SUMMARY:

• Software Developer in Test with more than six years of experience in Manual and Automated Testing in various industries. Extensive experience in gathering and analyzing requirements, developing and reviewing system test plan, designing test cases/test scripts, preparing test data, set up test environment, writing bug documentation, creating requirement traceability matrix and developing test analysis report, Seeking a permanent or consulting position to contribute the value of my diverse experiences and expertise in the field of software Quality Assurance and Testing.
• Experience in working with Agile/Scrum and Waterfall development methodologies.
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).
• Expertise in defining and developing quality assurance test plans and test cases by analyzing business/technical requirements, system design documents and use case documents.
• Expertise in developing test scenarios, preparing test data, executing test scripts, linking requirements to test cases, creating bug documentation, and developing test summary report.
• Experience in automation testing using TestComplete with Java Script and Selenium.
• Extensively involved in writing & executing SQL statements for backend testing.
• Experience testing REST/SOAP web services using SOAP UI PRO and Rest Client (Firefox Extension).
• Experience database testing tool SQL Plus and TOAD.
• Extensive knowledge in Oracle and SQL Server.
• Effective in using QA tools including bug/defect tracking systems such as Rally and Quality Centre.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in effectively presenting technical information to various audiences including the client, developer, and project manager.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks independently as well as collaboratively with team members in testing complex projects.
• Ability to prioritize to meet project milestones and deliverable dates.
• Strong leadership, self - starter, positive attitude, personable, great organizational skills, attentive to detail, and self-motivated.
• Enjoy working collaboratively with testers, developers and other team members in testing complex projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Rally, ALM, Test Complete, Quality Center, Soap UI Pro, and Rational Test Manager, Selenium

RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server

Bug Tracking tools: JIRA, Test Director, and Quality Center

Operating System: UNIX, Windows 98/2000/XP/VISTA,Windows 7

Language: SQL, Java Script

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering and analyzing the product requirement, functional specification and software design document and develop clear and concise test plans and test cases.
• Interfaced with peers and management on test related topics including test plan creation and test setup/coordination and test execution.
• Conducted Smoke, GUI, Functional, Integration and Regression testing during the various phases of the Development.
• Performed Functional and Integration testing of the application and prioritized test cases to meet project specific deadlines.
• Performed Risk Analysis based on defect severity and priority
• Provided timely feedback to developers as bugs are found using Quality Center.
• Create Automated test scripts for functional testing using Quick Test Pro
• Developed Java Scripting libraries and Utility Functions for Code Reusability and Modularity
• Developed Automation Data Driven Framework in Test Complete.
• Managed and executed the traceability matrix of requirements to test cases.
• Perform ad hoc and exploratory testing beyond pre-existing test cases
• Reporting and verifying the bugs in Mercury Quality Center.
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification requests.
• Communicated with Application Developers, Project Manager and other Team Members on Application testing status on an on going basis when necessary.
• Wrote custom SQL queries for data validation on back-end database, Oracle.
• Defects were tracked and reported in Rally
• Coordinated with development team for all the issues related to deployment and defect tracking.
• Participated defect review meetings with the team members and coordinated with project development team.
• Used Quality Center for tracking document and managing version.
• Gathered and analyzed tests logs, defects and implement final test summary report.

Environment: Test Complete, Rally, Oracle, SQL Developer, SQL, Windows NT, Soap UI, and UNIX, Selenium

Confidential

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plans for System, Integration and UAT.
• Participated time to time in regression testing after each build.
• Analyzed the Business requirements and the site specifications
• Developed detailed Testing Strategy for the entire application and developed various test cases.
• Created and maintained manual Test cases, Test plans and Test Matrices Test Manager
• Wrote complex SQL queries to perform the backend testing against Oracle database.
• Conducted analysis of the defects identified and provided the development group with details to recreate the problem
• Defect tracking and reported problems using Rally and co-ordinate with development team.
• Attended technical walk- through sessions.
• Participated in weekly assessment meetings with business analysts and developers.
• Exported test cases into Test Manager and executed the test cases.
• Developed Requirement Traceability Matrix for each project to ensure all requirements are mapped to test.
• Involved in writing SQL queries for Backend Testing.
• Generated and tracked defects using Rational Test Manager
• Attended periodic meetings, teleconferences on problem resolution.
• Update weekly status to project Manager and project lead.

Confidential, Boston, MA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Plans and test cases for System, Integration and UAT.
• Participated time to time in regression testing after each build.
• Analyzed the Business requirements and the site specifications
• Conducted Smoke, GUI, Functional, Integration and Regression testing during the various phases of the Development.
• Performed Functional and Integration testing of the application and prioritized test cases to meet project specific deadlines.
• Performed Risk Analysis based on defect severity and priority
• Provided timely feedback to developers as bugs are found using Quality Center.
• Create Automated test scripts for functional testing using Quick Test Pro
• Developed Complex VB Scripting libraries and Utility Functions for Code Reusability and Modularity
• Involved in writing SQL queries for Backend Testing.
• Generated and tracked defects using Rational Test Manager
• Attended periodic meetings, teleconferences on problem resolution.
• Update weekly status to project Manager and project lead.

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed manual testing, automated testing, defect tracking, resolution of applications and solutions.
• Developed Use Cases to highlight different requirements from the SRS (Software Requirement Specification and SDS (Software Design Specification).
• Written Test Cases and Performed Manual Testing like Positive testing, negative Testing and Black Box Testing.
• Involved in writing comprehensive test plans based on business requirements and technical specifications.
• Prepared and developed test cases, test scripts, and test approach documents.
• Created test cases and test procedures based on Functional Requirement.
• Created tests using recording mode inserting checkpoints like GUI, Bitmap and Database, to check the behavior of the application.
• Involved in Writing Test Plans using Test Director
• Performed GUI Test, Functional testing, Smoke testing, Unit testing, User Acceptance testing (UAT) and System testing,
• Involved in testing the Claim processing Data.
• Extensive experience with Members/Subscribers, Products, Providers, Claims processing and Billing modules.
• Used Win Runner for testing the compatibility of the application with different platforms
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using Test Director.
• Worked with developers using Test Director to fix the defects.

Environment: Win Runner, Quick test pro, Test Director, Manual Testing, DB2, Java, J2EE, Web Logic Server, JSP, EJB, VB, .Net, XML, Oracle, SQL, Ms Office, Unix and Windows NT/2000/XP

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business requirements, Functional Specifications and various ARTIFACTS to develop test cases and Test Scenarios.
• Developed use cases for the application.
• Logged the traced defects in Test Director and created defect summery reports to analyze the defects.
• Created various reports for documentation purposes.
• Created Traceability matrix between requirements and Test Cases.
• Tests were planned and managed using Test Director.
• Wrote and executed SQL queries by comparing front developed data with database.
• Performed user acceptance testing, functional testing, integration testing, system testing and database testing.
• Participated in walkthroughs and meetings throughout the project.

Confidential, Sri Lanka

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business requirements and the site specifications
• Created Test Plans for System, Integration and UAT testing.
• Participated time to time in regression testing after each build.
• Created and maintained manual Test cases, Test plans and Test Matrices Test Manager
• Wrote complex SQL queries to perform the backend testing against Oracle database.
• Conducted analysis of the defects identified and provided the development group with details to recreate the problem
• Attended technical walk- through sessions.
• Participated in weekly assessment meetings with business analysts and developers.
• Exported test cases into Test Manager and executed the test cases.
• Developed Requirement Traceability Matrix for each project to ensure all requirements are mapped to test.
• Involved in writing SQL queries for Backend Testing.
• Attended periodic meetings, teleconferences on problem resolution.
• Update weekly status to project Manager and project lead.