SUMMARY:

• SIX years of industry experience as a QA Engineer with solid understanding of SQA Methodologies. Extensive experience in Retail, Banking and Healthcare Industry in analyzing and testing internal as well as end - client products.
• Manual and Automated Testing of applications on Windows and UNIX Environment. Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Test Methodologies from project definition to post-deployment documentation.
• Expertise in designing and developing strategic Test plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Reports for both manual and automated tests. Expertise in manual testing and in automation testing tools like Quick Test Professional, Win Runner and Load Runner.
• Extensive experience in Functional, Integration, Regression, UAT and System Testing. Well versed with SDLC models like Waterfall, Spiral and Agile.
• Proficient in using testing tools such as Quality Center, Win Runner, Load Runner and Quick Test Professional for web-based and client server applications. Strong skills in Batch & back-end testing using SQL queries on various databases like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 and MySQL.
• Experience working with Digital s, PGP encryption, SSL and SSH keys. Protocol and encryption testing on FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS protocols.
• Expert in creating, designing and integrating QA Processes, Agile methodologies, standards and guidelines. Interacted with developers and other team members to ensure high quality software. Played a key role in timely delivery of the product.
• Proven ability to work effectively in both independent and team situations with positive results. Inclined towards building a strong team/work environment, and have the ability to acclimatize to new technologies and situations with ease. Excellent analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: (HP) Mercury Suite - Quick Test Pro, Quality Centre 9.0/9.2, 10.0, Load Runner, Test Director, Win Runner, Rational Clear Quest.

Operating Systems: MS DOS, Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP, Window Server 2003, Vista. UNIX, Linux.

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i, SQL Server 2005/2008, MS Access, MySQL

Development Environment: Web Logic, Eclipse IDE, C, C++, PHP, .Net, Java.

Domain Knowledge: Banking and Financial, Brokerage, Media, Insurance, HealthCare, Manufacturing.

Testing Types: Black Box, Functional, Integration, System, Regression, User Interface Database.Browsers:Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Safari.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirement documents (BRD) and Functional Specifications Documents to prepare Test Cases and identify test scenario. Writing test cases by reviewing FSDs. Manually test different releases every month and overnight validation during production time.
• Manually test Wholesale department data transmission web site. Developed, executed and documented highly complex test plans and test cases for business-related application running on multi-tiered platforms.
• Reviewing the test cases with other team members so that all requirements were covered. Test case creation, review and execution. ASCII, XML and Binary data validation. End-to-End data validation using secure protocols: SFTP, FTPS, FTP with PGP, HTTPS.
• Tracking and testing connections of customers using various protocols. Data encryption and decryption validation using PGP desktop. Logging and tracking defects on a release basis using Quality Center 10.0.
• Involved in meeting to decide part of application to automate using QTP. Defects were tracked and prioritized using Quality Center and analyzed the variation between expected result and actual result. Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues.

Environment: Java, SQL, UNIX, Web Logic Sever, QTP, MS Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint), QC, IP-SWITCH, PGP desktop, Dashboard.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business Requirement documents (BRD), Software Requirement specification (SRS) to prepared Test Plan and identify test scenario.
• Created Test Plan according to the business requirements. Based on the requirement specifications and functional specifications. Created test cases and executed them. Enhanced the test scripts by implementing VBScript functions, inserting Checkpoints to check the results.
• Applied different types of checkpoint using QTP in order to ensure that the actual values meet the expected values. Development of positive and negative scenarios from the requirements.
• Development of test plan, test case and test scripts in Quality Center after for functional, system integration, Usability, security testing.
• Reviewing the test cases with other team members so that all requirements were covered. Setting up test frameworks and creating repeatable, reusable scripts across multiple platforms using VB script in QTP.
• Conducted Performance and Load testing to generate the load on the server by creating Vuser Script, Controller and Analysis Monitoring features using Load Runner 8.0. Created Scenarios and inserted Rendezvous points and Transaction points in Load Runner 8.0.
• Performed extensive Regression Testing for subsequent versions of the application using QTP. Applied different types of checkpoint using QTP in order to ensure that the actual values meet the expected values.
• Used Mercury Quality Centre to track, analyze and document the Test Plan. Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues. Build and manage the overall test process according to the Agile Scrum methodology.

Environment: Quick Test Professional 9.2, Quality Center 9.0, Load runner 8.0, Oracle 10g, VB script, MS SQL Server 2008, Windows XP, HTTP, ASP.Net.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for review of Requirement Analysis and System Design. Test Plan and Test case creation, review and execution. Environment set up for testing. Test data and test accounts creation. Used SQL query to test and validate data integrity.
• Automating test cases using QTP for regression and functional testing. Performed Agile Methodologies in each phase of Software Testing Life Cycle (SDLC). Logging and tracking defects on a release basis using Quality Center. Generating load reports for further analysis.
• Performed User Acceptance Test (UAT) on GUI screens to ensure that developers met the user expectations. Involved in development of test plan, test schedules, test cases based on high-level and detailed designs.
• Experience as a QA Analyst and responsible for coordinating and performing System Integration, functional and data-related testing. Responsible for writing the Test Cases and Test Scenarios based on the Functional Specification and technical Specification and documented in Mercury Quality Center.
• Automate existing manual test scripts from Quality Center using HP Quick Test Pro. Defect reporting and tracking using Quality center. Defect report generating for management purpose. Coordinating QA activities with off shore testing team.
• Create daily statistics reports for high-level managers to track the alerts generated by these models. Monitoring web logs for system level errors. Participated in QA Team meetings and weekly QA testing reviews.