SUMMARY

• Having more then 7+ years of experience in QA testing in the domains of Banking, Finance, Health Care & Entertainment.
• Involved in all phases of SDLC, STLC, agile, water fall & V - Modal process with timely delivery against aggressive deadlines.
• Experience using query tools for MS SQL Server to validate reports and troubleshoot data quality issues.
• Full life cycle experience in Quality Assurance, including Black Box, system, integration, database, Data Migration, Interface, GUI, Functional, Language, Content, Regression, End to End, User Acceptance, Smoke testing of both client-server and web-based applications.
• Good at Test Planning, Test Estimation, Test Strategy, Test Scope, Resource Allocation, Reviews, Metrics and Reporting, Defect and Bug Tracking & Risk Analysis.
• Experience in tools like Selenium, Jmeter, SOAP UI, TFS, HP QC /HP ALM, Test Mingle & amp; JIRA.
• Solid work working with Test Management tools like HP Quality Center and JIRA.
• Possess experience in Waterfall & AMP; Agile (Scrum) testing methodology.
• Involved in maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix (TTM) and performed Gap Analysis.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Manually.
• Proficient in writing SQL queries to perform data driven tests and involved in front-end and back-end testing. Strong knowledge of RDBMS concepts. Developed SQL queries in Oracle databases to conduct DB testing.
• Experience in analyzing Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) and assisting in developing TEST PLAN.
• Solid experience of AGILE Methodologies, AGILE Manifesto and Scrum processes.
• Expertise in creating/developing TEST CASES and developing TEST SCRIPTS.
• Expertise in writing SQL queries, PL/SQL Stored Procedures and Triggers.
• Expertise in developing test cases/ test scripts for Inbound and Outbound ETL processes.
• Experience in testing/validating the Source, Stage and Target (End-to- End), BI Testing, and Data Quality Issues & Data Reconciliation process.
• Performed Functional, and Regression testing.
• Experience with bug tracking tools like ALM QUALITY Center 11.0.0 and Clear Quest.
• Experience in UNIX commands and shell scripting.
• Good understanding of data modeling with (Star Schema and Snowflake Schema).
• Good experience as SOAP Web Services Tester.
• Excellent understanding of all modules of ALM / Quality Center such as Requirements, Release, Test BPT, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects and Analysis feature.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Methodologies: Waterfall and Agile/Scrum, VModel.

Testing Tools: HP QTP/UFT, SOAPUI, HP QC, HP ALM, JIRA, Oracle, MYSQL, DB2, SQL Server.

Frameworks: Data Driven, Keyword Driven, Hybrid, Liner, BPT, Functional Decomposition.

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7/8,Linux VMWare.

Scripting Languages: JavaScript, VB Scripts, SOAP.

Browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE.

Other Tools: MS Office, Access, Excel & Outlook, SharePoint, SAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Broadway, NY

QA Tester (Manual & Automation)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed functional/system requirements from BRD/FRD.
• Gather and analyze data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements.
• Attended daily standup meeting with SCRUM Master, Development Team, and QA Engineers.
• Work closely with Business Analyst, Project Manager and Business Owners to define Test Strategy, Gap Analysis, Risks, and Test Dependency.
• Developed test cases, eexecutedtest cases and verified actual results against expected results
• Generating the detailed analysistestreport, Presenting QA test status, Defect details and progress reports
• Defined scope and objective. Performed backend testing by writing SQL queries, SQL joining.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Integration testing, Black box, End to End testing, UAT testing.
• Tested software under Agile/Waterfall methodologies.
• Wrote test strategies, test plan and developed test cases
• Participated in requirement analysis & risk assessment, reviewed user stories and requirement, analyzed testing.
• Assisted QAManager in developing Test Plans, defining objectives, scope, test procedures, environment for the various phases of testing. Identified the Test cases & scenarios. Performed Functional, Regression, Integration testing.
• Updated the Test Cases/Test Plans according to the changing requirements of the project.
• Performed UAT testing Followed Defect lifecycle, created bug report. Generated test status report. Tested web site using SoapUI.
• Followed the Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, V-Model methodology.
• Participated in SDLC & STLC process.
• Prepared and Executed Test Cases for Functional and Integration testing.
• Created Traceability matrix to keep track of changes in requirement to that of the testing efforts.
• Identified high-level requirements for documenting detailed business requirements using
• Maintained the Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
• Involved in preparing Test Plan and Test Cases based on business requirements.
• Developed Automation script and Framework using UFT. Created script using Keyword/Data driven methodology.
• Executed Automation script. Wrote SQL queries.

Environment: UFT, Agile (SCRUM), Oracle, SQL, JIRA, MS Word, Excel, Outlook,, Linux, UNIX, XML, Windows 8/XP/Vista, SoapUI.

Confidential, Reston, VA

MANUAL TESTING CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Created Automation script for Regression, Integration, UAT and Functional testing using QTP. Executed the script.
• Involved in Sprint planning, Sprint Review Meetings, Retrospective meeting, Sprint release demo as part of agile process.
• Design and develop Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on Business requirements, technical specifications, and Use Cases.
• Conduct Functional, Integration and Regression testing during the various phases of the Development and prioritized test cases to meet project specific deadlines.
• Perform Risk Analysis based on defect severity and priority.
• Write custom SQL queries for data validation on back-end database, Oracle.
• Interact with development team for all the issues related to deployment and defect tracking.
• Participate in defect review meetings with team members and coordinate with project development team.
• Create and enhance numerous test scripts to handle changes in the objects, GUI and test environment using Selenium.
• Initiated and participated in Conference Calls, Walkthroughs and Review meetings.
• Participate in various meetings to discuss Enhancement and Modification requests.
• Create well detailed bugs and track all statuses using JIRA
• Use HP ALM for tracking documents and managing versions.
• Reviewed software Test plan for defining test scenarios and writing manual and automated test scripts
• Maintained Requirement Traceably Matrix (RTM) after developing and updating Test Cases
• Created, Maintained and Executed Manual Test Scripts in Quality Center.
• Created and executed Web service test scripts usingSOAPUItool
• Involved in testing ofwebservicesusing SOAP UI and Broken links for enhancements.
• Extensively used SQL Queries to verify the data from the database.
• Configured test environment and created test data for specific test cases. Executed automated and manual test cases, documented results, and recorded defect using Quality Center (ALM).
• Tested web based and client server based application.
• Amended Test Cases and Test Plans when needed. Tracked and reported defect.
• Provided Defect Status and Execution Status Reports on weekly basis.
• Received training on Automation testing and web site testing using QTP, UFT, SoapUI .
• Created automation script and automated testing process under maximum supervision and guidance
• Used Descriptive Programming via VBScript to create the automated test script.
• Performed debugging, Tested web site using SoapUI . Involved in scrum, sprint analysis. Tested application in SharePoint.
• Tested results using sophisticated SQL in Teradata data base. Performed Mobile testing, UAT testing.

Environment: QTP, Oracle, HP ALM, SQL, Windows 8/XP/Vista, HTML, XML, Agile (SCRUM), Linux, Unix, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Pentaho, JIRA, SharePoint

Confidential, Buffalo, NY

MANUAL TESTING CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Extensively involved with backend testing by writing SQL queries. Analyzed BRD/FRD.
• Tested financial applications, reports, and tools. Involved in integration testing for Accounting & Finance related applications
• Generated test strategies and test plan.
• Developed Test Cases based on BRD & FRD. Executed test case.
• Tracked and filed defect. Assigned developer to fix defect.
• Performed accessibility testing of web-based applications against Section 508 compliance
• Prepared test productivity metrics, risk analysis and change impact analysis matrices
• Participated in functional specification and technical specification reviews.
• Prepared QA test plans, test strategy documents and test estimations for various releases
• Created and executed detail Functional Test scripts based on the business requirements.
• Worked with others in SDLC/STLC process.
• Participated in requirement analysis & risk assessment, reviewed user stories and requirement, analyzed testing.
• Conducted black box, end to end testing, Regression, Integration testing, Backend testing, UAT testing.
• Performed Functional testing using QTP. Tested report using Cognos. Tested web based application.
• Customized the Test Cases and Test Plans in ALM according to any changes of requirement.
• Extensively used ALM for defect tracking and reporting. Received on job training on XML, UFT, QTP
• Tested Internet Application on different browsers.
• Expertise in working with Quality Center for logging, tracking, retesting and reporting the defects.
• Involved in User Acceptance testing.
• Creating Test Matrix for reports.
• Analyze test results to ensure existing functionality and recommend corrective action
• Used Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Performed execution of test cases manually to verify the expected results
• Meet with the developers and technical content writers on a regularly update the test documents
• Developed & executed Test scenarios for User Acceptance Testing
• Received on job training on Load and stress testing using Load Runner. Participated in scrum, sprint analysis
• Created & executed automation scripts under supervision & instruction. Performed Database testing (SQL).
• Tested Market data with solid understanding of financial markets and asset types (equities, fixed income, Mortgage, derivatives, and commodities).
• Wrote and executed SQL queries.
• Developed test plan, test strategies and wrote test case to test different asset classes Equity, Futures, FX, Fixed Income. Identify Test Readiness - Deployment, Test Schedule, Test Environment etc.

Environment: Oracle, MYSQL, PL/SQL, .NET, Windows 8/XP/Vista, UML, HTML, XML, Web Services, Agile, Load Runner, Html, Linux, Unix, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, HP ALM, SharePoint, QTP, Cognos

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed, implemented test plan, test strategies and Test Cases to ensure complete testing, stability and overall quality of all the applicants.
• Executed manual test case. Tracked defect using QC.
• Planned and developed Functional, Integration, Regression and System level testing scenarios and Tested application manually.
• Involved in SDLC and STLC process.
• Tested the application on various versions of IE, Firefox and Netscape.Conduct URL testing to check for broken links/hot links.Performed UAT testing.
• Performed Back-End testing by manually executing SQL queries to extract data from the database and check for data integrity.Attended project meetings, release meetings and QA status meetings
• Attended daily Defect Review call with Clients, external users, PMO and Test Lead in assessing and redistributing logged incidents.
• Prepared status summary, pass & failed script and reports with execution details. Followed Waterfall and Agile.

Environment: HP QC, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, SQL, Oracle, HTML, SharePoint, Waterfall, Agile, SharePoint

Confidential

QA Intern Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the test strategy with the assistance of the manager.
• Providing suggestions on the improvements of the existing systems.
• Analyzing the business and functional requirements& identified gaps at the requirement analysis phase itself.
• Developing, writing and executing test cases.
• Identifying and documenting of defects in a detailed manner.
• Involved in system, regression and User Acceptance testing.
• Liaising effectively with Developers, Managers & Business Analyst.
• Wrote SQL queries to validate the integrity of data.

Environment: SQL server management studio 2008, MS Office, Windows XP & .Net framework.