SUMMARY

• Having 4+ years of diversified experience as a QA Tester Client\Server, Web Applications using Manual testing Techniques and Automated Testing Tools with emphasis on Functional, System, Integration, Regression & Performance Testing.
• Implemented the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for the testing life cycle to follow the standards involved in the process of the application.
• Proficient in using automation tools like Win Runner, QTP, Test Director / Quality Center.
• Familiar with AGILE, Scrum, RUP, Waterfall, and Spiral Models methodologies.
• Strong Experience in GUI Testing, Functional, Regression, Integration and User Acceptance Testing.
• Expertise in Test Case Design, Test Tool Usage, Test Execution, Defect Management, Defect Tracking, Test Scripts and Reports for delivering utmost Quality product.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle, Testing Methodologies and Techniques.
• Experienced in analyzing Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and System Design Specifications (SDS).
• Proficient in QA Testing of the software, Writing Test Plans & Test Scenarios/Test Cases and documentation of test results.
• Experience in writing automated Test scripts, designing Test procedures, Manual Test cases.
• Experience in using both HP and Rational tools for defect tracking like Quality Center and Rational Clear Quest.
• Extensive work experience and expertise in testing, writing test plans, test cases.
• Exposure to Backend Testing using SQL.
• Excellent experience in Black box Testing and White box Testing
• Expertise in developing Automation Frameworks for Web Applications using QTP
• Trained team members on HP's (Mercury) Quick Test Professional, Automated QA's Test Complete and guided them in handling individual projects.
• Expertise in Problem solving and creating Bug Reports using Bug Tracking Tools.
• Extensively used Test Director & Quality Center to write Test Cases and for reporting. All the Scripts are maintained using Test Director & Quality Center.
• Developed Test Scripts for manual testing and automated them using Win Runner, Load Runner and QTP.
• Versatile team player with good communication and problem solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

OS: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/VISTA/7,UNIX/Linux,Dos 6.2

Testing Tools/Utilities: Win Runner 7.5, Quick Test Pro 8.x/9.x/11.x, Test Director 7.2, Quality Center 9.x/10.x, Clear Quest

Languages: Java, C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, Visual Basic, ASP

Web Technologies: Java Script, HTML, XML, Perl, JSP, XSLT

GUI: VB 6.0, Developer2000 (Forms 4.5).

Version Control Tools: CVS, Clear Case, SVN and VSS

Database Servers: Oracle 7.x/8i/9i/10g/11g, MS SQL Server 8.0/2000, MySQL.

Scripting Languages: UNIX, VB Scripting, PERL.

Software Development Methodology: Agile methodology, RUP (Rational Unified Process),SCRUM,TDD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Orlando, Florida

Software QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed Functional, FI Regression, Integration, and Database testing based on Test Plan and Test Cases
• Effectively analyzed and decompose business requirements to extract test requirements
• Wrote Manual test cases and test scripts
• Performed Performance, Load, and Stress Testing of the application by creating virtual users.
• Created Load Scenarios, Scheduled the Virtual Users and Parameterized Vb Scripts to generate realistic load on the Server.
• Involved in maintaining Test Matrix. Transactions were defined to measure server performance under load by creating rendezvous points to simulate heavy server load.
• Developed Test Metrics on the weekly basis for senior management.
• Mercury Performed System and Regression Testing for new releases using win runner.
• Implemented agile testing methods and worked closely with the developers and reviewed the specifications.
• Involved in Functional Requirement analysis, Impact analysis, and GAP analysis
• Developed test data for test scenarios as per the functionality of the application
• Worked on conversion of Manual tests into Automated test Scripts
• Created Win Runner Test Scripts, GUI map files, modified the Win Runner Scripts where and when required and maintained the existing Win Runner Scripts.
• Involved in QA team meetings, Defect tracking meetings and assisted junior testers in completion of the tasks.
• Responsible for defect tracking and defect reporting in IBM Clear Quest
• Created Test Cases and Test Scripts for the Functionality Testing.
• Involved in Functional, Regression and smoke testing Manually
• Developed Data Driven tests to check how application performs with different sets of data using QTP
• Closely worked with the Developers and System Engineers to nail down the technical problems.
• Recorded User action on GUI using QTP and performed Regression Testing on builds.
• Assisted the Team Lead with daily QA tasks. Attended Project Meetings, Walkthroughs, and QA Status Meetings.
• Responsible for defect tracking and management metrics, defects are logged and change requests are submitted.

Environment: Java, Manual Testing, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Word, SQL,Oracle 8i.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Cases and Performed Manual Testing like Positive Testing, Negative Testing and Black Box Testing.
• Conducted GUI Testing manually as well as using Quick Test Pro
• Recorded User action on GUI using QTP and performed Regression Testing on builds.
• Prepared and developed test cases, test scripts, and test approach documents using QTP.
• Created test cases and test procedures based on Functional Requirement.
• Performed Manual Testing on different modules of the application.
• Performed Integration, Functional, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression, Graphical User - Interface (GUI), End-to-End testing,
• Developed test scripts for Functional and Data driven tests using QC on web based module
• Involved in Manual testing using HP Quality Center to develop test cases, test scripts, executing the scripts and logging the defects
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using Quality Center.
• Executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results
• Executed SQL Queries to check the data table updates after test execution.
• Validated the Target data with reference to the requirement documents.
• Tested application on different web browsers and different platforms for compatibility
• Interacted with developers to resolve the technical issues
• Participated in regular walkthroughs and inspections
• Weekly status meeting with development and management teams

Environment: J2EE, Blaze Rule Engine, QTP, HP Quality Center 10.0, SQL, Oracle 11g.

Confidential, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Entire Software Testing Life Cycle that includes Test Initiation, designing, execution, reporting and closure.
• Discussed and worked with business analyst team to gather detail functionality.
• Create the Application Area for QTP/QC (Object Repository, Function Libraries, and Recovery Scenarios).
• Identify the common Automation flows so as to write the QTP functions and also write the Generic functions such as Verifying the Pages and Entering Data on Pages etc.
• Identify and create the Components for the respective pages whenever they are developed, we were very successful in creating the components as soon as the page is developed i.e. testing and Development phases went on simultaneously.
• Create the Recovery scenarios for the un-handled exceptions in the components using QTP
• Checked the Integrity of the Backend Data by creating Database functions and also by Database Check Points using QTP.
• Used SQL statements extensively to retrieve data for database testing.
• Executed SQL statements for Database testing.
• Worked with different Billing Systems.
• Maintaining necessary backups and version control and error recovery scenarios for the scripts generated.
• Quality Center to document the test data for both Manual and Automated Tests.
• Involved in testing of each phase of the application using Quick Test Pro and Quality Center.
• Participated actively in Functional, System and Integration testing of the application.
• Updated status to the QA Manager as and when needed.

Environment: Quality Center 9.0, QTP 9.0 VBScript, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, C#.Net, IIS, CVS, Web Services, SQL+, SQL Server 2005, UNIX, Java Script