SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of Industry experience in Information Technology and Data Processing field with strong emphasis in Software Quality Assurance.
• Commendable experience in various domains like Financial, Insurance, Banking industries.
• Testing experience on Mainframe, Client/Server and Web Applications with extensive experience in Manual and Automation Testing of applications. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent working knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) in Requirements gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Testing Methods like Waterfall & Agile.
• Demonstrable experience on GUI, Regression, Functional, Integration, System, User Acceptance, related Test Cases and Test Results.
• Expert on Test Planning, Test Scheduling, Test Designing, Test Estimation, Defect reporting and tracking, Test result analysis.
• Proficiency in writing complex/detailed Test Plans, QA analysis on all test documentation and improve test documentation process.
• Expert in developing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scenarios, Test cases by reviewing Business Requirements, Software Requirement specifications for test purpose.
• Expertise in documenting defects using the bug tracking database, providing verifications on fixes in multiple environments, and communicating fix success, failures, status updates as appropriate using Bug tracking Tools like Test Director, Quality Center and Bugzilla.
• Experienced with Test Director and Quality Center for Requirements, Test Plan, Test Designing, Test Analysis, Test Execution, Defect Tracking and Test Evaluation.
• Management skills including implementing and maintaining QA processes and activities and Involved in Configuration Management and New release Requirements Meeting.
• Expertise in Problem solving, Environment planning and Quality Assurance Methodologies.
• Maintaining strong analytical skills with the ability to adapt to changing environments and work in collaboration with colleagues.
• Positive attitude and is confident enough to accept the challenges to prove One’s self.
• Possessed good communication skills and ability to work well both in a group and individually.
• Experienced in Test Automation using HP Suite (Quick Test Professional and Quality Center) and Rational Tools and Load Runner.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• QTP
• Test Director
• Quality Center
• Rational Functional Tester
• Rational Clear Quest
• Rational Requisite Pro
• Rational Test Manager
• Mainframe
• TSO
• JCL
• COBOL
• DB2
• Oracle 7.x/8.x/9i
• SQL Server 2000
• SQL Server 2005
• MS Access
• SQL
• PL/SQL
• SQL*Plus
• C
• C++
• Java
• JavaScript
• XML
• HTML and DHTML
• UML
• Visual Basic
• ASP
• Linux
• Windows NT
• Windows 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

QA Analyst

Environment: Asp. Net, Oracle 9i, Rational Clear Quest, Windows XP, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Office Suite 2003, Share Point Server, Manual Testing, QTP 9.2

Responsibilities:

• Developed test strategy/test plan and test scenarios based on business requirement documents and functional specification documents.
• Executed test cases manually to check GUI and Functional features of the Application under test, compared and analyzed actual with expected results and logged all deviations in the defect tracking tool.
• Performed smoke test and Security Login testing for different build to make sure that the application is working correctly.
• On different versions from 3.0 to 4.0 Releases performed GUI, Acceptance, Functional, System test and Stress testing.
• Performed tests and the test results updated in the detail Test Case Report on daily basis. And involvement in troubleshooting performance issues with the IT team.
• Actively discussed raised issues in the periodic review and status meeting. And provided status report on daily basis.
• Participated in discussions to review the impact of application changes from both internal and external interfaces on the quality of their applications.
• Possessed thorough technical and operational knowledge within the QA area of responsibility.
• Assessed and revised test sequence and scope based upon test results and/or changes in application design.
• Recommended changes in methods, procedures, and equipment, which improved the effectiveness of the analytical results.
• Performed analysis of application changes and created test cases and test strategies to ensure the quality of those changes and verified that required project reviews have been completed.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

QA Analyst

Environment: Mainframe (TSO, ISPF, JCL), DB2, Java, J2EE, MS Access, Advanced Query Tool, QTP 9.2, Quality Center 9.2

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Strategy/Test Plan and Test Scenarios based on Business Requirement Documents and Functional Specification Documents.
• Responsible for Daily Status reports with updated Management summary and Test Execution progress with Statistics reports.
• Participated in complete QA life Cycle. Prepared Test Plans. And responsible to interact with team lead to understand user requirements.
• Preparation of Test Data for Positive and Negative Scenarios and analyzed results of testing sessions and presents results.
• Worked with users to review test results to ensure they meet expected results. Generated detailed reports of the bugs, the pass - fail reports and the Test results.
• Involved in Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, End to End Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Responsible for Weekly status reports/Updates showing the Progress of the Application under testing on weekly project team meetings.
• Responsible for preparation of Test Log and sign off documents.

Confidential, Warren, NJ

QA Consultant

Environment: Windows XP, HTML, Java, IE 6.0, Quick Test Professional (QTP) 8.2, Java script, Ms-Access, MS-Word, MS-Excel, J2EE, Test Director.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participated in both manual and automated testing procedures.
• Analyzed and reviewed the software requirements, functional specifications and design documents for Fusion Integration application.
• Participated in Business functionality review meetings and Use-Case Analysis and involvement in writing test plans and developing test cases from Business Requirements.
• Involved in Functional Testing, System Testing and Integration testing to ensure all aspects of the system are functionally correct.
• Preparation of Test Data for positive and negative scenarios and worked with users to review test results to ensure they meet expected results.
• Performed the Regression Testing to make sure that the bug has been fixed and the application is running properly.
• Executing, analyzing, and verifying test results and worked with developers to resolve issues.
• Interacted with end users to obtain specific system requirements. And articipated in walkthrough and Defect report meetings periodically.
• Interacted with the developers, test team members and Business Analysts for fixing the defects.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

QA Analyst

Environment: J2EE, Java, XML, RUP, SQL Server, DB2, Unix (Sun Solaris V 2.8), Web Testing, Oracle 9i, SQL, TOAD, Rational Clear Quest, Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, MS Office, Mainframe (TSO, ISPF, JCL, DB2, VSAM).

Responsibilities:

• Developed overall Test Strategies, Test Plans for Manual Testing including test schedules, creating Test Data, executing tests interfaces and documenting results.
• Performed the Regression Testing to make sure that the bug has been fixed and the application is running properly.
• Communicated project business issues to appropriate business leadership groups and lead resolution or escalation of issues as necessary.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to establish traceability between requirements and test cases.
• Documented all test results, identifying and summarizing discrepancies.
• Conducted internal and external reviews as well as formal walkthroughs, and participated in status meetings.
• Involved in analyzing the test plans and test cases for the integration, regression, black box and system tests for the web applications.
• Responsible for executing the test plans to produce actual results, working with the Business Analyst to validate actual test results to expected results and ensure the test requirements are met.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

QA Consultant

Environment: Windows 2000, Oracle9i, VB script, Data Stage, HTML, SQL, Automated Testing (Mercury tools)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for interacting with the Team lead to understand user requirements.
• Gathered inputs for creating the test cases for manually testing the modules such as account info, Edit Profile and transaction info functionalities.
• Executed the test cases and verified the actual results with the expected result and responsible for weekly updates showing the progress of the application under testing.
• Attended change requests meeting and reflected those changes in test cases preparation and execution.
• Executed individual test cases to satisfy both positive and negative testing and logged the bugs in to the bug tracking system.
• Identified and reported software defects using Test Director. Performed Regression testing after fixing the bugs.
• Followed Black box testing methodologies to check the functionality of the application.
• Performed multi browser testing and interacted with developers, test team members and business analysts for fixing the defects.
• Documented the entire testing process, test cases and test results.