SUMMARY

• Quality Assurance Analyst with 7 years of diversified experience in testing
• Web Based E - Commerce, GUI based client / server applications using Manual and Automated testing procedures
• Involved in all stages of Quality Assurance Life Cycle
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Test Methodologies from project definition to post-deployment documentation
• Thorough experience in Agile, Scrum Methodologies.
• Good experience in coordinating with onsite offshore teams.
• Involved in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and evaluated the test coverage.
• Experience of UNIX server with respect to Operating system and variety of commands.
• Highly proficient in HP Suite (QTP, Quality Center)
• Hands on Experience using Selenium Tools.
• Good Working knowledge of MS-Office (Outlook, Outlook express, Word, Excel and Power point).
• Good experience in testing web services and implementing service oriented architecture (SOA).
• Experience in Integration testing, Unit Testing, GUI testing, Volume testing, Stress testing, functional testing, system testing, End to End testing and Cross Browser Testing
• Excellent working knowledge of ETL Testing and data validation
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills while working in diverse team environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows 7/ 2000/ NT/ XP, HP UNIX, Linux

RDBMS: Oracle 10g/11g, SQL Server 2005/2008, MS Access, Db2 on z/os

Scripting Languages: TSL, JavaScript, VBScript

Test Automation Tools: Quick Test Professional (QTP), Performance Center, WinRunner, Load Runner, Selenium, JUnit, SOAPUI Pro

Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest

Languages: C#, Java, Visual Basic, COBOL, PERL, SQL, PL/SQL

Internet Technologies: .Net, J2EE, ASP, HTML, DHTML and XML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Addison, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirements and site specifications.
• Developed detailed testing Strategy for the entire application and developed various test cases.
• Coordinated and implemented the QA Process and Methodologies.
• Follow the Agile methodology due to the continuous change of requirements.
• Changed my roles based on agile testing needs.( Manual testing, Automation)
• Responsible for UI, Functional, Web Services, cross browser and Automation Testing.
• Created various Test Scripts according to the test cases scenarios.
• Carried out Manual Testing with UNIX Shell scripts, SQL scripts, etc.
• Executed Manual Tests on QA/UAT and Production environments.
• Worked on developing Test Strategy, test plans, writing test cases, and generated test scripts.
• Created Master scripts Performed File, form and table checks on the application.
• Generated Data Driven scripts that access the backend database.
• Extensively worked with Selenium IDE and Selenium RC to test web applications.
• Experience in creating test automation framework with Selenium RC (Java), Junit.
• Used Quality Center to invoke the scripts and initially performed the baseline testing and
• Organized all the scripts systematically and generated reports.
• Generated Test Scripts using QTP for Regression Testing.
• Worked on Selenium Components: Selenium RC, Selenium Webdriver, Selenium GRID and Selenium IDE.
• Developed Java based library to read test data from XML & Properties files using JUnit and Selenium.
• Automate scenarios using Selenium Webdriver.
• Developed automation scenarios using the functional test cases
• Developed Selenium test cases using Junit framework
• Regression Testing is performed and additional scripts are added to regression set for each release.
• Extensively used Quality Center for test planning, bug tracking and reporting.
• Involved in REST API Testing using SOAP UI.
• Experience with Service Oriented Architecture using SoapUI Pro tool to test web services.
• Worked on Performance Center, Quality Center and QTP.
• Worked on Web Interfaces functionality and Load testing them.
• Extensively used NT Performance Monitor to analyze the System Bottlenecks like Memory Leaks, CPU Utilization etc and also Network Bottlenecks.
• Performed database testing in Real Time Inventory module.
• Regular Meetings and updates are made to the Management team of ongoing QA process.
• Worked on multiple enhancement projects to improve and deliver better collateral handling services to improve operational efficiency.
• Involved as Lead QA Representative in 18 month effort in migration of certain client server modules to a web based application.
• Conducted Dev to QA meetings and participated in Analysis to Dev meetings.
• Coordinated with offshore QA team for best utilization of resources.
• Facilitated test data for User Acceptance Testing.
• Ran Base line scripts before release and Regression scripts after release.
• Responsible for production validation on Release day.

Environment: ASP, ASP.Net, VSS, Windows 7, SQL Server 2008,Selenium, JUnit, UNIX, Eclipse, Oracle, SQL,HTML, TOAD, Quick Test Professional, Performance Center and Interwise

Confidential, Washington DC

Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Trained in test automation practices/techniques using Quick Test Professional from HP/Mercury.
• Migrated automation scripts from Emperix to HP’s Quick Test Professional.
• Extended regression test suite by adding all critical and error prone functionalities on the website for wider coverage.
• Build web based test script execution status report generator for each release.
• Built a suite of automated regression test cases in Mercury Interactive testing tool, Quick Test Professional for functional testing.
• Developed reusable functional libraries for QTP scripts using VBScript.
• Participated in enterprise wide disaster recovery dry run to bring back applications online.
• Developed test scenarios with close interaction with Business / BA team.
• Analyzed Requirements, Design Documents and prepared Requirement Traceability matrix.
• Developed traceability matrix along with test cases with appropriate mappings to BRS and Software specifications document.
• Used Quality Center to invoke the scripts and initially performed the baseline testing and organized all the scripts systematically and generated reports
• Worked on customizing our Test Team sites to organize and efficiently use it as a fast online data/documentation retrieval repository.
• Executed SQL Queries to validate the front end data with the database(backend)
• Extensively involved in User Acceptance Testing and worked closely with users during functionality testing and while controlling the defects.
• Regularly followed up with Functional Manager to discuss dependencies / discrepancies identified during testing.

Environment: Oracle, Java/J2EE, Rational Robot, Shell Scripts, CICS Batch Application, ClearQuest, Mercury Quality Center, QTP, Load Runner.

Confidential, Washington DC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Requirements, Design Documents and prepared Requirement Traceability matrix.
• Designed test cases based on functional requirements and technical documents and executing test cases for all levels of testing within the project life cycle: Smoke (Sanity) Testing, Functionality Testing, Ad Hoc Testing, Regression Testing, End to End system Testing
• Reviewed the test cases with QA team members, subject matter experts before the testing begins
• Performed data analysis of executed test cases to ensure data structure integrity and also carrying out validation procedures to ensure that all system modifications meet end-user requirements and quality standards.
• Verified defects created and worked with developer till defects are resolved.
• Provided test effort estimates and timely status feedbacks on progress of testing activity to management team.
• Used Quality Center to invoke the scripts and initially performed the baseline testing and organized all the scripts systematically and generated reports
• Performed web services testing using Eclipse verifying the responses from database for the input data.
• Tested the data flow among mainframe, ETL applications and Java, mainframe applications
• Performed ETL testing by applying transformation rules in SQL queries and accessed the database to verify the new changes to the target tables.
• Executed SQL Queries to validate the front end data with the database (backend)
• Presented the Demo of test results to the end user and involved in the user acceptance testing
• Reviewed the existing documentation on the testing application and communicate issues during Design reviews
• Provided reports on automation coverage, issues and prospects to the manager
• Documented Defects which were not fixed in the current release and testing those defects in the next Cycle
• Performed knowledge transfer and training for other QA team members regarding business concepts and test scenarios
• Actively participated in business walk-through, inspections, reviews and user group meetings for Quality Assurance
• Coordinated testing process with the programmers, business users and QA team members.

Environment: Oracle10G, DB2/SQL, SPUFI, FILEAID, JCL, Putty, Lotus Notes, UNIX, Java Applications, TOAD, SQL Developer, Eclipse, HP Quality Center, Informatica Power Center

Confidential

QA TESTER

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Requirements, Design Documents and prepared Requirement Traceability matrix
• Developed test plans, test cases, test scenarios, expected results and prioritized tests.
• Reviewed the test cases with business analysts, subject matter experts (SME’s) and Users.
• Executed manual testing of the Application.
• Wrote test cases, test conditions and test scripts in MS-Excel and exported to Quality Center.
• Design & Executed Quality test plans & cases to verify reliability, accuracy & compatibility of application.
• Designed the data for interpreting the positive/negative scenarios.
• Executed the test cases and compared the expected results with actual results.
• Performed functional and regression testing of the application.
• Trained users on newly developed applications and verifying reports.
• Involved in preparing bug report and interaction with developers.
• Used parameterization for data-driven testing.
• Worked with and attended meetings to discuss outstanding bugs and related issues found in QA Test region.
• Performed back end testing using SQL queries.
• Supported during production releases and UAT testing of application in production environment along with end users.
• Performed retesting of corrected defects and updated the test results documentation.
• Participated in weekly meetings with the management team and walkthroughs, supported various releases with tight schedules and worked on weekends and nights to support deployment verification.
• Trained coworkers on tools used in QA Environment.
• Checked the performance of the application for concurrent users using manual testing

Environment: Windows XP/2003, Java, Unix, Oracle, Quality Center, Toad