SUMMARY

• Seven years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing, in the areas of Business process, requirements, functional analysis, and maintenance of Web based applications.
• Thorough knowledge of SDLC, strong experience in crafting Test requirements, preparation and execution of test cases, writing automation scripts
• Experience in performing Functional testing, System testing, Regression testing, Backend testing, Smoke testing using manual & automated testing tools Quality Center/Test Director.
• Experience in gathering test metrics.
• Good experience in generating test scripts, Scenarios and Analysis reports to identify system bottlenecks through load and performance testing.
• Performed Data Validation of the data flow from the front - end to the back-end by executing SQL scripts.
• Experience in doing integration testing in data warehousing (ETL) and Database environments.
• Proficient in Manual and Automated testing of Applications in Windows environment.
• Extensive experience working with VBScript for implementing business logic in Quick Test Professional.
• Experience in implementing complex functional tests that require an understanding of the application logic and excellent problem analysis.
• Experience in creating automated test scripts using Perl to automate the test cases created and performed Data Driven Tests, Batch tests and exception handling and recovery scenarios.
• Hands on experience in writing QA test plans and test cases and executing them.
• Comprehensive understanding of QA standards, flows, methodologies, procedures, and QA documentation.
• Hands on experience with heterogeneous hardware platforms such as Windows, UNIX.
• Good Working knowledge of database concepts and strong SQL skills.
• Expertise in Problem solving and bug reports using Bug Tracking Tools, worked on agile and waterfall models.
• Ability to work in fast paced environments, taking initiative in project planning, handling multiple assignments, excellent understanding of testing methodologies, test tools and an eagerness in honing my testing skills.
• Highly motivated, self-starter able to work independently and collaboratively within a diverse technical team. Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automaton Tools: Selenium, Quick-Test Professional (QTP)

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center, Test Director

Scripting Language: Perl, shell Script

Databases: Oracle, DB2, MySQL

Front end Tools: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office

Operating Systems: Windows Vista/XP/2000/2003/NT, Unix.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Business users and Technical team in providing clear solutions to requirements.
• Responsible for designing, developing test plans test cases and executing test scripts.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) using Quality Centre for the Requirements to the Test cases to ensure the adequate test coverage.
• Designed and prepared test plans for Test Approach & Test cases.
• Developed and deployed test automation scripts to do end to end performance testing.
• Responsible for developing and executing performance and volume tests as well as developing and executing automated regression scripts.
• Executing SQL scripts, Performed Data Validation of the data flow from the front-end to the back-end.
• Develop test scenarios to properly load / stress the system in a lab environment and monitor / debug performance & stability problems.
• Involved in System, Integration, and Data & Regression testing.
• Involved in Java API testing.
• Coordinated with developers for new builds in testing environment.
• Experience in running automation selenium scripts.
• Guided testing team to follow written procedures for writing test cases.
• Worked on agile and waterfall models and Bug reporting.
• Involved in Defect Management system and creating daily defect reports.
• Responsible for evaluation of test coverage, results, and effectiveness.
• Performed extensive manual testing and automated testing using the Quality Center.
• Involved in Integration testing, Regression testing, Acceptance testing and Functional testing, Performance testing, System Integration testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Coordinated testing teams (On and off shore) for testing application.
• Participated in progress reviews and meetings relating to outstanding issues.

Environment: Oracle, SQL, HTML, Quality Center, Eclipse.

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test plan and Test cases based on Design, Functional and Requirement Specifications.
• Involved in the management team that defined changes and testing requirements for Epro, Purchasing, AM and other accounting modules that were already in place.
• Constant changes were made to these modules per user requests
• Verifying data integrity as accounts moved from one system to another.
• Generated Test case Statistics like percentage Executed, Passed, Failed and Not Run.
• Participated in screen meetings and maintained good relationship with developers.
• Prepared a complete Test Plan and Test Data.
• Executed SQL Scripts for Data performance
• Conducted Manual Testing on basic functionalities of the application.
• Additional tasks included creating Queries using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL, report modifications, development work using PeopleSoft Application Designer and Toad.
• Bt Using Agile methodology we decrease the project length and improve the efficiency of the application
• Executed automation Selenium scripts test scripts to send the commands to the CTST application server.
• Executed the Test Scripts on different releases and validated the actual results against the expected results.

Environment: Quality Center 10.0, Data Stage, Unix, Shell Scripting, Pearl scripting, ETL, Oracle 9i/10g, DB2, TeraData, Windows XP, PL/SQL Developer.

Confidential, GA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Closely worked with business analysts & project management to help make technical decisions.
• Participated in planning and directing quality assurance schedules and assignments, and monitoring project status in comparison to cost/time projections.
• Interacted with stakeholders and Technical team in providing clear solutions to requirements.
• Involved in Java API testing.
• Involved in System, Integration, and Data & Regression testing.
• Prepared test harness/ test bed and guided junior testers to use test data.
• Designed and prepared test plans & Test cases.
• Developed and executed Unit, System, Integration and regression test scenarios.
• Responsible for developing Automation Framework, Automation Test Plan and Test Scripts.
• Performed TASK Management and Worklist validation tests.
• Developed shell scripts for performance validation.
• Using LoadRunner, execute multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages and other features of the LoadRunner Controller.
• Analyze, interpret and summarize meaningful and relevant results in a complete Performance Test Report.
• Tested Software application in Mainframe and Distributed Systems Environment.
• Involved in System Integration testing (SIT) and End to End (E2E) testing.
• Identified and documented the defects using Team Foundation Server (TFS) for full bug lifecycle to ensure application’s functionality and stability.
• Analyzed test results to ensure existing functionality and recommend corrective action where necessary.
• Checked the database for Integrity constraints and Data integrity.
• Performed data validation between the staging and production tables.
• Used server trace log, xml response & other test artifacts files to validate integration tests results.
• Lead Defect meetings and coordination with development team and tech support team.
• Investigate and troubleshoot performance problems in a lab environment. This will also include analysis of performance problems in a production environment.

Environment: ANT, Unix, Shell Scripting, Oracle, SQL, HTML, Quality Center, Eclipse, Java, J2EE, Automation tools QC, Load runner, SQL Server.

Confidential, Walnut creek, CA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Unit/Dev testing Environment which included Deployment and maintenance of Web Applications, Windows Processors, Web Services and Databases.
• Created Test Cases and usage scenarios to facilitate and streamline manual and regression testing through analysis of various system documents such as system design specification document and Use cases.
• Managed the Development of Test Plan and Test scenarios from UML flow and sequence diagrams.
• Created automated test scripts using Selenium to automate the test cases created and performed Data Driven Tests, Batch tests and exception handling and recovery scenarios.
• Involved in creating an Initialization Scripts for each module using VB script, which is used to maintain the object identification properties uniform when creating automation scripts.
• Generated test scripts, Scenarios and Analysis reports to identify system bottlenecks through load and performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Created extensive Test Summary reports.
• Performed Data Validation of the data flow from the front-end to the back-end by executing SQL scripts.
• Performed Installation testing on various Builds and MSI.
• Created and reported logs for developers to look at for any incidents or deviations detected.
• Streamlined the Testing lifecycle through interaction with business analysts and developers in different phases of the project.

Environment: Selenium, Junit, ANT, Unix, LoadRunner, Shell Scripting, Oracle, HTML, Quality Center, Eclipse, Java, J2EE, Quick Test Professional 8.2/9.x, LoadRunner8.0, Quality Center 8.x, ASP.Net, Visual C #, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, UML, SQL Server 2000,SQL Server 2005,VB Script, XML, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft InfoPath, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Sharepoint.

Confidential

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all phases starting from planning to execution of project.
• Involved in System, Integration, and Data & Regression testing.
• Involved in Java API testing.
• Developed Test plan document and Test case documents.
• Automated checkout module related tests cases which involves dynamic checkout pages that differ on zip codes, coupons etc.
• Used existing framework which has a clear separation of responsibilities which are handled by XML data input files, HTML data output files, generic logs, object repository, exception logs, recovery handlers, and utilities.
• Scripts were used during regression testing which are developed using QTP.
• Created Smoke test plan for high-level functionality testing using QTP.
• Performed Backend Testing, Data Validation Testing using SQL queries and XML.
• Tested the application on popular browsers like IE, Netscape Navigator using HTML data validation.
• Managed bug lifecycle and QA work flow using Mercury Quality Center and Test Director.
• Coordinated all issues from business users to Development.
• Documented procedures for maintaining and executing scripts.

Environment: Unix, QTP, Shell Scripting, Oracle, SQL, HTML, Quality Center, Eclipse, Java,J2EE, Manual and Automated Testing, QTP 8.2, 9.0, Quality Center 8.2, Test Director, Interwoven Content Management Systems, AJAX, PHP, HTML, PERL, XML, Oracle, TOAD, IE, Netscape Navigator, Windows XP Professional/Windows 2003 Server.