SUMMARY

• Professional wif 7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance by using both manual testing methodologies and functional automation tools.
• Extensively worked in Functional, Black Box, Integration, System, End - to-End, Smoke, System, Web, Boundary, O/S compatibility and Regression Testing.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Defect Management Life Cycle and QA Methodologies.
• Develop detailed understanding of all teh Testing documentation and fully conversant wif Business Requirements, Test Plans, Comprehensive Test Cases, Execution and documentation of Test Results, Defect Reporting and Tracking using Clear Quest/Bugzilla
• Extensive experience in front-end GUI/Web testing and doing back-end manual testing.
• Involved in all phases of SDLC and well versed wif majority of teh industry standards. Worked wif both on-site and off-shore team structures.
• Designed comprehensive automation Test Scripts using Quick Test Professional(QTP) to support test automation using potential features like Data Driven Tests, Check Points, Regular Expressions, Functions, External calls and Re-usable actions.
• Good knowledge of testing websites for user interactive web based applications in E-learning, Java domain
• Experienced in testing E-books and gaming applications based on Flash, Client Stand Alone Applications, me-Pad and me-Phones.
• Experience wif Agile, V-Model, waterfall Methodologies.
• Experienced in Scripting and test automation using QTP, Database testing using SQL queries in MS SQL Server, SOAP requests in Web Services, testing XML.
• Worked on a web based application which is built on Java using HTML, CSS, java Script, My SQL. All online meeting is implemented through WebEx service (Cisco)
• Ability to quickly master new concepts, strong aptitude towards learning new technologies and sharing ideas.
• Analyzed business requirements, software requirement specifications to create test plan and test case for manual and automated testing. .
• Ability to understand & analyze business processes & workflows wif teh objective of providing recommendations for teh best use of technology to improve QA Process.
• Highly detail oriented, organized, analytical and efficient in approach. Excellent problem solving and time management skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro 10.0

Bug Trackers: Quality Center 10.0/9.2, Rational Clear Quest, JIRA and Bugzilla

Web Technologies: JAVA, HTML, XML, Flex, Flash, Web Services and Flash

Databases: MS Access, Oracle and MYSQL 5.0

Scripting Languages: JavaScript, VB Script, HTML, DHTML, AJAX,CSS

XML Related Languages: XML, XSL, XSLT, XPath, SOAP

Servers: Windows Server 2000/2003, Web Logic Server, Apache

OS/Platforms: Windows 98/XP/ 2000/Vista/ NT, MAC, UNIX

Version control: Visual Source Safe, Apache Sub Version

Other Skills: MS Office Suite, Putty terminal software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas TX

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Requirements estimation, Requirements Review meetings wif teh Business.
• Testing both Manual & Automation in wif mercury interactive tool - QTP.
• Running Automation scripts and performed Regression testing on various builds.
• Prepared various test cases for every module and done System Testing, Functionality Testing of phoenix application.
• Executed Database queries to validate data during functional testing
• Performed functional testing and smoke testing as per teh requirement.
• Verified Log files for troubleshooting teh exact cause of teh failure.
• Performed Functional, Integration, UI, Regression, Positive, Smoke and Negative testing
• Used SQL/source applications to create data necessary for testing purposes
• Linked test cases to requirements and used traceability matrix to ensure completeness of testing.
• Used Rational Clear Quest for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up wif teh development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Documented and communicated test results to teh Test Management and Business Team.
• Responsible for analyzing teh scope documents and designing teh testing strategy for every release
• Involved in defect meetings to find resolutions for teh issues raised as well as track teh reoccurrence of issues and verify across various builds.
• Acted as a point of contact regarding defect status / resolution for teh Development team, QA team and teh user community (clients).

Environment: Java/J2EE, Web service, HTML, XML, Win 98, Win NT, Win 2000, MYSQL, Rational Clear Quest, QTP, Oracle, Unix

Confidential, New York

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Requirements estimation, Requirements Review meetings wif teh Business.
• Involved in planning and execution of E2E/IST, Regression testing from teh scope closure to completion of teh project.
• Prepared Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts using wif Business Requirements, Use Cases Functional and System requirements.
• Tracked Project for teh Major Milestones
• Coordinated teh planning and execution of E2E /IST Test Cases
• Testing both Manual & Automation in wif mercury interactive tool - QTP.
• Running Automation scripts and performed Regression testing on various builds.
• Prepared various test cases for every module and done end to end testing, System Testing, Functionality Testing, Performance Testing of website.
• Executed Database queries to validate data during functional testing
• Verified Log files for troubleshooting teh exact cause of teh failure.
• Performed Functional, Integration, UI, Regression, Positive, Smoke and Negative testing
• Used SQL/source applications to create data necessary for testing purposes
• Linked test cases to requirements and used traceability matrix to ensure completeness of testing.
• Used Rational Clear Quest for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up wif teh development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Documented and communicated test results to teh Test Management and Business Team.
• Responsible for analyzing teh scope documents and designing teh testing strategy for every release
• Involved in defect meetings to find resolutions for teh issues raised as well as track teh reoccurrence of issues and verify across various builds.
• Acted as a point of contact regarding defect status / resolution for teh Development team, QA team and teh user community (clients).

Environment: Windows XP, Oracle 10g, Internet Explorer, Quality centre 9.0, QTP, Java, EJB’s, J2EE, JAVA, HTML, XML, Rational Clear Quest, QTP

Confidential

Application Tester / Production Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Testing both Manual & Automation in wif mercury interactive tools like QTP
• Running Automation scripts and performed Regression testing on various builds.
• Prepared various test cases for every module and done end to end testing of website.
• Validated user input forms, Chat Integrated whiteboard activities, various sessions performed.
• Executed Database queries to validate data during functional testing
• Performed regression, integration, data driven, user acceptance and security testing using teh different automated checkpoint features in QTP.
• Performed Back End testing using Toad Tool to verify whether teh data is getting populated in teh Oracle Database correctly or not
• Proficient in reporting defects into teh defect tracking system (Rational Clear Quest) and results to teh assigned project
• Testing data on UAT, Integration, and System Testing on production data worked on different Releases.
• Verified SOAP requests in Web Services
• Successfully implemented each Release into production environment wif Black box testing and Developed Test Cases and Test Scripts in Quality Center
• Experience in testing teh website wif different time zones, Localization involved.
• Created and executed detailed function test scripts based on teh business requirements.
• Verified Log files for troubleshooting teh exact cause of teh failure.
• Validated site in different version of browsers such as Internet Explorer, IE 7/8, MAC safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Chrome
• Acted as a point of contact regarding defect status / resolution for teh Development team, QA team and teh user community (clients)

Environment: Quick Test Pro 10.0, Oracle, HTML, XML, Java/J2EE, Web logic Server, Windows XP/Vista, MAC, SOAP, UNIX, Rational Clear Quest

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Requirements estimation, Requirements Review meetings wif teh Business.
• Testing both Manual & Automation in wif mercury interactive tool - QTP.
• Running Automation scripts and performed Regression testing on various builds.
• Prepared various test cases for every module and done end to end testing, System Testing, Functionality Testing, Performance Testing of website.
• Executed Database queries to validate data during functional testing
• Performed stress testing, compatibility testing as per teh requirement.
• Verified Log files for troubleshooting teh exact cause of teh failure.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing for identifying any compatibility issues
• Performed Functional, Integration, UI, Regression, Positive, Smoke and Negative testing
• Used SQL/source applications to create data necessary for testing purposes
• Linked test cases to requirements and used traceability matrix to ensure completeness of testing.
• Used Rational Clear Quest for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up wif teh development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Documented and communicated test results to teh Test Management and Business Team.
• Responsible for analyzing teh scope documents and designing teh testing strategy for every release
• Validated e-Books in different version of browsers such as Internet Explorer, IE 7/8, MAC safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Chrome
• Involved in defect meetings to find resolutions for teh issues raised as well as track teh reoccurrence of issues and verify across various builds.
• Acted as a point of contact regarding defect status / resolution for teh Development team, QA team and teh user community (clients).

Environment: Flash, Flex, HTML, XML, Win 98, Win NT, Win 2000, MAC, me Pad, MYSQL, Rational Clear Quest, QTP, Oracle

Confidential

QA tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirements and General Design Documents
• Developed Test Plan and Test cases based on Requirements in Quick Test Pro and Quality Center
• Worked closely wif teh Business Analysts to make sure all teh functionality in teh application meets teh Business Specifications
• Involved in performing System testing, Integration testing & Regression testing of teh application.
• Executed various SQL queries to extract teh data from Database and to validate theupdates done in teh back end.
• Worked closely wif teh Development team in getting fixes for teh defects that havebeen in open status.
• Responsible for updating teh Test Metrics every week to evaluate teh progress of teh project.
• Interacted wif other teams through walk-through, teleconferences to resolvevarious issues.
• Supported various software deployments for various releases during weekends/ Nights.
• As a QA Engineer me was involved in developing Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts for manual, as well as, automated testing for teh web- application as well as standalone. All teh games as well as their GUI were tested in different platforms
• Analyzing teh user/business requirements and functional specs documents
• Designed teh Process by using MS-office
• Analyzed business requirements and prepared Test Plans based on User Requirement Document (URD) and prepared teh Test Scenarios.
• Performed Functional, Integration, UI, Regression, Positive, Smoke and Negative testing
• Created and executed detailed function test scripts based on teh business requirements.
• Created Traceability matrix to match teh requirements wif test cases.
• Modified Test plans to reflect various approaches of testing.
• Set up Automation test environment wif tools like QTP.
• Set teh QA Environment for Manual Testing as well as for Automation.
• Created Project, Requirements, Test Plan
• Write test cases to test teh application manually and automate using QTP.
• Extensively worked on MS Access, MS Excel and SQL
• Used JIRA for defect reporting and tracking

Environment: JIRA, Windows XP/NT, Flash, Action Script2.0, MYSQL