SUMMARY:

• Six plus years of experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle, Defect Management Life Cycle and QA Methodologies.
• Expertise in writing Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases from requirements and Use Cases.
• Experienced in working with business analysts, development groups in analyzing business specifications and in working with other testers to resolve technical and end - user issues.
• Experienced in working in different SDLC methodologies like Agile and Waterfall model.
• Extensively experienced in testing of Web based and Client/Server Applications.
• Strong Knowledge in Automated and Manual Testing based on the functional specification for the Functional, Regression, GUI usability and System Testing.
• Experienced with defect-reporting and defect-tracking using the test management tool HP ALM/ Quality center.
• Experienced in documenting and reporting bugs/defects using HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Proficient in validating data persistence using SQL queries.
• Extensively experienced in using QTP/UFT for Regression testing.
• Experienced in identifying the areas that needs to be automated and generating the test Scripts in QTP/UFT.
• Expert in using QTP/UFT to create Data Driven Tests, Batch tests and performing Exception handling.
• Expertise in designing and developing automated test scripts using VBScript in QTP/UFT.
• Experienced in developing VB scripts in QTP/UFT to perform functional, regression, system and end to end testing.
• Expertise in producing and maintaining project specific processes and work ethics.
• Excellent research and mentoring skills and ability to learn new tools/technologies quickly.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong documentation skills.
• Acquired strong interpersonal & analytical skills.
• Dynamic and Assertive team player with strong commitment and project management skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

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

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2

Programming Language: VB Script, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, C/C++, C#, Java

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering user requirements, analyzing requirements and developing the Test Plan, Test Strategy and Test Cases.
• Involved in both Manual and Automation testing of web based and client/server applications through the full SDLC.
• Involved in testing the applications, comparing and verifying the requirements and writing test cases as well.
• Worked with users and developers in building up the applications.
• Maintained a Requirements traceability matrix in order to keep the clients and all the teams up-to-date with the current progress of the project.
• Performed Ad-hoc, Smoke, Functional, Acceptance, System, Integration, Usability and Regression testing etc. during different stages of the application development.
• Used HP ALM for maintaining requirements, creating test cases, test scripts and executing test scripts.
• Developed detailed Test plan, Test cases and Test scripts using HP ALM for Functional, Security and Regression Testing.
• Validated the data in the database by ruing SQL queries.
• Wrote some complex PL/SQL queries for testing Back end database tables.
• Wrote the functions in Function Libraries and associated the required function libraries to each test using UFT.
• Performed complex integration and regression tests on multiple applications using UFT.
• Developed a Hybrid Automation Framework to perform Functionality and GUI testing using UFT.
• Performed Automation of test with extensive VB Scripting for dynamic code in UFT.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing for the entire application.
• Created progress reports to ensure appropriate test coverage and results.
• Generated problem and changed reports and ensured the Corrective action for these reports operate correctly.
• Coordinated meetings with the Development teams for appropriate handling of the bugs and their timely resolution.

Environment: Visual Studio, HP ALM, UFT, SQL Server, Html, CSS, Java, Oracle, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, Windows, Linux.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Functional Requirements and Business Requirements documents and involved in developing the Test plan.
• Developed all test scenarios and Test cases for Inventory Management initiative.
• Generated Test data for positive and negative test scenarios.
• Involved in developing detailed test plans, test cases and test scripts using for Functional, Security and Regression Testing.
• Developed several Systems Integration test scripts based on system requirements, business rules and use cases.
• Tested application response for positive and negative sets of data with data-driven testing procedures.
• Analyzed Test script using HP Quality Center.
• Exported Manual Test Cases from Microsoft Excel into HP Quality Center.
• Wrote basic SQL queries using SQL Developer to extract and analyze data in primarily Oracle Database.
• Prepared and executed Automation Test Scripts using QTP and VBScript according to manual test cases.
• Evaluated the product using Automation tool with QTP.
• Independently Explored and Implemented QTP Tools for testing the Product.
• Prepared Test scripts using QTP tool for the modules Reports, Document Manager, Notional Payments and Bonus Accrual.
• Wrote UAT test plan, test cases, test scripts and helped the business team to perform the UAT testing.
• Generated Weekly Status Reports for the team manager.
• Participated in weekly status meeting with Team members, Team managers, Business Analysts & Technical Team.
• Participated in Project review meetings.

Environment: HP Quality Center, SQL Server, QTP, Html, CSS, Visual Studio, Jmeter, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, Java, Oracle, Windows, Linux.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Wrote Test cases, and updated Test plans for the logistics module based on Use cases.
• Prepared Test Data Basing on the Supply chain implementation.
• Involved in all the phases of Test Automation development life cycle.
• Analyzed and identified the areas of a project for Test Automation.
• Created Automation scripts in such way that to results can be generated in Text file, Excel and HTML formats.
• Tracked Defects to successful resolution using test & defect management tool like Quality Center.
• Reviewed project requirements and worked closely with BA and Development for creating Positive & Negative Test Cases using Quality Center.
• Wrote SQL queries for database backend testing, research and validation.
• Involved in planning QTP testing process by Analyzing the UAT.
• Created and prepared the Test data and Test scripts in QTP for Data Driven Testing.
• Used Quick Test Professional (QTP) to create, manage and execute test sets.
• Created compiled modules that were used to test functionality of the application.
• Collated final test results and reports for the Project Manager and other designated project personnel.

Environment: SQL Server, Oracle, Html, CSS, Java, JavaScript, Windows, Linux, QTP, HP Quality Center, AJAX.