PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of diverse experience in IT industry with emphasis in Software development life cycle (SDLC) specialized in Quality Assurance Process and Methodologies in various Client - server and Web based applications.
• Insightful experience in project management activities including scoping, estimation, planning, risk management and defect tracking.
• Good experience in preparation of Test plan, Test scenarios, Test cases, Test case reviews, Test data creation, Test execution and Defect reporting using various tools and techniques.
• Expertise in documenting defects with high-level of detail and informative steps for recreation using Quality Center and Jira.
• Expertise in all stages of Testing Life Cycle including Functional, Exploratory, System, Integration, End to End, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.
• Proficient in manual and automation testing of applications using Quick Test Professional(QTP), Quality Center, SOAP UI (Soap and Rest Services).
• Proficient in identifying, reporting and troubleshooting software defects.
• Experience in preparing Traceability Matrix for Test Coverage analyzing documents like FRS and SDS.
• Involved closely with the developer and testing team during defect resolution phase.
• Performed browser compatibility testing using various versions of IE, Safari, Firefox and Chrome.
• Complete understanding of product release processes and quality assurance goals.
• Creative problem solver and self-driven who always goes the extra mile.
• Excellent skills, good team player and highly motivated professional with good communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP ALM, Microsoft Test Manager(MTM), qTest, HP- UFT, LoadRunner, Soap UI.

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall.

Defect Reporting Tools: ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, QA Track.

Other Utilities: Eclipse, Jenkins, Maven, MS Office Suite, SharePoint.

Languages: C, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bayport, MN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirement documents and functional requirements documents.
• Worked as a facilitator, created XML files, reports for Center point to make sure no existing functionality is broken.
• Compared XML’s files using “ARAXIS” tool and made sure request and response are carried out accurately and successfully.
• Process owner of Regression Testing.
• Successfully completed each regression cycles and actively participated in daily scrum meeting.
• Assigned on site and off shore resources to execute regression suits and made sure all the work has been completed and defect has been captured and resolved.
• Created test script and added new functionality test cases to regression test suites.
• Created Jira tickets for the defects found while running regression and assigned it to the right resources. Also, have followed the status of the bug until resolved.
• Created test cases, based on the User stories, flow diagrams, Process flows, unit test cases and other functional documents for IQ.com.
• Worked closely with developer and Logged new bugs, tracked and updated the status of previously filed bugs.
• Participated in the daily Scrum meeting. Prioritized and retested the bugs in Jira.
• Participated in Retrospective meeting at the end of each sprint.
• Extensively used SOAP UI for API testing (SOAP services).
• Performed various kinds of testing, such as Regression, Smoke Test, system, back-end validation and facilitated UAT Testing.
• Extensively used SQL queries to perform backend validation.
• Managed daily work flow. Participated in bug review call, test case review call and clarified my doubts from diverse subject matter experts in order to deliver on the assigned project.

Confidential, Apple Valley, MN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the Business Analysts and developers to analyze all the testing requirements.
• Developed test cases and mapped them to requirements in HP ALM.
• Worked with QA Lead to estimate the Level of Effort.
• Tracked and reported defects in timely manner and logged them into HP ALM for release sign off.
• Extensively used Selenium Web Driver to perform regression testing.
• Created Test Plan and conducted Test Case reviews to communicate all the test objectives with the team to understand the functionalities and enhancements of the application.
• Performed User Interface testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and Performance testing.
• Tested Rest Services using SOAP UI.
• Manually performed End-to-End testing and facilitated User Acceptance testing on all applications and tablet app.
• Tested user interface by verifying if the card payment matched the related customer account.
• Performed cross browser testing with application compatibility on the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.
• Manually tested User Interface and Functionality of application on Apple iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy phone, Samsung Galaxy tablets, Google Nexus tablet, and Windows 7 tablets.
• Extensive backend testing using SQL queries to retrieve the data from the database and to check the data integrity.
• Conducted and Participated in defect triage meeting.
• Created Test Summary Report for respective stakeholders like Senior Management and Client.

Confidential, Carbondale, IL

QA tester

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Business functionality review meetings and use case analysis.
• Analyzed the system requirements, functional requirements and business requirement Documents.
• Worked with QA Lead to estimate the Level of Effort.
• Conducted System, Functional and Regression testing of Client/Server and Web-Based applications.
• Executed manual and Automated testing using tools Selenium Web driver and Quality Center and TFS
• Extensively used Integrating Automation scripts (Selenium WebDriver API) on Continuous Integration tools like Jenkins for nightly batch run of the Script.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test Reports and documentation of Manual Tests.
• Prepared Tractability matrix between requirements and Test cases.
• Performed defect management, including Defect creation, modification, tracking, and reporting using Industry Standard Tools like Mercury HP Quality Center 10.0, TFS.
• Maintained Version Control tools like Visual Studio Team Foundation server.
• Executed Integration, Functional, System, Regression, Compatible testing and Database Testing using SQL, performance testing using HP LoadRunner and facilitated User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Performed browser compatibility testing using Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, Firefox, Chrome & Safari.
• Participated in daily scrum meetings, sprint planning sessions and retrospective meetings.
• Performed database querying using SQL.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparing Test Plan and Test Cases based on Business Requirement Documents.
• Performed rigorous manual testing such as Functional Testing, Smoke testing, Integration testing, Backend Testing and used Automation for Regression Testing.
• Worked with different modules of Quality Center such as Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects and Dashboard module.
• Created test cases for various modules in MS Excel and exported them to Quality Center for Test Case Management.
• Prepared various test reports from Quality Center such as Test Execution Status, Test Execution Summary, Defect Summary/Details report.
• Used Quality center as Test Management, Defect tracking tool and executed automated QTP test scripts from QC.
• Conducted system health tests and regression tests after every new build.
• Performed back-end testing and validated the data between the back-end and the front-end using SQL queries.
• Logged defects using Quality Center and followed up with Business Analyst and Developers to discuss about the issues.
• Set-up, co-ordinate & conduct system & UAT testing with Business Analysts and end-field users after the applications were all set.
• Conducted reviews with clients and User Acceptance Testing teams.
• Actively participated in Walkthroughs, Daily status report meetings and Retrospective meetings.

Confidential, St Louis, MO

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirement documents, functional requirement documents, Use cases, and Use case diagrams.
• Worked closely with geographically disperse team of engineers and product marketing during all aspects of the software development.
• Validated various Hyperlinks on web pages also performed GUI testing manually.
• Created and documented the Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
• Reviewed the Test Designs with QA team members and technical analysts.
• Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
• Created test cases for checking user interface related bugs and invalid file type inputs from the front end.
• Involved in Smoke, Functional, Integration, System, and Regression testing during all phases.
• Used Quality Center for test management.
• Performed manual testing for Cross browser and Cross Platform.
• Used the HP Quality Center (QC) defect tracking system, to report and analyze defects during the entire testing process.
• Facilitated User Acceptance Testing(UAT).
• Involved in the executing and retrieving the data using SQL Queries.