SUMMARY

• 7+ years of experience working in a fast - paced Agile Environment as a Quality Assurance Analyst wif both Manual and Automation testing experience.
• Expert in UFT Automation wif basic noledge of Java and Selenium. Practical experience working in both Waterfall and Agile Scrum environments. Cross-Functional team member wif strong leadership skills, to provide TEMPeffective technology solutions dat support business objectives.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Quality Assurance
• Team Leadership
• Analysis
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Agile
• Technology Solutions
• Test Cases
• User Stories
• Communication
• Progress Monitoring
• Strategy Design
• Customer Service
• Defect Management
• Web Applications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior QA Analyst/Software Tester

Confidential, VA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for identifying risk and providing solutions to minimize teh risk for each assigned project.
• Created and tested software solutions, delivering quality, well-tested solutions to meet stakeholder needs. dis involved analyzing and understanding business requirements, devising a test strategy, developing high-level scenarios dat implemented teh strategy, and elaborating scenarios into detailed test cases.
• Involved in multiple projects wifin Loan Prospector Advisor (LPA) which is FM Automated Underwriting Risk Assessment tool which gives lenders access to credit and pricing terms.
• As a User Acceptance tester, tested and implemented enhancements to single-family mortgage products.
• Reviewed test artifacts wif quality assurance and development teams, editing them accordingly.
• Worked on large, complex Agile and Waterfall projects/releases designed to improve teh overall user experience for lenders. dis included a project dat moved teh Loan Delivery Application to a new platform wifin a 4-year period. Used to VersionOne to analyze user stories and assign tasks for UAT.
• Utilized WinSCP to check teh logs/request and response files dat communicate wif our applications and Third Party services.
• Wrote simple queries in RapidSQL to check our Database for back end validations.
• Utilized XML Spy to create our data for testing. Used xml as a data exchange method to simulate submitting Loans.
• Checked teh status of all Environments using Environment Management Tool (EMT) which allows us to view teh status of each environment and which servers their connected to.
• Conducted API tests using Postman to validate request and response files from teh different API’s dat communicate wif our application.
• Tested RESTful API’s and decoded responses in JSON and XML format.
• Designed API tests using MongoDB to validate data and body structure of API call and System behavior.
• Responsible for validating dat teh correct schema, calculations, and dynamic values are being returned from teh API’s based on system requirements.
• Designed unique test cases to test dat teh API calls are happening in teh correct sequence.
• Tracked product test progress, reported statuses, logged defects, tested defect fixes, and chose areas to retest using HP ALM.
• Provided analytical support for product and policy changes dat effect current committing and purchasing production.
• Collaborated wif other business areas and systems development groups to assist in defining functional and technical requirements and resolve business issues dat arose during projects.
• Identified changes to manual/automated procedures and initiated problem resolution.
• Executed test plans, including verification of expected results, problem identification, analysis, documentation, and resolution.

Senior Automation Tester

Confidential, MD

Responsibilities:

• Managed and supported teh design, development, execution, and maintenance of new/enhanced products for teh asset acquisitions systems.
• Performed thorough testing for accuracy before implementing new products.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases and End to End Scenarios based on teh User Stories.
• Analyzed teh User Stories, System Design, and provided input from End-User point of view.
• Conducted Alpha Testing by monitoring a small group of end users and provided detail analysis.
• Participated in Sprint Grooming meetings and analyzed teh complexity of each task.
• Attended Sprint Planning sessions and provided an estimated Level of Effort for teh sprint task to reach teh sprint goal.
• Participated in Sprint Review meetings and demonstrated newly developed functionalities to teh development team and business owners.
• Conducted UAT tests to test teh application wif real life positive and negative scenarios for Quality Assurance.
• Attended Sprint Retrospective meetings and provided feedback to teh team to improve teh development team productivity.
• Executed manual test cases, Logged Defects and retested teh defects in HP ALM.
• Worked closely wif Developers and Business analysts to solve defect related issues.
• Handled dynamic Web objects wif Descriptive Programming in UFT using VB Script.
• Developed, Implemented, and Maintained Keyword Driven Automation Frameworks wif UFT using VB Script.
• Developed functions to handle dynamic objects of teh web application and solved complex Object Recognition problem.
• Developed Reusable Functions and maintained in teh multiple Function Libraries based on teh application’s functional components.
• Performed extensive Back-End Testing using complex SQL Queries.
• Performed Cross Browser Testing against Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer to improve teh Browser Compatibility if teh application.
• Executed a large amount of Regression test cases and provided high-level execution reports to teh development team and business teams.
• Developed Driver Scripts and triggered Automated Smoke Test for each Build of teh application.
• Scheduled teh automated daily Smoke Test wif Windows Task Scheduler and tested application stability using Automation Object Model in UFT.

Test Automation Engineer

Confidential, VA

Responsibilities:

• Participated in developing, documenting, and implementing teh Test Strategy.
• Implemented whole life cycle of QA methodologies starting from planning, capturing, creating, tracking teh defects using Bugzilla and Quality Center.
• Automated test cases for GUI, Functionality and Regression testing using QTP.
• Developed and updated automation scripts using QTP on different functionalities of teh application.
• Created Data Driven test phases by creating different data tables and using Data Table Methods in QTP to connect external files.
• Performed Web Services Testing and Validated XML request/response data using SOAPUI.
• Performed smoke tests for all teh releases and verifying teh fixes and closing them.
• Actively participated wif users during User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Created Test Reports throughout all teh phases of test effort.
• Performed extensive back-end testing in Microsoft SQL Server environment.
• Extensive experience writing SQL Queries and Involved in Database Testing.
• Involved in Estimating Time Efforts based on test plans and business requirements.
• Participated in walkthroughs, status and defect review meetings wif teh defect management and Technical People.

QA Analyst

Confidential, VA

Responsibilities:

• Involved in designing Test Plans and writing Test Cases and executed Manual test cases to test teh system.
• Analyzed teh Business Requirement Specifications, System Requirement Specifications and User Interface Specification documents.
• Involved in setting up different configuration environment for compatibility testing and manual testing.
• Executed manual test cases and logged defects. Retested teh defect once teh defects are fixed.
• Automated test cases by record and playback using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Reported test execution status on a daily basis to teh upper management.
• Performed Ad-hoc, Functional, Regression, Integration and Compatibility Testing of Web-based Application.
• Performed Regression testing against teh various builds of teh applications using QTP.
• Created basic scripts from a manual test case, added verification steps to tests, manage objects in teh object repository, and customize Checkpoints wif parameters.
• Provided valuable feedback to our Test Lead and business analyst.