SUMMARY

• 7 years and 6 months of work experience in requirements gathering, analysis, testing and maintenance of web based, e - commerce, .NET based and client/server based applications.
• Managed and performed User Acceptance Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing and Regression Testing.
• Well versed in White Box, Black Box and Functional testing methodologies.
• Good knowledge and expertise in the usage of latest Test Automation tools in the market like Quick Test Pro, WinRunner and QARunner.
• Good at the descriptive programming approach of QTP which is one of QTP’s advanced concepts used in handling dyanamic objects.
• Strong in the Open Test Architecture ( OTA model ) of Quality Center which is one good feature of the tool for invoking and using it in non-gui mode.
• Conversant with the ability to integrate Quick Test Pro with Quality Center and run automated test scripts stored in QC by invoking QTP in the background.
• Expert in scheduling VBScripts in windows scheduler that trigger stored jobs in Quality Center at desired times.
• Hands-on expertise working in an Agile environment with sprint cycles spanning over 2 to 4 weeks.Worked as a Scrum Master aiding my team in overcome impediments and achieve velocity.
• Good at Webservices testing using QTP tool.
• Hands on expertise in the usage of performance testing tools like LoadRunner and in-depth knowledge in analysing the stress behaviour of the system using LoadRunner results.
• Strong Oracle development experience mainly creating Stored Procedures, packages, functions, triggers and cursors for batch loading of data using PL/SQL.
• Knowledgeable in Telecommunications and Banking concepts.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent analytical & problem solving skills possessing the ability to effectively communicate with higher management and stake holders.
• Willing to relocate & work in a challenging work environment and serve by giving the best of self.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools: Quick Test Professional 9.5, Quality Center, WinRunner, LoadRunner, QARunner, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, SQL*Plus, MS

Programming Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, VBscript, Core Java

Databases: Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, CA

QTP Test Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of a Test Automation Lead for a team of four members.
• Our team’s sole responsibility is to strive and achieve end to end automation of the testing of the Bill Pay Front End Application from both Wachovia and Confidential perspective. QTP tool was used for the same.
• Added value to the team’s testing efforts by putting forth the idea of integrating QTP with Quality Center - a test management tool.
• In practice, we invoke QTP through Quality Center by installing required add-ins. Automated test scripts are stored in Quality Center server and run by invoking QTP in the background. Once the test scripts are run, the results are stored back in Quality Center tool. In this way we achieved accountability for test performed on every migrated customer from Wachovia to Confidential .
• Conversant with Open Test Architecture (OTA) model of Quality Center which handles data retrieval in and out of QC database using vb scripting.
• Adept in Descriptive Programming approach of QTP whereby dynamic objects in the application are handled through scripting rather than the traditional object repository approach.
• Created test summary and defect reports out of Quality Center in order to provide a snapshot of testing to the clients. This helped in identifying the scenarios that needed immediate attention.
• Testing involved an equal amount of back-end database testing. Expertise in Oracle Pl/Sql helped me in developing queries to validate tables for accurate data population.
• Conversant with establishing Oracle Db connection using Vb scripting where-in sql queries can be embed in vbscript and executed against Oracle Database.

Confidential, Grapevine, TX

QTP Test Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of a Test Automation Lead for a test automation team of five members.
• Our team was started with the objective to aid the manual system integration testing team by automating most of their regression test scenarios.
• Our sole responsibility was to strive and achieve end to end automation of order creation till submission with zero manual intervention in between. We made use of QTP tool for automation.
• Strived for value addition to the team’s testing efforts by putting forth the idea of integrating QTP with Quality Center - a test management tool. This proposal was accepted and given a go-ahead.
• Basically, we invoke QTP through Quality Center by installing required add-ins. Automated test scripts are stored in Quality Center server and run by invoking QTP in the background. Once the test script is run, the results (Order Numbers) are stored back in Quality Center tool. In this way we achieved accountability for each order placed in Cofee.
• Conversant with Open Test Architecture (OTA) model of Quality Center which eliminates the need of gui and handles data retrieval in and out of QC database using scripting techniques.
• Strong in Descriptive Programming approach in QTP whereby dynamic objects in the application are handled though scripting rather than the traditional object repository approach.
• Created test summary and defect reports out of Quality Center in order to provide a snapshot of testing to the clients. This helped in identifying the scenarios that needed immediate attention.
• Organized a seminar on vbscripting and QTP basics for the benefit of the entire team.
• Created many usable tools using vbscripting to aid the team in their testing efforts. Have scheduled many such vbscripts using windows scheduler to be run beyond office hours.
• Involved in recruitment of my team members.

Confidential, Irving, TX

QTP Lead

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of a QA Lead for a UAT team of five members.
• Requirements gathering and formulation of test strategy by direct interaction with clients was one of my sole responsibilities.
• Formulated the Testing workflow for the initiatives using Microsoft Visio.
• Used my expertise in Unified Modeling Language-UML in building the artifacts for the testing initiatives that I undertook.
• Strived for value addition to the team’s testing efforts. I put forth the idea of using Quality Center tool for effective test management which was welcomed by my client manager.
• Successfully managed the testing efforts for three initiatives using the Quality Center tool for which I received appreciations from my Client manager in the form of emails and gift cards.
• Well versed in invoking QTP through Quality Center tool. I have put this functionality of Quality Center to best use in one of my testing project. QTP is added as a plug-in to QC and automated tests scripts are run in QTP and results of the same are recorded in QC.
• Performed Quality Center administration as well, setting up users and user groups with the required access privileges.
• Created requirements and test plans within QC to aid the team.
• Review test cases and test scripts written by the team both in Quality Center and QTP and suggest ways of improvement.
• Creating test summary reports and defect reports out of Quality Center on a regular basis so as to provide a snapshot of testing to the clients.
• Managed the testing documents and deliverables using MS Sharepoint.
• Organized a seminar on the usage of Quality Center for the benefit of our UAT group.
• Call handling, offshore status updates, hosting meetings and discussions with clients were some of my day to day activities that I performed with ease.

Confidential

Test Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

• As a Test Automation Lead, I managed a team of 7 members in testing the Expedio Order Management and the Billing of Materials application.
• Performed a feasibility analysis on the apt testing automation tool to be used. I chose QTP as it seemed very efficient with the application in hand.
• Created automation test suites using QTP.
• Good at recording and playback of scripts in QTP.
• Expert in designing apt checkpoints within QTP which is very much essential in catching minor bugs which may otherwise be missed as a part of manual testing.
• Performed parameterized tests using QTP.
• Performed tests with Regular expressions.
• Well versed in creating tests with multiple actions in QTP.
• Reported defects out of QTP using Test Director.
• Generated detailed reports of the Bugs, Pass-Fail report and comparison chart out of Test Director.
• Organized Centre level Knowledge Transitions and Demos on the usage of QTP tool.

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Started my role as a Test Analyst, performing manual testing of this ticketing system.
• Automated the testing process out of my own interest using the QaRunner tool.
• This gave me good recognition among the clients. On evaluating this cost effective and efficient approach of using a tool, the clients funded the creation of a Test Automation team within British Telecom and I was made a part of the team.
• WinRunner tool was used for automation of the FMS.
• Created automation test scripts using WinRunner.
• Hands on experience in recording and playback of scripts in WinRunner.
• Expertise in creating checkpoints in WinRunner.
• Mastery in the Mercury Interactive’s Test Script Language - TSL which WinRunner generates. Have tailored scripts using TSL based on the application needs.
• Reported defects out of WinRunner using Microsoft Excel.

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Role of a QA tester in carrying out Performance Testing of the POS application.
• Created and executed load tests against the application by using the Load Runner.
• Used Load Runner tool in emulating multiple virtual users.
• Analysis of stress behavior of the application using Virtual User Generator and Controller components of Load Runner.
• Reports/graphs generation and analysis of the behavior of the system under load.
• Worked on an offshore/onsite model coordinating deliverables with the onsite counterparts.

Confidential

Software Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed the role of a QA tester, testing the PPSR application manually.
• Performed GUI, System, integration & Smoke testing.
• Performed testing of database by writing PL/SQL queries in SQL Navigator.
• Developed test cases from understanding Business and Technical specifications.
• Written robust test cases that helped in tracking down critical errors with respect to business functionality that would have otherwise proved detrimental during implementation.
• Creation of RTM - Requirement Traceability Matrices that help in tracking the coverage of requirements.
• Preparation of test data to test both the positive and the negative test cases.
• Defect tracking and analysis using Microsoft Excel.