SUMMARY

• To secure a QA Test Manager, Lead, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer position
• 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance (QA) and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experienced with various SDLC processes like Waterfall & Agile Methodologies.
• Experienced in testing Mobile applications & Mobile Web testing on various mobile operating systems.
• Proven track record to handle the Software Testing Lifecycle from Planning to Execution either completely or in a team to deliver high quality code to Production.
• Experienced in development, review, and enhancements of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Report documentation, Requirement Traceability Matrix, & Providing Level of Effort estimates based on the requirements.
• Experienced in determining LOE and POC for Manual and Automation Testing Strategies
• Hands on experience on Test Estimation, Test Planning, Test Scheduling, Test Designing, Defect reporting and tracking, Test result analysis.
• Experience in performing different kinds of testing like Black Box, GUI, Functionality, Integration, Regression, Usability, System and User Acceptance (UAT).
• Experienced in Test management tools like Quality Center/ALM, and Version One
• Expert in Problem solving and Bug Tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tool like HP ALM.
• Excellent skills in Automation Testing using HP UFT.
• Performed Back End testing by writing SQL queries to retrieve data from database.
• Experienced in Performance, Load and Stress testing using Load Runner.
• Excellent team player with very good communication skills.
• Highly dedicated to produce professional work with highest quality.
• Can work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to maintain a flexible work style and function effectively with changing directives and priorities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center, Application Lifecycle Management, QuickTest Professional, Unified Functional Testing, Load Runner

Programming Languages: VBScript, C/C++, C#, VB.Net, Java, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, XML, PL/SQL, T - SQL, UNIX

Data Bases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL

Other Tools: Team Foundation Server (TFS), Version Control, Configuration Management, MS Office, MS Groove, MS SharePoint, JIRA, Rational ClearQuest, Bugnet, SAP, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP): SCM, MMS, LMS, HRMS, SupportNet, MS Dynamics AX, CRM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Mclean, VA

QA Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 12-15 testing team members conducting both manual, automation, and performance testing
• Managed Capacity Plans to management to ensure effective and efficient completion of scrum goals
• Reviewed user stories and designed walkthroughs with Business Analysts and Developers.
• Ensured the System Test cycle planning is appropriately documented and adhered to as approved by the PMO
• Assisted the Project Manager in MS- Dynamics AX in the ERP analysis.
• Testing of various US Department of Defense Projects web-based ERP applications: Supply Chain Management, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Warehouse Management, Suppliers, RFQ’s Bidding, Purchase Orders, Shipments, Inventory Management, Transactions, Reports on multiple Browsers.
• Led the Testing Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solution
• Responsible for weekly status meetings showing current progress and future testing efforts
• Conducted smoke testing, Functional testing and Regression testing
• Managing User Roles and Access for SAP system
• Created Custom Entities, Custom attributes for individual Business Units in team Dynamics CRM as per the Business Process
• Performed Data Migration Testing of various systems through SQL Server
• Interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues in TFS
• Provided Capacity Plans to management to ensure effective and efficient completion of scrum goals
• Reviewed user stories and designed walkthroughs with Business Analysts and Developers.
• Ensured the System Test cycle planning is appropriately documented and adhered to as approved by the PMO
• Responsible in defining the SLA’s for the defect management process for severity and priority levels as defined in the test plans
• Used VersionOne for reviewing project documentation including user stories/requirements
• Prepared Test Traceability Matrix to confirm the test coverage
• Managed manual testing of System module that involved UI Based functional testing and backend testing.
• Led Functional and Regression Testing initiative - created test plans, generated test scripts using HP Unified Functional Testing, analyzed test results, generated Test Reports
• Used complex SQL Queries to test the backend database using UFT
• Established testing environment requirements for Automated Testing
• Collaborated with Project Managers, QA Director, & Network/Server Operations teams to validate manual and automation test scenarios
• Enhanced automation test scripts with Checkpoints, Output Values, User-defined custom functions, and Data Parameterization
• Developed Baselines for System Stress/Load Performance using Load Runner
• Generated Function Libraries from scratch using VBScript to ensure reusability and efficiency of automation scripts
• Actively involved in black box, functional, negative testing of the application.
• Leveraged Version One to review User Stories & Acceptance Criteria, create and execute Test Cases, and Log and track Defects
• Interacted with developers and business Users to communicate the defects and actively participated in defect triage and led regression testing
• Used Oracle’s PeopleSoft tool as main database to store test data
• Gathered all Test Data used for Functional and Performance Testing using SQL queries & UNIX commands
• Generated Regression Test Plans for manual and automation testing
• Leveraged UFT to create automation scripts for Regression testing
• Managed Automation Testing Process by developing Test Strategies including plans for developing Automation Frameworks
• Developed a Data-Driven Framework from scratch using Descriptive Programming
• Created Custom Functions, Environment Variables, Virtual Objects, and Dictionary Objects using Descriptive Programming
• Led User Acceptance Testing for various projects
• Ensured the System Test Entrance / Exit Criteria are adhered to reduce the defect density
• Worked with Development Team members to deploy new releases and builds to QA environment’s Servers prior to starting testing activities
• Mentored Junior Testers in QA best practices, leveraging SQL to test backend databases, understanding User Stories, developing Test Cases, Creating Automation Scripts using UFT via Descriptive Programming
• Strong knowledge and experience of Microsoft DynamicsAX functionalities
• Provided regular updates to the QA Director on testing initiatives, any issues/problems, and upcoming tasks.
• Worked as a liaison between the Testing Team and Development Teams for Defect resolution

Environment: s: HP Quality Center, HP Unified Functional Testing, HP Load Runner, Version One, Tomcat, Apache, Single Sign-On, Windows, Java, PeopleSoft, CAS, Shibboleth, LDAP, Oracle, XML, Server 2008, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Confidential, Washington DC

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing Test plan and creating test cases based on technical specifications and business requirements.
• Led the testing of financial instruments including loan disbursement systems
• Reviewed requirements and design walkthrough with Business analysts and developers.
• Peer-reviewed manual test cases and UFT automation scripts
• Used Confluence for accessing all Project documentation and Quality Center for reviewing Project requirements.
• Prepared Test Traceability Matrix to confirm the test coverage.
• Directed the manual testing of System modules that involved UI Based functional testing and backend testing.
• Identified Shakedown scripts for conducting entry criteria before start of Component integration testing & System integration test Phases.
• Actively involved in black box, functional, negative testing of the application.
• Extensively used Quality center for storing all Test plan documents, Test case documents and record defects.
• Interacted with developers and business Users to communicate the defects and actively participated in replicating the bugs and performed regression testing using Quality Center.
• Created Test Data using SQL that involves interaction between Department of Education’s interface partners.
• Wrote PL/SQL queries for backend testing.
• Created & executed Automation scripts for re-usable components using HP QuickTest Professional.
• Created automation test scripts by inserting checkpoints, parameters, output values, and use regular expressions using QTP.
• Worked with actions and handled unexpected events that occur during a test run using VB script in QTP.
• Developed Keyword Driven Automation Framework and Hybrid Framework using Descriptive Programming via QuickTest Professional
• Conducted Regression testing after completion of System integration testing using QTP.
• Used LoadRunner to create Vuser Scripts using VuGen, used Controller to generate and executed LoadRunner scenarios.
• Involved in Capacity Planning for load testing various web services using HP Load Runner.
• Conducted Load testing to generate the load on the server by creating Vuser scripts in LoadRunner.
• Performed Integration Readiness Test (IRT) to validate all web interfaces for the system module this included Web services to external systems like Foundation Systems, National pricing system.
• Involved in Integration testing; and user acceptance testing (UAT).

Environment: QuickTest Pro, Quality Center, Windows, SQL, Oracle, Java, IBM Web-sphere, Shell Scripts, LoadRunner

Confidential, Tysons Corner, VA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing Test plan and creating test cases based on technical specifications and business requirements.
• Reviewed requirements and design walkthrough with Business analysts and developers.
• Peer-reviewed manual test cases and UFT automation scripts
• Used Confluence for accessing all Project documentation and Quality Center for reviewing Project requirements.
• Prepared Test Traceability Matrix to confirm the test coverage.
• Directed the manual testing of System modules that involved UI Based functional testing and backend testing.
• Identified Shakedown scripts for conducting entry criteria before start of Component integration testing & System integration test Phases.
• Actively involved in black box, functional, negative testing of the application.
• Extensively used Quality center for storing all Test plan documents, Test case documents and record defects.
• Interacted with developers and business Users to communicate the defects and actively participated in replicating the bugs and performed regression testing using Quality Center.
• Created Test Data using SQL that involves interaction between Department of Education’s interface partners.
• Wrote PL/SQL queries for backend testing.
• Created & executed Automation scripts for re-usable components using HP QuickTest Professional.
• Created automation test scripts by inserting checkpoints, parameters, output values, and use regular expressions using QTP.
• Worked with actions and handled unexpected events that occur during a test run using VB script in QTP.
• Developed Keyword Driven Automation Framework and Hybrid Framework using Descriptive Programming via QuickTest Professional
• Conducted Regression testing after completion of System integration testing using QTP.
• Used LoadRunner to create Vuser Scripts using VuGen, used Controller to generate and executed LoadRunner scenarios.
• Involved in Capacity Planning for load testing various web services using HP Load Runner.
• Conducted Load testing to generate the load on the server by creating Vuser scripts in LoadRunner.
• Performed Integration Readiness Test (IRT) to validate all web interfaces for the system module this included Web services to external systems like Foundation Systems, National pricing system.
• Involved in Integration testing; and user acceptance testing (UAT).

Environment: QuickTest Pro, Quality Center, Windows, SQL, Oracle, Java, IBM Web-sphere, Shell Scripts, LoadRunner