SUMMARY

• Having 9 years of IT experience of in various phases of SDLC such as Requirements and Analysis, Design and Construction, Testing, UAT
• Excellent capability to explore, learn and understand newer business domains and technology.
• Hands on experience in analyzing business requirements, functional requirements and developing documentation for entire QA cycle including Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases/scripts, Traceability matrix, Test Data, Defect Management reports & matrices.
• Extensive experience in functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, GUI testing, system testing, back - end testing, browser compatibility testing, User Acceptance Testing and load/ performance testing.
• Hands on experience in defect tracking & defect management from the discovery of defects, submitting the defects and tracking the defect status in defect tracking tools till it is closed.
• Professional understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Test Life Cycle, Bug Life Cycle, QA Processes, testing methodologies and testing strategies.
• Proven experience asQAonsite coordinatorand managing team of5-7members,including ramp up plans, trainings, task assignment and tracking, qualitydelivery,andknowledge management.
• Working experience with Mercury/HP Quick Test Professional
• Extensive Knowledge ofUse Cases, ER diagrams, and Data Flow diagramsto understand functional and data requirements from business.
• ConductSystem,Integration,Regression, Negative and End to End Testing using HP Quality for system validations
• Define and documentTest Strategy, Test Plan, Test Specifications, Test DataandDefect ManagementStrategy requirements
• Creating, Executing and Implementing Test Cases though Business Design Requirement document, Functional Requirement Specifications,Workflow Analysis, DBV (Design, Build and Validation) sessions and Project information
• Proficient in writingSQLqueriesfor querying databases for data validation
• Experienced in environments requiring direct Customer interaction during specifications, development and project implementation phases.
• Good Working knowledge in the Database SQL Server, UNIX and Windows.
• Knowledge of OOPS concepts.
• Core areas of skill are software testing or systems engineering and analysis in a dynamic technology oriented company in the media market, web base, standalone application, telecom testing, Unix Oracle and Basic knowledge on Automation testing tools

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LANGUAGES: UNIX, Shell Scripting, HTML, Core Javaand C

RDBMS: SQL/PLSQL, Oracle 9.2, TOAD

WEB & CLIENT-SERVER TECHNOLOGIES: HTML, XML 1.1, JDBC, core Java

APPLICATION/WEB SERVERS: Apache Tomcat, WebLogic 10.3

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows and Linux

TOOLS: MS Office, Clear Case (IBM tool), SQL Developer 1.5.5, QTP, UltraEdit, SilkTest, Test Director, Quality Center, Bugzilla and Clear Quest, CRM Clarify 10.1/13.1.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work with Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts and Project Management to review the requirement documents (Requirement Analysis), solution proposal documents, coordinate test and implementation activities. Provide estimates of QA time (Test Effort Estimation) and resources for testing
• Preparing test artifacts such as Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases based on Business Requirement Document. Participating in walkthrough and review meetings to finalize the documents and testing scope coverage
• Creating SQL queries to retrieve and validate the data using SQL developer.
• Develop and execute complete end to end as well as acceptance test scenarios from business perspective and validate as per the requirements
• Performing extensive System Database Testing for end to end test data flow into various client specific applications
• To work closely with developers and other technical groups to reproduce errors, identify issues and resolve problems
• To follow up and co-ordinate, the defects or observations reported, with Development team and product team for completion
• To act as the single Point of Contact for testing related activities for the projects assigned during each release
• Coordinating and also performing validation with 3rd parties for functional changes to facilitate the End to End validations
• Communicating with Business Partners, Subject Matter experts to analyze, suggest changes in the requirements to make the testing process smooth
• Daily / Periodic deliveries, status reporting and project communications to Test Manager as well as Project Manager including Business
• Participating in daily meetings and reporting for Quality Assurance and Testing work progress
• Follow Test management (Software Test Project Lifecycle) and defect management (Software Defect Life Cycle) process using Quality center 10.00
• To Perform Sanity, Exploratory, Integration, System and Regression testing in various levels for different applications
• Managing the test specific documents in share point for document management and knowledge base improvement
• Knowledge Transition and Training offshore team for project specific knowledge
• Set up Risk based testing approach to accommodate last minute changes. To follow-up and co-ordinate the defect driven testing whenever needed
• To establish “Best practices” like 10% Quality Probe and plan for continual improvement of the Process
• Coordination with Offshore Team for setting up daily work priorities including query resolution
• Data Mining and Scenario Matrix preparation as per business requirements
• Test Case Review and Rework
• Resource planning and daily work allocation.

Environment: SQL Developer 1.5.5, Quality Center and QTP

Confidential

QA Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work with Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts and Project Management to review the requirement documents (Requirement Analysis), solution proposal documents, coordinate test and implementation activities. Provide estimates of QA time (Test Effort Estimation) and resources for testing
• Preparing test artifacts such as Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Cases for the new and old features based on Business Requirement Document. Participating in walkthrough and review meetings to finalize the documents and testing scope coverage
• Develop and execute complete end to end as well as acceptance test scenarios from business perspective and validate as per the requirements
• Performing extensive System Database Testing for end to end test data flow into various client specific applications
• To work closely with developers and other technical groups to reproduce errors, identify issues and resolve problems
• To follow up and co-ordinate, the defects or observations reported, with Development team and product team for completion
• To act as the single Point of Contact for testing related activities for the projects assigned during each release
• To support UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and Production migration team during application roll outs
• Coordinating and also performing validation with 3rd parties for functional changes to facilitate the End to End validations
• Communicating with Business Partners, Subject Matter experts to analyze, suggest changes in the requirements to make the testing process smooth
• Daily / Periodic deliveries, status reporting and project communications to Test Manager as well as Project Manager including Business
• Participating in daily meetings and reporting for Quality Assurance and Testing work progress
• Follow Test management (Software Test Project Lifecycle) and defect management (Software Defect Life Cycle) process using Quality center 10.00
• To Perform Sanity, Exploratory, Integration, System and Regression testing in various levels for different applications
• Managing the test specific documents in share point for document management and knowledge base improvement
• Knowledge Transition and Training offshore team for project specific knowledge
• Set up Risk based testing approach to accommodate last minute changes. To follow-up and co-ordinate the defect driven testing whenever needed
• To establish “Best practices” like 10% Quality Probe and plan for continual improvement of the Process
• Coordination with Offshore Team for setting up daily work priorities including query resolution
• Data Mining and Scenario Matrix preparation as per business requirements
• Test Case Review and Rework
• Resource planning and daily work allocation.

Environment: iOS 4.0 to iOS 6.1.3, Java, Web Services, Quality Center and QTP

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Requirements from requirement documents such as BRD (Business Requirement Documents)
• and FRS (Functional Requirement Specifications) and consulted development staff with regards to system
• Functionality
• Created, Implemented and Executed various test cases for Functional and Regression testing including both
• Positive and negative scenarios and reviewed them with team
• Executing a Test case with multiple sets of datausing SoapUI Pro
• Generating various types of reports using SoapUI Pro
• Performed Regression testing with the help of QTP
• Performed Functional testing
• Worked closely with theonsite/offshoreteammembersto clarify requirements and resolve pending defects
• Attended training on Property and causalityinsuranceand to better understand product/system.
• Attended training on billing concepts used in the Fiserv Billing system
• Configuration Management activities (Weekly backup, Monthly CM Status report)
• Conducted Defect Prevention meetings

Environment:Fiserv Advance Billing System(Web based System), Policy Star (Web based Policy Admin System) Claims processing, MS Office 2000, VSS, MS Project,QTP8.0, Bugzilla

Confidential, NJ

Technical QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed onsite and offshore QA teams.
• Engagedwith Development Managers to establish QA Pipeline, required .resource counts, and timelines.
• Implemented QA process andstrategiesto set the direction of QA.
• Experience in working in Agile-scrum methodology having understanding of QA process in Agile environment.
• Conductedreviews of Master TestStrategywith Project stakeholders.
• Accountable for the quality of test services during all stages of SDLC.
• Demonstrated ability to meet project target dates; initiative, willingness and flexibility.
• Analyzed business use cases and technical design specifications to create goals, test strategies,test cases and test scenarios.
• Actively participated in all phases of testing lifecycle (Test Planning, Test Analysis and Design, Data Set up, Test implementation, Evaluating, documentation, Test Closure Activities).
• Analyzed Business and Functional specifications and interacted with Business analyst for formulation of test Plan, test cases and test scripts.
• Discover and identify root cause of reported software bugs.
• Tested using automated tools like QTP, ALM.
• Review requirements to understand Project scope, to facilitate subsequent artifact reviews with Project stakeholders
• Involved in developing Test Plans and Test cases for smoke testing, System testing, Regression testing, End to End testing, functional testing, Integration testing.
• Involved in production day supporting the overall team to ensure all the functionality were tested to make sure the product gets deployed on given time frame.
• Documented and analyzed defects using Quality Center and tracked them, raised the defect to the assigned developer to completion by communicating with the team.
• Facilitated review of Test cases with Project stakeholders
• UsedJirafor issue tracking.
• Performed Regression testing to make sure the bug fixed isn’timpacting other functionality.
• Generated reports and metrics to provide project status to upper management.

Environment:COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, VSAM, SPUFI,TN3270, QMF, File-Aid, MVS,MQ Series, TSO/ISPF REXX, IBM ES 3250, ALM 11, Windows 7, Citrix, Microsoft (Word, Excel, Powerpoint2003Project: Testing for the New Carrier on boarding (Beazley) June 2005- March 2007

Confidential, FL

Business Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understanding initiative specific business requirements
• Understanding gathering through BRD, HLD and other project related docs.
• Creating Scenario & Test Inventory Matrix
• Creating and Maintaining Test Log for all Iterations.
• Allocating the work to team members
• Coordinating with onsite team members for Requirement gathering.
• Preparing Daily status report.

Environment: Team track for the defeat and test scripts creation, VMWare 4.0, Confidential