SUMMARY

• Around 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and testing on Web and Client/Server in retail, e - commerce, banking sector.
• Specialized in analyzing Business Requirements using check lists for preparation of Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Case design
• In depth knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC) and Software DevelopmentLifecycle (SDLC) activities with Waterfall &Agilemethodology
• Extensive experience in UAT testing, System Testing, Backend Testing, FunctionalityTesting, Black Box Testing, Integration Testing, Usability Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing and End-to-End Testing
• Experience in creating Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM)in Excel
• Excellent in performing backend database testing by writing and executing SQL queries against OracleDB and Netezza DB
• Experience in Data Warehouse testing by use of Talend to run ETL jobs
• Experience in Defect Tracking and Reporting using Zephyr, JIRAand Quality Center
• Experience with Web Service testing using XML inspection
• Experience in Data Feeds testing (Inbound and Outbound Data feed files)
• Experience in Data Migration through IBM Data Stage
• Experience in Onsite/Offshore model
• Proficient in using reporting tools like Pentaho and Crystal Reports
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work both independently as well as part of a team
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, ability to learn quickly and work under pressure

TECHNICAL SKILLS

QA Tools: JIRA, Zephyr, Quality Center, IBM Sterling Order Management System, Sonic Message Manager, Sterling API Tester, Sterling Integrator, IBM Data Stage

Test Automation: JMeter

Networking tools: PUTTY, WinSCP, Telnet, FileZilla

Operating Systems: Windows 2000,XP,7,8; UNIX

Reporting: Pentaho, Crystal Reports

Languages/Scripting: C,C++, Java, VB,HTML,XML

RDBMS / Tools: Oracle 10g,Netezza, SQL Server 2005, SQL Developer, TOAD

Other: MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, Power Point, MS Project, First Object XML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test strategies, test plans, RTM and test cases.
• Documented test results and provide test progress/reports that will be used in assessing the completeness of the development effort.
• Worked closely with the development team to ensure all relevant and agreed upon aspects of the application are tested.
• Export requirement, test cases into the Zephyr, run manual test cases and log defects.
• Used Zephyr to execute test cases and actively participated in defect life cycle providing screen shots to identify and reproduce the bugs.
• Defect identification, reporting and review meetings with developer, product manager and business analysts.
• Provided scope, resource and time estimates for projects presented for testing and analysis.
• Carried out Functional testing, Regression testing, End-to-End testing, Smoke testing, Web service testing, Data Warehouse testing, Back-end testing
• Make available test status and progress reports to the project team.
• Create projects within Zephyr based on defined requirements, including folder structures, required fields and screen layouts.
• Acted as the main contact for verification of bug fixes and problem resolution prior to closing open items.
• Analyzed and validated the data flows in Development, UAT and Production environments writing SQL queries.

Environment: Zephyr, JIRA, Oracle DB, Netezza DB, MS Office 2007, Windows 7

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the requirements of all Teller enhancements from the BRD, SRS and SDS
• Preparing the Test Strategy, Execution Plan and Traceability Matrix
• Preparing/ Reviewing the Test Scenarios and Test Cases
• Participate in the test status and defect review meetings
• Performing Smoke, Sanity, Integration, System, UAT and Regression testing as required
• Involving in the test activities of post-production deployment
• Preparing the test data in XML file format for Web Service testing
• Coordinating with Business, Development and Web tech teams while testing application

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in functional testing of GUI, Clinical Trial studies Application & Business Process Applications
• Communicated with other clients for the project requirements.
• Experience with the testing methodologies, documentation and the life cycle for web site development and web application testing.
• Involved in developing test cases based on Requirement and Design Specifications.
• Communicated with developers through all phases of testing to prioritize bugresolution.
• Opened and tracked the bugs using Test Director.
• Interacting with developers for the Bug Fixes and Problem resolution
• Involved in preparing Daily status report
• Provided weekly management status reports.
• Executed SQL Queries to check table updates and data retrieval
• ConductedData Driven Testing using different sets of external data

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of test scenarios for integrated testing using software requirement specification Document.
• Preparation of Test cases for black box testing
• System testing of the overall site
• Regression and multi-user tests