OBJECTIVE

• Seeking a Software QA Analyst/Tester position in a growth oriented progressive Institution where my QA experience and skills will significantly contribute to the overall success of the organization and provide opportunities for my career growth.

SUMMARY

• 5 years of professional experience in creating and running Automation scripts/tests desired.
• Expertise with various SDLC methodologies and experienced with Agile, RUP, Water fall, Prototype and V - model.
• Expertise in planning, designing, implementing, executing and evaluating tests.
• Involved in Manual and Automation testing of the applications.
• Did extensive Front-End Web Testing using QTP and Quality Center.
• Proficient in Designing Test plans, Test cases, Test Scripts and Test Procedures.
• Experienced in using Testing tools such as QuickTest Pro, Test Director and Quality Center/ALM.
• Clear understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) like Waterfall, V and Agile Methodologies.
• Extensively experienced in creating High Level Test Documents, Test Cases, Test Procedures, developing and maintaining Test scripts, analyzing bugs, interacting with team members in fixing the bugs using HP ALM/ Quality Center and TestDirector.
• Experienced in Web services testing.
• Gathered test data and written test cases for Java UI.
• Extensive hands on experience with Java applications.
• Experienced in executing test scripts and managed the defects/bugs found using ALM and Quality Center.
• Extensive experience in utilities and tools used for DB2 monitoring.
• Produced and analyzed DB2 performance reports
• Perfromed test automation scripts to do end to end Performance testing.
• Experienced in writing SQL queries for Back end testing.
• Experienced in using PL/SQL for querying Oracle databases.
• Tested Application Compatibility using Cross Bowser Testing.
• Expertise in automating test cases with QTP using VB scripts.
• Developed SQL Stored Procedures and Queries for Back end testing.
• Experience in understanding application Performance requirements.
• Experienced in using QTP to perform Functional Regression testing on both web-based and standalone software.
• Experienced in writing QTP Test Scripts using Descriptive Programming and enhanced the scripts using Parameterization, Synchronization, Correlation, Regular Expressions, Check Points, and VB Script.
• Knowledge and experience in all stages of the System Development Life Cycle.
• Experienced in developing Automation Frameworks using QTP.
• Extensively experienced in Testing Java, ASP. Net, VB.Net & Mainframe based applications.
• Used XML for web services
• Worked with off-shore team as QA Co-ordinate.
• Ability to communicate and interact with team members and customers with ease and professionalism.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: QuickTest Pro, HP UFT

Bug Tracking Tools: ALM, Quality Center, TestDirector

Languages: PL/SQL

Web languages: HTML, XML

Scripting Languages: VB script

Operating System: Windows

Microsoft Suite: MS Office

Database: SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, DB2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Washington, D.C

Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering requirement and discussed with Development team to understand and analyzed the Product Requirements thoroughly.
• Designed and developed test procedures and cases, with associated test data.
• Worked with the architecture and support groups for design and functional / non-functional test requirements.
• Automated Java based application
• Written test cases and requirements for Java WebUI.
• Defined usability requirements, and interacts with customer to refine them.
• Designed and developed testing scenarios, administers testing process, developed test-product documentation.
• Exported Test Cases using Excel add-in into ALM/Quality Center and converted them into Test Scenarios for automating in Test Plan and Test Lab module.
• Exported QTP scripts into Quality center/ALM for test Execution.
• Used ALM/Quality Center as the defect tracking tool to track, review and generate report on bugs.
• Generated Project status reports through ALM/Quality Center and Document Generator for team meetings and Management review.
• Used SQL queries to perform data base testing.
• Setup environments for DB2 connectivity through JDBC and SQLJ drivers for JAVA based applications
• Performed transfer and loading of files to DB2.
• Prepared manual test cases to test the GUI application and also to perform data testing.
• Implemented Automation process in manual testing environment using Test Suite.
• Migrated manual test cases into QuickTest Professional (QTP) for Regression testing using Web and Java add-in’s.
• Developed Functional Libraries for clean up, setting up test environments and application for Regression testing and Importing Production data for Validation using QTP.
• Tested new test cases and automated them for further loads to reduce testing effort and time using QuickTest Professional.
• Worked with Standard checkpoints, Page checkpoints, Table checkpoints in QTP while doing the functional test on the web application.
• Developed and maintained a Hybrid Framework using QTP.
• Documented the test results and prepared Test Summary report based on those results.
• Tested the application for browser compatibility using Internet Explorer (IE), Mozilla FireFox.
• Performed (UAT) User Acceptance testing exclusively in an agile environment.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Junior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering requirements and preparing High level design Documents, Test Plan reviews.
• Interacted with developers and functional team to discuss the design and testing scenarios of the application.
• Prepared the Test Bed with all the client requirements.
• Worked with QTP for automation testing of Java applications.
• Wrote SQL queries to test the application for data integrity and verified the contents of the data table.
• Developed Test Cases and Test Scripts for System and UAT Testing.
• Extensively tested Graphical User Interface (GUI) Components.
• Involved in testing of programs & functions individually to complete Black box testing phase.
• Performed GUI, Sanity, Functional, Performance, load, System, Regression, Smoke, Back-end testing.
• Installed Java add-ins for QTP for application under test.
• Summarize results in a complete performance test report.
• Created Test Cases in HP Quality Center ; mapped Test Cases to Requirements using Requirements Coverage; and Maintained test Cases, reports etc in Quality Center.
• Performed Performance testing applications using load-testing tools such as Load Runner.
• Investigated software bugs and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues using Quality Center.
• Analyzed business requirements, wrote and implemented the Test Plan, various Test cases to test various functionalities using the automated tool QTP
• Reported the bugs using Quality Center and tracked the bugs till closed.
• Responsible for performance testing strategy based on the business specification requirements and user requirements.
• Created SQL queries for backend testing and data integrity testing.
• Involved in Functional testing of the system using both manual testing and automation tool QTP.
• Performed Integration testing, system testing, load testing, Performance testing, Regression testing using QTP.
• Modified the Automated QTP Scripts for regular release screen changes and to support regular functional changes.
• Automated Data Driven Testing methodology to test the application with multiple sets of data using Quick test professional.
• Parameterized QTP scripts for using with varied, controlled test input values.
• Performed Automation of test case execution using a Keyword Driven Framework with QTP.
• Coordinated testing of software defects, enhancements, and upgrades with users and other application teams.

Confidential, Chevy Chase, MD

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements, reviewing functional specification documents against business requirement documents of reports.
• Documented Test cases corresponding to business rules and other operating conditions.
• Performed Functionality testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Database Testing and UAT.
• Performed End-to-End testing manually.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using the TestDirector.
• Monitored status using TestDirector to close the bugs/cases as and when fixed.
• Tracked bugs using Test Director and performed re-testing of the entire application once the bugs are fixed.
• Tested the backend database using SQL queries.
• Experience working with java based application.
• Inserted Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using HP Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Participated in User Acceptance Test (UAT), Documented procedures and guiding the users in verifying various transactions on the System.
• Prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases.
• Made extensive use of MS Office tools to create and maintain documents such as test plans, test execution and test results documents.
• Worked on the build management and release management for the product release.
• Involved in coordinating project testing tasks from initiation to deployment and maintenance.
• Generated Weekly Status Reports to the team manager & participated in weekly status meeting with Team members, Team managers, Business Analysts & Technical Team participating in Project review meetings.