SUMMARY:

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with proven communication, presentation skills and leadership qualities.
• Passion to help solve complex business problems in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• Experience in complete Software Development Testing Life Cycle, which includes Systems Analysis, Test Design, Test Case Development, Testing and Documentation of various applications in Client/Server, Internet/Intranet (Web) Environment.
• Implementing SQA development policies, procedures, SDLC using Agile, CMMI, ITUP, RUP and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience in software analysis, Requirements Management, Quality Assurance, Modeling, Configuration Management and Change Management.
• Extensive experience with Automated testing and Model - based testing methodologies with applications into Web Services testing using automated testing tools like FitNesse, SOAPUI and Selenium.
• Experience in using Agile tools Version One and Agile Rally.
• Strong knowledge of and hands-on experience on Web Services technologies and standards including XML, WSDL, SOAP.
• Experience in testing iOS and Android applications.
• Expertise in all phases of software test management like planning testing process, executing black and white box, adhoc, manual and automated, smoke testing, system testing (IST), user acceptance (UAT) and end to end (E2E), data and functionality driven test procedures, analyzing and reporting issues, discrepancies and results.
• Involved in Testing of various Web Applications developed using SOA/BPM technologies, .NET, Java, Tibco/Web logic tools and proficient in using MS-Office tools.
• Extensive experience with automated testing and model based testing methodologies with applications into web service testing.
• Extensive experience using SQL queries in Data validation and manipulation with databases like MS-SQL and Oracle.
• Strong understanding of ETL concepts, PL/SQL, Erwin ERD Tool and GoldenGate Replication concepts.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Tracking Tools: HP ALM, Rational Clear Quest, Version One, Rally, Jira

Database: Oracle, MS SQL, MS Access, Sybase, Gemfire

Database tools: Oracle SQL Developer, Aqualogic, Toad, Softerra LDAP browser

Web Technologies: HTML, Web Logic, XML, J2EE

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, C, Java, VB Script, Java Script

Operating Systems: Windows, MAC, LINUX, iOS, Android

Automated Tools: SOAPUI, FitNesse, Selenium

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, TX

Sr. Quality Analyst

• Gather and document the outcome of test executions and all information needed to support ongoing measurements and reporting on risks, defects, tests, and coverage. Ensure that data is accurate, timely and objective.
• Contribute to the design of test scenarios and perform peer reviews of test cases.
• Participate in and contribute to internal design reviews of testing materials, set up, configuring the Test Plan and Test Lab modules in HP ALM during major architectural upgrades.
• Attending daily standup meetings to track defects and report status from the Scrum teams.
• Report discrepancies and analyze them to determine the root causes. Evaluate script failures at a high level.
• Coordinate with Development and Infra teams/peers on the resolution of issues, overseeing the testing progress and ensuring that high standards of quality are being met.
• Involved in reviewing and analyzing the existing test cases in Quality Center to pick regression test cases affected by the stories in Jira prioritized for the current sprint for various projects.
• Involved in meetings with project management regarding tests optimization, User Story Description, Acceptance Criteria, Test Scenarios, Sprint Planning, and Retrospective, working on-site.
• Create and validate XMLs from XSDs in XMLSPY based on the architecture of a particular service & bridge queue.
• Used SQL for deriving and validating data for testing and UNIX for debugging the logs.

Environment: HP Application Lifecycle Management, Version One, Rally, JAVA, SMX, UNIX, Jenkins, Oracle 11g, MS-Office 2010, XMLSPY, SOAP, XML, WSDL.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Business and Functional Requirements and analyzed them from User’s perspective to replicate real-time situations.
• Documented test cases corresponding to business rules and other operating conditions.
• Created Test Plans using Test Director to ensure that test cases reflect user needs for the functional, user interface, performance, usability and security requirements.
• Responsible for data requirements and prepared the test data for data driven testing and executed different test scenarios, inserted various checkpoints to check web pages, GUI Objects, table contents, databases, bitmaps and text.
• Used Test Director to log defects and generate defect reports and graphs.
• Developed Test Scenarios/Test Cases for the UAT using Test Director and coordinated with the Functional Users to understand the process and create Test Data.
• Performed walkthroughs, reviewed the functional and operational specifications and created work plans for UAT testing using use cases.
• Performed Black Box testing to see the entire functionality and validated in the database using SQL queries.
• Involved in database testing by writing and executing SQL queries to ensure that data entered has been uploaded correctly into the database. Application was developed using J2EE, VB Scripting, Java Scripting, C++ and MS-SQL server.
• Responsible for executing the regression test cases and documented the status in Mercury Test Director and logged all bugs using Rational Clear Quest.
• Worked with developers against the appropriate defects by retesting the fixes in QC.
• Involved in preparing dataflow, navigation and business diagrams such as use cases and activity diagrams using Visio.
• Tested the entire functionality of the application or multiple builds & various releases.
• Actively participated in enhancement meetings focused at making the application more reliable.
• Involved in regular consultations and conducting meetings with End-Users for UAT.

Environment: Rational Suite, Test Director 8.0, Sybase, Windows NT/XP, MS Visio, .NET, VB.Net, DHTML, HTML, J2EE, VB Scripting, Java Scripting, C++ and MS-SQL.

Sr. Quality Analyst

• Design, Execute and Implement Testing Solutions, ensuring that high standards of quality.
• Prepare Test Strategy and Test plan for various projects included during the migration.
• Involved in reviewing and analyzing the existing test cases in Rally and Quality Center to pick regression test cases affected by the migration of SSCI to include/implement Middleware.
• Customizing and Maintenance of test cases, Defects in HP ALM and Version One.
• Involved in meetings with project management regarding tests optimization, User Story Description, Acceptance Criteria, Test Scenarios, Sprint Planning, and Retrospective.
• Involved in Estimations and Project implementation and Work closely with business stakeholders in a demanding customer site.
• SOA experience including XML, SOAP, characteristics of their WSDL operations, response times, latency, throughput profiles, messaging and connectivity, create and validate XMLs from XSDs in XMLSPY based on the architecture of a particular web service and creating SOAPUI test scripts.
• Used SQL for deriving and validating data for testing and UNIX for debugging the logs.
• Develop Daily / Weekly / Quarterly Metrics and report to Product Owners and Scrum Masters.
• Shakeout Front end application for Self Service Check In to ensure no gaps exist in various applications including Mobile apps like iOS & Android.
• Daily defects tracking and status reporting following Scrum Agile methodology during standup meetings.
• Identify Automation opportunities and Co-ordinate with Fitnesse Automation Team.

Environment: HP Application Lifecycle Management, Version One, Rally, SOAPUI, Fitnesse, JAVA, SMX, UNIX, SVN, TFS, Oracle 11g, MS-Office 2010, XMLSPY, SOAP, XML, WSDL.

Sr. QA Analyst

• Dealing with project management while sharing housekeeping on many internal test lead responsibilities.
• Participate in project management meetings, monitor progress and review any kind of documents including decision making for our testing office & update status in Sharepoint Dashboard.
• Lead the project from testing point of view; creating estimates, project test plan, managing timely data requests, possible impediments, focusing the project management spotlight on major issues and road blockers.
• Delegate test activities and monitor compliance and applicability of test standards.
• Delegate authority to lead specific testing functions on a daily basis while maintaining full execution accountability.
• Manage the creation of test environments, test data, permissions; coordinate all test activities and resource management.
• Ensure all governance mandated deliverables are created, processes are followed, relevant standards are integrated and all required signoffs and authorizations are obtained as defined in the Quality Plan.
• Conduct training sessions for the team to adapt to the change in technologies and adopt new testing applications.
• Attended business, functional requirement analysis to gather and validate the requirements from the stake holders, analyzed them in system’s perspective and also involved in JAD sessions and project estimation and deliverables meetings for the project.
• Generated the testing status and reported status and issues to project management.
• Performed functional and regression application testing which includes but not limited to test prototypes & Support tests of applications as they undergo platform, technology, or other major architectural upgrades, along with debugging and root cause analysis.
• Proficient in project team management while leading, participating and reporting testing activities and creation of Test Plans for Projects like LTE, Single Sign On, iPhone, Uverse, Offer Management, GoPhone, 3G Microcell, DTV, WAPMYACCOUNT, MyWorld, DUCS, ETF, CCES, TITAN, WALMART, Unity World Wide, SWOT, Combined Billing and CPNI.
• Support complete testing life cycle for NDA projects in every release by creating test cases, testing reporting to the project management and support client testing.
• SOA experience including XML, SOAP, characteristics of their WSDL operations, response times, latency, throughput profiles, messaging and connectivity, create and validate XMLs from XSDs in XMLSPY based on the architecture of a particular web service testing.
• Used SQL for deriving and validating data for testing and UNIX commands for debugging the logs.
• Proven capable to work effectively in a fast paced work environment, tight release schedules, multiple code streams, multiple projects, concurrent releases and distributed teams.
• Provided 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical production applications and worked with the many AT&T clients and was instrumental in their production launches.
• Strong knowledge of up to date design tools and methodologies such as Object oriented design, data modeling, model driven architecture, cloud computing, and model-based testing.
• Expertise in concepts, rules, events, channels and deployment Topology and design patterns such as Service Oriented Architecture to understand requirements for integration of legacy systems into MDA design.
• Experience in Tibco Adapters, XSLT, Service and Coding Standards to define and construct workflows in TIBCO iProcess, event Management and exception handling, and ability to define test cases covering all key transactions/states.
• Experience with BPM tools including Oracle BPM Studio and AquaLogic BPM tools.

ETL

• Involved in validating the data, understand data mapping and dependencies based on design documents such as HLDs, AIDs, and store procedures mentioned in ADs.
• Strong understanding of ETL concepts, PL/SQL, Erwin ERD Tool to understand the data mapping between databases.
• Strong knowledge of GoldenGate Replication and mastery of key concepts such as trail files and data mappings and utilize it for testing.
• Expertise in design and developing test scripts using Stored Procedure definitions to work successfully in sensitive production environments to test effectively while not interfering with production traffic or data.

Environment: Quality Center 9.0/10, Rational ClearQuest, WinSCP, Web Logic, Windows NT, Unix, J2EE, Tibco, Restful Web Services, UDDI v3, Oracle BPM Studio, AquaLogic, XMLSPY, SOAP, XML, WSDL, LDAP, TOAD, Parasoft SOATest, MS Office 2007, Excel, Oracle, Informatica.