SUMMARY

• Over 9 years of professional experience in teh Information Technology industry specializing in performing Manual, Database and Automation testing of Client/Server and Web based applications on different environments.
• Strong experience working on SDLC (Waterfall Model & Agile) life cycles.
• Conducted workshops and walkthrough meetings wif teh offshore team and client.
• Expertise in Defect Reporting & Tracking and compiling Defect Metrics using JIRA, Test Director/HP Quality Center 10.0, HP ALM 11.52.
• Good noledge in Selenium IDE, Selenium RC and Selenium Webdriver for developing automation scripts.
• Expertise in developing Test Estimations, Test Plans, Test Cases/Scenarios, Test Procedures, Test documentation and analyzing Test Results to produce accurate Test Metrics.
• Skilled in System Testing, Regression Testing, A/B Testing, Exploratory Testing, Usability Testing, Security Testing, Black Box Testing and White Box Testing.
• Experience in Functional/Non - Functional Testing, Regression Testing and Integration Testing in waterfall, Iterative and Agile development environment.
• Worked in agile methodology, coordinating wif teh development for quick resolution of Issues on timely basis.
• Expertise in Backend testing, Data Validation testing, End-to-End testing, Sanity Testing and User Acceptance testing.
• Trained UAT Users, prepared Job Aids for UAT.
• Expertise in Risk Assessment for teh Test Design & Scenarios and providing on time mitigations to meet teh schedules.
• Knowledge in developing client/server web applications using C#.Net, ASP.Net, ADO. Net, HTML, XML, Ajax, CSS, SSRS, SQL Server.
• Good understanding of system workflows, computing and verifying Software Metrics and ability to communicate wif both technical and non-technical teams.
• Quick learner in understanding teh client’s needs / enhancements, co-ordinate wif teh technical team to deliver teh customize products on schedule.
• Self-Motivated, Team Oriented wif ability to handle multiple tasks and efficient in meeting deadlines.
• Good noledge of identifying various test scenarios and possess strong ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize them.
• Extensive experience wif MS office tools like MS-Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, planning and organizational skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Tested teh applications’ compatibility on UNIX and Windows 2000/XP/Vista platforms

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center 9.2 & 10.0, HP ALM 11.52, Test Director, JIRA, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Selenium Web Driver, Selenium RC, Selenium GRID, Quick Test Professional (QTP), Rational Clear Quest.

Web Technologies: ASP.NET, ASP, XML.

IDE: Selenium, VS 2005/2008/2010.

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/2003/XP/7, Vista, Mac

Databases: Oracle, DB2, SQL Server 2003/2005/2008 , MS Access.

Languages: C#, Visual Basic, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL.

Software Packages: MS Project, MS Visio 2007, MS-Office, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Excel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Cincinnati, OH

QA Analyst/Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple and simultaneous releases for different suite of products including patch, mini and major releases.
• Participated in backlog review sessions to provide QA inputs/suggestions to finalize teh user stores and design test scenarios
• Tested on different android/IOS devices for PSC application
• Conducted showcase meetings on various applications by weekly to business stakeholders
• Conducted Production deployment activities and production smoke testing.
• Prioritize test deliverables, delegate tasks to offshore and track teh progress
• Create End-End Test scenarios to minimize teh integration defects and ensure complete workflow validation.
• Provided QA estimates during story/features discussion.
• Conducted functional and automation tetscase reviews wif BA’s and PM’s.
• Trained UAT users on PSC and Click list projects. Identified test scenarios for them
• Prepared Test Scenarios and Test Cases for android/IOS testing
• Prepared Job aids/UAT training documents for UAT users
• Performed Regression, System Integration and UAT for all teh applications at onsite.
• Conducted Defect review board meetings, Defect backlog refine meetings wif project stakeholders
• Tested critical stories for PSC application Conducted Bug bash wif developers and try to minimize teh risk factor of teh application.
• Worked closely wif development team in creating automated scripts for teh application using Selenium
• Conducted Lunch ‘n Learn wif project team and discuss QA scope for teh project.
• Attended retro meetings and discuss teh problems faced during each sprint and try to take action items and worked on them.
• Created test cases for each project in Test Plan module respectively using HP Quality Center 10.0 & HP ALM 11.52.
• Performed Smoke test on STAGE (Testing Env) from onsite for all applications on new builds.
• Involved in providing Test Estimates for teh project, preparing Test Plan and Test reports for teh application
• Performed test execution in Quality Center and logged defects in JIRA. Follow up on teh logged defects and assigning back to teh DRB by clarifying wif teh project stake holders.
• Participated in teh daily DRB meeting wif Development, Product Owner, Scrum Master and UAT team for teh defect resolution.
• Review of teh Test deliverables created by offshore team and made sure they confirm to teh BRD/FS.
• Participate in retrospective meeting on behalf of QA team to discuss teh lesson learned and improvement areas.
• Prepared Risk Analysis document and reviewed wif project team and business
• Create consolidated QA metrics, Defect Metrics and Test Report for teh release and shared wif management.

Confidential - Cincinnati, OH

IT Finance & IT HR

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test Scenarios and Test Cases for System Testing for FRS & IT Finance projects.
• Drive weekly project status meetings. Responsible to share teh QA status and escalating any project issues and Risks wif teh PM’s.
• Drive teh weekly project status meetings. Responsible to share teh QA status and escalating any project issues and Risks wif teh PM’s.
• Helped UAT users and trained them in Quality Center
• Conduct DRB (Defect Review Board) meetings from onsite including all teh project stake holders.
• Performed test execution in Quality Center and logged defects in JIRA. Follow up on teh logged defects and assigning back to teh DRB by clarifying wif teh project stake holders.
• Lead (Offshore & Onsite) teh team of 5-8 members.
• Daily walkthroughs wif ESQA (Enterprise solutions Quality Assurance) manager and ESQA FTE
• Reviewed teh test cases, test scenarios and clarifications checklist sent by teh offshore team and discuss wif teh project team
• Conducted Smoke test on STAGE environment from onsite
• Linked test cases wif requirements for coverage to attain traceability in Quality Center 10.0
• Performed System and regression testing for HR/FRS/TM1 applications from onsite.
• Conducted teh DRB (Defect review board) meetings every day wif project team
• Logged teh defects in Quality Center and follow up on assigning back to teh DRB by clarifying wif teh business. Performed Smoke test on teh new builds produced for teh open defects.
• Was involved in preparation of Test Cases for UAT.
• Performed Regression, System Integration and UAT for all teh applications at onsite.
• Drafted teh test report and sent out for approvals. Once teh approvals are ready draft teh UAT check list and trained teh users on teh applications.

Confidential - Washington, DC

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Requirement Analysis and creating System Test Plans along wif compiling teh impact analysis report of new enhancements on existing features.
• Prepared Test Scenarios and Test Cases for System Testing along wif authoring complex SQL queries to fetch accurate Test data for execution.
• Prepare clarification document for teh assigned project to ensure accuracy of teh Test Plan & Test cases.
• Developed Automation scripts in QTP to test new functionalities added to teh application.
• Perform Data Driven testing on teh web application for multiple sets of data using QTP.
• Designed, implemented and executed manual and automated test scenarios using QTP for Regression testing of teh application.
• Updating teh existing regression test cases based on teh impact analysis reports.
• Managing & Maintaining teh Test Suits including Traceability for Requirements/Defects using Quality Center (earlier Test Director).
• Conducted review meetings for Test Plan/Test Cases created by team members to avoid slippage.
• Managed teh System Test Execution and Progress of teh same on daily basis.
• Participated in daily DRB meetings for defect resolution and updating teh onsite team on progress.
• Prepared teh ST Closure Report wif teh Summary details of Test Cases and Defects raised wif Brief Description.
• Involved in Smoke Testing of UAT and provided support during UAT Phase for any clarifications.
• Responsible for maintaining teh UAT Defect Tracker for teh defects logged by UAT users and made sure that teh defects were fixed on time and retested.
• Provide QA support for teh production deployment.

Confidential - New York, NY

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Interacting wif teh end users to get teh business Requirements, reporting needs and created Business Requirement Document.
• Work wif functional Technical Object developers to identify and document requirement questions to ensure adequate test coverage for teh Business Process.
• Developed Data Driven Tests wif QTP to test teh application wif different data values
• Work wif Developers to prioritize defect fixes and to retest when teh fixes are complete.
• Interacted wif developers and users to analyze business requirements and functional specifications of teh project.
• Validated teh Web Services (SOAP), both Request and Response messages.
• Tested teh SOAP Requests / Responses Messages in SOAP UI using Assertions.
• Used SQL to create, add, or modify teh data.
• Experience creating database tables, add, modify, and solve queries using SQL.
• Analyzed user requirements and created Test Plan.
• Created and executed manual test cases using Quality center.
• Involved in Functionality and regression testing for teh application.
• Performed Defect Root Cause Analysis, interacted wif related Team, and tracked defects in a Test Director.
• Performed different kind of testing such as Functional testing, Integration testing, and Regression testing.
• Actively participated in meetings organized wifin teh test group and teh project group to discuss and evaluate teh progress of teh testing process.
• Coordinated meetings wif Project Managers, developers and business analysts to prioritize teh bugs.
• Reported defects to development team using Quality Center.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed all teh Test activities for a New Developments, Enhancements or defect fixes for DP ( Confidential Powered) portal during patch, mini and major releases.
• Participated in teh BRD/FSD review sessions to provide QA inputs/suggestions and design Test scenarios for teh team.
• Provided QA Effort Estimates for teh release and supported PM for release scheduling.
• Review of teh Test deliverables me.e. Test Plans, Test Cases & Test Report prepared by team and made sure that they conform to teh BRD/FS.
• Coordinated wif different QA groups for cross-functional testing efforts.
• Conduct teh daily review meetings b/w Offshore & Onshore teams for teh timely resolution of clarifications and defects raised by team.
• Conduct teh weekly status meeting to provide project update to teh PM.
• Co-ordinated wif teh Development & BSA Teams for review and approval of teh Test deliverables.
• Participated in teh daily DRB meeting wif Development, BSA and UAT team for teh defect resolution.
• QA point of contact for teh Production Certification of release.
• Reviews teh System Test Closure Report prepared by team.
• Create consolidated Defect Metrics and Test Report for teh release and share wif PM.

Confidential - Iselin, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user requirement document and system requirement specification document and use cases for developing Test plan which includes teh objective, Scope, Testing strategy and others.
• Developed Test scenarios and Test cases using Test Director
• Involved in User Interface, Functionality, Smoke, and Security testing.
• Conducted System and Regression Testing and identified application errors
• Developed Data Driven Tests using test data from flat files and analyzed teh results.
• Performed Positive and Negative testing.
• Involved in Backend testing by using SQL queries
• Tested teh application under Load and Stress using Load Runner
• Recorded Vuser Scripts by using VuGen component of Load Runner
• Parameterized test scripts based on Load test objectives by using Load Runner.
• Used correlation in dealing wif dynamic data by using Load Runner.
• Used Test Director for Defect Reporting and tracking

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing test cases and test harnesses based on high-level and detailed design documents
• Authored Test Cases to include prerequisites, detailed directions and descriptions of teh anticipated outcome
• Participated in developing test plan and setting up test environment
• Maintained teh Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Designed and executed Test Scripts and performed Manual Testing
• Participated in Functional Testing, GUI and Navigation Testing for different service modules
• Involved in Sanity testing on teh application builds to ensure teh stability
• Performed Integration testing, Smoke Testing and Performance Testing
• Inserted various types of Synchronization points for capturing teh Object Properties and Object Data
• Performed regression testing and system testing on teh application
• Conducted testing of teh system end-end manually
• Worked on Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Deliverables, Test Automation and Test Executions
• Reported bugs using PVCS
• Performed Validation testing to ensure that correct data is entered in teh database and ensured Graphical Reports were generated
• Involved in weekly walkthroughs and inspection meetings to verify teh status of Testing