SUMMARY

• A resourceful and dynamic Quality Analyst with over 7 years of software testing and quality assurance of diverse client - server, web based applications in Financial, Healthcare, and Banking domains with strong proficiency in performing Manual and Automation testing.
• Over 3 years of experience in testing mobile applications on different iOS and android devices with varied operating systems
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and the Role of QA in different testing methodologies like Agile, Scrum and Waterfall.
• Strong experience in all levels of Testing such as Positive testing, Negative testing, Integration Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Black box testing, Cross Browser testing and smoke testing.
• Extensive experience in analyzing business requirements and specifications, development and execution of Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases.
• Testing of Client/Server, Web based applications using testing tools like Quality Center / ALM, Team Foundation Server
• Good automation testing experience using Selenium IDE, Selenium WebDriver and QTP
• Experience in validating request and response XML files from Web Services.
• Experience in writing queries and SQL scripts to perform back end testing with various relational databases like Oracle, SQL Server and DB2
• Knowledge of iOS and Android SDKs
• Involved in writing, updating and maintaining the test plan, test cases, and documents for various stages of Testing for reference and auditing purpose.
• Proficient in designing, reviewing and documenting system test plans, defining test procedures and creating test cases on the basis of product release features, client’s requirements and related technical documents
• Lead a team from the initial steps of requirement and use case analysis, test planning, writing test scripts, execution, defect tracking, defect retesting and eventually to full regression
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Proven ability to work efficiently in both independent and team work environments
• Good experience in documenting and tracking requirements, test cases.
• Excellent Organization, Analytical and Problem Solving skills and ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Effective leadership skills with good written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated with result oriented approach. Committed collaborator and team leader, Team player with an excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills, and ability to work well with a diverse team as well as ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Results oriented, with an ability to work with aggressive timelines and deliverables and to see any assignment to successful completion within the established project schedule.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP ALM / Quality Center 10.0 /11.0, HP Sprinter, JIRA, HP Quick Test Pro 9.5/9.2, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Selenium (IDE / Web Driver)

Mobile Devices: IPHONE, IPAD, Android, Blackberry, Windows

Platforms: UNIX/Linux, Mac OS, IOS, Windows 98/2000/XP

Languages: SQL, C, VB Scripting, .Net, PL/SQL, XML

Database Technologies: Oracle 11i, MS-SQL Server 2000, MS-Access

Others: Confluence, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project Visio, Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Florham Park, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gather and Analyze Business, Functional requirement Specification to identify all requirements
• Conduct walk-through and demos for the business user.
• Coordinate daily Functional/UAT test status & defect status meetings with business users, QA analysts, software developers and release/environment management team members.
• Brief technology management group on weekly basis about the status of the project.
• Conduct the defect status and triage meetings.
• Gather and analyze test data and results to produce, update and maintain various QA artifacts, metrics & reports.
• Formulate, design and develop Test Approach and Test Plan documents.
• Create and execute detail manual test cases to test various modules & interfaces related to Client Server & Web based Confidential applications.
• Perform regression testing on existing production builds to ensure backward compatibility
• Execute the smoke test upon daily environment availability through automation test sets
• Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and assign to the appropriate development teams for resolution.

Environment: HP ALM 11.52, HP UFT / QTP, .Net, Mainframes

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

QA Lead/ Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it by using Selenium web driver
• Performed Manual Black Box Testing of the Trade Works International Product Trading Application
• Automated regression test cases using Java. Responsible in executing Selenium test scripts on different browsers and checked for compatibility.
• Performed GUI functional and sanity testing manually for each new build of the application
• Executed test cases to compare the actual result with expected results in accordance with business, technical and functional specs of the application
• Worked on SWIFT messages like MT700, MT103, MT202, MT202
• Test the transaction field mapping created electronically through message injection.
• Validation of XML files sent over to the financial interface for transaction processing.
• Involved intestingthe manual creation of transactions like Funds Transfer and Standing Order.
• Responsible for thorough testing of browser and platform compatibility issues
• Create test plan, test suits and test cases
• Designed 20+ Sanity Test Script UsingSeleniumIDE & WEBDRIVER.
• Developed and Maintained Java Framework using Cucumber for UI and DB verification
• Worked on creating modularized test cases
• Automated the Batch Job monitoring process using Cucumber with Java
• Report defects using HP ALM 11.0 and HP Sprinter extension
• Co-ordinate interaction between on-site developers and the offshore testing team
• Interacted with developers to explain and resolve defects in a timely manner
• Worked on creating status reports using Dashboard and Analysis views in HP ALM for defect reports, execution progress reports, test case creation progress reports
• Ensure test data is properly identified, setup and availability of stub before execution of a test.
• Worked on migrating test scripts from HP QTP to Selenium.
• Involved in Release Activities -- testing a web site during a release.
• Validate bugs fixed in new releases
• Involved in release post mortem meetings

Environment: HP ALM 11.0, HP QTP, Selenium, Cucumber, Oracle 11g, HP Sprinter, XML, IBM FILENET.

Confidential, Hopewell, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team for the redesign project of the Confidential and Merrill Edge IPHONE application
• Testing expertise in Confidential and Merrill Edge mobile apps on the different OS versions on IPHONE, IPAD, Android and Blackberry
• Use Quality Center 10/ 11(ALM) to manage bugs.
• Used Quality Center to organize and manage all phases of the software testing process, including planning tests, executing tests, and tracking defects.
• Expertise in testing various ML GWIM modules including Trade (Stocks, Options, Mutual Funds), Transfers, Bill Payment, Check Deposits, Alerts etc
• Delegate daily tasks to onshore & offshore resources.
• Coordinate with data management team to provide test data for testers in various testing environment
• Wrote and Executed SQL queries to retrieve data.
• Analyze Business Requirements, use cases, screen shots and Software requirement specification documents to prepare test cases
• Involved in creating QTP regression scripts using VB scripting and performed regression testing of the web application.
• Communicate with development team to resolve defects as needed.
• Conducted Regression Testing usingQTPand identified application errors.
• PerformedData Driven testingusingODBCto verify database values to ensurefrontend accuracyand database integrity.
• Extensively worked withSharedObject Repository,Object SpyandSmart Identifications.
• Involved inUATwithbusinessusers.

Environment: Quality center 10.0/11.0(ALM), QTP 9.5/10.0, JIRA, Windows XP,UNIX/Sun Solaris, Load Runner 9.0, ASP.Net, VB Script, Oracle 10g.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirement Documentation (BRD) to gain understanding of POS implementation.
• Participated in meetings with BA and Developers to understand the scope of testing
• Created Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases for assigned modules
• Created and Executed Test Cases manually as well as verify the actual results based on expected results.
• Performed Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and End to End Testing
• Documented and reported all found defects in Quality Center
• Provided validation of data through SQL queries
• Continuously reviewing the quality processes followed in the project and identifying the areas of improvement, providing recommendations and step by step procedure towards streamlining the processes.
• Deploying the build in prod environment by liaising with the development team, performed test readiness review of environment, conducted automated test execution of regression test cases in batch, analyzed root cause of failed cases and published analyzed results on SharePoint for ease of access to differentteams.
• Involved in coordinating the meeting to review all the outstanding MR's totriage itbased on its severity

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Professional (QTP), C# ASP, Visual Basic 6.0, HTML, Oracle, SQL Server 2005, SQL Navigator, Toad, Java, Windows XP

Confidential, Florham Park, NJ

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, review and assess the Business Requirements, Functional Specifications, Use Cases, Design Specifications and Software requirement specification documents for testability and to prepare test cases.
• Created Java based scripts for Selenium WebDriver with JUNIT/TestNG as automation frame work.
• Createdvalidation checkpointsand efficiently caught and reported defects inQuality Center.
• Conducted Regression, Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Functionality Testing using Selenium.
• Optimized and maintained existing, developed new automation framework via Selenium
• Perform regression testing on enhanced builds.
• Performedbackend testingof database files usingSQL queries
• Perform system testing and integration testing on the build.
• Responsible in providing regular test reports to the management.
• Implement tests on all test levels, execute and log the tests, evaluate the results and documented deviations from expected results.
• Generate and maintain Daily Status reports, Defect Analysis reports, Defect and Test Execution analysis graphs and Test Summary Reports.
• Used TFS for reporting and tracking defects, and providing updates on resolved bugs.
• Documented requirements and other test documents by creating the user stories and tasks in TFS
• Perform Root Cause Analysis after a test cycle for defect leaks
• Document all the change management records, ongoing upgrades, fixes and approvals.
• Derive test cases using different white box, black box and experienced based techniques.
• Generate test data for testing different complex scenarios
• Develop and revise manual integration tests for client-server based applications
• Worked on user acceptance testing with the users along with providing training to the end user.

Environment: Quality Center 10, QTP, Selenium, TFS, .Net, SOAP UI, Web Services, Mainframes, TSO/ISPF, In-Sync, QMF, CICS, Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gather and Analyze Business, Functional requirement Specification to identify all requirements
• Conduct walk-through and demos for the business user.
• Coordinate daily Functional/UAT test status & defect status meetings with business users, QA analysts, software developers and release/environment management team members.
• Brief technology management group on weekly basis about the status of the project.
• Gather and analyze test data and results to produce, update and maintain various QA artifacts, metrics & reports.
• Formulate, design and develop Test Approach and Test Plan documents.
• Create and execute detail manual test cases to test various modules & interfaces related to Mainframe, Client Server & Web bases custody systems.
• Involved in testing web services using SOAP UI.
• Involved in Creating, executing, coding and enhancing the VB scripts using QTP for each individual functionality & Regression testing of the application.
• Back End DB2 Database verification manually and using QTP to automatically verify Database with the values entered during automated testing by inserting Runtime Record Database Checkpoints.
• Extensively used automated test tool QTP for Functional and Regression Testing
• Executed SQL statements in Toad to retrieve data from tables for validations purpose.
• Assist business users in executing test cases/scripts in UAT phase.
• Assisted Quality Center Admin in creating Users and their access levels

Environment: Quality Center 9.5, QTP 9.1 /9.5,.Net, Web Sphere, SOAP, SOAP UI, Web Services, Oracle, SQL, JIRA, Microsoft Outlook, Visio, Word and Excel.