OBJECTIVE

• Find a challenging position that will give me a platform to exhibit my knowledge & experience and will give me opportunities to learn & grow as a professional.

SUMMARY

• 7+ years of experience in the field of Software Quality Assurance and Testing of UNIX and Web - based applications.
• Expert in testing Client/Server, GUI application and Internet/Intranet based business applications including development and implementation of test plans, test cases and test scripts.
• Experienced in Functional, Integration, Regression, Backend testing, GUI, Data Validation and User Acceptance Testing.
• Proficient in Manual and Automated Testing using Quality Center, Test Director, Quick Test Professional, LoadRunner, Selenium, Performance Center, Bugzilla, Test Manager, Jira.
• Participated in application analysis, test strategy development, test case creation, test script development, test execution, defect tracking and reporting.
• Conducted Parameterization to data tables, system performance tuning, heavy data- driven testing created object repositories in QTP.
• Prepared the Business Workflow using MS-Visio with input, output, and pre/post conditions
• Bug reporting with Rational clear Quest, Test Director, Bugzilla, Jira and Quality Center
• Strong skills in back-end testing using SQL queries in Oracle
• Worked in various tools such as SQL Developer/TOAD
• Expertise in preparing Requirements Traceability Matrix and verifying bidirectional traceability
• Extensive understanding of various standards of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and the integration points of the Standard Testing Life Cycle (STLC) processes within it.
• Experienced in designing Business Requirements, HLD, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Manual & Automation Testing, Data migration and Documentation.
• Extensive experience in Microsoft Office tools
• Experienced in Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Possess good communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as team player and easily moldable to work in new technologies and challenging environments

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro 9.2, LoadRunner 9.5, Performance Center 9.0

Bug tracking & Management tools: Quality Center, Test Director, Bugzilla, Rational Clear Quest,Jira

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2003/NT/Vista, Unix, Linux,Mac

Databases: Oracle 8i-10g, MS Access, SQL Server,TOAD

Programming Languages: C,PL/SQL, Visual Basic, SQL

Markup Languages: HTML, XML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NY

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and wrote test plan in accordance with business requirements.
• Wrote test procedures for front-end GUI standards.
• Determined business requirements for handling products / services including dealers and share holder.
• Performed functional gap analysis and Full Development Lifecycle through Iterative methodology.
• Developed, derived, clarified and reviewed functional specifications and Use cases.
• Written and executed system test plans, UAT plans, quality assurance test plans and test strategy.
• Created automated test scripts and performed Front End and Functionality Testing using QuickTest Pro(QTP).
• Conducted Integration, Security, Data Driven, Regression and System testing on various versions.
• Extensively used SQL Queries to perform Back End Testing and to check the integrity of the data.
• Tool for Oracle Application Development (TOAD) was used to verify the tables in the database.
• Participated in weekly meeting and discussed modification request with management team.
• Managed requirements, developed and executed Tests Scripts, track and managed defects in Quality Center.
• Created, Deployed Automated Test Scripts using automated testing tool of HP QTP and its components.
• Managed and mentored junior QA engineers. Provided user training and documentation.
• Used Quality Center for project tracking, and planning and managing test, created QTP recording environment and recorded, edited scripts and collected Diagnostic information during playback.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Java, JSP, Servlets, Java Script, Oracle, HTML, DHTML, TOAD, SQL, VB Scripting, MS Office, Web Logic.

Confidential, Dallas TX

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Use Cases to get understanding of application. Wrote test cases for the application, involved in writing test scripts for Manual Testing using Quality Center.
• Involved in maintenance updates to current scripts - Manual runs of rate search and order status applications in online loan accounts.
• Used Descriptive Programming in QTP Automation Scripts
• Participated in specifications reviews, project scope assessment and software requirements of online home loan accounts.
• Attended daily and weekly Scrum meetings.
• Developed project test documentation including test plans, test scripts and test result reports as well for the customer contact information and loan prospect components.
• Tested the application with Quick Test Professional and with script enhancements.
• Prepared and enhanced QTP test scripts using VB Script.
• Involved in performing different types of Testing Functional, Integration, System and Regression, User Acceptance using Quality center, Quick Test Professional.
• Accurately recorded and clearly documented all actual results compared to the expected results.
• Maintained well-organized record of test results and generated historical analysis of test results with specific reference to loan receivable applications.
• Fully documented any unexpected anomalies identified in testing with instruction of how to recreate the anomaly in Jira.
• Interacted with Business Analysts, Developers and QA team members in different defect raising situations
• Independently performed and responded to directions/input from higher-level staff.
• Provided testing and resource estimates to project manager.
• Facilitated the defect management process including creating, monitoring and triage.
• Provided test activity status to project team.
• Interfaced with business owners, development, and other project team members.
• Assisted in data warehousing and back-end processing using SQL scripts and batch files.
• Ensured that software meets the expectations based on the requirements and specifications.

Environment: Unix, QTP, Quality Centre,VB Scripting, Jira, J2EE,Agile, JavaBeans, XML, SQL, Oracle.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with business owners, development teams and project management throughout the development lifecycle to improve overall product quality.
• Develop and maintain Test plan, Test data, Test condition and Test Case preparation, System test execution and defect reporting.
• Performed Regression, System, Integration, Functional Testing, Database Testing and Random Testing for different modules.
• Developed SQL queries to perform Database Testing including joins.
• Involved in System, Integration and Functional testing.
• Responsible for preparing weekly and monthly status reports.
• Coordinated with the team and defined and implemented Test Automation Frame Work.
• Conducted Integration, Data Driven, Regression and System testing on various versions.
• Defined automated test scripts using Quick Test Professional and maintained in the Quality Center.
• Designed database to maintain test data for test scripts in Oracle. Integrated test scripts with test data in the database.
• Run all test scripts for each test cycle (5 days) and analyzed results. Each test result is stored in the Quality Center in a separate Run.
• Explored and Evaluated Visual Studio 2010, for Bug Reporting, Tracking.
• Performed Web Services testing of SOAP UI.
• Expertise in defect tracking and reporting.

Environment: .Net, C#, Windows 2003, Oracle, QTP, QC, Visual Studio 2010, Manual Testing.

Confidential, Los Angeles-CA

Quality Assurance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in project requirements and design meetings. Participated in daily SCRUM meetings.
• Prepared detailed test scenarios and test cases to validate the functionality of the features by studying the user stories and mock-up documents.
• Executed test cases manually and tracked the bugs by entering in the Defect Tracking System with appropriate severity, priority and details.
• Extensively worked on handling the application response for Positive and Negative sets of data using Data Driven Testing
• Interacted, followed up and assisted the programmers to test various scenarios to identify and resolve the issues reported.
• Developed complex SQL queries to perform Database testing.
• Conducted Data Driven testing using parameterization in QTP to test the application with different set of data.
• Involved in integration testing of many features and functionalities.
• Performed regression testing of the various builds of the application manually.
• Performed system test on each build of the application

Environment: Quality Center, Java, VB Script, QTP, ASP.NET, Agile,Windows 2000, XML, HTML, SQL, Manual Testing, SQL Server 2000.

Confidential, MN

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the requirements and defined Scope, Milestones, designed Business Model and documenting a System Test Plan for the Project.
• Identified Testing Limitations, Boundary Conditions and setup of Test Environment and identified the high-risk points and the priorities of the application.
• Analyzed use cases and specifications to identify the test cases and prepared functional test plans for different modules of the application.
• Extensively worked on handling the application response for Positive and Negative sets of data using Data Driven Testing.
• Developed Load Test Scripts by using LoadRunner8.1 VUGen and did the Parameterization, Pacing, and correlation.
• Did Runtime Settings in VUGen and included various Checkpoints while recording the vuser scripts.
• Correlated dynamically created session data in load test scripts in VUGen to synchronize with application.
• Configured various parameters to monitor the windows resources for various servers in LoadRunner8.1 Controller and created end scenarios in the Controller.
• Defined Rendezvous points to create intense load on the server and thereby to measure the server performance under load.
• Analyzed the results of the Load test using the Load Runner8.1 Analysis tool and monitored various graphs (Throughput, Hits/sec, Transaction Response Time, etc) while executing scripts from Controller.
• Configured Production Server System settings on Load Test lab Servers and executed performance testing scenarios using Loadrunner8.1 Controller by creating 500 virtual users.
• Developed complex SQL queries to perform Database testing.
• Created stub files using XML, to test the interface between the systems.
• Used QTP extensively to create test scripts for functional testing and performed data driven testing on QTP scripts and enhanced the overall functionality of the application.
• Used Bugzilla as a bug tracking tool.
• Analyze business users so as to perform the UAT testing and worked closely with the software development team to quickly resolve bugs.

Environment: HP LoadRunner8.1, BugZilla, Java, QTP8.2, Windows 2000, XML, HTML, SQL, J2EE, Manual Testing, SQL Server 2005.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed the Business and System requirements. Attended team meetings and walkthroughs for review and resolution of Business and System requirements
• Documented Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Results
• Downloaded Test Data from main server to test server.
• Responsible to test the business flow of Daily Transaction Inquiry, Transfer Funds, Transaction history, Account Summary, Establishing and maintaining Certificate Deposits
• Tested the performance of the modules Online Bill payment
• Extensively involved in performing Black Box Testing, Integration Testing, Sanity Testing, System Testing, End-to End and User Acceptance Testing
• Tested the GUI & UAT of the application
• Tested Business Components, Screens to improve the functionality as per the business requirements
• Participated in Regression Testing for each build/release
• Performed Positive Testing both manually and automatically.
• Experience in installing and setting up test machines, which includes installing operating systems and other software applications, related to the testing environment.
• Developed Test Cases and scripts for Functionality and Recovery Testing.
• Developed Test Cases and scripts for Security Testing, which involves testing the system from, unauthorized use and unauthorized data access.
• Involved in Stress Testing & Load Testing using LoadRunner
• Worked closely with Developers to isolate, track, and troubleshoot defects and monitored defects until resolved
• Involved in Configuration Testing.
• Performed Usability testing manually.
• Involved as part of automation team using QTP developed test scripts.
• Conducted Data Driven testing using parameterization in QTP to test the application with different set of data.
• Excellent experience managing the whole testing process using Mercury Interactive Test Management tool Mercury Quality Center
• Used Quality Center to log, monitor and update defects found during testing.
• Helped QA group to analyze the progress of defects repairs by generating reports and graphs.

Environment: QTP 8.2, Load Runner, Quality Center 8.2, Windows NT, ASP.Net, C#, HTML and SQL Server 2000

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the system requirements and developed test plans using technical specifications.
• Performed System Testing and Regression Testing.
• Responsible for back-end testing/database testing, which was done using SQL queries.
• Generated automated test scripts for regression and stress testing and also data driven scripts for multi user access for product information module using the data pool.
• Used Test Director for bug tracking and investigated software bugs.
• Performed validation tests to ensure that the developed functionality meets the specifications prior to UAT testing.
• Involved in Bug Logging, Issue Tracking and responsible for tracing the bugs throughout the whole bug lifecycle till the bug closure.
• Involved in manually testing the Functionality of the each module and maintained documentation on different types of Testing viz., Positive, Negative, Regression, Integration, System, User-acceptance and Black Box.

Environment: Manual Testing, HTML,J2EE, Java Script, IIS, SQL Server 2000 and Unix.