SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of QA experience in all phases of Software Development life cycle, including Quality Assurance methodologies and standards, requirements gathering, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling, testing, writing test plans and test cases based on business, system, and design requirements, test Automation, test scripts execution, defect tracking, management, and reporting.
• Strong analytical experience in developing user interface, functional specifications, and application rules for Web based Application Testing, GUI Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Client/Server Testing and Interface Testing.
• Ability to apply technical expertise to organize and implement black - box test efforts and to analyze requirements for software design, development, and validation
• Extensively used Mercury Interactive testing tools like Quality Center, WinRunner, QuickTest Professional and TestDirector for various Web based and Client Server applications.
• Strong experience in descriptive programming and VB Script programming. Used VB Script to create custom functions, file access and database connections.
• Experience in developing Software Test Plans, System Test Plan, System Test Strategy, Test Case Design, and Test Scripts based on User Requirements Specification and System Requirements documents.
• Hands on experience in application development using Java, J2EE, JFC/SWING, JDBC, JSP Servlets, Visual Basic, XML, C++, JavaScript, Oracle, SQL server, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Visual Source Safe, RWD Infopak, IBM Ascendant
• Vast Experience in testing .NET, Oracle and Java application using both Automation testing and manual testing for various business applications
• Experience in defining and developing the automation framework for Web based applications using tools like Mercury Quality Center and Quick Test Pro.
• Experience in Software Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, performance, configuration and usability testing.
• Strong background in analysis and transforming/improving business processes.
• Experienced in Database Testing such as Schema Testing. Strong knowledge of writing and testing Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Cursors and Indexes.
• Have excellent analytical, problem solving, decision-making, presentation skills communication skills, work ethics and the ability to work well in a team or individual environment
• Capability to apply wide technical and practical skills to manage and execute white-box and black-box tests and to evaluate needs for software designing, development, and validations.
• Ability to learn new technologies and challenging concepts quickly and implement them.
• Basic knowledge of Shell Scripting and Unix Commands
• Extensively performed Backend testing of applications through database and server side scripting.
• Experience in installing and configuring various Web Servers and Applications
• Experience in Unix Shell Scripting.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Mercury Quick Test Pro 8.2/9.5/10.00/11.00, Win Runner 7.X. Rational Robot, SQA Suite, Load Runner, Test Director 9.0, Quality Center & Bugzilla,TFS.

Scripting Languages: VB Script, JavaScript & TSL

Office Automation: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access.

Web Based Technologies: HTML, XHTML, Flash, XML.

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i,10g, SQL Server 2000,2003,2005,2008.

Database Languages: SQL & PL/SQL

Programming Languages: Java, C++, C, Visual Basic,Dot Net.

Testing Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile.

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, MS DOS.

GUI: Visual Basic 6.0, .Net Frame work, Java GUI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing the QA process at all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Prepared System Test Strategy, System Test Paln and System test Cases.
• Performed System and performance testing.
• Collecting the requirements from Business team and SME’s.
• Involved in white box testing of the UNIX programs and oracle functions.
• Writing automation scripts with for automated and manual testing during Software Development Life Cycle.
• Involved in backend testing like daily batch jobs, EOD runs, checking transaction updates
• Involved in creation of users, test data, writing dynamic SQL’s to create the test data.
• Involved in testing reports like daily Point of sale (POS), Daily Shop Operational Summary, Daily Sales, New Loans and Daily report.
• Assigning and monitoring the tasks of team members, ensuring the coverage of all the functional requirements.
• Tested different types of payday & brokered loans and pawn loans.
• Validating & Tested Credit, Debit, Check Cashing, Money Transfer using westronunion process
• Tested & Validating Auto insurance & Tax Preparation modules
• Worked with different loan service options like renewal, pay down, pay off, loan up, partial payment
• Working with Teletrack & Zmath software’s for calculation of loan interest rate
• Extensively worked on POS (Point of Sale) application: Unit testing, Integration Testing.
• Involved in Defect Analysis and Review meetings.
• Conduct regression and retest the application in iterative process
• Involved in Data compare, Data validation and Data sharing during the System testing phase
• Worked with developers closely during the final phases of testing to resolve the critical and high priority Defects.
• Documenting and generating the results as per the goals and requirement and publishing them.
• Communicating the metrics with all the stake holders.
• Involved in creating the Requirements Traceability Matrices to Map and cross check the Requirements with the Design and further with Test Case.
• Review the documentation of testing processes and the work done by team members. Sending status reports to the manager on weekly basis.
• Extensively worked on LOS (loan Origination System).
• Involved in Unit, Integration, Positive & Negative, System, White and Black box testing.
• Used SQL queries to extract the data from the database to check the data integrity. migration Scripts to Rational Robert for Automated Testing
• Assigning and reviewing of the work with the team members.
• Created test data for running the automated test scripts using QTP.
• Debugged the Test data and Test scripts while running the QTP scripts
• Involved in and knowledge transfer and sharing sessions.
• Involved in Status meetings with clients through conference calls.
• Involved in Functional, Smoke, Regression, Integration, System testing.
• Exposed to Agile Process
• Performed data validation tests for DB changes in oracle 8 and 10i, using queries in TOAD.

Environment: Quality Center 10.0, Team Foundation Server, Load Runner QTP 8.0, Sybase,SQL, SQL Server 2005, Oracle9i,DB2,Java, JSP, Web sphere XML, XP Professional, Snagit7.

Confidential, MN

Sr. Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Analyzing system specification and business requirement. Interacted with business analysts and the end-users to develop the High-level test plans. Participated in Walk through and Defect report meetings periodically.
• Developed Master Test Plan, which includes entire Testing Plan, Testing Resources, Testing Strategy and testing of end-to-end scenarios.
• Worked as an Interface between the users and the different teams involved in the application development for the better understanding of the business and IT processes. Designing the Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on requirements. Used QTP to generate the test scripts for testing the functionality of the application. Responsible for functional, Regression testing, Integration testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Edited QTP scripts, fixed errors and lead the offshore team in designing automated scripts through test scenarios.
• Worked with offshore team in automating various test scenarios for search activities and their following functions.
• Enhanced the user manual with relevant details.
• Used Quality Centre for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests, defect tracking and manage the defects and executing the test cases Interacted with Developers for analysis of the Application.
• Communicating with Offshore Team and assigning the Scripts to the Team. Investigated software faults and interfacing with developers to resolve technical issues. Defect tracking, defect reporting, analyzing results and documentation.
• Worked with the Project Manager, Business Analyst and the Infrastructure Manager to collect data for testing effort and check the feasibility of the use cases.
• Coordinated on regular basis through email, conferences and tracked progress through weekly status reports.
• Generated metrics representing the defects, issues, test scenarios and use cases.

Environment: Java2, J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, Servlets, Java Server Pages, EJB, XML, Web Logic Server, Oracle8i, DB2, Quick Test Professional 9.2, UNIX (AIX), Windows XP, Quality Center 10.0.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing the QA process at all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC.
• Reviewed the Requirement documents, Use Cases, Wire Frame, Style Guide and develop QA Test plans for Functional, Integration and System Testing
• Followed agile scrum methodology for the whole testing process.
• Analyze Use Cases to develop Test Conditions and Test Data and also created template for test data creation
• Extensively worked on daily POS (Point of Sale) Transactions On application:
• Responsible for tracking the change request approval and updating the test plan.
• Worked with developers closely during the final phases of testing to resolve the critical and high priority defects
• Involved in Data compare, Data validation and Data sharing during the System testing phase.
• Created test data for running the automated test scripts using QTP for the FAT.
• Debugged the Test data and Test scripts while running the QTP scripts
• Mapped the data from Excel to Access data base then to QTP and involved in correcting if any errors occurred.
• Involved in Unit, Integration, Positive & Negative, System, White and Black box testing.
• Provided valuable input and hosted several review sessions for test plans and test case and attended weekly status meeting to gather the progress of manual and automated testing.
• Attended weekly Development and Requirement meetings to discuss any outstanding issues that are present for the release working on.
• Manage defect reports via Bugzilla

Environment: Mercury: QTP 8.0,Quality Center 8.0, Load Runner 8.0, Windows XP, Bugzilla 3.0 HTTP Server Apache 2.2, Oracle 10g,SOA,HTML, XML, WAS, Java, Servlets, JSP, EJB, DB2.

Confidential, St cloud, MN

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business, Software requirements and written Test Plans, Test Cases.
• Involved in complete project software development life cycle (SDLC) and Quality Assurance Life Cycle (QALC)
• Performed manual execution of Test cases and documented the results.
• Extensively Performed User Interface tests.
• Participated in creating Test Artifacts Templates (Test Plan,Test Cases & Reports).
• Performed Integration and overall System testing.
• Participated & Supported customer\end user integration and design validation testing.
• Performed interactive walkthroughs of test scripts with developers, business users and Business Analysts.
• Maintaining and tracked defects using Quality Centre and generated detailed bug reports, pass-fail report, and comparison chart .
• Performed smoke test and coordinated test efforts.
• Active participation in regular project status meetings.
• Extensively Performed Backend Testing by executing SQL queries.
• Communicated with developers and Project leads for resolving the issues.
• Communicate with developers, project managers, managers and others throughout the testing cycle.
• Worked with Business analysis team to prepare a detailed Test plan of the application.
• Attend meetings and peer reviews.

Environment: Manual Testing,QTP, Quality Center, Windows XP, Windows 2000/2003 Server. SQL, Oracle, Lotus Notes and MS Office.

Confidential

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Business requirement Analysis, Functional Requirement Preparation, Over All Design, Use-Case analysis, Initial Summary, Risk Analysis, Test Plan development, Test Case generation,, Documentation and Testing as per requirement.
• Ran Batch Cycle to advance the dates and generate daily & monthly reports.
• Involved in entire software test cycle and promptly reported results, discrepancies and defects.
• Followed Software Development methodology during the entire software test cycle.
• Extensively performed system testing to validate user interface, workflow and overall functionality using simulators and on real hardware.
• Used Win Runner for functionality, system testing and also to perform Web testing for some of the web based, client server and distributed applications.
• Executed use cases \ functional test scenarios based on developer test design documents.
• Involved in logging, tracking, verifying & resolution of software defects.
• Extensively worked with Business Users & QA team to establish and maintain a consistent test methodology and to resolve questions during the testing process.

Environment: Manual/Functional Testing, Java, HTML,XML,Oracle 8i, MS Office and Out Look.