SUMMARY:

• Six years of software quality assurance with manual testing as well as automation testing on client - server applications and web based applications.
• Experienced with test documentation including developing test plans, test cases, test procedures, and test results reports.
• Developed and executed test cases based on business, functional and system specifications.
• Experienced with the software testing life cycle, SDLC, Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Proficient in various types of testing including functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, smoke testing, GUI testing and user acceptance testing.
• Experienced in creating test cases, defect reporting, tracking and bug life cycle processes with HP ALM/ Quality center.
• Strong knowledge in preparation of test data, preparation and execution of regression test scripts using HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Experience using automated scripts and executing the tests to support regression testing with QTP/UFT.
• Experienced in automation frameworks like data driven and keyword driven test frameworks using QTP/ UFT.
• Excellent working knowledge on both Unix/Linux and Windows environments.
• Quick learner and excellent team player having ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, IBM Netezza & DB2

Testing Tools: HP ALM, HP UFT, JIRA, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Pro, SOAP UI

Languages: VB Script, XML, SQL

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux

MS Tools: MS Office, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QA Analyst

Confidential,New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Developed test strategies for GUI, web applications, web services, client-server, and database/data warehouse.
• Identified, prioritized and tracked testing action items and project open issues through SDLC.
• Analyzed the business requirements and functional requirements to prepare test plans, test procedures, test cases and test scripts.
• Executed test plans, test cases and test scripts involving positive and negative system flows.
• Reviewed design documents and business requirements to learn the function and scope of the application and to create a test plan and test cases.
• Performed functional, backend, regression, negative, positive, smoke, sanity and system testing.
• Managed and tracked the resolutions of defects; isolated defects and worked with developers to resolve those defects.
• Performed back-end data base testing using SQL queries.
• Used HP ALM for test planning, test case writing, test execution and requirement mapping with test cases.
• Created test cases and scenarios for defect tracking and reporting using HP ALM.
• Logged new bugs; Tracked and updated the status of previously filed bugs; Prioritized and retested the bugs in HP ALM; Participated in the daily bug meeting.
• Assisted in regression suite for various test scenarios; Tested and executed the suite whenever a code was changed using UFT.
• Assisted with development of test scripts using UFT to create data driven tests, batch tests and performed exception handling.
• Helped maintain a keyword driven automation framework in UFT.
• Developed descriptive programming and maintained Local and Global Object Repository in UFT.
• Involved in coordinating UAT processes and documented and addressed all the issues during the process.
• Responsible for reporting, reviewing, analyzing and comparing bugs.
• Responsible for understanding ER diagrams to write the test cases.
• Participated in test-procedure walk-through.

QA Engineer

Confidential, NC

Responsibilities:

• Involved in automation scripts execution, development, debugging, reviews, analyze results and reporting defects.
• Created and maintained the requirements traceability matrix and test matrix.
• Analyzed various documents and use cases to prepare the detailed test plan.
• Developed detailed test cases, entrance and exit criteria for the application being tested and ensured that standards for documentation were followed.
• Performed Black box, Gray box, GUI, Smoke, Functional, Regression, System, User Acceptance testing.
• Used HP Quality Center to store and maintain the test Repository and document generation.
• Used HP Quality Center for defect tracking and reporting.
• Performed backend testing by running SQL queries.
• Used SQL for database testing and management reporting.
• Prepared automation frame work using QTP for future releases.
• Created test cases and automated them for the purpose of regression testing and functional testing with check points using Quick Test Professional.
• Used parameterization for using various data to test the application using QTP.
• Reported weekly status reports to the manager.
• Identified and resolved project related issues and escalated to management when necessary.
• Conducted presentations for onshore and offshore audiences.

QA Tester

Confidential,NY

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed existing business scenarios and business rules.
• Performed negative testing to find how the functions performed when system encountered invalid, unexpected values.
• Performed manual testing prior to automating the testing on the application.
• Executed and managed test cases and reported bugs in Quality Center (QC), test management suites for writing test cases, test execution, defect management, defect tracking and bug reporting.
• Used different modules in QC Dashboards, Releases, Requirement, Test Plan, Test Lab and Defects.
• Involved in backend testing in database using SQL queries.
• Created VB scripts for regression testing using QTP.
• Ensured that the existing functionality is working properly by performing regression testing with QTP Scripts.
• Documented the test results and prepared test summary report based on those results.
• Tested the application for browser compatibility using Internet Explorer (IE) and Google Chrome.

Environment: s: SQL, HTML, XML, Java, Oracle, IBM Netezza, MS Access, Windows, Java Script, VB Script, C#, C++, SQL Server, Web Services, UNIX.