SUMMARY

• Having more than 9+ years of experience as an accomplished and talented Sr. Functional Tester in all aspects of Systems Development Life Cycle.
• Hands on experience in Software testing process which includes executing tests, record results, test reports and defect tracking.
• Extensive experience in Manual, Functional, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance, Mobile, Cross Browser, Database Testing.
• Experience in Preparation of Automated Tests using Keyword, Hybrid Framework using QTP.
• Experience in writing Test plans, defining Test cases, developing and maintaining Test scripts.
• Ability to interact with developers and Business analysts regarding Testing Status and Defect & Change Tracking using HP ALM/Quality Centre tool.
• Highly adept at designing and applying test methodologies to ensure products meet required specifications and Performance expectations.
• Highly skilled in creating and executing Test Cases and having good knowledge in QA Methodologies.
• Extensive experience in Waterfall methodology and experience in agile methodology.
• Extensive experience in Testing Web based applications.
• Experience in using Automation Tools QTP, Selenium, Quality Centre and ALM.
• Strong in Analyzing Business spec and Develop Test Plans, Test Scripts & Test Cases and Execute them.
• Experience in Software Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies.
• Interacted with developers & various members of team to discuss and resolve defects and their priorities.
• Having excellent communication skills and fast learning capabilities.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and technical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automated Tools: HP QTP

Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Centre, ALM, Bugzilla and JIRA.

Languages: C, Java, HTML, XML, SQL Server

GUI Tools: Visual Basic and Developer/2000

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Access

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000

Web Tools: VB Script, Java Script

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus - OH

Sr. QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed all Requirements Artefacts - FRDs, Use Cases, and Change Requests to gain understanding of the project. Followed waterfall methodology.
• Interacted with business client management to solicit requirements and drive issue resolution.
• Involved in Software Testing Artefacts - Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Case, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Participate in meetings with BA and Developers to understand the scope of testing.
• Performed Smoke Testing, Functional testing, and Regression testing, and end to end testing.
• Executed test cases on Administrator module, and Customer module of client based application which helps clients to maintain their PPD payments
• Performed Back End Testing and write SQL queries to retrieve relevant data using TOAD from SQL Server.
• Developed and Provide Test data matrix, Test estimates, Schedules and Run Plan for each testing phase of application.
• Involved in weekly QA staff meetings, project status meetings to update the testing process status.
• Escalated Defects while studying Project Requirements and writing Test Cases to the Team lead. Tracked, regressed, and closed defects.
• Coordinated with developers, discuss issues to take timely action.
• Completed testing and documentation as per assigned schedule. Submit weekly status reports to QA Manager.

Confidential, Melville, NY

Quality Assurance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the project kick off meeting with business analyst.
• Reviewed the Master Test plan as per the Functional specification to gain the understanding of the project.
• Responsible for client interactions and understanding the requirements.
• Provide functional expertise to the team on the Compass application.
• Created and reviewed Test cases as per the test plan. Created the test environment
• Coordinated with client for the certification testing and execute the test cases.
• Performed network, system, regression and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Coordinated with development for the defect fixes.
• Reviewed the test results. Prepared the Requirement Traceability Matrix based on the requirements.
• Signed off the testing and prepared the Test Summary Report.

Confidential, New York, NY

Automation Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As automation Tester involved in the review of Requirements documents and Functional Specification Documents and Manual test cases.
• Involved in gathering and in setting up of Test data for the developed Test Scripts from Requirements documents.
• Written and executed QTP scripts using data driven framework testing with different sets of data.
• Experience creating Object Repository and using Descriptive Programming.
• Used Recovery Scenario, Regular Expression, Web tables while creating scripts for different modules.
• Experience in Keyboard Framework, Created Functions for Application and used Functional Library.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing and Adhoc Testing on various modules.
• Wrote simple to complex SQL queries to verify the database tables for the data inserted.
• Developed Test Cases in Quality Centre and involved in the execution of Test Cases in every release.

Confidential, Hopkins, MN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in writing Test cases and responsible for executing the Test Scripts.
• Responsible for designing, developing test plans use cases and executing test scripts.
• Performed functional, Regression, and system testing.
• Interacted with Business users and Technical team in providing clear solutions to requirements.
• Involved in writing Test Plan Using Test Director.
• Involved in testing HIPAA EDI Transactions.
• Extensively used the MVS utilities like File-Aid, QMF and DB2 Load for scheduling the jobs.
• Used IBM/JCL Load utilities to LOAD the data from legacy systems to New DB2
• Used Test Director for preparing the test plans and manual test scripts.
• Used PVCS Tracker for reporting the Bugs and performed regression testing after fixing the bugs.
• Performed backend testing using SQL queries and verified data Integrity.

Confidential, Eagan, MN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Software QA Analyst on a major project for releasing an upgraded version of the current software modules to create, administer, and score tests on paper, via networks or over the internet. This product is the main system used for grading, attendance and student growth tracking in the education field.
• Filed and maintained tracking defects through Team Foundation Server.
• Analyze, document, and execute test scripts through Team Manager.
• Tested the system integration by comparing current functionality with the new software on all MS operating systems, scanning performance, mathematical accuracy, reporting, and all documentation to be included in shipping
• Lead QA Analysts in the utilization process of all testing tools and best practices.
• Reported QA progress and strategized with QA Manager.
• Participated in the weekly CCB meetings to prioritize and rank project related change requests.