SUMMARY

• Over 9 years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Client/Server and Java Web based applications testing.
• Excellent experience in testing applications belonging to different domains Telecom, Financial, Health and Banking applications.
• Excellent professional ability to work independently and as a team member to perform Manual, Automation and Functional Testing using Mercury Interactive Test suite Quick Test Pro, Quality Center.
• Experience in drafting Test plans, Test Cases and designing Test Strategies. Developing and maintaining automated test scripts, analyzing errors and applications.
• Having around 9 years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Assurance of Telecom, Financial Health and Banking applications.
• Proficient in writing, reviewing and execution of test case scenarios.
• Experienced in both Automated and Manual Testing.
• Experience in developing Test plans, defining Test Cases, designing Test Strategies, developing and maintaining automated test scripts, analyzing errors and applications.
• Created more than 1000 test plans.
• Extensive experience in black box, functional, integration, regression, system, UAT and performance testing.
• Expertise in developing and maintaining overall testing methodology and strategy documenting.
• Knowledge on ISO, CMM and Six Sigma Standards.
• Proficient in Object Oriented Programming Technology.
• Extensive experience in black box, white box testing, functional, integration, regression, system testing, UAT and performance testing.
• Strong Experience in Quality Assurance, Automated testing using Mercury Interactive Test suite (Quick Test Pro, Quality Center), Back End Testing (Database Testing), Regression testing.
• Experienced in authoring test specifications, test plans and test cases for web - based (Internet / intranet), client-server and stand alone applications, as well as database implementations.
• Experience in requirement gathering, analyzing, test planning, test case development and conversion of manual test cases to automation scripts.
• Experience in Test planning and Development of test cases and scenarios for automation.
• Experience in industry standard testing process and methodologies.
• Extensive experience in Black Box Testing with manual and automation using tools like Quick Test Professional.
• Experience in Leading and Handling the Offshore QA Team from onsite.
• Quick learner and excellent team player, ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Experience in Test management tool Test Director (Quality Center).
• Experience in Agile methodology.
• Extensively worked on web services Testing (SOAP, XML, WSDL, XSL and XSD).
• Experience in risk analysis, preparation of RTM & prioritize test case.
• Experience in using software development, software-testing methodologies and verifications to ensure the software quality control and meeting the demands set by stakeholders.
• Experience in version control and configuration management tools like rational clear case.
• Participated in Walkthroughs and defect report meetings periodically.
• Experience in analyzing and documenting the simple & complex business processes in traditional waterfall, Agile Scrum development environments.
• Experience in using telecom TL 9000(Quality management standard for the telecom sector).
• Experience in smoke testing.
• Experience in testing applications based on java technologies.
• Experience in Data Base testing using TOAD and SQL-Developer for Oracle and DB2.
• Experience in writing and testing Queries, Views, Triggers and Stored Procedures in Oracle and SQL Server.
• Experience in Defect Tracking, Report generation and requirement tracking throughout the test life cycle using Quality Center, Remedy and Bugzilla.
• Experience in performing different kinds of testing like Functional Testing, GUI Testing, Backend Testing, Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing and Regression Testing.
• Experience in working with Data Driven and Keyword Driven Testing frameworks.
• Experience in testing of application in Power Builder, JAVA, J2EE, VB and .NET architectures.
• Having knowledge in SOA and Web services testing.
• Excellent problem solving skills with a strong technical background.
• Experienced in working with business analysts, development groups in analyzing business specifications and in Working with other testers to resolve technical and end-user issues.
• Excellent understanding of documentation in testing environment.
• Good Communication, hardworking with a quest and zeal to learn new technologies and undertake challenging tasks, result oriented, commitment, interpersonal skills and strong team player with proficiency at time management, multitasking, able to meet deadlines and handle changing priorities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Unix, Linux, MS Windows

Languages: C, C++, Java, SQL, VB script

RDBMS: SQL Server, Oracle 9i/10g, DB2, Sybase

Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional 10.0, Wil Test, Rational Robo

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center 10.0, Clear Quest, BugZilla, Remedy

Web Technologies: VB Script, HTML, DHTML, XML, Agile/scrum Process.

Tools: Visual Basic 5.0/6.1/7.0, TOAD, Perforce

Web Servers: Web Logic, Apache. JBoss

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Alpharetta

Senior Software Verification and Test Engineer

Environment: LINUX, Oracle, Jira, Unix, Java, SONET, SDH,OTN, DWDM, Switching and Optical

Responsibilities:

• Performed Sanity testing, System Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing for the on-time releases of 6.0, 6.1,6.2 and 7.0 versions of delivering for the versions of Confidential Network Planning, Design & Simulation.
• Collaborated with requirements of PLM and development team to achieve exhaustive test coverage of the product.
• Involved in Business decision processing.
• Performed GUI testing.
• Prepared and executed test cases for the Live Network Import, Failure/Recovery simulation, Capacity Planning, Mesh Delay Analysis, Mesh Survivability Assistant and Path Finder.
• Preparing and documenting the test conditions and test cases.
• Analyzed the Test cases and prepared of Test Scripts.
• Responsible for execution of test cases.
• Involved in generation of test scripts for regression testing.
• Participated in review meetings.
• Followed escalation procedures of defect inception to defect closure.
• Actively attended meetings with fellow testers and other groups to evaluate the progress and performance of the application.

Confidential, Milpitas

Software Test Engineer

Environment: Quick Test Pro, Quality Center, Bugzilla, Java, Unix, Oracle, Windows, Layer 2Ethernet switches and Catalyst 4500 series.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirements gathering, reviewing and analyzing documentation.
• Created test cases, scenarios, and procedures using HP Quality Center.
• Performed client/server testing.
• Performed smoke testing.
• Performed System Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing for Cisco Network Assistant.
• Participated in review meetings.
• Prepared and executed test cases for the DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection and IP Source Guard for Catalyst 4K.
• Preparing and documenting the test conditions and test cases.
• Involved in generation of test scripts for regression testing.
• Developed, maintained and continually improved test plans, test cases and test matrixes.
• Followed agile methodology.
• Followed escalation procedures of defect inception to defect closure.
• Actively attend meetings with fellow testers and other groups to evaluate the progress and performance of the application.
• Actively involved in testing of the bug fix releases.
• Used Bugzilla for logging bugs and defect tracking.
• Identified, verified, reported, and regressed bugs using Bugzilla.
• Performed availability, regression, integration and automated tests of both server and client products.

Confidential

QA Member Technical

Environment: Wil test, Power Builder, UNIX, Sybase and C

Responsibilities:

• Performed Integration, Functional, Regression and GUI Testing for 21 releases of Gloss.
• Assisted the QA Manager in Designing and developing QA Test strategy and defining the test objectives.
• Participated in reviews for the functional and business updates to the product.
• Participated in gathering all business and functional requirements to develop test plan and test cases for manual, strategies and scenarios for automation testing.
• Involved in developing Test Plan and scenarios for the automation from the business and functional requirements.
• Documented results and detailed defect descriptions and followed up the issues to resolve.
• Followed Agile methodology and scrum meetings.
• Participated in meetings and testing at clients place London, United Kingdom.
• Involved in reviewing Functional Specification and Test Requirements.
• Created test cases based upon the Functional Specification and Test requirements.
• Created about 600 test plans and performed Manual Testing, Integration testing, GUI testing, Regression testing and system testing.
• Manually performed Backend testing by executing SQL queries.
• Executed Regression Testing using Wil Test.
• Interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Played a pro-active role in status meetings and design walk through
• Investigated software bugs, monitor and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues using Remedy.
• Worked in multiple environments at the same time.
• Performed backend testing and documented the results.

Confidential

Software Test Enginner

Environment: Win Runner 7.6, Test Director 7.6, UNIX, Oracle 9i and Java

Responsibilities:

• Performed Integration testing and Functional testing.
• Involved in reviewing Functional Specification and Test Requirements.
• Created test cases based upon the Functional Specification and Test requirements for the modules Employee time sheet entry and Employee Training registration.
• Manually performed Backend testing by executing SQL queries.
• Developed test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
• Performed Integration, System, and Functional testing as per requirements.
• Performed screen Navigation Test to ensure that the links are established as per the documentation provided.
• Involved in the conversation of Manual regression test cases to Automation Test Cases.
• Execution of automation test scripts in batches using Win Runner.
• Bugs reporting and Defect Tracking using Test Director.
• Executed Regression Testing using Win Runner.
• Interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Played a pro-active role in status meetings and design walk through
• Investigated software bugs, monitor and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues using Test Director.
• Utilized process-based test management system Test Director for organizing test requirement's documents and test plans.
• Automated the test scripts for the GUI, Functional and Regression testing using Win Runner.
• Developed Automation test scripts for Verifying the functionality and GUI of the application using Win Runner.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Environment: Manual testing, Win Runner, Test Director, XML, Java Script, Apache Web Server, JBoss, Java, Oracle, Unix, Linux, Solaris (Production), Win NT, Win 2000

Responsibilities:

• Performed Integration testing and Functional testing.
• Participated in discussions for the Test Plan, Test cases creation.
• Involved in extensive manual testing before switching over to the automation phase.
• Verified the functional aspect as per the Business Process and validated the interfaces with the other systems.
• Involved in the client Conference calls and updated test cases are per the new enhancements.
• Involved in preparing, updating and executing the test cases
• Experience in GUI Testing.
• Worked with the SQL statements to extract data from Oracle tables and verify the output data of the reports on the browser page
• Involved in Back-End testing by writing complex SQL queries and tested the database for values entered from front end, field size, constraints, triggers and stored procedures etc.
• Reported the status to the client.
• Involved in reviewing Functional Specification and Test Requirements.
• Created test cases based upon the Functional Specification and Test requirements
• Manually performed Backend testing by executing SQL queries.
• Executed Regression Testing using Win Runner.
• Interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Played a pro-active role in status meetings and design walk through
• Investigated software bugs, monitor and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues using Test Director.

Confidential

Software Test Engineer

Environment: JSP, EJB, HTML, XML and JavaScript, Web logic, Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test Cases depends on Use cases
• Analyzed business and system requirements and developed detailed Test Plans, Test Cases and Traceability Metrics for System Testing.
• Participated in GUI testing and Web based testing.
• Documented test cases, test scripts, and expected results.
• Queried the Oracle Database to validate the SQL procedures.
• Execution of Test cases through Manual Testing.
• Conducted various types of testing like Functionality, GUI and regression testing
• Implemented Requirement Traceability Matrix by mapping requirements to test cases
• Manually test for the functionality of the application from the defined test cases.
• Execution of automated regression tests on a day-to-day basis.
• Validated the correctness and completeness of data from the master database by executing SQL queries.

Confidential

Junior Software Test Engineer

Environment: Java, EJB, HTML, XML and Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test Cases based on Business Specification.
• Participated in Web based testing.
• Documented test cases, test results and expected results in excel.
• Execution of Test cases using Manual Testing.
• Involved in Functionality, GUI and web testing.
• Performed Functional Testing based on the functional requirements and product specifications of the application.
• Updated Test Cases based on Change Requirements.
• Prepared Bug Report Using Ms-Excel.