP 9.1, Oracle 10g, Toad, J2EE, UnixBusiness Objects 6.5.2 (thick client and Web versions), Putty

Confidential

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing a team of 3, planning activities, test runs scheduling, creating standard templates.
• Involved in DB Testing and Web Applications testing.
• Designed automation framework using XML object repository and Descriptive programming with QTP 9.1.
• Execution of automation scripts and generation of automation results in HTML format.
• Designed test cases from functional requirements, detailed design documents and product requirements using Mercury Quality center
• Reported defects in Mercury Quality Center and followed up on the resolution with the developers.
• Performed Database testing, UAT and Regression testing.
• Documented test plan.
• Worked on Tracing the requirements with test cases using Mercury Quality Center
• Extensive use of Microsoft VSS for testing artifacts version control.
• Analyzing the ETL process created in Informatica and developed complex SQL queries and to validate the data from the source to the target tables.
• Load and Unload flat files from Unix Box.

Environment: Mercury Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.1, Oracle 10g, Toad, J2EE, UNIX, Business Objects

Confidential

Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Study and analysis of functional requirements
• Designing Test cases and tracing them to requirements, executing test sets in Mercury Quality Center
• Arrange peer reviews for test cases and guide the team in tracking them to closure
• Perform formal reviews of test cases and log issues in review reports and track them to closure.
• Reporting defects and preparing defect and status reports using graphs from Mercury Quality Center
• Involved in testing workflows, create a content and initiate it through various workflows for various business units using Documentum and Site Builder tools.
• Tested UI application using Internet Explorer developer tool bar
• Involved in preparation of Proof of Concept for Automation with QTP.
• Verify not only the positive scenarios, but also conduct exception/negative testing (i.e. error handling).
• Reported defects in Mercury Quality Center and followed up on the resolution with the developers.
• Involved in testing web applications in different browsers such as Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Mozilla Firefox.
• Actively involved in Go Live testing for every release and was commended by the onsite client manager for my efforts.

Environment: Documentum, Mercury Quality Center 9.0, IE dev toolbar, IE, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1, Netscape Navigator 8.2

Confidential

Senior Software QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing a team of 8 in assigning work to the team and performing reviews of test scenarios, test cases.
• Involved in the development of system test plan and test strategy for Manual and Automation testing cycles.
• Instrumental in preparing the POC, estimating the regression test cases to be automated and creating the framework for Test Automation using Rational Robot.
• Performed Formal reviews of the requirement and design documents.
• Involved in estimation and deriving testing schedules.
• Designed Test Scenarios and test cases using Rational Test Manager, Prepared test coverage reports.
• Used All Pairs technique for designing test cases.
• Prepared system test cases from Change Requests (CRs) and Modifications Requirement Definition document.
• Created and maintained Defect Reports using Rational Clear Quest.
• Prepared daily status reports

Environment: MS Access, SQL Server 2000, MS Visual SourceSafe, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Robot, Rational