OBJECTIVE

• To align my professionalSoftware Quality assuranceskills and experience wif a progressive Organization wherein teh application of my technical, educational skills renders a significant contribution to teh company's success.

SUMMARY

• Over 7 yearsof Experience in teh IT industry wif emphasis on Quality Assurance.
• Ability inleading teh testing effortsof projects thru implementation.
• Experienced in working andmanaging testing resourcesand providing regular status updates
• Generatedandimplementedtemplates for Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Business Analysis, Gap Analysis, Test Defect Log, Test Case Checklist etc.
• Experienced in Automation of software testing process usingMercury Interactive Test suite(Win Runner, Load Runner, Quick Test Pro and Test Director) &Rational Team Test Suite(Rational Robot, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case).
• Experienced in Designing Test plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Procedures.
• Strong skills inperforming System, Acceptance, Regression, Stress, Performance, Load, Functionality, Front End and Back End Testingof Client/Server applications.
• Strong subject matter expertise in Investment/Retail banking, financial statements, cash flow, financing structures, Capital Management, Asset Data, Fixed Income, Portfolio Analysis, Stock Valuation, Capital Structures and Budgeting, Value Based management
• Strong skills inBackend Testingof theapplications by executing SQL commands.
• Expertise in testing Performance, Load and Stress for Web andClient/Server Applications.
• Expert wifWeb and Application Servers.
• Involved as part of automation team using Selenium 0.6 and developed test scripts.
• Tested teh web pages manually as well as using automated tools like Selenium for image positioning and display quality.
• Worked in different automation tools QTP, Rational Robot, Selenium, JMeter, and Neoload.
• Knowledge ofObject Oriented Software Development Methodology.
• Strong ability and Experience in writing System test plans, defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts and documenting all phases ofQA process.
• Participated in requirements analysis reviews and working sessions to understand teh requirements and system design.
• Good knowledge on HP ALM 11.00 for diverse requirements management, test management, test planning and performance testing.
• Experienced in testing database applications ofRDBMSinORACLE and SQL Server
• Experienced in estimation of test effort and coordinate test schedule wif overall project schedule.
• Strong skills in developing business basedfunctional test scenarios.
• Expertise in Problem solving andBug Tracking ReportsusingBug tracking Tools.
• Excellent understanding of theSoftware Development Life Cycleandrole of QA
• Expert inFront - end testing, System testing, Unit testing, Integration testing, Performance testing, Stress testing, Backend testing and Regression Testing of Web based andClient/Server applications.
• Excellent incommunication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in tight schedules and on different applications concurrently.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software/Tools: MS-Office, Application Lifecycle Management/ Quality Center, MS-Project, MS Visio, Jams, SharePoint, JIRA, IBM Jazz, MS SharePoint, BasecampConfluence

Bug Reporting Tools: HP Quality Center 10, ALM 11, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server- TFS 2010, Bugzilla, Test Track Pro, Microsoft Test Manager, ClearQuest JIRA

Testing Tools: Imacros 7, Fiddler, Microsoft Test Manager, TFS2008/2010, HP Quality Center, Selenium, Microsoft Test Professional, Jams, Microsoft Test Complete, QTP 10, Win RunnerLoadRunner

Web Languages: HTML, XHTML, XML, HTML5

Databases: MS SQL Server 2005/2008, MS Access TOAD/ ORACLE 9,10,11, Sybase

Network: TCP/IP, HTTP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Manual and Automated Testing of teh application. Possess extensive hands on experience in creating Test Plan and Test Cases using Mercury (HP) Quality Center based on teh system functional requirements.
• Worked in different automation tools QTP, Rational Robot, Selenium.
• Exported requirement, test cases into teh Quality Center, execute manual and automation test cases from test lab and log defects from defects module. Performed Functional Testing using Quality Center.
• Created status report using dashboard in Quality Center. Used QTP to capture, verify and replay user interactions automatically to identify defects.
• Created basic scripts from a manual test case, add verification steps to tests, manage objects in teh object repository, and customize checkpoints wif parameters and Data Table formulas.
• Maintained Traceability Matrix to track teh requirements to teh test cases to ensure complete test coverage in teh Quality Center. Editing of automated scripts by inserting logical commands to handle complicated test scenarios.
• Conducted Data Driven Test (DDT) wif teh Test Data sets and verified teh contents using QTP.
• Maintained detailed test logs and report test results in Quality Center. Communicated defects wif developers and updated comments in Quality center.
• Involved as part of automation team using Selenium 0.6 and developed test scripts.
• Generated Test Scripts using QTP by recording, programming for performing Regression Testing.
• Developed automation scripts using VB Scripting in QTP. Imported and exported data from and to Excel to and from QTP Worked extensively on tracing and debugging teh application.
• Worked wif teh SQL statements to extract data from Oracle 9i tables and verify teh output data of teh reports.
• Performed Backend testing of application to validate teh data in database using Toad, SQL Developer.
• Performed database testing for checking data integrity by executing SQL Statements and database checkpoints.
• Prepared end-end test plans and setting-up environment for end to end testing.
• Coded SQL basic and advanced queries for accessing teh database for testing purpose.
• Analyzed Defect Reports and worked closely wif Application Developers for resolving teh bugs.
• As a team member, coordinated teh documentation preparation activities and assured teh completion of tasks documentation milestones wifin teh stipulated time frames.
• Prepared Status report after execution of scripts from teh Quality center

Environment: Quick Test Pro 10.0, Quality Center 10.0, Selenium, Agile, Windows XP, VBScript, PL SQL, Toad, SQL Developer, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, MS-Office (IE 8.0, 7.0, Mozilla3.0), Web Sphere, Apache Tomcats

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. QA Analyst / Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering Business Level Requirements and reviewed manual testing methods
• Prepared Test plans which includes an introduction, various test strategies, test schedules, QA teams role, test deliverables, etc.
• Responsible for writing Test cases to cover overall quality assurance using Test Director
• Performed initial manual testing of teh application as part of sanity testing
• Planned, coordinated, and directed research and facilitated teh computer-related activities of teh firm using .Net technologies (ASP and VB), FileMaker Pro, MS SQL Server 2000 and SDLC concepts.
• Worked on Mainframe system using COBOL, DB2, SAS and Dyyl280.
• Was involved in manual testing as well as automated regression testing of any new implantations.
• Created Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Procedure, Test estimation and Test Scenarios for different phases of testing.
• Worked on Automation testing using QTP and QC. In QC worked as an admin and also presented QC reports for teh client.
• Involved in preparing test cases, overseeing UAT wif SMEs and assisting in teh development of user manuals for release.
• Gathered and analyzed teh Software Requirement Specification and User requirements.
• Created comprehensive test cases for teh different product suites and components in teh test Management tool Quality Center.
• Efficiently communicated teh testing issues wif Project Management and teh Development Team.
• Played an active role to determine teh timeframe for every enhancement of teh application during Sprint Planning.
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using QTP.
• Install and test teh application on smart phones and PDA’s.
• Create and Review teh Acceptance test cases wif teh Product management and teh Development team.
• Responsible for validation of XML messages against teh XML schema in test harness using XML Spy.
• Tracked bugs and reported issues and defects using JIRA.
• Followed teh Agile Software methodology.
• Participated in Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions involving teh user community to identify, analyze and formalize requirements
• Developed Test Strategy from teh Use Cases and teh Business Requirements, Functional Requirements development Methodology.
• Performed functional and regression testing of test scripts.
• Involved in end-to-end manual testing.
• Facilitated teh preparation of test cases and test data for UAT.
• Performed Black Box testing and conducted Functionality and Regression testing on various phases of teh Management software
• Teh tests also included GUI testing: Testing for validation and display of screens
• Created dummy accounts on our system and verified teh account generation process and date integrity
• Prepared complex queries to retrieve data for database testing
• Created and enhanced TSL scripts using Win Runner
• Created various checkpoints in teh script using Win Runner
• Created reports using Mercury Interactive Test Director
• Application and network performance testing analysis
• Developed Shell Scripts to automate loading processes
• Writing shell scripts to run batch processes and to run Oracle background\Processes
• Used SQL queries to test teh integrity of data by querying teh database
• Interacted wif teh development team to assure that all teh defects are addressed in time
• Participated in teh team meetings to discuss teh issues arising out of testing

Environment: Windows, Mainframe, DB2, Oracle Apps Finance, Quick Test Professional (QTP), Test Director, MS Office, Quality Center.

Confidential, Tampa Bay, FL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Attended Requirement Review Meetings, Walk through Meetings wif Business Analysts, Project Managers and Team leads.
• Created Test Plans and Test cases based on teh Business Requirement Documents (BRD).
• Performed teh peer review of teh test cases and take teh sign off from teh Test lead.
• Tested teh backend environment by writing teh SQL statements like SELECT, JOIN, UPDATE, INSERT and functions like MIN, MAX etc.
• Executed teh Test Cases for all teh modules and performed different transactions to check teh order flow. Test Cases were executed for both teh IVR Application as well as online system.
• Performed teh Regression Testing on Order Entry module.
• Logged teh Defects by using HP Quality center / Clear Quest. Analyzed teh Defects entered in teh HPQC and interacted wif teh Developers to fix them. Attended teh Defect assessment meetings.
• Experienced wif Agile methodology and used Scrum model for teh FAQ module. Attended daily scrum meetings to deliver teh objectives.
• Responsible in providing regular test reports, status reports to teh project stakeholders.
• Created teh RTM (requirement traceability matrix) to monitor test coverage.
• Performed Functional, Regression and System testing.
• Involved in Black Box Testing.
• Maintained teh source code using PVCS.

Environment: HP Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.5, Mainframe, Unix 7, Siebel, IVR System, PVCS, DB2, SQL Server 2005, VB Script, Java Script, HTML, XML, Jboss, MS Access.

Confidential, Miami, FL

QA Analyst / Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involve in gathered specifications and requirements fromdevelopment personnel prior to testing.
• Involved in creation ofTest Scriptsfor Automated Testing.
• Document and prepareTest Plansbased on theBusiness RequirementDocuments.
• PreparedTest Case Matrixand conductedTest Case reviewmeetings.
• Gatheredspecifications and requirementsfrom development personnel prior to System testing
• Prepared test cases for integration testing based on teh use cases and verified them.
• PerformedManual Testingon teh application and also performedAcceptance testing
• Determined test approaches for various testing strategies like Functional, System, Regression, UI, UAT, Usability testing, Alpha, Beta Testing and executed using Win Runner.
• Teh application was implementedin J2EEthrough JSP, Servlets, EJB, and XML. Deployed it onWeblogic application server.
• Reviewed test assignments, developed test plan and scripts, and conducted tests as assigned.
• PerformedManual Testingfor testing functionality and GUI.
• Ran themanual test casesand automation test scripts from Test Director
• Conductedmanual testingfor checking Functionality, Security, and Performance testing during teh various phases of teh development of teh online application.
• Involved in CompleteSDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
• Executed test scripts usingmanual testing methodology
• Assisted wif defect metrics inPVCS Tracker.
• Createdtest cases,executed them and recorded results using Test Director as teh tool.
• Defining, Presenting and DocumentingTest PlansandTest Strategiesforeach releaseof teh application.
• Ran themanual test casesand automation test scripts fromTest Director
• Developing Test plans, ExecutingTest scriptsandReporting Bugs
• Performedshell scripting in UNIXfor extracting teh test data.
• Working knowledge inUNIX shell scriptingand automation of Sessions.
• Created Scripts for teh running of various Metrics usingLoad Runnerforperformance testing.
• UsedSQL queriesfor backend testing which was residing on theUNIX
• UsingTest Directorto create teh test plan, store test cases and run teh test sets.
• Created data maps and scripts to convert data from existing test database toTest Director
• Prepare and present these findings usingMS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).
• Responsible forweekly statusto show teh Progress of teh automation testing effort.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Servlets,XML, VBScript, Mercury (Win Runner, Load Runner, Test Director, Quality Centre), Web logic, Code Wright, Oracle, SQL,Unix, MS office, MS Project, PVCS.

Confidential, Roseville, MN

Systems QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Experienced wif Agile methodology and used Scrum model for teh entire Project.
• Attended Daily Scrum meetings wif Project Manager, Business Analysts, Developers and Other Testing Team to discuss teh updates of teh project.
• Attended walkthrough meetings wif Business Analysts and developers to discuss teh Use Cases
• Created Test Cases based on teh Use cases
• Created and Executed teh Test Cases for different backlogs in each sprint.
• Logged teh Defects by using HP Quality center. Analyzed teh Defects entered in teh HPQC and interacted wif teh Developers to fix them. Retested teh defects and closed teh defects in HPQC
• Performed Smoke, Functional, Regression, GUI and System testing.
• Wrote SQL test scripts/queries to validate teh backend.
• Worked on Version One - AGILE Tracking Management Tool

Environment: HP Quality Center (9.2, 11.0), QTP 9.5, Windows 2008, Unix, IE 8.0, Oracle 11g, Lotus Notes, MS Access, Sybase, Version One, SharePoint, WebSphere 6, PRPC 5.5 (Pega Rules Process Commander), Java, HTML, Wystar.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Regression Testing for teh Advanced Communication Service (ACS) Software component used by Confidential 's customer service representatives
• Worked in an offshore team model collaborating wif developers and management in Hyderabad, India during off hours/ non business hours to increase efficiency
• Updated, maintained and executed daily a suite of 500+ regression tests, reporting and clearing defects all in a short period of time before handing off for UAT deployment.
• Executed several automation test cases in QTP, marking checkpoints, loading data tables, etc.
• Designed and filled in use cases for test cases wif missing requirements enhancing traceability
• Used TOAD / Oracle 11 for back end data validation.
• Examined response XML scripts derived from executing SQL scripts to determine systems expected and actual behavior.
• In teh absence of requirements, heavily relied on ad hoc testing reporting defects in Quality Center 11
• Conducted thorough analysis of front end systems integrated wif back end systems, disintegrating through internal systems wif test data to locate teh trigger and nature of defect (coding, data, infrastructural)
• Worked wif a variety of hardware modems and experimental components to test teh data transmission, system's functions, system's performance and benchmark against technical specification guidelines.
• Attended meetings to ensure teh steady progress and completion of teh regression phase
• Collaborating wif UAT testing efforts, acting as a liaison, handling technical inquiries, providing knowledge transfer and signing off test cases and triaging any remaining defect

Environment: HP Quality Center 11, QTP 10, Mainframe, TOAD / Oracle 11, PVCS, DB2, SQL Server 2005, VB Script, Java Script, HTML, XML, Jboss, MS Access.