SUMMARY

• Over 6+ years of software quality analyst on large diversified projects, including manual/automation test case execution, defect tracking, test plan/test case creation and management, and requirements analysis.
• Experienced with Review meetings to identify Ambiguities in functional requirements.
• Experienced in developing Test Plans and Test Cases for different types of software testing.
• Proficient in both Manual and Automated Testing Tools such as QTP, Win Runner.
• Good experience usingTeamFoundationServer
• Extensive knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and STLC methodologies.
• Experience in working with Windows, Client - Server, Web based as well as Mainframe related applications.
• Hands on experience working with different modules of Quality Center such as Requirements, Release, Test Plan, Test Lab, Test Cycle, Defects and Dashboard.
• Experience in testing Web Service (SOAP, API).
• Extensive experience in Manual and Automated testing using Mercury/HP and Rational/IBM Interactive Tools
• Experience working onMainframe with CICS
• Experienced in various types of testing including Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Performance Testing, Volume Testing, Unit Testing, Integrated Testing, System Testing, Positive and Negative Testing, Security Testing, Stress Testing, Load Testing and Regression Testing of Standalone, Web Based and Client-Server applications
• Performed Back End Testing by executing SQL queries.
• Involved in maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix and performed Gap Analysis
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) manually.
• Participated in design walkthroughs and verified QC Test Scripts and results.
• Experience in creating various types of reports during test execution process such as Test Execution Status/Summary, Defect Injection rate, Requirement Coverage, # of Defects by Severity, # of Defects by Status etc. Through Test Lab, Defect and Requirement module of Quality Center.
• Effective Time Management Skills and consistent ability to meet client deadline.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Good team player with excellent communication skills, vendor experience and ability to lead, manage, coordinate and work independently in a time sensitive environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows

RDBMS: SQL Server, Oracle.

Business Applications: Microsoft Office Suite - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Operating Systems: LINUX, UNIX, Windows, IBM Mainframe, CICS

SDLC: Waterfall, Agile, Spiral, RUP.

Project Management Tool: MS Project.

Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional (QTP), Win Runner

Bug Reporting Tools: ALM/HP Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest

Databases: Oracle, MS Access, MS SQL Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, BIRMINGHAM, AL

Sr. QA Analyst/ Mainframe Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed system specifications and business requirements and helped create the detailed Test Plan.
• Prioritize testing priorities based on business risk, Access testing assets anytime; anywhere via a browser interface using Quality Center.
• Expertise in Bug tracking using Bug tracking Tools likeJira.
• Creating of traceability matrix to keep track of changes in requirement and their impact on testing efforts
• Preparing and executing test cases for functional, integration, UAT and regression testing
• Verified, updated and validated cardholder data information, account information and authorization of transaction data in green screens of Mainframe application.
• Innovative knowledge in Test Case Design, Test Tool Usage, Test Execution. Hands-on experience in ManualTestingcoveringsystem,SystemIntegrationand Data QualityTesting
• Testing application, documenting results and reporting bugs found during testing
• Executed test cases for Verification & Validation
• Imported and exported data from and to Excel to and from QTP
• Validatedenhancements encompassing a large variety of platforms:Mainframe(onlineand batch), Web, custom built front-end entry applications, interfaces with external clients.
• Performing end-to-end testing, integration testing, UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and regression testing and Validate test results
• Created Test Plans and Scenario which describes the features and functions to be tested.
• Involved in creating of Test Accounts in Mainframe application according to the Business Requirements in utilization for testing
• Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, System and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in Web and Mainframe application.
• Involved intestingboth web UI andbatchtesting.
• Used Custom Reports, Built In reports and System Reports.
• Created test cases manually to perform different types of testing such as positive/negative, functional/regression, interface, black box, screen navigational testing, smoke/sanity testing, exploratory testing or Backend testing
• Wrote complex SQL queries for database validation
• Created Database Checkpoints in QTP for databasetesting
• Performed negative and positive testing manually.
• Wrote complex SQL scripts for Backend testing and Frontend Data validations
• Tracking and logging defects in JIRA and verify the fixes
• Reporting testing status to QA team and raising issues and concerns that may impact schedule
• Worked Closely with Dev Team, System Analysts, Infra Team and DB team to troubleshoot issues found during test execution.

Environment: Windows, AGILE, MS-Office, IBM Mainframe, QTP, MS SQL Server, QUALITY CENTER, Jira, etc.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

QA / MainframeTester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the functional requirement documents, system requirement documents and business requirement documents.
• Responsible for testing the Navigation Flow, Functionality Testing, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Interacted with business analysts to gather the requirements for business and performance testing.
• Have good exposure to modern agile methodologies such as SCRUM and TDD.
• Analyzed all types of the workers compensation, Disability insurance and provider Claims.
• Prepared Test Data and executed Test Cases from Quality Center.
• Principles in an agile or test driven methodology environment.
• Worked on variousCICSscreens to perform testing in the effective way
• Created and maintained SQL Scripts to perform back-end testing on the oracle database.
• Performed manual testing to conduct backend testing using UNIX shell scripts and SQL Queries
• Recorded and managed defects utilizingJIRA/ Quality Center.
• Assigned responsibilities of planning test strategies and executing test cases in Mainframe environment
• Performed IntegrationTestingandBatchTestingin QTP
• Involved in reviewing complex SQL queries, views, functions and stored procedures and spotting issues before/during code migration.
• TestedMainframeOnlineCICSapplications
• Performed backend testing for data validation using SQL Queries.
• Performed negative and positive testing using SQL Queries
• Run SQL queries testing and data transfer to the Mainframe for claims process.
• Performed rigorous manual testing such Functional Testing, Smoke testing, Integration testing, UAT Testing, Backend Testing, Regression Testing, End to End Testing and System Testing
• Reviewed extensive SQL Queries with complex multi-table joins and nested queries.
• Performed Database testing using SQL queries
• ConductedFunctionality testingduring various phases of the applicationusingQTP.
• Extensively performed manual testing and defect reporting usingQuality Center.
• Worked on parameterizations, calling/copying, Check points heavily.
• Used Custom Reports, Built In reports and System Reports, Trend Reports function within TFS to track and report issue related activities.
• Performedmanual testing,considering the base line of developed test plan and test cases considering both positive and negative scenarios.
• Created test cases and automated them for the purpose of regression testing and functional testing with check points.
• Performed functional testingfor new release enhancements

Environment: s: Java, J2EE, HTML, Oracle, MS SQL Server, CICSMainframeTesting, QTP, File-Aid, HTML, DB2, MS Share Point, Quality Center, Business Objects, Etc

Confidential, Chicago IL

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Tested application under the agile, scrum and sprint development and process.
• Created and published Test Plan, Test Strategy documents on SharePoint for project team members.
• Conducted GUI/Usability Testing and Black Box Testing according to specifications.
• Assisted Business Analysts to load all requirements into Requirement module of Quality Center.
• Worked with clients to better understand their needs and present solutions using structured SDLC approach.
• Attended Change Request Meetings to ensure products and changes are fully documented for further Test changes.
• Arranged weekly team meeting to assign testing tasks and acquisition of status reports from individual team members.
• Used Cucumber automated testing to test new and existing functionality.
• Created and maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Worked with developers to resolve Issues and Production Incidents using Quality Center
• Extensively involved in Risk analysis, Securities and their valuation, Asset Management (risks and returns), Asset Allocations, Bond pricing, Financial Derivatives, Cash flows, Financing Structure, Portfolio Analysis etc.
• Effectively involve in logging bugs, reviewing solved bugs and analyzing test result using Quality Center
• Actively participated in the weekly Project Status Meetings.
• Detected, reported and tracked defects using Quality Center.
• Used SQL queries to validate the data between the backend and the front end
• Createdtest plans,conditions, scripts, and test data; performed product testing, user acceptance, remote user testing, usability standards validation, and performance testing; and resolved system defects.
• Interacted with the developers to report and using Mercury Quality Center.
• Generated the test execution report in Quality Center to be reviewed by the QA Manager and development team.
• Interacted with developers to report and track bugs using Quality Center.
• Generated various reports and graphs from Quality Center and analyzed the testing process overview.
• Prioritize testing priorities based on business risk, Access testing assets anytime; anywhere via a browser interface using Quality Center.

Environment: Web Services, Risk and Regulatory Compliance, XML, SQL, JIRA, Windows, .Net, VB Scripting, UAT, Cucumber, RDBMS, Quality Center, PL/SQL, HTML, MS SQL Server

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed system requirements and developed a Test Plan for System Testing.
• Facilitated system maintenance and enhancement through design documents, process flow diagrams, use case diagrams etc.
• Performed Usability and Integration testing manually.
• Created Test Cases, Test Scenarios in Quality Center ensured traceability to Business Use Cases and according to application.
• Involved in creating of Test Accounts according to the Business Requirements in utilization for testing.
• Extensive UAT Testing Manually.
• Performed software web testing for multi-family lending groupcommercial loanorigination packages.
• Create testing strategies for Disaster Recovery (DR) efforts.
• Verified, updated and validated cardholder data information, account information and authorization of transaction data in green screens.
• Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, System and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in Web application.
• Participated in conducting System testing and End to End testing manually.
• Reviewed extensive SQL Queries with complex multi-table joins and nested queries.
• Involved in reviewing complex SQL queries, views, functions and stored procedures and spotting issues before/during code migration.
• Detected, reported and tracked defects using Quality Center.
• Provide support and data as and when needed to the performance Team.
• Performed Positive and Negative testing to test response of the application under test by creating Data Driven tests.
• Reported Defects in Defect tracking tool of Test Director by assigning Defects to development that are encountered during testing phase based on application teams.
• Coordinate with Operations team to make sure that new platform has robust testing processes.
• Test ManagementandTest Casegeneration was performed using Test Plan Manager of Test Director.
• Recommend and implement naming convention for Test Cases, Test Sets and Defects.
• Perform Gap Analysis
• Attended Weekly status meeting in reporting and provided a weekly report that includes test metrics consisting of status reports.

Environment: Quality Center, JIRA, MS Office, XML, SQL server, Oracle, UNIX, SQL Server Management Studio