SUMMARY

• Seven (7+) Years of Experience in IT with Quality Assurance and Software Testing Specialized in Web based and Client server application on both Windows and UNIX platform, seeking for a Software Test Engineer/QA Analyst position to utilize diversified skills in Database, manual and automation testing.
• Accomplished self starter with a proven track record for writing maintainable automated scripts, and providing strategic QA solutions.
• Experienced in Elaborating and Reviewing Existing Test Cases.
• Exposure with Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experienced in Performed Functional, Smoke, Sanity, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.
• Experienced in developing Descriptive programming in QTP using VB Script for functional regression testing.
• Experienced in generating QTP master scripts and called different functions and checked for different properties for the recorded objects.
• Experienced in developing Automation Framework like Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid Framework in QTP.
• Co - ordination with Business Analyst, Developers and End Users.
• Ability to prioritize and respond to changing environments.
• Proven ability to work efficiently in both independent and team environments.
• Track record for writing maintainable automated scripts, conducting test execution and thoroughly documenting the testing process and results.
• Strong communication skills, experience in Customer Interaction and interpersonal team abilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: UFT,QTP,ALM, Quality Center, Clear Quest, Clear Case, SOAPUI

Testing Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Iterative, waterfall

Defect Reporting Tools: HP ALM, Quality Center

Programming Languages: VB, Java, PL/ SQL, SQL

Scripting: VBScript, JavaScript, Shell Scripting

Databases: Oracle, MS Access, SQL Server

Web Technologies: J2EE, JDBC, EJB, HTML, XML, .Net

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows

Protocols: TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, SOAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements and worked with user to analyze the requirements for preparing the Test Plan.
• Involved in designing walkthrough with Business analysts and developers.
• Performed manual testing for functional testing and backend testing.
• Actively involved in functional, regression, system, positive, negative, GUI and UAT testing of the application
• Prepared Test Traceability Matrix to confirm the test coverage and mapped it with Test cases using Quality Center.
• Extensively used Quality Center for storing all test plan documents, Test Case documents and record defects.
• Interacted with developer and business Users to communicate the defects and actively participated in replacing the bugs and performed regression testing using Quality Center.
• Developed Custom Function, Descriptive Programming to create test scripts to performed automated test.
• Used QTP checkpoints to automatically capture and verify properties of objects on web page to verify proper functionality.
• Worked on QTP to validate links, objects, images and test on GUI interface to verify its proper functionality
• Used automated test scripts, user-defined functions to check the deferent functionalities of the application using VB Script in QTP.
• Performed test cases automation by developing a Data driven Framework using QTP.
• Involved in designing a keyword driven framework using QTP.
• Performed Automated and Manual validation of Key business flows in various environments.
• Worked closely with database engineers and architects to maintain integrity and stability of database.
• Responsible for checking new data for accuracy and removing inaccurate or corrupted data.
• Wrote basic commands in UNIX to start services, copying and reading log files.
• Responsible to upload Documents on Share Point.
• Attended Daily Defect Status Meetings and Weekly Team Status Meetings for reporting testing status and shared ideas for improved testing efforts.

Environment: HP ALM/Quality Center, UFT/QTP, Windows, VB, Oracle, UNIX, PL/SQL, VB Scripts, HTML, MS Office, XML, SQL Server.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed System Requirements and developed detailed Test Plan.
• Initially performed Manual Testing of the Application using numerous Test scripts.
• Involved in Building of Business Process Test using Business Components.
• Centralized maintenance of Business Components, BPTs and Manual Test Cases in Quality Center.
• Created the Test Sets and assigned the Test Cases to the Test Sets using Quality Center.
• Created the Requirements in the Quality Center.
• Executed Scripts through Quality Center.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using the Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center as a Version control system.
• Responsibilities involved developing SQL Scripts to perform back end tests.
• Automated of End-to-End Test Scripts using QTP/UFT.
• Tested the functionality of applications by using QTP/UFT and also automated the application for Regression testing.
• Performed Navigation testing of the application using QTP/UFT.
• Involved in documenting the process for future references.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing.
• Tested application on multiple application servers like Web Logic Application server and Web Sphere application server.

Environment: Quick Test Pro, Quality Centre, C++, Oracle, HTML, XML, UML, JAVA, UNIX (Solaris), Web Logic Application server, Web Sphere application server, MS Word, MS Excel, Windows.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities were to develop a full set of useful and easily maintainable function libraries using QTP/UFT script.
• The libraries are used in conjunction with scripts in the creation of regression test sets that thoroughly exercise a trading application.
• Developed test-scripts that adhere to the established approach of creating scripts.
• Built and maintained a MS SQL server database used as a repository for all of the test cases.
• Ran and monitored tests. Analyzed issues encountered during test cycles and report product defects and/or inconsistencies.
• Built function libraries that will enable speedy and efficient creation of new code using QTP /UFT script.
• Automated new and existing test-plans.
• Reviewed and commented on the specification documents.
• Ran and monitored sets of regression tests used in the various cycles of a products release.
• Updated, maintained and executed regression test sets used in the product assurance process of a Web based application.
• Made updates to regression test-scripts to reflect changes in the functional requirements document.
• Automation of a file creation process that involves reading, gathering and formatting data from an excel spreadsheet.
• The files produced were used to implement the preliminary testing of a file parser.
• Developed fully automated scripts to establish a set of regression test cases.
• Managed test execution and reported from Quality Center.
• Modularized many of the applications most commonly used features for ease of script maintenance and development.
• Reported product defects during regression testing cycles.
• Created user accounts and assigned permissions to these.
• Provided guidance in troubleshooting to isolate and resolve complex problems related to system hardware, software and software applications.
• Configured and installed additional nodes as necessary.

Environment: QTP, Quality Center, J2EE, Oracle, SQL Server, Office, TOAD