SUMMARY:

• Expert Quality Assurance Analyst with 6 plus years of intensive IT experience in testing Front - End, Back-End, Functional, Non-Functional, GUI, Look & Feel, End to End, Regression, Performance and Security testing on Web based, Client /Server and Mobile Applications in Banking, Pharmaceutical, Insurance and Ecommerce domain.
• Expertise in Functional, GUI, Usability, Regression, Database, Performance (load and stress), Validation, Compatibility, integration, system, security, smoke and User Acceptance testing.
• Experience in Manual and Automated Testing on Linux and Windows platform, Client/Server and WEB applications (Java, asp.Net, Flex).
• Experience in testing PowerBuilder Applications in conjunction with Mainframe.
• Complete software development lifecycle (SDLC) and System life cycle (SLC) experience, from business analysis to development, testing, deployment, documenting, maintaining and user .
• Ability to write Test plan, Test Strategy, Test cases, Test Scripts from BRD(Business Requirements Documents) and Use Cases.
• Worked in CMM environment.
• Knowledge of the FDIC procedures and audits.
• Strong in Oracle, SQL and exposed to various databases.
• Expert in testing Mobile applications on IOS, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.
• Experience with automated defect-tracking tools like Test Director, Quality Center, HP ALM.
• Used Mercury's tools namely QuickTest Pro, Quality Center, Test Director, and Load Runner.
• Well versed with Black Box & Grey Box testing.
• Working experience with HP LoadRunner version 8.1, 9.1, 9.5, and 11.
• Experienced in Security Testing using IBM Rational AppScan.
• Quick to adapt to new working environment and learn new technologies in short span. Highly motivated professional with excellent communication skills and a good team player.
• Excellent analytical skills coupled with interpersonal, communication and self-organizing skills.
• Assertive, committed, motivated team player and a self starter.
• Able to multitask in fast-paced work environments and meet critical deadlines.
• Planned, developed, and participated in kick off and go/no-go meetings.
• Advance knowledge of V-Model, Agile and RAD methodologies.
• Established collaborative working relationship with co-workers and clients.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Sr. QA Engineer

Confidential, White Plains, NY

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the requirements documents and Uses Cases to create well detail test cases for functional and nonfunctional areas (GUI, Look & Feel, Content and Color Combination) Confidential ’s web and Client/Server applications.
• Prepared both positive and negative test cases for Functional, System, End-to-end Testing.
• Created well detail Manual Test scripts in HP ALM to test application Functionality, End to End, GUI, Look & Feel, and Content.
• Executed manual test scripts and updated test results in HP ALM.
• Created well detail defects and managed defects in HP ALM.
• Conducted Manual and Automated Regression Testing using Quality Center and Quick Test Pro..
• Utilized HP Quick Test Pro. to automate tests covering functionalities, most commonly used areas and security areas of applications.
• Reported all defects to the appropriate individual(s) for resolution using Quality Center.
• Performed Cross browser compatibility testing on different platforms.
• Performed back-end testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries.
• Verified and validated test data in different Source Systems by executing SQL Queries.
• Performed functional, non-functional, GUI and usability testing on mobile devices for all Confidential developed mobile applications.
• Created LR scripts in HP LoadRunner then enhanced scripts by creating parameterization, Correlation and custom functions.
• Performed Smoke, load, Capacity, and stress testing for web based applications using HP LoadRunner.
• Performed different scenarios to identify application performance bottleneck.
• Utilized LoadRunner Analysis to analyze performance test results to create comprehensive reports application response time, capacity and stability of applications.
• Attended weekly update meetings with QA Manager to discuss the status of Projects.
• Worked as a core member of the QA team, responsible for testing of the application.
• Coordinate Weekly team meeting.
• Data verification and validation in Oracle and MS SQL.
• Created, updated and deleted data to accommodate proper test data.

Environment: Windows XP, LINUX, SQL Server, Loadrunner, HP ALM, Quality Center, Quick TestPro, Java, JSP, Visual Basic, Flex, PowerBuilder, Mainframe, App Scan, RoboForm, and ASP. Net, Java Script, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, MS Office, WebSphere, VM, Flex

QA Analyst

Confidential, Basking Ridge, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing requirement documents to create test cases.Prepared both positive and negative test cases for Functional, System, End-to-end Testing.
• Conducted Peer Reviews to find and correct bad test cases.
• Executed test cases manually to check GUI and Functional features of the application.
• Prepared automated test scripts for Functional, UAT, and Regression testing using QTP.
• Reported all defects to the appropriate individual(s) for resolution using Quality Center.
• Performed browser compatibility testing on different platforms.
• Performed back-end testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries.
• Analyzed various reports including transaction reports and virtual user reports generated in LoadRunner.
• Performed load, stress and performance testing of the module on the net using LoadRunner by creating Vusers for different scenarios and further enhanced the recorded scripts.
• Attended weekly update meetings with QA Manager to discuss the status of Projects.
• Expert in finding bugs and reporting them with detailed information and working with Developers to fix defects.
• Worked as a core member of the QA team, responsible for testing of the application.
• Assign tasks to team members and keep track of their progress.
• Enter tasks in Microsoft Project and important milestones.
• Make sure that resources are efficiently used in order for us to stay on budget and meet project deadline and important milestones (deliverables).
• Coordinate Weekly team meeting.
• Performed knowledge transfer with teammates, as appropriate.

Environment: Windows XP, LINUX, UNIX, Oracle, Toad, Loadrunner, Quality Center, Quick TestPro, Java, JSP, Visual Basic, RoboForm, ASP. Net, Java Script, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, MS Office, WebLogic.

Test Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Gathered specifications and requirements from development personnel prior to System Testing.Created test plans in accordance to the Business requirements, which describes the scope, focus, and approach of application.
• Facilitated discussions with Design and Dev teams to verify developed scripts effectively cover the requirements.
• Reviewed manual testing methods and developed and executed manual scripts.
• Developed test scripts using Quality Center.
• Worked with design/ development/ test leads to resolve issues with developed scripts and verified application functionalities.
• Performed Functionality Testing, and GUI Testing using Quality Center.
• Generated various graphs like summary graphs in Quality Center Analysis and reported the results.
• Involved in writing SQL queries to check the data integrity.
• Investigated software faults and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Various documents like Test flows and Test performance were built using MS Word and Excel.
• Involved in the development of test procedures for various stages like Integration, System and User Acceptance Testing.
• Performed Positive and Negative testing.
• Monitored the defect tracking process, trouble shooting and generating customized graphs and reports for the client. Reported Bugs using Quality Center.
• Validated the Production Environment prior to go live.
• Performed browser compatibility testing on different platforms.
• Attended daily defect meeting and weekly update meetings with QA Manager to discuss the status of Projects.
• Monitored server traffic using WebTrends and TureSight.
• Performed Data Validation and Data Integration for Back End Testing using SQL Queries manually.
• Reviewed manual testing methods and developed and executed automated scripts.
• Developed test automation scripts using QTP.
• Reported issues into the bug reporting system and follow up with the development team until it gets resolved using Test Track pro.
• Developed single user scripts in VuGen.
• Executed the Performance testing using LoadRunner to analyze the behavior of the application under different load conditions.
• Performance, Stress and Load testing using LoadRunner.
• Generated various graphs like Transaction summary graph, Vuser graphs in LoadRunner Analysis and reported the results.

Environment: Windows XP, Server 2003, UNIX, SQL Server, TestDirector, Quality Center, Quick TestPro, Java, JSP, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, Mainframe, ASP. Net, Java Script, HTML, SQL, MS Office, WebSphere, Visio and MS Project.

Web Tester

Confidential, South San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed system requirements/designs to create test conditions and expected results in Quality Center.Prepared both positive and negative test cases for Functional, System, End-to-end Testing.
• Created high quality and comprehensive test script documents for test execution in Quality Center.
• Facilitated discussions with Design and Dev teams to verify developed scripts effectively cover the requirements.
• Ensured test scripts are kept updated with feedback from Design team.
• Worked with design/ development/ test leads to resolve issues with developed scripts and verified application functionalities.
• Effectively performed all test planning in Quality Center.
• Validated the Production Environment prior to go live.
• Executed test cases manually to check GUI and Functional features of the application.
• Prepared automated test scripts for Functional, UAT, and Regression testing using QTP.
• Reported all defects to the appropriate individual(s) for resolution using Quality Center.
• Performed browser compatibility testing on different platforms.
• Performed back-end testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL queries using TOAD.
• Verified and validated user input data in Oracle 10g.
• Analyzed various reports including transaction reports and virtual user reports generated in LoadRunner.
• Performed load, stress and performance testing of the module on the net using LoadRunner by creating Vusers for different scenarios and further enhanced the recorded scripts.
• Attended daily defect meeting and weekly update meetings with QA Manager to discuss the status of Projects.

Environment: Windows XP, LINUX, SQL Server, Load runner, Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Java, JSP, Visual Basic, asp.Net, Java Script, HTML, SQL, MS Office suite, Vignette, Oracle, WebLogic.