SUMMARY

• 6+ years of QA experience in all phases of Software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, testing, defect tracking and reporting.
• Extensive experience in Agile and SCRUM methodology, development and execution of manual test.
• Experience in Design, development, and execution of test cases using test plans and functional specifications.
• Experience in Software field utilizing HP tools (QTP, Quality Center).
• Involved in manual and automated testing using Selenium and tool like QTP.
• Extensive working experience in Black - box testing and Gray-Box testing.
• Expertise in all phases of the test cycle, including Integration/System Testing, Performance Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, etc.
• Excellent understanding of the test phase of Software Development Life Cycle and knowledge of all phases of SDLC.
• Experienced in creating and enhancing automation script using selenium
• Extensive working experience in Protocol Testing like HTML, HTTP, FTP, TCP/IP.
• Proficient with development of Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Cases and executing them and have experience with development of Test Cases from Use Cases.
• Proficient in Window based, web based Client Server applications.
• Proven skills in developing innovative approaches to create use cases, user interface specifications, and user requirement specification documents.
• Execute SQL queries/procedures to perform database and backend testing.
• Written and maintained Requirement and Test Documentation as per high level testing standards, Attended review meetings and Quality Control board meeting for continuous improvement of Software Quality.
• Excellent problem solving skills with a strong technical background, good interpersonal skills and immense experience and Certified Tester, Quick learner and excellent team player, ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Detail driven with outstanding communication skills and proven success interfacing with both customers and cross functional teams

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: QTP, Selenium, Sopui, Jira, HP Quality Center, PVCS Tracker, Bugzilla.

Platforms: Windows XP/2000/NT, Mainframes, Unix and MAC operating systems.

Databases: Oracle 8.0/9/10, MS SQL Server, MS Access

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile

Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, XML, Java Script, VB Script, ASP, SOA Web Services

Technologies: Java, Java Script, .NET, Visual Basic, VB Script, C, C++

Web services: XML, SOAP UI, HP Service Test

Testing Methodologies: Agile, Iterative or incremental, Waterfall model

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus, OH

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and executed detailed test cases including prerequisites, detailed instructions and anticipated results.
• Created multiple test scenarios based on business rules to create data driven testing.
• Participated in Test Case walkthroughs and created Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Executed Test cases using ALM and documented test results.
• Performed various types of testing of WEB Applications in different browsers such as IE8, IE9, Firefox, Safari
• Create and update Test cases in QC. Execution of Test cases
• Participated in project meetings, review specifications, release notes and gave recommendations and suggestions.
• Used QC to write, and execute the test cases. Compared and analyzed actual to expected results and reported all deviations for resolution.
• Developed and maintained regression test scripts using Selenium RC
• Tested deployment of applications in various environments during all phases of product lifecycle
• Managed defect tracking, defect reporting for using ALM and Jira
• Maintained Daily Project Status Report
• Interacted with the development team to solve the problems encountered in the test scenario run.
• Worked with development teams to investigate, prioritize and resolve software bugs / defects based on the testing results.
• Participated in daily status meetings to report any bugs, issues and risks.
• Performed Verification and Validation.

Environment: Java J2EE, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Selenium Suite ALM, Jira, Selenium IDE. Functional, Integration, System, Regression, Negative, Smoke/Sanity, Adhoc, Usability, Security & Build Verification Testing.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirements.
• Created the test plan.
• Wrote manual test cases in Jira.
• Successfully created QTP automated test scripts for smoke and regression testing within time
• Performed system and regression testing.
• Prepare and review Test cases and Test scripts to test the application ensuring application compliance with requirements and able to manage action items
• Logged and tracked defects using Quality Center.
• Performed testing includes functional testing, user acceptance testing, integration testing, system testing, exception testing, compatibility testing of client/server and web.
• Developed and executed automated test scripts by using VBScripts, Descriptive Programming and Function Libraries in QTP for DAO and IRA applications
• Conducted backend testing by querying databases to synchronize testing databases and checked for data integrity and proper routing based on work flow rules at each step.
• Developed automated QTP test scripts for functional, regression and GUI testing
• Work extensively in a very fast paced in agile environment.

Environment: Mainframes Applications as Source systems, MQ, POS

Confidential, Marlborough, MA

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirements.
• Created the test plan
• Wrote manual test cases in Quality Center.
• Performed system and regression testing.
• Logged and tracked defects using Quality Center.
• Performed testing includes functional testing, user acceptance testing, integration testing, system testing, exception testing, compatibility testing of client/server and web.
• Conducted backend testing by querying databases to synchronize testing databases and checked for data integrity and proper routing based on work flow rules at each step.
• Work extensively in a very fast paced in agile environment

Environment: Java J2EE, Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Confidential, Saint Paul, MN

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test Strategy, Test Plan and Project Plan
• Participation in requirement review, test case review and defect triage meetings.
• Analysis and preparation of Regression testing Plan
• Creation of test scripts using QTP for regression testing using keyword driven framework
• Performed Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, GUI Testing and System Testing.
• Performed backend and ETL testing by writing SQL statements to ensure data integrity between source and target tables
• Performed unit, integration, and system testing at various levels ETL process to test the SSIS packages
• Generated Customized test report like test execution summary report, defect vs. severity reports by querying against data tables in HPQC.
• Creation and maintenance of test handbook detailing testing best practices

Environment: HP Quality Center 9.x, QTP, VBScript, .Net, SQL Server, SQL Server BIDS, MS-Excel, XML, Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Project, Managing IS, Visio, PowerPoint

Confidential, Hartford, CT

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test cases for the applicationafter analyzing the Business Requirements in Quality Center
• Assisted in Test plan development
• Extensively used Quality Center for reporting, tracking bugs and for document control
• Developed baseline scripts for future regression testing of the application using Quick Test Pro
• Script enhancements and Data Driven Testing were implemented with Quick Test Pro
• Logged results and Defects using Quality Center
• Responsible for executing the test cases and test automation scripts as per the plan for the application testing
• Conducted Functional and Regression testing
• Coordinated with business users for the User Acceptance Testing
• Monitored Quality Center to track defects
• Retested the bug fixes and closed when test passed.
• Developed test scripts for Functional, Regression and data driven tests using Quick Test Pro
• Developed test cases for the ratings & Quote of the different insurances provided by the company.
• Interacted with developers, discussing the spec provided by the Analysts and also involved in identifying the changes and the discrepancies in the application
• Part of implementation meetings with project team before migrates the release into production.

Environment: Windows XP /2000, VB.Net, ASP .net, Oracle, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Creating test strategy document
• Scheduling the Testing Activities
• Designing and executing test cases
• Defect Tracking using Product Studio
• Preparing knowledge base document
• Sending Daily / Weekly Status Reports
• Bug Triage
• Interact with Microsoft Test Leads regularly and discuss any technical issues
• Facilitate resource managers when needed in identifying and confirming on resource skills, so that the Resource Manager can then accordingly take a call on whether the identified resource would be a suitable candidate of any given project. Assist in hiring (interview and test assessments) suitable candidates based on project requirements
• Provide technical support to customer requests and also to other delivery units in the organization
• Constantly interacting with the customer to understand the dynamic changes in the requirement.

Environment: Manual Testing, Window XP, My SQL, HTML, IE 6.0, Firefox