SUMMARY

• A result oriented Senior QA Engineer with over 7 years of diversified IT experience in Quality Assurance. Highly skilled in Manual and Automation Testing of software applications across multiple technologies and platforms
• Experience in all phases of life cycle, including requirement gathering, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling, testing, defect tracking, management and reporting
• Hands on experience in various SDLC methodologies like Agile(Scrum Model), Waterfall, V - Model and Prototype
• Excellent Documentation Management and creative skills in writing Test Plan, executing Test cases, Test Scripts using QTP, Test Requirements, Test Case Matrix and Defect Reporting
• Expertise and experience in performing different kinds of testing like GUI, Functionality, Unit, Integration, Regression, Usability, Compatibility, Installation, System and User Acceptance (UAT) of Web and Client/Server Applications
• Proficient in using tools Quick Test Pro, Quality Center, Test Complete, Jira and Bugzilla
• Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL, batch files and Shell scripts
• Web services testing using SoapUI and JMeter
• Perform internal QA audits, Metrics collection, Template & document preparation etc.
• Lead a QA team comprising of manual/automation testers
• Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements
• Good experience in preparation of test bed, Installation testing, Replication of defects and Generation of bug reports
• Knowledge of Software Quality Assurance and ISO, CMM standards
• Proven ability to work on an onsite-offshore model
• Self-Starter and ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP Quick Test Professional, SoapUI, Test Complete

Test Management and Defect Tracking Tools: HP Quality Center, Jira, Bugzilla, RQM and Quix PCT

Configuration Management: Win CVS, Tortoise CVS, Subversion, VersionOne

Scripting Languages: VBScript, Shell Script, Batch files, ASP.NET and HTML

Databases: SQL server, MS Access, PL/SQL

Operating System: Windows 9X/2K/NT/XP/Vista/7, UNIX, Linux

Other Tools: Lotus Notes, HP Data protector, VMware ESX, Beyond Compare

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Work with software developers on the design and specification of features of the application.
• Testing involves Data base, Cross Commit XML validations through Data base logs and Valuation service XML logs validations, UI Validations and Functionality testing.
• Analyze Business Requirement, SR’s, and participating in the document inspection
• Involved in preparing master Test plan and Test Scenarios
• Responsible for preparing Test case Spread sheet, Test Cases, setting up the Environment, executing the test cases and document the results in Quality Center
• Executed the QTP test scripts for each build for Functional and Regression Testing
• Involved in Test Bed Setup to create customer environment for testing the application. This involves setup of ESX server, VMware Vcenter server, VM’s
• Testing home online Web Services using SoapUI and JMeter
• Extensively involved in preparing test cases, test conditions and test scripts for manual testing
• Responsible to resolve the issue by talking to Developers, Business Analysts and Client
• Responsible to report the defect to Developer, QA Manager, Development manager and log the defects in Quality Center
• Updating the QA Sprint tasks using Version One
• Retest the same functionality after the fix and make sure that everything is working fine
• Involved in user acceptance test plan. Provided UAT test cases for the client to verify before deploying the application into production
• Provide any related test data to interface and prepare the test data by inputting in the GUI For testing the CR
• Executed the SQL queries for backend validations
• Responsible for Regression testing to make sure that application is working fine because of the changes to the new code/enhancement
• Responsible to prepare all the Quality Assurance Documents and upload in Share point and Quality Center

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, SQL Server, Version One, XML, SoapUI, JMeter, WindowsNT, Java, Servlets, Ejb, XML, XSL, JavaScript, HTTP, IE

Confidential, New York

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manual testing of the web application
• Review Test Plan and creating test schedule for the new releases
• Writing Test cases for the new features added and review of the Test cases
• Logging and Tracking the defects in QC to closure
• Sending daily reports on the status of review, testing and defects logged
• Leading and Coordinating with team members for any clarifications on the new features and arranging onsite calls

Environment: HP Quality Center, Lotus Notes, Excel, Jira

Confidential

Systems / Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manual testing of few features of web application developed in .Net2.0
• Have automated few features of testing using Quick Test Professional(QTP) with VBScript
• Writing Test Plan and creating test schedule for the new releases
• Writing Test cases for the new features added and doing a thorough review of the Test Plan and Test cases
• Preparing the test bed by deploying the system in QA server by doing checkout from Tortoise CVS
• Logging and Tracking the defects in Quix PCT
• Sending daily reports on the status of review, testing and defects logged
• Maintaining Infrastructure servers by applying patches and maintaining server security and operations by running antivirus tools

Environment: VMware Workstation, Quix PCT, Tortoise CVS, QTP, MS SQL server, Windows 2003 OS

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Image Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Test Pre-Install Image to work only on various HP Proliant Servers like 100 and 300 series of servers in DL and ML series
• Image testing on Dual core and Single Core CPUs
• Create and maintain checklists for testing and check-in in CVS
• Binary comparison on Images using Beyond Compare utility
• Download latest firmware and update System and SCSI/RAID controller
• Test Windows and Linux images with various hardware components like SCSI/SAS/SATA/RAID controllers with and without hardware raid settings
• Test HP BIOS-Locked CDs on HP and Non-HP Hardware

Environment: HP Proliant Server series, CVS, VMware, RQM tool, Beyond Compare and HP Data Protector