SUMMARY

• Having 8+ years of experience as Quality Assurance Tester in Testing Banking, WEB, Retail, Telecommunication, Public sector,Pharmacy and Health Insurence Applications.
• Exposure to all stages of Software Development and Software Testing Life Cycles
• Knowledge on Agile Development process and Waterfall process.
• Expertise in various testing Techniques like Functional testing, Compatibility testing,Regression testing,UAT and Intigration Testing.
• Expert at writing Test Plans and Test Strategies by following different QA Methodologies.
• Strong Experience on Automation tools like WinRunner,QTP, Mercury Quality Center,
• Strong experience in RMT, Clear Confidential and TestDirector.
• Skilled in Using the Manual Testing and Automated Testing.
• Well versed with Manual Testing, Automated Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Web Testing, Functional Testing, GUI, API, Smoke Testing, White box, Black Box Testing, Back End Test Documentation and Defect tracking.
• Interacted with Business Analyst, developers and QA Team for business analysis and requirment gathering
• Performed Functional Testing, Installation,Compatibility,performance,User Interface and Regression Testing in Unix, and Windows Platforms.
• Good knowledge on ETL Testing on Informatica Powercenter tool and including understanding of dimensional data models and source/target mapping.
• Exposure into Agile Testing and DWH/BI Star Schema Concepts
• Testing Web service SOAP, using XML spy.
• Experience with XML, SOA, BPEL, WSDL, SOAP and SQL Developer.
• Extensive experience with WEB Testing, Agile and UAT applications.
• Good Knowledge of Hardware & Software.
• Good knowledge on project internal audits.
• Experienced in Setting up of QA Environment in client place.
• Solid team management capabilities with Good oral and written communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro 9.5/8.0/6.5, Quality Center ALM 11.0/10.0/9.0 , Win Runner 7.6/7.0/6.5RMT,TFS,Clear Confidential, Clear Case,JIRA,SOAP UI.

Operating Systems: Windows 98/00/XP, Win Vista, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux,AS400, MS - DOS.

Languages: C, Java, JSP, XML,C#,VB.NET,TSL, SQL, Toad,PL/SQL,, SQL Developer..

Front End Tools: Visual Basic 5.0/6.0,Front Page, Developer 2000.

ETL Tools: Informatica 8.0, Abinitio, Data Stage 8.0

Reporting Tools: Business Objects 6i/XI, Crystal Reports, Cognos 8.0

Data Bases: Oracle 10g,8i/9i, MS-SQL Server 2000/2005,Teradata, DB2,MS Access

Web Technologies: J2EE, HTML,ajax, DHTML,, FileMaker, XML, SOA, BPEL, WSDL,Jmeter, Eclipse and SOAP

MS-Suite: MS-Word, MS Excel, MS-Project, TFS,MS Share Point2007/ 2010, Microsoft Out look and Microsoft Access, Excel,Powerpoint.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in all activities in all phases of Software development and test development life cycle.
• Maintained the requirements traceability matrix and reviewed frequently to ensure that test cases appropriately translated and mapped to requirements...
• Gathered Functional Requirements for creating the system using prototypes and document analysis
• Analyzed Business Requirements and created Use Cases, high level and low-level Activity Diagrams using Microsoft Vision and using requirement decomposition skills.
• Involved close defects in order to verify that all NC FAST HBE software applications are thoroughly tested end-to-end, fully operational and free from defect
• Write test cases based on product requirements and design specificationsInvolvedin software test planning, documentation andprocess improvement.
• Tested Integrated Eligibility System (IES) rules.
• Working in Medicaid Products,Cah Assisteance(CA),Special Assistance(SA), FNS and SNAP.
• Responsible for ensuring proper test coverage for all NC FAST HBE software applications by reviewing, analyzing, and understanding all business, design, and functional requirements for testability and completeness.
• Execute test cases, test scripts and daily report status to QA Lead.
• Experience in Oracle RDBMS database testing using PL-SQL queries in TOAD.
• Peer Review on the Documentation and submitted the Report to Functional Team and the Manager on the Automation Metrics.
• Involved in cross browsing testing of the application on various Browsers to ensure that it functions similarly on all browsers.
• Working with other product team members to diagnose and recreate problems and prioritizing and implementing solutions.
• Responsible for creating suitable test plans, manual test cases, reusable automated test scripts, regression tests and test data, execution of test sets, producing and analyzing test results, reporting and tracking defects
• Involved GUI testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Positive testing, Negative testing, End to End testing, Cross Browser testing, User Acceptance testing(UAT).
• Review FDD, TDD’s to create test requirements, test cases and test scripts
• Create SIT/UAT test plan and test cases and Create/Update test scenarios and test conditions.
• Responsible forverification and validationfor all work products.
• Validate the MMIS Files.
• Identified thetest data and Create/Verification of Records in the databaserequired to completetest scenarios.

Environment: QualityCenterALM11.0/10.0,Oracle11g,Cognos,WindowsXP,MSOffice,PL/SQL,SQLDeveloper, Agile, Toad, Java environment, UNIX, HTML, XML, Soap UI, Excel, Adobe, Share point.

Confidential, Gaithersburg,MD

Sr QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated in all activities in all phases of Soft ware development and test development life cycle.
• Maintained the requirements traceability matrix and reviewed frequently to ensure that test cases appropriately translated and mapped to requirements.
• Involved in the meeting with Business Process Owners and Marketing Team for Requirement gathering in Definition Stage and create test plans from functional specifications..
• Gathered Functional Requirements for creating the system using prototypes and document analysis
• Analyzed Business Requirements and created Use Cases, high level and low-level Activity Diagrams using Microsoft Vision and using requirement decomposition skills.
• Write test cases based on product requirements and design specificationsInvolvedin software test planning, documentation andprocess improvement.
• Execute test cases, test scripts, Testing User Stories and daily report status to QA Lead.
• Experience in Oracle RDBMS database testing using PL-SQL queries in TOAD.
• Peer Review on the Documentation and submitted the Report to Functional Team and the Manager on the Automation Metrics.
• Involved GUI testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Positive testing, Negative testing, End to End testing, Cross Browser testing, User Acceptance testing(UAT).
• Review FDD, TDD’s to create test requirements, test cases and test scripts
• Create SIT/UAT test plan and test cases and Create/Update test scenarios and test conditions.
• Responsible forverification and validationfor all work products.
• Executed manual and automated test scripts related to data quality testing including andcognosreports test.
• Identified thetest data and Create/Verification of Records in the databaserequired to completetest scenarios.
• Frequently interacted with project team members to ensure that test data is available for testing.
• Creation, execution oftest casesand maintains proper documentation of results.
• Participated in knowledge transfer to the team in various modules of Confidential Application.
• Prepared test cases and scenarios for all levels of test executions includedSystem Integration, functional and performance, validationanduser acceptance testing.
• Wrote complex SQL queries using joins to retrieve data from the database
• Using WINSCP we upload and download the files for testing the data for EDI transactions
• Responsible for Test management, defect management and risk analysis.
• Back end testing by writing and execution of SQL queries and effectively utilized data base tool TOAD.

Environment: QualityCenterALM11.0/10.0,Oracle11g,Cognos,TFS, WindowsXP,MSOffice,PL/SQL,SQLDeveloper, agile, Toad, Java, Net and C# environment, Linux, TML, XML, Excel, Adobe.

Confidential, Beaverton, OR

Sr Web Services tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the meeting with Business Process Owners and Marketing Team for Requirement gathering in Definition Stage and create test plans from functional specifications.
• Gathered Functional Requirements for creating the system using prototypes and document analysis
• Great expertise in testing web services.
• Analyzed Business Requirements and created Use Cases, high level and low-level Activity Diagrams using Microsoft Vision and using requirement decomposition skills.
• Write test cases based on product requirements and design specificationsInvolvedin software test planning, documentation andprocess improvement.
• Execute test cases, test scripts, test user stories and report status to QA Lead.
• Uploaded test cases to the Test Plan Module in Quality Center from test case template.
• Logged the defects in Quality Center and assigned them to corresponding developers.
• Involved in data driven test, Web based, End to End, Regression, Back end, Functional and Black Box Testing.
• Wrote complex SQL queries using joins, sub queries and inline views to retrieve data from the database and Create/Verification of Records in the database.
• Tested the data load process using theInformaticaPower CenterETLtool.
• UsedInformaticasession logs for Error checking and testing of theETLprograms.
• Worked as a Sr QA Analyst on different projects for web base Appraisal application.
• Performed GUI testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, API testing, Negative testing, End to End testing,, Cross Browser testing, User Acceptance testing on multiple projects.
• Worked as like training my co-worker, sending the status report to my manager in my team, for critical issues communicated with the developer and business, and wrote test plan for the projects, trained the business on Quality Center.
• Wrote Test Scenarios, Test cases in excel sheet and imported them to Test Director/Quality Center.
• Logged defects in Quality Center, re-tested defects, analyzed defect with Users and Developers.
• Mapped Test Cases to Requirements (traceability Metrics).
• Worked in an agile environment and Involved in detail Production testing.
• While writing Test Cases, analyzed FSD, and Use Cases, CR (change request).
• Verification in various formats Files (JSON, XML, and CSV) and Validated Reports.
• Assured customer satisfaction with proper documentation and reports.
• Developed and communicate project/task estimates and project plans.
• Wrote test cases for regression testing and executed on QTP.
• Defines and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.Expertise in validating Cognos Reports (Standard Reports / Adhoc Reports / Drill through Reports.
• Performed end to end test manually, participated in defect review meetings, Status meetings and GO/NO-GO meetings and manage and update test scripts templates in Excel.

Environment: Quality Center 11.0/10.0,JIRA,QTP, MS SQL Server,TFS,,Cognos Windows XP, MS-Office, PL/SQL, SQL Developer,Agile,.Net, Java and C# environment, AJAX,J-Meter,Soap, Linux,Informatica,TFS,UNIX, HTML, JSON,XML, Excel, Adobe.

Confidential, State of Pennsylvania, PA

Test Analyst/Functional Tester

Responsibilities:

• Assisted Project Manager in preparing project plan, time line, high level-scoping document, stakeholders and resource identification
• Involved in the meeting with Business Process Owners, SME (Subject Matter Experts) and Marketing Team for Requirement gathering in Definition Stage
• Gathered Functional Requirements for creating the system using prototypes and document analysis
• Authored Business Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) document and was involved in the sign off session.
• Analyzed Business Requirements and created Use Cases, high level and low level Activity Diagrams using Microsoft Visio
• Collaborated with the QA team to develop the test (plans/scenarios/cases/data) to be used in testing based on different business requirement.
• Involved in testing Web services and XML with tool called ‘SOAP UI’. I have been using this tool to locate WSDL file on internet, create Test cases, run them, do load testing, security testing.
• Created and Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Create validation test plans for large systems/system upgrades or implementation.
• Involved in planning, coordinating and executing project tasks.
• Maintained test logs, test suites and reports providing guidance to the testing team understanding the functionality of application, Manual Scripting is done for the test cases on the UCMS application, requirement decomposition and execution in Rational Manual Tester.
• Built WSDL files to test web services in a Service Oriented Architecture environment. Defined web service interfaces using WSDL and XML schemas.
• Involved in testing Java web applications, Services including experience with Portlets, JSP and JSF.
• Involved in data driven test, Back end, Functional and Black Box Testing and defects using TFS.
• Wrote complex SQL queries using joins, sub queries and inline views to retrieve data from the database.
• Worked on Microsoft excel and generate reports using excel.
• Evaluate test scenarios and test cases based on established system specifications and user requirements, Execute test cases; analyze results and report verdicts and issues to Test Lead and Manager, Conducted Unit, Component Integration, System, Regression,GUI, Web, System and UAT Testing.
• Reported defects using Clear Confidential and worked closely with developers in tight deadlines for bug fixing and resolve the Issues. Identified the defects and issues from the perspective of client and end user.
• Performed end to end test manually, participated in defect review meetings, Status meetings and GO/NO-GO meetings, Listing all Characteristic in the excel spreadsheet and compare with legacy reporting characteristics.
• Worked on User Interface testing, Web services testing using, Interface testing for Inbound and Outbound Interface Request.
• Unit testing the measures and formulas in the universe and comparing with values of legacy reports, validating the data by writing SQL Queries and Create/Verification of Records in the database.
• Ran Batch Process and Job schedulers in the back-end for applications to create tasks for the end users to work on the applications, checking the user authorization for the corporate documents. Trained the end users.

Environment: Rational Suite2007 (Test Manager,ClearQuest, Clear Case, Manual Tester), TFS,SQLServer2005/2000, DB2, Windows XP, Informatica,MS-Office,PL/SQL,AS400,SQL Developer, Java environment,C#, Web sphere,WSDL, JMeter, SOA, Putty, Soap UI, HTML,XML,UNIX Excel, Adobe,BPEL.

Confidential, Albany, NY

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing the MEDS application for all modules that are Eligibility, Enrollment, and Plan
• Change & Disenrollment, Premium Billing and claims processing.
• Developed Test Cases based on Business requirements and design documents in Rational Manual Tester.
• Using WINSCP we upload and download the files for testing the data for EDI transactions
• Data Validation Testing, Data Reconciliation Testing and Quality Center 9.0
• Verified Response files came from CMS and analyzed the Accepted, Rejected Card holders.
• Involved in executing Test Cases for all applications at System Testing Phase.
• Executed SQL scripts using TOAD to retrieve and compare the data from both source and Facets tables
• Expertise in validating Cognos Reports (Standard Reports / Masterdetailed Reports / Drill through Reports).
• Tested Complex Reports by writing Complex SQL’s according to business rules.
• Expertise in validating, Reports (Standard Reports / Adhoc Reports / Drill through Reports.
• Tested Complex Reports & Cognos Cubes by writing Complex SQL’s according to business rules.
• Verified fields & Formats present in the cognos reports are as agreed per Functional Spec Document.
• Edited Response files based on written Test cases.
• Participated various Testing stages while deploying the code (Smoke testing, System Testing, Adhoc Testing, End to End Testing, Regression testing and UAT)
• Verified all error reports (Rejected card holders) and notified to Fulfillment vendor.
• Involved in Querying (SQL queries) and updating records and validate Database records as expected.
• Updated the Test cases section in the Traceability matrix to provide to track the requirements through the project development life cycle

Environment: Rational Manual Tester, ClearQuest, SQL, HIPAA, EDI, X12,XML, Windows XP Professional, MS-OFFICE, Informatica,Cognos, TSO / ISPF, COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, FILE MANAGER, CHANGEMAN,QMF, VSAM, SPUFI, SQL.

Confidential, Warren, NJ

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed Manual test cases to test User Statements, Transfers and History of payments and other functionality’s
• Created Automated Test cases for each functionality specification for bug free performance
• Created and executed detail function test scripts based on the business req Created Test Data in flat files from production data.
• Worked as a QA Analyst on different projects for web base Mortgage application.
• Performed GUI testing, integration testing, regression testing, Ad -hoc testing, negative testing on multiple projects.
• Was involved in BPT process testing.
• Created appropriate test cases, test scenarios, logged defects in Test Director.
• Worked with the developers and Business group involved in production testing, was engaged in full cycle of testing from start to end..
• Communicated timely project status to appropriate levels of management.
• Worked on AS400.
• Was involved in testing Main Frame base Mortgage application called ‘Citilink’. Successfully completed the training for Citilink application.
• Applications I had worked on were mainly based on Java, .Net.
• Executed High Risk Testing in Production Environment on Release Day.
• Assured customer satisfaction with proper documentation and reports.
• Responsible for testing Branch reports Application developed for Branch Managers.
• Involved in cross browsing testing of the application on various Browsers to ensure that it functions similarly on all browsers.
• Created the necessary test data to execute the automated scripts as external data sheets and imported the data sheets into the test scripts
• Used Parameterization for using various data to test the application using QTP.
• Developed several data driven and individual test cases to satisfy both positive and negative testing.
• Identified several test cases and created test data.
• Performed different types of Regression testing, Unit testing, Build verification and integration
• Prepared user requirements and developed business and technical specifications in accordance to business rules
• Generated Test data for various types of testing to valid data, Invalid data, Partial data bad data testing.
• Determined the nature and severity of bugs uncovered while testing

Environment: Test Director 7.6,SQL Server 2005,Weblogic, Informatica.UNIX,XML,J2EE,AS 400, Oracle 9i/8i.

Confidential

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Automated and Manual test cases to test User Statements, Transfers and History of payments and other functionality’s
• Created Automated Test cases for each functionality specification for bug free performance
• Created and executed detail function test scripts based on the business req Created Test Data in flat files from production data.
• Responsible for testing Branch reports Application developed for Branch Managers.
• Involved in cross browsing testing of the application on various Browsers to ensure that it functions similarly on all browsers.
• Tested different links for the user's in the site
• Developed several data driven and individual test cases to satisfy both positive and negative testing.
• Identified several test cases and created test data.
• Performed different types of Regression testing, Unit testing, Build verification and integration
• Prepared user requirements and developed business and technical specifications in accordance to business rules
• Modularized the test cases by creating Generic functions that deal with different sets of data.
• Participated in Walk through and Defect report meetings periodically
• Manually performed Ad-hoc testing, System testing, Function testing, Performance testing, User Acceptance testing
• Generated Test data for various types of testing to valid data, Invalid data, Partial data bad data testing.
• Determined the nature and severity of bugs uncovered while testing
• Maintained a defect tracking schedule describing in close detail bugs encountered during testing and replicating such bugs for the benefit of developers
• Work with developers, business and Release managers to discussed ways to fix the defects.

Environment: Win Runner and Manual testing, Java1.2, DHTML, HTML, Servlets, Java script, JDBC, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, Swing, UNIX.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed manual testing, automated testing, defect tracking, resolution of applications and solutions.
• Developed Use Cases to highlight different requirements from the SRS (Software Requirement Specification and SDS (Software Design Specification).
• Written Test Cases and Performed Manual Testing like Positive testing, negative Testing and Black Box Testing.
• Involved in writing comprehensive test plans based on business requirements and technical specifications.
• Prepared and developed test cases, test scripts, and test approach documents.
• Created test cases and test procedures based on Functional Requirement.
• Created tests using both recording and programming. While recording test, we insert checkpoints like GUI, Bitmap and Database, to check the behavior of the application.
• Created Data-Driven Tests by using Data Driver Wizard and by manually adding data driven statements to test scripts to check how it performs the same operations with multiple sets of data.
• Developed test scripts for Functional and Data driven tests using Win Runner on web based module.
• Involved in Writing Test Plans using Test Director
• Performed GUI Test, Functional testing, Smoke testing, Unit testing, User Acceptance testing (UAT), System testing, and Black box testing.
• Involved in testing the loading of the Claim processing Data.
• Developed new methodologies to test reports in Unify and worked extensively on Win runner and Test Director Compatibility issues.
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using Test Director.
• Worked with developers using Test Director to fix the defects.

Environment: Test Director, Manual Testing, DB2, VB Script, .Net, XML, Oracle, SQL, MSOffice, and WindowsNT.