SUMMARY

• me have 7 plus years hands on Software Test experience to obtain a challenging position as a Software Test Engineer in an organization where my extensive experience in client server or Internet/Web Application environment and analytic, administrative, testing skill and computer noledge can be properly utilized.
• Have extensive noledge of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). 7 Plus years of experience in analyzing, implementing and testing of various client/server, web - based applications and system testing.
• Excellent working noledge of designing & implementation of all QA test strategy plans manually and Manual Testing also automated test solutions for client/server and Web applications with HP test suite (HP ALM/Quality Center, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Have 7 Plus years of manual testing, 7 years of automated testing experience using HP tools HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Experienced in Testing Database Applications of RDBMS in Oracle and SQL Server. Assigned for developing Test strategies, Test scripts, Test cases, Test plans, Test procedures and testing standards for Various UI applications and also have good experience in testing the backend functionality.
• Experienced in using automated tools and testing applications manually, testing the integration and implementation of large-scale systems for Internet and Intranet based applications. In depth noledge of SQL, PL/SQL and user defined functions.
• Experienced in working Production and Development Support Environments.
• Experienced in gathering System specifications, Functional and Technical requirements.
• Extensive experience in Functional, Integration, Regression, User acceptance, System, Smoke Testing, GUI, and End-to-End Testing. Strong Knowledge in Defect reporting tools like HP ALM/Quality Center, Bugzilla, and JIRA.
• Experience coordinating with project management to meet deadlines. Knowledge of SDLC methodologies, Agile, basic understanding of object-oriented analysis and design principals.
• Excellent in interpersonal and communication skills both in verbal and written and the ability to provide solutions from a functional and technical perspective, meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn and apply new technologies and improve processes to make an impact as a productive individual contributor as well as team player.
• Worked in different software environments and can easily fit into new environments if required.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP ALM 12.2, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 12.2

Scripting & Markup Languages: JavaScript, VBScript, HTML, Unix Shell Script, XML

Programming Languages: VB, C++, J2EE, Java

RDBMS: Oracle 11g/10g, MS SQL Server, My-SQL, MS-ACCESS

Environment: s WINDOWS XP/7, Unix (Solaris, HP-UNIX, AIX), and Linux

Tools: TOAD, Visual safe source, Star Team

Application Servers: IIS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Software Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included Manual GUI Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Interface Testing, End-to-End Testing, Database Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Serve as a coordinator for all testing activities on a project.
• Analyzes, tests, and certifies application-specific software and performs ambiguity reviews of business requirements and functional specification documents if required.
• Timely identifies and escalates environment issues, data gaps and appropriate administration.
• Being the point of contact between project team, department and development team, for all test activities.
• Defines / selects test-KPIs for the project reporting.
• Uses defect management (tracking, dispatching, analyzing, reporting)
• Assist the Test Lead in defining the Test strategy and develop the test plan for the tasks, dependencies and to mitigate the risks associated with system quality and report to Test lead/Project Manager.
• Implemented Automated-testing Framework (Data Driven Frame work).
• Automated the functionality and interface testing of the application using Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
• Inserted Object Data Verification Check point on Unified Functional Testing (UFT) automation testing tools.
• Verified Back end Data after interacted with front-end Automation Test scripts using Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Used Unified Functional Testing (UFT) for object repository creation and maintenance, used regular expression, re-usable actions, data table, checkpoints and recovery scenario.
• Expert to Work with XPath with UFT to Identified Web Object in the application.
• Regularly updating and maintaining Comprehensive Automation Regression Test Suite containing Test Cases from Previous releases and executing them on Regular Basis.
• Developed and documented effective test procedures, which effectively directed other's work. Lead brainstorming sessions to identify key testing concerns and prevent insufficiently broad testing.
• Imported data from the Database to the Data table and performed Data Driven testing with different Data sets for reports generation module in Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Created a Driver Script using VB Script for executing multiple Unified Functional Testing (UFT) automated scripts.
• Verified test approach, validate build stability, test and evaluate, and achieve acceptable mission.
• Strong background in reviewing business and functional requirements in order to produce a test strategy and develop test scripts.
• Independently research, methodically trouble shoot, and resolve complex problems.

Environment: Web, JAVA, .Net, HTML, DHTML, XML, Oracle 11g/10g, SQL, TOAD, PL/SQL, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 12.53,14.03, HP ALM 12.52, UNIX, Windows XP/ Windows 7/Windows 10.

Confidential, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Software Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed integration testing, Functional Testing, GUI Testing, regression testing
• Delivered, within short time frames under tight deadlines, with minimal supervision.
• Involved in developing Integration Test Plans, System Test Plans and Performance Test Plans for the applications.
• Responsibilities included Manual, Acceptance, Functional, Integration, System, GUI, and testing of the system.
• Test plans, Test scripts and test cases were designed in accordance with business functional requirements and technical designs as defined via an AGILE method (story boards, modeling, team design sessions, etc.).
• Participated in preparing a smoke test for the application under test, which included the basic test cases, to ensure dat the application is stable enough in the QA environment to start functional testing.
• Experienced with HP ALM/ HP Quality Center Administration (Domain creation, Project Creation, User Creation, maintain user authentication, Allocation of projects to users).
• Expertise on assigning the Test Cases to the Test Sets in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Experienced with assigning the Requirements to the Test Cases in HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Working on Test plans, Test scripts and test cases were designed in accordance with business functional requirements and technical designs as defined via an AGILE method (story boards, modeling, team design sessions, etc).
• Identified the Test Cases to be automated and generated the automated scripts using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Expert in creating Automation Frameworks (Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid Frame works)
• Performed data driven testing and Keyword- driven Regression testing using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Identified the Test Cases to be automated and generated the automated scripts using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Performed data driven testing and Regression testing using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Inserted synchronization points to solve timing problem between test and application.
• Experience to eliminate redundant pop up messages to cut down script run times using recovery scenarios in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Used extensive SQL queries from the frontend using database checkpoints in HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) to perform backend database testing.
• Imported data from the Database to the Data table and performed Data Driven testing with different Data sets for reports generation module in Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Created a Driver Script using VB Script for executing multiple Unified Functional Testing (UFT) automated scripts.
• Regularly Updating and Maintaining Comprehensive Automation Regression Test Suite containing Test Cases from Previous releases and executing them on Regular Basis.
• Used HP ALM/Quality Center for test management and defect reports.
• Detected, verified, prioritized, navigated and tracked defects using HP ALM in the software until they were fixed.
• Interacted with the developers for bug fixes and problem resolution.
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed using HP ALM.
• Used SQL and PL/SQL queries to verify the data from the Oracle database.
• Wrote SQL query using TOAD for database testing and have good noledge of database.
• Wrotenumerous SQLscripts to inspect data within the database.
• Worked closely with Lead Database Engineer to implement reporting and analytics front-ends.
• Collaborated with business analysts, designers, and system owners in the testing of new software programs and applications.
• Coordinated with software engineers to assist with quality assurance, program logic, and data processing.
• Produced reports and documentation for all testing efforts, results, activities, data, logging, and tracking.
• Communicated test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management.
• Established run for record documentation revised with traceability from the automation tests to the manual tests for the development team.
• Provided the project management with test metrics, reports and status on a regular basis.
• Participated in regular project status meetings related to testing.

Environment: JAVA, .Net, HTML, DHTML, XML, Oracle 11g/10g, SQL, TOAD, PL/SQL, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 12.51, HP ALM 12.2, UNIX, Windows XP/ Windows 7.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created test plan and test cases from functional specification doc.
• Created automated scripts& compiled modules for frequently used tasks, handled unexpected events and errors, automated application using virtual objects, created batch scripts to test database each module separately.
• Strong Experience JIRA Administrator with experience customizing JIRA projects with various schemas, complex workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes required and users while working in a JIRA environment.
• Strong Ability to construct custom dashboards using various filter types in JIRA.
• Experience Work with JIRA filters, reporting, dashboards, workflows, fields, and JIRA administration.
• Strong Ability to construct Confluence pages and integrate JIRA projects with Confluence pages.
• Strong Experience in performing Atlassian installations, migrations, and plug-in installation.
• Experience Engage with end-users to capture and document functional and operational requirements. Detected, reported and classified bugs in JIRA.
• Used JIRA for managing regression test execution and defect tracking of all issues.
• Performed regression testing for every modification in the application & new builds using UFT.
• Wrote some scripts in Expert View in UFT and executed them.
• Defined and performed the test strategies and associated scripts for the verification and validation of the application and ensured dat it meets all necessary business requirements and associated functionality.
• Enhanced the test script by executing SQL queries and by setting SQL and table checkpoints.
• Built Data Driven Framework scripts for different tasks with multiple iterations like - account creation, change or update password, unlock password etc. Using UFT.
• Conducting Keyword Driven & Data Driven Testing using parameterization in UFT to test the application with different sets of data.
• Developed automated test scripts using descriptive programming in HP UFT.
• Developed user defined and custom functions using VB scripting.
• Providing necessary to the team members about how to create and execute automated test scenarios, even without having their proper scripting noledge.
• Scheduling and execution of batch jobs of the automation scripts.
• Used MS Visual SourceSafe as CM/Version Control tool.
• Backend database query using TOAD & SQL Plus tools
• Involved in running, monitoring, troubleshooting the application.
• Have good understanding of Mobile Testing and experienced include creation of test cases and test case execution on android iOS and devices as well as on apple iOS and devices.
• Experience in hybrid apps and mobile apps on iOS, iPad and Android devices.
• Validation using simulators and emulators and with real time devices.
• Used Version One in Agile Environment to track User Stories, writing Manual Test cases and log Defects
• Analyzed the turnover reports in production environment
• Closely worked with DBA admin, Engineers and managers. Participated in meeting regarding current status, new upcoming build and rollout date and open issues.

Environment: JIRA, HP Quality Center, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 12.01, Windows Server 2003, 2005, HTML, SQL, IIS, Oracle 10g

Confidential, Bloomfield, CT

Software Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed business requirements and functional specifications.
• Designed test plans and wrote test cases.
• Designed Test Scripts for Functional testing using Quick Test Pro.
• Developed Test Scenarios to cover all the business requirements.
• Developed detailed test cases for File Processing.
• Involved in the data analysis of the Inbound and Outbound files for the application.
• Involved in establishing and maintaining Testing processes.
• Performed QA operations tasks including metrics analysis, project planning, and other QA functions.
• Extensively involved in writing, executing and analyzing UAT, Database Checkpoints, and Data Driven Test Scripts for all the projects using Quick Test Professional.
• Reported defects in Clear Quest, worked closely with analysts, developers to resolve the problems, and change the status of the defect accordingly.
• Rational Clear Quest was used to keep track of all the problems (SR). dis SR tracking system keep track how many problems were their, wat was the status of each problem, wat the severity level of each problem was and how many problems need to be fixed with the given time.
• Worked on UNIX platform for running the scripts.
• Performed Backend Regression testing by writing SQL statements to review the returned data.
• Used SQL queries to test data integrity.
• Performed Data Inspection for all the Incoming Files.
• Developed Inbound File receiving scenarios and created mock-up data.
• Worked closely with developers and functional leads in troubleshooting activities to identify business logic and coding errors.
• Coordinated with developers, project managers and system analyst to resolve various issues related to defects, re-analyzing certain functionalities and providing creative feedbacks.

Environment: Oracle, Clear Quest, Clear Case, Requisite Pro, Test Manager, Quick Test Pro, TOAD, Doors, Windows XP, ASP.NET, C#.NET, IIS, Sun UNIX.