SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance analysis and Testing ( Manual / Automation) of Client Server, CRM applications in Testing, Web Applications and Mainframe applications.
• Proficient in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience in System, Integration, Functional, Regression, Database testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Extensive knowledge of QA methodology, standards and procedures such as creating and executing test plans and test scripts generation.
• Extensively worked on Mercury Tools like WinRunner, Test Director Quick Test Professional and Quality Center.
• Experience in Designing of Automation Test Scripts using Hybrid & Keyword Driven Framework in QTP.
• Expert in functional and regression testing for web services using Soap UI.
• Extensive experience in execution of test cases and defect tracking in Manual and Automation testing.
• Knowledge of object oriented design and programming languages like C, C++, Java, VB script.
• Well versed in execution of SQL queries in SQL Server and Oracle databases in order to view successful transactions of data and to validate data at back end.
• Involved in developing and executing Test strategies, Test plans, Automated Test scripts and software Deployment/Release processes.
• Excellent presentation skills backed with a proven Track record of high quality deliverables on dead line - focused projects.
• Well versed in Testing Methodologies product development cycles and processes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro (versions 9.2,9.5,10.0), Load Runner, soap UI Pro3.0, Win Runner.

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center(versions 9.2,10.0), Test Director 7.0, Rational Clear Quest, Mantis

Operating Systems: Windows XP/NT/ME/9x, UNIX

Programming Languages: Java, C, C++, .NET, COBOL, VB Script,Groovy Script, SQL, Shell Script

Web Technologies: HTML, XHTML, XML,XSL, XSLT, AJAX

Protocols: HTTP, IP, SMTP

Version Managers: Clear Case 6.0, Visual SourceSafe

Databases: Oracle 10g, SQL Server, DB2, MS Access

Database Tool: DBVisualizer, SQuirrel

Documentation Tools: MS Office Suite, MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, MI

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Job operated within a very agile environment, with daily scrum meetings; stand up meetings, burn-down charts, presentations and review.
• Attended requirements and design meetings, review and analysis of requirements and design documentation.
• As per Business specifications developed test plans, test cases to cover overall QA System Testing.
• Analyzed the Stories (Agile Methodology Requirements Documents) and Identified the Test Scenarios & Test Cases.
• Performed Functional and regression testing using Soap UI Pro.
• Identified the high-risk points and the priorities of the application.
• Wrote Test Plan, Test Cases for GUI, Functionality, Data Driven and Backend Testing as per Business specifications.
• Organized five QA resources on site and five from Offshore (India).
• Performed functional, regression and performance testing for web services using Soap UI Pro.
• Used Soap UI Pro 3.6.1to provide automated testing for the LENDER application on CREDIT Check for different bureaus
• Created and executed Test cases for Positive, Negative Testing and Field Level Validations.
• Mantis for report/track all issues and defects.
• Involved in the Maintenance of the Application and in the bug fixing of the issues.
• Interacted with End Users to obtain specific system requirements.
• Developed and executed SQL queries for backend testing.
• Interacted with application users (end-users) and performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Involved in the Production support.
• Involved in the migration process.
• Migrate the build into QA environment.

Environment: SoapUI PRO 3.6.1, Mantis, Windows XP/2003, Groovy Script, Perl scripts, XML, XML,XSL,XSLT, Java, J2EE,JSP, Adobe Acrobat, Stylus Studio XML Professional and Enterprise Suite, XML Spy, SharePoint, Oracle, SQL,DB2, DBVisualizer, SQuirrel, Tortoise SVN, Text pad, ExamDiff, MS Excel.

Confidential, NJ

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Working with client business teams to update and refine existing business requirements.
• Understanding business workflow of client in order to construct testing scenarios.
• Working with client business teams to ensure all functionality is covered with test conditions
• Creating test scripts based on business scenarios and condition
• Validating the test scripts and Execute the developed test scripts
• Creating Test cases for positive and negative scenarios for GUI, functional and system testing.
• Conducting Integration, Functional, GUI, Regression, Smoke, Database Integrity, User-Acceptance (UAT) and Performance testing.
• Manually testing the application functionality and developed Automation test scripts to perform functional and regression testing using QTP.
• Preparing automation test scripts, VB scripts, Methods and functions in Mercury QTP.
• Executing regression tests at each new build in QTP.
• Creating Load runner Scripts and executing the tests through the controller
• Creating Load test data in Load testing environment using Load Runner.
• Identifying functionality and performance issues, including: deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems, and system crashes under load.
• Performing data accuracy, data validation, and data integrity testing by querying the database using SQL Queries to check the data table on the Server.
• Tested the application on Unix/Linux Environment
• Navigating the system using UNIX commands and executing shell scripts
• Participating in daily review meetings to counter daily problems with the developers for fixing the bugs.
• Tested Webservices using SoapUI 2.0.2 and WSDL and XML Generated request XML’s for various scenarios and validated against schema.

Environment: Mercury Quick Test Professional 9.2/9.5, Mercury Quality Center 9.0 and Mercury Load Runner 8.0,XML, MS- Visual Source Safe, SQL developer, web services, Windows XP/2003 Server, UNIX, Oracle 10g, VB.net

Confidential, CA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Preparation of Test Plan, Test Strategies and Test Scripts
• Analysis and planning of framework development
• Automated the Functional Test Cases using Quick Test Professional
• Involved in analyzing and designing manual test cases.
• As a team member I was involved in writing Test plans, creating Test cases ensuring that the developed software performs as detailed by the Business Requirements.
• Involved in manual testing and Automated testing.
• Automated reusability functionality using Win runner.
• Involved in all phases of end-to-end testing which includes User Acceptance testing, Functionality testing, Regression Testing, system testing of the Application, its interfaces and Client-Server Utilities using Win runner.
• Involved in testing the application using multiple browsers.
• Involved in checking hyperlinks of the application.
• Developed SQL Queries to check the database Integrity.
• Developed Keyword Driven Framework for QTP using VB Script
• Involved in Integration testing, System testing, Regression testing and User Acceptance testing
• Responsible for validating the xml file using XML SPY based on the XSD
• Involved in testing the web and other supported client/server interfaces
• Interacted with developers and other QA Engineers to address quality problems
• Prepared pre-conditioned data for testing the application
• Reported the Defects using Test Director
• Tracked the defects found and send them to the Developer using Test Director.
• Interacted with development configuration and operation’s team to ensure the quality of software to user expectation.
• Created Virtual users and tested load on the Application using Load Runner
• Involved in performance testing and Stress Testing of the Application.
• Documented errors and implemented their resolutions.
• Submitted status reports weekly.

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Professional 9.0, XML, C#, Java, Linux, UNIX, Windows Server 2003, Mercury Tools (Win Runner, Load Runner, Test Director), Java, J2EE, Java Script, HTML, XML, Web Services, Oracle 8i (Database Server), SQL 2005, Windows NT.

Confidential, Burlington, MA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirements, design documents to understand the existing system functionality.
• Development of Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts using Test Director for new functionality that was added to the existing application as per the requirements.
• Executed the test scripts on different releases and validated the actual results against the expected results.
• Created and enhanced the test scripts in Quick Test Professional (QTP) using the built-in functions to automate Unit and Regression Testing.
• Involved in ETL data movement testing and verified source and target systems.
• Responsible for verification of data source and data integrity using SQL.
• Provided sizing estimations for various Project change requests and functional enhancements in the form of business needs tool.
• Reviewed all defects logged by team and flipped true defects to triage meeting.
• Liaise with Business Analysts and responsible to follow-up with issue log clarifications.
• Attended meetings/demos to understand enhancements implementation.
• Responsible for preparation and reporting execution status for each release.

Environment: VB.NET, Oracle, QTP, Test Director, Quality Center, Windows XP.

Confidential, Denver, CO

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix to relate High Level requirements to Test cases.
• Involved in Test Case Preparation and Test Case Execution Manually.
• Responsible for Work Allocation and Reviewing of Test Cases Designed & Test Execution Results reported by QA Engineers.
• Determined the Entry and Exit Criteria for different phases in testing cycle of the system.
• Identify the PowerOn Functionalities can be automated using QTP.
• Performed GUI, Functionality, Integration and Regression testing using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Designing of Automation Test Scripts using Hybrid Driven Framework in QTP.
• Developed Automation Scripts and Functions using Vb Scripting in QTP.
• Managed objects in Object repository, Parameterized tests in Global and Local Data Tables.
• Descriptive Programming is used to design the application independent functions.
• Set up the Test Environment using the latest Builds delivered by PowerOn Team.
• Involved in preparation of Test Data used to test the latest PowerOn Builds delivered.
• Database Validation (SQL) to check the updated data in the Database using Toad (Data Query Tool).
• Testing and Reporting the Bugs in latest PowerOn product releases and Performed the Root Cause Analysis for the Defects raised in PowerOn.
• Successfully implemented Mercury Quality Center for Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution, Requirement Mapping with Test Cases and migrating of Data from one version of Quality Center.
• Successfully implemented change request and Defect Tracking.
• Regularly interacted with the Development Team to communicate issues andsimulate the Defects.
• Generated Weekly Reports, Defect Reports & Dashboards and Customized Summary Reports.
• Participated in Project Meetings & Conducting Knowledge Sharing Sessions and Training to End Users.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing on behalf of End Users at client’s environment.

Environment: HP QTP 8.2, HP Test Director, .Net, Java/J2EE, VB Script, PL/SQL, Toad, MS Office, Unix, Oracle 9i/10g, Windows 2000, XP.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Developed and Maintained the Centralized Object Repository using QTP.
• Developed driver script to run the QTP scripts in a batch mode.
• Developed automated scripts for testing the functionality and navigation of the application using QTP.
• Expertise in creating Data Driven and parameterized automated test scripts using QTP and VB Scripts.
• Prepared business test case analysis and categorized into business functions.
• Prepared Traceability matrix for test coverage.
• Implemented logging functionality for the keyword driven framework using QTP
• Gather statistics from the test team and send the reports to Off-shore/On-Site management.
• Developed data-driven scripts for the data driven functionality in the application.
• Reviewed automation scripts are in line with the standards and comments are fixed.
• Implemented methods for error handling techniques and validation techniques.
• Implemented Regular expression feature in the Object Repository using QTP.
• Executed manual and automated test cases/scripts and verified results with expected results
• Performed testing the data, which is entered in the application and checking it in SQL server database
• Extensively used Test Director to track the defects
• Responsible for creating test metrics and maintaining defects, created the coverage matrix for test cases
• Escalated and communicated critical defects and quality issues to design and development teams
• Worked with UNIX servers for verifying all services
• Worked with Shell Scripting.

Environment: Java/J2EE, HTML, VBScript, Java script, VB, SQL Server 2005, Mercury Test Director, QTP 8.0, UNIX.