PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 5+ Years in Software Quality Assurance as a QA Tester/Analyst with a good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Extensive QA experience in all phases of the life cycle including, Requirement Gathering, Project Planning, Testing, Defect Tracking and Reporting.
• Proficient in formulating Test Plans, and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Involved in different kinds of testing such as GUI, Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Proficiency in resolving operational issues throughout the testing life cycle of the project.
• Extensive experience in analyzing, reviewing and understanding of Business, Functional and Testing requirement and writing Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Have extensive experience in Black Box Testing and using SQL queries for data validation.
• Excellent knowledge of SDLC, STLC and Project Development Methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.
• Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills and a strong team player.
• Reliable, dependable and aware of duties and responsibilities in all circumstances.
• Quick learner, self - starter, great communicator and excellent work ethics.
• Ability to anticipate problems and problem-solve, work independently, take initiative and exercise good judgment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative orientation with a positive outlook and help build strong working relationships with colleagues at all level of the organization.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• High flexible and adaptable.
• Experience working in various professional environments while mentioning the ability to achieve positive outcomes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Management Tools: TFS, Jira, Quality Center, HP ALM, Snagit, Snipping

Operating Systems: Windows Enterprise 2003, Windows 98/200/2007/Vista, Windows XP Professional/NT 4.0 Server MAC OS X

Microsoft Office Suite: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Access

Database: MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, Waterfall

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Saint Louis, MO

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involve in testing web based application where company offers a single-source platform for data verification, fraud prevention, and compliance assistance. With clients that include top lenders and government agencies, Confidential assists in the real estate loan origination process.
• Creation of test plans, specifications and test data as per user requirements.
• Executing test scripts.
• Working with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) / Visual Studio Test Professional and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).
• Defect logging, assignment and tracking through (MTM) Microsoft Test Manager.
• Communicating with Business Analysts and End Users to understand the desired or existing functionalities and performing subsequent testing of the application based on those communications.
• Involved in end-to-end functional testing of the application.
• Analyzing production issues by investigating in real time production data and communicating the same to the development tracks.
• Communicating with the Development team to understand the best ways of testing the functionalities and communicating the same with other team members.
• Production Supports at the time of GO LIVE.
• Testing using database Microsoft SQL Server.
• Co-ordinating deployment of defect fixes in the production environments, creating Impact Analysis Reports and doing sanity testing after the code deployments.

Confidential, Saint Louis, MO

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing Client/Server loan applications where internal users (Government) can review and update farmer’s different type of loans.
• Developed Test Plans, Test Cases to test the screens and workflows for Quality Assurance.
• Performed Manual and Functional testing on various parts of the application.
• Prepared various test reports such as Test Execution Status, Test Execution Summary, Defect Summary/Details report using Microsoft Excel.
• Created and maintained SQL Scripts to perform back-end testing using Microsoft SQL Server 2014, Management Studio Version 12.0.
• Conducted regression testing on new builds/versions.
• Performed manual regression testing on the application to ensure that the application works as expected.
• Performed Regression, Smoke and Functional testing in different environments.
• Logged defects using JIRA and follow up with BA and Developers to discuss any issues.
• Attended defect review meetings to discuss resolution of issues.
• Attended requirement gathering meetings with BA, Senior Developers and Project Manager.
• Involved in coordinating with developers and business owners.
• Provided test team status reports on weekly basis to the project manager.
• Developed Test Scenarios, Test Scripts and Test Cases based on requirements.
• Perform rigorous manual testing such as smoke testing, integration testing, regression testing, End to End testing and System testing.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in testing web based mortgage application where customers can get mortgage interest rate, online quote, complete mortgage application and apply for mortgage loan.
• Created test cases and participated in test strategy and test planning by; going through all the documentation, walk through meetings and detailed design documents.
• Involved in the entire SDLC and STLC including requirement gathering, design phase and detailed analysis.
• Attended Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings.
• Understand the functional requirement of the project and performed the functional testing using manual testing process.
• Performed Smoke testing, Regression testing, and Integration testing.
• Reported various defects in user friendly format using Jira as the defect tracking tool.
• Prepared and submitted weekly and monthly QA defects and status reports.
• Participated in the user acceptance testing (UAT) of the system with end users. Also created graphical user interphase (GUI) for the end users during UAT.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created test plans and test cases validating application requirements on products developed in .Net and Java.
• Conducted test cases reviews to ensure requirement test coverage.
• Executed test cases, test scripts, maintained test results and test data in HP Quality Center.
• Developed test cases, creating test scripts, analyzing bugs and assisted with Quality Assurance and development teams in defect management and user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve project and test issues.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with cross functional team members.
• Identify, recommend and document quality assurance and test practices.
• Created test data for QA and UAT.
• Communicate directly with the project manager to address any showstoppers or any status update regarding the project.
• Tracked all the bugs logged in with the development team and work closely and resolving them in time.
• Participated in the team meetings and walkthroughs, interacted with the development team and project team members to better understand system functionally in order to improve testing quality.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with application developers and management to create billing testing requirements.
• Worked with preparation, administration and validation of system integration test in billing system.
• Identified and resolved billing software defects prior to delivery to UAT testing group.
• Prepared test data for positive and negative test scenarios as per application specifications.
• Provided test estimation to project management.
• Performed test planning, test execution and analysis.
• Created detailed test scenarios and test cases according to the Business/Functional requirements.
• Responsible for providing status reports and final report of testing.
• Signed off the test entrance criteria before to the start of testing.