SUMMARY:

• 6+ years of IT experience in System analysis, design, development and Quality Assurance. Extensively worked on, GUI based on Client/Server and web based applications using Manual and Automated testing procedures.Specialized in preparing and executing software test plans, user requirement analysis and automation test scripts on various systems. Specialized in analyzing functional specifications and writing detailed test plans, execution of test scenarios, analyzing the actual results against the expected results, creation of test data and automation of test cases for regression testing. Highly proficient in Using Test director, Quality Center, iTKO LISA, tools for the automated testing process.
• Excellent knowledge of SDLC ( Software Development Life Cycle).
• Developing a comprehensive Test plan for software development project.
• Excellent Knowledge in Capital Markets, Banking and Insurance Industry
• Expertise in User requirement, Business requirement and Use Cases analysis
• Hands on Experience in Agile Methodology( Scrum, XP)
• Good Expertise in performing Root Cause Analysis ( RCA)
• Proficient in Front End and Back End testing.
• Expertise in formulating test plans, designing test cases and test scripts to support quality deliverables.
• Experience in testing Web Services.
• Experience in Onsite/Offshore model
• Participation in Design reviews with the Development Team.
• Strong skills in performing Manual Testing and Automated Testing
• Expert in Test director, iTKO LISA, SOAPUI, .Net Webservices Studio.
• Proficient in Functional Testing, Data Driven Testing, Regression Testing, Back - End Testing.
• Self-starter and ability to learn new things in a quick span of time.
• Excellent inter-personnel and team player skills and ability to work independently.
• Good communication and documentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000/XP, UNIX

Languages: C/C++, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, XMLTesting tools: Mercury Suite (Test Director, Quality Center, SOAP UI, Test Link, iTKO LISA

Bug Tracking Tool: Quality Center

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i, SQL Server 7.0/2000, Ms-Access,Teradata, DB2

Scripting Languages: JavaScript, VB Script

Network Protocols: HTTP, TCP/IP

MSSuite: MS Project, MS-Word, MS Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Test Lead / Onsite Co-ordintaor

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plans which include testing overview, approach, strategy and complete scope of testing and assisted in developing the test strategy based on project quality and testing goals.
• Responsible for Leading/coordination with offshore QC team and provide daily status updates to the management.
• Responsible for creation of test cases, execution and documenting the results in Quality Center
• Created Requirements Tractability Matrices (RTMs) to ensure complete coverage of requirements, identify all test conditions and test data needs.
• Involved in various levels of testing such as Functional, Integration, Regression testing for various releases
• Extensively used iTKO LISA and Dot Net Webservices Studio for functional testing of web services .
• Created Automated Regression test scripts using iTKO LISA
• Identify Business Requirements, Performance Critical flows, Performance Objectives and Workload criteria by interacting with end users, business representatives and all other stakeholders.
• Extensively used SQL for data validation and Backend testing for various applications
• Provided test results to the Project Manager and Business Client for Final Acceptance Test sign off purposes.
• Responsible for performing various QC activities such as opening issues, monitoring deviation status, communicating status, retesting and closing deviations using Quality Center.
• Responsible for maintaining the entire QC documentation in SharePoint for various releases.

Environment: iTKO LISA 6.0, HP Quality Center 10.0, SQL Server, Teradata, DB2, XML, Web Services, SharePoint, .Net 3.0

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Test Lead / Onsite Co-ordintaor

Responsibilities:

• Developed Test Plans which include testing overview, approach, strategy and complete scope of testing and assisted in developing the test strategy based on project quality and testing goals.
• Responsible for Leading/coordination with offshore QC team and provide daily status updates to the management.
• Responsible for creation of test cases, execution and documenting the results in Quality Center
• Created Requirements Tractability Matrices (RTMs) to ensure complete coverage of requirements, identify all test conditions and test data needs.
• Involved in various levels of testing such as Functional, Integration, Regression testing for various releases
• Extensively used iTKO LISA and SOAP UI for functional testing of web services and Tibco processes
• Created Automated Regression test scripts using iTKO LISA
• Identify Business Requirements, Performance Critical flows, Performance Objectives and Workload criteria by interacting with end users, business representatives and all other stakeholders.
• Extensively used SQL for data validation and Backend testing for various applications
• Provided test results to the Project Manager and Business Client for Final Acceptance Test sign off purposes.
• Responsible for performing various QC activities such as opening issues, monitoring deviation status, communicating status, retesting and closing deviations using Quality Center.
• Coordinated testing activities and code migrations and communicated to the clients in the UAT test area, when the environment is shared between clients.
• Worked closely with the client test teams to assist with ICS data validation as test scenarios are executed and provided detailed and complete data quality feedback for UAT.
• Responsible for maintaining the entire QC documentation in WSS for various releases.
• Responsible for attending weekly status meetings showing progress and future testing efforts.

Environment: iTKO LISA 5.0, HP Quality Center 10.0, SQL, XML, Web Services, JavaScript, TIBCO, BE/ BW, SoapUI, JMS, SharePoint, Oracle 10g, XML, Initiate.

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Extensively involved in analyzing user/business requirements and writing the Test Plans and Test Cases .
• Managed all phases of testing for assigned components ensuring test plans and test cases are completed and met business requirements
• Worked in Agile Methodology
• Developed the Test Plan, Test Strategy and Approach for the Project.
• Performed Root Cause Analysis ( RCA) of problems encountered while testing
• Created Requirements Tractability Matrices (RTMs) to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements, identify all test conditions and test data needs
• Performed System, Integration, Regression and End to End testing for application releases.
• Extensively used Quality center, for test planning, bug tracking and reporting
• Developed GUI, Text, XML checkpoints to validate the data and parameterized the scripts to drive with External Data Files
• Extensively used SharePoint for entire project Documentation
• Performed Smoke testing for the new builds
• Developed interface regression test plan to be executed at major Paragon releases
• Performed System Testing to test the overall performance of the system
• Worked on SQL and PL/SQL and performed backend validations using TOAD
• Extensively involved in the User Acceptance Test and Assisted in preparing the training Manuals
• Identifying bugs and interacting with team lead and developers to resolve the bugs
• Conducted various management activities by analyzing and verifying test results, providing status reports
• Worked with business analysts, developers, and content department to resolve issues

Environment: Java, J2EE, XML, Quality Center 8.0, PL/SQL,SOAP UI, TOAD, SharePoint 2007

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with developers and users to analyze the user requirements and functional specifications.
• Worked in Agile Methodology development environment.
• Developed complete Use cases for the application
• Developed test plans which include testing overview, approach, strategy and complete scope of testing.
• Assisted SQA Manager in developing and streamlining the QA process at an Enterprise Level.
• Performed Functional, Integration, Regression, End-To-End, Usability and Regression testing utilizing Quality Center 8.0.
• Created and executed Manual test cases in Quality Center, and worked on automated test cases in QTP and viewed, analyzed the test results in the Quality Center.
• Performed Integration Testing of the various systems to verify the interfaces and control flows between the integrated systems
• Involved in Maintaining, Monitoring, and documenting the behavior of the application in different phases of Testing
• Extensively worked on Regression Testing for each build and provided the test metrics
• Performed System Testing to test the overall performance of the system after integrating all the modules
• Developed and executed several SQL queries, stored procedures as a part of backend testing using TOAD
• Actively involved in UAT(User Acceptance Testing) of the Application.
• Created Post release defect analysis reports and post release CRs for deferred bugs and submitted to product management
• Proficient in Performance Analysis and finding bottle necks.
• Involved in weekly walkthroughs and inspection meetings, to verify the status of the testing effort and the project as a whole

Environment: Quality Center 8.0, Toad 2.0.1, Windows, IE 7