SUMMARY

• Software Quality Assurance Analyst with around 5 years of experience in the field of IT with focus on QA and testing of Web Based and Client - Server applications.
• Strong knowledge of all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Strong working knowledge of Software testing - Functional, Integration, Performance and Quality Metrics.
• Expertise in defining Testing Methodologies, Designing Test Plans and Test Cases, Verifying and Validating Web-Based and Client-Server Mainframe applications.
• Professional expertise in performing Manual Testing.
• Expertise in Sanitytesting, Featuretesting, Functionaltesting, Systemtesting, Compatibilitytesting, Retesting, RegressionTesting, Performancetesting, Loadtesting andweb based applications.
• Profound working knowledge in defect management and tracking tools like Quality Center, Visual Intercept, Test Director and JIRA.
• Experience in Black Box, White Box, batch testing, Flat Files, Positive, Negative, Data-driven, Unit, Integration, System, Smoke, Usability and Security testing of web based applications.
• Experience using As400 application Testing and ETL methodologies for supporting data extraction, transformations and loading processing, in a corporate-wide-ETL Solution using Informatica PowerCenter
• Professional expertise in working on Agile, Waterfall and Scrum Methodologies.
• Experienced in planning, designing, developing and deploying testing strategies for Web based and Client server Applications on Windows and UNIX platform.
• Expertise in developing and maintaining Test Scripts, analyzing bugs and interacting with development team in fixing the defects and also Application using AS/400.
• Profound in automating the manual testing processes, using automation testing tools.
• Working knowledge of Automation tools such as QTP, WinRunner, Load Runner and soap UI Pro.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional (8.2/9.0/9.2/10.0/11.0 )/ HP Performance Center, Cucumber, Win Runner 9.2, Selenium 1.0, soapUI/load UI 4.5.1

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center 11.0, JIRA 4.0, BugZilla

Business Management Tools: Business Process Testing 9.2

Operating Systems: Windows XP/NT/ME/9x, UNIX and DOS

Programming Languages: Java, C, C++, .NET, VB Script,SQL

Web Technologies: HTML, XML

Protocols: HTTP, IP, FIX 4.0

Version Managers: ClearCase 6.0, Visual SourceSafe

Databases: Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2005/08, DB2, MS Access, MarkLogic

Application Servers: Windows Server 2003/08, Web Logic 10.0, Tomcat 6x

Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports, Data Reports

Documentation Tools: MS Office Suite, MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Sr. QA Engineer/ Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Technical Specification and Functional specification Documents for developing manual test cases .
• Developed test strategies,test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on the Business Requirement Documents.
• Determined test approaches for various testing strategies like Functional, System, Regression, Usability Testing for manual and automation.
• Analyzed the automation framework
• Worked on the agile Environment
• Worked extensively on web-based testing and involved in UAT environment, pre-production environment and production environment.
• Creating, executing, coding and enhancing the Automation test scripts using QTP.
• Created test cases, planned, executed, and analyzed the results of test cases using Quality Center.
• Executed multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages and other features of the LoadRunner Controller
• Parameterized test scripts based on Load test objectives by using Load Runner.
• Extensively used Load Runner Vuser Generator for generating virtual user scripts and scenarios.
• Measured and Analyzed response times of key product features of MasterTax application
• Compared application performance and reported performance statistics to application team, and provided recommendations of how and where performance can be improved
• Performed the Smoke, Functional, Integration, System, Regression, and UAT Testing
• Performed functional, performance, GUI, Integration testing on hand held mobile devices and emulators for different mobile devices in different platforms.
• Enhancement of the script by using logical implementations like looping, user-defined functions, conditional statements and parameterization.
• Performed Data Driven Testing in QTP by using external and internal sets of data and wrote SQL statement in Script to retrieve data from database.
• Used Quick Test Pro checkpoints to automatically capture and verify properties such as the number of links.
• Used SOAPUI for WSDL and SOAP validation.
• Performed backend testing using GROOVY script in SOAPUI.
• Developed and executed various VB scripts using QTP for automated testing.
• Functionality and Regression Testing of the applications for re-use.
• Carried out regression testing by using QTP and used the dynamic VB Scripts for testing GUI functions, acceptance and boundary validations.
• Used Quality Centre to manage the test, track the defects, and report the defects.
• Performed backend testing using SQL commands.
• Cross platform testing done using different browsers and environments
• Worked on multiple projects concurrently
• Added XPath, XQuery Assertions in the script for validation purposes in SOAPUI.
• Involved in the walkthrough meetings and defect report meetings periodically.

Environment: Java, SQL Server 2008, DB2, Oracle,websphere, Quality Center 9.0/9.5, QTP 9.2/10.0,Load Runner 9.1/9.5, UNIX, Windows 2000, Clear Quest, J2EE, SOA

Confidential, MD

QA Analyst/ Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked Closely with Project Managers, Development Leads, Developers and Functional Analysts.
• Assisted the project team in identifying and documenting performance test requirements
• Analyzed the Business Requirements Documents and Technical Design Documents
• Traced Project Requirements to specific testing levels and test cases.
• Analyzed Functional Requirements and developed detailed Manual Test Cases.
• Developed the Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Executed Test Cases.
• Developed Test Plans and Test Cases, Test Scripts to perform Functionality, Integration, SystemTesting and Regression Testing.
• Conducted Functionality and Regression testing during the various phases of the application manually as well as automation by using QTP.
• Developed QTP scripts as a part of regression testing for the weekly build
• Executed Smoke, Functional, System, Integration, End-to-End, and User Acceptance Test (UAT) test cases for Web-based applications
• Identified performance problems or bottlenecks and recommended possible steps for remediating Using LoadRunner, executed multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages and other features of the LoadRunner Controller
• Performed automated Integration tests using HP QTP for the purpose of GUI and Functionality testing.Developed automation scripts using VB script.
• Performed Web Services Load Testing using SOAPUI.
• Plan, design, Implement, Execute and Co-ordinate Load/Performance Testing Efforts.
• Result analysis was performed using online monitors and graphs to identify bottlenecks in the server resources using Load Runner.
• Responsible for weekly status to show the Progress of the automation testing effort.
• Worked in scrum environment.

Environment: Quick Test Pro 9.2, Load Runner 9.1, Quality Center 9.0, SQL, SOAPUI, HTML, XML,VBScript, Oracle, Unix, DB2,MySQL, Java,tomcat

Confidential, Atlanta,GA

QA Engineer/ Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirements Specification, System Requirements Specification and User Interface Specification document
• Used Quality Center for Test cases, Test Execution, and Generating Reports.
• Extensively used LoadRunner for performance and stress testing
• Coordinated with development lead for timely build release to System Test Environment
• Prepared Test Plan and Planning Test Schedules based on the business requirements
• Used Quality Center to prepare Test Cases with the complete description of requirements.
• Uploaded manual test cases into Quality Center for Reported and managed defects using Quality Center, and interacted with the developers to resolve technical issues.
• Used LoadRunner Analysis to create graphs and reports from the load test results to correlate system information and identify both bottlenecks and performance issues
• Tested and created reports using with SQL Queries as per client requirements.
• Wrote and Executed SQL Queries for Oracle database testing.
• Experienced in testing web services (SOPA and Restful) using SOAPUI.
• Understood WSDL file for operations and services and used SOAP protocol in the form of XML Language to send and receive request. XPath is used to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML document, used for path expressions, contains library of standard functions.
• XML Schema assertions were used to validate the SOAP response
• Performed Data Driven Testing with multiple sets of internal and external sets of data using SOAPUI
• Performed manual testing extensively and Performed Smoke, Functional, Integration, System, Regression and User Acceptance Testing by Using QTP
• Worked with Business and End Users to formulate User Acceptance Test Plan and provide sufficient support during User Acceptance Test phase.

Environment: J2EE (JSP, Servlets, Java Beans etc.) technologies, Oracle9.x, QTP 8.2/9.2, Quality Center 9.0/Test Director 8.2, Web logic, Rational Clear Case, JavaScript, XML, HTML, HP-Unix, TOAD, SQL & Windows2000.

Confidential, Valley Forge, PA

QA Analyst/ Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created, Analyzed and executed system-testing requirements, developed Test plans and Test cases.
• Analyzed, Interpreted and validated requirements and designed specifications.
• Wrote Test Plans, Test Cases and Test scripts and maintained them
• Coordinated and conducted all on-line, batch and data verification testing necessary for front-end, bank-end system.
• Involved in project planning, coordination and implemented performance methodology
• Developed Performance Test Plans and Test Strategies based on business requirements
• Conducted Performance testing by creating Virtual Users and Scenarios using LoadRunner
• Designed and developed automation test scripts using HP Quick Test Professional and managed testing activities using HP Quality Center.
• Involved in Regression Testing and Back-end testing.
• Performed the analysis on automation of manual test cases and Developed QTP Scripts.
• Modified and Executed automated and manual test scripts for different modules using QTP.
• Parameterize property values for objects and checkpoints and enhanced the script using Synchronization Points in QTP.
• Presented QA Status report and the Defect Status reports using Mercury Quality Center
• Involved in defect review meetings to prioritize defects
• Performed backend testing using SQL Queries.
• Supported and provided value added inputs for improving processes, procedures, and standards in evolving QA team.
• Involved in testing data mapping of various fields from front end to the mainframe usingXML checkpoints.

Environment: QTP 8.2, QC 9.0, Load Runner 8.1, Team Track 6.6.1.07, SQL, XML, VB Script, Oracle SQL PLUS, MS Excel.

Confidential

Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements document, functional specifications document to prepare Test plan and Test cases.
• Played a key role in developing overall quality processes, metrics collection and change management.
• Constantly verified Requirement Traceability Matrix to determine if each and every Functional requirement is taken care of and a test script is developed and executed for the same.
• Developed and executed Test Cases and Test Scripts for Functionality and Regression testing.
• Developed and documented Standard Testing Procedures for both Manual and Automated Testing.
• Involved in testing the new functionalities based on test cases and coordinated with development team in fixing the issues.
• Established Traceability between the Requirements and the Tests in Traceability Matrix using in Quality Center.
• Implemented Agile (Scrum) QA methodologies.
• Performed functional testing, integration testing, system testing, performance testing, stress testing and load testing.
• Extensive experience in using Mercury Quality Center (Test Planning, Test Lab and Defect Tracking).
• Designed Automation Test Framework using QTP.
• Provided testing the GUI consistency against different browsers (running on windows) against various screen resolutions.
• Performed Data Validation followed by the manual testing of back end.
• Involved in testing Web services and XML with tool called ‘SOAP UI’
• Performed Web services and workflows testing and automated the test suit and test cases using SOAP UI.
• Performed Data Driven test using test data from flat files and analyzed the test results.
• Verified Data with the Toad Interface tool running SQL queries in the Data Base (oracle)
• Recorded, reported and closed defects using Mercury Quality Center through the entire test life cycle.
• Also followed up with development team to verify bug fixes, and update bug status.

Environment: Manual Testing, Quick Test Professional 9.0, Quality Center 8.0, Oracle, JAVA, J2EE, JSP, SOAP UI, Windows XP/2000, UNIX.