SUMMARY

• Over 3 years of experience as a Quality Analyst.
• Experience in all areas of Quality Testing including understanding of the requirement, Writing Test Case, Test Lab and defect tracking. As a Business Analyst experience in System Life Cycle (SLC), Testing Methodologies and techniques, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Unified Modeling Language (UML) using modeling tools such as Enterprise Architecture.
• Involved in Manual testing, Black Box testing and White Box testing and Automation Testing.
• Proficient in creating Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Specification Documents, Use Case Diagrams (USD), Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams using Enterprise Architecture.
• Experience in Requirements elicitation techniques - conducting user interviews, document analysis by conducting JAD (Joint Application Development) Sessions with committee of SMEs, business groups, senior management and IT groups.
• Extensive testing experience using testing tools such as HP Quality Center, Mantis, SnagIT, QTP and Load Runner.
• Involved in GUI Automation, Functionality Testing, System Testing, Stress Testing Proficient in SDLC.
• Extensive experience in documenting existing process, analyzing Business Requirements, working with Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), re-engineering business processes and designing.
• Very Strong Analytical Skills, Financial Domain Skills, Technical Skills, Communication Skills and Interpersonal Skills.
• Performed Database Verification and Validation testing using SQL queries.
• Extensive experience in creating Test Approach documents, test plans, test scenarios, test procedures & test cases. Successfully fixed errors and performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) working with team members.
• Performed Database Verification and Validation testing using SQL queries.
• Worked as a team member as well as independently.
• Analytical, methodical and resourceful approach to problem solving, identifying root causes and corrective actions to meet short and long-term business, financial and system requirements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Front-End Tools: MS Office (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Outlook Express) MS Visio, MS Query, MS Project, Rational Requisite Pro, Enterprise Architect, Axure, SQL Server

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center 9.5, QTP 11, Win Runner, Load Runner 11, Quick Test Pro, Test Director, Rational Tools, Mantis Bug Tracker

Business Skills: Business Definition Requirements, Business Process Analysis & Research Use Case Modeling & Analysis

Data Bases: Microsoft Access, MS-SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, DB2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, VA

QA Tester

• Executing the project in a capacity as a QA tester
• Developed and executed the Test Cases using the QC 11.
• Effective coordination between development and testing team.
• Involved in manual testing of test cases.
• Used QTP to automate the few scenarios.
• Investigated and documented software faults and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Used Load Runner 11 for stress Test on customer facing interface.
• Prepared Test Conditions and Test cases based on the system requirements.
• Created test data files with valid and invalid records to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow. Reported the defects using HPQC and SNAG IT
• Executing tests, reviewing results, and working with development teams to identify and resolve issues submitting and managing issues and status of issues.
• Defect Tracking from Customer using Mantis bug tracking tool.
• Used QTP to automate the few scenarios.
• Execute test cases / Scripts and analyzes outcomes
• Effective defect tracking and reporting to improve communications and reduce delay.
• Plans and prioritizes test scripts to ensure the most critical components of the application are being tested.
• Prepares and conducts automated test scripts on the most critical client-facing applications as needed.
• Tests new development/defect fixes and coordinates user testing with the business to ensure quality and project requirements are being met.

Environment: Load Runner 11, Quality Center 11, QTP, Mantis, Snag it, SQL Server, MS Office (Excel, Word).

Confidential, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Writing test cases in MS excel, then transferring that to QC for manual testing before doing automation testing in QTP, afterwards taking that test script to Load Runner for load and performance testing (Based on requirements).
• Assisted and performed functional testing, load testing, and web portal testing.
• Manually tested newly integrated software applications
• Work closely with manual test scripts for automating existing test cases.
• Write effective and thorough bug reports and verify bug fixes.(if any)
• Work with developers to integrate automated tests with end-to-end build and test environment.
• Identify problem areas in the product requiring developer attention.
• Understanding of latest innovations, trends and emerging technologies in QA testing and test methodology.
• Aided JAD session follow-up for Project Plan updates, gained consensus for User Acceptance Testing requirements.
• Supplies technical guidance to the team of automation engineers and works with the local development and build teams to facilitate the running of automated scripts.
• Reviews broken scripts or suites and helps the automation team resolve issues with the running of scripts.

Environment: Microsoft Excel, HP Quality Center 10.0, HP Quick Test Professional, HP Load Runner