OBJECTIVE

• Experienced QA Engineer wif extensive skills in QA ( Manual and Automated Testing ) of Client/Server, Mobile and Web based applications, seeking for a position as a QA Engineer / Analyst.

SUMMARY

• 4 years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Assurance which includes testing Client/Server, mobile and Web - based applications.
• Extensive experience in Business Requirements Analysis, functional Requirement Analysis, Manual Testing, Test Automation and QA methodologies.
• Experienced wif full life cycle of a project, from Verification to Validation.
• Experienced working in Agile and Waterfall development process.
• Experienced in writing and executing automated Test Scripts, Tracking Defects and interacting wif the development team in correcting and verifying the defects.
• Experienced wif writing and executing Manual Test Cases in QC/ALM, Excel, MTM
• Experienced in preparing Test Plan/Technical specification/Strategy.
• Experienced wif agile/Scrum and Waterfall development methodology.
• Expertise in Writing, Executing and Maintaining Test Plans, Test Procedures, Test Cases, Test Matrix in every release and in all phases of SDLC.
• Good communication, issue finding, solving and learning skills.
• Experienced Testing Client, Windows, Mobile and Web based applications.
• Expertise in Front-end/back-end testing, Requirement Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Functionality Testing, Compatibility Testing, GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Reliability Testing, Load/Stress Testing, Usability Testing, Installation Testing and Security Testing wif both Manual and Automated Testing tools.
• Expert in using automated testing tools like HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), LoadRunner, Test Director and Quality Center/ALM.
• Specialist in using Quality Center and JIRA for global test management, bug tracking, reporting and Releases.
• Experienced performing database testing using SQL Queries.
• Able to communicate between the technical and non-technical world.
• Equally effective working in self-managed projects or as a team member.
• Able to manage interdisciplinary relationships effectively.
• Has ‘can-do’ and ‘test to break’ attitude and great attention to details.
• Capable of making technical presentations understandable.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows 98, XP, Vista, Win 7, Win 8, MAC iOS

Web Technologies: C#.Net, VB.Net, ADO.NET, WCF, SOAP, WPF, Java, J2EE, J2ME, Perl, SQL, IIS, CSS, PL/SQL, HTML, HTML5, XML, JSP, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, SOAP UI

Databases: Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, MS SQL Server 2000

Defect Tracking Tool: HP Quality Center/ALM, TestDirector, TeamTrack, JIRA

Testing Tools: HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), LoadRunner, REST, MTM

Network Protocol: TCP/IP, Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP

Microsoft Tools: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Excel and MS Projects, Test Manager

Web Browsers: Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Chrome, Safari, AOL, Netscape Navigator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Tester

Confidential, PA

Responsibilities:

• Studied and Analyzed System Design Documents, Wireframes and Use Cases
• Attended Kick-Off meeting, Project Planning meeting, and other trainings
• Developed Test Cases based on the project documents
• Executed Test Cases Manually using MTM (Microsoft Test Manager)
• Developed and Ran SQL queries on Oracle 10g to perform database/back-end testing
• Pushed XML files to SoapUI
• Performed Web-Service Testing, validated variables and placeholders on XML file
• Performed front-end, back-end and database testing using various testing techniques like Exploratory, functional, UI, black-box, compatibility, end-to-end, UAT and Regression.
• Coordinated wif team members and kept QA Manager updated on the testing progress.
• Provided status at the Daily Stand up meeting, including sending daily status report via email.
• Ensured all the functionalities of the software meet the highest quality possible by following industry recognized QA methodologies and best practices.

QA Analyst

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirement Specification (BRS), Software Requirement Specification (SRS) and User Requirement Document (URD).
• Actively participating in all phases of SDLC (verification to Validation) and QA life Cycle.
• Developed Test Plan and Test Approach artifact wif resource requirements and time estimates.
• Designed and developed Test Scenario/Test Cases/Test steps for various Business Services/methods covering both Positive and Negative Testing requirements.
• The projects followed Agile methodology, where developers, users and testers worked together to create stories, document requirements by interviews and analysis.
• Written story narratives, functional & non-functional system requirements and change requests.
• Developed Test Plan and Test Scenarios for different modules.
• Developed Manual Test Cases & Test Scripts to test the functionality of the application using HP QTP and QC
• Performed Manual Testing on web-based, client-server and mobile applications
• Tested the application on iOS and Android platforms.
• Used Quality Center for test management and bug tracking.
• Developed Automated Test Scripts through Descriptive Programming (using conditional statements, loops, user defined functions, function library) and data driven testing which applies the Business rules to validate the components displayed on the website.
• Conducted front-end, back-end, Functional, Regression, Black box, cross-browsers and System Testing.
• Formulated methods to perform Positive testing and Negative testing against requirements.
• Prepared Traceability Matrix for Test Coverage and review.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Performed Web Service Testing and validated XML variables.
• Performed backend/database testing using SQL queries.
• Created Vuser Scripts using VuGen and Used Controller to generate and executed Load Runner Scenarios.
• Simulated multiple Vusers scenarios. Defined Rendezvous points to create intense load on the server and theirby measured the server performance under load.
• Involved in Performance Testing to simulate a process, and observed the behavior of the system by using LoadRunner.
• Inserted Transactions and Rendezvous points into Web Vuser.
• Created scenarios and set up monitors including Oracle Database monitor, Web Resources monitor, UNIX Resource monitor, IIS web server monitor etc.
• Reported bugs found during test using Quality Center.
• Attended weekly Project Status Meeting wif Development team and QA Manager, and worked closely wif QA Manager to define Test Scope, Gap Analysis, Risk, Dependency, and Constraints.

QA Analyst

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Responsibilities:

• Performed Manual and Automation Testing on the application
• Analyzed Business Requirements, Functional Specification, and the required documents for testing
• Involved wif preparing Test cases and Test Strategy
• Performed Backend Testing using SQL queries to validate the data in the backend Oracle database
• Performed functional, negative, regression and smoke tests on the new enhancements added to the web application
• Used Quality Center for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running or executing tests, tracking defects and managing defects
• Performed Extensive Manual Testing on the application across many supported Browsers and Platforms
• Assist other team members and engineers to determine root causes
• Involved in extensive black box, end to end, integration, and regression testing
• Created test scripts in VBScript using HP QuickTest Professional (QTP) tool to perform Regression and Functional Testing on new builds of the software
• Conducted GUI, Backend and Functionality Testing using QTP
• Wrote and recorded VB Scripts for automating the testing using
• Performed Data Driven test using test data from excel files.
• Reviewed functional specifications and assists in evaluating testautomationapproach profiling of manual test cases forautomationtest candidates
• Effectively employed testautomationto reduce testing cycles on repeated tasks
• Enhanced the Test Scripts by Parameters and Output values
• Performed Load Testing and performance testing by creating LoadRunner scenarios by utilizing LR controller and VuGen to create a Vuser script and parameterized the scripts and enhanced them according to the test cases.
• Used performance monitors and LoadRunner graphs to analyze the results
• Wrote SQL queries to perform data checking in the database.
• Performed re-test and verified bug fixes as needed
• Coordinated wif developers to recreate the errors and maintained the trouble log reports. Involved in conducting the test walk-through and worked closely wif project management
• Allocated priorities test to all the cases into, taking consideration the product module priorities.
• Conducted elaborate Manual Testing on test cases and provided feedback to the development team
• Validated test to check boundary conditions and error messages
• Worked collaboratively wif QA, Developers, and other engineers on the testing and release of the software
• Documented the Test Results and presented the daily and weekly report to QA Manager

QA Tester

Confidential, New Castle, DE

Responsibilities:

• Gatheird and Coordinated Test requirements between Business and QA team.
• Wrote Test Plans and Test Cases into Quality Center for Manual and Regression Testing.
• Executed Test Cases, reported defects and communicated wif developers to get them fixed in timely manners.
• Developed and reviewed test automation scripts wif Automation Engineer using Quick Test Professional for Functional and Regression Testing of the various releases of the application.
• Created Test Cases and expected results based on the requirements for Functional & Regression Testing.
• Summarized issues, reporting defects and tracking the bugs using Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL statements/Queries to check the validity of database and to do the backend testing.
• Interacted wif developers to resolve the software defects.
• Manually tested the application.
• Identified, Tracked and re-verified bugs and reported defect using Quality Center.
• Implemented the test cases and test processes wif project time frames.
• Ensured Entry criteria and Exit criteria for all QA deliverables
• Performed Cross Browser, Configuration and Black Box.
• Conducted User Acceptance testing.
• Participated Weekly meeting.
• Attended daily defect prioritization meetings.