SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of total experience in Client Server and Web Applications, as QA Tester with QA Management skill.
• Good experience in defect tracking, defect resolution and defect follow up with SDLC Team.
• Extensively experienced in setting and configuring QA Environments.
• Experienced in test development, scheduling and execution, test strategy, test project management, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
• Ability to interact with cross functional team like Analyst, Development, Production Support Team to get and deliver Highest standard of Quality software in each release.
• Good knowledge of Test Plan development, business requirement gap analysis, and review test plan and impact analysis for each release.
• Proficient at writing Test Plans and Strategies by following different QA Methodologies with knowledge of Agile Testing.
• Proficient in Automation, Manual, Black Box, Functional, Positive, Negative, UAT, Integration, System, Validation, Regression Testing.
• Extensive use of Defect tracking tool HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Extensively experienced in using HP Quality Center/ALM for test planning, bug tracking and reporting.
• Extensively experienced in writing SQL queries to perform Backend testing.
• Excellent experience in Database technologies and SQL queries.
• Good scripting Knowledge in VB for HP/Mercury Quick Test Professional.
• Extensively experienced in using VBScript for logical implementation in object identification mechanism.
• Proficient with automation testing, Quick Test Professional/UFT and developing function libraries in VB script for QTP/UFT.
• Experienced in reviewing Project Requirements (BRS), design documents and business documents.
• Strong understanding about multiple IT technical platforms, and application development methodologies.
• Experienced in the designing and implantation of Software Quality Assurance standards and practices.
• Proficient in requirements analysis, design, risk analysis, and prioritization skills on multiple or large sized software development projects.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills with a strong desire to collaborate to accomplish tasks and resolve issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP UFT, HP QTP, HP ALM, HP Quality Center, BugZilla, MS Office, MS Excel, MS Visio, HTML, Microsoft Exchange, Toad

Languages for applications tested: C#, C, C++, Java, VB Script, Java Script, CSS, PHP, HTML, .Net

Web Technologies: ASP.NET, VB.NET, CSS, JavaScript, XML, HTML

Database: SQL Server, MS - Access, Oracle

Bug Reporting Tools: HP ALM, HP Quality Center

Requirement Gathering Tools: Rational Requisite Pro, MS Visio

MS Tools: MS Office, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Visio

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux/ UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Implemented QA processes (defect tracking, test case management, automated testing strategies, etc.).
• Involved in creating test plan & scenarios from requirements.
• Coordinated QA processes and activities across the teams.
• Developed Test Plan, Test Design, Test Cases, Test Script.
• Conducted Test Execution, Test Status Reporting.
• Performed Black Box, Manual, Functional, Regression, Integration, System tests.
• Analyzed failed test results and submitted defects based on test results through HP ALM and maintained complete Defect Life Cycle.
• Involved in Monitoring Defect Tracking Process using HP ALM.
• Developed extensive Test Plans, Test Cases based on the Business Requirements and Functional Specifications using HP ALM.
• Involved in maintaining and executing Test cases, Defect Management and Bug Tracking using HP ALM.
• Involved in updating and maintaining the results in HP ALM for all the defects found during regression testing and follow up the bug life cycle.
• Captured the SQL statements from the application execution and manually checked the results and extensive back end testing using Oracle (TOAD).
• Performed Batch Testing, Key word driven testing, and data driven testing using UFT.
• Worked on Data Driven and Customized Automation Framework in Unified Functional Testing.
• Maintained and executed automated test case scripts using UFT for the Front-end applications.
• Performed Data-Driven Testing, Text Output values by using Global and Local spreadsheets in UFT for testing multiple data.
• Created Regression suite for various test scenarios; Tested and executed the suite whenever a code was changed using UFT.
• Analyzed the gap between actual and expected results and reported bugs using JIRA application.
• Coordinated with the teams to define the data needed for the project.
• Helped business stake holders to define a cost efficient organizational level Test strategy.
• Made recommendations for improvement of applications to programmers and software developers or Engineers.
• Documented the Daily Defects Status with the help of QA Metrics.

Hardware/Software: Oracle, VB, Java, J2EE, Windows, HP ALM, SOAP UI, UFT, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Linux, SQL Server.

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Automation Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering requirements from the business analyst and creating Test plans.
• Designed, developed and executed the Test Plans and Test cases.
• Developed an integrated Test Plan covering the main functions of the designated parts of the application.
• Attended daily scrum calls as part of Agile methodology.
• Performed various types of process evaluations during each phase of the software development life cycle, including review, walk through and system testing.
• Performed Smoke, integration, Functional, Regression, System, Acceptance and Usability testing during different stages of the application development.
• Developed Test Plan and Test cases based on the user stories (Functional requirements) using the Mercury Quality Center.
• Detected Defects, Communicated to the developers using Bug Reporting Tool and Tracking the Defects using HP Quality Center.
• Involved in Defect management, bug tracking and bug Reporting using HP Quality Center.
• Responsible for entering bugs into an automated bug management system and performing regression tests after the bugs were fixed using HP Quality Center.
• Involved in developing Test Plan, Test Cases using Quality Center modules.
• Involved in Report generation and Bug tracking using Quality Center.
• Executed SQL queries to check the data table updates after test execution using SQL Navigator.
• Prepared Test Cases for GUI application; Developed test scripts for Data driven testing using parameterization in QTP by using Excel sheet for test data and Database Queries based on the functionality.
• Performed GUI Testing by creating GUI checkpoints to verify the functionality of the GUI objects using Quick Test Professional.
• Developed automation test scripts for Quick test professional.
• Involved in reading architectural diagrams, environment/server management documentation, review end-to-end workflows (technical/business).
• Ensured Test deliverables are prepared per enterprise guidelines.
• Collected and reported Test results through various metrics reporting tools and communicated to key stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Produced documentation to support the QA processes.

Hardware/Software: Java, J2EE, Java Script, Web Sphere Portal, XML, SQL Server, IE, Windows, QTP, HP Quality Center.

Confidential, New York, NY

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in implementing each phase of SDLC and Coordinated in Test environment setup.
• Analyzed and reviewed requirement document to create the Test plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Interacted with client for requirement gathering and analysis and for studying the existing system.
• Maintained meetings with the technical teams and management, developed proper documentation, validated current production environment.
• Involved in development, execution, and improvement of testing processes.
• Performed functional testing by deployment request, sanity testing, prioritized QA Test Cases within project plan.
• Interacted with Business Analyst and developers for bug review using Quality Center.
• Interacted with development Teams for timely closure of bugs reported & in meeting the requirement specification using Quality Center.
• Tracked and monitored defects using Quality Center.
• Worked with development members on bug reproduction and fixes; and updated management on testing results, activities and planning using Quality Center.
• Involved in writing SQL Queries to check Data integrity.
• Involved in automation testing using tool QTP.
• Created test scripts in VB Script on QTP and executed them on daily or quarterly basis based on business requirement.
• Involved in regression and retesting through QTP.
• Modularized test cases and created data driven tests.
• Researched new open source language/framework for future end to end Test tools across components.
• Participated in project meetings to set the schedules and milestones and completed all the deliverables in the timely manner.

Hardware/Software: Windows, UNIX, Web sphere, Putty, Quality Center, IBM Mainframe, Oracle, MS Office, Share Point, J2EE, QTP.