SUMMARY:

• 12 years of experience in IT with emphasis on Quality Assurance Expertise in Manual and Automation testing of Client/Server, Mainframe and Web based applications
• 12 years of Cumulative Software Quality Assurance, Business Analysis and Product Development management experience in Client/Server, Web Based, Windows and Mainframe applications in the environments having J2EE, .NET, SQL, Oracle
• Leading and mentoring the team, creating the Regression Test Suites
• Generate status reports and present them in weekly status meetings
• Communicate with project manager of different tracks on project status, testing status, issues and risks
• Excellent skills of identifying defects and managing them during testing cycle using defect Tracking Tools like Quality Center, Clear Quest and Bugzilla
• Proficient in using Quality Center as well as creating and extracting reports to Microsoft Excel from Quality Center
• Experienced in working with automation tools like Mercury Quick Test Professional (QTP), ALM, Rational Functional Tester and Selenium/JBehave
• Experience creating different simple and complex SQL Queries for Database validations
• Extensively created automation test scripts using QTP to perform functional, GUI, Navigation and regression testing
• Involved in all phases of QA Life Cycle & SDLC, with timely Delivery against aggressive deadlines, with methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall
• Experience in creating Requirements Traceability Matrices to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements
• Hands - on experience working with EDI
• Good Functional/Technical knowledge of Financial, Government, Pharmaceuticals, Agriculture, Engineering and Insurance related applications
• Comfortable working as an individual and in a team environment
• Great ability to multi-task, risk management, manage difficult situations, responds promptly to needs, and responds to requests for service and assistance
• Responsible for UAT and actively worked as a User acceptance test coordinator with project Manager
• Experience in working with the onshore/offshore teams
• Have excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills and have proven to be a goal-oriented, diligent and resourceful

TECHNICAL SKILLS:Automated Tools:  Quick Test Professional, IBM Rational Functional Tester, Selenium/JBehave

Management Tools:  Quality Center, Test link, Bugzilla, Clear Quest, Jira, Certify, TFS, ALM

Database:  Oracle (7.0,8i,9i,10g), SQL Server (2000,2005,2008), IBM DB2, MS Access (’97, 2000), Adabas

Languages:  JavaScript, VBScript, TSL, HTML, C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*PLUS, Java, XML, C#

Application Server:  IIS, Apache, Web Sphere, Web logic

Protocols:  HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, FTP, SOAP

Operating Systems: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98/2000/XP/2003/7, UnixPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Purina, MO

QA Lead

• Mentor the team in implementing the best practices in testing
• Create Test Plans, Test cases and testing strategies
• Create presentations listing Traceability solutions options to get approval from the stakeholders
• Work with the PO and ensure that the product backlog is ready for the next sprint
• Help the team to resolve any impediments if there are any
• Involve in the Sprint planning, scrum, backlog grooming, sprint review and retrospective meetings
• Performed UI automation using CodedUI
• Perform functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing
• Create the flow diagrams using Visio
• Conduct Backend testing using AQT
• Create the SSRS reports and deploy them to the SQL Server Reporting Services at the factory
• Log and track the bugs in TFS
• Involve in code reviews with the developers
• Validate Change Requests and make appropriate recommendations
• Validate web services using C# unit testing
• Partner with other teams to outline the scope for integration testing
• Worked exclusively using Agile Scrum methodology utilizing all the good features

Environment: C#, SQL Server, db2, Windows 7, TFS, Visual Studio, CodedUI, AQT, Unit Testing, Git, MS Visio

Confidential, MO

Sr. QA Lead

• Analyze and created the business requirements after reviewing the backlog items with the PO
• Create Test Plans, Test cases and testing strategies
• Perform verification of system requirements, designing documents
• Outline the test cases, estimate and execute the UAT tasks and review the testing results
• Performed User Acceptance Testing(UAT)
• Lead and mentor the testing team for the FCM project
• Mentor the team in implementing the best practices in testing
• Conduct Backend testing using Oracle SQL developer
• Create the required user stories and tasks based on the requirements in Jira
• Log and track the bugs in Jira
• Involve in code reviews with the developers
• Hands on experience on iOS Mobile App testing as well
• Validate Change Requests and make appropriate recommendations
• Validate web services using SOAPUI
• Develop and enhance Selenium automation test suite using JBehave
• Partner with other teams to outline the scope for integration testing
• Worked exclusively using Agile Scrum methodology utilizing all the good features
• Communicate, conduct meetings and guide the offshore testing team
• Generate Bug Report, Test Report and track the testing effort

Environment: Java, SQL Server, Windows 7, Jira, Certify, iPad, iOS 8, Selenium, JBehave

Confidential, MO

Senior QA Analyst

• Developed the Test Plan, Test cases and associated test design documents
• Carried out Functional, Integration and Regression testing
• Identified, analyzed, and documented defects, errors, and inconsistencies in the application using Mercury Quality Center
• Creating automation scripts using ALM parameterizing the tests, creating, maintaining, updating and sharing the Object Repositories, creating user defined functions and using all the other functions
• Develop and enhance automation regression suite, write user functions and compile modules for the same using ALM
• Reported defects according to Defect Life Cycle
• Created various SQL Queries in Quality Center to create different reports
• Coordinated with the Business Analyst on Defects Status on a regular basis
• Performed User Acceptance Testing(UAT)
• Validate web services using SOAPUI
• Involved in documenting the defects found during UAT
• Participate in various meeting and discussed Enhancement and Modification request
• Entered and tracked defects in the system using Quality Center
• Involved in working with the Business Analyst to resolve issues
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request Issues
• Reported and updated the Team on the process of testing through daily weekly evaluation of problem tracking reports
• Involved in UAT to implement the application and make sure it is in accordance with end-users
• Performed the Post Production testing

Environment: HP ALM, Java, SQL Server 2008, Windows XP/7, .Net

Confidential, SD

Senior QA Analyst

• Worked closely with the Development and Design teams to gain consensus on System requirements and Detail design of the application
• Prepared test plans that include Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Data, Test Environment and expected results for the Functional, User Interface, Security and Performance requirements of the application
• Prepared test automation scope, test strategy, and technical test plan documents
• Extensively created automation test scripts using QTP to perform functional, GUI, Navigation and regression testing
• Creating automation scripts using QTP parameterizing the tests, creating, maintaining, updating and sharing the Object Repositories, creating user defined functions and using all the other functions
• Develop and enhance QTP regression suite, write user functions and compile modules for the same
• Lead and mentor the team
• Distributing the work to the team members and mentoring them in outlining the test areas and functionalities to be automated
• Validate web services using SOAPUI
• Organizing and facilitating the meetings
• Providing weekly status reports to the manager
• Created and managed Requirements Traceability Matrix and responsible for Risk management
• Manually tested the Web Services using the XMLViewer
• Participated in defect review meetings with the team members
• Coordinated and collaborated with Developers, Production support team, Environment Managers, Project Management folks and business Analysts to resolve issues
• Worked with SQL Queries to validate data

Environment: Quick Test Professional 9.2, Manual Testing, Quality Center 9.0, Java, SQL Server 2005, Windows XP, Clear Quest, CICS, COBOL, .Net, XMLViewer

Confidential, AZ

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Business Analysts in enhancing the High Level Design and Technical Requirement Documents
• Analyzed business and system requirements, managed development of specifications to create and execute detailed Test Plan
• Created a Regression Suite in QTP
• Distributing the work to the team members and mentoring them in outlining the test areas and functionalities to be automated
• Organizing and facilitating the meetings
• Providing weekly status reports to the manager
• Used EDI 753 and 754 to validate that the prescriptions are routed correctly
• Identified, Logged and prioritized the defects using Quality Center
• Created Automation Test Scripts in QTP for GUI, Functionality, Navigation and Data Validation
• Created and maintained Test Summary records, Test Log and Test Status
• Prepared the Test data for interpreting the Positive/Negative/Regression results based on the design requirements
• Created Traceability Matrix between Requirements and Test Cases
• Designed Test Scenarios and Test Conditions for UAT
• Wrote SQL queries to check proper data population in database
• Participated in status meetings to report issues. Communicated with developers through all phases of testing to prioritize defect resolution
• Involved in attending meetings with the business users and reviewing the developed scripts to ensure that they were in accordance to the business user’s expectations

Environment: Quick Test Professional 9.2, Manual testing, EDI, Quality Center 9.0, Java, Oracle 10g, Windows XP, VB Script, HTML, Windows XP/2003, IIS 6.0, XML

Confidential, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review business requirements and design specifications to understand the application under test (AUT)
• Worked closely with the Development and Design teams to gain consensus on System requirements and Detail design of the application
• Create Test plans, test conditions and Test cases using Requirements and Design documents
• Create test data based on the test conditions and business rules to be covered
• Execute functional Test Cases and evaluated the results
• Prepared test input data for the various test scenarios
• Perform Manual Testing for the Functionality and GUI of the application
• Execute the test scripts for backend data validation for business rules
• Report defects
• Generate status reports and Bug reports and present them in weekly status meetings
• Test the application for both positive and negative scenarios

Environment: ASP.Net, TestDirector, IBM lotus Notes, Windows 2000/XP, XML, Oracle, Microsoft Office tools, UNIX