PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7+ years’ Experience as a Six Sigma Certified QA Analyst, proficient in testing the applications developed in Web and Client Server applications using manual and automated testing tools in Finance, Trading Firms and Service Provider - Tele Communication industries.
• Extensive knowledge in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) beginning from initiation and definition to implementation and support, software development methodologies such as Waterfall model, and Agile and software engineering standards, like Six Sigma, ISO.
• Excellent knowledge in Fixed income securities like Corporate Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes, Treasury Bonds, ABS, MBS, Repo; Mutual Funds; Derivatives like Options, Futures, and Swaps and Equity securities.
• Experience in all aspects of testing flow such as Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Use Case analysis, Test Plan creation, Test Case preparation, Test Reports and Defect Tracking as per business requirements.
• Extensively used Quick Test Pro (QTP), Quality Center to manage defect lifecycle and reporting.
• Strong analytical skills for analyzing the business requirements, business rules/processes and system requirements to derive scope of testing.
• Experience in reviewing Business Requirement Documents and Functional Requirement Specifications, User Manuals.
• Hands on experience in building Requirement Traceability Matrix to ensure the system is adequately tested and to determine the overall project status.
• Strong experience in Black-box testing that include functional testing, system testing, GUI testing, sanitytesting, smoke testing, performance testing, regression testing, security testing and UAT closely working with end users.
• Performed extensive manual testing before automating a test.
• Hands on Experience in Data Driven Testing using SQL queries with Joins, Functions etc. for Data Validation and Data Analysis.
• Extensively worked on the testing of .Net frameworks, Web Services, SOAP, WSDL and other Middleware technologies.
• Strong experience in UML to represent the Relational-Database Model - validating the entity relationships, data objects dependencies, and data integrity as per the Entity-Relationship model and their testing. Excellent Use of UML diagrams such as Class, Sequence, Use Case, and Timing.
• Familiarity of Microsoft Windows and UNIX Operating System.
• Implemented powerful test strategies in the scope of security, recovery, multi-platform concurrency and database validation.
• Participated in JAD sessions, test review meetings, defect review meetings, walkthroughs.
• Experience collaborating with Programmers and Business Analysts to ensure a quality software application.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

Operating Systems: Windows, XP, UNIX

Development Framework: .Net, Visual Basic, JAVA, Java Script, VB Script, Web Services, XML, HTML

Testing Tools: JIRA, Test Director, Quality Center, Quick Test Professional

Databases: MS Access, SQL Server 2005, Oracle 8i, 10g, Oracle 9 Toad

ETL Tool: INFORMATICA

TRADE SURVILLENCE SYSTEM: MANTAS, ACTIMIZE

Project Management Tools: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Outlook

Version Control Tools: MS Share Point 2007, Visual Source Safe

Software Development Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum

Standards: Six Sigma, ISO 9001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NJ

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as an Independent, Self Sufficient Individual Quality Analyst.
• Worked in Agile Framework with extensive testing Work Flow.
• Analyze the Business Requirements, Functional Specifications and Work Flow Life Cycle.
• Worked exhaustively with BA’s, PM and Developers.
• Worked testing purely on the Backend side on Oracle 9, Toad Version 9.7.2.5
• Documented DEFECTS and collaborated with development and project managers to see defects through to resolution.
• Developed test plans, test scripts and test cases throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Maintained the Functional Specifications, User Manuals, RTM etc.
• Performed Back-end testing on MANTAS database using SQL queries and validate Stored Procedures.
• Performed Validation on data of External Data Sources flowing in the System on Business Rules.
• Performed Back-end Validation on ACTIMIZE database side using extensive queries and Stored Procedures.
• Prepared User Documentation/User Side Story on Database Validations and findings.
• Schedule, Maintained Team Sessions, Discussion with On-Site and Off Shore Teams globally.
• Performed End to End, Regression, Integration, Smoke and Performance Testing.
• Performed Boundary Value Analysis based on the Thresholds defined.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and reported to the developers if any error occurred.

Environment: Oracle-Toad Version 9, SQL Server 2005, Informatica, MANTAS, ACTIMIZE, JAVA, Windows XP, JIRA, UNIX, Share Point.

Confidential, NY

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a QA Analyst on .Net framework for testing the applications and closely worked on agile software development methodology. Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix.
• Actively participated in the defect management process by identifying, replicating, and logging, escalating, documenting, and resolving defects/issues for all the applications. Used Quality Center as the web-test management tool.
• Reviewed Business Requirements Document (BRD) and collected the software requirements and specifications.
• Developed the test plan, test scripts and test cases for the project in Quality Center which provide detailed list of conditions under which the system will be tested.
• Conducted Black box testing like smoke testing, functional testing, negative testing, positive testing, system testing, integration testing and performance testing to check how well the component conforms to the requirements.
• Involved in full testing life cycle (Test Analysis, Test Planning, Test Execution, Defect Tracking).
• Performed GUI testing to test the screen navigation, graphics and hyperlinks, etc. to make sure that they function as per the requirements.
• Performed Testing on the basis of Industry Standard- Six Sigma to obtain a Quality Software in Quality Management prospects.
• Interacted with developers for defect fixes and documented the bug report and categorized them based on severity.
• Carried out regression testing to confirm that the application was out of any defects after changes being made in it.
• Involved in JAD Sessions, walkthrough and inspection meetings to verify the status of testing.
• Performed exhaustive validation of the backend/databases of all the applications using SQL queries in MS SQL Server 2005

Environment: Quality Center 9.0, QTP, .Net, HTML, XML, JavaScript, SQL Server 2005, Windows XP, Visual Source Safe.

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Requirement Analysis, JAD sessions, Use-Case Analysis and Gap Analysis with Business Analysts, project Leads and end users.
• Strong expertise in HP Quality Center.
• Used knowledge of fixed income securities, Municipal bonds, corporate bonds, T-bills, REPO, stocks and derivative products to test system functionality.
• Prepared test plan overview and test plan detail for boundary conditions, hardware and software compatibility, error handling and expected recovery of the system.
• Proficient in Site Administration in Quality Center, Created Users and Projects in Administration in Quality Center.
• Defects were identified and reported to the development team using Quality Center.
• Proficient in importing and exporting projects from one QC server to another
• Creating and Generating System test scripts for different test scenarios covering all aspects of project functionality.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Beds, Test Data.
• Conducted System, Functional, GUI, Regression, Smoke, Database Integrity, User-Acceptance (UAT) and Performance testing
• Conducted functional testing using QTP as well as manual testing methodology.
• Was part of the release management team to schedule releases for on time delivery of projects.
• Worked on Visual Basic, performed extensive data driven testing using concepts of Parameterization.
• Conducted various management activities by analyzing and verifying test results, providing status reports.
• Created Traceability between Requirements and Test Cases using Quality Center.
• Tested application security features, including session expiry, book marking, passwords and compatibility across multiple browser types and encryption levels and conducted cross browser testing on the application.
• Conducted data-driven testing on pricing functionality with different data sets.
• Conducted formal bug review meetings & produced daily progress report to Business and Project Managers.
• Assisted the team lead with daily QA tasks. Attended project meetings, release meetings, and QA status meetings.

Environment: Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.2, SQL Server 2005, VB.net, .net, VB scripting, SOA, VSS, Web services.

Confidential, Richmond VA

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and functional specifications to develop test plans, test scenarios and test cases accordingly.
• Conducted smoke testing, functional testing, integration testing and system testing for the Customers Information application and it’s sub-modules like, credit history, and annual income of Household.
• Interacted with the Back Office Teams, so the Applicants information and details are properly entered into the System.
• Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Created the Manual Test Cases, their documentation and automate them on later basis.
• Successful implementation of online transaction processing applications and its associated modules like database testing and validation.
• Involved in automation team using QTP for testing, validating and debugging QTP test scripts.
• Extensively used SQL to query various databases to retrieve Information in accordance with the Requirements.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing at the Client’s Location.
• Performed cross browser testing of the application on various Browsers to ensure that it functions similarly on all browsers.
• Worked with business analysts, developers and content department to resolve issues.

Environment: Quality Center 9.0, Quality Test Pro, Oracle 10g, XML, J2EE, UML, ASP.Net, MS Project, Windows XP.

Confidential

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the Business Requirement Document and Functional Specifications Document.
• Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix for the Entire Project.
• Developed test plans, test scripts and test cases for complex, multi-tier application throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Performed smoke testing, functional testing, integration testing, regression testing and system testing in accordance with Quality Assurance standards to verify that the application conform to business requirements.
• Performedback-end testingof the database by using SQL queriesto make sure that the database reflects the updates/change, to verify the database Integrity.
• Identified defects, logged defects and retested the fixed ones using the Defect tab in Test Director.
• Coordination with other teams like business analysts and development teams.

Environment: Windows 2005, Test Director, Oracle 9i, SQL, .NET, MS Office.