PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A resourceful and dynamic QA with 6 years of experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance of diverse web based, client/server applications using testing tools like Quality Center, QTP, and Manual Testing.
• Extensive experience in Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC).
• Proficient in Testing the GUI and functional aspects of the Client - Server, Web based Applications at all stages of the SDLC and STLC.
• Expertise in analyzing and tracing Business Requirements, system specifications and development of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Procedures, Test Matrices, and Test scripts.
• Experience working in an AGILE development environment. Regularly attended, daily SCRUM meetings, monthly iteration meetings and Retrospective meetings.
• Experience in Functional testing, Unit testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, GUI testing, Back-end testing, System Testing, Automation Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Experienced in analyzing application requirements through Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and System Design Specifications (SDS) and translating them in to Quality Assurance objectives.
• Extensively used HP Quality Center for requirements, updating Test Cases, application testing status reporting, maintaining Test steps, and observing traceability
• Experienced in maintaining and updating Bug Tracking System and Process to monitor and control the Testing Process for the UAT.
• Experience working on different testing practices like Test Driven Development (TDD), Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)
• Involved in testing the backend database using SQL queries. SQL Developer was used to extract data and make/edit changes to SQL queries and table entries.
• Experience in creating / executing / updating Scripts thru HP Quick Test Professional to automate and create regression suite.
• Good Knowledge in testing web based and window based applications, using Manual testing techniques and Automated open source testing tools.
• Versatile team player with high proficiency in Scheduling, Managing resources and activities in Team environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with interpersonal and conflict resolution skills and possesses strong analytical skills.
• Self-motivated, diligent, ability to adapt to new environments and situations quickly, good grasping ability, capable of forming and maintaining positive and productive working relationships in internal, external, independent, and team environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP Quick Test Professional, HP Quality Center, HP LoadRunner, Win Runner, Jira, BugZilla

Databases: Oracle 10g, SQL Server MS Access

Web Browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari

Languages: Java Script, VBScript, .NET, Html, Xml

Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 2003, Windows XP thru Windows 8

Methodologies: Aaaaa Agile Methodology, Waterfall model and SDLC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QA Analyst

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed System Requirement Specifications and prepared test cases.
• Prepared test data as per the test scenarios documented in the test plan.
• Write, review, revise, and verify quality standards and test procedures.
• Worked in an AGILE environment and followed Agile best practices.
• Manage and communicate defect status and updates with developers.
• Performed browser compatibility testing for various versions of IE and Firefox
• Verified and validated the claims data for various plans.
• Tested and validated business rules for policy billing for various plans.
• Created / Executed / Updated scripts for Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Created/Executed Manual Test Cases and validated test results.
• Prioritized the defects and the severity levels using the Quality Center and discussed with developers to resolve the issues.
• Participated in walkthrough meetings of the application.
• Provided test estimates and timelines to the manager for different releases.
• Verification of Backend Database using SQL Queries.
• Parameterized the scripts and data drove them to improve the flexibility of the test.
• Performed smoke testing prior to accepting the build to QA environments.
• Ensure the data is extracted correctly, delivered to its destination, and correctly uploaded.
• Performed sanity testing on regular basis as a part of the end-to-end testing.
• Experience working with design, implementation, and support of knowledge management solutions and related technologies for collaborative information sharing.

Environment: HP Quality Centre 9.2/10.0, HP QTP 9.2, Oracle9i, UNIX, Windows8/Window XP, HTML/XML, SQL server, Internet Explorer, Web Services, Java, Agile Methodology

QA Test Engineer

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Business analysts, Developers to analyze, testing requirements.
• Created Test scenarios and Test cases based on the requirements and functional specifications.
• Performed extensive manual testing on critical functionalities of the application.
• Created and tested scenarios using positive and negative test data.
• Utilized HP Quality Center for test execution and test management purposes.
• Tested the GUI functionality of each module in application according to the guidelines of the Test plan.
• Involved in conducting the Integration testing of the application.
• Recorded, reported and tracked defects.
• Participated in daily scrum meeting to discuss and prioritize defects.
• Wrote SQL queries for data validation.
• Performed GUI Test, Smoke test, System test, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance Test (UAT) and prepared test data as per the test scenarios.
• Logged, tracked and reported progress of various testing on every build as part of the test analysis process in Quality center.
• Performed data-driven testing and backend testing (SQL Queries) to test the backend transactions.
• Used Quality Center as repository for requirement analysis, design test cases.
• Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results.

Environment: QTP 9.2, Quality Center 9.2, T-SQL, SQL Server 2005, Oracle 10g, Stored Procedures, TFS, JIRA Defect Management Tool.

QA Tester

Confidential - Moline, IL

Responsibilities:

• Experience with all aspects of product testing including test planning, documentation, execution, defect management and reporting.
• Created/Executed Manual Test Cases and validated test results.
• Gathering the Test Input data. Test Input data includes Pre-condition, Test Input, and Test Result data.
• Defects were identified and reported to developers using Bugzilla.
• Experience with Quality Assurance testing and manual testing, knowledge of categorizing and prioritizing analysis and mapping workload for planning and forecasting, knowledge of integration points and the order in which these must be executed.
• Understand the behavior of complex web-based applications and apply that knowledge towards testing.
• Contribute to a project's overall test strategy and test plan, Create and execute test scenarios; select the best methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for testing, Identify test data requirements and generate required data to support testing. Evaluate and analyze application behavior and data for potential software issues. Report issues found during testing.
• Create test deliverables required by company and project testing standards. Work collaboratively with other testers, developers, and stakeholders, participate in, and occasionally lead, process improvement efforts.
• Contribute during design reviews and recommend product improvement