SUMMARY

• Functional Test Analyst with 8 Yrs of progressively responsible experience in complex applications with various large corporations
• Adept in various methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile and Scrum
• Extensive knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) processes and documentation
• Experience in conducting/participating JAD/JAR sessions
• Experience in mapping/translating User/Business Requirements to functional as well as system requirements
• Experience in estimating the testing effort using PERT
• Experience in validating XML, HL7 messages
• Experience in testing Web services using SOAP UI
• Proficient experience in testing iSeries/AS400, Mainframe, Client/Server and Web Applications
• Experience in testing Mobile handset Applications
• Experience in WCM - Web Content Management testing
• Extensive experience in performing various types of testing such as Integration testing, Functional testing, System testing, Interface Testing, End to End Testing, Regression testing, Black Box testing, Volume testing and stress testing
• Proficient in Manual and Automated testing using Quick Test Professional, WinRunner, LoadRunner
• Proficient using Defect Management tools such as Test Director/Quality Center, Bugzilla
• Hands on experience in developing test strategy, test plans, test cases, test status reports, Defect reports and test summary reports
• Experience in conducting triage meetings
• Experience in supporting User Acceptance Test and post implementation review
• Active participation in Release Post Mortem sessions
• Understanding of ISO, 6 Sigma, IEEE and CMMI standards
• In depth understanding of all stages of Testing life cycle
• Possess strong problem analysis skills with ability to quickly master new concepts and application technologies
• Team player with excellent communication skills and proven coordination abilities with great work attitude

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, PL/I, JCL, CICS, C, C++, Visual Basic, TSL, SQL, PL/SQL, Java,J2EE, EJB, ASP, CL

Databases: DB2, IMS DB/DC, Oracle, SQL Server and MS-Access

Testing Tools: QTP, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Test Director/Quality Center, Green HatTesting and Bugzilla

Tools & Utilities: iSeries/AS400, TSO/ISPF, FILE-AID, VSAM, SPUFI, QMF, HTML, DHTML, XMLJava Script, VB Script, MS-Office, Lotus Notes, SOAP UI

Operating Systems: DOS, Windows, UNIX, Linux, MVS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Petes, FL

Lead Quality Control Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Active Involvement in each phase of the test life cycle.
• Involved in the Change Management process.
• Analyze the Functional Specs documents BRD’s, SRA’s and SDS’s.
• Conducted the Requirement Study.
• Knowledge Transfer to the team.
• Prepare LOE (Level of Effort) and Test Estimation documents.
• Developing and reviewing the Test Strategy, Test plans.
• Design of Test cases and execution.
• Performed System, Functional and Regression Testing.
• Provided User Acceptance Testing Support.
• QTP scripting for data setup activities.
• QTP scripting for Application Shakedown
• Tested the Web services using SOAP UI
• Validated the XML messages
• Data Creation in support of the performance and functional testing.
• Performed volume and Stress testing using LoadRunner
• Conducted Bug Triage Meetings.
• Test Management using Quality Center.
• Lead the team with 4 people and work allocation.
• Estimate time lines and schedules of the project tasks in MPP (Microsoft Project Plan).
• Publish the Defect Log.
• Set up test region.
• Deployment of the code in the Test Region.
• Onsite Offshore Coordination.
• Interaction with the Business for any unresolved Issues and reporting.
• Preparation of the Daily Status and Weekly Project status reports.
• Peer Review the test cases.
• Preparation of the Test Sign off Documents.
• Traceability matrix preparation.

Confidential

Lead QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Active Involvement in each phase of the test life cycle.
• Involved in the Change Management process.
• Analyze the Functional Specs documents BRD’s, SRA’s and SDS’s.
• Conducted the Requirement Study.
• Knowledge Transfer to the team.
• Prepare LOE (Level of Effort) and Test Estimation documents.
• Developing and reviewing the Test Strategy, Test plans.
• Design of Test cases and execution.
• Performed System, Functional, Integration and Regression Testing.
• Performed Regression testing using Green Hat Test Suite
• Tested the Web services using SOAP UI
• Validated the XML messages
• Provided User Acceptance Testing Support.
• Data Creation in support of the performance and functional testing.
• Conducted Bug Triage Meetings.
• Test Management using Quality Center.
• Lead the team with 3 people and work allocation.
• Estimate time lines and schedules of the project tasks in MPP (Microsoft Project Plan).
• Publish the Defect Log.
• Set up test region.
• Deployment of the code in the Test Region.
• Onsite Offshore Coordination.
• Interaction with the Business for any unresolved Issues and reporting.
• Preparation of the Daily Status and Weekly Project status reports.
• Peer Review the test cases.
• Preparation of the Test Sign off Documents.
• Traceability matrix preparation.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Technologies: IBM MF, IEF Cool Gen, Windows NT, DB2, CICS, SQL, Oracle, JCLQMF, Lotus Notes, WinRunner, Test Director

Functional Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the Functional Specs documents SRA’s and SDS’s.
• Active Involvement in each phase of the test life cycle.
• Estimating the testing effort using the PERT.
• Developing and reviewing the Test Strategy, Test plans, Test scenarios and defect reports.
• Conducted the Requirement Study.
• Design of Test cases and execution.
• Perform Functional and Regression Testing
• QTP scripting for data setup activities.
• QTP scripting for Application Shakedown
• Data Creation in support of the performance and functional testing.
• Conducted Bug Triage Meetings.
• Test Management using Quality Center.
• Lead the team with 5 people and work allocation.
• Publish the Defect Log.
• Interaction with the Business for any unresolved Issues and reporting.
• Preparation of the Daily Status and Weekly Project status reports.
• Peer Test Case Reviews.
• Preparation of the Test Sign off Documents.
• Traceability matrix preparation.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing the Business requirements and writing the Test Cases for the Medical Claims Unit of the application.
• Developed automated test scripts and test cases for Functional and Regression testing using QTP
• Documented and executed the Test Cases in Test Director.
• Defect Tracking using Test Director.
• Involved in System Integration testing and Regression Testing.
• Writing SQL Statements to Query the Database.
• Participated in the User Hand Off Meetings.
• Test Data Creation

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in design and development of test scenarios for Personal Details and Property Details Modules.
• Developed automated test scripts and test cases for Functional and Regression testing.
• Parameterized the scripts and conducted regression testing using different data from the datasheets in Winrunner
• Conducted splitting of the different actions and making them reusable in Winrunner scripts.
• Written SQL statements to extract data from tables to verify the output.
• Developed and executed test cases manually to check GUI and Functional features of application.
• Automated the testing of the GUI Links
• Analyzed test results by comparing actual results with expected results.
• Document test cases using Test Director.
• Reported defects using Test Director and actively involved in presentation for discussing the defects.

Confidential

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed the requirements spec's
• Developed Test Plan; Test Cases and Test Scripts based on Business Requirement documents
• Testing of synchronization of data such as Phone Book entries, To-do items, Events, with the server and the hand held devices
• Testing dependent components like Phone Book and Date Book
• Responsibilities include Integration, System and Regression Testing
• Testing new releases on different architecture like 3G and GSM
• Participated in Walkthroughs and meetings to discuss testing issues with the development and QA team
• Executed Test cases
• Used Quality Center for preparing test metrics
• Extensively involved in resolving bug fixes with the development team by performing White box testing
• Used Quality Center as a defect tracking system to report, track and resolve the bugs
• Prepared and sent daily, weekly Test status reports to the stake holders

Confidential

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed the system requirements.
• Developed Test Strategy, Test Plan; Test Cases and Test Scripts based on Business Requirement documents.
• Executed Test Cases.
• Conducted Regression testing using WinRunner.
• Responsibilities include Integration, System Testing
• Participated in Walkthroughs and meetings to discuss testing issues with the development and QA team.
• Used Quality Center for preparing test metrics
• Extensively involved in resolving bug fixes with the development team by performing White box testing.
• Used Quality Center as a defect tracking system to report, track and resolve the bugs.
• Wrote SQL queries to verify the database tables for the data inserted from the GUI.
• Prepared and sent daily, weekly Test status reports to the stake holders
• Performed Black box and White box testing.
• Analyzed specifications, test strategy and test plan documents.
• Developed test cases after analyzing the specifications Document.
• Developed test scripts for Functional, Performance and data driven test scenarios.
• Conducted Functional and Regression testing during the various phases of the application using Winrunner
• Executed the test scripts using Winrunner and analyzed the results.
• Used Test Director as a defect tracking system to report, track and resolve the bugs.
• Wrote SQL queries to verify the database tables for the data inserted from the GUI.